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September 2026

Thursday, September 3

6 PM

Seminar: Bicycle Thieves @ 6:15 PM Coolidge Corner Theatre, Coolidge Corner| talk film

7 PM

Kanopy Klub: The Rules of the Game (1939) @ 7 PM Boston Public Library, Back Bay| film talk

Friday, September 4

ASWB Presents: Author K.S. Shay All She Wrote Books, Assembly Row| books talk

10 AM

Information Session for Adult English Learners @ 10 AM Boston Public Library, Back Bay| multiple dates| talk community

Tuesday, September 8

6 PM

Harvard Book Store Presents Ken Liu @ 6 PM Brattle Theatre, Harvard Square| books talk

Wednesday, September 9

10 AM

Business Certification Office Hours @ 10 AM City of Boston, varies| free| talk community free

7 PM

Binge Thinking - Lecture Series @ 7 PM Aeronaut Brewing, Union Square| talk

Thursday, September 10

4 PM

Engaging Indigenous Communities in System Design for Ecological Stewardship: a conversation with Sarah Augustine @ 4 PM MIT, Kendall Square| talk science community

6 PM

After Dark: COLD at the MIT Museum @ 6 PM MIT, Kendall Square| science talk date night

Friday, September 11

11 AM

Art Study Center Seminar: Conversations on Conservation @ 11 AM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk

4 PM

MIT delta v Demo Day @ 4 PM MIT, Kendall Square| talk science

Sunday, September 13

4 PM

Cutting Timber @ 4:30 PM MIT, Kendall Square| talk theater

Monday, September 14

4 PM

Optimal Tariffs under Geopolitical Risk: A Theory of Strategic De-risking, joint with Ahmad Lashkaripour @ 4:35 PM MIT, Kendall Square| talk

7 PM

Somerville Museum - Tavern Talk @ 7 PM Aeronaut Brewing, Union Square| talk

Tuesday, September 15

Seminar: Aguirre, the Wrath of God Coolidge Corner Theatre, Coolidge Corner| film talk
Union County: Advance Screening Coolidge Corner Theatre, Coolidge Corner| film talk

12 PM

Art + Science: Conserving Photographs @ 12 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art science talk

1 PM

Gray Area: Truth and Myth in American History @ 1:30 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk

4 PM

2026 Experiential Ethics Student Project Showcase @ 4 PM MIT, Kendall Square| art science talk

6 PM

Signature Series: Serena Wolf @ 6 PM Trillium Brewing, Fort Point| books talk

Wednesday, September 16

12 PM

Gallery Talk: The 20 × 24 Polaroid Process @ 12:30 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk science

6 PM

Harvard Book Store Presents Elizabeth Alexander @ 6 PM Brattle Theatre, Harvard Square| books talk

Thursday, September 17

Seminar: The Jerk Coolidge Corner Theatre, Coolidge Corner| film talk comedy
The Warriors Coolidge Corner Theatre, Coolidge Corner| film talk

5 PM

Music Forum: Christian Frederickson @ 5 PM MIT, Kendall Square| music talk

6 PM

Exhibition Opening Program for On Location: Drawing the Outdoors @ 6 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk
Harvard Book Store Presents Nadia Murad @ 6 PM Brattle Theatre, Harvard Square| books talk

Saturday, September 19

ASWB Presents: Author Ashley Woo All She Wrote Books, Assembly Row| books talk
The Room with Greg Sestero Coolidge Corner Theatre, Coolidge Corner| film talk

12 PM

Gallery Talk: On Location: Drawing the Outdoors @ 12:30 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| September 19 and 22| art talk

Sunday, September 20

Seminar: Amores Perros Coolidge Corner Theatre, Coolidge Corner| film talk

2 PM

Gallery Talk: Erika Umali on To My Best Friend @ 2 PM Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Seaport| free| talk art free

Monday, September 21

all day

Aga Khan Program Fall 2026: An Evening With Lecture Series: Valentina Grasso MIT, Kendall Square| talk

4 PM

Quantifying the Sensitivity of Quantitative Trade Models" (with Habib Chenguiti Ansari and Dave Donaldson) @ 4:30 PM MIT, Kendall Square| talk

Tuesday, September 22

6 PM

Harvard Book Store Welcomes Alex Wagner @ 6 PM Brattle Theatre, Harvard Square| books talk

Wednesday, September 23

All She Wrote Books Presents: Author Emma Copley Eisenberg All She Wrote Books, Assembly Row| books talk
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion Coolidge Corner Theatre, Coolidge Corner| film science talk

