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NATURE AND SCIENCE The Arnold Arboretum Extracurriculars www.arboretum.harvard.edu Gavin Van Horn, director of cultures and Events on and off campus during March and April conversations at Chicago’s Center for Hu mans and Nature, hosts a talk, “Shared SEASONAL dance, music, comedy, circus acts, and thea Journeys in the Urban Wilds,” and a Arts First Festival ter, along with art exhibits and hands-on walk: Cultivating Wildness Where www.ofa.fas.harvard.edu activities for all ages. The 2019 Harvard Arts You Are. (April 3 and April 4) The annual arts celebration in and around Medalist is Tracy K. Smith ’94 (see page 28), Harvard Square offers live performances of poet laureate of the United States. (May 2-5) An Introduction to Medicinal Plants is a five-part series that explains the scien From left: A photograph of Albina Visilova, at the Naftalan Sanatorium, Azerbaijan (2010), at the Peabody Museum; from the Argentine film Zama, at the Harvard Film Archive; and tific principles and anthropological underpin FROM COURTESY LEFT: PEABODY MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY, HARVARD UNIVERSITY. © CHLOE DEWE MATHEWS; Dragon Mama, starring Sara Porkalob, at the American Repertory Theater nings of plant-based drugs found around the HARVARD FILM ARCHIVE; AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER

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190303_Coldwell-GailRoberts.indd 1 1/11/19 12:32 PM Harvard Squared Harvard Squared world, with John de la Parra, an associate of bard, who timelessly asserts: “The country American Repertory Theater the Russian-born journalist and activist, New Houghton Library the Harvard University Herbaria, and Ernest is turning, the world is open...there are hun www.americanrepertorytheater.org Yorker staff writer, and author of the Nation www.hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton Anemone, lecturer at the Tufts University dreds of Hubbards...and they will own this In Dragon Mama, Seattle-based perform al Book Award-winning The Future Is History: Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Apollo 11 at Experimental College. (April 17-May 11) country some day.” (Through March 17) er, singer, writer, and producer Sara Pork How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia, address 50 pairs items from the library’s history of chartered 1747 alob delves into the next chapter of her au es: “How Do We Talk About Migration?” science collection with rarely seen objects THEATER Harvard-Radcliffe tobiographical Dragon Cycle series, which Paine Hall. (April 3-4) from a private spaceflight collection, includ Lyric Stage Company of Boston Gilbert and Sullivan Players began with Dragon Lady, a work based ing some used during the mission by astro THE CLAGGETTS OF NEWPORT www.lyricstage.com www.boxoffice.harvard.edu on her grandmother, an unflappable Filipina The Radcliffe Institute for nauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. The Little Foxes, Lillian Hellman’s tale of The Gondoliers; or, The King of Bara- immigrant to the United States. Oberon. Advanced Study (Opens April 29) a family’s lust for power and money in the taria. Confusion reigns when a king dies and (March 20-April 6) www.radcliffe.harvard.edu Master post-Civil War American South, plays as two brothers learn that one of them is heir The Vision and Justice conference—with Currier Museum of Art well today as it did in 1939. Remo Airaldi to the throne; meanwhile, the new young The concert-party-performance Clairvoy- keynote address by New York University law www.currier.org Clockmakers ’85, Harvard lecturer on theater, dance, and would-be queen is in love with someone ance features its creator, Diane Oh, and her professor Bryan Stevenson, J.D.-M.P.A. ’85, Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the media, plays steely schemer Benjamin Hub else. Agassiz Theater. (March 29-April 7) “original soul, pop, rock, and punk music.” LL.D. ’15, founder and executive director of Art of Independence highlights colorful, Oberon. (April 24-28) the Equal Justice Initiative (see harvardmag. meticulously beaded textiles—a single panel in Colonial com/stevenson-18, and short presentations takes up to 10 months to complete—that MUSIC by dozens of scholars, artists, writers, and were created by a community of women liv STAFF PICK: Music in the Air Shawn Colvin businesspeople—explores the role of arts in ing and working together in rural South Af America www.boxoffice.harvard.edu understanding the nexus of art, race, and rica. (Opens March 23) Among the free performances sponsored by the Harvard The enduring Grammy Award- justice. Events include performances by Car December 8, 2018 – music department this spring is “Perle Noire: Meditations for winning singer-songwriter and rie Mae Weems and Wynton Marsalis. FILM April 21, 2019 Joséphine” (May 3). Conceived by Peter Sellars ’80 and starring author performs her signature (April 25-26) IFFBoston Julia Bullock, the luminous soprano and artist-in-residence at “slow-release works of craft www.iffboston.org the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the production features music, and catharsis.” Sanders Theatre. EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS The Independent