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  • Tuesday, September 2, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Eastern – Urban Natures: Climate Change Adaptation, Design Agency, and Politics, Live and Online

    The Harvard Graduate School of Design welcomes the start of the academic year with the Rachel Dorothy Tanur Memorial lectore on September 2 – Urban Natures: Climate Change Adaptation, Design Agency, and Politics, beginning at 5 pm Eastern in the Piper Auditorium in Cambridge, Free and open to the public, A live stream for this event will be available by clicking HERE at the scheduled start time. The exhibition in the Druker Design Gallery measures how far we have come since the first public gardens were created, and it challenges us to envision the future of our cities in new ways. Following remarks by Dean Sarah Whiting and curator Antoine Picon, Erika Naginski will moderate a panel discussion between Gary R. Hilderbrand, Ali Malkawi, and Mohsen Mostafavi, about three themes in the exhibition: climate change adaptation, the agency of designers, and the role of urban natures in promoting new collective values. 

    This event is generously supported by The Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities and the Villa Albertine, the French Institute of Culture & Education. A reception will follow, made possible by the generous support of Ron Druker. Register for the live event at www.gsd.harvard.edu

  • Wednesday, November 28, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Honoring the Life of Donald V. Little

    Mayor Thomas M. Menino, along with Annette Born, Harry Collings, Adrienne Camier, Julia Donahue, Christine Dunn, Pam Lazares, and Judith Little, invite you to join them for a holiday jog, nog and nod to honor the life of horseman Donald V. Little (pictured below at Myopia as a teenager,)  and to support the continuation of The Boston Park Rangers Mounted Unit, on Wednesday, November 28, from 5:30 – 7:30 at The Parkman House, 33 Beacon Street in Boston.  Donation $500.  The Mayor thanks sponsors Christy and Jay Cashman, Julie and Ron Druker, Elizabeth L. Johnson, Barbara and David Roby, and The Friends of Post Office Square.

    There are many wonderful adjectives that come to mind when Don’s name is mentioned.  The phrase one hears most is “bigger than life.”  Don was that!  His life and the equestrian world were intertwined.  The Mounted Unit was one of his favorite causes.  Don was a keystone figure early on to help save Boston’s six horses.  We honor and thank him.  For more information, contact Julia Donahue at jdonahue@baystatefinancial.com, or call 617-585-4534.