Dear Dudley Art Enthusiasts, We hope this note finds you well this spring! We would like to invite you to our upcoming arts events in April. A full list of our upcoming 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 &lt;cramirez(a)fas.harvard.edu&gt;u We look forward to seeing you at some of our upcoming events! The Dudley Arts fellows Dudley Arts April Events, Classes & Opportunities to Perform *EVENTS (More Details Below)* April 4, 11am - Tour of MCZ Mammalogy Department Collection April 5, 9am - Coffee Hour with Valerie Weiss, director of Losing Control April 5, 5pm - Arts Outing to the Woodberry Poetry Room April 13, 3pm - Harvard Art Museums Gallery Talk, *Lyonel Feininger, Photographs: 1928-1939* April 14, 10am - Old Granary Burial Ground & King's Chapel Cemetery Tour in Boston April 14, 8pm - Outing to Emmanuel Music’s Performance of Mozart’s Opera La Clemenza di Tito April 28, 1pm - Mt. Auburn Cemetery Tour in Cambridge April 28, 8pm* - *Dudley Arts Chamber Music Initiative: *Spring Concert!* *EVENTS* * * *Tour of MCZ Mammalogy Department Collection* Museum for Comparative Zoology, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge Wednesday, April 4th, 11 am We will meet on the 5th floor at the Museum for Comparative Zoology, which is the building to the left of the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Think about your favorite mammals! :) The dept. phone number is 617-495-2469 if you get lost. There is no cost to attend. Contact: cramirez(a)fas.harvard.edu. *Coffee Hour with Valerie Weiss, director of Losing Control* Graduate Student Lounge, Dudley House Thursday, April 5th, 9-10 am Alumna Valerie Weiss will talk about her inspiration for writing and direct LOSING CONTROL and provide career and life advice for interested students. Featured by NPR and the New York Times, her film *Losing Control*is a quirky romantic comedy about a female scientist who wants proof that her boyfriend is "the one". You can see a trailer for the movie at www.losingcontrolmovie.com. This event is co-sponsored by Dudley House and HGWISE. Contact: cramirez(a)fas.harvard.edu. SCREENING INFORMATION: “Losing Control” plays April 6-12 at the Kendall Square Landmark Cinema, 1 Kendall Square, Cambridge (617) 499-199 Showtimes are: 11:05am (Sat and Sun), 1:25pm, 4:30pm, 7:00pm and 9:40pm. Tickets are available online at: https://mobile.landmarktheatres.com/Theatres/Showtimes/231?ShowDate=4%2F6%2… *Arts Outing to the Woodberry Poetry Room* Omniglot Seminar: Translating In and Out of Spanish Lamont Library, 330 Thursday, April 5th, 2012, 5pm Join us for a special literary translation event at the Woodberry Poetry Room featuring translators and poets Monica de la Torre and Daniel Aguirre-Oteiza. This seminar will “explore the nuances of translation between the linguistic territories of Spanish and English, and guide audience members through an in-depth examination of the poetic interplay and nuances that exist between the two languages.” Free and open to the public. Photo ID required for entry. We will meet on the steps of Dudley House at 4:45pm and walk over to Lamont Library. Contact Thomas Wisniewski ( twisniew(a)fas.harvard.edu). *Harvard Art Museums Gallery Talk, Lyonel Feininger, Photographs: 1928-1939* Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway Friday, April 13th, 3pm Join us for a gallery talk on *Lyonel Feininger, Photographs: 1928-1939*, a special exhibition of contemporary photography at the Harvard Art Museums. The talk, organized exclusively for Dudley House members, will be led by Laura Muir, Assistant Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Division of Modern and Contemporary 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). *Old Granary Burial Ground & King's Chapel Cemetery Tour in Boston* We will meet at the entrance of the Old Granary Burial Ground (Map: http://g.co/maps/zj46b) Saturday, April 14th, 10am-11:30am (Rain, snow, or shine!) Hang out (sort of) with Paul Revere, Mother Goose, Sam Adams, John Hancock, and other famous celebrities while we listen to their stories from our official Freedom Trail Foundation tour guide. Tickets are $5 per person (regular price $12.50!) and can be purchased at the Dudley House office (third floor, Lehman Hall) between 9:30am and 5pm on weekdays. Tickets will be available for purchase through April 13th. (Students not based in Cambridge can email cramirez(a)fas.harvard.edu to make special ticket arrangements if needed.) *Outing to Emmanuel Music’s Performance of Mozart’s Opera La Clemenza di Tito* Saturday, April 14th, 8pm, preconcert talk at 7pm by John Harbison Don’t miss your chance to hear Mozart’s last opera, *La Clemenza di Tito*, which immediately followed his composition of *The Magic Flute*. The opera brings a story of desperate intrigues, unrequited love, and heart-stopping reversals of fortune taken directly from Roman history. Roman aristocrat Vitellia plots the assassination of Tito, Emperor of Rome. Tito’s forgiveness of his enemies catches all off guard, turning the opera’s theme into one of clemency and redemption. A limited number of $10 student tickets are now available at the Dudley House office. Contact Ivanna Yi ( iyi(a)fas.harvard.edu). *Mt. Auburn Cemetery Tour in Cambridge* We will meet on the Dudley House steps at 1pm and travel to the cemetery together. Saturday, April 28th Join our Dudley Arts<http://www.dudley.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k73092&tabgrou… Literary<http://www.dudley.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k73092&pag… and Dudley House Administrator Susan Zawalich for a special tour of the Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge. There is no cost to attend (a significant discount from the regular price of $10!), but you need to pick up a ticket at the Dudley House office (third floor, Lehman Hall) between 9:30am and 5pm on weekdays.by Friday, April 27th. (Students not based in Cambridge can email cramirez(a)fas.harvard.edu to make special ticket arrangements if needed.) *Dudley Arts Chamber Music Initiative: **Spring Concert!* Dudley House Dining Hall Saturday, April 28th, 8pm After an auspicious debut at the Lily Pad in Inman Square this past fall, the Dudley Arts Chamber Music Initiative will continue throughout the spring semester. Its ongoing mission is to connect GSAS musicians with professionals throughout the Boston/Cambridge area for interesting collaborations at unusual venues. Rehearsals, individually arranged, will run throughout April. The spring chamber concert will be held in the Dudley House Dining Hall on Saturday, April 28th, at 8pm and will feature GSAS musicians performing alongside special guests from the NEC and beyond. Open to all. Reception to follow the concert. Brought to you by the Dudley Arts Fellows. Contact Thomas Wisniewski (twisniew(a)fas.harvard.edu). *La milonguita del gato rojo* The second-ever ‘milonguita’--a social tango dance party--will be held at Dudley’s own “Gato Rojo” cafe the third week in April, date and time TBA. Open to all. Come dance or come watch recent graduates of the intermediate Argentine tango series show off their new moves, with dance music and refreshments straight from Buenos Aires. Expect surprises and special guests. Brought to you by the Dudley Arts Fellows. Contact Thomas Wisniewski (twisniew(a)fas.harvard.edu).