Friday, June 5
8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Check-in at Headquarters
Cabot Library, Science Center
Please come to headquarters to check in when you arrive on campus. You will receive your name badge, favor, additional Reunion materials, and your House/dorm room key and assignment, if you are staying on campus. Luggage storage is available on-site. Learn more and pre-purchase your luggage storage here.
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Class Survey Presentation
Science Center Hall C
Learn what your classmates have really been up to in the last 35 years as we hear the results of our 35th reunion class survey.
10:30 a.m.
Alumni Parade Line-up
Harvard Yard
All persons, bags, and personal items are subject to inspection before entering Harvard Yard. No backpacks of any type will be admitted. No bag or item larger than 12″ × 12″ × 12″ will be permitted in the Yard.
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Harvard Alumni Day Parade & Program (dress: festive, with comfy shoes, fascinators, and top hats!)
Tercentenary Theatre
All Harvard alumni are invited to join the Harvard Alumni Association for the fifth annual Harvard Alumni Day, a day for and in celebration of Harvard’s vibrant, global alumni community!
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Harvard Alumni Day Yard Party
Harvard Yard
Join your friends – and make new ones – at the all-alumni Yard Party with food and beverage trucks (including beer and wine), including some local favorites!
1:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Harvard Alumni Day Afternoon Programming (cheer on our four classmates speaking on panels!)
Various Locations
Explore behind-the-scenes archives and art museums; connect at Shared Interest Group meetups; and dive into faculty- and alumni-led symposia on public service, climate, creativity, and a special “Harvard & America 250” exhibition. View the comprehensive schedule for Harvard Alumni Day and Shared Interest Group meet-ups!
Several of our classmates will speak at Harvard Alumni Day afternoon sessions:
- 3:00: Jennifer Griffin will speak during “Harvard & America 250” in Science Center B
- 3:00: David Battat will speak during “Stories from Fellow Alums” in Science Center A
- 4:30: Darren Aronofsky will speak at “A New Center for Creativity at Harvard: A Conversation with Diane Paulus and Darren Aronofsky” in Science Center C
- 4:30: Bernardo Sabatini will speak at Kempner Institute: Unlocking Intelligence in Science Center B
3:30 p.m.
Radcliffe Institute Open House
Radcliffe Yard
The Radcliffe Institute invites you to join us for an open house in Radcliffe Yard to reconnect with friends and classmates and to learn more about the work of the Radcliffe Institute today. Enjoy light refreshments, peruse selections from the Radcliffe College archives in the Schlesinger Library, and the and visit the Institute’s current gallery exhibitions, Cooking Up Change: Women’s Agency and Community Building Through Cookbooks and Eve Fowler: words doing as they want to do.
Please register here if you plan to join us. You’re welcome to arrive at any time during event hours, but we kindly ask that you register in advance.
6:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Drinks & Dinner in the Yard (dress: business casual – something for both dinner and theatre!)
Matthews Tent
The 35th Reunion Committee invites classmates for dinner and drinks before heading over to the ART! For those who wish to stay and catch up, the space will remain open until 10pm.
7:00 p.m. Doors, 7:30 p.m Curtain time
Viewing of The Black Swan at the A.R.T.
American Repertory Theater
Darren Aronofsky, Mala Gaonkar & Ari Handel hope you will join them for a private performance of Black Swan at the American Repertory Theater. Get a preview of this new stage production, developed by classmates Darren & Ari, one night after its world premiere! Please note this show is recommended for ages 16+. Lobby and cash bar open at 6:45 pm, doors open at 7:00 pm. The Class of 1991 will parade en masse from Harvard Yard to the A.R.T.!
Details on registering for limited, first-come, first-served tickets to the Black Swan performance will be emailed to all reunion registrants after May 19.
