# Event Recordings [### Talk & Reception: Anna Von Mertens, 'Attention Is Discovery: The Life and Legacy of Astronomer Henrietta Leavitt' ](/event/avonmertens-attention-discovery?occ_id=0)October 8, 2024 | 6:00PM - 8:00PM EDT | Harvard University, Jefferson Lab 250 Lecture Hall In Person A recording of the October 8 book talk is available below in the "talk recording" tab. Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, Harvard Book Store, the Harvard University Division of Science, and the Harvard Library welcomes Anna Von Mertens... ![Attention is Discovery Book Cover](/sites/g/files/omnuum2761/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2024-09/Attention%20Is%20Discovery%20draft%20cover.jpg?itok=x5OCdgum) [### Talk: Artist Ligia Bouton ](/event/talk-artist-ligia-bouton?occ_id=0)July 24, 2024 | 1:00PM - 2:00PM EDT | Phillips Auditorium, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian Hybrid Artist Ligia Bouton will discuss her new art installation, 25 Stars: A Temporary Monument for Henrietta Swan Leavitt, in the MBTA's Kendall/MIT Northbound Subway Station. The artist will give a 45-minute talk about her artistic practice and research into... ![Ligia Bouton Installation Photo in MBTA Station](/sites/g/files/omnuum2761/files/styles/hwp_scale_small/public/2024-09/Ligia%20Ddocumentation%20Edits-17.jpeg?itok=wZy8wBZK) [### A Virtual Tour of the Plate Stacks with Sarah Lavallee ](/event/virtual-tour-plate-stacks-sarah-lavallee?occ_id=0)June 28, 2022 | 12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT Virtual PHaEDRA Office Hours This is a video tour of the Plate Stacks at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian as part of our monthly Project PHaEDRA Office Hours. There is also an interactive, 360 virtual tour of the Plate Stacks here: ... event [### Astronomical Glass Plate Photographs Presentation by Lindsay Smith Zrull ](/event/astronomical-glass-plate-photographs-presentation-lindsay-smith-zrull?occ_id=0)December 8, 2020 | 12:00PM - 1:00PM EST Virtual Presentation from the second Project PHaEDRA Virtual Office Hour on 12/8/2020. Speaker: Lindsay Smith Zrull, Curator, Astronomical Photographic Plate Collection, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics event ## expand\_more Explore recorded events here.