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Harvard 16B Extracurriculars Cambridge, Boston, and beyond Events on and off campus in September and October

16E “Visual Science: The Art of Research” At Harvard’s Science Center

16N A Day in Purgatory —and Beyond Nature, art, and food in and around Worcester

16P The Air of Contentment The Fairbanks House reflects Puritan-era life in Dedham.

16R Wenham Museum A new exhibit explores equestrian life and sport on Boston’s North Shore.

16J Classic, Funny, Macabre Explorer J.W. Ocker’s quest for what remains 16U All About the Food Boston Public Market’s year-round cornucopia

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Democratic Republic of Congo documen- We’ll Extracurriculars tarian Dieudo Hamadi, director of Kin- shasa Makambo, the extraordinary 2018 Events on and off campus during September and October account of three young political activists, is this year’s McMillan-Stewart Fellow in Dis- FILM other genre films from the mid 1930s to the tinguished Filmmaking, and will be on hand 1948 Paramount Decree, underscoring the to share and discuss his work. (October 4-9) harvardfilmarchive.org argument that they should be “recognized “The B Film” series screens The Octopus!, as a unique and quintessentially American GlobeDocs Film Festival Kid Glove Killer, and Weird Women, among art form.” (September 13-November 25) filmfest.bostonglobe.com This annual event, sponsored by The Boston From left: Child 1980, a dye-diffusion print, among works by photographer Olivia Parker at home the Peabody Essex Museum; the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, in Sanders Theatre; from Globe, features timely films, community FROM OLIVIA LEFT: PARKER/ COURTESY OF THE PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM; HARVARD RADCLIFFE ORCHESTRA; Fruits in Decay, at the Harvard Museum of Natural History gatherings, and conversations with journal- HARVARD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

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190909_GailRoberts.indd 1 7/10/19 10:25 AM Harvard Squared Harvard Squared ists. Brattle and Coolidge Corner Theatres. art prints, made from pressed leaves and Perry and Harvard professor of studies The riveting Canadian conductor and so- (October 2-6) other materials, by Steffanie Schwam and the of women, gender, and sexuality Robert prano Barbara Hannigan, subject of the STAFF PICK: Seeing Science citizen-science Tree Spotters Program. Reid-Pharr, discuss how their work as documentary I’m a Creative Animal, delivers NATURE AND SCIENCE (Through October 6) bio­graphers addresses timely topics. Knafel the Elson Lecture on “Equilibrium.” Paine “Visual Science: The Art of Research,” open- Garden In the Woods Center. (October 11) Concert Hall. (September 23) ing September 20, explores how objects and images nativeplanttrust.org LECTURES have long been used to prove or convey scientific Step out for late-bloomers, libations, live mu- Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study “Science Symposium on Gene Edit- Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra principles. The works, drawn from collections and sic, and after-hours strolls during Asters in radcliffe.harvard.edu ing” brings together leading international harvardradcliffeorchestra.org laboratories across the University, can “record fleet- the Evening. (September 27) “Writing Black Lives.” Institute dean scientists, clinicians, and ethicists to explore The student-managed, professionally con- ing observations, whether a painting of an animal and Paul professor of case studies of select gene therapies—and ducted symphony orchestra opens its 212th glimpsed in the field, or an interaction between sub- The Arnold Arboretum constitutional law Tomiko Brown-Nagin, the bioethical implications of such research. season with Gustav Mahler’s monumental atomic particles that lasts a fraction of a second,” the arboretum.harvard.edu joined by Princeton’s Hughes-Rogers pro- Knafel Center. (October 25) Ninth Symphony, his final completed work. exhibit notes. “They can also make unseen things Fabric, Fiber & Phenology offers botanical- fessor of African American studies Imani Sanders Theatre. (October 5) visible.” MUSIC Like vibrational patterns of sound. “Sand plate” im- Harvard Music Department EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS ages, based on experiments by eighteenth-century music.fas.harvard.edu Harvard Museum of German physicist and musician Ernst Chladni, reveal The Blodgett Chamber Music Series features Natural History how stroking a string instrument’s bow across the the Parker Quartet performing works by hmnh.harvard.edu edge of a metal plate sprinkled with sand shifts the Shostakovich and Dvořák. Paine Concert A temporary special exhibit of the celebrat- grains into variable designs that trace the vibrational

