Freshman Dean’s Office Volume 2021 Issue XXIX Yard Bulletin April 20, 2018 You may view the Yard Bulletin on the FDO Website (www.fdo.fas.harvard.edu). ARTS FIRST Upcoming Events Thursday, April 26 – Sunday, April 29: ARTS  Saturday, April 21, 8PM—Bach Society FIRST 2018. ARTS FIRST combines the exuberance Orchestra 2017-18 Season Finale. of Harvard students, faculty, and affiliates who are Featuring: Variations: Coming Home by passionate about the many art forms presented in Victoria Tong, Winner of the 2017-18 Composition four rousing days of performances, exhibitions, and Competition; Mozart’s Piano Concerto 20 in D minor; and art-making opportunities. See visual art and opera, dance styles Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F major "Pastorale." For from around the world, new music forms, comedy routines, free tickets, visit: hcs.harvard.edu/~bachsoc. Paine Hall. avant garde theater, public art, poetry, experimental performances, and so much more! Most events are free. Details  Monday, April 23, 6PM—The Floral Archive: at: ofa.fas.harvard.edu/arts. Festival highlights include: Climate, Empire, and the Problem of Scale. The Environment Forum at the Mahindra Center Thursday, April 26, 4PM—Harvard Arts Medal presents Deborah R. Coen, Professor of History Ceremony. Author and Pulitzer Prize-winner Colson and Chair of History of Science and Medicine, Yale Whitehead ‘91 is the recipient of the 2018 Harvard University. Among all the sophisticated new tools Arts Medal, which will be awarded by President introduced in the nineteenth century for scaling the climate, Faust. The ceremony includes a discussion with none proved quite as effective as nature’s own climatic Whitehead moderated by actor John Lithgow ’67, indicators: plants. Barker Center 133. Art.D ‘05. Get free tickets (HUID; limit two) at the Harvard Box Office. Sanders Theatre.  Wednesday, April 25, 6PM—Writers Speak at the Mahindra Center: Min Friday, April 27, 5:30PM—Pianist André Jin Lee in Conversation with Claire Watts, with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra. Messud. Min Jin Lee is the author of two novels, Free Food Legendary pianist and professor of music for Millionaires (2007) and Pachinko (2017). Both books have André Watts is the recipient of the 2018 Luise been New York Times bestsellers. Pachinko was a finalist for Vosgerchian Teaching Award, Harvard’s the National Book Award for Fiction, as well as one of the highest music award recognizing an outstanding educator. At a New York Times' 10 Best Books of 2017. Emerson Hall 210. special free concert and award ceremony, Watts will perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major (Emperor  Wednesday, April 25, 6-7:15PM—David Concerto) with the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra. Tickets will be Levinthal: History, Memory, and Myth. For nearly available starting at 3:30PM at the door. Sanders Theatre. four decades, David Levinthal has used the Polaroid format to explore the intersection between Friday, April 27, 7:30PM—Jazz on the Plaza. Harvard Jazz myth, fantasy, history, and memory in American Bands, directed by Yosvany Terry, will jam with guest guitarist culture by meticulously staging tableaus of figurines, dolls, David Gilmore. Gilmore has performed and recorded with and ephemera. Levinthal will discuss his Polaroid many of today’s most influential artists. Plaza Tent. photography, which explores history and myths in Saturday, April 28, under the Plaza Tent: American culture, with curator Makeda Best. Free tickets will be distributed beginning at 5:30PM at the Broadway  11AM—Chamber Concert. Silkroad Ensemble, entrance. Harvard Art Museums, Menschel Hall. Parker Quartet, and the Brattle Street Chamber Players of Harvard College share the stage.  Saturday, April 28, 8PM—Kuumba Singers: 48th Annual Dr. Archie C. Epps Spring  12:30PM—Welcome from actor John Lithgow '67, ArD '05, Concert. This year’s Kuumba annual spring with the Harvard University Band. concert will serve as a special tribute to Black  1-5PM—ARTS FIRST Performance Fair. This fair features theater. In a world where Black people are comedy, a cappella, dance, music of all kinds, drama, and often denied the right to narrate their own more! Performances run nonstop, showcasing the talent and stories, Black playwrights and musical creativity of Harvard students, faculty, and staff. You can composers have consistently used the theater medium to park yourself at one of the 11 stages, or wander around to highlight the beauty and diversity of the Black experience. see as much diverse art as you can cram into four hours! Whether it is Lorraine Hansberry’s Raisin in the Sun or Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls, Black theater has never  3-5PM—DanceFest. A celebration of dance failed to serve as an outlet for the creativity and artistry of a traditions from around the world takes over people who have been tried and tested, but never defeated. the Plaza. This is a perennial favorite for the It is sure to be an amazing night of song, dance, and youngest arts lovers at the festival. dramatic performance. You won’t want to miss it! $8 tickets are available at the Harvard Box Office. Sanders Theatre. Freshman Dean’s Office Summer Storage

