It’s the Harvard Lampoon’s
Sesquicentennial Celebration Weekend
April 24-26, 2026
Come put the “LL” in FIREBALL SHOTS!
Pretend to sing along to the old songs that no one ever really knew the words to in the first place!
Look for that jacket you left in the Prexy in 1981!
No recitations of demeaning limericks! (Unless demanded by upperclassmen)
Try to identify that smell in the Great Hall!
Bound to be better than the Demi-haploid-octenniel!
The frolic will be seismic; the expense ruinous. But no one will be turned away unless they cannot pay.
Spouses and squeezes Welcome!
BoOK YOUR PREFERRED Cambridge-Convenient LODGING TODAY.
Itinerary-in-Progress (subject to sudden, unexplained changes):
Friday, April 24, 2026
12-5 PM: REGISTRATION AND CASTLE TOURS — ENTER THE DOOR MARKED ELMER GREEN, CHARTERED RISK ACTUARY
5-8 PM: COCKTAILS AND FANFARE IN AND AROUND THE BOW STREET TENT
8-12 PM: POIGNANT GRAD TALENT SHOW, A TRIBUTE TO FORBIDDEN FRUITS, AND SURPRISE MUSICAL GUESTS AT THE SINCLAIR
Saturday, April 25, 2026
9 AM: COFFEE AND ASPIRIN IN THE BOW STREET TENT
10:00 AM: THE HARVARD ARCHIVES PRESENTS THE THINGS WE COULD NO LONGER FIT IN THE CASTLE
12:30 PM: A SALUTE TO THE LAMPOON’S MOST GENEROUS GRADS, OR, “SO THIS IS WHY WE HAVE A BUSINESS BOARD,” IN THE BOW STREET TENT
1:30 PM: LE HAVARD LAMPOON LITERARY FESTIVAL, ALSO IN THE BOW STREET TENT
3:30 PM: CLEAR OUT THE WRITERS, HERE COMES THE LAMPOON ART BOARD’S SESQUICENTENNIALE
5:30 PM: QUICK, LINE UP FOR THE DUCK BOATS
6-7 PM: THE ROLLING RALLY TO SOWA
7 PM: COCKTAILS, DINNER, AND SPECTACLE AT THE SOWA POWER STATION
12 AM: THE MUCH DRUNKER ROLLING RALLY TO 44 BOW ST
Sunday, April 26, 2026
9 AM: MEETING OF THE THANATOS SOCIETY IN THE CASTLE CRYPT
10 AM: COFFEE IN THE BOW STREET TENT
11 AM: NOW TRY SOMETHING SOLID AND SEE HOW IT SITS
12 PM: CONTACT ATTorney
“When I think of the Lampoon, I think of committees. And that’s why I’m excited to share that many, many committees have been involved in the making of this historic event.”
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Mike Firestone ‘05 (chair), Sara A. Slavin ‘07 (secretary), Robert M. Neer, Jr. ‘86 (treasurer), Daniel Chun ‘02, William B. Decherd ‘01, John W. Gillespie, Jr. ‘75, George A. Meyer ‘78, Gideon W. Nachman ‘16, Carl A. Pforzheimer ‘83, Shana Silveri ‘94, Maiya W. Verrone ‘84
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William B. Decherd ‘01, Maureen Eleise Boyle '08, and Jessica Marshall ‘85
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David H. Mandel ‘92 (chair), Ravin K. Agrawal ‘91, Margaret H.Child ‘78, William B. Decherd ‘01, Claire G. Friedman ‘07, Lisa M. Henson ‘82, Jessica Marshall ‘85, and S. Eric Rayman ‘73.
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Patric Verrone ‘81 (co-chair), George Meyer ‘78 (co-chair), Ted Widmer ‘84 (co-chair), Suchetas Bokil ‘24, Courtney Bowman ‘11, Youmna Chamieh ‘22, Lauren Fadiman ‘21, Michael Frith ‘63, Sterling Hoyte ‘26, David Irons ‘68, Marty Kaplan ‘71, Sierra Katow ‘16, Hamza Masoud ‘26, Gabriela Navarro Moynihan ‘27, Steve O’Donnell ‘76, Avery Pratt ‘26, with critical guidance and support from Mark Magowan ‘76
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Melinda Sue Rodriguez Davila ‘07 (chair), Priya Ashoke Rajdev ‘07, and Daniel Nicholas Ashwood ‘10
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Thomas W. Beale ‘71, Hamza Masoud ‘26
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Mel Horan ‘79 (Spectacle); Robert Carlock (Mayhem co-chair), Daniel Chun ‘02 (Mayhem co-chair), Scott Silveri (Mayhem co-chair)
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David Owen ‘78 (dramaturg), Rezzy Reznik ‘25 (artistic director)
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