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16B Extracurriculars Events through November and December

16D Rare Treasures The Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair

16G Global Is Local Greater Boston’s cultural centers strive to enlighten

16J Getting High at A new, adult-themed exhibit

16H Historic-ish Holidays Old Sturbridge Village serves up the season. 16M Moldovan Bites Hearty East European fare in Newton DAVID BURK/OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE

H M   16 HARVARD SQUARED HARVARD SQUARED Christmas Revels an essential aspect of wellness and preventive Mahindra Humanities Center www.revels.org health care in Japan. (November 18) www.mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu “A Venetian Celebration of the Winter Prasenjit Duara, professor of history and Solstice” explores the Italian Renaissance LECTURES East Asian studies at Duke, addresses “Spir- through music, dance, and ornate garb. Radcliffe Institute itual Ecologies: Sustainability and Transcen- Sanders Theatre. (December 8-27) www.radcliffe.harvard.edu dence in Contemporary Asia” in The En- “Hidden in Plain Sight: Family Secrets and vironment Forum. Tsai Auditorium. The 108th Annual American History,” with panelists/writers (November 16)

Christmas Carol Services Gail Lumet Buckley, Susan Faludi ’81, RI ’09, www.memorialchurch.harvard.edu and Alex Wagner, is moderated by Harvard The Tanner Lectures on Human Val- The Choir helps ring Law School’s Warren professor of Ameri- ues series features lawyer Bryan Stevenson, in the holiday season. Memorial Church. can history, Annette Gordon-Reed. J.D.-M.P.A. ’85, Sc.D. ’15, founder and ex- (December 10 and 12) Knafel Center. (November 16) ecutive director of the Equal Justice Initiative

outside, among its formal gardens and sculp- FILM Extracurriculars tures. Inside are nature-inspired gifts, an Document1Document1 11/20/03 igloo11/20/03 made 11:51of recycled11:51 AM AMgoods, Page Page and1 two1 con- www.hcl.harvard.edu/hfa Events on and off campus during November and December servatories lled with subtropical plants that The Legends of William Wellman cele- offer hope of spring’s eventual return. brates the versatile early Hollywood direc- SEASONAL (November 24-January 7) tor. The line-up include Wings (1927), Pub- The Game Winter Reimagined lic Enemy (1931), A Star is Born (1937), and www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/index www.towerhillbg.org Ceramics Program Holiday Show Good-bye, My Lady (1956), which offers one The annual competition takes place in New Tower Hill Botanical Garden, in Boylston, and Sale of the top canine performers ever to grace Haven. (November 18) Massachusetts, puts on a festival of lights https://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/ceramics the screen. (Through November 26) Works by more than 50 artists—from mugs From left: Tower Hill holiday lights; a scene from William Wellman’s Wings, screening at the Harvard Film Archive; a performance of the ancient South Indian art form Kudiyattam to jewelry to garden ornaments—are on Shuji Terayama, Emperor of the Under- Sanskrit Theater, presented by the Harvard Department of Music display in this annual show. (December 7-10) ground. The writer, photographer, sports COURTESY OF HARVARD DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC FROM COURTESY LEFT: OF TOWER HILL BOTANICAL GARDEN; COURTESY OF HARVARD FILM ARCHIVE; critic, cultural agent provocateur, and lm director hugely influenced postwar Japa- nese avant-garde cinema. The archive calls Terayama’s best-known film, Emperor To- Step Outside with mato Ketchup, “a mesmerizing fever dream ASSISTEDASSISTEDLIVINGLIVINGRETIREMENTRETIREMENTCOMMUNITYCOMMUNITY Independent and Assisted Living that follows the strange adventures of a Outward Bound Professional! Specialized Memory Care child king wandering through his anarchic Here’sHere’s what what people people are are kingdom.” (November 3-27) Whatsaying do Harvard about alumni us. WHY I JOINED THE HARVARD CLUB OF BOSTON saying about us. “The team building activities challenged our group to THEATER have in common? There are many dierent reasons to join the Harvard Club of Boston. function as a cohesive unit and were widely applicable in American Repertory Theater Christopher Cleveland is a alum and currently a PhD Cadbury Commons www.americanrepertorytheater.org creating a more friendly and productive environment back Candidate in Education Policy and Program Evaluation at Harvard A Remarkable Senior Residence Sense and Sensibility. Eric Tucker’s innova- Graduate School of Education. Here's why he joined. at the hospital and in other settings.” tive production of Jane Austen’s novel ex- - James Rhee, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital Partners plores the age-old question: at what price do we follow our hearts? Loeb Drama Center. “Outside the Yard, there's nowhere else in the city I feel so Name:Name:MiltonMilton R. R. (December 10-January 14) connected to such wonderful people. I get to enjoy Occupation:Occupation:PostalPostal Supervisor, Supervisor, Retired Retired marvelous architecture at the Back Bay Clubhouse and Hobbies:Hobbies:Reading,Reading, Walking, Walking, Exercising Exercising A.R.T. Institute alumnus Dmitry Troya- Lifestyle:Lifestyle:Independent,Independent, Active Active skyline views of the Charles River at the Downtown ChoiceChoice of Senior/Assisted of Senior/Assisted Living: Living: novsky directs a cast of its current students CadburyCadbury Commons Commons Clubhouse. I love attending the member events and The Harvard alumni who chose in E.B. 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For Formyself, myself, I feelIMuseum feel that that Cadbury CadburyVisits Commons • CommonsPlay Reading provides provides a a NATURE AND SCIENCE wellSymphonywell trained trained and andcaring Selections caring group group of •people ofLecture people who who The Arnold Arboretum are interestedare interested in my in welfare.”my welfare.” Series • Yoga • Organic Gardening www.arboretum.harvard.edu CallCall (617) (617) 868-0575 868-0575 to arrange to arrange a personal a personal (617) 830-5114 Forest therapy guide Tam Willey, who is tour,Calltour, (617) or visit or 868-0575 visit www.cadburycommons.com www.cadburycommons.com to arrange a personal tour, [email protected] WhereWhereor visitThe www.cadburycommons.comThe Emphasis Emphasis Is On Is OnLiving Living completing her practicum at the arboretum, www.thompsonisland.org 66 Sherman6666 Sherman Sherman Street, Street, Street, Cambridge, Cambridge, Cambridge, takes a group on a “Forest Bathing” ex- EQUAL EQUAL MA MA02140 02140 N (617) N (617) 868-0575 868-0575 HOUSING HOUSING For more information visit harvardclub.com Boston Harbor Islands National Park MA 02140 • (617)868-0575 OPPTY OPPTY cursion to practice (and explain) Shinrin-yoku,

