Holiday Edition Newsletter:
Shopover Weekend in Harvard Square
December 2021
Deals/Events/News
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Please join us in welcoming our new members!
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Shopover Weekend in
Harvard Square
December 10th – 12th
It’s the most wonderful time of the year and there is no better place to spend it than historic Harvard Square. With so much to see and do, come for the weekend! Hotels! Shopping! Dining! Ticketed Events! Outdoor family-friendly free events! Come Friday and stay for the weekend. Shop until you drop! Dine on the run or sit down for a luxurious dinner; there are over 100 eateries for your dining pleasure. When you have shopped and eaten your way through the Square, take some time to enjoy a show, concert, movie or play.
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10% off Bonde Wines “Bonde Collection” and “02WINE38” apparel and accessories
Open 12-6 Monday-Sunday in December
54 Church St.
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Make your Holiday Season stress-free!
The first 5 people who book an Acupuncture Treatment with Denise Patnod will receive a $10.00 Starbucks Gift Card.
Added Bonus: When purchasing 2 Treatment Gift Certificates, receive a full relaxation cupping session for free.
For more information and to book an appointment, please call: 617-820-6864
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Give the Gift of Membership, 15% off General Memberships, purchase by December 20 for delivery before Christmas.
In this season of giving, share unlimited free access to all four HMSC museums, invitations to exclusive member-only events, discounts on programs and gift shop purchases, and more. Memberships are available with print-at-home and forward-by-email options. Physical member cards will be sent to recipients after the holidays.
See three new exhibitions at the museums: From the Hands of the Makers (the new glass flowers exhibit); Mediterranean Marketplaces: Connecting the Ancient World; and Muchos Mexicos: Crossroads of the Americas. To ensure a more seamless admission process and overall visitor experience, we strongly encourage you to Know our policies, Show proof of vaccination or negative vaccination test, and Go reserve your spot. We look forward to your visit to the HMSC museums!
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When you join HUECU, you become more than a member of the Credit Union. You become a shareholder in the HUECU community. What better way to show you care about your community than to share in your community!
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We are excited to announce that our Gift Card Bonus is back for the Holidays! Whether you’re looking for new or used camera gear, film processing, image printing, camera rentals, or photo education, we do it all at Hunt’s Photo. Visit our Cambridge location or any of our eight stores located around New England.
Hunt’s Photo & Video, America’s Oldest Camera Store since 1889.
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Harvard Square Chocolate Tour Makes A Great Holiday Gift!
Fridays, Saturdays and private tours are available.
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 HARVARDSQUARE and enjoy 10% off!
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25% discount on EVERYTHING between December 9th - 15th, and a fabulous selection of 5 piece gifts with a $65 purchase during the sale.
Origins will be in our annual Ginger Days promotion starting December 16th until Christmas (while supplies last). With a $65 purchase, receive a Ginger Travel Candle, a Ginger Burst body wash and a linen bath mitt.
After Christmas, starting December 26th, we will offer a Relaxation Kit gift with a $55 purchase. The Relaxation Kit includes: Hello, Calm Mask (50ml), Travel Ginger Candle and a Sleep Mask
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For every $25 Gift card purchase, customers will get a free $5 gift card. Available in-store and online until January 7th, 2022.
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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
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Free shipping through the holidays starting Sunday, December 10th. Use code HAPPYHOLIDAYS21.
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Through December 31st
The Harvard Square Business Association is excited to announce the schedule for Sparklefest 2021! Sparklefest is a five-week celebration of the holiday season in Harvard Square that culminates on New Year’s Eve. With stunning holiday lights adorning the trees and street lamps, Harvard Square becomes the perfect festive location to shop and dine during the holiday season. Harvard Square is more than just a world-class destination for shopping and dining. Set aside time to enjoy all the holiday events offered this season! More information available here.
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December 10th, 16th, 17th & 30th
Friday, December 10th 7PM
spoKe 8 Launch with Kevin Gallagher and Karina Van Berkum featuring Philip Nikolayev, Matthew Porto, Ariella Ruth and Carol Weston
Thursday, December 16th 7PM
Santee Frazier, Joan Naviyuk Kane and Sasha LaPointe
Friday, December 17th 7PM
Elizabeth T. Gray, Jr, Julia Story and Marc Vincenz
Thursday, December 30
Richard Fein and George Kalogeris
featuring a new audio recording of David Ferry reading
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December 11th
12:00pm - 3:00pm
Don't Miss the Coop's Holiday Event, just for KIDS!
This event is brought to you by The Harvard Coop, The Harvard Square Business Association, alexmakesart.com and The North Pole Reindeer Association!!!
The first 125 families to register receive a FREE Custom Holiday Craft Bag created by alexmakesart.com and one (1) Coop Kids $5.00 Coupon per family.
- I SPY SNOWFLAKES! Can you help find all the snowflakes that are hidden all over the store and covering the windows before they all melt? Can you guess how many there are? Special prize for the winning guess!