Film Festival Boston The Redwood Library songs, and texts that make contemporary the life and work of (March 22) The Radcliffe Institute for offers documentaries and narrative features, & Athenæum Josephine Baker. Advanced Study short films, and animated and experimental The American-born Baker was a street-corner and vaudeville America/We Need www.radcliffe.harvard.edu works not readily available elsewhere. New 50 Bellevue Avenue dancer who moved to Paris in the 1920s and forged a career as to Talk Willie Cole’s Beauties are full-scale prints and established filmmakers, along with a Newport, Rhode Island 02840 an international cabaret entertainer. She worked for the French www.boxoffice.harvard.edu made using crushed and hammered ironing host of regional practitioners, are featured www.redwoodlibrary.org Resistance during World War II (ultimately becoming a natural Coro Allegro, Boston’s LG boards, each honoring a woman significant to through screenings at the Brattle, Somer ized citizen of her adopted country), and went on to play a part BTQ+ and allied classical cho his personal and cultural history. Johnson- ville, and Coolidge Corner Theatres, among in the American civil-rights movement. rus, presents a concert that calls Kulukundis Family Gallery. (Cole gives a talk other venues. (April 24-May 1)

The production features texts by poet, essayist, and playwright PRODUCTIONS RUNAWAY for national dialogue and social during the opening reception on March 26; Claudia Rankine, along with original compositions by Tyshawn Soprano Julia justice. Program includes the world premiere exhibit opens on March 27) Harvard Film Archive Sorey, a multi-instrumentalist and assistant professor of compo Bullock, as of “A Triptych of American Voices: A Can www.hcl.harvard.edu/hfa Josephine Baker, sition and creative music at Wesleyan University. He performs and pianist Angela tata of the People,” by award-winning com Harvard Art Museums Thai filmmaker and VES visiting lecturer in the show, and is joined by members of the International Con Hewitt poser Fred Onovwerosuoke. www.harvardartmuseums.org Anocha Suwichakornpong, creator of the temporary Ensemble, founded by flutist and Harvard professor Sanders Theatre. (March 24) Scholars, including Laura Muir, curator of Cannes-honored film short Graceland, cu of the practice of music Claire Chase. The The Bauhaus and Harvard exhibit (see rates a survey of New Thai Cinema, in show follows “no narrative, per se,” says Re Holden Choruses page 44), present new research on art cluding Phuttiphong Aroonpheng’s Manta bekah Heller, the ensemble’s co-artistic direc www.boxoffice.harvard.edu works and on the seismic design movement Ray and Jakrawal Nilthamrong’s Vanishing tor and its bassoonist. “It is a social tribute to The Radcliffe Choral Society hosts the Ris during the daylong Bauhaus 100: Object Point. (March 8-April 13) more of [Baker’s] activism, and texts by Ran ing Voices Treble Chorus Festival, featuring the Lessons from a Historic Collection kine ground the audience in that world, ad Boston-based Lorelei Ensemble. Symposium. (March 29) The Films of Lucrecia Martel explores dressing the activism through the voice of Jo Sanders Theatre. (April 5-6) the sensual and perceptive works by this séphine”—whom Bullock embodies on stage. The Peabody Museum of founding member of the New Argentine The department also hosts the Grammy Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra Archaeology & Ethnology Cinema, a prominent figure in contempo Award-winning Parker Quartet (March 31), www.boxoffice.harvard.edu www.peabody.harvard.edu rary world cinema. Martel appears for which performs a program of Mozart and The Visitas Weekend Concert includes Photographer Chloe Dewe Mathews spent showings of both Zama (2017), based on the Brahms, along with “things are made to fill “Four Ragtime Dances,” by Charles Ives, and five years documenting people, nature, and book by Antonio di Benedetto, about a voids,” by graduate student Zeynep Toraman, the “Dance of the Seven Veils,” from Salome, landscapes along the Caspian Sea. Caspian: Spanish imperial functionary toiling in South winner of the Blodgett Composition Competi by Richard Strauss, among other works. The Elements (also the title of her new America, and La Niña Santa (2004), in which

RICHARD TERMINE RICHARD tion. On April 30, renowned pianist Angela Sanders Theatre. (April 27) book) elucidates her journey, and the roles an adolescent girl struggles to reconcile her Hewitt (the department’s 2018 Christoph Wolff Distinguished Visiting Scholar), plays that materials like rock, oil, and uranium play nascent sexuality with her Catholic faith. a section of “The Bach Odyssey,” her four-year project to perform the entirety of J.S. LECTURES in daily life. Mathews, recipient of the mu (March 10-April 7). Bach’s solo piano works in concerts around the world. All events are free, but tickets, Mahindra Humanities Center seum’s 2014 Robert Gardner Fellowship in obtained through the Harvard Box Office, are required. vn.p.b. www.mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu Photography, talks about her work during a Events listings are also found at www. This year’s Tanner lecturer, Masha Gessen, reception on April 25. (Opens April 27) harvardmagazine.com/harvard2-events.