Morton Prince House Looking for a place to store your stuff this summer? Check your 2021 Class List 6 Prescott St. email sent Tuesday, April 10, or contact your upperclass House to see if they Cambridge, MA 02138 have a storage area in their basement. Some Houses allow students to store their belongings over the summer on a first-come, first-served basis. Phone: 617-495-1574 Fax: 617-496-1624 Another option is collegeboxes.com. Sign up online, order boxes, and select a pickup time. E-mail: [email protected] Enjoy free pickup when you move out, secure storage space over the summer, and free Hours: Mon. - Fri., 9AM-5PM delivery when you move back this fall. For students moving to Lowell House, the College will pay up to $180.50 for storage through this site.

Submissions Ivy Yard Social Please send submissions by Tuesday at 9:00AM to: [email protected] Published Fridays.

Safety Notice To contact an FDO representative in the event of a serious, non-academic emergency, please call your proctor, or the Harvard University Police at (617) 495-1212, or, on campus, 5-1212. Safety and other emergency messages are displayed as soon as possible on the News and Notices section of the College home page at www.college.harvard.edu. Ivy Yard students enjoyed petting baby animals, snacks, and music at the Ivy Yard Social on Thursday, April 12.

Opportunities for Freshmen Join the Harvard Wears Denim Campaign. Harvard Wears Denim is a University-wide campaign to visibly support those who have experienced interpersonal violence by wearing denim on Wednesday, April 25. Solidarity Sponsorship is an acknowledgment of the role we each play in dismantling the normalization of violence, holding ourselves accountable for our words and actions, and creating trauma-aware spaces for all. Fill out the form at tinyurl.com/SolidaritySponsorship to become a sponsor. E-mail [email protected] if you have questions. Stop by the Science Center Plaza, 12-2:30PM, Wednesday, April 25, to take photos in your denim at the photo booth! Apply to the Summer Urban Program. PBHA’s Summer Urban Program, or SUP, is a network of 10 summer camps at 12 different sites across Boston and Cambridge for seven weeks each summer. SUP is staffed by 130 college students and 90 local high schoolers, and each summer welcomes more than 800 young people ages six to 13. Our Refugee Youth Enrichment Program (RYSE) is an evening camp serving high school students. SUP offers mornings of academic enrichment, afternoons of educational field trips, and artistic, cultural, and service-learning workshops throughout the week, along with two overnight camping trips and a day-long final trip. Students on Harvard financial aid will have their summer earnings contribution forgiven thanks to the Priscilla Chan Summer Service Award. Director, Leaders! Director, and senior counselor positions are available. For more information, please visit: pbha.org/programs/sup. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Crimson Contests Want to get some fresh air before you hunker down for Reading Period? Step outside to cheer on your fellow Crimson in the following contests:  Baseball vs. Brown. Saturday, April 21, 11:30AM & 2:30PM, O'Donnell Field.  Softball vs. Dartmouth. Saturday, April 21, 12:30 & 3:30PM, Soldiers Field.

 Men’s Lacrosse vs. Princeton. Saturday, April 21, 1PM, Harvard Stadium.  Men’s Tennis vs. Penn. Sunday, April 22, 1PM, Beren Tennis Center.