Harvard University Gazette

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

15 May 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Ongoing through Sun., Mar. 21, 2027, 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums for Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

24 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Wed., June 24, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

24 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Wed., June 24, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

24 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Wed., June 24, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

24 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Wed., June 24, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

24 Jun 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Wed., June 24, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

24 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Wed., June 24, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

24 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Wed., June 24, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

24 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Wed., June 24, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

24 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., June 24, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

24 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Wed., June 24, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Harvard and the American Revolution

24 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., June 24, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

24 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., June 24, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

24 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., June 24, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Astonished By Beauty: The Essential Practice of Natural History

24 Jun 2026 22:00:00 GMT

Geological Lecture Hall
24 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Wed., June 24, 2026, 6 – 7 p.m.

Free In-Person Book Presentation
Astonished By Beauty: The Essential Practice of Natural History
Wednesday, June 24 6:00–7:00 pm, Advance registration recommended to attend in person

Speaker:
Thomas Lowe Fleischner, Senior Advisor and Founding Director, Natural History Institute, Prescott, Arizona; Faculty Emeritus of Environmental Studies, Prescott College

What happens when we truly pay attention to the natural world? Join us for a talk by naturalist Thomas Fleischner on his new book, Astonished by Beauty (Torrey House Press, 2026), a thoughtful and practical guide to reconnecting with nature through natural history. With a series of brief, intimate stories from the Alaskan Arctic to the Amazon, Fleischner reveals how we may easily deepen our connection with the land and its creatures. Offering simple, grounded steps to nurture this meaningful bond, Fleischner's book is part reflection, part guide, calling for a life lived with care, presence, and respect for the wild beauty that surrounds us.

Copies of Astonished by Beauty will be available for purchase after the program.

Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA. Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage starting at 5:00 pm. Presented by the Harvard Museum of Natural History, one of the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture.

Photo courtesy Thomas L. Fleischner.

Gazette Classification: Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Science, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
Cost: free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: hmsc.harvard.edu…

Black Swan: A New Dance Thriller

24 Jun 2026 23:30:00 GMT

American Repertory Theater
64 Brattle St.
Cambridge
Wed., June 24, 2026, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.

Tony Award winner Sonya Tayeh (Gatsby at A.R.T., Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway) returns to the A.R.T. to bring the Academy Award-nominated psychological thriller Black Swan to the stage. Pressure builds, boundaries blur, and reality begins to slip as Nina strives to rise from the ballet corps to the lead role in Swan Lake. This bold new musical adaptation is a haunting exploration of ambition, power, and the cost of perfection.

Performed with Tayeh’s high-octane, genre-breaking choreography, Black Swan features a contemporary book by Guggenheim Fellow Jen Silverman and a score by Obie Award winner Dave Malloy that blends the melodies of Tchaikovsky with a throbbing electronic soundscape.

Black Swan is presented by special arrangement with Buena Vista Theatrical.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Music
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Cost: $43+
Ticket Web Link: americanrepertorytheater.org…
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: americanrepertorytheater.org…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

25 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Thu., June 25, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

25 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Thu., June 25, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

25 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Thu., June 25, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

25 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Thu., June 25, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

25 Jun 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Thu., June 25, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

25 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Thu., June 25, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

25 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Thu., June 25, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

25 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Thu., June 25, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

25 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., June 25, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

25 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Thu., June 25, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Harvard and the American Revolution

25 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., June 25, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

25 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., June 25, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

25 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., June 25, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Gray Area: Different Eyes—Abstraction in Celtic Coins

25 Jun 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Thu., June 25, 2026, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Have you ever wondered why some ancient cultures do not seem as “skilled” as later societies in representing the natural world? If so, you are not alone. Many people assume that early art history is a story of technical progress toward better reproductions of reality. But what if it is less a matter of skill than of interest? Celtic coins offer a perfect opportunity to explore this idea. Join coins curator Laure Marest for this hands-on session with 2,300-year-old coins and discover the ancient Gallic fascination with abstraction.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: secure.touchnet.net…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: harvardartmuseums.org…

Exhibition Tour: Celtic Art Across the Ages

25 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Thu., June 25, 2026, 1 – 2 p.m.

Join Christian Dupont, Boston College’s Burns Librarian, for a tour of the special exhibition Celtic Art Across the Ages. He will discuss the re-emergence of Celtic mythologies and motifs in literature and art during the 18th and 19th centuries. The so-called Celtic Revival was nourished by Romanticism and achieved visual expression through the Arts and Crafts movement.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Speaker(s): Christian Dupont, Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Resources and Burns Librarian, Boston College
Cost: Free admission
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: harvardartmuseums.org…

Harvard Art Museums at Night

25 Jun 2026 21:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Thu., June 25, 2026, 5 – 9 p.m.

Gather with friends and mingle inside our Italian-inspired courtyard while taking in the smooth sounds from DJ C-Zone. Browse the museum shop and chat over a snack or drink for purchase from local vendors, such as Aeronaut Brewing Company. Stop by the Materials Lab for a fun art-making activity, and then drop in on one of our Spotlight Tours. You’ll also get the chance to win prizes! And of course, wander the galleries to take in our world-class art collections—over 50 galleries to explore! Don’t forget to check out our current exhibitions.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Poetry as Land Reading

25 Jun 2026 21:00:00 GMT

Harvard Divinity School, Williams Chapel
45 Francis Ave
Cambridge
Thu., June 25, 2026, 5 – 6:15 p.m.

