Hot-ticket Fire Ball boosts hospital plans

By Marilyn Fernandez

Published: November 7, 2005

Mount Auburn Hospital held its Fire Ball on Saturday, bringing together several hundred men in black and women in red for an injection of cash into the hospital’s expansion plans. It was the first of four events being sponsored by Mount Auburn Hospital’s auxiliary over three years to meet the $21 million needed to build [...]

Teens risk suspension for protests against war

By Marilyn Fernandez

Published: November 3, 2005

 Eighteen-month-old walks for peace in Harvard Yard linked yesterday with a national antiwar effort and escalated into a student walkout, drawing high school students risking suspension and activists from as far away as Bridgewater. Students expressed their objections to the war with the beating of drums, antiwar chants, raps and speeches. Afterward, the roughly 150 [...]

Sculpture surprised, but now it pleases

By Marilyn Fernandez

Published: November 1, 2005

A stone’s throw from mundane Star Market on Elm Street, in a well-tended garden, there is a form of pure energy and stainless steel lifting from the earth in a graceful arc of flight. Ayn Rose, owner of “ Torso,” hopes people will view the piece as a reflection of what she does at the [...]

Hauntings are plentiful, but they’re not always scary

By Marilyn Fernandez

Published: October 31, 2005

A haunted sphinx lies in Harvard Square, brick upon brick with outstretched paws. Built in 1909, it houses the oldest U.S. humor magazine, The Harvard Lampoon, and has a lot of personality. Possibly too much. Curator Joe Hickey will laugh if you ask how many rooms are inside, or if there are any hidden passages. [...]