05/19/2017

UPCOMING INTEREST GROUP MEETINGS

Neighbors News Monday 5/22 12:00PM Lunchtime Book Club

Tuesday 05/23 Neighbors News 12:00PM Knitting for Everyone

On May 10, Harvard Neighbors had December: “Holiday Cheer Party” April: Tea and Talk with Professor Wednesday 05/24 their last Board meeting for this with savories and sweets pre- Jocelyn Viterna, Department of No classes scheduled Academic Year. Board Members, pared by HN Board members Sociology Committee Members and Interest December: Food Drive to benefit May: Annual Meeting with Professor

Group Leaders gathered to review the the Y2Y Student-run Homeless Jennifer Hochschild, Department of Thursday 5/25 major HN events of 2016-2017 and Shelter Government, Department of African No classes scheduled discussed future dates and March: Nowruz – and African American Studies, and opportunities for the organization for Persian New Year and Spring Harvard College Professor. the next year. We are grateful for our Season Celebration with Friday 5/12 members who joined us for many multicultural comparisons No classes scheduled great events such as: September: Fall Kick-off Open House at Queen’s Head Pub Monday 5/29— Friday 9/10 October: Apple Social Event Harvard Neighbors’ meeting room at the Divinity School Yard October: Tea and Talk with is closed for the summer. Harvard Law School Associate No Group activities until Dean of Human Resources, the second week of September. Kevin Moody November: Thanksgiving Celebration—Dinner Please check your e-mails for our Demonstration and Tasting Looking forward to a successful year first newsletter for AY 2017/18 and ahead! for Interest Groups meetings Schedule will be out on September 15 . Around Harvard Music is all around us! Musique” is now celebrated, under featuring See you in September! The 10th Annual Make Music Harvard many names, in more than 700 the biggest Square / Fete de la Musique will hit cities and 120 countries, from Lon- and best the streets of the Square on Saturday, don to Beijing to Buenos Aires. On acts in live June 17th from 2pm – 10pm! Make June 17st, the streets of Harvard music, IMPORTANT UPCOMING Music Harvard Square is inspired by Square become a free, live music comedy, the “Fete de la Musique” a street festival featuring more than 70 and visual May 29 Memorial Day music festival which was started 35 musicians from across the USA arts. The event will provide easy playing on 12 different stages. The access to all performance areas, in- June 14 years ago in Paris. The “Fete de la Flag Day event is free and open to public. credible concessions, indoor theatre June 18 Father’s Day and many surprises for the audi- From May 26 through May 28, 2017 ence. In addition to the traditional HARVARD NEIGHBORS Harvard Athletic Complex will host music festival, Calling will 17 QUINCY STREET the traditional introduce a film festival Boston Calling portion curated by Academy CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138 Music Festival Award winning actress Natalie for the first Portman. All ages are wel- T : 6 1 7 - 495- 4313 time! This is a come and children under age E: [email protected] three-day, of 10 are free. multi-stage For tickets and more Follow us on Facebook! festival information, click here.

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Tall Ships are coming to Boston! to their berthing areas. Classic schooners, Bumpkin, Lovells and Peddocks Islands can On June 17, 2017, the Tall Ships will make grand clippers, barques and brigs—all evok- only be accessed by boat. Passenger Ferries their return! Boston is an official port of ing the great Age of Sail—will participate the are located at North, Pemberton the Rendez-Vous 2017 Tall Ships Regatta. most spectacular Tall Ships procession to Point in Hull, and the Hingham Shipyard in The trans-Atlantic regatta will start in Royal take place in Boston since 2000. For more Hingham. Click here for a Ferry Schedule. Did Greenwich, UK. From there the fleet will race information on how and when to see the you know that you can also camp on some of to Sines, Portugal, followed by Bermuda. The ships, click here. the islands? The Islands offer fleet will then race to Boston, for Sail Boston Boston Harbor Islands rustic camping within sight of downtown 2017®. From Boston, the fleet will cruise in The beautiful Harbor Islands - where you Boston. While you’re camping, you can see company north to Quebec City, Canada. can walk a Civil War-era fort, visit historic the sunrise over the harbor and experience Sail Boston® will entertain its younger lighthouses, explore tide pools, hike lush the islands in a whole new light. Rustic camp- audience with educational programs focus- trails, camp ing on Lovells, Grape, and Bumpkin ing on US and international maritime history. under the stars, means no flush toilets, showers, Cadets and crewmembers will be available to or relax while fresh water, electricity, telephones, share with fishing, picnick- or onsite supplies. So you’ll have to children of all ing or swim- carry it all in, and carry it out. ages their ming-all within On Peddocks Island yurts, equipped personal expe- reach of down- with furniture and electricity, as well riences at sea, town Boston. as individual and group campsites home coun- The 34 islands are available for reservation. tries and more. and peninsulas Electricity and running water is The ships from all over the world will make spread over 50 square miles of bays, har- available at the visitor center. their way up Broad Sound and into the main bors, and rivers within the greater Boston The camping season generally runs from the channel of Boston Harbor before proceeding Harbor basin. Spectacle, Georges, Grape, end of June to Labor Day weekend. Weekend Ideas which is open to both Marriott guests and Visit Historic Houses homes offer tours regularly, there are the public. This weekend you can visit some of the some that are open only for special The deck is accessible at limited hours: state’s most historic homes — even those events. You can find more details Monday through Thursday, right at 14:00 usually not open to the public — for free. about the event here. (weather permitting). And while the Cus- For their annual “Home Sweet Home” event, tom House’s 26 floors is dwarfed by the the Trustees of Reservations is hosting an Prudential Center’s 50, its $4 entrance open house day at 10 historic properties fee (a donation to the Children’s Miracle throughout the state as a part of National Network) is preferable to the Skywalk’s $17. The Custom House’s angle in the city also offers some views that can’t be seen from the Prudential – like the historic North End. More even, many Boston locals haven’t heard of this exclusive bird’s eye view.

Boston Custom House The Marriott Custom House was Boston's first skyscraper. Preservation Month. The properties Located in McKinley Square of are: Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Castle Boston’s financial district, the Custom Hill on the Crane Estate in Ipswich, House Tower is a part of Marriott’s the Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate in Can- Custom House Hotel. Completed in ton, Stevens-Coolidge Place in North Ando- 1849, this 151 meter (496 feet) tall ver, The Old Manse in Concord, Ashley clock tower – with its neoclassical House in Sheffield , Naumkeag in design and claim as 17th-tallest build- Stockbridge, The Mission House in Stock- ing in the city – has earned its reputa- bridge, The Folly at Field Farm in William- tion as an iconic part of the Boston stown, and the William Cullen Bryant Home- Skyline. Less well known though, how- stead in Cummington. ever, is that the tower hosts a 360º Each house has a unique history, some da- observation deck atop its 26th floor, ting back 300 years. Though many of these

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