16 N   - D  2017 H M   16 HARVARD SQUARED and author of Just Mercy; a panel discussion Capitol Steps 1730 Massachusetts Ave Our will follow. First Parish in Cambridge. www.harvardboxof ce.edu Cambridge, MA 02138 (December 7) Orange Ain’t the New Barack. The veteran gailroberts.com satirical songsters lampoon the latest events [email protected] Residents MUSIC in American politics. Sanders Theatre. 617 245-4044 Kudiyattam Sanskrit Theater (November 25) are a lot of things www.music.fas.harvard.edu The Harvard Department of Music presents EXHIBITIONS a rare chance to experience the traditional Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery of music and dance art form, performed by the Byerly Hall • Civic-Minded South Indian troupe Nepathya. www.radcliffe.harvard.edu Agassiz Theatre. (November 9) Feminist Archaeology, an interdisciplinary • Interested project by New York City-based artist Jen- Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus nifer Bornstein, RI ’15, explores historic and • Educated www.harvardchoruses.fas.harvard.edu diverse strains of feminism that are not al- J.S. Bach’s cantata “Ein feste Burg ist unser ways aligned. (November 15-January 20) • Vibrant Gott” and Mass in G Major top the program. Sanders Theatre. (November 17) Harvard Semitic Museum www.semiticmuseum.fas.harvard.edu Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra New fabricated casts by museum curators CAMBRIDGE, MA CAMBRIDGE, MA www.harvardradcliffeorchestra.org and Harvard students reveal how ancient Coming Soon $4,600,000 The Winter Concert includes works by kings commemorated military and civic tri- Leonard Bernstein, Claude Debussy, and umphs in From Stone to Silicone: Recast- Dmitri Shostakovich. Sanders Theatre. ing Mesopotamian Wall Carvings. (December 2) (Opens December 16)

