MIT Museum prepares for reopening in Kendall, going straight into reimagined Science Festival
The MIT Museum reopens Oct. 2 after a Covid lockdown that merged into an expected shutdown so it could relocate to a newly built home in Kendall Square.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from a Peter Valentine memorial to trash circus
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a talk with Nobel Prize laureate Wole Soyinka, visit from vile comedian Neil Hamburger, naughty flutists, a Peter Valentine memorial, the Cambridge Carnival and a number of smaller, end-of-summer festivals and other cultural events.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from a Juneteenth parade to ‘Medusa Reclaimed’
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there are continuing Juneteenth celebrations, a Harvard Museums Summer Solstice Celebration, visit by the author Ottessa Moshfegh and musician Lou Barlow, Nepal Festival, silent dance party, Pit-A-Palooza, “Medusa Reclaimed” and much more.
Harvard Art Museums plan to reopen on Sept. 4, adding Free Sundays with advance reservations
After closing mid-March of 2020 to stop the spread of the coronavirus, the Harvard Art Museums are expected to reopen to the public Sept. 4.
Coronavirus edition, XLII: The ends of the Earth, then back to North Adams to explore Mass MoCa
This coronavirus edition of movies to shelter takes the watcher from Uzbekistan to 1980s Sri Lanka and the Britain of West Indies immigrants in the 1960s and 1970s – but also into action with Gerard Butler and Anthony Mackie and through Mass MoCA, the museum success story of North Adams.
Harvard Art Museums release makes it official: Its doors stay closed at least through December
The Harvard Art Museums will remain closed to the public until at least Dec. 31 in alignment with the university’s safety planning, according to a Wednesday press release, and continues to point people to its online offerings.
MIT Museum is closed through December; Other Cambridge galleries are slower to say
There’s no recent word on reopenings from Harvard’s various museums of science and art, but the MIT Museum put a stake in the ground Friday: It’s closed until at least 2021.
It’s still Earth Day online, with riches of exhibits and City Nature Challenge underway worldwide
The Harvard Museums of Science & Culture have plenty of ways to celebrate the 50th Earth Day, which took place this week – all while remembering to be socially distanced during a coronavirus outbreak.
Museum’s ‘Crocs’ exhibit leans to small, emphasizing vulnerability of the species
Hatchlings, two types of caimans and the critically endangered Siamese crocodile are on display, with the Siamese the biggest at about 5 feet. At its heart, the exhibit is about conserving animals that survived for 200 million-plus years but could be wiped out virtually overnight.
A week of events in Cambridge, Somerville: Dance with Soul Clap, a jazz open mic, more
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a dance party that culminates in a set by hometown heroes Soul Clap; a Jazzy Open Mic & Vocal Showcase; and science that looks at mind myths and microbiology behind making wine, kombucha and chocolate.