Hall. (September 20) ed , Fruits in Decay, features waves. COURTESY OF THE HARVARD COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS fascinatingly precise renditions of formerly Also on display at the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments (chsi.harvard. REVEL IN THE Excitement OF FALL IN HARVARD SQUARE edible objects. (Opens August 31) edu), gallery in the Science Center, is the picture of an electron spiraling in a high-powered magnetic field (at Friday Spotlight left), recorded at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, 7pm – Park & Dine harvardartmuseums.org in Berkeley, California. (Lab founder Ernest Orlando You survived the drive so you deserve a Winslow Homer: Eyewitness high- Lawrence, Sc.D. ’41, won the 1939 Nobel Prize in phys- generous pour of wine and a beautiful lights illustrations that the American ics for inventing the atom-smashing cyclotron, a pivotal plate of housemade pasta at Benedetto. realist produced for Harper’s Weekly. breakthrough in conducting high-energy physics.) 10pm – Late Night (Opens August 31) The “Mondrian” color-paper collage (above) is among Sit back and enjoy an intimate show at the 1970s materials used by scientist Edwin H. Land ’30, Regattabar Jazz Club. Through more than 40 works by a S.D. ’57, to develop his influential “Retinex Theory of cross-section of global contemporary Color Vision.” Land studied chemistry at Harvard, but Saturday artists, the ambitious exhibit Crossing dropped out and went on to invent Polaroid photogra- 8am – Skip the Line Lines, Constructing Home: Dis- phy (and co-found the eponymous Cambridge-based Avoid the crowd and order Henrietta’s placement and Belonging in Con- corporation; see Treasure, March-April 2017, page 76), Table breakfast straight to your room. temporary Art examines the concepts which popularized the art form—arguably setting the Catch the last of this year’s family- of both national, political, and cultural stage for today’s image-driven digital revolution. vn.p.b.

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Thankfully it’s just a quick sprint back to by The Trustees and Notch Brewing. TRUSTEES THE identities, languages, and beliefs created by nous Languages,” Mexican designer Gabri- activism and in chronicling homelessness your room if you need an extra layer. The European-style community gather- the movement of peoples.” (Opens Sep- ella Badillo, among others, presents her and derelict urban environments, especially ings (at various beautiful and historic tember 6) work during a program about “Maintain- during the tumultuous 1970s. (Opens Sep- 8pm – Warm Up Catch up and celebrate a big win with sites owned by the conservation organi- ing Heritage Languages in Our Com- tember 21) classmates over a mug (or two) of zation) offer locally crafted, lower-alco- Peabody Museum of Archaeology & munities” (October 12). Badillo is also a mulled wine at Noir Bar. hol “session” beers, along with activities Ethnology featured guest for “Animated Tales for deCordova Sculpture Park and like lawn games, live music, scavenger peabody.harvard.edu All,” a series of short films narrated in 68 Museum hunts, and property tours. This fall, the To help mark 2019 as the “Year of Indige- different indigenous languages of Mexico. decordova.org Sunday gatherings are held at: Minton Stable (October 14) Truthiness and the News highlights the evi- 9am – Bike Away Hop on one of the hotel’s complimentary Community Garden, in Boston’s Jamaica dentiary role of photography, from the first bikes for a quick morning tour of Cambridge Plain neighborhood (September 20-21); Rose Art Museum half of the twentieth century and the hey- – making frequent stops for baked goods. , in Ipswich/Hamilton brandeis.edu day of print newspapers to the current era (October 4-6); and at , Through photographs, prints, of “alternative facts.” (Opens October 11) 1pm – Take Your Time in Hingham (October 12-13). If biergar- drawings, sculptures—and rare- Extend your check out time and bask in a few moments of quiet before battling tens aren’t appealing, then check out ly seen archival materials—Gor- RISD CRAFT the traffi c. Until next time, Cambridge... “After Work Adventure: Bonfire on the don Matta-Clark: Anarchitect risdcraft.com Beach” (September 19 and 24), featuring explores the role of an artist in A smorgasbord of unique, cutting-edge BOOK YOUR HARVARD SQUARE GETAWAY a twilight hike in the dunes, sunset views, works by more than a hundred of the Now! Six, at American Repertory and a cozy blaze at The Trustees’s Crane Theater, features tales told by school’s student and alumni artists, like

