What does it mean to be a maker, artist, or artisan in the twenty-first century? In her new book, Almost Lost Arts (Chronicle Books, 2019), Emily Freidenrich explores the work of twenty artisans from points worldwide who practice their craft using traditional techniques and analog technologies. Three Boston-based artists who specialize in calligraphy and handmade signs will engage in a conversation with Freidenrich and museum curator Narayan Khandekar to discuss the rewards and challenges of using slow, intentional processes in a fast-paced digital world, and to...

In this special event, Juan Alonso Rodriguez will explain how to make a molinillo, the whisk-like wooden tool that is traditionally used in Mexico to make froth in chocolate beverages. Together with Ana Rita García-Lascuráin, he will discuss the history of chocolate production in Mexico and its current renaissance. Using molinillos, members of the Cambridge-based Fine Cacao and Chocolate Institute will make three different chocolate beverages that participants can taste during the program.

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Adolescence is dangerous, difficult, and destiny-shaping for humans and other animals. In Wildhood (Simon & Schuster, 2019), Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers look across species and evolutionary time to find answers to a single, consequential question: Why do some adolescents safely, successfully, and independently enter the adult world, while so many others do not? The authors apply the results of their five-year study of wild animal adolescence to our species, presenting a new understanding of the dangers, stresses, and challenges we face on our...

Work Without Limits, The Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, and Disability:IN Massachusetts are excited to partner on the 7th Annual Raise the Bar HIRE! Conference. This annual conference features prominent national keynote speakers, education sessions, exhibitors, networking opportunities, and sharing of best practices on disability employment. Additional information.

Work Without Limits regularly offers education and networking events for employers, service providers, and individuals with disabilities. Their events include, but are not limited to, career fairs, our annual Raise the Bar HIRE! Conference, as well as our annual Disability Mentoring Day. The annual career fair, specifically, connects job seekers with disabilities with leading employers to hire....

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Family Program 

Watch a vibrant collection of animated shorts narrated in some of the 68 Indigenous languages of Mexico. Created by visiting Mexican designer Gabriela Badillo and selected from her project 68 Voices, 68 Hearts, these films foster pride, respect, and the use of Indigenous Mexican languages among speakers and non-speakers. The family-friendly stories are subtitled in...

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Open to all.

K–12 educators: Registration for K–12 educators is highly recommended. Participants will receive a certificate of attendance. Educators enter free-of-charge with a Massachusetts teacher ID. Arrive early and visit the Peabody Museum. Admission to the Peabody Museum and the connected...

Am I overexposed to market losses? Will I outlive my money? Am I confident I can retire on my terms? In retirement and the years leading up to it, protecting your savings becomes as important as growing it. Learn more at this webinar.

Register online at http://www.TIAA.org/webinars

(First time users will need to create a guest account)

Good Afternoon Neighbors!

Harvard Neighbors Open House and Kick Off Party is on Monday, September 23, 2019 at 5:30pm!

The official invitation will be e-mailed at the first week of September.

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