February 25, 2012 | 2:00 pm
Center for Puppetry Arts
1404 Spring Street, Atlanta
Join Lesley alumni, family and friends for a day of fun for the whole family. This exciting new puppetry performance is sure to be a hit! …
Thursday, March 1, 2012 | 5:00 pm
Marran Theater
47 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA
Lesley Conversations series continues Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 5 p.m. as Kwame Anthony Appiah, the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, speaks on “Rethinking Cosmopolitanism and Identity.” Named by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the top 100 global thinkers in 2010, Appiah has written widely on ethics, African and black cultural studies and political theory. …
Exhibit: February 10 – March 16
Marran Gallery
Artist’s Reception: March 8
5:00 – 7:00 pm
Lesley University’s Alumni Association and The Women’s Center at Lesley are excited to announce a gallery show featuring artist Lori Lander. The exhibit showcases a number of Lander’s works, which focus on the daily lives of women in Bali. …
March 13, 2012
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm | The Ritz Carlton Naples
280 Vanderbilt Beach Road
Lesley University will host an Alumni & Friends Reception with President Joseph Moore in Naples this winter, and you’re invited. Join us at the Ritz Carlton for cocktails and light appetizers. …
March 15, 2012
Reception at Bistro D’Oc at 5:30 pm followed by a performance of 1776 at Ford’s Theatre at 7:30 pm
Join Lesley University alumni and friends for an evening at the theater with President Joseph Moore. …
March 24, 2012 | 2:00 pm
Sherrill Library, Brattle Campus
Augusten Burroughs, author of Running With Scissors, is the keynote speaker for Lesley University’s second annual Literary Arts Festival. A prolific author, Burroughs has written multiple novels and memoirs, two of which have been made into feature films. He has also been a frequent magazine contributor and regular commentator on NPR’s “Morning Edition.” His new book This Is How will be released May 8, 2012. Join us for this exciting lecture, followed by a question and answer session and book signing. …
Monday, March 26, 2012 | 7:00 pm EST
Lesley’s National Center for Teachers, Counselors and School Leaders presents a webinar featuring Sarah Reeves Young GSOE ’05, Albert Einstein Fellow, author, and 8th Grade Science Teacher. …
The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University and the Consulate General of France in Boston are announcing a gallery exhibition and artist panel discussion featuring world-renowned Magnum photographers.
These events are open to the public – register below to attend the panel discussion!
The exhibition, 101 Photos for Freedom of the Press: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Reporters Sans Frontières is a collection of works by over sixty Magnum photographers to support the worldwide initiatives by Reporters Without Borders in defense of freedom of the press.
In addition, Lesley is holding its spring Strauch-Mosse Visiting Artist Panel Discussion with famed Magnum photographers Antoine D’Agata, Thomas Dworzak, and Susan Meiselas. The discussion will be moderated by Alex Kershaw, author of The Life and Times of Robert Capa, a biography of one of the 20th century’s most famous photojournalists and a founder of Magnum. …
April 1, 2012 | 3:00 pm
Roxbury, MA – Departs from Merengue Restaurant, 160 Blue Hill Avenue
Join Lesley University Boston area alumni and Discover Roxbury!
Discover Roxbury promotes the social, cultural, and economic development of Roxbury through guided tours and special events featuring centuries of history, vibrant arts and culture, and culinary offerings. …
April 11, 2012 | 5:30 pm
Worcester Art Museum
Join Lesley alumni, parents and friends for an exclusive evening at the Worcester Art Museum. Guests will enjoy private tours of the acclaimed collections of European and North American painting, prints, photographs and drawings; Asian art, Greek and Roman sculpture and mosaics and Contemporary art.
We also invite all guests to a private reception in the Museum Café for conversation with fellow alumni and friends. …