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16J September - October 2019 Harvard Magazine 16K Harvard Squared Harvard Squared wields an axe, and in the granite monument As Ocker puts it: “Just the fact that there’s vided a focus, even meaning, and became “a on a island north of Con- something around the next bend beyond life-changing time of discovering the world cord, New Hampshire, she holds scalps—for poison ivy makes it a much more pleasur- outside myself.” which she was paid. able experience than your average hiking Kindred curated urban explorer or “off- Not everything on OTIS is as grim. Ocker trail.” It’s open daily, year-round, from dawn the-beaten-path” sites like Atlas Obscura, raves about the whimsical “Rocking Horse to dusk—and it’s free. Ocker’s picks tend to RoadsideAmerica, and Roadtrippers are slicker; Graveyard” (a.k.a. Ponyhenge), in Lincoln, cost nothing more than gas money. they have cinematic visuals and battalions of Massachusetts. Nobody’s sure what en- scouts and writers across the globe. OTIS is gendered the herd of more than 30 plastic The idea for OTIS arose when Ocker, out personal and homegrown—one man’s nearly and wooden horses in a field on Old Sud- of college and an aspiring writer living in obsessive project. bury Road, but around 2010 one appeared, his native Maryland, just wasn’t that happy. By 2008, Ocker had moved to New Eng- and, over time, “as a sort of community in- “I didn’t really like my life. I didn’t really land, where he was thrilled to find that “Ev- joke or light-hearted art display, people have like me,” he says. To help break a sense of erything is old!” Now living in Nashua, New

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ALL IN A DAY: Purgatory—and Beyond Shimmying through “Fat Man’s Misery,” a cleft in towering granite bedrock, is among the pure, kid-like joys of scrambling in Celeating 46 Ya Purgatory Chasm State Reservation. The entire site is a geological funhouse—of uncertain origins. “It’s a fault,” posits Nichols College geology professor and glaciologist Mauri S. Pelto, who has studied the area south of Worcester and updated previ- ous theories, “and the fault was exploited by a glacier that plucked out the rocks” that now litter the adjacent Purgatory Brook FINE HANDCRAFTED VERMONT FURNITURE Valley. It was also likely a sacred place for the regional Nipmuc peoples—and given its pejorative name, conventional wisdom holds, by colonists intent on Christianizing them. Whatever the history, the very essence of the 70-foot gorge and its cavernous, perhaps ominous, terrain still captures the imagi- nation. Check out the precipitous outcroppings—“Lovers’ Leap” and “Devil’s Pulpit”—or take the half-mile loop that winds through the boulder-strewn bottom and then circles back on a rough path along the cliffs. For those less eager to test their agility by clamber- ing, the 1,800-acre park—celebrating its centennial this year—has tamer trails following brooks or through the woods, along with a playground, grilling zones, and a visitors’ center. After everyone’s exercised, drive through pastoral scenery,

stopping for snacks or lunch at the Sutton Center Store, en NORMAL BARRETT/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO route to exploring art, culture, and food in Worcester. rants. A self-guided walking tour ex- Clockwise, from top: The Worcester Art Museum’s exhibit “Knights!?” offers plains the 1820s Blackstone Canal, adventures in Purgatory Chasm; medieval arms and combat—with live demonstrations—using which linked to Providence’s seaport, picturing reproduc- objects from the Higgins Armory Collection (through November and the ensuing industrial boom. Lock tion, at the Worcester 6). “With Child: Otto Dix/Carmen Winant,” opening Sep- 50 serves super-fresh salads, burgers, Art Museum; wild cats tember 21, looks at women’s social, political, and medical condi- and crêpes, or go to El Patrón Mexi- at the Ecotarium; and outdoor markets in tions, notably during the Weimar Republic, and includes “The can Restaurant for enchiladas and the resurgent Canal Trouble with Pregnancy: A Forum on Art and Reproduction,” tortas. Binh An Market offers Asian District on October 18, as teas and take-out fare, such as Vietnam- well as a communi- ese spring rolls and honey-soaked pastries; walk a few blocks and ty arts showcase on eat them in the courtyard of a converted factory that now holds the subject. the Crompton Collective—stalls of vintage clothing, antiques, Check out the and local artwork. Upstairs, don’t miss the “lifestyle and plant city’s emerging art- boutique” Seed to Stem, packed with ingenious botanical crea­ sy Canal District, tions and home goods. with its giant mu- Get back into nature at the nearby Ecotarium, a kid-orient- rals, Saturday farm- ed science center. It has hands-on experiment stations, a plan­ ers’ market, shops, etarium, walking trails, and a new Wild Cat Station featuring

