Harvard Square Business Association
October 2022 Newsletter
Deals/Events/News
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Please join us in welcoming our new member!
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On-Line Fall Sale!
Take 15% off select items on our website.
Discount is valid until October 27, 2022
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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!
Haven't been to Harvard Square lately? Do you know we have a new tiki bar?
Revisit Harvard Square on our new FOOD TOUR!
Booking Saturdays at 11:30am, this memorable experience is offered weekly. You'll eat a satisfying array of yummy eats, from Greek to Latin to the best pizza in the world. Tour also includes a Mai Tai or yummy mocktail.
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10/16-26: Spend $65 and get a FREE Mix & Mask Set (15ml Drink Up™ Intensive, Original Skin™, and Clear Improvement™ Charcoal-Honey Masks with a Mini Mask Brush in Photo Carton)
11/1-11/7: GinZing™ Promo: Spend $65 and get a FREE GinZing™ Wakeup Set (15ml GinZing™ Serum, 5ml GinZing™ Eye, and Wood Eye Massager).
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Swing into SEE November 1-14 for our Fall Trunk Show event to shop our special collection of exclusive new styles in limited quantities.
Plus, save $100 on your two pair purchase and snag a FREE GIFT (valued at over $30)!
See store for complete details.
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Lunch Special
Calzone & Salad $17
Turn any house pizza into a calzone and pair it with a 1/2 portion of our favorite house salad. Available for dine-in, take-out & delivery. Monday thru Friday, 12pm - 3pm.
Brunch
Served Saturday & Sunday from 11am - 3pm
Reservations recommended.
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Upcoming Events at Bonde
We're here to help you choose wine with confidence, whether you're making a selection for a gift, holiday events or treating yourself at home. And there's still time to think about corporate gifts small or large for the holidays or booking your private event at Bonde. So, come by soon and chat with us about your needs, and if you'd like, we'll be happy to take care of packaging, greeting cards, and shipping.
Continuing with our wine tasting classes, you'll discover the secrets to success for matching various cuisine prepared by Cambridge's most talented chefs with wines from right here in the United States. We're also exploring Pinot Noirs and biodynamic wines. Tickets available for purchase online or in the shop.
October 19: An evening enjoying new American dishes from Chef Conor Dennehy of Cambridge’s Talulla Restaurant
October 26: A tasting focused on understanding and enjoying biodynamic wines from top American winemakers.
November 2: Renowned women winemakers across the United States. Hosted by Sommelière Lindsay Scott
November 9: A evening of natural wine and fermented foods hosted by Bertil Jean-Chronberg with guest Chef Eric Cooper from Cambridge’s Forage Restaurant.
November 16: Learning how to pair wines with the broad array of dishes on the Thanksgiving table.
November 30: A tasting of exceptional Champagne method sparkling wines from the United States’ top sparkling winemakers.
December 7: Chocolate-centric wine tasting with Cabernet Sauvignon and dessert wines.
December 14: No Oak, please! A festive finale, a Chardonnay-themed tasting.
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October 20, 29
November 12
Free Hybrid Lecture
2022 Gordon R. Willey Lecture
Thursday, October 20,
6:00pm –7:15pm
Watch on Zoom or attend in person: Geological Hall, 24 Oxford Street
The story of Maya culture as a once-great civilization that built towering pyramids in the jungles of Central America was developed and popularized by national governments, anthropologists, and archaeologists. Previously unable to control the story of their own culture, Maya communities today are actively reframing their heritage and centering their most recent history—not the distant past—to regain power and self-determination. Richard Leventhal will discuss the importance and role that the nineteenth-century Caste War—one of the largest and most successful Indigenous rebellions—is playing in the Maya’s contested heritage.
In-Person Special Event for All Ages
20th Anniversary Celebration!
