CAMBRIDGE PANO PICK
THE BLACK CLOWN
This world premiere based on the poem by Langston Hughes fuses vaudeville, opera, jazz and spirituals to animate a black man’s struggle against America’s legacy of oppression. American Repertory Theater, Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., 617-547-8300. Through Sep 23.
Sights of Interest CAMBRIDGE COMMON/ OLD BURYING GROUND Massachusetts Avenue and Garden Street. A grazing pasture and cemetery for Puritan Newtowne, as well as a favorite meeting spot for public figures and a tent site for the Continental Army. Early college presidents and town residents were buried in “God’s Acre” across from the Common. CHRIST CHURCH Zero Garden St., 617-876-0200, cccambridge.org. Offices open Mon–Fri 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Call for services. This 1761 Tory house of worship was utilized as a Colonial barracks during the American Revolution.
University, historic buildings, cafes, restaurants and shops. LONGFELLOW NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE 105 Brattle St., 617-876-4491, nps.gov/long. Wed–Sun 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Hourly tours begin at 10 a.m. Free. This 1759 Georgian mansion was home to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow from 1837 to 1882. It also served as George Washington’s headquarters during the siege of Boston in 1775–76. Original furnishings, books and art from around the world are on display.
HARVARD AND RADCLIFFE YARDS Located within Harvard Campus. The centers of two institutions that have played major educational roles since Harvard’s founding in 1636.
MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY 580 Mount Auburn St., 617-547-7105, mountauburn.org. Daily 8 a.m. to dusk. Founded in 1831, Mount Auburn was the first landscaped cemetery in the country. Many prominent Americans are buried here, including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Isabella Stewart Gardner and Winslow Homer. The cemetery is also an arboretum, sculpture garden and wildlife sanctuary.
HARVARD SQUARE/OLD CAMBRIDGE The center of Cambridge activity since the 17th century, the square is home to Harvard
TORY ROW (BRATTLE STREET) One of the nation’s most beautiful residential streets, Tory Row is the site of BOSTONGUIDE.COM
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