Extracurriculars Ney to a Site Held Sacred by the Hopi Peo- Ple, and O≠Ers Insight Into the Lives of the Archaeologists Themselves

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cial and historic signiﬁcance of this jour- Extracurriculars ney to a site held sacred by the Hopi people, and o≠ers insight into the lives of the archaeologists themselves.

SEASONAL Saunter down to the river with a picnic to • Continuing: Fragile Memories: Images OF THE PEABODY The Farmers’ Market at Harvard watch athletes from around New Eng- of Archaeology and Community at Copán, www.dining.harvard.edu/flp/ag_mar- land—and the world—compete in the 1891-1900. The exhibit explores one of ket.html. Open through October. annual two-day event. the most important Maya sites and its in- In Cambridge: ﬂuence on the local community. • Tuesdays, 12:30-6 p.m. EXHIBITIONS Harvard Museum of Natural Outside the Science Center, at the corner The Harvard Art Museum History of Oxford and Kirkland streets. Please note: The Fogg and Busch-Rei- www.hmnh.harvard.edu In Allston: singer Museums are closed to the public 617-495-3045 • Wednesdays, 3-7 p.m. for renovations that are expected to last • October 16 at 6 p.m. Corner of North Harvard Street and about ﬁve years. Lecture and book signing with Eric Chi- Western Avenue. www.artmuseums.harvard.edu vian, director of Harvard’s Center for The markets, organized by Harvard Uni- 617-495-9400/9422 Health and the Global Environment, and versity Dining Services, o≠er fresh pro- • Opening September 13 coeditor of the new Sustaining Life: How duce, herbs, baked goods, and other de- Re-View, at the Sackler Museum, fea- Human Health Depends on Biodiversity. lights, plus cooking demonstrations. tures a wide range of selected works from • Continuing: Looking at Leaves: Photo- An Evening with Champions all three art museums. graphs by Amanda Means invites a www.hcs.harvard.edu/~ewc; 617-493-8172 • September 20, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. closer look at the natural world. • October 10 at 8 p.m.; October 11 at 7 p.m. “Community Day” at the Sackler; admis- The Semitic Museum Organized by Harvard undergraduates, sion is free. www.fas.harvard.edu/~semitic the annual ice-skating show includes Peabody Museum of Archaeology 617-495-3045 Olympic athletes and raises money for the and Ethnology Continuing: The Houses of Ancient Is- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy www.peabody.harvard.edu; 617-495-1027 rael: Domestic, Royal, Divine features a Fund. Bright Hockey Arena. • Opening September 25 full-scale replica of an Iron Age (ca. 1200- Head of the Charles Regatta Remembering Awatovi: The Story of an 586 b.c.e.) village abode. In Ancient Egypt: www.hocr.org; 617-868-6200 Archaeological Expedition in Northern Magic and the Afterlife, visitors may view • October 18-19 Arizona, 1935-1939, showcases the so- co∞ns, amulets, and funerary inscrip- Left to right: Blossom, 2007, by Sanford Biggers, at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts; The Mulatto, 1913, by Emil Nolde, at the Sackler;

Awatovi Archaelogists Dancing, late 1930s, at the Peabody Museum. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: COURTESY OF THE CARPENTER CENTER FOR VISUAL ARTS; HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUMS; MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY ©PRESIDENT FELLOWS HARVARD COLLEGE

Harvard Magazine 24A NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL SECTION tions that elucidate the Egyptian view of • September 18 and October 16 at 7:30 p.m • November 1 at 8 p.m. life after death. Visit the Harvard College Observatory The Harvard Krokodiloes and Harvard- for lectures and, weather permitting, Radcliffe Veritones give a fall concert. DANCE stargazing outdoors. www.fas.harvard.edu/~dance THEATER 617-495-8683. Harvard Dance Center, 60 FILM The American Repertory Theatre Garden Street. The Harvard Film Archive www.amrep.org; 617-547-8300 • September 27 at 8 p.m. www.harvardfilmarchive.org • September 12 through October 11 Salad Days is series of dances, choreo- Visit the website for complete listings. Written and performed by Anna Deavere graphed by Sara Hook, that satirizes ob- 617-495-4700 Smith, Let Me Down Easy, is a one-woman sessions with youth and glory. Admission • October 5-11 show about contemporary life that asks: is free. Lucrecia Martel, La Maestra celebrates how do we pursue kindness in a competi- the work of this Argentinean filmmaker, tive and sometimes distressing world? NATURE AND SCIENCE who will be present for the screening of Loeb Theatre The Arnold Arboretum her trilogy—La Cienega, The Holy Girl, and • October 18 through November 9 www.arboretum.harvard.edu The Headless Woman—which was recently The Communist Dracula Pageant presents a 617-524-1718 shown at the Cannes Film Festival. satirical look at the forging of a national Jamaica Plain, Boston. identity and the power of a president to Visit the website for details on upcoming MUSIC influence the news. Written by Anne lectures, events, and art displays. Sanders Theatre Washburn; directed by Anne Kau≠man. The Harvard-Smithsonian Center www.fas.boxoffice.harvard.edu Zero Arrow Stage. for Astrophysics 617-496-2222 www.cfa.harvard.edu/events.html • October 31 at 8 p.m. Events listings also appear in the Univer- 617-495-7461. Phillips Auditorium, 60 The Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra per- sity Gazette, accessible via www.harvard- Garden Street. forms Stravinsky, Mendelssohn, and more. magazine.com.

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