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Performing and visual arts events worth seeking out in Cambridge this week

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Published on March 11, 2019
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Looking to up your appreciation of the arts?

We've rounded up four artsy events around Cambridge this week that will scratch your cultural itch, from a presentation to a panel discussion.

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Worlds Within Worlds

See IBAÑEZ KIM present their latest projects at ArtScience Culture Lab & Café this Wednesday. Event organizer, Le Laboratoire Cambridge describes IBAÑEZ KIM as “a genre-defiant design practice that works with sensate materials, atmospheres, sound and new media to generate architecture, objects and cities.” The founders, Mariana Ibañez and Simon Kim teach at MIT and the University of Pennsylvania and create conceptual designs.

When: Wednesday, March 13, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Where: ArtScience Culture Lab & Café, 650 E. Kendall St.
Price: Free
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David Buckley Borden: Hybrid Vigor

Stop by Reed Hilderbrand to hear Cambridge-based artist and designer, David Buckley‘s style on science communication. He will discuss his collaboration with the Harvard Forest, Hemlock Hospice, past work and his latest project, as a Now + There Accelerator artist .

When: Wednesday, March 13, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Where: Reed Hilderbrand, 130 Bishop Allen Drive, Floor 3.
Price: Free
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Women in Art and Science, Seekers All

Join Catalyst Conversations for their discussion on art and science discussion in recognition of Women’s History Month. Dr. Jody Weber, Lucy Kim, Stacey Gabriel and Ashlee M. will be the speakers at the event. Brief introductions will be given, followed by each speaker sharing her own thoughts on the relationship between art and science and how and it influences their thinking and projects.

When: Thursday, March 14, 7-8 p.m.
Where: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 415 Main St.
Price: Free
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Panel Discussion: What is the Value of Design in Learning?

Come participate in Lesley University's discussion on the importance of design in the learning process. The university describes the details of the discussion as a  “reveal how a design consciousness is an essential value of a critical pedagogy that fosters teachers’ and students’ awareness, understanding and use of the structures of the visual world.” 

When: Sunday, Mar.17, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Where: Lesley University, University Hall, Lower Level Screening Room, 1815 Massachusetts Ave..
Price: Free
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