Arts

June 11, 2009

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concerts

Sun., July 5 - "First Sunday World Music Series." (Art Museum) A celebration of Independence Day featuring music made in the U.S.A. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, 3 p.m. Free with price of admission. (617) 495-9400, http://www.harvardartmuseum.org.

Thu., July 23 - "Harvard Summer Pops Band." (Harvard Summer School) Selections from "Phantom of the Opera," "Moorside March," and more. Memorial Church steps, 4 p.m. Free and open to the public. (617) 496-BAND, http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hub/events/summerband.shtml.

Sun., July 26 - "Harvard Summer Pops Band." (Harvard Summer School) Selections from "Phantom of the Opera," "Moorside March," and more. Hatch Shell, Charles River Esplanade, 3 p.m. Free and open to the public. (617) 496-BAND, http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hub/events/summerband.shtml.

Fri., July 31 - "Harvard Summer School Chorus." (Harvard Summer School) Program of Handel and Haydn. Sanders Theatre, 8 p.m. The chorus will sing with professional orchestra and soloists. Free and open to the public. jmarvin@fas.harvard.edu.

Sat., Aug. 1 - "Harvard Summer School Orchestra." (Harvard Summer School) Program of Bartok, Mozart, and Haydn. Sanders Theatre, 8 p.m. Free and open to the public. http://www.summer.harvard.edu/2009/campus/activities.jsp.

Sun., Aug 2 - "First Sunday World Music Series." (Art Museum) Concert of world music. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, 3 p.m. Free with price of admission. (617) 495-9400, http://www.harvardartmuseum.org.

theater

American Repertory Theater

Wed., July 22-Sun., Aug. 2 - "Aurelia's Oratorio" is Victoria Thierree Chaplin's dazzling display of stage illusion, inspired by the magic of music hall and circus. Starring her daughter Aurelia Thierree, granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin. Also featuring Jaime Martinez.

- Performances take place at Loeb Drama Center Main Stage, 64 Brattle St., various times. Some dates have pre-play discussions and matinees; see Web site for full schedule. Tickets are $25-79 general; $10 off senior citizens. Tickets are available through the A.R.T. Box Office (617) 547-8300, in person at the Loeb Drama Center Box Office, or http://www.amrep.org.

Opening Fri., Aug. 21 - "The Donkey Show" is the ultimate disco experience - a crazy circus of mirror balls and feathered divas, roller skates, and hustle queens. Come party on the floor to '70s hits as the show unfolds around you. "The Donkey Show" tells the story of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" through great '70s anthems. Part of the "Shakespeare Exploded!" festival. Directed by Diane Paulus and Randy Weiner.

- Performances take place at Zero Arrow Theatre, corner of Arrow St. and Mass. Ave., times TBA. Tickets TBA. http://www.amrep.org.

film

Harvard Film Archive

All films are screened in the Main Auditorium of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy St. Video presentations are presented in B-04, a smaller auditorium next to the main auditorium. Programs are subject to change; call for admission charges and details. The Film Archive publishes a schedule of films and events that is available at the Carpenter Center. (617) 495-4700, http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/.

Wed., July 1 - Bigelow's "The Loveless" at 7 p.m.

Thu., July 2 - Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" at 7 p.m. with director Kathryn Bigelow in person. Special event tickets are $10.

Fri., July 10 - Bigelow's "Near Dark" at 7 p.m. and Bigelow's Blue Steel at 9 p.m.

Sat., July 11 - Bigelow's "Point Break" at 7 p.m. and Bigelow's K-19: The Widowmaker" at 9:30 p.m.

Sun., July 12 - Bigelow's "Strange Days" at 7 p.m.

Mon., July 13 - Bigelow's "The Weight of Water" at 7 p.m.

Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute

Films are screened in Room S020, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St., with Yuri Shevchuk, Columbia University. Co-sponsored by the Ukrainian Film Club and the Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia University. http://www.huri.harvard.edu/calendar.html.