Gazette Classification: Poetry/Prose
Organization/Sponsor: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Speaker(s): Rehane Abrahams, South African performance artist, Kinsale Drake, Diné poet, playwright, and writer , Heid E. Erdrich, Ojibwe poet and editor enrolled at Turtle Mountain , Bonney Hartley, Mohican poet and the tribal historic preservation manager for the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Nation, Joan Naviyuk Kane, Inupiaq poet, Jolyn Phillips, South African poet, writer, poet, composer, visual artist, singer and activist, Gabeba Baderoon, South African poet and academic
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: docs.google.com…

Poetry as Land: A Reading by Native American and South African Poets

25 Jun 2026 21:00:00 GMT

Williams Chapel, Swartz Hall, Cambridge, MA & Zoom
Thu., June 25, 2026, 5 – 6:15 p.m.

Registration recommended.
Please register to attend in person or by Zoom.
A Performance and Reading by Rehane Abrahams, Kinsale Drake, Heid E. Erdrich, Bonney Hartley, Joan Naviyuk Kane, and Jolyn Phillips. A Reading by Native American and South African Poets. Introduced by Gabeba Baderoon.

Programming Series: Poetry
Gazette Classification: Poetry/Prose, Special Events
Sponsor: Radcliffe Institute & Center for the Study of World Religions
More info: docs.google.com…

Black Swan: A New Dance Thriller

25 Jun 2026 23:30:00 GMT

American Repertory Theater
64 Brattle St.
Cambridge
Thu., June 25, 2026, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.

Tony Award winner Sonya Tayeh (Gatsby at A.R.T., Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway) returns to the A.R.T. to bring the Academy Award-nominated psychological thriller Black Swan to the stage. Pressure builds, boundaries blur, and reality begins to slip as Nina strives to rise from the ballet corps to the lead role in Swan Lake. This bold new musical adaptation is a haunting exploration of ambition, power, and the cost of perfection.

Performed with Tayeh’s high-octane, genre-breaking choreography, Black Swan features a contemporary book by Guggenheim Fellow Jen Silverman and a score by Obie Award winner Dave Malloy that blends the melodies of Tchaikovsky with a throbbing electronic soundscape.

Black Swan is presented by special arrangement with Buena Vista Theatrical.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Music
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Cost: $43+
Ticket Web Link: americanrepertorytheater.org…
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: americanrepertorytheater.org…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

26 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Fri., June 26, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

26 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Fri., June 26, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

26 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Fri., June 26, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

26 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Fri., June 26, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

26 Jun 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Fri., June 26, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

26 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Fri., June 26, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

26 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Fri., June 26, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

26 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Fri., June 26, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

26 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., June 26, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

26 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Fri., June 26, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Harvard and the American Revolution

26 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., June 26, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

26 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., June 26, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

26 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., June 26, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Gallery Performance: Celtic Art Across the Ages

26 Jun 2026 16:30:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Fri., June 26, 2026, 12:30 – 1:15 p.m.

Join us for a musical performance related to the special exhibition Celtic Art Across the Ages. Clare Fraser (fiddle) and Simon Lace (guitar/bouzouki) will play traditional Irish music and talk about Celtic musical heritage.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Music
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: harvardartmuseums.org…

Black Swan: A New Dance Thriller

26 Jun 2026 23:30:00 GMT

American Repertory Theater
64 Brattle St.
Cambridge
Fri., June 26, 2026, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.

Tony Award winner Sonya Tayeh (Gatsby at A.R.T., Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway) returns to the A.R.T. to bring the Academy Award-nominated psychological thriller Black Swan to the stage. Pressure builds, boundaries blur, and reality begins to slip as Nina strives to rise from the ballet corps to the lead role in Swan Lake. This bold new musical adaptation is a haunting exploration of ambition, power, and the cost of perfection.

Performed with Tayeh’s high-octane, genre-breaking choreography, Black Swan features a contemporary book by Guggenheim Fellow Jen Silverman and a score by Obie Award winner Dave Malloy that blends the melodies of Tchaikovsky with a throbbing electronic soundscape.

Black Swan is presented by special arrangement with Buena Vista Theatrical.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Music
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Cost: $43+
Ticket Web Link: americanrepertorytheater.org…
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: americanrepertorytheater.org…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

27 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sat., June 27, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

27 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sat., June 27, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

27 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sat., June 27, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

27 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Sat., June 27, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

27 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Sat., June 27, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

27 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sat., June 27, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Black Swan: A New Dance Thriller

27 Jun 2026 23:30:00 GMT

American Repertory Theater
64 Brattle St.
Cambridge
Sat., June 27, 2026, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.