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190321_PompanoosucMills.indd 1 1/28/19 9:31 AM Harvard Squared Harvard Squared arts,” she explains. “Participation used to to attend arts events by “having fun, and ditional and unconventional art-making— then held a concert. Access and affordability be more of a passive activity: sit in a chair learning and experiencing new things,” she from gatherings with a social-justice and are high priorities, too: more than 60 percent and listen to a concert and go see an art- continues: the very definitions of culture are community-building theme, like an all-ages, of ArtWeek events are free, and 90 percent are exhibit opening. You wouldn’t hear the art- widening to beyond the traditional genres of all-abilities jogging event along “mural mile” either free or cost under $25. ists talk about their processes, or, going to a ballet, opera, and painting, and now extend in Framingham, she says, to off-beat experi- This year’s complete schedule will be play, you wouldn’t hear the cast and direc- to “community festivals, public art, and even ences of the kind provided by an artist who posted online by April 1. But here’s a short tor talk about the show afterward.” Stud- food and drinks.” fashioned instruments out of ice at the Fa- preview: ies show that people are highly motivated ArtWeek organizers welcome both tra- neuil Hall Frost Ice Loft (since closed) and Malden Dance Mile (April 27) is a free, collaborative “dance adventure” led by Mon- ents that employers are looking for,” she keyhouse and OnStage Dance Company adds: it’s not hard to see how “creativity along U.S. Bicycle Route 1. Performances, is [implicit in] and impacts our daily person- ALL IN A DAY: Spring Outings at Mass Audubon Sanctuaries Options in 2018 also included an open Bach choreographed community dancing, music, al and professional lives.” It plays a role, for Cantata rehearsal (Boston), and artful The Parker River National Wildlife Refuge stretches along the traditional tools and learn the age-old method of tapping sap and games are open to anyone, of any ability. example, in parenting, friendships, marriag- light shows (Great Barrington). coast of Plum Island, near Newburyport. In addition to prime from trees and boiling it into syrup. Those more interested in exploring medi- beach and walking territory for humans, the refuge’s 4,700 acres At the Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary, in Lincoln, find out how tative movement might try the Tai Chi and provide diverse habitats, from dunes the sheep, goats, pigs, and other barnyard animals are readying to Qi Gong Interactive Demonstration (May and mudflats to marshlands, that are emerge from winter. Or trek along the path at Bird Hill to see local 4), at the Asian Crane Tai Chi studio in especially important for birds. raptors and pheasants. Short trails also diverge to other points Plymouth. The ancient Chinese disciplines, Mass Audubon’s across the 200-acre property, some with prime views of New with roots in the martial arts, offer wellness nearby Joppa Flats Hampshire’s Mount Monadnock, others with sightings of the benefits—and the graceful, supremely fo- Education Center sanctuary’s white-tail cused motions are beautiful to watch. holds events and deer. On March 30, In South Yarmouth, the Cultural Cen- RELIVE THE Magic OF SPRING IN HARVARD SQUARE excursions that ex the site hosts Woola ter of Cape Cod hosts Mutual Muses XI: plore these pre palooza. The annual A Marriage of Art and Poetry (April 17- Friday 12pm – Check In cious ecosystems, fiber festival features May 5). The exhibit offers synergistic works Roll up to the front drive and hand off including “Falconry the farm’s newest ani generated by pairing 50 visual artists with your keys to the doorman. Spring break & A Raptor Road mal babies, sheep- 50 poets; each poet provides a poem, based has ofﬁ cially begun! Trip,” on March 16. shearing, works and on which the artist creates a piece of visual 5pm – Happy Hour

The adventure is demonstrations by DRUMLIN FARM WILDLIFE SANCTUARY (2) art, and vice versa. The resulting 100 “inspi- Reunite with old classmates and led by Joppa Flats local fiber artisans, rations” and “responses” will be displayed, professors over a cocktail (or two) school and youth education coordi and hands-on activi and wall space and art supplies are provid- on the outdoor patio at Noir. 8pm – Room Service nator Lisa Hutchings, teacher-natu ties for kids. ed as well, for visitors’ own imaginative re- Done socializing for the night? Enjoy ralist Jonathan Brooks, and falconer For an evening actions. The aim, says Sullivan, is to “help Henrietta’s Table cuisine in the comfort Wendy Pavlicek, who also directs the event open only to people experience what it’s like to be part of of your own bathrobe, TV remote in hand. Burlington Science Center, part of that town’s public-school those over 16, check that collaboration, or to work across media.” system. She starts the day with a live birds-of-prey demonstra out “Timberdoodles The annual, nationwide 90-Second New- Saturday tion, and will explain their habits and hunting, and share her own and Tapas,” at the bery Film Festival is a video-making proj- 9am – Work Out experiences with these winged predators. That will be followed North River Wildlife ect for which children and teenagers create Jog along the thawing Charles River or by an expedition into the refuge in search of raptors. Sanctuary, in Marsh “offbeat, condensed versions of Newbery practice yoga at Wellbridge Athletic Club. Elsewhere, Mass Audubon hosts other early spring events, field, on Boston’s Award-winning books.” The best entries, 12pm – Brunch Away such as the “Maple Sugaring” weekend (March 23-24) at Moose South Shore (April along with other locally created videos, will Waffles. Mimosas. Red Flannel Hash. Oh my! Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, in Sharon, and at Brookwood Farm, in 6). Enjoy a Spanish- be screened at the Boston Public Library 6pm – Tickets Please? the Canton section of the Blue Hills Reservation. Visitors use style dinner, then on April 27, with guest filmmakers and co- Thankfully the concierge has tracked down head outside to find an American woodcock (also known as a hosts/prize-winning authors James Kenne- tickets for you to this evening’s sold out timberdoodle, bogsucker, and mudbat) performing his buzzing dy (The Order of Odd Fish) and M.T. Anderson A.R.T. performance. calls and elaborate and acrobatic aerial courtship display. “In (Feed, Octavian Nothing Saga). the evening,” according to timberdoodles.org, “males may sing Harvard’s own ArtsFirst Festival (May Sunday and fly for half an hour or longer, and when the moon is bright, 2-5) happens to coincide with ArtWeek 9am – Pamper Yourself they may carry on through the night.” vn.p.b. this year, and itself offers scores of student Forgo sleeping in for a pampering Clockwise from top performances. Check the ArtWeek events massage at Corbu Spa & Salon. left: Roam Plum Island schedule for additional special activities 1pm – Pack Up while learning about Step out into the porte-cochère to falconry; visit the barn on campus, and especially at Harvard’s greet the valet. Take a deep breath of or stroll at Drumlin museums. that New England springtime air. You’re Farm Wildlife Sanctu- Yet ArtWeek is not solely focused on lit- rejuvenated and unstoppable. ary; or try traditional erary, performing, and fine arts, Sullivan maple sugaring at the BOOK YOUR HARVARD SQUARE GETAWAY Moose Hill Wildlife asserts. “There are lots of definitions of Now! Sanctuary. creativity. Forbes consistently reports that creativity is among the most desirable tal- 1 BENNETT STREET • CAMBRIDGE, MA • 800.882.1818 • CHARLESHOTEL.COM

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Reprinted from Harvard Magazine. For more information, contact Harvard Magazine, Inc. at 617-495-5746 Reprinted from Harvard Magazine. For more information, contact Harvard Magazine, Inc. at 617-495-5746 Harvard Squared Harvard Squared es, and in any other relationships requiring at the other end of the spectrum, to experi- STAFF PICK: Laying It On dynamic negotiation and problem-solving. ence joy and wonder and express ourselves It’s even an aspect of home-based projects in different ways. Creativity captures the Howardena Pindell: What Remains To Be Seen, a traveling show at the Rose like designing and planting a garden, deco- past and allows you to envision a future.” Art Museum, reveals her ardent experimentation. Across a 50-year career, from fig rating a bedroom, and cooking meals. ArtWeek delves into physics, for exam- ural drawings and abstract paintings to conceptual works and photography, Pindell has Honoring the culinary arts, Una Tarde ple, in See the World Differently through played with fantastical color schemes (as in Untitled #4D, below), delved into decon En España (April 27, at Cambridge Center Kaleidoscope Sculptures (April 27), sited structionism, and reveled in circles and serialized forms. Works of collaged strips of for Adult Education) features sangria and next to Boston’s Christopher Columbus Wa- textiles—ripped, then re-sewn—are painted over. Some are embedded with texts, Spanish fare, discussions with the chef, and terfront Park. The ’scope art is hosted by numbers, or surreal images; others are adorned Flamenco music and dances performed by Beautiful Forms to See and explores techni- Rose Art Museum with glitter, talcum powder, and perfume. In her www.brandeis.edu/rose members of the Boston Arts Consort. cal facets of mirrored systems and light re- Learn the art of floral New York City studio, Pindell has hole-punched Through May 19 Creativity is also crucial, Sullivan says, to fraction, while offering nearly infinite, ever- arrangements with Alice’s Table (Boston), and that of thousands of paper dots that she scientific and technical endeav- changing, mind-bending images. The project recipe-writing, with the sprinkles or clumps onto canvases, ors, and to any form of economy- is entrancing—while enhancing knowledge Diva of Delicious (Hawley); layering on acrylic or spray paint, to enhancing innovations. From of science, technology, engineering, art, and