Writers’ Workshops
Thursday, March 1, 7-9 p.m., Fireside Room. Our Writers’ Workshop meets the first and third Thursdays of the month (no second meeting in March due to Spring Break). We provide a collegial setting in which students can comment upon and receive feedback on a range of genres in non-academic writing, whatever the writing stage. Bring several copies of whatever you're currently working on (e.g., poetry, essay, fiction, drama) for the workshop to discuss, or feel free simply to join in the discussion. Questions? Email the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Arts Outing to a Lecture on the Rhythm of Noh Music
Friday, March 2, 4 p.m., Room One, Harvard Department of Music, 1 Oxford Street. Sponsored by the Japan Forum series of the Reischauer Institute, speaker Takanori Fujita of the Research Centre for Japanese Music, Kyoto City University of Arts, will give a talk on Noh Music entitled "Primacy of Corporeality in the Transmission of Japanese Traditional Music: Repetition and Indifference." Free and open to all. We will meet at 3:45pm on the Dudley House steps and walk over to the Music Building. Contact
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New Earth and Doctor Who
Friday, March 2, 6 p.m. Join us for a fun-filled journey with The Doctor, the iconic time traveler from the planet Gallifrey. We will watch 3 episodes featuring the 9th and 10th Doctors as they take their companions to the future to witness the destruction of the earth and the New New New New…Earth that is built up in its memory. Everyone welcome! Each episode is about 45 minutes long and together they make a wonderful trilogy.
Game Day For Kids
Saturday, March 3, 2:30-5 p.m., Dudley House Game Room (third floor). Join us for this afternoon of fun, primarily for children two to ten years old and their parents/families. We will have a number of fun activities and games in the Game Room that kids and their families have enjoyed very much in the past. Contact
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for more information before the event or call 617-495-1232 right before or during the event. This event is co-hosted by the Dudley Public Service, Athletics, and Coordinating program areas.
Outing to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Sunday, March 4, 1:30 p.m., Join us for a special outing to the newly extended Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum! The new wing of the museum, built by renowned architect Renzo Piano, features a 300-seat performance hall with a skylight in the roof for a distinct visual and acoustical experience. Don’t miss your chance to hear chamber music in this unique space! Cellist Wendy Warner and pianist Irina Nuzova perform the second installment of the Complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas, including Sonata No. 3 in A Major, Op. 69; Sonata No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102, no.1; and Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102, no. 2. A limited number of $12 student tickets available beginning February 13 at the Dudley House office. Contact
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Visit to Houghton Library
Wednesday, March 7, 5-6:30 p.m., Our semi-annual visit to Houghton Library is here once again! If you've ever been curious about the treasures Harvard’s rare book library holds and want to discover more about this extraordinary trove, come to a showing of Houghton's most prized possessions. We will be looking, up-close, at books hand-selected from a range of periods and disciplines (literature, science, history, art). Please sign up by March 5 and send any requests of books you’d like to see via the following form. Hurry, space is limited!
Arts Outing to the Dean’s Noontime Concert
Thursday, March 22, 12:15 p.m., Faculty Room, University Hall. A Thursday afternoon concert held on campus, free and open to all. The renowned Chiara String Quartet will perform a program TBA. About the ensemble: “Renowned for bringing fresh excitement to traditional string quartet repertoire as well as for creating thoroughly insightful interpretations of new music, the Chiara String Quartet (Rebecca Fischer and Julie Hye-Yung Yoon, violins; Jonah Sirota, viola; Gregory Beaver, cello) captivates and enthralls its audiences throughout the country and is the 2011 CMA/ASCAP award winner in the mixed ensemble category.” We will meet at 12pm on the Dudley House steps and walk over to University Hall. Contact
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Spring Swing
Saturday, March 24, 8:30-9:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.-12 a.m., Enjoy a classy evening of live jazz music, socializing and dancing at Dudley House's second formal of the year, the Spring Swing. Join us for the free swing lesson at 8:30pm, and then at 9:30pm, cut up the dance floor or simply mingle with friends to the backdrop of the sounds of the Dudley House Jazz Band. Tickets will be on sale in March for $10 at the Dudley House Office or $15 at the door (if any remain). Ticket price includes hors d'oeuvres, desserts and drinks. Open to Dudley House members and their guests. Proper ID required for alcohol. Questions? Contact the
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Writing and Study Bootcamp
