Winter Green Carnival in Harvard Square – January 15th – February 15th 2009.
A few highlights of the 2009 Winter Carnival:
January 17th – January 19th – Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Events
January 20th – Inaugural Events throughout Harvard Square
January 23rd – Bluegrass Grows on Winter Green at Club Passim
January 24th – Hot Chocolate Tasting
January 30th – Go Green Walk/Ride Days Breakfast
January 31st – Chili Cook-off & Winter Volleyball Tournament
February 5th – Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year Parade
February 8th – Chinese New Year
February 13th-15th – Valentine’s Events
WINTER GREEN CARNIVAL EVENTS!
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-Go Green Walk/Ride Days Breakfast – Friday, January 30th – 7:00 am – 9:00 am. Indoors/Outdoors at Holyoke Center and Forbes Plaza, 1350 Massachusetts Avenue.
Join us for a Free Breakfast sponsored by the Harvard Square Business Association to Celebrate the Green Streets Initiative “Walk/Ride Days.” Join us as Mayor Denise Simmons kicks off her “9 in ’09” Mayor’s Walk/Ride Day Challenge.
Walk/Ride days are the last Friday of the month where people Wear Green (any green article of clothing) and Go Green (walk, ride your bike, take public transportation or ride share to Harvard Square) and receive rewards from the local businesses. This Friday Wear Green and Go Green and enjoy a SPECIAL FREE COMMUNITY OUTDOOR BREAKFAST CELEBRATION in Harvard Square.
Generous donations of breakfast items include hot chocolate, hot oatmeal, breakfast burritos, and fresh baked pastries and preserves from local Harvard Square Restaurants; Boloco, Dunkin Donuts, Finale Desserterie and Bakery, JP Licks, Henrietta’s Table, Au Bon Pain and Crema Café.
There will be special raffles and gifts for Walk/Ride Day participants, courtesy of the Harvard Square Business Association, MassBike, Green Streets, The Sustainability Office of Harvard Real Estate and others. Artist George Lynde is also preparing a special game about the Bike Racks of Cambridge.
For more information about Walk/Ride Days in Harvard Square and the Green Streets Initiative http://www.gogreenstreets.org/
– Harvard Athletics presents Women’s Swimming and Diving at 6:00PM. Come cheer for Harvard as they take on Princeton/Yale in Blodgett Pool.
Murr Center Athletic Ticket Office, 65 N. Harvard Street http://www.gocrimson.com/
– Harvard Athletics presents Men’s Ice Hockey at 7:00PM. Come cheer for Harvard as they take on Union at Bright Hockey Center.
Murr Center Athletic Ticket Office, 65 N. Harvard Street http://www.gocrimson.com/
– New School of Music brings you New Lullabies & Exotic Dances, with Aaron Larget-Caplan on Guitar.
Guitar + Composers + Lullabies = New Lullaby Project, which includes: Music of Latin America (Barrios & Lauro), Spain (Rodrigo), England (Eastwood) & New Lullabies commissioned by Aaron Larget-Caplan for the New Lullaby Project. Featuring Four World Premieres from composers Scott Wheeler, Eric Schwartz, Nolan Stolz and Jacob Mashak.
The show starts at 7:30PM, and admission is $15.00; free to enrolled NSM students (Reserve tickets by calling 617-947-1330 or emailing aaron@aaronLc.com)
25 Lowell Street, http://www.cambridgemusic.org/
1/31
-Chili Cook-Off – Saturday, January 31 from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm (the day before the Super Bowl)! On DeGugliemo Plaza (in front of Crema Café on Brattle Street).
Take a break form the Winter Chill and experience our SMOKIN’ HOT Chili Cook- Off featuring Harvard Square’s HOTTEST Restaurants! Vote for the People’s Choice Award for Best CHILI in Harvard Square and be the first to try Chili Ice Cream specially designed by JP Licks for this event!
Renowned Harvard Square Chili Participants:
Cardullo’s Gourmet Shoppe
Charlie’s Kitchen
Crema Café
Grafton Street
Grendel’s Den
Fire and Ice
John Harvard’s Brew House
JP Licks
red house
And HOT Musical Entertainment by Bloco AfroBrazil!
Harvard Athletics presents Women’s Swimming and Diving at noon. Come cheer for Harvard as they take on Princeton/Yale in Blodgett Pool.
Murr Center Athletic Ticket Office, 65 N. Harvard Street http://www.gocrimson.com/
-Harvard Athletics presents Men’s Swimming and Diving at 6:00PM. Come cheer for Harvard as they take on Princeton/Yale in Blodgett Pool.
Murr Center Athletic Ticket Office, 65 N. Harvard Street http://www.gocrimson.com/