Harvard Square Business Association
October 2021 Newsletter
News/Deals/Events
42nd Annual
Oktoberfest
Sunday, October 10th | 11am - 6pm
Music, Dancing, Artisans, Food, Vendors, Crafts, Patios and Beer Gardens!

It’s back! The Harvard Square Business Association is excited to announce the return of the 42nd Annual Oktoberfest on Sunday, October 10th. 
 
Entertainment lineup and more information is available here.
Please join us in welcoming our new members!

DEALS

Schedule an appointment before December 31st, 2021 to be entered in a drawing to win a $200 restaurant gift card of your choice.

781-266-6864

Special
5% off short-term furnished apartments in Cambridge or Boston

Fully equipped kitchen
WiFi and utilities included
24/7 guest service
Flexible lease terms
No security deposit or broker fees


Contact us at brittnic@furnishedquarters.com or (617) 236-4908 ext.1005 for availability and mention the Harvard Square Business Association to receive the special rate.

Offer valid on new bookings only with a move-in between now & November 15.

Harvard Square Chocolate Tour
Fridays 6:30pm and Saturdays 2pm and 5pm

Calling all chocoholics! Join us for a delectable adventure through historic Harvard Square. You'll hear interesting stories about the Square, learn fun facts about chocolate and sample the best and most interesting chocolaty treats around. Harvard Square has a flourishing food scene with some of the best and most unique food in the city. Each tour is a fun 90 minutes and includes 4 stops with plenty of treats and less than a mile of walking. We can't wait to take you on a unique, chocolate adventure!

This tour is suitable for all ages. $40/pp. Guests must purchase tickets in advance.

Use code HARVARD SQUARE for 10% off your purchase!

Aculift
Acupuncture with essential oils, massage and small quick cupping to move fluids and plump up tiny tense facial muscles.

75-minute session, $75.00, savings of $50.00. One session per client! Feel Great. Look like you just took your best nap.

Call: 617-820-6864

Pyara Bingo
Complete a bingo card and receive a $25 gift card.

Pre-sale on holiday gift sets.

Swing into SEE during our Fall Trunk Show and check out our special collection of brand spankin’ new styles in limited quantities. Plus, snag a FREE GIFT (valued at $40 – while supplies last) with your SEE prescription eyewear purchase and save $100 on the purchase of two pairs of SEE Rx eyewear! Ends October 31st! See store for details.   
Events

Every Saturday and Sunday in October
12:00pm – 5:00pm

“⁠At the red house, we like to do every season BIG! And if you know me, then you know I am not kidding when I said I LOVE Fall. So much so that I decided to bring a Pumpkin Patch to YOU every weekend this October! Get your flannels ready because I am bringing you some serious Fall vibes, including:⁠

Pick your own pumpkin – yes, this is Harvard Square’s (and maybe even Cambridge’s?) first and only pumpkin patch. ⁠

Beer, Wine & Apple Cider – it wouldn’t be a pumpkin patch without festive booze, right?⁠" said Molly Lindberg, owner of the red house.

"Pretzels, stoopwaffles, chowder & other favs – I will personally be serving up my favorite Fall time dessert, stroopwafels. Never had one? Think warm, melted, salted caramel cookies, served by yours truly.”

They are offering free memberships to Cambridge residents and it is now free to everyone on Sundays.

  • Free Cambridge Friends Program Open to Cambridge residents; enjoy special opportunities to engage more deeply with the museums, such as coffee with curator events, participation in the College and University Art Museums Reciprocal Program, offering complimentary admission to 80 participating museums, and of course, free admission to the Harvard Art Museums. Sign up today!



  • The museums is free and open to everyone on Sundays!

Advance reservations are required for entry. Harvard Art Museums require all visitors age 12 or older to provide proof of vaccination or documentation of a negative COVID-19 test. These additional measures broaden the museums commitment to public safety, which includes an indoor mask requirement already in place.

Tuesday, October 5, 2021, 4:00pm to 4:45pm
Wednesday, October 13, 2021, 9:30 am
Wednesday, October 13, 2021, 6:00pm to 7:15pm
Thursday, October 14, 2021, 6:00pm to 7:15pm
Wednesday, October 20, 2021, 6:00pm to 7:15pm
October 14th - 31st

Back by popular demand, Moonbox Productions will perform Richard O’Brien’s legendary cult classic, The Rocky Horror Show, at a pop-up theater in Harvard Square. Directed by David Lucey, and Music Directed by Mindy Cimini, The Rocky Horror Show opens on October 16th and will run through October 31st back at “The Lab” at 25 Brattle Street in Cambridge, MA. For more information and to purchase tickets please click here.

