A.R.T.’s ‘Evita’ comes to Cambridge in the spring, while Harvard has filed to move theater to Allston
After the current run of “Life of Pi,” the Loeb Drama Center in Harvard Square stages a Chaucerian comedy and a new revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s rock opera “Evita” – announcements made shortly after Harvard’s formal filing of plans to move its theaters to Allston.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from ‘Birth of Rock ’n’ Roll’ to a Poetry Brothel
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a book on the “Birth of Rock ’n’ Roll” as well as more music to hear, a Poetry Brothel as well as more basic readings, nature walks and museums, labor history and “Lovefool” and holiday happenings from shopping strolls to drag shows.
Tenant for Oberon space will be named in 2023; Once music club went far in an obscure process
An unnamed but “exciting” tenant has been chosen for 2 Arrow St. for the new year, replacing the venue formerly known as Harvard University’s Oberon theater.
The royals are the latest of visiting dignitaries, planning stops in Cambridge and Somerville (updated)
Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, are in town for the 2022 Earthshot awards in Boston, but their itinerary brings them to Somerville’s Greentown Labs on Thursday and Harvard in Cambridge on Friday.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville from ‘The Grimkes’ to Giving Tree kickoff event
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, holiday shopping is underway and so is the Harvard Square Business Association’s Giving Tree tradition, and there’s comedy, music, book readings and interactive events such as the Cardboard City Big Group Build at The MIT Museum.
Pillars of abolitionism and of their communities, but the family home is paved, the Clary name lost
An obituary described Francis Prince Clary as “custodian of the Harvard Chemical Laboratory for nearly his entire adult life”; a “natural musician”; “prominent in Masonry”; and a man who “held the esteem of the entire community.”
Harvard’s Cooke led new chemistry department, but Francis Prince Clary was who made it bubble
Today, Cambridge is a world center of biotechnology and biochemical engineering – but in the 1850s, Harvard was still building what would become one of the most forward-thinking university chemistry departments in the country. Francis Prince Clary was there.
Harvard students’ semester on Harvard Square stretches from 1630 founding to current events
Harvard Square has been a special place for generations of people, and especially generations of Harvard students. A recently introduced class at the school exposes students to the square’s history and encourages them to get more involved in civic life by considering how it might be reenvisioned.
Francis Prince Clary was tireless in his advocacy, and even the music he performed was for equality
No personal writings left behind by Francis Prince Clary tell us his feelings about participating in some of the most important political and moral struggles in this country’s history. But the petitions he signed and events he took part in give a good idea of his zeal for justice.
Francis Prince Clary is the 1800s Black chemist written out of Harvard and Cambridge history
Francis Prince Clary was known by some as a “character” – a person at Harvard but not considered by lore-keepers to be of Harvard. Yet Clary played an unusual and historic role at the university, and off campus he was a well-recognized figure in the Black abolitionist community.
