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spective of this silent-movie director’s works will include screenings of The Merry Extracurriculars Widow, The Wedding March, and Blind Husbands, as well as Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard, Seasonal Sanders Theatre in which von Stroheim appears as a silent The Farmers’ Market at Harvard www.boxoffice.harvard.edu; 617-496-2222 movie director. www.dining.harvard.edu/flp/ag_market. • August 3 at 8 p.m. • July 20-August 6 html Harvard Summer School Chorus Universal Centennial celebrates the anni- In Cambridge: • August 4 at 8 p.m. versary of Universal Studios with diverse Tuesdays, noon-6 p.m. (rain or shine) Harvard Summer School Orchestra films such asThe Mummy, Pillow Talk, Imita- 26 Oxford Street (new location: in front of tion of Life, Jaws, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, useums the Harvard Museum of Natural History) Nature and science and The Big Lebowski. rt M In Allston: The Arnold Arboretum arvard A
Fridays, 3-7 p.m. www.arboretum.harvard.edu; 617-524-1718 Exhibitions d H n Corner of North Harvard Street and • July 14 through September 16 Harvard Art Museums
Western Avenue Ex Herbario: Recent Works by Susan www.harvardartmuseum.org; 617-495-9400 a istory; Organized by Harvard University Din- Hardy Brown features encaustic paint- 485 Broadway ing Services, this outdoor market runs ings and collages based on the ephemera • July 14 at 11 a.m. Gallery talk through October, emphasizing local related to the artist’s daily work as an In “The Portrait,” assistant curator Eliza- f Natural H
goods—fresh produce, baked treats, herbarium preparator at the arboretum. beth Rudy explains the many ways Western useum o herbs, seafood, pasta, jams, chocolates, (Brown delivers a talk on September 13, artists have depicted individuals, including
and cheeses—and cooking demonstra- from 7 to 8:30 p.m.; register via the website. themselves. arvard M tions, films, and children’s activities. An artist’s reception takes place on Septem- • Through August 18 ber 15, from 1 to 3 p.m.) Jasper Johns / In Press: The Crosshatch
music Works and the Logic of Print explores ilm archive; H Harvard Summer Pops Band film Johns’s experiments in printmaking and
• July 26 at 4 p.m. in Harvard Yard The Harvard Film Archive innovative use of newsprint collage. A re- arvard f • July 29 at 3 p.m. at the Hatch Shell on the http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa; 617-495-4700 lated gallery talk, “Jasper Johns and Con- Charles River Esplanade in Boston Visit the website for complete listings. ceptual Art,” occurs on August 11 at 11 a.m. t to right: H t to right: f Concerts celebrate the band’s fortieth sea- • July 6-16 • August 25 at 11 a.m. Gallery talk
son and are free and open to the public. Erich von Stroheim. A complete retro- In “Cosmopolitan Crosscurrents in a Safa- From le Left to right: Fast Times at Ridgemont High at the Harvard Film Archive; a closeup from the renovated Fishes Gallery at the Harvard Museum of Natural History; Self-Portrait with an Easel by Nicolas Régnier, featured in a gallery talk at the Harvard Art Museums
Harvard Magazine 20A New England Regional Section ology n th d E n rchaeology a f A useum o Peabody M From Daguerreotype to Digital: Anthropol- ogy and Photography, at the Peabody Museum of Archaelogy and Ethnology
vid Painting,” assistant curator Mika Natif looks at East-West relations through a sev- enteenth-century Persian works, Courtier Refusing Wine from Indian Courtesans. • Continuing: Recent Acquisitions, Part II: Building the Collection. More than 30 works on display celebrate additions to the museums during the last four years. Behind a traditional Victorian exterior Peabody Museum of Archaeology are guest rooms bedecked with luxe beds, and Ethnology mirrored nightstands, and silvery wallpaper. www.peabody.harvard.edu; 617-496-1027 —Elle Decor— • Continuing: From Daguerreotype to Digital: Anthropology and Photography explores the relationship between visual Harvard Square art and documentation of cultural phe- nomena. Each image is presented with a story of how it came to be and explana- tions of technical innovations. • August 18, noon to 4 p.m. New England Drop-in family event: “Hats Off to You Dis- Real Estate Guide covery Room.” Children five and older and Check out their families are invited to explore hats from around the world, then make their New England Regional own. Free with museum admission. real estate listings Harvard Museum of Natural History exclusively available www.hmnh.harvard.edu; 617-495-3045 to the readers of Oxford Street Harvard Magazine at: The historic Fishes Gallery has reopened to the public following a major makeover, harvardmagazine.com/ enabling visitors to explore anew the premier-properties diversity of undersea life “from gars to
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