Daily Archives: August 9, 2010

Saturday, August 14, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Plein Air in the Arboretum: Paintings by the NHPleinAir Artists

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Join the artists participating in the Arnold Arboretum’s current exhibit Plein Air in the Arboretum: Paintings by the NHPleinAir Artists for a short presentation and Q&A session on Saturday, August 14, from 1:00–3:00pm.
Since last fall, intrepid painters from NHPleinAir have been making regular pilgrimages to the Arnold Arboretum, braving the elements—and the traffic!—to realize their collective and individual visions. The works in this exhibition feature the trees and landscapes of the Arboretum captured en plein air (“in the open air”) throughout the seasons. The group was founded in 2004 and has over 300 members who paint outside regularly throughout New England.  The show will be in the Hunnewell Building Lecture Hall from August 7 – September 19, 2010.  For more information, log on to www.arboretum.harvard.edu.

Painting of Bussey Hill Road

Thursday, August 19, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm – Honey Bees: Premier Pollinators

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Vice President of the New Hampshire Beekeepers’ Association Amy Antonucci talks about the goodness honeybees bring to our gardens and world, in a lecture on Thursday, August 19, from 5:30 – 7 at the Rundlet-May House in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.  Explore the evolution of bees, the division of labor, social life in the hive, and why bees matter.  Sponsored by Historic New England, the cost to attend is $10 for members of Historic New England, and $15 for non-members.  To register, log on to www.historicnewengland.org, or call 603-436-3205.

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Thursday, August 19, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Summer Night at the Museum

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The Harvard Museum of Natural History hosts extended hours on the third Thursday of each summer month. Explore the museum and the new Headgear exhibition.

Bring friends to see the world famous exhibit of 3,200 ‘Glass Flowers’, amazingly realistic models of plants, fruits and flowers created by father-son glass artists Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka from 1886-1936. You won’t believe they’re not real.

Explore 12,000 specimens drawn from Harvard’s vast research collections at the University’s most visited museum — dinosaurs, meteorites, gemstones, and hundreds of prehistoric and current-day animals from around the globe. Get close to the world’s only mounted Kronosaurus (below), a 42 ft-long marine reptile; one of the first Triceratops ever discovered; a 1,642 lb. amethyst geode; three huge whale skeletons.

The museum is on the Harvard University campus, just a short, 7-10 minute walk through historic Harvard Yard from the Harvard Square MBTA Red Line ‘T’ station. Open daily, 9 am – 5 pm, 361 days/year. Handicapped accessible. Explore www.hmnh.harvard.edu for changing exhibitions, dozens of lectures, events, classes for all ages, year-round.

Details on the Harvard Museum of Natural History website, http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php#summer

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