Hello Dudley Art Enthusiasts,
We hope this note finds you enjoying these gorgeous last days of summer! We
would like to invite you to our upcoming events and classes in October. A
full list of our October Dudley arts activities are listed below.
For more information, you are welcome to visit our pages on the Dudley
website at: http://dudley.harvard.edu/arts
Feel free to contact us with questions or ideas:
Ivanna Yi at iyi(a)fas.harvard.edu
Thomas Wisniewski at twisniew(a)fas.harvard.edu
Cherie Ramirez at cramirez(a)fas.harvard.ed <cramirez(a)fas.harvard.edu>u
We look forward to seeing you at some of our upcoming events and classes!
The Dudley arts fellows
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*Dudley Arts Events for October 2011*
*Outing to Symphony Hall: Boston Symphony Orchestra*
Saturday, October 1st, 8:00pm
Tomorrow, Oct. 1st, is the first Dudley Arts outing to the Boston Symphony
Orchestra: an All-Mozart program featuring violinist and conductor,
Anne-Sophie Mutter, performing Violin Concerti No. 1, 2 and 4. Tickets for
this event sold out several weeks ago. We will have future trips to the BSO;
if interested, be sure to buy your tickets soon after they go on sale. For
those of you attending Saturday's concert, we will meet at 6:45pm at the
Dudley House steps to take the bus #1 together to Symphony Hall. Contact
Thomas Wisniewski (twisniew(a)fas.harvard.edu).
*Dudley Drawing Class*
Saturdays, 2-4pm, September 17-October 29, Private Dining Room
The first six-week session of the Dudley arts class will continue to meet on
Saturdays, 2-4pm in the Dudley Private Dining Room, through Oct. 29.
Registration for the next session on drawing and painting, which will meet
on Saturdays from Nov. 5-Dec. 3, begins on Monday, October 17 at Dudley
House. Contact Ivanna Yi (iyi(a)fas.harvard.edu)
*Outing to the ICA*
Thursday, Oct. 6, 6pm, ICA, Boston
Join us for an outing to the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. On view
are Eva Hesse’s “studioworks,” experimental works that offer insight into
her creative process, and Leslie Hewitt’s “Riffs on Real Time,” a group of
photographs that explores the role of photography in recapturing the past.
Free with Harvard ID; open to all. We will meet on the Dudley steps at 6pm
to head over. Contact Ivanna Yi (iyi(a)fas.harvard.edu).
*Trip to Salem and the House of the Seven Gables*
Saturday, Oct. 15th, 10:30am
115 Derby Street / Salem, Massachusetts
Join us for a trip to the historical town of Salem. We will leave from the
Dudley House steps at 10:30am to take the 12pm ferry from the Long Wharf
North in Boston directly to Salem. After exploring the town and visiting
Nathanial Hawthorne’s famous House of the Seven Gables, we will return to
Cambridge by train later that evening. One-way ferry tickets cost $10.50
purchased individually at the wharf; train fare is approximately $10
purchased at the station. Open to Dudley House members and their guests.
Sign up in the Dudley House office beginning October 4th. Contact Thomas
Wisniewski (twisniew(a)fas.harvard.edu).
*Watercolors: Perspective (with Practice!) at the Museum of Fine Arts*
Sunday, Oct. 16 1:30-4pm
Museum of Fine Arts: 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA
Join us for an afternoon of watercolors! We will begin by attending the
Gallery Talk on the Around the World in Watercolor,
1860-1920<http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/around-world-watercolor-1860-1920>exhibit
at the Museum of Fine Arts, featuring “work by Americans who sought
adventure and inspiration for their art. They ventured across the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans and traversed the American continent.” We will pay
special attention to use of colors and composition as we view the
collection. Then we will have a short studio art workshop to use fall colors
as inspiration for watercolors of our own. Open to Dudley House members and
their guests. Admission to the MFA is free with your Harvard ID. Details on
tickets for watercolor workshop to follow. Please indicate interest by
contacting Cherie Ramirez (cramirez(a)fas.harvard.edu).
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*Outing to Huntington Theatre Company’s production of Before I Leave You*
Friday, Oct. 21, 8pm
Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, 527 Tremont
St
Join us for a performance by Boston’s leading professional theatre company!
