Scheduled HEMBI Activities
Tuesday, September 15
5:30-7:30 PM
Working Dinner (registered guests)
Workshop speakers and invited guests will hold follow-up discussions and enjoy a casual dinner at the MIT Sailing Pavilion rooftop. Located on the Charles River, an easy walk from the Bartos Theatre.
5:30-6:30 PM or 6:30-7:30 PM
From the Sailing Pavilion invited guests may take a Charles River cruise with the Charles River Boat Company. One-hour water tours of Boston and Cambridge depart from the MIT Sailing Pavilion at 5:30 PM and again at 6:30 PM.
8:00-10:00 PM
Film Screening
Home, a documentary by Yann Arthus-Bertrand.
Join us at MIT's Stata Center, Room 32-123--walking distance from the reception, the Media Lab and the Kendall Square hotels--for a screening of Yann Arthus-Bertrand's film, Home. The Stata Center is an architectural wonder designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand, an internationally recognized photographer and writer, takes us on a fascinating and original journey all around the planet. Narrated by Glenn Close, the film is a travel notebook, comprised of mesmerizing shots of landscapes, water currents, and roads, captured from above. HOME invites us to stop for a moment in order to look at our planet and realize how we treat its treasures and beauty.
Other Events & Things To Do On Your Own
Wednesday, September 16, just after HEMBI ends
4:30-7:30 PM
NewScientist Magazine's "Tech Square Block Party" >brochure<
Location: Courtyard between 300 & 500 Technology Square, Main Street, Cambridge, MA -- walking distance from the Media Lab.
Free to Attend (but registration has benefits), Free food, beer and wine
Attractions include science pub trivia, lead by professional science communicators, raffle prizes, books, tech gadgets and museum tickets. NewScientist Editor-in-Chief, Jeremy Webb will attend.
The Boston Arts Festival (Sept. 11-13)
Sunday, 13 September 2009, Noon – 6 p.m.
Free celebration of the arts amidst the stunning backdrop of Boston Harbor! The Boston Arts Festival in its sixth season features the best of the Boston Arts scene, incorporating a diverse performing arts program and a specially built artists’ village. The festival features over 60 juried artists from Boston and two stages showcasing Boston’s best performing arts groups and performers.
Location: Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park, Atlantic Avenue, North End.
For further information, please visit Boston Festival.
September 13, 15, 16, 17
Fenway Park, Boston, MA
Cambridge Carnival International Festival
Sunday, September 13
Annual Caribbean and Mardi Gras style festival and parade in Kendall Square in Cambridge, MA. The Cambridge Carnival, now a Cambridge institution, is embarking on its 17th year and the largest festival in Cambridge, attracting more than 150,000 spectators to this free annual event. The highlight of the festival is a grand costume parade accompanied by rich rhythmic musicality promoting all types of cultures. Revelers masquerade through the streets of Cambridge in dazzling handmade costumes dancing to the international beat and flavor of Carnival—Cambridge style.
Charles Playhouse
74 Warrenton Street, Boston
ongoing
musical about Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons
Shubert Theater
270 Tremont Street
Boston, MA
ongoing
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
About the ICA. An influential forum for multi-disciplinary arts, the Institute of Contemporary Art has been at the leading edge of art in Boston for 70 years. Like its iconic building on Boston's waterfront, the ICA offers new ways of engaging with the world around us. Its exhibitions and programs provide access to contemporary art, artists, and the creative process, inviting audiences of all ages and backgrounds to participate in the excitement of new art and ideas.
Thursday, September 17
6 pm Gallery Conversations
7 pm Lecture
As we become more connected through systems of technology and economy, today’s artists are offered access to a wider range of knowledge and perspectives. In this program, participants will hear from curators and scholars about select works from Damián Ortega’s exhibition. In the theater, cultural critic and journalist Josh Kun will explore how the constant flow of ideas and individuals affects cultural production, as heard in today’s music from Mexico.
TICKETS: $15 general admission; $10 members, students and seniors
Saturday, September 17, 18, 19, 7:30 p.m. & 10:00 p.m.
Regattabar at the Charles Hotel
Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
Rainsford Island Expedition
Saturday, 19 September 2009, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Cruise with the Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands to the 11-acre Rainsford Island. Explore the rocky shoreline, which is filled with wildflowers and ruins from the island’s past two centuries of institutional use as a quarantine hospital and poorhouse. This natural treasure is out of sight! This trip is not wheelchair accessible. Adults $28, seniors $25, children (ages 3—12) $20.
Location: Departs from Rowes Wharf Water Transport, Rowes Wharf, on M/V Culebra.
For further information, contact 781-740-4290 or Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands.
Sunday, September 20, 7:00 PM
Gillette Stadium
Foxborough, MA