An Evening with Chris Thile Ethelbert Cooper Gallery at the www.harvardboxof ce.edu Hutchins Center The premier mandolin-player (and host of www.coopergalleryhc.org National Public Radio’s Prairie Home Compan- Wole Soyinka: Antiquities Across Times ion) performs classic and original composi- and Place highlights ancient African artifacts tions. Sanders Theatre. (November 21) collected by the Nobel Prize-winning Nige-

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171106_Coldwell-GailRoberts.indd 1 9/19/17 12:55 PM HARVARD SQUARED EXPLORATIONS rian playwright, activist, and author. Golden Age, 1590-1630: Selected Works POETRY (Through December 21) from the Abrams Collection highlights Woodberry Poetry Room groundbreaking approaches to rendering www.hcl.harvard.edu/poetryroom Carpenter Center for the landscapes and nudes, among other sub- A Provocation: Poetry in the Age of Visual Arts jects. (Through January 14) Mass Incarceration features Joshua Ben- https://carpenter.center nett, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Jill Mc- We Just Fit, You and I uses video, sculpture, Addison Gallery of American Art Donough, Christopher Soto, and Jackie and scent to “rede ne what constitutes www.andover.edu Wang. (November 8) Making Global Local bodily presence.” (Through January 7) Invisible Citings: Elaine Reichek and Jeanne Silverthorne. Sculptural works and The Artifactual Consciousness. Au- embroidery explore the lasting, or ephem- thors (and siblings) Alexandra Zapruder, Greater Boston’s international cultural www.harvardartmuseums.org eral, place of text, paper, and images in the Ed.M. ’95 (Twenty-Six Seconds: A Personal His- centers strive to enlighten. The Art of Drawing in the Early Dutch age of screens. (Through December 31) tory of the Zapruder Film) and Matthew Za- pruder (Why Poetry?) discuss what differen- by ‚‚ ƒ „    tiates knowledge from information, and how each is dispersed. (December 5)

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† ‚ ‡ has 30,000 volumes and a children’s “O “ room, we hold 50 to 60 events a year—wine tast- ings and cooking demonstra- ARE YOU PREPARED for DION/ICA MARK tions, discussion groups, and “Mark Dion: Misadventures of a 21st- concerts,” Barbara Bouqueg- LONGTERM CARE COSTS? Century Naturalist,” at The Institute of neau, executive director of the Connected for Life is a membership program that pays for Contemporary Art (ICA), is the rst U.S French Cultural Center, said survey of the conceptual artist’s oeuvre. while leading a tour around and coordinates your future long-term care services. More than 20 sculptures and installations the 1860s Beaux Arts-style feature several hundred objects—from Back Bay mansion that has Developed by North Hill, a leading Boston-area continuing plant and animal specimens to books, housed the center since 1945. care retirement community, this program allows you to enjoy vintage photographs, and trash—that There’s a new “Behind the he’s collected from around the world. Scenes” fashion series kick- the same peace-of-mind and financial benefits that our Evoking curiosity cabinets for modern ing o¦ on November 16 with residents enjoy — now in your own home. times, the works merge art and scien- a cocktail reception, fash- ti c inquiry to explore how humans per- ion show, and guest speak- ceive, interact with, and control the ers, and the annual Marché de Find out how you can prepare for tomorrow — today! Clockwise, from upper right: Cooking natural world. (They also offer prime “I Noël—quality nibbles, stylish lessons, a discussion with guest CALL 781-433-6685 spy” treasure hunting for younger muse- gifts—on December 9. “And,” speakers, and the children’s library at www.ConnectedforLife.org/Harvard um-goers.) she notes, “we teach French to the French Cultural Center; German VISIT Institute of Contemporary Art class and a festive dinner at the 700 students a year, starting from age one, tional educational organizations in Greater Goethe-Institut; and workshops in www.icaboston.org until you can’t take it anymore.” Boston—the Iranian Association of Boston, traditional art forms at the Turkish Through December 31 The center is among many such interna- the Irish Cultural Centre of New England, Cultural Center of Boston.

