People and Happenings
People and Happenings
175th Anniversary Concludes
April 24 , 2007 , “ The Pleasure , Art and Science of Birding ,” the sixth in the free seven-lecture series , “ Facets of Mount Auburn ,” held at the Boston Public Library during Mount Auburn ’ s 175th Anniversary celebration year , featured Norman Smith , Director of Massachusetts Audubon Society ’ s Blue Hills Trailside Museum in Milton , MA ; Scott Weidensaul , a natural history writer ; and Wayne R . Petersen , Director of the Important Bird Area Program at the Massachusetts Audubon Society .
May 15 , 2007 , “ The Cemetery and the Park : Nature , The Designed Landscape and Urban Planning ” was presented by Dr . Charles Beveridge , Series Editor , The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted , and cultural landscape historian Arleyn Levee . With a capacity of 300 , all of the 175th lectures had virtual standing-room-only audiences and were enthusiastically received . The speakers and all lecture attendees were the guests of Mount Auburn at wine and hors-d ’ oeuvres receptions following each of the seven lectures throughout the year .
( Above , right ) Audience members talking before the lecture
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( Above ) Norman Smith calms an agitated hawk .
( Left , l to r ) Laura Johnson , President of Massachusetts Audubon Society ; Hamilton Coolidge ( Westwood , MA ), an Honorary Trustee of Mount Auburn ; and his wife , Barbara , at the birding lecture .
( Left ) Bill Clendaniel ( l ) with speakers Arleyn Levee and Charles Beveridge
Photos by Jennifer Johnston
April 10 , 2007 , “ The Asian Connection ,” the fifth in the lecture series , presented Daniel J . Hinkley , a celebrated West Coast horticulturist , plant explorer and author , discussing the many connections between the horticultural treasures of Mount Auburn Cemetery and the flora of the Far East .
( Above , right ) Enjoying the reception after the Hinkley lecture
( Right ) Longtime friends Dan Hinkley and Mount Auburn Trustee and horticulturist / author Tom Cooper ( Watertown , MA ).
( Left ) Two of Boston ’ s Guardian Angels check out the Mount Auburn reception at the Boston Public Library after the Hinkley lecture .
May 19 , 2007 , Vocalist Jean Danton and pianist Thomas Stumpf performed works written by composers buried at Mount Auburn in Bigelow Chapel . The music of George Whitfield Chadwick , John Knowles Paine , Randall Thompson , Henry Worthington Loomis , Margaret Ruthven Lang , Henry Kimball Hadley , and Arthur Foote was played and enjoyed .
September 30 , 2007 , “ Remembering E . Power
Biggs ” consisted of two free organ recitals by Richard Benefield , Deputy Director of the Harvard University Art Museums . The program presented the music of the preeminent American organist who is buried at Mount Auburn . The concerts took place at Adophus Busch Hall at Harvard .