Andrea Fry and Sarah White
October 7, 2021 at 7PM
In-person sign up. Virtual sign up.

Susan Barba, Nina MacLaughlin, and Kerrin McCadden
October 14, 2021 at 7PM
In-person sign up. Virtual sign up.

Mark Pawlak and DeWitt Henry
October 20, 2021 at 7PM
In-person sign up. Virtual sign up. 
Sunday, October 10th
Celebrate Oktoberfest at Grendel's Den with classic German food during the month of October. They will be hosting an all-day event on October 10th with live entertainment, Bavarian traditional dress and a ceremonial keg tapping around 7pm. First come, First Serve!

Friday, October 15th at 6pm
Free live music in Winthrop Park with a beer garden sponsored by Otter Creek and vintage bazaar with High Energy Vintage.

Monday, October 18 via Zoom 7:15pm
$3 admission
Blacksmith House Poetry Series returns this fall. Lloyd Schwartz reads from Who's on First?: New and Selected Poems, with Peter Shippy, whose latest collection is Kaputniks. Reserve your space online to join us via Zoom. View the full schedule and register here.

Thursday, October 28 via Zoom 6:30 – 7:45pm
Free
Our panel of distinguished guests will talk about their mission to make sure that these drugs are available to not only those suffering from mental illness, but for those who want to channel their use for personal growth. The panel will be led by our CCAE friend Anne St. Goar, who has witnessed the value of psychedelics in her treatment of PTSD patients.

Monday, October 25 via Zoom 7:15pm
$3 admission
Cammy Thomas reads from her new book, Tremors, with Joan Houlihan, author of It Isn't a Ghost If It Lives in Your Chest. Reserve your space online to join us via Zoom. View the full schedule and register here.

Public conversation around health, science, and the body are nothing new; in the 19th century, the Longfellows and their social circle often engaged in the discourse of their day. Join us for our 2021 Virtual Fall Lecture series featuring historians, scientists, and poets. The series will trace the site's intersections with broader stories of early anesthesia, disability history, medicine and literature, the body in art, slavery and illness, and more.
More information available here.
Live at The Sinclair

We're so excited to finally welcome folks through our doors again!
Thursday 10/7 - Parker Millsap
Friday 10/15 - Del Water Gap
Friday 10/22 - Evan Giia
Sunday 10/31 - Neighbor

Plus many more shows! View the full calendar.
Wednesday 10/6 - Rachel Baiman
Saturday 10/9 - Erin McKeown
Thursday 10/14 - Corner House
Friday 10/22 - Mike Block Trio

Full schedule available here.
News

Need a job? We can help!
The HSBA manages a job page on harvardsquare.com. Please take a look and see if you are the right fit for one of Harvard Square's favorite businesses.


Food For Free is hiring a Director of Marketing and Communications. More information available here.

The Andover Shop’s Fall 2021 collection is live with new arrivals being added daily! Shop in-store Tuesday through Saturday from 9-5 or online at theandovershop.com.

October Specials
WUNDERBAR TOTS
tater tots, beer cheese, sautéed onions, bacon, jalapeño, scallions

THE REUBENATOR 
8 oz. Certified Angus beef patty, Swiss cheese, bratwurst, German slaw, pickled onions, stone ground mustard, mixed greens

APPLE-Y EVER AFTER FRAPPE
caramel apple butter frappe, apple walnut cake, candy corn & pumpkins, caramel squares

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Distressed Children & Infants International (DCI) has witnessed significant levels of poverty and heart-breaking physical, financial, and emotional suffering in our project areas. With COVID-19 economic disruption today, we need your help more than ever. Please take action and help a child in need by visiting our website to sponsor a child or make a donation. Through the end of 2021, all contributions will be matched by DCI President, Dr. Brian DeBroff.

We urge you to open your hearts and join in our charitable mission. Consider making a tax-deductible gift to DCI. You can help stop child labor and provide education to a child in need with a $15 monthly sponsorship, give the gift of vision to a child by providing glasses for $25 or surgery for $50, provide support to our orphan girls, or choose from the many other gifts available here.

Take Action:


If you have the time and inclination, please also consider donating your time as a volunteer (in person or remotely) to help us in the fight to safeguard underprivileged children and their families during this pandemic. Learn more at https://distressedchildren.org/volunteer/.

Contact:
Phone# +1-857-292-9186, +1-203-376-635

Grafton Street Pub and Grill will be reopening Thursday evening, 10/14. This year marks the restaurant's 25th year in business and they are excited to celebrate this milestone with the Harvard Square community.