16« N   - D  2017 Photographs (clockwise from upper right) courtesy of the French Cultural Center, H M   16 the Goethe-Institut, and the Turkish Cultural Center of Boston HARVARD SQUARED the Japan Society of Boston, the Dante ALL IN A DAY: Historic-ish Holidays Alighieri Society of Massachusetts, the Turkish Cultural Center of Boston, and the The colder months might be the Goethe-Institut, among ideal time to visit Old Sturbridge Village. them—that serve a wide The craftspeople—blacksmiths, tinners, audience, from expats and potters, and coopers—ply their trades visiting professionals to as other costumed interpreters bring scholars and foreign-cul- early American history “to life,” yet the ture ’philes. crowd of visitors has thinned. What’s The larger organizations more, Thanksgiving is celebrated all o¦er a range of public throughout November, and for Christ- activities focused on arts mas, there are carolers, Yule logs, roast- and culture, food, holiday ing chestnuts, and candlelit tours. celebrations, history, and The museum, an hour’s drive from current events most often Cambridge, highlights daily life in New aimed at preserving or pro- England communities between 1790 and moting cultural heritage. 1840. Even then, Thanksgiving was a big Celebrating Thanksgiving They can also help supple- deal. “The Puritans and their descendants at Old Sturbridge Village ment academic programs didn’t celebrate Christmas, so this was (above and at right); in the region and indepen- horse-drawn carriages the time people got together,” says village and “villagers” are on dent learning, from the el- communications director Michael Ar- hand for Christmas By ementary grades through num. Visitors can watch preparations for Candlelight events. adulthood. feasts of turkey, and meat or squash pies. “Our purpose is to con- Two new exhibits are also open during November. “Armed & nect Japan with Boston, for Equipped: Firearms and the Militia in New England, 1790-1840” high- friendship, mutual under- lights the village’s collection of weaponry, uniforms, and other arti- standing, and learning,” facts. “Planed, Grained, and Dovetailed: Cabinetmaking in Rural New says Matt Krebs, executive England” delves into the critical nineteenth-century industry through director of the Japan Soci- woodworking tools, techniques, and stories of prominent woodwork- ety. That includes working ers, like Samuel Wing and Tilly Mead. Rare furniture is on display, with local Japan scholars along with cradles, cof ns, drumsticks, boat frames, and beds. and language teachers, or That Puritan disdain for Christmas—not always celebrated as a university students and ad- Christian holiday back then, and often marked by drunkenness and dancing—prevailed ministrators developing trips to Japan, and in some semblance through several generations, slowly softening by the 1820s. (De- reaching out to the Japanese expat commu- cember 25 was of cially named an American federal holiday in 1870.) nity. There are monthly brown-bag lunches But Old Sturbridge Village fully decks the with speakers at the society’s Boston o°ce, halls in December, resembling more of a and anyone can subscribe to the society’s Victorian town. It’s open Friday through bimonthly newsletter, which lists its own Sunday, from 3 until 9 P.M., and the whole and other Japanese-related events around community is lit only by electric candles and the region. On November 7, at Harvard, the strings of outdoor tree lights. There’s live society is co-presenting a lecture, “Japan’s music, along with horse-and-carriage rides, Trade Strategy in an Age of Protectionism,” sing-alongs, children’s games, holiday food, by Japanese diplomat Yoichi Suzuki, a visit- a gingerbread-house contest, and tradi- ing fellow at the University’s Weatherhead tional craft workshops. A model train set Center for International A¦airs. chugs along tracks in one gallery, and a The Turkish Cultural Center of Bos- miniature-sized “Little Town of Bethlehem” ton, on Commonwealth Avenue in Allston, is on display at the Quaker Meeting House, strives to foster cross-cultural awareness. where guides read the story of Christmas. They Its classes—Turkish, cooking (from baklava also lead village tours and talk about how modern to kebabs), and art (ebru, or paper marbling, Christmas traditions developed. Roasting chest- and çini, ceramic painting)—are typically nuts, for example, was already popular by the geared to Americans. “In one year we have 1830s, but caroling came in later, says Arnum. “We more than 4,000 students, and only about 50 also have a nightly tree- of them are Turkish-Americans,” says cen- lighting ceremony—and, Old Sturbridge Village ter manager Olsen Turan. Unless they are of course, Santa.” N.P.B. www.osv.org learning the language, he says of the latter group, they “don’t want to take these classes

