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Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , Massachusetts 02138-5517
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Upcoming Events
Here is a sampling from the exciting schedule of upcoming programs . Visit us online today to register for any of these programs or to get a complete list of other events on our calendar .
# Women ’ s History Walk :“ Nevertheless She Persisted ” Saturday , March 24 , 2018 , 1 PM
Mount Auburn Staff and Docents will share the stories of the women who they most admire on this walking tour celebrating Women ’ s History Month . The theme this year is “ Nevertheless She Persisted : Fighting Discrimination Against Women .”
$ 12 / $ 7 for members
# Cherubs & Angels of Mount Auburn Sunday , April 1 , 2018 , 1 PM
Images of celestial beings are found throughout the Cemetery , proudly posing on pedestals or tucked into the decorations of many monuments . Join Volunteer Docent Rosemarie Smurzynski for an exploration of the grounds , seeking examples of these winged beings in marble and granite .
$ 12 / $ 7 for members .
# Documentary Screening : Svetlana Boym : Exile and Imagination Saturday , April 7 , 2018 , 4 PM
This one-hour documentary film is about the life and work of Svetlana Boym , literary and cultural critic , media artist , novelist , playwright and the Carl Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literature at Harvard University . Filmmaker Judith Wechsler will be in attendance to answer questions . Svetlana Boym is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery .
Free
# Service of Commemoration Wednesday , May 23 , 2018 , 5:30 PM
We invite you to join us for our annual Service of Commemoration . Words and music will help us to remember those who have gone before us during this Memorial Day service . Free
# Dances of the Spirit : The Works of Isadora Duncan Saturday , June 23 , 2018 , 2 PM
Known as the “ mother of modern dance ,” Isadora Duncan created a series of mourning dances following the accidental deaths of her two children in 1913 . Dances by Isadora will perform these evocative dances of wind , sea , darkness , and light in Hazel Dell .
$ 20 / $ 10 for members
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