The Huntington Theatre Company performs *Before I Leave You*, a play by
Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro set in Harvard Square. Emily’s world falls apart
when husband Koji suddenly embraces his Asian roots and her friend Jeremy's
work on his novel gets interrupted by a health scare. Four longtime friends
face too much past and too little future in this moving new comedy. Tickets
are $16, available to Dudley House members and their guests at the Dudley
House office beginning on Oct. 1st. We will meet on the Dudley steps at 7pm
to head over. Contact Ivanna Yi (iyi(a)fas.harvard.edu).
*Chamber Music Initiative *
Join us on Saturday, Nov. 5th, at 4pm for the first concert in the Dudley
Arts chamber music series! The concert will be held at the Lily Pad gallery
in Inman Square, and the program will feature musicians from Harvard, the
New England Conservatory, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. If you wish to
perform on future concerts in this series, send names of musicians,
instruments, and repertoire to Thomas Wisniewski at twisniew(a)fas.harvard.edu
.
*Tango Argentino @ Dudley*
Thursday, Sept. 15th-November 17th, 8-10pm
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The ten-week series of beginner & advanced beginner Argentine tango lessons
are well underway and will continue on Thursday evenings from 8-9:15pm and
9:15-10:15pm until November 17 in the Northwest Labs cafe. A guided
practica, free and open to all, is held from 9-9:15pm (between lessons) and
from 10:15-11pm (following the advanced beginner class). Class size is
limited, and registration is now closed. If you missed the deadline, contact
Thomas Wisniewski (twisniew(a)fas.harvard.edu) to be placed on the waiting
list for the next series of lessons, which will take place in the spring
semester.
Tuesday, September 27, 7pm. Opening night! Don’t miss this Tony-award winning revival of a classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical about love, war, and everything in between. Held at the Boston Opera House. Tickets are $32 and are on sale now in the Dudley House office (3rd floor Dudley House). We only have 11 tickets left! Dudley members may bring a guest. For more information, go to, see our website.
Solaris (2002) at Dudley House (RSVP requested)
Cambridge: September 21st at 7pm in the Graduate Student Lounge, 2nd Floor of Dudley House
Co-sponsored by our Arts Fellows and our friends at the Biomedical Graduate Student Organization (BGSO). "A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet” (IMDb). Join us for the viewing of this thought-provoking film examining objectivity, love, and how the personal lives of scientists radically affect their study. Discussion at Longwood will be led by Ben Morris. Pizza will be provided. Please contact Cherie Ramirez (cramirez(a)fas.harvard.edu) with any questions. Open to Dudley House Members and their guests. RSVP here, please, so we know how much pizza to get.
Thanks!
Dudley @ Longwood: Upcoming Events
Solaris (2002) at Longwood and/or Dudley House (RSVP requested)
Longwood: September 13th at 7pm in the JMB Student Lounge in Vanderbilt Hall
Cambridge: September 21st at 7pm in the Graduate Student Lounge, 2nd Floor of Dudley House
Co-sponsored by our Arts Fellows and our friends at the Biomedical Graduate Student Organization (BGSO). "A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet” (IMDb). Join us for the viewing of this thought-provoking film examining objectivity, love, and how the personal lives of scientists radically affect their study. Discussion at Longwood will be led by Ben Morris. Pizza will be provided to those who RSVP by September 12. Please contact Cherie Ramirez (cramirez(a)fas.harvard.edu) with any questions. Open to Dudley House Members and their guests. RSVP here, please.
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> Hello Dudley Art Enthusiasts,
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> You are invited to join us for the Dudley Arts Open House tomorrow,
> 7:30-9pm in the Fireside Room of Dudley House. Meet the arts fellows and
> learn about our programming for the semester! Snacks and beverages will be
> provided.
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> You are welcome to visit our pages on the Dudley website at:
> http://dudley.harvard.edu/arts
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> Feel free to contact us with questions or ideas:
> Ivanna Yi at iyi(a)fas.harvard.edu
> Thomas Wisniewski at twisniew(a)fas.harvard.edu
> Cherie Ramirez at cramirez(a)fas.harvard.ed <cramirez(a)fas.harvard.edu>u
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> We look forward to seeing you at the Open House and at some of our upcoming
> events and classes!
