Show Us Your Place in the Pattern on Friday, June 11!

Nineteen years ago (ugh!) the powers that be at Byerly Hall sat down to put together the Harvard-Radcliffe Class of ’89 much in the same way that a kaleidoscope craftsman assembles that intriguing instrument which is part art, part toy. We were not unlike those loose bits of colored glass of various shapes and sizes, all interesting enough in their own right, which are thrown together for the ways in which they will complement and contrast with each other as they catch the light in endless combinations, shifting and moving over time. In our years at Harvard our class, with its varied talents, certainly created many colorful, interesting, and beautiful patterns in every imaginable form of creative expression, from the visual and performing arts to literature, philosophy, and scientific theory.

Today as members of the Class of ’89, we are sharing our creativity with the world. If we stop to take even a quick peep through the aperture of our kaleidoscope now, we can see that, taken in total, the creative accomplishments of our class are even more dazzling and provocative than they were when we graduated. The patterns have certainly changed and the pieces have all shifted as things have been shaken up over the past fifteen years, but that perpetual change is certainly the key to a kaleidoscope’s fascination.

On Friday night, June 11, at the reunion-kickoff event, we invite you to both show us your place in our kaleidoscope of creativity and to also get a sense of the big picture by viewing a sampling of our classmates’ endeavors. We hope our showcase will feature many different types of creative accomplishments. We’re planning to have a book table, a CD/MP3 listening station, and an image gallery at the event, and a few of our musical classmates will be performing that night. We want to include your creations, too. If you’ve got it to share, we want you to share it with the class.

Have you written a book? A computer program? An oratorio?

Have you designed a website? A city? A movie set?

Have you built your dream home? A business? A tree house?

Tell us about it, give us a copy. Send us photos, exhibition catalogues, videos, graphics, logos, anything that shows us what you’ve been up to over the past fifteen years. We’re open to suggestions, so surprise us with your creative approaches to creativity. E-mail your files to Tasha Vincent at tvincent-89@post.harvard.edu or send books and CDs via snail mail to

Lisa Hampton
170 Andover Bypass
North Andover, MA 01845. 

Please keep in mind that we cannot be responsible for lost or damaged materials so please do not send any irreplaceable or priceless items.

Please contact Lisa Hampton lisahampton89@post.harvard.edu or Melanie Deas mdeas@erols.com; or 617-547-9672, if you have any questions or would like to participate in the authors’ table or performers’ showcase. We’re looking forward to seeing all of you in Cambridge! in June.