There's a little something for everyone coming up on the events calendar this week. From classical music to a lecture on cybersecurity, here are a few top options to help you get out and about in Cambridge in the days ahead.
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Online Shopping: Friend or Foe?
First up, there's this free presentation on the future of retail from MIT senior lecturer of marketing Sharmila Chatterjee. She'll answer such questions as why brick-and-mortar stores will survive the digital era, and what consumers gain — and lose — by shopping online. There will be free snacks and beer, too.
When: Monday, Dec. 3, 6-8:30 p.m.
Where: Alley powered by Verizon, 10 Ware St.
Admission: Free
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Guppy Tank
Next, it's time for another in Harvard's free Guppy Tank series, in which two teams of Harvard life-science innovators pitch their concepts to a panel of entrepreneurs and investors. This time out, Team 1 will present their platform for a new generation of safer, more effective targeted gene therapies, while Team 2 discusses their cell therapy cure for skeletal muscle disorders.
When: Wednesday, Dec. 5, 4-6 p.m.
Where: LabCentral, 700 Main St.
Admission: Free
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David D. Clark & Josephine Wolff: Building a Better Internet
Another free option is this two-author event at the MIT Press Bookstore. David D. Clark will discuss his book "Designing the Internet," which explains how the Internet is actually put together, what requirements it was designed to meet, and why different design decisions would create different internets. Josephine Wolff, author of "You'll See This Message When It's Too Late: The Legal and Economic Aftermath for Cybersecurity Breachers," examines the patterns that emerged from a series of cybersecurity breaches from 2005 to 2015, and what we can learn from them.
When: Thursday, Dec. 6, 6-7 p.m.
Where: The MIT Press Bookstore, 301 Massachusetts Ave.
Admission: Free
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Homage and Celebration – Horszowski Trio
Finally, join the Horszowski Trio, currently in residence at the Longy School of Music of Bard College, for a concert dedicated to remembering. The concert features works by Nadia Boulanger, a renowned Longy professor, remembering her sister Lili; Latvian composer Peter Vasks celebrating the great French composer Messiaen; and Tchaikovsky, who wrote a work dedicated to his mentor, the composer Nikolay Rubinstein. This event, too, is free, though donations are encouraged.
When: Friday, Dec. 7, 8-10 p.m.
Where: Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music of Bard College, 27 Garden St.
Admission: Free
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