Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery 580 Mount Auburn Street Cambridge , Massachusetts 02138-5517
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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 .