5 PM

MIT Music Tech Speaker Series Presents: Mari Kimura @ 5 PM MIT, Kendall Square| talk music science

Thursday, September 24

9 AM

SHASS 75th Anniversary Symposium @ 9 AM MIT, Kendall Square| talk community

7 PM

The Artist’s Voice: Njideka Akunyili Crosby with Ruth Erickson @ 7 PM Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Seaport| free| talk art free

Friday, September 25

9 AM

SHASS 75th Anniversary Symposium @ 9 AM MIT, Kendall Square| talk community

Sunday, September 27

10 AM

The Artist’s Voice: Lucy Raven with Ruth Erickson @ 10 AM Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Seaport| free| talk art free

Monday, September 28

Seminar: Strictly Ballroom Coolidge Corner Theatre, Coolidge Corner| film talk

4 PM

Tariffs and State Capacity: A Specific Story @ 4:35 PM MIT, Kendall Square| talk

Tuesday, September 29

All She Wrote Books Presents: Author Louisa Penfold All She Wrote Books, Assembly Row| books talk

Wednesday, September 30

6 PM

Exhibition Opening Program for The Way We Never Were: Barbara Norfleet and Photography at Harvard @ 6 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk
Harvard Book Store Welcomes Anthony Scaramucci @ 6 PM Brattle Theatre, Harvard Square| books talk
Special Screening and Expert Panel Discussion of 'End of the Cycle' @ 6 PM MIT, Kendall Square| film talk science

October 2026

Thursday, October 1

12 PM

Gallery Talk: Crafting Perfect Portraits with Photographic Proof Prints @ 12:30 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk

6 PM

Porter Square Book Welcomes Tahereh Mafi @ 6 PM Brattle Theatre, Harvard Square| books talk

Friday, October 2

2 PM

First/Hand Fridays: Power and Desire in Ancient Art @ 2 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk

Saturday, October 3

9 AM

Coffee with Curators for Friends of the Museums @ 9 AM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk

1 PM

Film Screening and Conversation: The Atomic Cafe @ 1:30 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| film talk

Monday, October 5

A Few Good Men Coolidge Corner Theatre, Coolidge Corner| film theater talk

4 PM

Optimal Trade Policy with Wage Rigidity @ 4:35 PM MIT, Kendall Square| talk

6 PM

Harvard Book Store Welcomes Roz Chast and Jason Adam Katzenstein @ 6 PM Brattle Theatre, Harvard Square| books talk

Tuesday, October 6

6 PM

Signature Series : The New Cookie @ 6 PM Trillium Brewing, Fort Point| food drink talk

Wednesday, October 7

ASWB Presents: Romance Author Betty Corrello All She Wrote Books, Assembly Row| books talk
Seminar: Jennifer's Body Coolidge Corner Theatre, Coolidge Corner| film talk

6 PM

American Art Curators in Conversation @ 6 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk
Narrative Bookshop Presents "Narrative, Two Ways": Taipei Story, With R. F. Kuang @ 6 PM Brattle Theatre, Harvard Square| books talk film

Thursday, October 8

12 PM

Gallery Talk: On Location: Drawing the Outdoors @ 12:30 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk

3 PM

Job Talk @ 3 PM MIT, Kendall Square| talk

Sunday, October 11

Babylon Berlin with Director Henk Handloegten Coolidge Corner Theatre, Coolidge Corner| film talk

Tuesday, October 13

6 PM

Harvard Book Store Welcomes Anand Giridharadas @ 6 PM Brattle Theatre, Harvard Square| books talk
Pınar Öğrenci: Good Luck in Germany @ 6 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk film

Wednesday, October 14

6 PM

Harvard Book Store Welcomes Ayad Akhtar @ 6 PM Brattle Theatre, Harvard Square| books talk

Thursday, October 15

4 AM

TBA @ 4:35 AM MIT, Kendall Square| talk

7 PM

The Artist’s Voice: Tony Oursler with Susan Goldberg, Meghan Clare Considine, and Nora Burnett Abrams @ 7 PM Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Seaport| free| talk art free

Sunday, October 18

2 PM

Gallery Talk: Meghan Clare Considine on Cynthia Daignault: Valley @ 2 PM Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Seaport| free| talk art free

Monday, October 19

6 PM

Harvard Book Store Welcomes Kerry Kennedy @ 6 PM Brattle Theatre, Harvard Square| books talk

Tuesday, October 20

2 PM

Online Series: Eyes on Art @ 2 PM Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Seaport| free| monthly online through Dec 15| talk art free