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the forest and finding a stone marker: “SITE can wander around and un- LINDSEY OCKER More hauntingly beautiful is Madame field State Hospital. “For in- JAMES M. HUNT/ ALAMY STOCK PHOTOS OF DANA COMMON 1801-1938 To all those derstand what was there,” he says. “Some He typically doesn’t get scared, at least not Sherri’s Castle, within a forest that bears stance, there’s this island off Connecticut Document1Document1 11/20/03 11/20/03 11:51 11:51 AM AM Page Page 1 1 who sacrificed their homes and way of life.” of the cellar holes even have doors you can anymore. Perhaps as a secondary gain from her name in Chesterfield, New Hampshire. A that has the severed arm of Saint Edmund in Only cellar foundations remain, he explains, walk through.” founding OTIS, Ocker has inured himself to visit to the once majestic stone chateau, built a glass case. And it’s a sacred religious object, common human fears, such as mortality—or Document1Document1 11/20/03 by 11/20/03 a theatrical 11:51 New11:51 AMYork AM PageCity Page costume1 1 de- which I respect and is interesting, but, at the small, tight spaces. A big guy, he confesses signer, can easily be combined with Mount end of it all, it’s macabre. It’s a body part.” to having claustrophobia, yet he boarded the Monadnock-region hiking, because it only “Dad?”

STAFF PICK: The Air of Contentment pioneering research vessel USS Albacore, now takes a few minutes to take in all that re- Hazel, who’s been gamely trotting along, When Jonathan and Grace Fairbanks were invited to live in Contentment, a Puritan installed on land and open for tours in Ports- mains of her home, destroyed by fire in 1963: collecting pinecones, interrupts the adults community formed in 1636 (now Dedham, Massachusetts), it was likely because of mouth, New Hampshire. Used from 1953 to a foundation, a few pillars, and a crumbling, to ask for a ride on Ocker’s shoulders.

his crucial skill: spinning-wheel maker. 1972, the submarine’s design helped winding staircase. “I tell everyone to go now,” “Maybe later,” he says gently, and OCKER J.W. OF COURTESY Every family needed at least one revolutionize the capabilities of un- Ocker says, “because places like this don’t then adds, “Look around, see this? This “This entire thing is a playground.” wheel, to spin flax and raw wool into derwater military maneuvers. “It’s stick around forever.” is an abandoned hospital.” He ges- And he means it in the most seri- thread for weaving cloth, says Leslie much smaller than those giant nu- OTIS rarely veers into such sentimental- tures toward the boarded-up chapel, the ous sense. OTIS allows his—and anyone Griesmer, business manager at the clear subs,” he reports, “and it’s ter- ity. Ultimately, “if it’s truly ‘odd,’ there’s wards, and the swathes of open lawns. else’s—imaginations to run free. Fairbanks House historic site—“the rifying. You see where they slept, on oldest wood-frame structure still shelves on top of each other, and standing in North America.” It is open even just walking around is hard.” ASSISTEDASSISTEDLIVINGLIVINGRETIREMENTRETIREMENTCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY for guided tours through October, One section holds a few multipur- Independent and Assisted Living and hosts an annual fall festival, this pose, foldout tables with checker- ASSISTEDASSISTEDSpecializedLIVINGLIVINGRETIREMENTR ETIREMENTMemoryCOMMUNITYC OMMUNITYCare year on September 29. boards; “You squeeze yourself out IndependentHere’sHere’s what andwhat Assistedpeople people Livingare are Walking around the dark, low-ceil- from some tiny slot, and you get to Here’sWhatSpecializedHere’ssayingsaying whatdo what Harvard about Memory people about people us. Care alumniare us. are inged dwelling that includes a warren go play checkers. 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Vintage photographs of riders in motion and displays of full regalia depict the disciplined nature of equestrian sports.