Saturday and Sunday, March 24-25, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Café Gato Rojo. Need a weekend dedicated to your academic work? We provide a quiet setting, two days of lunch, and plenty of caffeine. Dudley House students from all disciplines are welcome to join in this two-day period of silence and study. The cost of the event is $20, and, to ensure your commitment, no portion of this fee will be refunded if you do not attend. Please sign up and pay in advance in the Graduate Office on the third floor of Dudley House no later than the Thursday before the bootcamp. Students at the Longwood Campus may register by contacting the House at 617-495-2255. Limited to 12 attendees, so sign up now! Please note that this is not an instructional class, and that we do not provide breakfast. Questions? Email the
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Outing to Bishop at 100: Oral History Initiative and Performance
Tuesday, March 27, 5:30 p.m. (Oral History) and 7 p.m. (Performance), Thompson Room, Barker Center. Join us for a celebration of Elizabeth Bishop at 100! The Woodberry Poetry Room commemorates Elizabeth Bishop through an oral history conversation, featuring Bishop’s friends and students Lloyd Schwartz, Frank Bidart, Mary Jo Salter, Gail Mazur and Rosanna Warren, and a staged reading of Joelle Biele’s “These Fine Mornings,” a 50-minute, one-act play that tells the story of Elizabeth Bishop and The New Yorker. Free and open to all. We will meet at 5pm in the lobby of the Barker Center at 12 Quincy Street. Contact
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Les Miserables
March 27 and March 29, 7:30 p.m., Boston Opera House. One of the most successful musicals of all time finally comes to Boston! A stirring story about revolution and change, as well as love and lost, set in 19th century France. Cost is $33. Dudley members may bring a guest. Tickets go on sale mid-March. Please click here for more details.
March Book Club: The Adventures of Tintin: The Black Island
Wednesday, March 28, 6 p.m., Fireside Room. “Tintin is a weird mix of comedy, mystery, and adventure; you never quite know what you’re going to get when you open one of those skinny, oversized volumes. (Though you can be pretty confident that Tintin is going to say ‘Crumbs!’ and that Captain Haddock is going to get drunk and fall down.)
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Read more. Sign up here by Wednesday, February 29 if you would like to pick up a copy of the book. Copies will be available in the Dudley House office several weeks before the book club. A $10 deposit for the book is required, which will be refunded after attendance.
Explore Anatomical Curiosities in Longwood &/or the Origin of Species in Cambridge
Dates TBA, Longwood: Warren Anatomical Museum at Countway Library, Cambridge: The Museum of Comparative Zoology. Join our Outings, Arts and Intellectual/Cultural Fellows on field trips to view oddities such as the skull of Phineas Gage at the Warren Anatomical Museum and/or a priceless collection of preserved type specimens (i.e., the particular creature that was used to define a species) at the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Please contact
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Dudley Arts Chamber Music Initiative: Call for Musicians!
After an auspicious debut at the Lily Pad in Inman Square this past fall, the Dudley Arts Chamber Music Initiative will continue throughout the spring semester. Its ongoing mission is to connect GSAS musicians with professionals throughout the Boston/Cambridge area for interesting collaborations at unusual venues. If you’re interested in performing and have a chamber group already formed, or if you are looking for fellow musicians to form an ensemble, then write to
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. The spring concert will be held in April at a venue TBD; rehearsals, individually arranged, will run throughout March and April.
Salsa Lessons @ Dudley: Beginner progressive series
An introduction to salsa, having begun in early February will run until mid-April; the class is open to Dudley House members and their guests. For absolute beginners and no partner required. Material is progressive. Brought to you by the Dudley Arts Fellows. Contact
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Argentine Tango Lessons @ Dudley: Intermediate progressive series
What better way to stave off the winter chill than in the warmth of the tango embrace? An intermediate social dance class, having begun in early February, will run until mid-April. Welcome are those with prior experience in Argentine tango and/or those who have taken tango lessons at Harvard in past semesters. Material is progressive, requires weekly attendance, and builds on dancers’ previous knowledge of close-embrace Buenos Aires style. Topics include leaders’ and followers’ technique, paradas, sacadas, cross and parallel systems, intro to milonga, turns, and floorcraft. Students will be trained to dance socially and will be encouraged to explore the many practicas and milongas of Cambridge and Boston. Brought to you by the Dudley Arts Fellows. Contact
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Dudley Art Class, Watercolors
Saturdays, 2-4 p.m., Dudley Private Dining Room. The third session of the Dudley arts class is focused on watercolors. The 10-week session will continue to meet on Saturdays until April 28. The course is currently sold out.