Tony Award winner Sonya Tayeh (Gatsby at A.R.T., Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway) returns to the A.R.T. to bring the Academy Award-nominated psychological thriller Black Swan to the stage. Pressure builds, boundaries blur, and reality begins to slip as Nina strives to rise from the ballet corps to the lead role in Swan Lake. This bold new musical adaptation is a haunting exploration of ambition, power, and the cost of perfection.

Performed with Tayeh’s high-octane, genre-breaking choreography, Black Swan features a contemporary book by Guggenheim Fellow Jen Silverman and a score by Obie Award winner Dave Malloy that blends the melodies of Tchaikovsky with a throbbing electronic soundscape.

Black Swan is presented by special arrangement with Buena Vista Theatrical.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Music
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Cost: $43+
Ticket Web Link: americanrepertorytheater.org…
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: americanrepertorytheater.org…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

28 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sun., June 28, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

28 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sun., June 28, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

28 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sun., June 28, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

28 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Sun., June 28, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

28 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Sun., June 28, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

28 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sun., June 28, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Summer Spotlight Tour

28 Jun 2026 18:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sun., June 28, 2026, 2 – 2:50 p.m.

Spotlight Tours are designed and led by Harvard undergraduates from a range of academic disciplines. Each tour is focused on objects chosen by the student and provides visitors a unique, thematic view into the collections. Tours typically feature three works of art, embrace a conversational format, and last about 45 minutes.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: harvardartmuseums.org…

Black Swan: A New Dance Thriller

28 Jun 2026 23:30:00 GMT

American Repertory Theater
64 Brattle St.
Cambridge
Sun., June 28, 2026, 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.

Tony Award winner Sonya Tayeh (Gatsby at A.R.T., Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway) returns to the A.R.T. to bring the Academy Award-nominated psychological thriller Black Swan to the stage. Pressure builds, boundaries blur, and reality begins to slip as Nina strives to rise from the ballet corps to the lead role in Swan Lake. This bold new musical adaptation is a haunting exploration of ambition, power, and the cost of perfection.

Performed with Tayeh’s high-octane, genre-breaking choreography, Black Swan features a contemporary book by Guggenheim Fellow Jen Silverman and a score by Obie Award winner Dave Malloy that blends the melodies of Tchaikovsky with a throbbing electronic soundscape.

Black Swan is presented by special arrangement with Buena Vista Theatrical.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Music
Organization/Sponsor: American Repertory Theater
Cost: $43+
Ticket Web Link: americanrepertorytheater.org…
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: americanrepertorytheater.org…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

29 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Mon., June 29, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

29 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Mon., June 29, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

29 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Mon., June 29, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

29 Jun 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Mon., June 29, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

29 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Mon., June 29, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

29 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Mon., June 29, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

29 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Mon., June 29, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

29 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., June 29, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Harvard and the American Revolution

29 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., June 29, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

29 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., June 29, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

29 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., June 29, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

30 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Tue., June 30, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

30 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Tue., June 30, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

30 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Tue., June 30, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

30 Jun 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Tue., June 30, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

30 Jun 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Tue., June 30, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

30 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Tue., June 30, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

30 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Tue., June 30, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

30 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Tue., June 30, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

30 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., June 30, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

30 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Tue., June 30, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Harvard and the American Revolution

30 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., June 30, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

30 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., June 30, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

30 Jun 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., June 30, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

01 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 1, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

01 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Wed., July 1, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

01 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 1, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

01 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 1, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

01 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Wed., July 1, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

01 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 1, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

01 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Wed., July 1, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

01 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 1, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

01 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., July 1, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

01 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 1, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Harvard and the American Revolution

01 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., July 1, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

01 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., July 1, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

01 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., July 1, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Gallery Talk: American Works of Art at the 250th

01 Jul 2026 16:30:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 1, 2026, 12:30 – 1 p.m.

From late January to early July 2026, curator of American art Horace D. Ballard will lead a series of gallery talks to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Each talk will closely examine a work of art that speaks to the historical, social, and political contexts that continue to shape the events and ideas of the United States within the broader context of the colonial and political framework of the Americas. Please note that each month, the work of art experienced will change.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Art/Design
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Speaker(s): Horace D. Ballard, Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Curator of American Art, Division of European and American Art
Cost: Free admission
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: harvardartmuseums.org…

Home-Making in Displacement Among Ukrainians in Europe and North America: Collective Memories and Re(Dis)Located Heritages in the Wake of Russian Aggression

01 Jul 2026 21:00:00 GMT

CGIS-Knafel Building
Room K-262, 2nd Floor
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 1, 2026, 5 – 6:30 p.m.

A lecture by Eleonora Narvselius, HURI Visiting Scholar and Associate Professor of European Studies at Lund University, Sweden

Drawing on anthropological, sociological, and historical scholarship, this talk examines how Ukrainians escaping Russian aggression mobilize their collective memories and heritages across selected host countries, each characterized by specific historical connections with Ukraine. Of special interest in this regard is how the displaced Ukrainians engage with their collective past through encounters with the collective pasts of their host societies.