Mon., July 6 - "New Films from Ukraine" at 7 p.m..

Mon., July 13 - "The Holodomor in Film" at 7 p.m.

Mon., July 20 - "Ukraine: A View from the Outside" at 7 p.m.

radio

Harvard Radio WHRB (95.3 FM)

WHRB presents the finest in classical, jazz, underground rock, news, and sports programming, and has 24-hour live Internet streaming from its Web site. Program guide subscriptions are free. (617) 495-4818, mail@whrb.org, http://www.whrb.org.

"Hillbilly at Harvard" - Saturdays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Living on Earth, National Public Radio's journal of the environment, hosted by Steve Curwood, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, and produced in cooperation with Harvard University, is aired on more than 270 NPR stations nationally and on more than 400 outlets internationally. In eastern Massachusetts, the program airs Sunday, 7 a.m., WBUR 90.9 FM. (617) 868-8810, loe@npr.org, http://www.loe.org.

exhibitions

Arnold Arboretum

"Science in the Pleasure Ground" provides a captivating retrospective on the oldest arboretum in the nation. The central feature of the exhibit is an 8-foot by 15-foot scale model of the Arboretum that includes historical vignettes and present-day attractions. (Ongoing)

- Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain. Hours are Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun., noon-4 p.m.; closed holidays. (617) 524-1718, http://www.arboretum.harvard.edu.

Baker Library

"The Primary Sources: Contemporary Research in Baker Library Historical Collections" examines the role of primary source materials in contemporary scholarly research by showcasing four recent publications by Harvard Business School faculty and fellows that drew extensively from the extraordinary breadth of historical documents held at HBS. Also featuring ten additional, recent, scholarly publications in which the premises were strengthened and enriched by the authors' access to historical documents at HBS. (Through Sept. 11)

- North lobby, Baker Library, Bloomberg Center, HBS, Soldiers Field Rd. (617) 496-6364, http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc.

Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments

"Time, Life, & Matter: Science in Cambridge" traces the development of scientific activity at Harvard, and explores how science was promoted or affected by religion, politics, philosophy, art, and commerce in the last 400 years. Featured objects include instruments connected to Galileo, Benjamin Franklin, William James, and Charles Lindbergh. (Ongoing)

- Putnam Gallery, Science Center 136, 1 Oxford St. Free and open to the public. Children must be escorted by an adult. (617) 495-2779.

Countway Library of Medicine

"Conceiving the Pill: Highlights from the Reproductive Health Collections" features newly opened manuscripts of John C. Rock, the co-creator of the contraceptive pill with Arthur T. Hertig, and draws on the papers of contributing scientists, physicians, and activists involved in reproductive health. The exhibit includes ephemera, photographs, correspondence, and artifacts from these collections. (Through Sept. 30)

- First floor, Countway Library. (617) 432-6196.

"Modeling Reproduction: The Teaching Models of Robert Latou Dickinson" features an early birth pioneer who developed a renowned collection of reproduction models as part of his campaign to broaden the understanding and acceptance of human sexuality. In addition to models, the exhibit includes correspondence, ephemera, and photographs from the Dickinson papers. (Through Sept. 30)

- Second floor, Countway Library. (617) 432-6196. http://www.countway.harvard.edu/chom.

"The Warren Anatomical Museum" presents over 13,000 rare and unusual objects, including anatomical and pathological specimens, medical instruments, anatomical models, and medical memorabilia of famous physicians. (Ongoing)

- Warren Museum Exhibition Gallery, 5th floor, Countway Library. (617) 432-6196.

Ernst Mayr Library

"Charles Darwin: A Celebration of the Bicentenary of His Birth (1809) presents a selection of Darwin's books, manuscript fragments, correspondence, portraits, and ephemera. (Through autumn 2009)

- Ernst Mayr Library, second floor, Museum of Comparative Zoology, 26 Oxford St. (617) 495-2475, http://library.mcz.harvard.edu.