or transform your look history professor at Went create, by turns, raw textures and dreaming up experimental mo- math (known as STEAM). with vintage clothes during worth Institute of Tech- “Wear Your Raspberry dreamy, abstract, impressionistic Document1Document1 11/20/03 11/20/03 11:51 dalities 11:51 AM and AM writingPage Page 1 computer 1 A half-mile walk away, in the North End, Beret” (Maynard). nology, who explains how depths. code, to engineering and archi- Changing Course (April 27-28) highlights imagery was used to define Other multimedia collages re tectural feats and the commer- oceanic life and the impact of human-creat- constructively recycle them. gender and power during flect both her world travels and her cial application of research—all ed pollution. Presented by Save the Harbor/ ArtWeek also taps into the suffrage movement. social-justice causes. Her 1980 require vision, inspiration, and Save the Bay, the sculptures comprise 2,000 fresh perspectives on cultural history. The Each year, ArtWeek draws more par- filmed performance Free, White and originality: just what she thinks plastic drinking bottles collected from re- Massachusetts Historical Society, in Bos- ticipating towns, organizations, and indi- 21 examines racism. It marked her creativity means. “To think out- gional beaches and waterways that, when ton, has organized the exhibit “ ‘Can She Do viduals, Sullivan says: “Everyone is seeing return to work after a near-fatal car side of the rules,” she summa- strung together, depict “a powerful school it?’ Massachusetts Debates a Woman’s Right the value of this designated time as a way crash, and an enduring resolve to rizes. “An opportunity to make of fish swimming upstream against the tide to Vote,” (April 26-September 21) and dur- to help people access creativity across the

create. vn.p.b. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND ROSE ART MUSEUM connections that are not obvi- of plastics.” Creators aim to inspire people ing ArtWeek, on April 29, hosts a reception Commonwealth. Creativity is one of the ous, to define and redefine, and, to stop using plastic products or, at least, with guest curator Allison Lange, assistant most important elements of a full life.”

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t’s lunchtime in Harvard Square, and family at age 10, and settled in Boston Le’s Restaurant is packed. Diners slurp after graduating from MIT. “Vietnam- Clockwise from top right: Chef Vinh Le in steaming beef noodle soup (tái nam pho) ese people live for food.” the kitchen, and Duong Huynh, with guests, and dig into grilled shrimp and pork and “After the war—what we call the Ameri- during a Nem pop-up event that offered I dishes like crispy mini pancakes with vermicelli (bún tôm thit) laced with nước mắm, can War,” adds Le, “the people were so hun- shrimp and glazed chicken wings; Harvard a limey fish-sauce vinaigrette. At a window gry. My mother told me this—that for a meal Square’s (unaffiliated) Le’s Restaurant table, Duong Huynh and Vinh Le (no rela- you have only two or three small pieces of tion to Le’s owners) peruse the menu. As the meat. So when we have food, we sit around A fertile, mainly coastal, country, Viet- duo behind Nem, a local Vietnamese food and talk and we celebrate together.” nam boasts three distinct culinary regions: venture that offers culinary classes and pop- “But even before the war, we were food- the north (influenced by Cantonese cui- up dinners, they are, naturally, choosy. ies,” his wife goes on. “I think it’s because sine), the middle (once home to imperi- “You have to understand,” says Huynh, geographically we are blessed with so many al Hue cuisine), and the agricultural-rich who moved to the United States with her different ingredients.” south, which integrates Thai and Cambo-

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190120_LuxBondGeen.indd 1 11/26/18 12:50 PM Harvard Squared Harvard Squared Choose from the hot bar, cold bar, ways”: grilled with butter, rolled into sausage, smoothies station, or take-out cases at Mi or dipped in a tangy vinegar sauce are among Ba Le, in Dorchester; try a green jelly, flavored by pandan leaves, for dessert. the options. And steps from the station itself is Hiên Vuong (1487 Dot Ave), which features ding; Seussical-green pandan jelly (among a touted bún mắm, a fermented-fish broth and Duong Huynh’s favorite treats); and a soupy vermicelli gumbo-like soup with seafood, drink, chè sâm bổ lượng, with lychee fruit, pork, vegetables, and herbs. pearl barley, seaweed, mango, and brown It’s a favorite of Huynh’s, but she recom- sugar. mends the version served at New Dong A few blocks away is the less crowd- Khanh (83 Harrison Avenue), in China- Vietnamese cooking, according ed, also very good, Nhu Lan (1155-57 Dot town: “Ver y pungent broth. Not easy to 187 Pearl Street Cambridge to Le. Families have their own se- Ave), which has both a sit-down restaurant handle,” she warns, “but it’s full of umami $1,300,000 3 BD 2.5 BA 1,400 SF cret recipes, and batches can take and a fast-food counter. Try the