2019 Harvard College Film Festival
Attend this year's Harvard College Film Festival on campus! RSVP to attend the events listed below through the Harvard OCS. Films featured in the 2019 HCFF are:
- Turn Off - Jake Wichansky and Maddy Freeman
- Almost - Fiona Kida
- Future In-Laws - Patrick Cressler
- (Much Ado About) Literally Nothing - Eva Neuwirth
- Showtime - Shawn Antoine II
- Run - Leilei Xia
- The Tortoise - Lyndon Hanrahan
- Puppet Free Library - Jared Leong
- r/showerthoughts - Max Mezger
- Emma. - Saskia Hennecke and Grace Tourville
- Partying with Communists - Vincent Blake
- Party of Two - Maria Alvarez
Harvardwood DC Screenwriters Meet-up
Join your fellow writers at the DC Screenwriters Happy Hour. It’s free and open to the public (cash bar), so spread the word. Come to discuss the craft of screenwriting and enjoy the drinks and the company. You never know who you might meet!
When you arrive, please ask the host for the Harvardwood DC Screenwriters Group. The happy hour is usually 5:15pm to 8:00pm, as folks come and go throughout the evening.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Harvardwood Chicago Writers' Meet-up
All writers, genres and specialties are welcome at our writers' meet-up in Chicago! Free to attend. Cash bar, optional menu, sparkling conversation. Bring your friends—forward this event link! RSVP below.
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Harvardwood's Chicago Chapter is creating a space for writers from varied backgrounds to get together and connect in person. Writers in all genres and career stages, from beginner to working professional, are welcome. Playwrights, comedy writers, screenwriters, authors, novelists, poets, content producers... all writers, all genres, any specialty!
Celebrities and Controversy, An Event by the HLSA of LA
The Harvard Law School Association of Los Angeles invites you to Celebrities and Controversy: From Defending Harvey Weinstein to Protecting Revenge Porn Victims, a discussion and networking event.
From #MeToo to alleged hate crime hoaxes to college admissions scandals, and from politics to revenge porn, celebrity controversy is all around us. On cable news and in social media and when talking with friends and family, our culture is obsessed. Please join us for what should be a thought-provoking discussion with experts in managing celebrity crises. Panelists will include:
Blair Berk JD '90, who has been a criminal defense attorney for Harvey Weinstein, Mel Gibson, Brittney Spears, and others.
James Feldman JD '96, who represents actors, directors, writers and producers in the film, television and digital industries. He is also an adjunct professor at Southwestern Law School.
Walter Mosley JD '05, who has represented celebrity victims of revenge porn, including Blac Chyna and Teairra Mari.
- 6:00 pm networking
- 7:00 pm program
Cost: $15 in advance including beer, wine, and appetizers // $20 at the door.
9420 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
United States
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Harvardwood Salon: Eileen Heisler (THE MIDDLE, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER)
Join us on May 13th for an intimate dinner with a powerhouse of television production—Eileen Heisler. Come learn from the best in the business and ask your questions about all things TV.
$15/attendee
Attendees will cover their own food & drink at dinner
The Harvardwood Salon Series gives attendees the unique opportunity to engage in in-depth discussion with the featured guest in an intimate setting. Salons are only open to Harvardwood Members & Friends. Please scroll to the bottom of this page to find out how you may attend.
Eileen Heisler
(Writer, Director, & Executive Producer)
Eileen Heisler is Co-Creator and Executive Producer of the critically acclaimed hit comedy The Middle for Warner Bros., which just completed a nine-year run on ABC. The show was nominated for a 2018 Critics' Choice Award (Best Comedy Series), the most recent of several noms over the years, and won the 2017 Humanitas Prize in the 30-minute category for "The Graduate," an episode Heisler co-wrote and directed.
Eileen's career in television spans single- and multicam comedy as well as one-hour comedy/drama, with overall deals at Disney, NBC/Universal, and Warner Bros. Television, and writing/producing credits on Murphy Brown, Roseanne, Ellen and How I Met Your Mother, among others, including six produced pilots, four of which went to series. She is a proud graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Eileen lives in Pacific Palisades with her husband, Harvard alum and Harvardwood board member Adam Wolman AB '88, and their twin sons, Justin and Ben.