The museum high- For the Love of Horses lights the 1910 union of another Ayer fam- ily member, Beatrice Contemporary echoes of nineteenth-century sport Banning Ayer, and a by nell porter brown member and former championship-team eventing, also known as horse tri- young U.S. Army lieuten- polo player—are based at the Harvard Polo als. Generally comprising dressage, ant named George S. Pat- and Equestrian Center. It’s a short wood- show-jumping, and cross-country, ton Jr.—the future four-star land ride from Myopia’s grounds, where eventing is rooted in historic mili- general. In 1928, they moved the club’s fall-season opening match will tary competitions during which offi- into a South Hamilton home- be held on September 22. cers showcased their cavalry horses’ stead, with 27 acres of fertile Besides polo, the sprawling museum “obedience, maneuverability, and en- fields and horse trails along show covers dressage (performance of a durance.” In 1973, Myopia club polo the Ipswich River, that be- precise series of movements), foxhunting, player and huntsman Neil R. Ayer came their family base— and the resurgent Gilded Age coaching re- Sr., M.B.A. ’54, established a world- and then that of their son, vival (with harnessing and driving tour- renowned eventing course on his family’s George Smith Patton IV, a highly decorated naments), along with displays of saddles, Ledyard Farm, in Wenham—vestiges of U.S. Army major general in his own right. bridles, and garb, horse-themed vintage which remain. It was the site of numerous (His widow, Joanne Holbrook Patton, do- games and toys, and a play paddock for chil- Olympic pre-trials; England’s Princess nated the property and family archives to dren. Gwinn notes as well that the North Anne and her then-husband, Captain Mark the town of Hamilton and the nonprofit Shore played a significant role in American Phillips, competed there in 1975. Wenham Museum, respectively; both are

questrian life and sports have long shaped Boston’s North Shore. In the late Think E nineteenth century, that primarily agricultural region, with industrial hot spots along the coast and Merrimack River, evolved into “the premiere summer colony of af- BIG fluent Bostonians, many of whom by going small were avid equestrians,” according to a new exhibit at the Wenham Mu- seum: “They rode, hunted, drove carriages, played polo, golf and tennis, swam, A continual driver of A child’s carriage (ca. A growing group of pioneers are changing how people think about Assisted Living and sailed their yachts and steam launches.” these traditions is the 1907), tack-room gear like bridles, blankets, Within a 25-mile radius of the museum, Myopia Hunt Club, in and saddles—along in a big way. They’re forming new bonds and encouraging one another to embrace a says its director of external affairs, Peter G. abutting South Hamil- with competition and Gwinn, sporting grounds and facilities for ton, with its foxhunts, polo-playing dress— new sense of independence in The Woodlands Inn community. fox hunting, polo, dressage, and three-day polo grounds, and golf and a collection of toys help celebrate eventing emerged over time, drawing riders course (designed in 1894 equestrian activities. and fans from across the world. The exhibit by Herbert Corey Leeds, DISCOVER MORE strives to “bring riders and non-riders togeth- A.B. 1877). It was established by a group large- the public. The $15 tickets are sold on site er to learn about, and share, the importance ly composed of Harvard graduates, and, apart the day of a game; tailgating parties be- Call 978-228-3878 or visit of these sports and traditions,” he adds. “We from two wartime breaks, polo players have fore and during the match are allowed. In also hope to highlight the land, and the im- competed on Myopia’s Gibney Field on sum- addition, the Harvard Polo Club and its WoodlandsatEdgewood.com portance—to everyone—of open landscapes mer Sundays since 1887. men’s and women’s teams—which feature and conservation, which all began here be- Those matches, held this year from in the museum exhibit, along with current 575 Osgood Street, North Andover, MA 01845 A NOT-FOR-PROFIT COMMUNITY cause of the love of horses.” June 2 to September 29, are still open to head coach Crocker Snow Jr. ’61, a Myopia

16R September - October 2019 Photographs courtesy of Peter G. Gwinn/Wenham Museum Harvard Magazine 16S Harvard Squared TASTES & TABLES now open to the public for guided tours, by featured in the exhibit’s montage of Patton soon became infatuated with fox hunting. appointment only.) The famous World War family home movies narrated by their son. By 1883, the club was officially re-christened II commander “was raised on a California Myopia Hunt Club and relocated to South ranch,” Gwinn says, “and was one hell of a Harvard connections to the region’s Hamilton, where members brought a pack rider and polo player.” In a quote from the equestrian community run deep, as the ex- of hounds over from England and purchased exhibit, Patton clearly savored the “virtue hibit reveals. Myopia’s predecessor, Myopia the Gibney Farm (its main building still of polo as a military accomplishment….It 9, was a baseball club formed and named, serves as the clubhouse) with Harvard polo All About the Food makes a man think fast while he is excited; half-jokingly, by a group that included four player Randolph M. Appleton, A.B. 1884, it reduces his natural respect for his own near-sighted sons of Boston mayor and stee- serving as Master of the Hounds from 1883 safety—that is, makes him bold.” His wife, plechase racer Frederick O. Prince, A.B. to 1900. Since 1952 the club’s hunts, which Boston Public Market’s year-round cornucopia Beatrice, who grew up in Boston’s Ayer 1836. They all played baseball at Harvard, currently run through numerous open-land by nell porter brown Mansion, was also an expert competitive and built the original club house in 1879 in trails, from Essex and Ipswich to Newbury- rider, as were other family members, and is Winchester. Many in the group, however, port, have been “drag hunts”: they follow a pre-laid scent instead of live prey. Polo, perhaps the world’s oldest team sport, took root in America in the 1870s, and spread to Danvers, Wenham, and Hamilton, the exhibit notes, where spectators arrived “by train, carriage and coach” to enjoy “half- time teas and divot-stamping—but it was the breathtaking speed and the ever-present possibility of risk that gave polo its loyal lo- cal following.” Harvard played an integral role here, too. It formed the first United States intercollegiate polo team in 1883, and in 1890 moved its ponies and operations to land offered by Myopia; the two clubs were among the five charter mem- bers of the U.S. Polo Association in 1891. After a decades-long up-and-down history during the second half of the past century, Harvard

