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2019 Sep 21

Black Light

Repeats every week every Saturday, 2 times .
8:00pm

Location: 

Oberon, 2 Arrow Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
BlackLightDaniel Alexander Jones performs as the iconic Jomama Jones in a spiritual revival for turbulent times. This intimate journey through the darkness of personal and political upheaval and the shards of shattered illusions is illuminated by spontaneous humor... Read more about Black Light
2019 Sep 21

Black Light

Repeats every week every Saturday, 2 times .
4:00pm

Location: 

Oberon, 2 Arrow Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
BlackLightDaniel Alexander Jones performs as the iconic Jomama Jones in a spiritual revival for turbulent times. This intimate journey through the darkness of personal and political upheaval and the shards of shattered illusions is illuminated by spontaneous humor... Read more about Black Light
2019 Sep 19

Black Light

Repeats every week on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday until Sun Sep 29 2019 .
7:30pm

Location: 

Oberon, 2 Arrow Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
BlackLightDaniel Alexander Jones performs as the iconic Jomama Jones in a spiritual revival for turbulent times. This intimate journey through the darkness of personal and political upheaval and the shards of shattered illusions is illuminated by spontaneous humor... Read more about Black Light
2019 Aug 25

SIX

Repeats every week on Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday until Wed Sep 25 2019 .
2:00pm

Location: 

Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
sixDivorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. All this time, the six wives of Henry VIII have been reduced to a single rhyme—so they picked up a pen and a microphone. From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the wives... Read more about SIX
2019 Jul 26

House of Several Stories: A Tragedy in Two Acts of Nonsense

Repeats every week on Friday, Saturday until Sat Aug 03 2019 .
7:30pm to 9:30pm

Location: 

Loeb Experimental Theater, 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
HouseOfSeveralStoriesAn absurdist comedy about a dysfunctional family and their Thanksgiving "guests," the play explores how stories help fill voids in people's lives caused by death, loss, and dysfunction. Content Warning: This production contains discussion of suicide as well as a prop gun... Read more about House of Several Stories: A Tragedy in Two Acts of Nonsense

Complex Electra

ElectraSophocles' compelling Greek tragedy offers a view of bravery and justice. Director Lily Grob '22 talks about the production that goes up April 12-14 at Adams Pool and May 4 outdoors at Sever Quad during ARTS FIRST. 

By Samantha Neville '19

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2019 May 01

Pianist Angela Hewitt: Open Master Class

5:00pm to 6:30pm

Location: 

John Knowles Paine Concert Hall

Angela HewittJoin internationally acclaimed pianist Angela Hewitt in a master class on May 1 with four talented Harvard students: Emily Brother '19, Ariana Chiu '22, Evelyn Mo '20 and Amir Siraj '21. This Learning from Performers event is free and open to the public. 

Hewitt will also perform a free concert of her acclaimed Bach Odyssey, 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 30 at Paine Concert Hall. The concert is free, but tickets are required and available April 16 at Harvard Box Office.... Read more about Pianist Angela Hewitt: Open Master Class

Deeply fascinated

Jo Yang during a rehearsal of Endlings Photo by Jonathan CarrDirector Sammi Cannold HGSE '16 talks about the pool that is 40-feet deep and the women's story at the center of the new play Endlings at American Repertory Theater.

By Truelian Lee ’21... Read more about Deeply fascinated

Playing in the spectra

Ashley TataAshley Tata hopes her mixed media adaptation of Weimar-era creativity will teach students about art making and offer audience members an emotional experience that resonates beyond an hour. The TDM show s.i.n.s.o.f.u.s. runs Dec. 6-9 at Farkas Hall. 

By OFA Communications Coordinator Mariam Syed

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2018 Nov 01

Harvard Town Hall with Ayodele Casel

5:30pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Commons, The Smith Campus Center, 1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA

Join famed tap dancer and choreographer Ayodele Casel for an interactive Town Hall at Harvard Commons in The Smith Campus Center on Thursday, November 1, at 5:30pm.

Ayodele Casel's autobiographical show, While I Have the Floor, premiered to rave reviews and a sold out run at the Spoleto Arts Festival in Charleston, SC. Together with members of tall poPpy, inc. (the show's production company) Torya Beard and Darren Biggart, the Harvard community is invited to explorAyodele Case. Photo Credit: Michael Higgins.e how claiming authorship can strengthen community. An interactive experience of performance and conversation, this Town Hall is designed to investigate how claiming identity and legacy can create a path to agency and action. Ayodele Casel will also perform an excerpt from While I Have the Floor. 

Joining the conversation as co-facilitators will be Destiny Polk and Amanda Gorman '20. Destiny Polk is a Boston-based performance and teaching artist, producer, and founder of art-activist platform Radical Black Girl. Amanda Gorman '20 is a published author, community organizer, inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of the United States, and Founding Executive Director of One Pen One Page, which promotes literacy through free creative writing programming for underserved youth. 

Refreshments will be provided at the end of the event. 

Ayodele Casel is a 2018-19 artist-in-residence supported by the Harvard University Committee on the Arts (HUCA). She will also be leading a tap master class on October 29, 7:30-9pm, at Lowell Lecture Hall as part of the Harvard Dance Center Master Class & Lecture Series. Observers are welcome! Participation is free, but registration is required for both participants and observers. 

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