Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138-5517
www. mountauburn. org • 617-547-7105
NON-PROFIT ORG. U. S. POSTAGE PAID LEOMINSTER, MA PERMIT NO. 17
Upcoming Events
For a complete listing of walks, talks, and special events, please visit our website at www. mountauburn. org.
k Early Risers Horticulture Club Fridays, April 2, 16 & 30, May 7 & 21, June 4, 7 AM
For those who appreciate the early morning or who are looking for a quick walk before work, these brief excursions will highlight what’ s in bloom and other points of horticultural interest throughout spring. From early bulbs to magnificent flowering trees, we will try to catch them all. Walks begin promptly at 7 AM and last approximately one hour. No preregistration. FREE.
k May Concert: Tones of Romance – The Music of early Mount Auburn Sunday, May 16, 5 PM
In the 19th century, music was transformed into a“ fine art” by Beethoven, Brahms, Wagner, Mendelssohn, and Schumann. Through the compositions of Beethoven music bloomed into a Romantic art form, while works like Wagner’ s Ring Cycle were considered a transformative experience. Mount Auburn was founded on these same Romantic ideas – as a place of art, beauty, contemplation, and transformation. This concert, in Story Chapel, will showcase the music of early Mount Auburn and feature New England Conservatory graduates Raymond Lam, clarinet, and Amie Chen, piano, with special guest Jennifer Tietze, clarinet. A reception will follow the hour-long program. Seating is limited. Preregistration is required. $ 10 members; $ 15 non-members.
k Service of Commemoration Saturday, May 29, 1:30 PM
Join us on Bigelow Chapel Lawn for our annual Memorial Day service. We set aside this time to celebrate the lives of those who have gone before us and to experience the uniqueness of Mount Auburn as a memorial of living beauty and peace. Refreshments will be served following the service. In the case of rain, the service will be held
22 | inside Sweet Bigelow Auburn Chapel. FREE. photo by jennifer johnston
k June Concert: An Artful Collaboration: Music and Poetry Saturday, June 12, 3 PM
Through the years both poets and composers have called Boston home, sharing the same intellectual and social circles. Perhaps less well-known is that these artists from the music and literary worlds also collaborated on song composition. The poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Julia Ward Howe, and Amy Lowell are among those that have been turned into song through the years. Visit Bigelow Chapel for an hour-long concert, featuring soprano Jean Danton and pianist Thomas Stumpf, that celebrates the collaboration between poets and composers now buried at Mount Auburn. A reception will follow. Seating is limited. Preregistration is required. $ 10 members; $ 15 non-members.
k SAVE THE DATE! Special Event: An Evening with Douglas Tallamy Thursday, June 10, 6:30 PM
Come to the Cambridge Public Library for a special community event with entomologist, native plants expert, and Bringing Nature Home author Douglas Tallamy. For complete event details, please visit www. grownativecambridge. org / programs / annualceleb
This event is being co-sponsored with Grow Native Cambridge, Cambridge Plant and Garden Club, Ecological Landscaping Association, Friends of the Cambridge Public Library, Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation, and Somerville Garden Club.