polo revived in 2006 (see “Polo Renaissance,” Historic 1893 Victorian: Handsomely restored, Queen Anne fi lled with modern features Built November-December 2007, page 85) largely t lunchtime, Law of Pasta seating or steps of by Peabody & Stearns. Located just off Brattle, through “horses, a stable, and financial sup- owner Avery Perry darts around City Hall Plaza, a this home offers a fl exible fl oor plan and over port,” the exhibit notes, from famous actor his Boston Public Market shop, terrific spot to 8,000 sq ft on an over-sized lot. Rare three- Tommy Lee Jones ’69, a veteran polo player stopping just long enough to ex- watch thronging car garage and ample off street parking. A Beautiful light-fi lled rooms, nine working himself. Its Hamilton equestrian center, a re- plain himself: “They call me the ‘bad boy of humans. fi replaces, a grand period staircase with furbished historic horse farm, opened in 2014. pasta,’” he says, gesturing to cases of freshly More than a Palladian windows, and room sized baths are just some of the notable features. First fl oor Although American polo and other extruded noodles, “because I do semolina and decade in the layout is ideal for entertaining. State of the art equestrian sports are typically expensive, whole-wheat—but then I go crazy—throw- making, the mar- [email protected] systems make this historic home updated for rarefied pursuits, these traditions have in- ing in garlic, roasted beets, spicy cocoa, cran- ketplace finally 617.834.0838 modern living and comfort. $8,900,000 fluenced the regional character of the North berry, blueberry. My limit is my imagination!” opened in 2015. [email protected] Shore, affecting its residents, economy, and Perry, who’s been cooking since he was a Focused on seasonal goods, it offers ev-

301.802.3284 MELISSA DIPALMA; COURTESY OF MELISSA LAW OF PASTA; DIPALMA MYRA & AMY topography. In developing this new exhib- child and now teaches pasta-making at the erything from prepared and take-out it, the Wenham Museum—best known as market’s KITCHEN (see below), is just the meals to meats, dairy products, fish, and a family-friendly place with an extensive kind of spirited culinary entrepreneur whom produce, to flowers, herbs, nuts, and Clockwise from top left: the market as a model-train gallery and collections of an- the nonprofit, year-round venture promotes. chocolate, to hand-crafted wooden bowls, community gathering point; flowers from Field & Vase/Stow Greenhouses; fresh tique dolls and toys—is building on its mis- CLOCKWISE FROM TOP MELISSA RIGHT: DIPALMA/BOSTON PUBLIC MARKET; © MATT CONTI; “Our mandate is to support New England stone platters, lotions, and woolens. produce at the Siena Farms shop; Red’s sion to “share local histories that continue to farmers and food producers,” says marketing The family-owned Chestnut Farms, in Best regional seafood; Law of Pasta owner have a connection to and important impact coordinator Tim Johnson, “so we are always Hardwick, Massachusetts, began with the Avery Perry on current and future generations,” Gwinn going to have a balance of vendors.” 2004 reinvigoration of a former dairy farm, says. “‘Equestrian Histories’ offers a fun look The Public Market’s 34 shops fill the first and now operates a community-supported- Across the way, Red’s Best sells regionally back at the origins of horse in sport in New floor of a building at the busy nexus above the agriculture (CSA) program as well as the sourced fish and shellfish, including lobsters England—and beyond—and vivifies, for all MBTA’s Haymarket station, amid City Hall, marketplace shop. It sells grass-fed, pasture- and other raw-bar-quality seafood. Found- ages, the universal values of sport activity, the North End, and the Freedom Trail. Adja- raised beef, pork, lamb, goat, and poultry, and ed in 2008 by Jared Auerbach, the company animal appreciation, and ongoing preser- cent outdoor tables and chairs on the Rose underscores the environmental reasons to buy works with a network of about 1,000 fish- vation of today’s North Shore landscapes.” Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway offer space to local with a posted chalkboard diagram that ermen, processing their daily catches and vnell porter brown eat and relax—or you can carry food to the asks: “How Far Does Your Meat Travel?” locating buyers—eliminating expenses re-