- Piano Playing & Holiday Sing-along on Palmer Street. We'll start it off and all are welcome to take a turn at the piano as well.
- Festive Holiday Photo settings on Palmer Street for creating family memories, including fun holiday props.
- HO...HO...HO! That jolly man from the North Pole will be popping up in person throughout the store and Palmer Street all afternoon to wave hello and to wish all a merry, merry holiday.
- Bring your letters to Santa to post in our "SANTA EXPRESS" mailbox, we GUARANTEE same day delivery!
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December 11th 3pm - 4pm
(on Brattle Plaza)
HSBA members and friends are generously donating hats, gloves, socks, mittens, t-shirts, and scarves. These items will be placed in water-tight zipper bags along with candy canes, chocolates and treats and will be hung on the Holiday Giving Tree. Please bring your own items similarly packaged, or come and help us place ours. People are encouraged to take what they need.
To kick off the installation of the Giving Tree, The Boys of the St. Paul’s Choir School will perform joyous hymns and songs. These young boys have performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein on the legendary stage of Carnegie Hall, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for Pope Francis, and countless Boston Red Sox and Celtics games. Consisting of singers who are both artistically and technically highly developed, it may be surprising to discover that the boys range from grades 3 through 8. Complimentary hot chocolate and yummy cookies for those attending and for passersby will be served by HSBA staff.
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy is collecting online donations in support of The Giving Tree. All proceeds will be used to purchase items, including clothing and gift cards for food from local establishments which have been impacted by COVID-19 closures. To make a donation, please visit the donation page or contact Shirlynn Jones at sjones@lincolninst.edu.
More information available here.
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December 11th
5:15pm - 7:00pm
Hear Me Out Free In-Person Winter Event
26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA
Save the date for an evening to enjoy the new work from the Hear Me Out/Escúchame Project, which involves teens of Latina/o/x descent with our gallery spaces. Listen to their new playlist on your own device as you roam the galleries looking for favorite creatures and visit activity carts for demonstrations.
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December 11th, 15th & 18th
Gift Certificates for the Holidays!
With the holidays just around the corner, now is the perfect time to purchase a CCAE gift certificate for family and friends! You can now gift to your out-of-town loved ones and invite them to join in any of our online classes this winter! Purchase here.
December 11th 1 - 2:30 pm
Boston has many historical connections to chocolate, starting with the Revolutionary War and continuing on to become the home of the very first chocolate factory in North America. However, expanding our understanding of chocolate includes looking at it from a global perspective. Learn more about chocolate's sweet local history as well as its complicated global future with this fascinating class brought to you by Victoria Kichuk of Cocoa Beantown. Be prepared to come away from this class with a deeper understanding of how to taste chocolate as well as its historical and cultural significance.
December 15th 6 - 8 pm
Learn several hand-piping techniques to add a variety of eye-catching Holiday themed designs to your cupcakes such as poinsettias, snowmen, Santa hat and more. Using assorted decorating tips, we'll adorn your sweet treats with vibrant, colorful icing and sugar sprinkles. Please have 10-12 unfrosted cupcakes before class. The list of supplies will be sent to you 5 days before the class starts.
December 18th 7 - 8:30 pm
In this Saturday evening date night wine tasting session, we’ll make delicious holiday wine cocktails using sparkling and still wines, as well as fruits, juices and other spirits. The cocktails will include a classic sparkling wine cocktail, a wine Mojito, a strawberry Frosé, and more. Each pair will pick up the sampling kit which will include everything needed for the class at CCAE, 56 Brattle Street, Cambridge on Wednesday, December 15 from 5-6pm. The online session will be on Zoom on Saturday, December 18 from 7-8:30pm. The tuition includes the tasting kit for 2 people. The tuition is per pair. The registration will be closed on Monday, December 13 at 6pm.
All of our holiday classes can be found here.
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December 11th – January 2nd
The Holiday Poetry Stroll returns December 11th through January 2nd as an opportunity to share hope and light through verse. Designed to be safe and self-guided, this approximately one-hour walking tour around Harvard Square highlights some of Cambridge’s renowned poets and will be curated on the theme of hope by Mass Poetry. The tour will also feature window art on storefronts in Harvard Square and poetry ornament keepsakes decorating trees in Brattle Plaza (in front of Brattle Florist, 31 Brattle Street). More Information available here.
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December 14th & 21st
Our December Forums will focus on how the arts have been impacted by the pandemic – noting both the challenges and the triumphs!
To help us consider some of the evolutions that the arts have undergone, we invite you to join our next two Forums.
December 14th at 5pm
LESSONS FROM THE PANDEMIC IN THE ART OF POSSIBILITY with Benjamin Zander, renowned conductor of the Boston Philharmonic orchestra and Boston Youth Philharmonic orchestra, and co-author of The Art of Possibility. Zander will discuss the everyday miracles that can happen despite catastrophe. Register here.