Graduate School of Design

"The 2009 Commencement Exhibition" is a collection of artwork by GSD graduating students representing the culmination of many years of intellectual commitment and imaginative speculation. (Through Aug. 3)

- Gund Hall Lobby, 48 Quincy St., GSD. http://www.gsd.harvard.edu.

Harvard Art Museum

Sackler Museum

"Re-View" presents extensive selections from the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, and Sackler museums together for the first time. The survey features Western art from antiquity to the turn of the last century, Islamic and Asian art, and European and American art since 1900. (Ongoing)

- The Sackler Museum is located at 485 Broadway. The Harvard Art Museum is open Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., 1-5 p.m. Admission is $9; $7 for senior citizens; $6 for college students with ID; free to Harvard ID holders, Cambridge Public Library card holders, members, and to people under 18 years old; free to the public on Saturday mornings 10 a.m.-noon and every day after 4:30 p.m. Tours are given Mon.-Fri. at 12:15 and 2 p.m. (617) 495-9400, http://www.harvardartmuseum.org. NOTE: The Fogg and Busch-Reisinger closed to the public on June 30, 2008, for a renovation project lasting approximately five years. The Sackler will remain open during the renovation.

Harvard Museum of Natural History

"Arthropods: Creatures that Rule" brings together unique fossils and preserved specimens, large screen video presentations, striking color photographs and images from scanning electron microscopes, hands-on interactive games, and live creatures. It presents arthropods' long evolutionary history and the incredible variety of their habitats, and showcases a range of arthropod adaptations, including the evolution of wings and the remarkable capacity to mimic both their surroundings and other animals. (Ongoing)

"Climate Change: Our Global Experiment" offers a fascinating look at how scientists study climate change and at the evidence of global warming and the impact of human activity. Visitors are encouraged to apply what they've learned via a dynamic computer simulation that allows them to make choices about energy use for the nation and the world and evaluate the consequences. (Ongoing)

"Dodos, Trilobites, & Meteorites: Treasures of Nature and Science at Harvard" features hundreds of specimens documenting two centuries of scientific exploration, including a 42-foot-long Kronosaurus skeleton, and the world's largest turtle shell, more than 7 feet long and 6 million years old. (Ongoing)

"Evolution" is an exhibition of life's major transitions - the move from water to land and human origins, inviting visitors to examine the fossil, anatomical, and genetic evidence that reveals the shared evolutionary history of all life. Featuring animals and plants that sparked Darwin's theory, dramatic displays of diversity within species, and computer simulations to demonstrate how natural selection acts, "Evolution" will also offer behind-the-scenes looks at current evolution research at Harvard. (Ongoing)

"Language of Color" looks at the vastly different ways and reasons animals display color. This exhibition combines dramatic specimens from across the animal kingdom with computer interactives, hands-on activities, and a stunning display of live dart frogs. Visitors will learn how color and its perception have co-evolved, resulting in a complex and diverse palette used to camouflage, startle predators, mimic other animals, attract a mate, or intimidate a rival. (Through Sept. 6, 2009)

"Mineral Gallery." More than 5,000 minerals and gemstones on display including a 1,642 pound amethyst geode from Brazil. Touch meteorites from outer space. (Ongoing)

"The Ware Collection of Glass Models of Plants" features the world famous "Glass Flowers" created more than five decades by glass artists Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka, 3,000 glass models of 847 plant species. (Ongoing)

- The Harvard Museum of Natural History is located at 26 Oxford St. Open daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Closed Jan. 1, Thanksgiving Day, Dec. 24-25. Admission is $9 for adults; $7 for senior citizens and students; $6 for children 3 to 18 years old; free for children under 3 years old. Current Harvard ID holders and one guest always admitted free. See Web site for free admission hours for Mass. residents, extended third Thursday summer hours, reduced rates for adult and student groups, lectures, classes, and events. (617) 495-3045, http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu.

