CHS Spring Benefit

From Empty Space to Infinite Corridor:
CHS Celebrates MIT

Date: Sunday, May 18
Time: 2:00-4:30 p.m.
Tickets: $75
Location: Morss Hall at MIT's Walker
Memorial Building Map and directions
Reservations are required: Click here for mail-in reservation form

This year's event will spotlight one of our great institutions and its impact on Cambridge in the 20th century. Our speakers will include Paul Gray, MIT president emeritus, Charles Sullivan, executive director of the Cambridge Historical Commission, Mark Jarzombek, MIT architecture professor and author of Designing MIT: Bosworth's New Tech, O. Robert Simha, director of planning at MIT for 40 years, and Samuel Jay Keyser, MIT professor emeritus and an expert on MIT's ingenious pranks known as "hacks."

They will touch on MIT's spectacular arrival in Cambridge, significant scientific and educational achievements, the importance of the original architecture--Cambridge's own "White City"--the expansion of the campus, and the extraordinary student pranks that continue to amaze and delight us.

The event will begin with food and music and end with special tours of the campus led by Simha and Jarzombek. It promises to be an unparalleled experience that should not be missed.

The Secret Gardens of Cambridge
Sunday, June 22
Time: 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
The Cambridge Historical Society will open its grounds and offer tours of the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House to those visiting gardens throughout the city. Sponsored by the Friends of the Cambridge Public Library.

Cambridge Discovery Days
Saturdays, August 9, and 16
Time: Citywide events run concurrently throughout the day.
Free walks, tours, and other activities organized by the Historic Cambridge Collaborative will explore this year's theme, "From Settlement to Revolution." Watch for information on the city Web site and for a flyer listing scheduled events to be mailed this summer.

Collaborative Program with the Cambridge
African American Heritage Alliance
Sunday, September 14
Time: 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Place: The Hooper-Lee-Nichols House
Joan Qualls Harris is scheduled to speak.
Details to come.

Invitations to all events will be mailed to CHS members, and details will be posted on our Web site as they become available.

-Ongoing-

1. Tours of the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House
Tuesday and Thursday at 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. $5; free for CHS members. Call to arrange a group tour.

2. Hunt for History: A Tory Row Quest

Are you looking for a free, fun, family activity? The Cambridge Historical Society can send you on a hunt for history.

The Tory Row Quest is a self-guided, historical and architectural treasure hunt focusing on Cambridge before and during the American Revolution. Rhyming clues lead to different points of interest along Brattle Street while telling the story of the people who once lived here. The last clue leads to a hidden "treasure" and a visitor log where you can write comments, or perhaps a history-inspired poem, like this one written by Jessica, Joshua and Isaac Colman:

We walked the blocks
to find the treasure
We had lots of fun
it was a pleasure
Thanks for all the interesting facts
for to the 1700's we journeyed back.

Pick up your quest map during open hours at the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House, the Longfellow National Historic Site, and the information kiosk in Harvard Square, or call the Society and we will send one to you. Seek, and history ye shall find!

• at the information kiosk in Harvard Square.
• at the Longfellow National Historic Site,
• and at the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House
• or call the Society and we will send one to you.
  Seek, and history ye shall find!

This activity funded by a grant from the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati.

Click here to review: events earlier this year
events 2006, events 2005,
events 2004, events 2003

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