Saturday, October 29, 1:00pm–4:00pm
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue
Learn more about this joyful holiday, a national symbol of Mexico shared with the world. The annual tradition of building ofrendas—altars with photos, favorite foods, and memorabilia of the departed—encourages visits by the souls, and is an occasion to honor and celebrate the lives of the departed. Enjoy three floors of activities for the young and young-at-heart including crafts, scent stations, traditional decorations, Nahuatl stories, decorating a sugar skull (extra $7 fee), painting demonstrations, folk dances and two live music performances. Outside the museum, visitors can purchase Mexican hot chocolate, café de olla, pan de muerto (sweet bread), and tamales from Jose’s Torta Mexicana. Mexican food trucks Tenoch and North East of the Border will also offer delicious tortas and tacos for sale.
Event activities are free with regular museum admission. Sugar skulls extra ($7 each).
Exhibition opens to the public
Saturday, November 12
Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street
Nearly half a billion years ago, the first ancestors of a most remarkable group of fishes sprung forth from the evolutionary tree of life, exploding into a spectacular array of cartilaginous predators. Today, sharks are ubiquitous in and essential to our oceans, their lives intersecting with our own in important and surprising ways. In this remarkable exhibition, discover why the most massive sharks prey on some of the ocean’s smallest critters. Learn how to decipher dietary clues from jaws preserved in Harvard’s world-class collections. Explore how miniature teeth on shark skin help them move efficiently through water. Come to appreciate sharks not as deadly killers, but as fascinating creatures—more menaced than menacing—that play an outsize role in maintaining balance in marine ecosystems. Don’t miss this chance to come face-to-face with the ocean’s most famous, misunderstood megafauna!
In-Person Special Exhibit Event
Saturday, November 12, 2:00pm– 3:00pm
Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street
Join renowned photographer Keith Ellenbogen as he takes the audience on an awe-inspiring underwater journey into a dynamic marine environment. Through the art of underwater photography and environmental storytelling, Ellenbogen will showcase stunning images from his recent expeditions that include apex predators such as great white sharks, ocean giants like humpback whales, and giant bait balls of migrating fish. Many of his images are featured in the new exhibition Swimming with Sharks at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
Free with museum admission. Recommended for ages 10+
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October 21-23
Since its inception in 1965, The Head Of The Charles Regatta has attracted hundreds of thousands of rowers to the banks of the Charles river.
More information available here.
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October 22
Join Abroad Modern for a celebration of art and nature...
ARTIST MEET & GREET + AUTUMNAL TREATS
Also happening October 22nd, a special trunk show of foliage-inspired jewelry:
Learn more and RSVP here.
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October 22
The Harvard Square Business Association, in partnership with the Harvard COOP, invites you to a free outdoor movie screening under the stars on Palmer Street, Saturday, October 22nd at 7pm. Feel free to BYOB (bring your own blanket) and snacks – we’ll have chairs and freshly popped popcorn!
The film will screen at 7pm. We can’t divulge the title, but here’s a hint!
After stealing a mysterious orb in the far reaches of outer space, a man from Earth is now the main target of a manhunt. To save his home turf, the man creates a team of space heroes to ward off evil and save the galaxy.
For information about this event and all events in Harvard Square, please visit harvardsquare.com
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2 weeks left
October 23 and 30
The Harvard Square Business Association
welcomes the Harvard Square Open Market. 11:00a.m. – 5:00p.m. on Sundays through October 30th on Church Street in the heart of the Square.
Located between Massachusetts Avenue and lower Brattle Street, the market highlights the work of over 45 artisans, designers and vintage vendors from across New England. Visitors will discover unique, retro, quirky, one-of-a-kind and hard to find items and gifts in a festive, European-style street fair environment.
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October 27
Free Halloween themed event at the Harvard Art Museums
Thursday, October 27, 2022, 5-9pm
Free Museum Admission
Harvard Art Museums are celebrating Halloween by highlighting Dragon’s Blood from the museums’ famed Forbes Pigment Collection! Come dressed in your best macabre red and enjoy fright-themed activities for a chance to win a prize, mingle in the Calderwood Courtyard, and kick back with friends to the (eerily) smooth sounds of DJ C-Zone. The featured local vendor is Castle Island Brewing Company.
All galleries are open where you can explore works on three floors!
