Dancers from Armitage Gone! Dance Company and Harvard University students will perform a short dance inspired by the exhibition Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia. The dance will be performed to Didjerilayover, a composition by Stuart Dempster featuring the evocative harmonics of the traditional Aboriginal instrument the Didjeridu, which Dempster introduced to the United States. The event will take...

Stephen Gilchrist, Australian Studies Visiting Curator, will give a gallery talk about the exhibition Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia.

Free with museums admission. This talk is limited to 15 people and tickets are required. Ten minutes before the talk, tickets will become available at the admissions desk.

Please meet in the Calderwood Courtyard, in front of the digital screens between the shop and...

This series—presented in conjunction with the special exhibition Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia—will highlight the contribution that Indigenous filmmakers have made and how they are reshaping cinematic representations.

While Indigenous peoples from Australia have been portrayed in film since the beginning of the medium, it is only in the last two decades that Indigenous directors have taken control of the...

Lola Sanchez-Juaregui, the Maher Curatorial Fellow in American Art, will give today’s gallery talk, which relates to the exhibition Beyond Bosch: The Afterlife of a Renaissance Master in Print, on view through May 8, 2016.

Free with museums admission. This talk is limited to 15 people and tickets are required. Ten minutes before the talk, tickets will become available at the admissions desk.

Please meet in the Calderwood Courtyard, in...

Robert Wiesenberger, the Engelhorn Curatorial Fellow in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, will give today’s gallery talk.

Free with museums admission. This talk is limited to 15 people and tickets are required. Ten minutes before the talk, tickets will become available at the admissions desk.

Please meet in the Calderwood Courtyard, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk. Museums staff will be on hand to collect tickets.

Gallery talks are offered by curators, conservators, fellows, and other museums staff; they focus on aspects of the...

Annette Lanjouw, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives and Great Ape Program, Arcus Foundation

Conserving species, particularly the “charismatic megafauna,” has been a focus of conservation efforts for many decades. With a growing human population, the protection of any single species—compared to the conservation of a landscape or ecosystem—can easily be questioned. Annette Lanjouw will discuss why the conservation of individual species is critical and how this effort enables us to connect with the environment in ways that make action and responses meaningful.

Lecture. Free...

Two Saturdays, March 12 and 19, 1:00–3:00 pm (both days)

Kathy Tighe, Instructor

Get your hands dirty making a playable ocarina, one of the world’s oldest musical instruments. These small, multi-note clay flutes were used in many early cultures and are still found in contemporary music. In this two-part workshop, participants will create an ocarina, sculpt it into an animal shape, experiment with tuning, and visit the related bilingual exhibition in the Peabody Museum, Ocarinas of the Americas: Music Made in Clay. Each participant will make a bisque-...

Harvard Heroes is an annual program held every spring that recognizes and celebrates high-performing staff from across every School and the Central Administration. Do you know a staff member who deserves to be recognized as a Harvard Hero? You can make your nomination using the easy, online form on the HARVie homepage. The nomination period closes on Wednesday, March 14. The following areas are using the online form: LMA, HBS, Radcliffe,...

Volunteer to observe the life cycles of plants

With nearly 4,000 different kinds of plants represented in the Arboretum’s living collections, every day presents rich opportunities to see something new. If you enjoy learning about plants and their unique characteristics, you can contribute to science as a participant in our Tree Spotters program. This citizen science project opens a window into the Arboretum’s phenology: the timing of natural events, such as the leafing out and flowering of trees in the spring and changing foliage colors in the fall. Your observations...

Volunteer to observe the life cycles of plants

With nearly 4,000 different kinds of plants represented in the Arboretum’s living collections, every day presents rich opportunities to see something new. If you enjoy learning about plants and their unique characteristics, you can contribute to science as a participant in our Tree Spotters program. This citizen science project opens a window into the Arboretum’s phenology: the timing of natural events, such as the leafing out and flowering of trees in the spring and changing foliage colors in the fall. Your observations...

Volunteer to observe the life cycles of plants

With nearly 4,000 different kinds of plants represented in the Arboretum’s living collections, every day presents rich opportunities to see something new. If you enjoy learning about plants and their unique characteristics, you can contribute to science as a participant in our Tree Spotters program. This citizen science project opens a window into the Arboretum’s phenology: the timing of natural events, such as the leafing out and flowering of trees in the spring and changing foliage colors in the fall. Your...

Please join President Drew Faust on Friday, February 12, at 4:00 p.m., in Sanders Theatre for a wide-ranging conversation about arts and education with renowned comedian Conan O’Brien AB ’85. Questions from the audience will be addressed following the conversation and can be sent to questions@harvard.edu.

All members of the community are welcome to attend. Please...

Longtime tea lover or looking to learn more about tea? Join Harvard Neighbors for a tea tasting at the Loeb House, 17 Quincy Street, Cambridge on February 26th. Please use the side entrance labeled “Harvard Neighbors.” Guests will sample five kinds of Chinese teas which will be brewed in a traditional gaiwan. Some background will be given on the teas and tea tasting procedure. Guests will be able to brew their own tea using the gaiwan. The event is free of charge but limited to 15 people. RSVP to neighbors@harvard.edu.