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171124_LuxbondGreen.indd 1 9/28/17 8:56 AM HARVARD SQUARED because they already CURIOSITIES: know the tradi- tions.” But members Getting High at Houghton of both groups do come out for peri- Houghton Library is letting it all hang out. “Altered odic movie nights, WE ARE | connected worldwide States: Sex, Drugs, and Transcendence in the Ludlow-Santo as well as the live- Domingo Library” offers pornographic comics and French ly monthly Turkish erotica, along with glimpses of psychoactive drug use by Co¦ee Nights fea- Thomas De Quincey and Samuel Taylor Coleridge through turing book discus- their books and letters. Or, attend the show just for the sen- sions, concerts, and sational graphics for pulp- ction books like Marijuana Girl and guest speakers. Hippie Sex Communes. In Canton, the The 120 objects on display through December 16 are from Irish Cultural Cen- private collector and jet-setter Julio Mario Santo Domingo, tre of New England who died in 2009. 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171131_Gibson-Sothebys.indd 1 10/3/17 3:25 PM HARVARD SQUARED HARVARD SQUARED The Iranian Association of Boston, based in Watertown, runs Farsi classes as well as TASTES & TABLES: Bites from Eastern Europe popular holiday gatherings. Students range from curiosity-seekers and those studying Behind a sunny storefront in Newton is Greater Boston’s shows the country, shaped like a baby bootie, in red. Some diners the Middle East to Iranian-American chil- premier (if not only) Moldovan restaurant. That country is not may need reminding that the Principality of Moldavia was part of dren “whose parents want them to under- much bigger than the state of Massachusetts, but offers a more the Ottoman, and then the Russian, empires, but that Moldova stand the Persian/Iranian traditions,” says robust culinary heritage. (the poorest nation in the European Union) was established in center president Saeed Pirooz. Foods and avors of neighboring Romania and Ukraine, as well 1991 upon the dissolution of the USSR. Moldova The nonprofit association was established as Turkey and Russia, show up on the menu at the Moldova The restaurant ts right in with the Non- 671-916-5245 in 1989 specifically as a nonreligious, non- Authentic Restaurant: lamb kebabs and stewed chicken, cabbage antum neighborhood’s mix of unique stores. tastemoldova.com political group to “promote Iranian cultur- salad, stuffed grape leaves, pickled vegetables, and homemade Before eating, check out the modern home A New Collector’s Series by Mark Steele al exchange,” he says. Anyone can attend noodles topped with butter and feta cheese. (Appetizers, $6.45- accouterments at Greentail Table, the perfumes, soaps, and mus- COMMONWEALTH AVENUE events. “The only things not welcome,” he $11.45; entrées, $16.45-$24.95.) And for dessert? Cherry crêpes tache wax at Colonial Drug (the relocated Harvard Square main- adds, “are any kinds of religious or politi- topped with whipped cream stay), and the cream puffs at An- 1212 original original sculptures sculptures inspired inspired by byBoston’s Boston’s cal statements, or agendas. IAB is not the ($9.95). toine’s Pastry Shop. 1212 original original sculptures sculptures inspiredinspired byby Boston’sBoston’s Owners Artur and Sandra Moldova is open all day. On a 12Classic originalClassic Brownstones. Brownstones.sculptures inspired Collect Collect themby them Boston’s all! all! venue for those discussions. The focus is on ClassicClassic Brownstones. Brownstones. CollectCollect them all!all! culture and art.” Andronic immigrated to the winter afternoon, housemade ClassicAvailableAvailable Brownstones. individually individually Collect or orin theminsets. sets. all! United States a few years ago, fruit punch, coffee drinks, or a AvailableAvailableAvailable individually individuallyindividually or oror inin in sets.sets. sets. HandAvailableHand painted, painted, individually signed signed and or and dated.in dated.sets. “Folk-dancing and ran an Italian restaurant glass of wine or beer pairs well HandHandHand painted, painted,painted, signed signed and andand dated.dated. dated. before moving on—or back— with any of the appetizers— Hand painted, signed and dated. Iranians are loud and to familial fare. chicken and mushroom crêpes, They’re keen on cultural ex- chicken noodle soup—or try the

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