16T September - October 2019 Harvard Magazine 16U Harvard Squared Harvard Squared lated to the traditional wholesale-auction feta cheese. Next door, (both open through No- owned by Chris Kurth and his wife, system. Red’s also tracks the fish loads, so as the weather cools, vember 19), and at the chef Anna Sortun, in Sudbury, Mas- Our the origins and processing are traceable, try the nutritious rice, Seaport (through Octo- sachusetts. Artisanal items include Mi which helps monitor environmental sus- ramen, or noodle bowls ber 30), but the organi- Tierra’s corn tortillas, Buenas’s chimi- tainability. Red’s marketplace menu extends loaded with toppings— zation is eager to expand churri and spicy Chilean pebre sauces, Residents to classic New England crab cakes, lobster enoki mushrooms, silky its outdoor locations. and ginger and turmeric-honey syr- rolls, salmon burgers, and fried calamari tofu, pork loin, bok choy, Later this year, it will ups from Old Friends Farm. Or try are a lot of things laced with cherry peppers. For dessert, head or soft-boiled eggs—at open a second indoor fermented products made in Maine: to the counter of Crescent Ridge, a family- Noodle Lab. For bagel hub at Logan Airport’s miso by Go-en Fermented Foods, and • Involved owned creamery in Sharon, Massachusetts, sandwiches smeared Terminal C. Five ven- the hot kimchi and gingered carrots for ice cream made with milk from the St. with deluxe salmon and dors offering prepared from Thirty Acre Farm. • Vibrant Albans Cooperative Creamery in Vermont. bluefish paté, check out KITCHEN INNA’S and take-out food will For bouquets of fresh-cut blooms

“We get a lunch crowd and a tour- Boston Smoked Fish Shakalatkes, at Inna’s Kitchen form a “food court-style and foliage (which can also be cus- CONTI ©MATT ist crowd,” Tim Johnson says, along with Co., or try the smoked- experience,” Johnson ex- tom-made and sent to loved ones), stop American Stonecraft transforms foraged • Interested hordes of downtown-area workers who salmon and -haddock soft tacos slathered plains. There will also be a market bar with by the floral design studio and shopField stones into unique bowls and platters. stop by on their way home, via the subway at with a cumin-lime-spiced purple-cabbage local beverages. & Vase, run by Stow Greenhouses. More • Educated Haymarket, and pick up groceries or dinner. slaw and cilantro crema. Alcohol is also sold at the Haymarket lo- than 90 varieties of flowers and plants are ets, cooking slabs, and platters that stand Inna’s Kitchen features take-home fresh The marketplace also attracts sports fans cation’s Massachusetts Wine Shop, oper- grown, without pesticides, on the 14-acre the test of time. or frozen entrées, like chicken and vegetable on their way to the nearby TD Garden, John- ated by the Massachusetts Farm Wineries Stow, Massachusetts, property, including For those eager to learn more about such pot pies and sweet-and-sour brisket, along son says, “but our sustaining crowds are area & Growers Association. Some 90 varieties inside a one-acre-sized greenhouse heated regional natural resources and sustainable with other “Jewish cuisine from around the residents who are doing their grocery shop- of reds, whites, and sparkling wines, along with bio-mass (wood-chip) boilers. horticultural practices—or just get news world,” like knishes, latkes, and the inevi- ping here and at our outdoor farmers’ mar- with mead and hard ciders, are stocked, and A few blossoms would sit nicely in a about the local New England food commu- table chicken noodle soup. Don’t miss the kets. We’re in what’s called the ‘emerging rotating daily tastings feature products from hand-crafted “bowlder”—bowls crafted nity—Boston Public Market is a hub of in- trade-marked “Shakalatkes”—potato pan- market district,’ one of the fastest-growing Westport Rivers, Plymouth Bay Winery, from boulders—produced by another mar- formation. It hosts speakers and workshops, cakes topped with shakshuka (poached areas in Boston.” and 1634 Meadery, among others. ketplace vendor, American Stonecraft Inc., along with special events like summer’s Fer- eggs in a sauce of tomatoes, garlic, papri- Currently, the three farmers’ markets are Other local products at the marketplace, based in Lowell, Massachusetts. The com- mentation Festival and winter’s Fiber Farm ka, and chili peppers) and sprinkled with held at City Hall Plaza and in Dewey Square along with produce, are sold by Siena Farms, pany depends on about a hundred farmers Festival. “Beyond just being a food market, a throughout New England to salvage stones place for people to be nourished,” Johnson from the land that might otherwise be dis- explains, “we are also a guide to the local VINEYARD HAVEN HARBORFRONT carded as junk. “We’re up-recycling those agricultural system.” stones and making them into objects to use One founding member of the market- in the home,” says the helpful saleswom- place, the nonprofit Trustees, oversees The an. Company owner Gerald Croteau began KITCHEN, a “community gathering place” Retired “foraging” for heirloom-quality stones, and featuring regional chefs and other culinary then founded American Stonecraft in 2012. innovators. 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BETTER TOGETHER: Creative Artistic Collaborations When it comes to art, Boston and Cambridge mix classic iconography with edgy risk-taking. At legendary venues such as the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, plus newer destinations such as SoWa Open Market, it’s possible to enjoy traditional expressions of the form — as well as imaginative collaborations with dancers, filmmakers, craft brewers, and more. Visit some of the area’s most beloved institutions this fall for innovative pairings that make art come alive. For years, the South End’s SoWa Open Market has given up-and-coming artisans, from painters to soap-makers to jewelers, a platform to showcase their work. This year, SoWa enhances the experience with a pop-up beer garden, inviting the region’s best brewers to pour drinks normally reserved for their own taprooms. Browse SoWa’s wares every Sunday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. through October and relax over drinks courtesy of Banded Brewing, Finback Brewery, SingleCut Beersmiths, and Schilling Beer Company. Pair your beer with treats from