Holyoke Center

"Southwest by Northeast" is Heather Meri Stewart's imaginative exploration of the means by which we mediate between the rational and sensual elements of painting. Inspired by recent travels, these paintings investigate the landscape and built environment of the northeastern and southwestern United States. There will be a closing reception Fri., July 17, 5-7 p.m. (Through July 22)

- Holyoke Center Exhibition Space, Holyoke Center Arcade, 1350 Mass. Ave., 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Free and open to the public. (617) 495-5214.

"Greece at a Glance" showcases photographs by Maggie Hsu that capture Athens, Mykonos, Santorini, the beauty, beaches, and architecture of Greece. (July 24-Aug. 26)

- Holyoke Center Exhibition Space, Holyoke Center Arcade, 1350 Mass. Ave., 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Free and open to the public. (617) 495-5214.

"From Film to Digital: Fresh Images Over Decades" features the photographs of Henry Steiner. Taken from 1966 on, in film and slides until he went digital seven years ago, these photographs embrace nature in its many majestic forms, nature in the striking patterns and lighting that it can offer, and people in their cultural diversity. (Aug. 28-Sept. 23)

- Holyoke Center Exhibition Space, Holyoke Center Arcade, 1350 Mass. Ave., 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Free and open to the public. (617) 495-5214.

Houghton Library

"'Ever Westward': Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and American Culture" commemorates the 150th anniversary of Doyle's birth and examines his life and most famous literary creation, Sherlock Holmes, with a special emphasis on their place in American culture. (Through Aug. 8)

- Edison and Newman Room, Houghton Library. (617) 496-4027.

"'A Monument More Durable Than Brass': The Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson" is the most comprehensive collection in existence on the life and work of Johnson and his circle of friends and associates in 18th century London. Treasures include a fragment of the manuscript for his "Dictionary," his only surviving letter to his wife, books from his library, and his teapot. See also conferences. (Aug. 26-Nov. 14)

- Edison and Newman Room and Amy Lowell Room, Houghton Library. (617) 495-2449.

"'This great voice that shakes the world': Tennyson's 'Idylls of the King'" is a celebration of the 200th anniversary of Tennyson's birth. This exhibition focuses on the poet's great Arthuriad, "The Idylls of the King," a 12-part cycle of poems composed and published over nearly 30 years. Including early drafts and variants, published editions, and artist's interpretations of the "Idylls." (Through Aug. 27)

- Amy Lowell Room, Houghton Library. (617) 495-2449.

Lamont Library

"Harvard College Annual International Photo Contest" displays photos taken by Harvard students who have studied, worked, interned, or conducted research abroad during the past year. (Through June 30)

- Level B and first floor, Lamont Library. (617) 495-2455.

Landscape Institute

"Julie Shapiro: Seed and Plant Identification Photographs." (Aug. 17-Sept. 10)

- Landscape Institute, 30 Chauncy St. (617) 495-8632, http://www.landscape.arboretum.harvard.edu.

"Roger Cody: Downtown Boston Landscapes." (July 12-Aug. 6)

- Landscape Institute, 30 Chauncy St. (617) 495-8632, http://www.landscape.arboretum.harvard.edu.

Loeb Music Library

"Nadia Boulanger and Her American Composition Students" focuses on Nadia Boulanger, one of the foremost composition teachers of the 20th century, especially her American ties and her influence on generations of American composers. http://www.crosscurrents08-09.org. (Through July 1)

- Richard F. French Gallery, Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library, Fanny Mason Peabody Music Building. (617) 496-3359.