This engagement is, arguably, not merely retrospective; rather, it is part of a broader process through which displaced individuals make their experiences legible to host societies, inscribe themselves into future-oriented narratives, and (re)imagine home. Rather than treating home-making and displacement separately, ‘home-making in displacement’ can be theorized as a complex cultural practice aimed at creating safe and controllable spaces that are not necessarily permanent, yet do not imply “stuckness” in temporariness and precarity.

Home-making in displacement is thus understood as being shaped by forms of 'practical pasts' and collective remembrance that evoke other places and times. Examining these layers enables an important shift in focus from spatial dimensions of migrant home-making to the ongoing labor of engaging with the collective past among the displaced.

Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute
2026 HUSI Public Lecture Series

Gazette Classification: Lecture
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
Speaker(s): Dr. Eleonora Narvselius, HURI Visiting Scholar and Associate Professor of European Studies at Lund University, Sweden
Contact Info: kamrus@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.huri.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

02 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 2, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

02 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Thu., July 2, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

02 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 2, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

02 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 2, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

02 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Thu., July 2, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

02 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 2, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

02 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Thu., July 2, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

02 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 2, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

02 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., July 2, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

02 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 2, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Harvard and the American Revolution

02 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., July 2, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

02 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., July 2, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

02 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., July 2, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Strengthening Stability: Actionable Strategies to Support Young Children and Caregivers

02 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMT

Thu., July 2, 2026, 12 – 1 p.m.

Join our upcoming webinar to explore how stability across multiple domains shapes healthy development for young children and their caregivers.

Drawing on insights from the latest working paper from the Early Childhood Scientific Council on Equity and the Environment, From Resources to Routines: The Importance of Stability in the Developmental Environment, this conversation will examine how interconnected systems—including housing, employment, health care, education, and community supports—can help create, maintain, and restore stability.

The webinar will highlight complementary frameworks, including the Urban Institute’s Web of Stability and EMPath’s Economic Mobility Bridge, to explore how families experience stability across different aspects of daily life. Our panelists will share specific examples of how organizations, systems, and communities can work together to strengthen stability, support economic mobility, and promote healthy development for children and caregivers.

Online Location: Zoom
Gazette Classification: Mental Health / Wellness, Social Sciences, Support/Social
Organization/Sponsor: Center on the Developing Child
Speaker(s): Lindsey Burghardt, MD, MPH, FAAP, Chief Science Officer Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, Gina Adams, Urban Institute, Charmaine Lujares, Boston's EMPath
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: developingchild.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

03 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 3, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

03 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Fri., July 3, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

03 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 3, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

03 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 3, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

03 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Fri., July 3, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

03 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 3, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

03 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Fri., July 3, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

03 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 3, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

03 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., July 3, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

03 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 3, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Harvard and the American Revolution

03 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., July 3, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

03 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., July 3, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

03 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., July 3, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

04 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sat., July 4, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

04 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sat., July 4, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

04 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sat., July 4, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

04 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Sat., July 4, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

04 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Sat., July 4, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

04 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sat., July 4, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

War of Words Independence Day Celebration

04 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMT

Edison and Newman Room, Floor 1
Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Sat., July 4, 2026, 12 – 3 p.m.

Come to Houghton Library for a special opportunity to view the War of Words exhibition, including the first printing of the Declaration of Independence, on America’s 250th birthday.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Art/Design, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free of charge
Contact Info: John Overholt, overholt@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: libcal.library.harvard.edu….

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

05 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sun., July 5, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

05 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sun., July 5, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

05 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sun., July 5, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

05 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Sun., July 5, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

05 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Sun., July 5, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

05 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sun., July 5, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

06 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Mon., July 6, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

06 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Mon., July 6, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

06 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Mon., July 6, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

06 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Mon., July 6, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

06 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Mon., July 6, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

06 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Mon., July 6, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

06 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Mon., July 6, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

06 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., July 6, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Harvard and the American Revolution

06 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., July 6, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

06 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., July 6, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

06 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., July 6, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

07 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 7, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

07 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Tue., July 7, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

07 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 7, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

07 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 7, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

07 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Tue., July 7, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

07 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 7, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

07 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Tue., July 7, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

07 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 7, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

07 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., July 7, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

07 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 7, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Harvard and the American Revolution

07 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., July 7, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

07 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., July 7, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

07 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., July 7, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

08 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 8, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

08 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Wed., July 8, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

08 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 8, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

08 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 8, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

08 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Wed., July 8, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

08 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 8, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

08 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Wed., July 8, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

08 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 8, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

08 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., July 8, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

08 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 8, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Harvard and the American Revolution

08 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., July 8, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

08 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., July 8, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

08 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., July 8, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

09 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 9, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

09 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Thu., July 9, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

09 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 9, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

09 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 9, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

09 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Thu., July 9, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

09 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 9, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

09 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Thu., July 9, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

09 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 9, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

09 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., July 9, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

09 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 9, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Harvard and the American Revolution