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October 27 - 31
10/27 - Peter Mulvey & the Crumbling Beauties - RAIN DOGS
10/28 - Peter Mulvey, Vance Gilbert & Abbie Gardner - 150 YEARS OF SONG
10/29 - Radi0Swan presents MORE THAN 176 KEYS & OTHER MECHANICAL ODDITIES
10/30 - SHINE A LAMPLIGHT 50 YEARS OF EXILE ON MAIN ST.
10/31 - ANNUAL LAMPLIGHTER ALL HALLOWS’ EVE COSTUME PARTY with Peter Mulvey, Maeve Gilchrist, Tim Gearan, Jenna Moynihan, Rich Hinman, & Barry Rothman
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October 28
$100.00
Friday, October 28, 6:30-8pm
Do you like heady, intense flavors? Are you always looking for the stinkiest cheese and the boldest wine? Does the thought of an evil blue cheese make you laugh? Then you might (might!) have what it takes to survive this terrifying hellscape of taste and smell.
Join wine & cheese educator (and emcee of culinary pain) Adam Centamore for an evening testing your mettle as you explore cheese and wine’s darker side. You’ll sample an array of soul-crushing, intense cheeses paired with wines that are every bit as scary. We’re talking about washed-rind monsters, blue-veined devils, and everything in between.
It’s no holds barred. Anything goes - nothing is safe. Are you ready to conquer your fears?
**We will make every effort to accommodate food allergies and/or dietary restrictions, but, due to the fact that we work with small producers from around the globe, we are unable to guarantee or protect from cross contamination..**
Instructor: Adam Centamore
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November 1
Make it a Pizza Night on Tuesday, November 1 from 4-10pm!
Treat your friends, family, colleagues, and/or neighbors to pizza while helping to support Cambridge School Volunteers, a local nonprofit. Flatbread Pizza in Davis Square is hosting a fundraiser to benefit CSV's tutoring and mentoring programs serving children in junior kindergarten through high school in the Cambridge Public Schools.
All pizza orders will benefit CSV.
Available for pick-up, eat-in or delivery.
Visit Flatbread Co. Somerville 45 Day Street Somerville, MA 02144 (617) 776-0552
Order ahead to guarantee your pizza will be ready when you want it!
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November 4
Gessner-Schocken Concert • SONGS FROM AKTAMAR • Jennifer Curtis, violin, and Niloufar Shiri, kamancheh
8:00 pm | Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
“Simply stated, this was one of the gutsiest, most individual recital programs I’ve ever had the privilege to attend,” The New York Times hailed violinist Jennifer Curtis’s Carnegie Hall appearance. Curtis is joined by composer and kamancheh player Niloufar Shiri for an evening of music that weaves together art and joy—and shows the power of a woman wielding a bowed instrument to fight oppression and forge cultural connection. Through their collaboration at Longy’s annual Gessner-Schocken Concert Series, Curtis and Shiri invite you to actively explore music as diplomacy, as humanitarian aid, and as a tool for social and political change.
While this event is open to the public, you must pre-register in order to gain access in person. No walk-ups will be allowed at Longy for performances.
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November 4 - 6
SAVE THE DATE for Boston’s #1 Imaging Event!
Hunt’s Photo will be celebrating the best photography deals of the season in Cambridge and our 7 other locations throughout New England! Door prizes, Trade-in Bonuses of up to $100, Sell Your Used Gear, FREE Photo Experiences, Meet Factory Reps, and SO MUCH MORE.
Savings are valid in ALL Locations.
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In Search of Thoreau’s Flowers is an immersive experience inspired by Thoreau’s plant collection preserved in the Harvard University Herbaria. Open through November 2023
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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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Cambridge Center for Adult Education released their Fall 2022 Catalog, featuring 350+ in-person and online classes. Browse courses on a variety of topics including visual arts, food and wine, world languages, wellness, humanities, ESL, performing arts, business and technology, and more!
Registration is now open for the Fall Term. See the virtual catalog here.
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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.
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.
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 here.
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Now available for a limited-time at special rates1, a CD is the perfect way to boost your savings.
*Minimum deposit of $1,000 in new funds required.