December 21st at 5pm
THE ARTS AS A PRESCRIPTION FOR CULTURE
Michael J. Bobbitt, Executive Director of the Mass. Cultural Council will be joined in conversation with Catherine Carr Kelly, Executive Director of Central Square Theater and collaborator on the Starlight Square project. We investigate why the arts are a key asset to the Commonwealth and the third-largest contributor to its GDP. Registration coming soon.
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Friday, December 17th 8:00pm
Saturday, December 18th 2:30pm & 8:00pm
In-person at First Church in Cambridge, Congregational and virtually. Music by Michael Praetorius, Samuel Scheidt, Johann Hermann Schein, and other early 17th-century masters brought to glorious life by a dozen singers, a five-part violin band, organ, theorbo, and the brilliant cornetts, sackbuts, and recorders of the Dark Horse Consort. For additional information and to buy tickets, please click here.
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December 17th-29th, 2021
(LIVE PERFORMANCES)
Enjoy music, dance, comedy, and carols in a joyful celebration of the winter solstice!
The 51st annual Christmas Revels, a holiday celebration like no other, takes place in the present day at the George and Dragon, a 17th-century English pub famous for its annual Christmas carol party and saved from economic extinction by an American couple. Sadly for the carolers, last year’s celebration had to be canceled due to the pandemic. As Christmas approaches, plans for a new party are being made – with unexpected help from visitors from the past who have some definite ideas on how the festivities should go!
The 90-minute production featuring guest artists galore will be a joyous affair and audience participation will be encouraged!
Tickets range from $20-$100 and are available by phone from the Harvard Box Office at 617-496-2222 (Tues-Sat from Noon to 6pm) or 24/7 here.
Masking and proof of vaccination or recent negative test will be required for entry. Learn more about our COVID policy at here.
For those who wish to experience The Christmas Revels from the safety of home or "wherever you may be", a virtual edition of this year's Christmas Revels will be available for anytime viewing from December 30th, 2021 through January 9th, 2022. Tickets for the virtual performance can be purchased at revels.org.
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December 25th 11:30am – 5:30pm
$50/adults, $30/kids, and free for kids 5 and under.
The buffet will feature salads, a carving station, lots of traditional and creative sides, Chef’s fish choice, and a dessert station. The price includes coffee, tea, or soft drinks. Guests can make reservations here, or through Open Table. Nubar will close for the day after the buffet concludes.
On New Year’s Eve, Nubar will offer their full dinner menu, plus a menu of specials – paired with bubbles and will operate normal Friday hours (7:00am-10:30am & 5:00pm - 10:00pm).
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December 31st
This is a new year's eve party and also a fundraiser for Theater Offensive. Ticket info here.
Grendel's will be closed from 12/13-12/17 to replace our walk-in fridge and are scheduled to reopen at 4:30pm on the evening of December 17th.
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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.
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We invite you to see our beautiful Holiday and 2022 Calendar collections now available. We have an international selection of Advent calendars and candles. Our collection of Holiday cards includes many handmade from local & regional makers. We offer a full selection of gift wrap & shipping materials for all your packaging needs.
Holiday hours: Closing at 4pm on Friday, December 24, and closed all day on Saturday, December 25. Open at 11am on Sunday, December 26. Please check our website for extended holiday hours through Christmas.
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Take Action & Change a Life!
Join Us to Stop Child Labor and Child Marriage.
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 Board of Directors.
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Moleskine is pleased to announce a new journey with Kaweco, the German pen manufacturer. We partnered with this historic brand to create unique writing sets composed of a fountain pen and a rollerball pen. Moleskine for Kaweco is the perfect gift to take your notetaking to a new level. Available in store.
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CHRISTMAS BBQ BOXES
As a member of The Smoke Shop BBQ email club, you have early access to our popular Christmas BBQ Box for Two.
Order here, Act fast! Our special boxes sell out quickly! Pickup: Thursday, December 24th, 1-7pm
What's In the Box?
Each box is designed to feed 2 adults with leftovers.
For larger parties, order multiple boxes.
1/2 pound of Texas-Style Brisket
1/2 pound of Pork Belly Burnt Ends
1/2 pound of Pulled Chicken
1/2 pound of Vidalia & Smoked Brisket Fat Mashed Potatoes
8 slider buns
4 ounces of our Sweet Victory BBQ sauce
1/2 pound of Pit Beans
1/2 pound of Brussels Sprouts with onion jam & lemon vinaigrette
2 pieces of The Corn Bread with sea salt honey butter
2 pieces of Eggnog Butter Cake (plus some of the "crack," the edges of the pan)
Pick Up Directions
Pickup on Thursday, December 24th 1-7pm at Smoke Shop BBQ location of your choice.
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This box is picked up cold with simple reheating instructions provided.
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Please select your preferred pickup location before adding your box(es) to your cart.
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A new addition to the Charles Hotel in Harvard Square is Kiza Cafe, a sweet and intimate boutique eatery.
Kiza Cafe offers house sourced teas, specialty coffee, small bites, and fresh juices.
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Harvard Square Business Association
Two Brattle Square, Mezzanine
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 491-3434
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Need a Job? We can help!
Click here for a list of hiring businesses
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