09 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., July 9, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

09 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., July 9, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

09 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., July 9, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

10 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 10, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

10 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Fri., July 10, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

10 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 10, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

10 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 10, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

10 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Fri., July 10, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

10 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 10, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

10 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Fri., July 10, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

10 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 10, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

10 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., July 10, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

10 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 10, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Harvard and the American Revolution

10 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., July 10, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

10 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., July 10, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

10 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., July 10, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

11 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sat., July 11, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

11 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sat., July 11, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

11 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sat., July 11, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

11 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Sat., July 11, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

11 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Sat., July 11, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

11 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sat., July 11, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

12 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sun., July 12, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

12 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sun., July 12, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

12 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sun., July 12, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

12 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Sun., July 12, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

12 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Sun., July 12, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

12 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sun., July 12, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

13 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Mon., July 13, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

13 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Mon., July 13, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

13 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Mon., July 13, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

13 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Mon., July 13, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

13 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Mon., July 13, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

13 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Mon., July 13, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

13 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Mon., July 13, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

13 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., July 13, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Harvard and the American Revolution

13 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., July 13, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

13 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., July 13, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

13 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., July 13, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

14 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 14, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

14 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Tue., July 14, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

14 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 14, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

14 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 14, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

14 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Tue., July 14, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

14 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 14, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

14 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Tue., July 14, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

14 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 14, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

14 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., July 14, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

14 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 14, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Harvard and the American Revolution

14 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., July 14, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

14 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., July 14, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

14 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., July 14, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

15 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 15, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

15 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Wed., July 15, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

15 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 15, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

15 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 15, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

15 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Wed., July 15, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

15 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 15, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

15 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Wed., July 15, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

15 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 15, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

15 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., July 15, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

15 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 15, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Harvard and the American Revolution

15 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., July 15, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

15 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., July 15, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

15 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., July 15, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

16 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 16, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

16 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Thu., July 16, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

16 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 16, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

16 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 16, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

16 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Thu., July 16, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

16 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 16, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

16 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Thu., July 16, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

16 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 16, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

16 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., July 16, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

16 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 16, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Harvard and the American Revolution

16 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., July 16, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

16 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., July 16, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

16 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., July 16, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

17 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 17, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

17 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Fri., July 17, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

17 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 17, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

17 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 17, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

17 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Fri., July 17, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

17 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 17, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

17 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Fri., July 17, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

17 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 17, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

17 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., July 17, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

17 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 17, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Harvard and the American Revolution

17 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., July 17, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

17 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., July 17, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

17 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., July 17, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

18 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sat., July 18, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

18 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sat., July 18, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

18 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sat., July 18, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

18 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Sat., July 18, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

18 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Sat., July 18, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & CultureHarvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

18 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sat., July 18, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

19 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sun., July 19, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

19 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sun., July 19, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

19 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sun., July 19, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

19 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Sun., July 19, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

19 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Sun., July 19, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

19 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sun., July 19, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

20 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Mon., July 20, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

20 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Mon., July 20, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

20 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Mon., July 20, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

20 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Mon., July 20, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

20 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Mon., July 20, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

20 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Mon., July 20, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

20 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Mon., July 20, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

20 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., July 20, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Harvard and the American Revolution

20 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., July 20, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

20 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., July 20, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

20 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., July 20, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

21 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 21, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

21 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Tue., July 21, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

21 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 21, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

21 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 21, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

21 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Tue., July 21, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

21 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 21, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

21 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Tue., July 21, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

21 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 21, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

21 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., July 21, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

21 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 21, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Harvard and the American Revolution

21 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., July 21, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

21 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., July 21, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

21 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., July 21, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

22 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 22, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

22 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Wed., July 22, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

22 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 22, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

22 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 22, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

22 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Wed., July 22, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

22 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 22, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

22 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Wed., July 22, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

22 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 22, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

22 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., July 22, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

22 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 22, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Harvard and the American Revolution

22 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., July 22, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

22 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., July 22, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

22 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., July 22, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

23 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 23, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

23 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Thu., July 23, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

23 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 23, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

23 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 23, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

23 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Thu., July 23, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

23 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 23, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

23 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Thu., July 23, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

23 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 23, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

23 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., July 23, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

23 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 23, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Harvard and the American Revolution

23 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., July 23, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

23 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., July 23, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

23 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., July 23, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

24 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 24, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

24 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Fri., July 24, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

24 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 24, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

24 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 24, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

24 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Fri., July 24, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

24 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 24, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

24 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Fri., July 24, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

24 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 24, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

24 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., July 24, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

24 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 24, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Harvard and the American Revolution

24 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., July 24, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

24 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., July 24, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

24 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., July 24, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

25 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sat., July 25, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

25 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sat., July 25, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

25 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sat., July 25, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

25 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Sat., July 25, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

25 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Sat., July 25, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

25 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sat., July 25, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

26 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sun., July 26, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

26 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sun., July 26, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

26 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sun., July 26, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

26 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Sun., July 26, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

26 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Sun., July 26, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

26 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sun., July 26, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Family Activities at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East

26 Jul 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
6 Divinity Ave.
Cambridge
Sun., July 26, 2026, 1 – 3:30 p.m.