fresh fish, and better than the same dish I’ve had in days to make using slow-cooked steamed or fried, slathered with coconut- Vietnam.” She also likes that restaurant’s bones and herbal infusions. curry or black bean sauce, or get the Viet- bánh cuon (steamed rice flour rolls with pork namese fondue (lẩu) and cook your own filling); bánh xèo (a Vietnamese crêpe fla- Since the wave of migration to goat, seafood, or beef in a scalding-hot pot vored with turmeric and stuffed with mung the United States after the fall of soup stock. Everything on the menu also bean and bean sprouts); and hoanh thanh bo of Saigon in 1975, the biggest appears to have a vegetarian option, but kho (braised beef broth in five spices, with Vietnamese-American enclave double-check to make sure fish sauce is wontons). And try the smoothies, she adds; in Massachusetts has grown up not added. Ready-made takeout opportu- especially the avocado and durian. in Dorchester, in a section book- nities for more adventurous eaters include On the next street over, New Saigon 47 Magazine Street Cambridge $1,200,000 2 BD 1.5 BA 1,364 SF ended by the Savin Hill and mủ trôm, a sweet pandan-flavored drink with Sandwich (696 Washington Street), a tiny

HARVARD MAGAZINE/NPB HARVARD Fields Corner MBTA stations. To jellies that looked like fish eggs, and gio thu, storefront serving take-out hot boxed meals dian fare, according to Le (who’s not relat- explore that culture and its cuisine, take the a hunk of head cheese made with pig’s ear (like teriyaki chicken with rice or noodles), ed to the restaurant’s owners). In that base Red Line to JFK/UMASS, then walk east and black fungus. also sells fresh bánh mì —try the shredded of rice paddies, lush produce, and tropical on Columbia Road to Dorchester Avenue. Pho Hoa (1370 Dot Ave) is among the larg- pork, tofu, or BBQ beef, layered with cilan- fruits, the food tends to be sweeter. Within 15 minutes, you will come to Banh est and most established restaurants; look tro, carrots, daikon, pickles, onions, and Freshness is paramount, and the diet, Mi Ba Le (1052 Dot Ave). The combination for the mural outside depicting immigration chili peppers. overall, relies heavily on fish and seafood. take-out place, grocery store, and bakery with Vietnamese folkloric imagery: people For more ambience, go to Pho Country- Rice (cơm) and vermicelli (bún) are eaten in serves some of the best bánh mì around. Check in a boat watching fish swim toward a wa- side, in Kenmore Square, where the subdued countless varieties, as is phở, a brothy soup out the spicy beef on the homemade rice-flour terfall, above which a tree and dragon spiral lighting, tiny bar, and 12 cozy tables are en- 14 Cottage Street Unit 3 Cambridge with rice noodles: phở bò (with beef), phở baguette, or order from the hot bar. Try the skyward, encircling a scene from contem- hanced by digital images of flickering flames $1,100,000 3 BD 2 BA 1,700 SF gà (with chicken)…. Also common, and pop- fruit smoothies (we porary Boston. simulating a fireplace. We liked the “Coun- ularized through the Boston-area Bon Me like the taro and A few blocks from the Fields tryside rice plate,” flavored with grilled pork food trucks, are the delectable Vietnamese coconut) and milk Corner MBTA station, is the chop, sausage, shredded pork skin, pork-egg sandwiches (bánh mì), made with airy rice- teas with or with- family-oriented Anh Hong (291 custard, and the fresh “health conscious” en- flour baguettes, and fresh rice-paper rolls, out boba—tapioca Adams Street), best known for trées, especially the hủ tiếu southern-styled called gỏi cuốn. balls. House-made its shared entrée “beef seven tofu and vegetable noodle soup. French colonization played a role in cu- desserts include Pho Countryside is a pretty, linary techniques—along with breads and coconut-flavored casual spot that serves fresh Back at Le’s Restaurant, in Harvard broths, which have a nearly sacred role in three-bean pud- noodle soups and rice dishes, Square, the couple who own Nem start the with plenty of greens and meal with bánh hỏi tôm nướng ($12.25). It’s a vegetarian options. 26 Clarendon Street Cambridge ceremonial dish often served at weddings $885,000 4 BD 2 BA 1,800 SF Single Family or engagement parties, Huynh explains, as a waiter sets down a platter piled with fresh bean sprouts, basil and mint leaves, shredded carrots, chopped cucumbers, scallions, and peanuts, squares of white vermi- Currier, Lane celli, and grilled shrimp. Separate bowls & Young hold rice papers, hot water, and nước mắm. — Soften the paper in the water, lay it on a [email protected] plate, line it with bite-sized bits of anything 617.871.9190 from the platter, then roll the mass into a

taut bundle. The yin-yang mélange of flavors Compass is a licensed real estate broker and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only. Information is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, and textures is refreshing, healthy, and fill- omissions, changes in price, condition, sale, or withdrawal without notice. No statement is made as to the accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footages are approximate. This is not intended to solicit property already ing. Americans think of rice-paper rolls as listed. Nothing herein shall be construed as legal, accounting or other professional advice outside the realm of real estate brokerage. PHO COUNTRYSIDE (3) a specific dish, Huynh says, but in Vietnam