Wednesday, October 21

12 PM

Gallery Talk: Charlotte Moorman, Nam June Paik, and Their Avant-Garde Circle @ 12:30 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk

7 PM

Bechdel Cast Ten Year “Whoops We Didn’t Dismantle the Patriarchy” Anniversary Tour @ 7:30 PM Brattle Theatre, Harvard Square| $35| comedy talk

Thursday, October 22

1 PM

The "Sandwich Years": Balancing Financial Responsibilities Across Generations @ 1 PM MIT, Kendall Square| workshop talk

5 PM

Music Forum: Makoto Takao @ 5 PM MIT, Kendall Square| music talk

Monday, October 26

ASWB Presents: Author Malavika Kannan All She Wrote Books, Assembly Row| books talk
Seminar: Alien Coolidge Corner Theatre, Coolidge Corner| film talk

Wednesday, October 28

Seminar: The Omen Coolidge Corner Theatre, Coolidge Corner| film talk

Thursday, October 29

12 PM

Gallery Talk: Hauntology, Death Discs, and the Specter of Postwar America @ 12:30 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk

6 PM

Artist Talk: Sneha Shrestha @ 6 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk

November 2026

Monday, November 2

4 PM

Grafting @ 4:35 PM MIT, Kendall Square| talk

Wednesday, November 4

12 PM

Gallery Talk: Picturing Taste, Style, and Space in 1950s American Suburbia @ 12:30 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk

6 PM

Artist Talk: Enzo Camacho and Ami Lien @ 6 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk

Friday, November 6

2 PM

First/Hand Fridays: Suit Up! Textiles in 20th-Century American Memory @ 2 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk

Thursday, November 12

7 PM

The Artist’s Voice: Leilah Babirye with Ruth Erickson @ 7 PM Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Seaport| free| talk art free

Thursday, November 19

12 PM

Gallery Talk: On Location: Drawing the Outdoors @ 12:30 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk

Sunday, November 22

2 PM

Gallery Talk: Max Gruber on 90 YEARS @ 2 PM Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Seaport| free| talk art free

Monday, November 23

Daughters of the Dust Coolidge Corner Theatre, Coolidge Corner| film talk

4 PM

Critical Minerals, Geopolitics, and the Green Transition @ 4:30 PM Harvard University, Harvard Square| talk
Critical Minerals, Geopolitics, and the Green Transition @ 4:30 PM MIT, Kendall Square| talk

Monday, November 30

4 PM

TBA @ 4:30 PM MIT, Kendall Square| talk

December 2026

Wednesday, December 2

6 PM

John Constable and the Outdoors: Writing about Drawing @ 6 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| talk art

Friday, December 4

2 PM

First/Hand Fridays: Emergent Grounds—Drawing as Public Practice @ 2 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk

Wednesday, December 9

6 PM

The Material Culture of Islamic Calligraphy @ 6 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| talk art

Thursday, December 10

12 PM

Gallery Talk: The Gelatin Silver Print @ 12:30 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk

Sunday, December 13

2 PM

Gallery Talk: Ruth Erickson on Leilah Babirye: Embaga ya Naki ne Naki (Wedding of Naki and Naki) @ 2 PM Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Seaport| free| talk art free

January 2027

Thursday, January 28

12 PM

Gallery Talk: The 20 × 24 Polaroid Process @ 12:30 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk

February 2027

Tuesday, February 2

12 PM

Gallery Talk: Redlining and the Visual Culture of Suburbia @ 12:30 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk

March 2027

Wednesday, March 3

12 PM

Gallery Talk: Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage @ 12:30 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk

Sunday, March 7

2 PM

Gallery Talk: Erika Umali on 90 YEARS @ 2 PM Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Seaport| free| talk art free

Thursday, March 18

8 PM

Motherhood, an Artist Lecture by Suzanne Bocanegra Starring Judah Lang @ 8 PM Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Seaport| Mar 18 and 19 at 8 PM| theater talk art

Friday, March 19

8 PM

Motherhood, an Artist Lecture by Suzanne Bocanegra Starring Judah Lang @ 8 PM Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Seaport| Mar 18 and 19 at 8 PM| theater talk art

Wednesday, March 31

12 PM

Gallery Talk: The Gelatin Silver Print @ 12:30 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk

April 2027

Tuesday, April 6

12 PM

Gallery Talk: Material Experimentation in Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage @ 12:30 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk

Friday, April 9

12 PM

Gallery Talk: Alfonso Ossorio: Line and Lineage @ 12:30 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk

Tuesday, April 27

12 PM

Gallery Talk: Crafting Perfect Portraits with Photographic Proof Prints @ 12:30 PM Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Square| art talk