#  Events: Scholar Social: Silent Sky at the Central Square Theater 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **September 18, 2025** 

 09:30PM - 11:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Central Square Theater**  

 [450 Massachusetts Avenue  
Cambridge, MA 02139  
United States



 ](<https://www.google.com/maps?q=US MA Cambridge 02139 450 Massachusetts Avenue>) 



 

 [ Learn More arrow\_circle\_right ](https://www.centralsquaretheater.org/2025-26-season/central-conversations-for-silent-sky/) 

 



 

What did Henrietta Leavitt actually hold in her hands when she made her discoveries? Join Harvard College Observatory curators [Thom Burns](https://platestacks.cfa.harvard.edu/people/thom-burns) and [Lisa Hees Bravata](https://platestacks.cfa.harvard.edu/people/lisa-hees-bravata) they share selected original glass plates and notebooks used in Leavitt’s groundbreaking work. This special conversation offers a rare chance to see the materials that changed astronomy.



 

  ![Promotional banner for the play Silent Sky at Central Square Theater. A silhouetted woman gazes upward, reaching toward a star in a deep blue night sky. The star glows along the curved lines of a musical staff, suggesting both astronomy and music. The text on the banner reads: 'The Brit d’Arbeloff Women in Science Production, Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson, directed by Sarah Shin, a Catalyst Collaborative@MIT Production, September 11 – October 5, 2025.'](/sites/g/files/omnuum2761/files/2025-09/Silent%20sky%20banner.jpg)

 



 

 [Central Square Theater's Silent Sky 2025](https://www.centralsquaretheater.org/shows/silent-sky/). © Central Square Theater



   

 

  !["Production photo of Silent Sky: With three female actors portraying, Henrietta Swan Leavitt stands at center stage, with Williamina Fleming seated at left and Annie Jump Cannon working at right in a recreated Harvard Observatory office.](/sites/g/files/omnuum2761/files/2025-09/Silent%20Sky%20Central%20Square%20Production%20shot.jpg)

 



 

 Production Photo of Silent Sky at Central Square Theater. © Central Square Theater



   

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

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