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Reprinted from Harvard Magazine. For more information, contact Harvard Magazine, Inc. at 617-495-5746 Reprinted from Harvard Magazine. For more information, contact Harvard Magazine, Inc. at 617-495-5746 Harvard Squared they are “more of a way to eat your protein. NOT YOUR My family is from a coastal town and if my uncle had a fresh catch, he’d steam up the AVERAGE BAKERY big fish and we would all sit down and we’ll have this to pair it with.” MILK BAR Next up is a pot of phở tái nam ($9.50): vermicelli and tender slices of rare eye round HARVARD SQUARE and brisket swimming in hot broth. Again, Care packages & more at there’s basil, scallions, cilantro, and bean milkbarstore.com sprouts on hand to add in. LIVE LUXURY “And you know, phở is often eaten for breakfast,” Huynh says. “They eat it every day—for breakfast, lunch, and dinner—whatever,” adds Le. Huynh reaches for the bánh xèo ($9.95), cut- ting a chunk of the crispy rice-powder crêpe stuffed with bean sprouts and mung bean, but too few chunks of shrimp and pork. “I like to just put it in my bowl and lather the nước mắm on, like this,” she says, sprinkling CAMBRIDGE BEACON HILL CAMBRIDGE the sauce onto a mound of basil and mint. At 38 GIBSON STREET 103 REVERE STREET 44 COTTAGE STREET Le’s, she also likes the “family meals” on the SOLD - $8,500,000 $2,995,000 SOLD - $2.500,000 menu—a caramelized fish, for example— 16 Unit Brick Building in Harvard Square 4 Bedrooms | 3.5 Baths | 2,530 sq.ft. 5 Bedrooms | 4.5 Bath | 3,706 sq.ft. as well as the sour soup (canh chua). More Max Dublin | 617.230.7615 Julie Harrison | 617.413.6332 44CottageStreet.com exotic is the “fire pot” with a vinegar-base [email protected] Arianna Brown | 617.549.4207 Susan Condrick | 617.842.4600 broth, “eaten by dipping ingredients and MaxDublin.com Mary Conner | 617.861.7434 [email protected] then rolling them up in spring rolls.” The couple met when she spent an aca- demic semester abroad interning at the Ho Chi Minh City design firm where he worked. They founded Nem in 2014, partly Step Outside with as a culinary outlet for Le (who splits his time between Boston, working in urban Outward Bound Professional! design, and Hanoi, where he developed the menu at the new Monsoon Bar & Kitchen). Huynh works in real-estate finance and de- SCITUATE BACK BAY FISHER HILL 701 COUNTRY WAY 236 BEACON STREET, UNIT 2E 80 SEAVER STREET “The Outward Bound experience has been a powerful way velopment, which helps support his creative ventures. For both of them, their venture— $2,290,000 $1,695,000 Price Upon Request to set the tone for the year. As a direct result I am seeing a which offers cooking classes, private events, 4 Bedrooms | 3 Baths |6,188 sq.ft. | Circa 1893 2 Bedrooms | 2 Baths | 1,245 sq.ft. 6 Bedrooms | 6.5 Baths | 9,100 sq.ft. higher level of gratitude, teaming, and active leadership.” and pop-up dinners (held periodically at Ur- Julie Harrison | 617.413.6332 2 Bedroom 2 Bathroom Carriage House Elizabeth Roberts | 857.205.3397 Arianna Brown | 617.549.4207 Kyle Kaagan | 617.426.6900 ban Hearth in Cambridge)—is both a busi- [email protected] Mary Conner | 617.861.7434 [email protected] - Barbara Best, Executive Director of Harvard Kennedy ness and an important means of pairing a School Center for Public Leadership communal meal with a cultural event. Amid Vietnamese music and flowers, Nem guests may enjoy Le’s duck magret, beef tartare with a pineapple sauce, and fresh, handmade vermicelli, which, he points out, “you cannot even find in Boston.” Talk easily turns to Southeast Asian spices, history, or the landscape of the Mekong Delta, where he once led tours, scouting out restaurants (and BELMONT CAMBRIDGE BELMONT their kitchens) to ensure that visitors ate 23 OXFORD AVENUE UNIT 2 POINT 262 1 LORIMER ROAD well. “What I see now with the contempo- $685,000 Priced from $899,000 - $1,175,000 | 82% Sold Price Upon Request Photo by: Tom Fitsimmons rary Vietnamese food scene is that we need 3 Bedrooms | 1.5 Baths | 1,846 sq.ft. 2 Bedrooms | 1-2 Baths | Up To 1,114 sq. ft. 8 Bedrooms | 6 Bath | 6,060 sq.ft. to bring it to a new level,” he says. “The pro- 23OxfordAvenue.com Point262condos.com 1LorimerRoad.com THOMPSON ISLAND (617) 830-5114 cess of making this food is very complex and Susan Condrick | 617.842.4600 Ken Smith | 617.592.3249 Susan Condrick | 617.842.4600 OUTWARD BOUND [email protected] [email protected] Judy Pagano | 617.257.2431 [email protected] sophisticated…with Nem, I am not selling EDUCATION CENTER www.thompsonisland.org the food, I am selling the experience.” Boston Harbor Islands 277 Dartmouth Street, Boston | 617.375.6900 | GibsonSothebysRealty.com | Each office is independently owned and operated.