Wouldn’t it be nice if the things that were supposed to make life easier just worked? Our new, contactless Platinum Rewards+ credit card just works. There are no hidden maintenance fees or confusing reward structures with this card. Access straightforward rewards that make life easier, like earning 1.5% cashback on all purchases. Open a new card today for low introductory rates and convenient rewards that just work! huecu.org/rewards-plus

The 5-week, 10-class Introduction to Ballet courses are designed for beginners with little to no experience, students with some experience who are not yet ready to take open classes, or dancers returning to the art form after a few years away, ages 18 and up. Pre-registration and full enrollment is required.

The courses give students an overview of the art form and cover all the fundamental elements that comprise the movement vocabulary of classical ballet and how these basics can be best applied by the individual student. Students progressively learn how these elements are used to build steps, phrases and eventually longer choreographed sequences (combinations) that are the basis of the dances of traditional theatrical presentations.

Class size is limited.

SCHEDULE:

LEVEL I
Monday/Wednesday, 6:30—8:00PM
Session 2
10/18/21—11/17/21
Session 3
11/22/21—12/22/21

LEVEL II
Tuesday/Thursday, 6:30—8:00PM
Session 2
10/19/21—11/18/21
Session 3
11/23/21—12/28/21
(no class 11/25/21)

TUITION
$150 per session

Visit www.ballettheatre.org to enroll or call 617-945-1944!

Inspire the creative thinkers of tomorrow with themed Limited-Edition Notebooks. Discover the story of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s timeless tale, Le Petit Prince.

Sign up now for The Rotary Club of Cambridge’s annual event Chalk on the Walk. Chalk on the Walk is the Cambridge version of an Italian street painting festival. This year’s event will be held at Oktoberfest on October 10th. We are looking for artists who will have the unique opportunity to draw their work right on the street in designated squares. Artists can choose to reproduce existing artworks or create their own. This event is lots of fun! Both individuals and families with no training in art are especially encouraged to participate. It can be a great team-building exercise as well. Please see the link for more information and the artist application. There is no charge to take part in this event.

After an 18-month closure, Scullers Jazz Club recently announced their reopening.

This landmark venue continues to set the standard in Boston for jazz clubs by offering a world-class roster of renowned artists in straight ahead Latin and Contemporary Jazz, as well as Blues, Soul, R&B and World Music. Supporting some of the very best upcoming and well-known talent in the business, Scullers has been host to musical greats such as: Cecile McLorant Salvant, Harry Connick Jr., Chris Botti, Jamie Cullam, Dee Dee Bridgwater, Christian Sands, Christian McBride, David Sanborn, Michael Bublé, Arturo Sandoval, and the late Chick Corea.  
 
Located on the ground floor of DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Boston – Cambridge, this iconic club offers a classic setting reminiscent of the jazz clubs of the past, coupled with a state-of-the-art sound system, full bar and dinner menu, plus great sightlines from every seat. The platform stage provides a more intimate experience to fully immerse yourself in the rhythms of live entertainment.
 
Get your tickets today by visiting scullersjazzclub.com or calling the Box Office at (617) 562-4111.

You don’t need more weekends, just better ones. Stay at the Sheraton Commander Hotel and explore all Harvard Square has to offer.
 
Harvard Square Bee Feed

"The Bee Feed will be hibernating until Spring. Every few days, I still see bees visiting. I'd like to thank J.P. Licks and Starbucks for coffee grounds, Russell House Tavern for water can storage, Jerry Ruso for water access; and the HSBA for its support, signage, and care.
Thank you." - Kevin Tyler 
HSBA Member Spotlight

Hong Kong Restaurant began with a single dining room on the first floor of its Massachusetts Avenue location back in 1954. Major changes began in 1970, transforming it into the three floors that it occupies today, although then with an expanded dining room on the first floor, a second dining room on the second floor and a banquet room on the third floor. Over the years, the second floor became a lounge, and a dance floor was added to the third floor.

Hong Kong Restaurant is a full-service establishment with a full dining room on the first floor, a lounge on the second floor and a dance floor on the third floor.
In case you missed it...

On Friday, August 27, we welcomed back students, visitors, neighbors and friends!

Palmer Street has undergone a transformation in the past few weeks and we couldn't wait for you to experience it. See more here.

On September 10th and 11th, The Harvard Coop, in partnership with the Harvard Square Business Association, celebrated the Coop's 140th birthday and the reopening of their newly renovated store with a series of weekend events. See more here.

The Harvard Square Business Association, in partnership with The Smoke Shop BBQ by Andy Husbands, celebrated our first ever Hoedown on Holyoke in Harvard Square! See more here.

Harvard Square Business Association

Two Brattle Square, Mezzanine
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 491-3434

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