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> The Dudley arts fellows
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> *Updated Arts events and Classes for September*
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> *Screenings of Solaris(2002)at Dudley House and Longwood*
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> at Longwood: September 13th at 7pm in the JMB Student Lounge in Vanderbilt
> Hall <http://hms.harvard.edu/org.asp?vanderbilt>
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> at Dudley: Wednesday, Sept. 21st, 7pm, Graduate Student Lounge
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> “A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated
> research station orbiting a bizarre planet” (IMDb). Join us for the
> viewing of this thought-provoking film examining objectivity, love, and
> how the personal lives of scientists radically affect their study. For
> updated viewing information, please contact Cherie Ramirez (
> cramirez(a)fas.harvard.edu).
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> *Argentine Tango Lessons*
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> Thursdays, 8-9pm; 9-10pm. September 15-November 17.
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> Two ten-week series: beginner & advanced beginner
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> Have you ever considered learning what Martha Graham once called *the* fabulous
> dance of the past one hundred years and the most beautiful? Now’s your
> chance. The first ten-week series of Argentine Tango for absolute beginners
> will take place in the Northwest Labs on Thursday evenings from 8-9pm; from
> 9-10pm a second series will meet designed for those who took the beginning
> series at Dudley last spring or for those with prior experience. $50 for ten
> lessons; class size limited to 30. Sign up early in the Dudley House
> Office, beginning on Thursday, Sept. 1st.No partner or previous dance
> experience required. For more information, contact Thomas Wisniewski at
> twisniew(a)fas.harvard.edu
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> *Dudley Drawing Class--SOLD OUT*
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> Saturdays, 2-4pm, September 17-October 29, Private Dining Room
>
> The first six-week session of the Dudley arts class will be centered on
> the fundamentals of drawing, including portraiture, still-life, and
> landscape,The class will meet on Saturdays, 2-4pm in the Dudley Private
> Dining Room beginning on September 17. The current session is sold out, but
> contact Ivanna Yi (iyi(a)fas.harvard.edu) to be placed on a waiting list for
> the next session, Nov. 5-Dec. 3 on Saturday afternoons.
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> *Harvard Art Museums Gallery Talk, Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in
> Early Modern Europe--SPACES STILL AVAILABLE*
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> Friday, September 23, 3pm, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway
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> Join us for a gallery talk on *Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in
> Early Modern Europe*, a special exhibition at the Harvard Art Museums that
> examines how celebrated Northern Renaissance artists contributed to the
> scientific discoveries of the 16th century. The talk, organized exclusively
> for Dudley House members, will be led by exhibition curator Susan Dackerman,
> the Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Curator of Prints, Division of European and
> American Art. We will meet at 2:45pm in the lobby of the Sackler Museum.
> Space is limited; RSVP to Ivanna Yi (iyi(a)fas.harvard.edu).
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> *Outing to Opening Night at Symphony: Boston Symphony Orchestra *
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> Saturday, Oct. 1st, 8pm, Symphony Hall
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>
> Join us for an outing to the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Opening Night at
> Symphony: an all-Mozart program featuring violinist and conductor,
> Anne-Sophie Mutter, performing Violin Concerti No. 1, 2, and 4. Tickets
> available to Dudley House members and their guests will go on sale at Dudley
> House beginning September 1st. We will meet at 7pm on the Dudley House steps
> to take the T together. Contact Thomas Wisniewski (
> twisniew(a)fas.harvard.edu).
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> *Chamber Music *
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> TBD
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> Are you interested in playing chamber music at unusual venues in Cambridge
> and Boston? Do you have a group already or are you interested in forming
> one? Then join us for the first fall concert to be held off-campus in late
> October. Duets, trios, quartets, and larger ensembles are all welcome.
> Rehearsals will begin in September; players will rehearse individually, then
> meet for a dress rehearsal and the concert. Send names of musicians,
> instruments, and ideas for repertoire to Thomas Wisniewski (
> twisniew(a)fas.harvard.edu).
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