Join Harvard Museums of Science & Culture volunteers for hands-on, family-friendly activities at 1:00 pm and a live story reading at 3:00 pm. Recommended for ages 5–12. Admission to the museum is free.

Sponsored by the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture.

Gazette Classification: Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: hmsc.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

27 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Mon., July 27, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

27 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Mon., July 27, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

27 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Mon., July 27, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

27 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Mon., July 27, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

27 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Mon., July 27, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

27 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Mon., July 27, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

27 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Mon., July 27, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

27 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., July 27, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Harvard and the American Revolution

27 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., July 27, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

27 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., July 27, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

27 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., July 27, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

28 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 28, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

28 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Tue., July 28, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

28 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 28, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

28 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 28, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

28 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Tue., July 28, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

28 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 28, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

28 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Tue., July 28, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

28 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 28, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

28 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., July 28, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

28 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Tue., July 28, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Harvard and the American Revolution

28 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., July 28, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

28 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., July 28, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

28 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., July 28, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

29 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 29, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

29 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Wed., July 29, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

29 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 29, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

29 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 29, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

29 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Wed., July 29, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

29 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 29, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

29 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Wed., July 29, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

29 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 29, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

29 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., July 29, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

29 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Wed., July 29, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Harvard and the American Revolution

29 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., July 29, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

29 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., July 29, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

29 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., July 29, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

30 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 30, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

30 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Thu., July 30, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

30 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 30, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

30 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 30, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

30 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Thu., July 30, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

30 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 30, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

30 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Thu., July 30, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

30 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 30, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

30 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., July 30, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

30 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Thu., July 30, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Harvard and the American Revolution

30 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., July 30, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

30 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., July 30, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

30 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., July 30, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

31 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 31, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

31 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Fri., July 31, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

31 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 31, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

31 Jul 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 31, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

31 Jul 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Fri., July 31, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

31 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 31, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

31 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Fri., July 31, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

31 Jul 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 31, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

31 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., July 31, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

31 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Fri., July 31, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Harvard and the American Revolution

31 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., July 31, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

31 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., July 31, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

31 Jul 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Fri., July 31, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

01 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sat., Aug. 1, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

01 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sat., Aug. 1, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

01 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sat., Aug. 1, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

01 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Sat., Aug. 1, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

01 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Sat., Aug. 1, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

01 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sat., Aug. 1, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

02 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sun., Aug. 2, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

02 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Sun., Aug. 2, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

02 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sun., Aug. 2, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

02 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Sun., Aug. 2, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

02 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Sun., Aug. 2, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

Celtic Art Across the Ages

02 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Sun., Aug. 2, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

When you think of the word “Celtic,” what do you picture? Perhaps intricate knotwork designs, legendary warriors, or mystical spirituality? Maybe even a certain NBA team? Celtic Art Across the Ages will introduce visitors to the worlds of the various peoples who were historically labeled “Celts”—through the objects they created, the interactions they had across the European continent, and the myths that shaped their legacy, then as now. The exhibition stretches from 800 BCE through today, showcasing the craftsmanship, innovation, cultural connections, and multilayered reception that characterized Celtic art in Europe and beyond.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: am_register@harvard.edu
More info: bit.ly…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

03 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Mon., Aug. 3, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

03 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Mon., Aug. 3, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

03 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Mon., Aug. 3, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

03 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Mon., Aug. 3, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

03 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Mon., Aug. 3, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

03 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Mon., Aug. 3, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

03 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Mon., Aug. 3, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

03 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., Aug. 3, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Harvard and the American Revolution

03 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., Aug. 3, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

03 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., Aug. 3, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

03 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Mon., Aug. 3, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

04 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Tue., Aug. 4, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

04 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Tue., Aug. 4, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

04 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Tue., Aug. 4, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

04 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Tue., Aug. 4, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

04 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Tue., Aug. 4, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

04 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Tue., Aug. 4, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

04 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Tue., Aug. 4, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

04 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Tue., Aug. 4, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

04 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., Aug. 4, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Harvard and the American Revolution

04 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., Aug. 4, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

04 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., Aug. 4, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

04 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Tue., Aug. 4, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

05 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Wed., Aug. 5, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

05 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Wed., Aug. 5, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

05 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Wed., Aug. 5, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

05 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Wed., Aug. 5, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

05 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Wed., Aug. 5, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

05 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Wed., Aug. 5, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

05 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Wed., Aug. 5, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

05 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Wed., Aug. 5, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

05 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., Aug. 5, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Harvard and the American Revolution

05 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., Aug. 5, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

05 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., Aug. 5, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

05 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Wed., Aug. 5, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

06 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Thu., Aug. 6, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

06 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Thu., Aug. 6, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

06 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Thu., Aug. 6, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

06 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Thu., Aug. 6, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

06 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Thu., Aug. 6, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

06 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Thu., Aug. 6, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

06 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Thu., Aug. 6, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

06 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Thu., Aug. 6, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…

A More Perfect Union: The Birth of the Constitution

06 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., Aug. 6, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Declaring independence was just the first step towards forming the United States. Seeking to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a stronger central government, a 1787 convention produced a constitution that provoked sharp debate over its ratification by the states. This exhibition features one of the early printings through which the text of the Constitution was presented to the public, as well as the most influential work of the ratification debate, "The Federalist."

