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Harvard2 Cambridge, Boston, and beyond 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 Houghton Library 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 Harvard University 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 Harvard Film Archive 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) Whatsayingsaying do Harvard about about us. alumni us. WHY I JOINED THE HARVARD CLUB OF BOSTON “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 Harvard College 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. White’s timeless tale, Charlotte’s “There is a stable and gentle atmosphere Web. Loeb Drama Center. visiting the great restaurants the two clubhouses oer.” “ThereCadbury is a stable Commons and gentle mayatmosphere have of helpof help and andempathy empathy throughout throughout the the (December 17-January 7) -Christopher Cleveland ’14 community.retiredcommunity. from I feel Iwork, feelassured assured but that not thatI am fromI partam part oflife. of others’others’ lives, lives, as they as they are ofare mine. of mine. For Formyself, myself, I feelIMuseum feelthat thatCadbury CadburyVisits Commons • CommonsPlay Readingprovides 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.harvardboxofce.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.harvardboxofce.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- STAFF PICK: Antique Treasures We are a community of seniors Find not only rare books, but Asian botan- CAMBRIDGE, MA CAMBRIDGE, MA ical prints, medieval maps, and Red Sox mem-