Around Town
Harvard’s Hidden Staff Artists
During their free time, many Harvard staff members enjoying creating art and music. For the first time ever, there is an event where staff members can present their art at the Smith Campus Center Staff Arts Show.
Give a Girl a Sword and She’ll Ask for a Battalion
When Twombly first looked up “sword fighting” on a whim and joined the Boston Armizare, she was the only woman in the club. She was determined to bring her hobby to a wider audience, however, and set out to show other women that they, too, can enjoy martial arts.
Mia Metivier
Mia Metivier, program coordinator in the Harvard College Program in General Education, performing live drawing at the Staff Art Show.
Zine library - zines
The zines cover a wide variety of topics, from politics to cooking and bikes. They are grouped in binders for easier consultation.
Give a girl a sword - group
Esfinges is the first female international HEMA network, created to unite and support female martial artists and encourage and assist more women in taking up the practice of Historical European Martial Arts.
Zine library - shelves
The Papercut Zine Library, started over ten years ago as a personal collection, now displays more than 16,000 magazines.
Leon C. Welch
Leon C. Welch, an HUHS employee, was one of the participating artists at the Staff Art Show. He hopes the show will foster more meaningful interaction between staff, students, and faculty.
Jack Staid at the Staff Art Show
Jack Staid, who works at HUHS, was one of the participating artists at the Staff Art Show Wednesday at the Smith Campus Center. He has been playing the piano for 20 years and played three songs during the exhibition.
Staff Art Show
The Staff Art Show was a showcase of art pieces by Harvard staff members. The works ranged from paintings and photographs to objects and live performances.
Service Starts with Summer
Feder was one of the 75 students in the Class of 2023 to participate in the new Service Starts with Summer Program, affectionately referred to as 3SP by its organizers. Administered by the Phillips Brooks House Association, the program gives each participant a $1,500 stipend for completing 100 hours of work on a self-directed service project in their hometown.
A Thirty Meter Impact
Five-thousand miles away, a video call beams from the Big Island of Hawaii into Boylston Hall. Tonight, a panel of Hawaiian academics is directing the audience’s attention toward a conversation that has captured the hearts of the people — the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea.
Cambridge Kneads Doughnuts
Cambridge’s EHChocolatier storefront looks quiet and empty at 11 a.m. on Sunday morning.
Tucker G. Brown
Regarding the popularity of the event, Tucker G. Brown, Knead Doughnut's representative at the event, noted "There was a line outside before we opened, and then there was not one break in between."
Pop-up Doughnut Shop
Knead Doughnuts of Providence, RI hosted a doughnut pop-up shop in Cambridge last Saturday, selling a variety of flavors including Vanilla Glazed, Sour Cream Old Fashioned, and Pumpkin Spice.
Striking a Spooky Chord
While the Society’s students are often found on the organ bench practicing or performing, their Harvard peers don’t usually frequent the audience on the ground floor. However, once a year, the annual Halloween recital draws an eclectic crowd of costumed students.
Harvard Square Does the Time Warp Again
Amidst the mallification of the Square, Rocky Horror inspires a new generation of followers while paying homage to the decades-long history of its showings in Cambridge.
Reimagining an Epstein-Free MIT
On Friday, Oct. 18, Media Lab students and staff hosted an event at the Lab called “Reimagine This Place” in response to the recent revelations. Members of the MIT community were invited to make posters that represented their vision for MIT’s future — and the world’s future.
Fantastic Fungi and Where to Find Them
The quiz booth presenters say that most people wish they were black truffles, but only one person has yet attained this status.
A Ghostly Tour of Harvard Square
The tour doesn’t guarantee spiritual encounters, though it does promise to “entertain and perhaps freak you out.” And so, on a chilly Thursday night, I went to see if it would make me into a believer.
Ronan Farrow Is the Real Deal
Farrow's new book paints the picture of a system of intimidation operated by powerful men in order to silence their accusers — one full of spies, lies, and shadowy contracts.
Digging Chinatown
From the earth, they pull up debris dating back to 1970s Chinatown: melon candy wrappers, burnt cigarette wrappers, cassette tapes, empty soda bottles.
Ghost Tour Graphic
"In October and November, Thursday through Sunday, Boston Historical Tours offers a Harvard Square Ghost Tour."
So a Witch, a Voodoo Master, and a Warlock Walk Into a Market...
We’re stuck behind a cluster of middle-aged women clad in black tulle and felt witch hats. It’s early on a Friday evening in Salem, Mass., and after unsuccessfully trying to locate the Psychic Fair and Witch’s Market, which we traveled 26.2 miles to visit, we decide it’s a safe bet to follow the gaggle of witches.
Sheep Skull Black Metal Beer Science
‘I’ll let you throw the skulls in, but you cannot throw the whole heads in.'