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193033_GibsonSothebys.indd 1 1/28/19 12:26 PM Harvard Squared Harvard Squared ON THE FLAT OF BEACON HILL 10 OTIS PLACE, #4B, BOSTON HOME SWEET HOME: Transform Your Space for Spring The sun is shining, flowers are blooming, and it’s finally time to open your windows and welcome a new season. We talked to Boston-area experts—designers, Realtors, organizational gurus—for simple ways to give your home a fresh start. First things first: If you’re planning a deep- clean, don’t get overwhelmed. Valerie Achorn, M.P.A. ’98, president and founder of Simplified Lives, adheres to the “magic of ten” rule: Tackle ten items at a time. Perhaps that means purging ten items from a file cabinet or donating ten unused pairs of shoes. “Ten things is a manageable number,” she says, and the momentum builds on itself. She steers Exceptional views of the Charles and MIT. clients toward impactful areas such as linen and Elevator building. Grand piano size living room. 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. Exquisite coat closets (shed bulky towels, sheets, and coats); period detail. 3 fireplaces. Renovate to your COURTESY JULIE HARRISON REAL ESTATE pantries and refrigerators (toss expired food and taste and style. Ideal location convenient to donate canned goods); and bathroom vanities. transportation, shops, restaurants, and the Next, brighten overlooked spaces. Dust the tops of ceiling fans, vacuum oft- universities. Exclusively Offered - $1,750,000 forgotten spots such as bookshelves and lampshades, and shift furniture to dislodge WWW.BARBARACURRIER.COM dust lurking beneath sofas and chairs. Fingerprints on the walls? The pros use a Mr. THE CURRIER TEAM Clean magic eraser to make them vanish. Coldwell Banker “When a space is clean, it feels somehow lighter, fresher, 171 Huron Ave, Cambridge, MA and more open,” says interior designer Heidi Pribell ’82. Call or text 617.593.7070 After that, add pops of color. No need for a full-scale makeover; [email protected] even simple accessories can create transformative change. Try new BARBARA CURRIER • RICHARD CURRIER • RYAN FERRO throw pillows—“They can change the whole accent of a room,” Pribell says—side tables, bath towels, or even brightly patterned coasters. Vases of seasonal fresh flowers, such as orchids or mums, are an easy way to bring the outside in. Another expert favorite: tabletop bowls of colorful fresh fruit, such as lemons. Looking for a larger-scale transformation? 30E Design’s Anne Barrett recommends switching out a standard back door for a slider. “A sliding door is more than just a door. It’s a window, a view, a way to bring daylight and nature into your living space in winter as well as summer. Combined with a ceiling fan, it can also function as source of cooling for your home,” she says. (She likes the Arcadia brand’s multiple door finishes and functionality.) Finally, if you’re planning to sell your home, springtime’s natural scenery will make your space even prettier, says Sotheby’s Mary Conner of Julie Harrison Real Estate. “Flowers are in bloom, trees and plants are filling in, and lawns are becoming lush OFFICE & ART SUPPLIES and green. Therefore, the photos used for marketing a home will be that much more vibrant and compelling. The spring sunlight will also help ensure interior photos are FINE STATIONERY bright and airy,” she says. & WRITING INSTRUMENTS To boost curb appeal, think about what a buyer will see first, suggests Trudy Dujardin of Dujardin Design. “Focus on the foyer and outside,” she says. CARDS & GIFT WRAP Consider painting the front door; replacing rusty address numbers with new, INVITATIONS wrought-iron ones; and adding a deacon’s bench or fresh topiaries to the porch and & ANNOUNCEMENTS walkway areas, she says. Decorative wreaths and window boxes also add bursts of color and create a welcoming feel. 30 Brattle Street Last but not least? Wash windows and screens, Cambridge, MA 02138 advises Compass Real Estate’s Maggie Currier. 617.547.1230 “This is highest on my list of to-dos. Wash them, www.BobSlateStationer.com open them, and let the light in. It can make a home so much lighter and brighter,” she says—no Hours: Mon-Sat 9:30-6:30, Sun 12-5 makeover required. v kara baskin KENNARD ARCHITECTS / KENT DAYTON/ LEBLANC JONES 16T March - April 2019

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