Artists Chihuly and El Anatsui bring to life beautiful worlds based on imagination and the seemingly-mundane.
Author: Anita M. Harris
Cambridge Grade School Students to present funds & artwork to Japan Consulate 6-15-11
King School Chinese Immersion Coordinator Vivian Tam explains, “Our schools’ global perspectives have brought many innovative learning opportunities to the students. Through our school-wide Mandarin Chinese programs, students are immersed in the languages and cultures of Asian countries. Students have raised funds for the Sichuan Earthquake disaster relief in 2009 and when the earthquake and nuclear exposure happened in Japan, our students decided to reach out.”
Watching Cambridge’s Urban Red Tails…Like a Hawk
I thought it was nuts for a 50-something professional woman with a responsible job to spend hours a day watching two red-tailed hawks build a nest and a family on the ledge of an office building in Cambridge. But after just a few minutes with the group at 185 Alewife Brook Parkway, it all made sense to me.
Merging Art & Science: MIT Koch Institute Gallery is a Must See
On my way to a meeting at MIT, I happened to spot some stunning photos through the window of what turned out to be the Philip Alden Russell Gallery David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. While cancer research would not seem to be much of a draw, the gallery is well worth a visit.
Journalist Dorothy Parvaz held in Iran; please keep story in the news, social media
Please help spread word to help free Dorothy Parvaz, a reporter for Al Jazeera who was seized while reporting from Syria, and then deported to Iran on May 1. The Iranian government has not acknowledged that she is in the country.
Lab tests for a dime at the convenience store?
I asked when and how these groundbreaking technologies will affect the costs and structure of US healthcare–and whether those who make and market our costly technologies will try to keep these new testing devices from our marketplace.
Country Greetings From Fresh Pond, Cambridge
My new place is gorgeous-three floors, a garage, a basement, big windows, light…and just a 10-minute bike ride from my favorite morning coffee haunt. There’s a grocery store nearby, a gym, a Chinese restaurant…I have nice neighbors who like gardening so much that they bought some plants that they take care of in my front yard. When you walk down the street, people actually smile and say “hello.”
Ann Getman: At a Loss for Word
Who made Microsoft geeks the emperors of syntax and spelling and slang (Oh my!)? Who taught them to spell and keep up with language? Why are they the Wizards of Word?