Around Town
Death Cafe Div School Photo
Jefferey A. Breau, an MDiv candidate who works in psychedelic chaplaincy and helped found the Death Cafe, explained that “it was really out of a recognition that there was a hunger for open conversations about death and dying.”
Acid and Cake at the Death Cafe
Death Cafe provides an opening, if imperfect, for inquiry about finding meaning with or without religiosity.
Picklemaking cucumbers photo
There are buckets of cucumbers in an ice bath, stacks of mason jars, and bags of green beans. Each person measures mustard seed, red pepper flakes, and heaping tablespoons of salt.
Picklemaking cover photo
Vilna Shul is a synagogue where Jewish people, often in their 20s and 30s, gather to find community over their shared background through events like picklemaking.
Picklemaking tea bags
We slice and combine, pour in water and a black tea bag (for crispiness, we’re told), and the whole thing is over faster than we thought.
At Vilna Shul, Shabbat is a Big Dill
With national attention trained on Harvard the past few months, engaging in Jewish spaces on campus has felt like more of a political endeavor. Pickle-making, gimmicky in all the right ways, was enough to get us out the door.
Pedal to the Metal at Cabot’s Quad Bikes
“Having someone walk in with a broken bike and walk out with a fixed bike — there are few things I've done at this university that have made people so instantly happy,” says Quad Bikes manager Julian K. Li ’25.
Quad Bikes Hours Sign
Miller also says Quad Bikes is helping the Harvard community travel around campus and the greater Boston area more sustainably.
In Ancient DNA, New Directions for African American History
Evolutionary biologists, historians, population geneticists, and archaeologists gathered on Feb. 7 to discuss new genetic findings, published last fall in an article in “Science,” that enabled researchers to peer into the lives of the individuals who were buried at the Catoctin Furnace Cemetery.
'Cash for Your Warhol' Goes Worldwide
In its 15th year, Geoff Hargadon ’76’s “Cash for Your Warhol” art project has reached new heights — stapled to telephone poles nationwide and hanging in the halls of the art world it critiques.
Behind the Scenes at Boston Supper Clubs
In recent years, the Boston area has seen a flourishing of private multi-course dinners. They take a variety of forms: a pop-up in a restaurant, a meal around a table. Prices range widely, from $30 to more than $200, and the hosts run the gamut as well from amateur to professional chef.