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Open House
Join JMBT for an Open House on Saturday, October 22 featuring FREE trial classes for young dancers age 3-10 (no experience necessary!) and a performance by YouthWorks!
Creative Dance (Ages 3-4) -- 2:15-3:00pm
Pre Ballet (Ages 5-6) -- 2:15-3:00pm
Ballet Level I (Ages 7-10) -- 2:00-3:00pm
YouthWorks performance -- 3:15pm
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Nubar now has heaters for the patio and will continue to seat outside as long as the weather will permit.
Nubar annual Thanksgiving Day buffet from 12pm – 6pm (last seating at 5pm). Price is $55/adults, $30/kids 12 and under, and free for kids 5 and under. Price includes coffee, tea, or soft drinks. The Thanksgiving menu will be available online soon. After 6pm, we will offer our full dinner menu, plus a turkey plate special for $35.
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Available now through November 30
OTTO’s collaboration with Chef Irene Li, co-founder of Me Mei (Boston) has created something that’s distinctly Chinese, Italian, and New England – all wrapped up into two new specials:
- Crab Rangoon Pizza – Imitation crab, cream cheese, wonton strips, sweet & sour sauce, with scallions
- Chili Crisp Corn Salad – Arugula/little leaf blend, chili crisp corn, fresh mozzarella, with rice wine vinaigrette.
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Apple Turn Up Acai Bowl - pure acai topped with blueberry flax granola, banana, apple slices, apple butter, chopped peanuts & cinnamon
Jack O Lantern Acai Bowl - pure acai topped with pumpkin flax granola, banana, pumpkin butter & pumpkin spice
Harvest Acai Bowl - pure acai topped with pumpkin flax granola, banana, cacao nibs, cranberries, figs, sliced almonds, coconut flakes, nutella & cinnamon
Apple Turn Up Oatmeal Bowl - steel cut oatmeal topped with banana, apple slices, apple butter, chopped peanuts & cinnamon
Jack O Lantern Oatmeal Bowl - steel cut oatmeal topped with banana, pumpkin butter & pumpkin spice
Pumpkin Pie Smoothie - banana, pumpkin butter, vanilla protein, pumpkin flax granola, pumpkin spice & oat milk
Pumpkin Sweet Cream Cold Brew - chicory coffee concentrate (New Orleans style) with pumpkin sweet cream & oat milk
Apple Turn Up Cider - cold pressed apple cider with cinnamon
Pumpkin Protein Bites - pumpkin flax granola, peanut butter, honey, chia seeds, vanilla protein, pumpkin butter & pumpkin spice
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October Specials
- Topknot Soft Pretzel
Freshly baked to order with butter & salt. And we serve it with our Gold Sauce, perfect for dipping!
- House Smoked Bratwurst
Bratwurst slow-smoked with oak & cherry wood & topped with sauerkraut, dijonnaise, & pickled mustard seeds, all served in a torpedo bun.
Limited Time Specials
(Now - November 30th!)
- Pumpkin Spice Butter Cake
Rich pound cake with pumpkin spices, topped with a baked on cream cheese frosting (Now - November 30th!)
New Fall Menu begins Oct 31st
- Nashville Hot Chicken Sliders (App)
- Sticky Fried Ribs (App)
- House-Smoked Turkey & Stuffing Sandwich
- Sweet Potato Mash (Side)
- Brussels Sprouts (Side)
Thanksgiving Dinner with Smoke Shop BBQ
Keep an eye out for or Thanksgiving Box for 2, whole smoked turkeys, and build your own a la carte dinner menu.
Picked up cold before Thanksgiving day with simple reheating instructions provided!
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Las Palmas is a certified woman & minority owned family business providing flavorful food inspired from the Dominican Republic since 2016.
Las Palmas offers full catering services for social and private events with guests ranging from as little as 10 to as many as 1,000+
Trusted by highly recognized clients including the Boston Red Sox, New England Patriots, Harvard, MIT, State Street Bank and many more - be sure book your next event with them.
Take full advantage of their amazing Latin flavors, professional catering experiences, and quick takeout kiosks.
Visit Las Palmas inside the Smith Campus Center at 1350 Massachusetts Ave.
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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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