IMAGE COURTESY OF PROCLAMATION ALE COMPANY some of Boston’s favorite food trucks, including Blackbird Doughnuts and Bon Me. See the lineup at www.sowaboston.com. Meanwhile, Thursdays are the marquee day at the Isabella Honor Stewart Gardner Museum. Enjoy their Third Thursday the Past programming on the third Thursday of September and October, with activities facilitated by local artists and thinkers, ranging Celebrate from live music in the museum’s courtyard to talks with city horticulturalists about how to preserve urban green spaces. the Future Learn about their programming at www.gardnermuseum.org. And on Friday, October 25, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, hosts the latest installment of its ongoing Late Nite series in partnership with local artists. Expect DJs, dancing, Become A and interactive experiences until 2 a.m., along with small plates and cocktails, all while exploring the galleries after

Redwood hours. Browse the lineup at www.mfa.org. IMAGE COURTESY OF THE ISGM / PHOTOGRAPH LENA BY CASTRO Across town at the Seaport, the Institute of Contemporary Art is known for its Shareholder First Friday events, 21-plus theme parties that kick off each month with specialty cocktails, DJs, and dancing. This fall, the ICA will also host several dance performances featuring talents discovered during ICA curators’ scouting trips. From September 19 until 21, enjoy choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s A Gift for “Fase,” set to music by renowned minimalist composer Steve Reich. On October 18 and 19, watch Zimbabwean choreographer Nora Chipaumire perform pop, Generations punk, and Congolese rumba, highlighting the music of icons such as Grace Jones and Patti Smith. Get tickets ($35; $25 for members) at www.icaboston.org. Finally, the Harvard Art Museums present a new documentary film, Voices of the Rainforest, on Monday, October 21. Directed and produced by acclaimed ethnomusicologist redwoodlibrary.org/shares Steven Feld, Voices of the Rainforest is an experiential documentary about the ecological and tel: 401.847.0292 x 115 aesthetic coevolution of Papua New Guinea’s Bosavi rainforest region and its inhabitants. Through sound and image, the film immerses viewers in the rainforest and makes audible connections between the sounds of the rainforest biosphere and the creative practices of singing about it by the Bosavi people. Feld discusses the film with Redwood LibRaRy Amahl Bishara, associate professor of anthropology & athenæum at Tufts University, after the screening. Admission is 50 Bellevue Avenue free; doors open at 5:30 p.m. Learn more at chartered 1747 Newport, Rhode Island 02840 www.harvardartmuseums.org.

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