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Harvard and the American Revolution

06 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Lammot du Pont Copeland Gallery, Pusey Library
Harvard University Archives
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., Aug. 6, 2026, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

The American Revolution (1775-1783) was a war between Great Britain and its 13 American colonies. Colonists who supported independence believed they should have more control over their own laws and taxation, while the British wanted to keep the colonies under Imperial rule. These disagreements grew into open conflict and eventually led to the founding of a new nation.

Harvard played many roles in the American Revolution. It served as headquarters for the colonies’ Continental Army, produced graduates who became key revolutionary leaders, and fostered bold new ideas through active intellectual and academic debate. The stories gathered here reveal how the Harvard community helped shape—and was shaped by—the birth of the American republic.

This exhibition invites you to explore the many complex and influential ways Harvard participated in the American Revolution. Through thoughtfully curated objects, documents, and narratives from the collections of the Harvard University Archives, the exhibition offers a glimpse into the hopes and anxieties that shaped the era and how Harvard both participated in and contributed to the nation’s struggle for independence. We invite you to walk in these historical footsteps around campus, engage with the voices of the past, and reflect upon the lasting importance of education and critical inquiry during times of great change.

Harvard and the American Revolution was curated by Emily Atkins, Ariana Cook, Hannah Hack, Virginia Hunt, Juliana Kuipers, and Sarah Martin of the Harvard University Archives. Exhibit graphic design by Molly Regan, Logica Design.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard University Archives
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact Info: archives_engagement@harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Making Waves: Books on Angling and Fish at Houghton Library

06 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., Aug. 6, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Houghton Library holds almost 3,000 items related to angling and fish. This exhibition displays the breadth of this collection, which includes richly illustrated taxonomies, anglers’ guides, ships’ logs, watercolors, and even children’s materials and miniature books.

Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

War of Words: A Citizen’s Eye View of the Revolution

06 Aug 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Houghton Library
Harvard Yard
Cambridge
Thu., Aug. 6, 2026, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

From the first protests against British taxation to the treaty that ended the war, War of Words brings together the posters, pamphlets, newspapers, and images that brought news of the American Revolution to those who lived through it.

Gazette Classification: America 250, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Houghton Library
Cost: Free
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: library.harvard.edu…

Alevtina Kakhidze: 'Drawing the War' Exhibition

07 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Fisher Family Commons Gallery, CGIS Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Fri., Aug. 7, 2026

The exhibition "Drawing the War" invites viewers into the intimate, raw space where everyday life and wartime reality collide. Living in Ukraine throughout Russia’s full scale invasion, the artist, Alevtina Kakhidze, works from the immediacy of her experience; her visceral reactions, bodily tensions, and emotional fluctuations become the material of her art. Her drawings, writings, and performance based reflections do not illustrate the war from afar; they transmit it from within. Each piece carries the pulse of a person navigating constant uncertainty, trying to preserve clarity, dignity, and humor in conditions that make such efforts difficult, at times impossible.

Every artwork in this exhibition is paired with a news article sourced across American media, to anchor Kakhidze’s personal narrative within the broader factual record of the war. These links function not as explanatory labels but as parallel threads, expanding each work’s emotional charge with real world contexts.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Curators: Constance Uzwyshyn and Alex Grabovsky, Exhibition Coordinator: REECA student Anastasiia Pereverten
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Ashton Keen: All Things Considered

07 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Gallery 224 at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
224 Western Ave
Allston
Fri., Aug. 7, 2026

Exhibition of pottery by Ashton Keen, 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. June 2 - August 7, 2026 in Allston, Massachusetts. Gallery 224 is open to visitors Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm, except for University holidays.

Ashton Keen is the 2024-26 Artist In Residence at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. Ashton Keen received her BFA from the University of Mississippi. Following graduation, she went on to become an intern at STARworks Center for Creative Enterprise. She completed an MFA from Utah State University. Her work has been displayed in several national exhibitions and has received various awards, as well as being selected as one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2024. Prior to her time at the Ceramics Program, she completed a residency at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she focused on pouring pots and atmospheric firing.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard
Speaker(s): Ashton Keen
Cost: Free
Contact Info: Ceramics Program Main Office: 617-495-8680ceramics@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: ofa.fas.harvard.edu…

Exhibition "The Space of Appearance: A Shared Tongue"

07 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Third Floor, CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Fri., Aug. 7, 2026