Peabody Museum

"Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Photographs by Guy Tillim" features photographs of Tillims' travels to Angola, Mozambique, Congo, and Madagascar to document the grand colonial architecture and how it has become a part of a contemporary African stage. (Through Sept. 8)

"Change and Continuity: Hall of the North American Indian" explores how native peoples across the continent responded to the arrival of Europeans. (Ongoing)

"Digging Veritas: The Archaeology and History of the Indian College and Student Life at Colonial Harvard" showcases finds from Harvard Yard, historical documents, and more from Harvard's early years. (Through Jan. 2010)

"Encounters with the Americas" explores native cultures of Mesoamerica before and after Spanish contact. It features original sculpture and plaster casts of Maya monuments as well as contemporary textiles from the Americas. (Ongoing)

"Masked Festivals of Canton Bo (Ivory Coast), West Africa" explores the g'la, or the spirit forms of eastern Liberia/Ivory Coast festivals through rare drawings and photographs, along with masks from the Peabody Museum collections. See also Tozzer Library. (Through March 31, 2010)

"Pacific Islands Hall" features a diverse array of artifacts brought to the museum by Boston's maritime trade merchants. (Ongoing)

"Storied Walls: Murals of the Americas" explores the spectacular wall paintings from the ancestral Hopi village kivas of Awatovi in Arizona; San Bartolo and Bonampak in Guatemala and Mexico, respectively; and the Moche huacas of northern Peru. (Through Dec. 31, 2009)

"Wiyohpiyata: Lakota Images of the Contested West" explores the meanings of a unique 19th century "artist's book" filled with colored drawings by Indian warriors, probably Lakota Indians, recovered by the U.S. Army from the battlefield after the 1876 Little Big Horn fight, in which George Armstrong Custer was defeated by the Sioux and Cheyenne. (Through August 2011)

- The Peabody Museum is located at 11 Divinity Ave. Open daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is $9 for adults; $7 for senior citizens and students; $6 for children 3 to 18 years old; free for children under 3 years old. Free admission (for Massachusetts residents only) on Sun. mornings 9 a.m.-noon, except for groups, and free admission on Wed. afternoons, Sept.-May, 3-5 p.m. The Peabody Museum is closed Jan. 1, Thanksgiving Day, Dec. 24, and Dec. 25. (617) 496-1027, http://www.peabody.harvard.edu.

Pusey Library

"Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1909-1929: Twenty Years that Changed the World of Art" features more than 200 original documents and art works in the Harvard Theatre Collection. For more information, visit http://hcl.harvard.edu/info/exhibitions/index.html#diaghilevs_ballets. (Through Aug. 28)

- Pusey Library. Open weekdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

"Family Gallery" features portraits of Theodore Roosevelt's wives, children, and himself as a father, paterfamilias, and grandfather, while "Pilgrimage to a Refuge" displays Roosevelt's photographs, ocean charts, and his published account of his 1915 trip to the bird refuges at the mouth of the Mississippi. (Through June 30)

- Roosevelt Gallery, Pusey Library. (617) 384-7938.

Semitic Museum

"Ancient Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection at the Semitic Museum" comprises vessels, figurines, bronzes, and other artifacts dating from 2000 B.C. to 300 A.D. (Ongoing)

"Ancient Egypt: Magic and the Afterlife" introduces visitors to the Egyptian view of life after death through coffins, amulets, and funerary inscriptions. (Ongoing)

"The Houses of Ancient Israel: Domestic, Royal, Divine" is devoted to everyday life in Iron Age Israel (ca. 1200-600 BCE). Featured in the exhibit is a full-scale replica of a fully furnished, two-story village house. (Ongoing)

"Nuzi and the Hurrians: Fragments from a Forgotten Past" features over 100 objects detailing everyday life in Nuzi, which was located in Northeastern Iraq around 1400 B.C. (Ongoing)

- Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Ave. Open Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun., 1-4 p.m. Closed holiday weekends. Admission is free. (617) 495-4631.

Science Center

"Patent Republic: Materialities of Intellectual Property in 19th-Century America" retraces more than 50 years of patent-model making in the U.S., presenting common inventions such as washing machines, carpet sweepers, and ice skates, as well as Thomas Edison's carbonizer. (Through Dec. 11)

- Science Center, 1 Oxford St. Open weekdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Tozzer Library

- Tozzer Library Gallery, 21 Divinity Ave. Hours are Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m., with some evening and weekend hours. (617) 495-2292, http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/#tozzer.