If you're interested in attending this Harvardwood Salon, please read the information below carefully and follow the steps.
1) You must be a dues-current Harvardwood Member or Friend. Not a member?
2) Complete this brief interest form so we can learn more about you and your interest in attending this event. Please log in to access the form. The deadline for the interest form is May 5, 2019.
3) You will be contacted by the Directors of Harvardwood Salons. If it is possible for you to attend, the Directors will send you the link to RSVP. If not, you will be placed on a waitlist. Capacity is extremely limited, and priority for future Salon registrations will be given to people who have previously been waitlisted in order to ensure equitable distribution among the membership.
This is a restricted event, and advance and approved registration completed per the steps above is required. Due to extremely limited capacity, no walk-ins will be admitted; anyone who is not registered will be turned away at the door.
We appreciate you waiting to be contacted by the Directors. Please read this page carefully to make sure your question can't be answered by information here before reaching out with any email inquiries.
Harvardwood Presents NIGEL WEST: Operation OVERLORD and the Secret Intelligence Behind D Day
D Day, the bloody Allied invasion of Europe that culminated in the defeat of Nazi Germany, was one of the moments of high drama in world history. But behind that drama, there was a second drama, every bit as suspenseful, playing out in the unseen world of espionage, with spies and double agents, secrets and deception. And nobody knows more about that hidden drama than Nigel West.
Nigel West was educated at a Roman Catholic monastery and London University. While an undergraduate, he did research for Ronald Seth and Richard Deacon, who wrote about spying and security, and this led to his own career as a writer on intelligence and espionage. Since 1981, he has averaged a book a year. The Sunday Times wrote, "His information is so precise that many people believe he is the unofficial historian of the secret services. West's sources are undoubtedly excellent. His books are peppered with deliberate clues to potential front-page stories." In 1989, a panel of other spy writers voted him "The Experts' Expert" in the Observer.
West has lectured at both the KGB headquarters in Dzerzhinsky Square and CIA headquarters in Langley, where he once lectured on counter-intelligence to an audience that included the Soviet spy Aldrich Ames. In 2003, Nigel West was awarded the US Association of Former Intelligence Officers' first Lifetime Literary Achievement Award.
This event will happen two weeks, to the day, before the 75th anniversary of D Day.
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The doors will open at 7pm (please do not arrive earlier) and the evening will begin with a wine and cheese reception. The talk will begin promptly at 7:30 pm.
Cost: $5 for dues-paying Harvardwood members (and their guests); $15 for all others.
Advance registration is REQUIRED. No tickets will be sold at the door.
Special thanks to Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
and to Andy Goodwin and the Plymouth Hill Foundation
Members, Register Here
Purchase tickets $5.00 Members & Friends
If you can't access the RSVP button for dues-paying Harvardwood members, make
sure you're logged in. If you still have issues accessing the page, your membership
has lapsed, so renew your dues as a Full Member or Friend of Harvardwood.
4 Times Sq
17th Floor
New York, NY 10036
United States
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Tribeca: THE BOYS Premiere
The Boys is a fun and irreverent take on what happens when superheroes abuse their superpowers rather than use them for good. Based on a comic by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. After the screening, stay for a onversation with series stars Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Karen Fukuhara, Elisabeth Shue AB '00 and executive producer/showrunner Eric Kripke.
Tribeca: A Conversation with Rashida Jones AB '97
Versatile actor, director, screenwriter, and producer Rashida Jones AB '97 will be in conversation to discuss an illustrious and accomplished career that spans across a variety of mediums. She co-wrote and starred in the indie breakout film Celeste and Jesse Forever, and received widespread acclaim for her sophomore directorial effort Quincy—an intimate portrait of her father and music legend Quincy Jones. She is the executive producer of the TNT hit-series Clawsand currently stars on the TBS series Angie Tribeca.
Harvardwood Presents Tasting Paradise: A Historical Dinner with Harvard History Professor Joyce Chaplin
Throughout human history, people have been dreaming of a perfect world. And it should be no surprise that these dreams of a perfect world have often included dreams of perfect foods. What may be surprising though is that some of those perfect foods have turned out to be spectacularly delicious!