The exhibition “The Space of Appearances: A Shared Tongue” is an excerpt from Yulia Spiridonova’s ongoing project “Wayward Son,” which examines contemporary displacement of people from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Central Asia. The individuals photographed in this body of work have in common the Russian language and the experience of leaving their respective home countries due to political repression, the gradual collapse of personal freedoms, the erosion of civic life and society, or war.  
Photographs in the exhibition portray a Russian-speaking immigrant community in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, capturing moments of togetherness in informal, undefined spaces of comfort—where people talk, read, listen to music, daydream, or scroll on their phones. These encounters become what Hannah Arendt, in The Human Condition, calls “the space of appearances,” a threshold between the private and the public realms. These newly formed communities construct precisely such spaces: provisional and evanescent, yet undeniably vital.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Yulia Spiridonova, Artist; Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Laura A. Sargent, Events Manager, Davis Center
Cost: Free
Contact Info: laura_sargent@fas.harvard.edu
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu…

Pınar Öğrenci: Glück auf in Deutschland

07 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Fri., Aug. 7, 2026

Glück auf in Deutschland marks the first major exhibition in the United States by Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Pınar Öğrenci (b. 1973). The artist’s work invites viewers to question what has been remembered or erased while imagining a future grounded in justice, equality, and collective healing and shaped by layered experiences of survival, resistance, and resilience.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Art Museums
Cost: Free admission
Ticket Web Link: harvardartmuseums.org…
Contact Info: 1 (617) 495-9400
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: bit.ly…

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street

07 Aug 2026 11:00:00 GMT

North Lobby
Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston
Fri., Aug. 7, 2026, 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Muriel Siebert: Redefining Power and Possibility on Wall Street traces the career of Muriel Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1967.

Drawing on photographs, correspondence, advertisements, and contemporary media coverage from the Muriel Siebert Collection, generously donated to Baker Library in 2019 by the Muriel Siebert Foundation, with additional materials on loan from the New York Stock Exchange Archives and the Museum of American Finance, the exhibition follows Siebert's rise from a research analyst in the 1950s to a Wall Street trailblazer, regulator, philanthropist, and advocate for financial literacy.

Open to the public Monday-Thursday, 7:00 AM-7:00 PM, Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM, excluding holidays.

Online Location: www.hbs.edu…
Gazette Classification: Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Supported by the de Gaspé Beaubien Family Endowment at Harvard Business School and organized by Baker Library Special Collections and Archives
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.library.hbs.edu…

Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks

07 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Lia and William Poorvu Gallery, Schlesinger Library
3 James St.
Cambridge
Fri., Aug. 7, 2026, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Drawn from the Schlesinger Library’s collection of more than 4,300 community cookbooks, ‘Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks’ explores the cultural and historical significance of community cookbooks from the nineteenth century to today. These volumes document how women’s groups across religious, educational, and civic organizations raised funds while preserving the social histories and culinary traditions of their communities.

Featuring cookbooks from diverse geographic regions and racial and ethnic communities, the exhibition highlights the intersection of foodways and community advocacy. Archival materials from local organizations reveal how these cookbooks were produced and marketed, while handmade and artistically embellished volumes underscore the creative labor involved. Annotated, food-stained pages attest to their everyday use and lasting presence in homes. Through recipes and reflections, ‘Cooking Up Change’ celebrates shared cooking traditions and the enduring power of women-led community building through the kitchen.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Cost: Free
Contact Info: info@radcliffe.harvard.edu
More info: www.radcliffe.harvard.edu…

From Iran: A Visual Testimony

07 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
11 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
Fri., Aug. 7, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Created over the course of fourteen years, Azadeh Akhlaghi’s project stages and photographs pivotal moments from Iran’s tumultuous twentieth-century history. Drawing on meticulous archival research and her background in cinema, she casts professional and nonprofessional actors and photographs each scene from multiple angles to reimagine historical events as complex tableaux, set in real locations in Iran.

In sixteen images—three presented as large-scale prints—Akhlaghi depicts eleven pivotal incidents highlighting the cycle of successful and failed efforts by Iranians to reclaim control of their country between 1908—when the Shah quashed the first National Assembly—and 1979, when the monarchy was overthrown and Islamic rule began.

Photo: Detail of The First Iranian Women’s Movement, Dr. Kahhal’s Office, Tehran | December 1, 1911 © Azadeh Akhlaghi

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibitions, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museum of Science & Culture
Cost: Regular admission applies
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: peabody.harvard.edu…

Rubies

07 Aug 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Harvard Museum of Natural History
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge
Fri., Aug. 7, 2026, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Rubies is a new, intimate collection of stunning minerals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery.

Ruby, the red variety of the mineral corundum, owes its vibrant color to trace amounts of chromium in its crystal structure. This element also gives many rubies a striking fluorescence, glowing bright crimson under ultraviolet light. Ruby’s internal world—its inclusions, growth zoning, and rutile “silk” needles—records its geological journey and can reveal its origin, making ruby a gemstone of extraordinary beauty and a rich source of scientific insight.

Check the museum's website for closure dates.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Exhibitions, Science
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, Harvard Museum of Natural History
Cost: Regular museum admission rates apply
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.hmnh.harvard.edu…