Cambridge Community Center

May 6 – May 27, 2026, Wednesdays, 6:30–9:30 PM EST Cambridge Community Center, 5 Callender St, Cambridge, MA $302
The Brook Farm Institute for Critical Studies (BFI)&nbsp;offers graduate style seminars both online and in-person for curious adults of all ages and backgrounds across a wide range of subjects.&nbsp;What does it mean to live justly?&nbsp;In this four-week intensive seminar, we read Plato's Republic slowly and carefully — as both a work of political philosophy and a literary construction. Topics include the theory of forms, the allegory of the cave, the noble lie, the critique of democracy, and the tension between philosophical truth and political life. Drawing on responses from Aristotle to Simone Weil and Iris Murdoch, we also situate the text in the political context of fifth-century Athens.
Instructor: Kristofer J. Petersen-Overton

Local Event: Plato’s Republic: Justice and the Good Life

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Plato’s Republic: Justice and the Good Life

May 6 – May 27, 2026, Wednesdays, 6:30–9:30 PM EST Cambridge Community Center, 5 Callender St, Cambridge, MA $302
The Brook...

May 7 – May 28, 2026 | Thursdays, 6:30–9:30 PM EST 📍 Cambridge Community Center, 5 Callender St, Cambridge, MA $302
The Brook Farm Institute for Critical Studies (BFI)&nbsp;offers graduate style seminars both online and in-person for curious adults of all ages and backgrounds across a wide range of subjects. First published in 1857 to scandal and a court order demanding the removal of several poems, Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil) remains one of the most provocative and enduring works of modern poetry. In this four-week seminar, we read the collection in Richard Howard's award-winning translation alongside the French original (no knowledge of French required), tracing how Baudelaire transformed lyric poetry's relationship to urban life, desire, memory, boredom, and alienation. We examine the figure of the flâneur, the ethics of a world without God, and the possibility of art under capitalism — drawing on responses from Walter Benjamin, Sartre, Barthes, T.S. Eliot, and others.
Instructor: Isabel Sobral Campos

Local Event: Death, Desire, and the City: Baudelaire’s Flowers of Evil

Death, Desire, and the City: Baudelaire’s...

May 7 – May 28, 2026 | Thursdays, 6:30–9:30 PM EST 📍 Cambridge Community Center, 5 Callender St, Cambridge, MA $302
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Death, Desire, and the City: Baudelaire’s Flowers of Evil

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The Farm at Gore Place

Get outside and embrace all the elements this SPRING by learning how to shoot a bow and arrow at the historic Gore Place Estate! 
Join us Sunday from 12:00 - 1:30 PM for a fun and entertaining introduction to archery and reconnect with your inner Katniss or Robin Hood.&nbsp;
All coaching and equipment is provided by our team of instructors who will have you laughing, smiling and maybe even weeping with tears of joy as you strike the bull's eye and relive all those childhood memories of archery - or create new ones for the first time.
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Tickets available online only at <a target="_blank" href="https://onthemarkarchery.com/waltham" rel="nofollow noopener">otma.us/waltham</a>
*Please check website in advance BEFORE coming!*
**Rainouts will be credited towards a future Open Range Sunday**
The FARM at Gore Place: 249 Waltham Street, Watertown, MA 02472
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Local Event: Archery Sunday!

Newton

Archery Sunday!

Get outside and embrace all the elements this SPRING by learning how to shoot a bow and arrow at the historic Gore Place...

St. Paul's Episcopal Church

It’s a night of whimsy with music inspired by games. In Mozart’s Musikalisches Würfelspiel, dice rolls from our audience will determine the structure of the piece! We’ll dust off our old, battery powered, primary colored Simon game to perform Nicole Lizée’s Simon Interlude and play selections from György Kurtág’s collection of Játékok or quite literally “games” in Hungarian. Satie’s humorous and eccentric pieces about sports were conceived for a “haute couture artist's book" while Mozart’s iconic Kegelstatt Trio was written while lawn bowling! Winsor is excited to welcome composer and soprano Kate Soper to perform her piece Chutes and Ladders, featuring text by Virgil, diary entries, Markov chains, and board game rules. The New Yorker describes Kate as "one of the great originals of her generation.”
Program: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Musikalisches Würfelspiel Erik Satie from Sports et divertissements Kate Soper&nbsp;Chutes and Ladders György Kurtág from Játékok Nicole Lizée Simon Interlude for Milton Bradley® Simon and ensemble Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Kegelstatt Trio
Performers: Gabriela Díaz violin/viola Rane Moore clarinet Heng-Jin Park piano Kate Soper soprano

Local Event: Winsor Music Presents GAMES!

Winsor Music Presents GAMES!

It’s a night of whimsy with music inspired by games. In Mozart’s Musikalisches Würfelspiel, dice rolls from our audience will...

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Academically adventurous students flourish at Commonwealth School, challenged by rigorous classes and supported by faculty at the top of their fields. Are you interested in applying next year? Here’s your chance to discover what makes our school so uncommon!
Join us Wednesday, May 27, from 6:30–8:00 p.m., for a <a href="https://www.commschool.org/admissions-aid/admissions-events/info-session" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Virtual Information Session for Fall 2027 Admission</a>.
During this event, prospective students will have the chance to:
<ul class="rx-format-list-to-text"><li>Participate in a sample class</li><li>Preview the admissions and financial aid processes</li><li>Hear from current students and parents. </li></ul>
Parents of prospective students will also be able to connect with Commonwealth parents.
Please note that pre-registration is required for this event.
<a href="https://www.commschool.org/admissions-aid/admissions-events/info-session" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Sign up now to reserve your spot.</a>
We look forward to seeing you there!

Local Event: Commonwealth School Virtual Information Session for Fall 2027 Admission

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