Science Club for Girls (SCFG) is celebrating its 25th anniversary of providing free, experiential programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) for girls from underrepresented communities in the greater Cambridge/Boston area. SCFG addresses a critical need, offering a continuum of engaging activities in STEM for girls in grades K-8, junior mentoring and leadership experiences […]
Basic Income, also known as Universal Basic Income or UBI, is a regular income unconditionally paid to every individual person. Basic Income is often touted as a more efficient form of welfare or as an answer to automation eliminating people’s jobs, but there’s more to it than that. Want to know more? Have questions, concerns, […]
Five-time 2019 Boston Music Award nominee Oompa hosts intimate celebration of her newly-released sophomore album, Cleo. Kaovanny and Brandi Blaze open. Oompa is a nationally-acclaimed, Boston-born poet, rapper, and educator, who is forever representing the queer, black, orphaned, hood kids, and them. She is the winner of the 2018 Unsigned Artist of the Year award from Boston […]
Monday, July 22–Friday, July 26, 9:30 am–12:00 pm In this five-day Summer Science Week program that starts July 22, students will experiment with the “primary technologies” used by the early peoples of North America to survive and thrive. In our hands-on lab, in the museum galleries, and outdoors, students will learn skills such as leatherworking […]
Monday, July 8–Friday, July 12, 9:30 am–12:00 pm In this five-day Summer Science Week program that starts July 8, students will explore the daily life of the ancient Maya and Aztec people through hands-on activities and art. Learn about hieroglyphs, food, music, ancient games, and traditions such as Day of the Dead—and also learn a […]
Celebrate the longest day of the year and mark the beginning of the summer season at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture. Enjoy free admission to four museums and access to special performances. Make flower crowns and other sun-inspired crafts, and learn about the astronomical significance of the solstice. Save the date for this […]
Porfirio Gutiérrez, Zapotec Master Dyer and Textile Artist The town of Teotitlán Del Valle in the Mexican state of Oaxaca is renowned for its weaving traditions and its importance as a Zapotec cultural center. Porfirio Gutiérrez will examine the rich history of Zapotec weaving from the perspective of its practitioners. He will also discuss his […]
Saturday, May 18 OR Sunday, May 19, 2019; both sessions run 10:00 AM- 3:00 PM. Instructor: Porfirio Gutiérrez In this one-day workshop, master dyer and textile artist Porfirio Gutiérrez will discuss the history and uses of cochineal dye from the perspective of the Zapotecs from Oaxaca, Mexico, who have used the pigment since pre-Columbian times. […]
Ingrid Ahlgren, Curator of Oceania, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology As early as the 1700s, the fledgling United States actively explored and exchanged goods with the islands across the great wide Pacific Ocean. New England—and Massachusetts in particular—played an active, varied role in these explorations, which included the China Pacific trade, the whaling industry, […]
Chloe Dewe Mathews, Artist, Photographer, and Filmmaker For five years British photographer Chloe Dewe Mathews traveled through the countries surrounding the Caspian Sea: Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Russia, and Iran. In images that range from stark and elemental to lush and mysterious, she recorded the vastly diverse peoples, politics, and geography of Central Asia, centering always […]
Lobster War is an award-winning documentary film about a conflict between the United States and Canada over waters that both countries have claimed since the end of the Revolutionary War. The disputed 277 square miles of sea known as the Gray Zone were traditionally fished by U.S. lobstermen. But as the Gulf of Maine has […]
Moderated by Andrew J. Berry, Lecturer on Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University New approaches to studying evolutionary processes, from genomics to big data, have revolutionized the study of organisms across geological time and geographical space. Join us for a series of short “flash” lectures presented by Harvard graduate students and learn about the range […]