Harvard History Professor Joyce Chaplin has teamed with the Down Town Association's Chef Joel Reiss to devise a menu of some of the most delicious of these, ranging from the French Revolution through the Congress of Vienna, and all the way to Chez Panisse (a Utopian project in its own right)—even the bread, Pain Levain (first made in 1789) will have its historical significance. And, as we enjoy a very special dinner, Professor Chaplin will guide us through the history of what we're enjoying.
Joyce Chaplin is Harvard University's distinguished James Duncan Phillips Professor of Early American History. Her books include The First Scientific American: Benjamin Franklin and the Portrait of Genius, which won the Annibel Jenkins Biography Prize. Evan Thomas calls her "a great historian with a fresh eye and a sure touch. She is a story teller with keen insight, command of the material, a sense of whimsy, and a flair for portraying human drama." Of her most recent book ROUND ABOUT THE EARTH: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit, Walter Isaacson wrote, "Joyce Chaplin shows the interplay of aspirations and technology, from sail and steam to jets and rockets. More profoundly, she explores what it means to circle our globe, act on a planetary scale, and encompass, both figuratively and literally the whole earth." She is the co-editor of Food in Time and Place.
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Menu
Mysteriously Delicious Restorative Soup (1790)
Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Champagne 1er Cru Blanc de blancs NV
All You Need is Love and Canard aux Olives (1971)
with Self-Regenerating Solar Powered Nicely Roasted Jerusalem Artichokes (around 1650)
Maddalena Zinfandel Paso Robles 2015
If Salad Were Made in the Garden of Eden (1825)
Ciderboys Hard Cider First Press
Wiener Kongresstorte, the Cake of Perpetual Peace (1815)
with Abolitionist Honey'd Cream (around 1800)
Coffee or Tea
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This is a joint event with the DOWN TOWN ASSOCIATION, and will take place in their beautiful landmarked 1887 Clubhouse.
Advance Registration is REQUIRED—no tickets will be sold at the door. The cost is $150 per person for dues-paying Harvardwood members, and $175 for all others.
Dress Code
The Down Town Association requires JACKETS and TIES for men and comparable attire for women (no sneakers, denim, etc.).
Directions
The Down Town Association is easy to reach at 60 Pine Street. Just take the #2 or #3 train to the Wall Street Station, and leave by the Pine Street exit. You'll be across the street from the Down Town Association.
Or you can take the #4 or #5 train to the Wall Street station. Walk three blocks east on Wall Street to William Street. Turn left on William Street and walk one block to Pine. Then turn right on Pine Street. 60 Pine Street is on the left side of the street. (It's simpler than it sounds!)
Members, Register Here
Purchase tickets $150.00 Members & Friends
If you can't access the RSVP button for dues-paying Harvardwood members, make
sure you're logged in. If you still have issues accessing the page, your membership
has lapsed, so renew your dues as a Full Member or Friend of Harvardwood.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Live
From Playbill: Rachel Bloom, creator and star of The CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, announced that the cast of the television musical comedy will perform a live show at New York City’s Radio City Musical Hall May 14.
Tickets are not yet on sale, but interested attendees can sign up for notifications about pre-sale at RachelDoesStuff.com.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is currently airing its fourth and final season. Created by Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna AB '89, the show has been nominated for four Emmy Awards; Bloom won the Golden Globe for her performance in the first season. Bloom stars as Rebecca Bunch, who quits her high status Manhattan law firm and moves across the country to West Covina, California, after bumping into an ex-boyfriend who lives there. Each episode features original songs by Bloom, Jack Dolgen, and Adam Schlesinger.
READ: How Rachel Bloom Made a Musical Comedy a Hit TV Show
The cast features numerous stage alumni, including Donna Lynne Champlin (Company), Vincent Rodriguez III, Skylar Astin (Spring Awakening), Gabrielle Ruiz, and David Hull (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying), as well as Pete Gardner, Vella Lovell, Scott Michael Foster, and Erick Lopez. No word yet on who will take the stage in the live show.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend has also featured Broadway stars in recurring and guest roles, such as Tovah Feldshuh, Patti LuPone, and Josh Groban. The show regularly parodies musical theatre, from numbers inspired by Chicago’s “Cell Block Tango” to Les Misérables “Do You Hear the People Sing?” The April 5 series finale will be followed by the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Concert Special.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend airs Fridays 9PM/8PM C on The CW.