Summer Shorebirds Workshop Scarborough to Biddeford, 8 a.m.–4 p.m. Instructor Bio Derek Lovitch has made a career out of his lifelong passion for birds. After graduating with a degree in […]
Join climate activists Luisa Neubauer and Sabine von Mering for a conversation with Beth Daley about Neubauer's recent book Beginning to End the Climate Crisis: A History of Our Future, translated […]
Join author and investigative journalist Diane Dimond on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at the Edison Public Library in Edison, NJ, to learn more about the state-run guardianship/conservatory system and ways to […]
Join Diane Dimond and Sarah Boonin for a conversation about Dimond's recent book, We're Here to Help: When Guardianship Goes Wrong. Where: Sargent Hall, 120 Tremont Street, 5th Floor Commons, Boston MA. When: 6pm EST Register to attend via Zoom. Registration for in-person attendance is not required. About the Speakers: Diane Dimond is an award-winning author, investigative […]
Join Carter Alan (Radio Free Boston and The Decibel Diaries) and other iconic WBCN personalities on Sunday, October 20th at 11:00am for a roundtable conversation at City Winery. From City Winery: City Winery Boston presents Talking and Waiting to Talk: The Ultimate WBCN Roundtable with very special guests Charles Laquidara, Oedipus, Carter Alan, Albert O, […]
The Hardwick Historical Society, in Hardwick VT, will host author Thomas C. Hubka (author of Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn and Resplendent Synagogue) for a lecture and discussion of his book How the Working Class Home Became Modern, 1900-1940 (University of Minnesota Press, Dec. 2020). After the talk, there will be a Q&A […]
The Howe Public Library in Hanover, NH is hosting Thomas C. Hubka for an event focusing on his award-winning book Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn. Through architecture unique to northern New England, this illustrated talk focuses on several case studies that show how farmers converted their typical separate house and barns into connected farmsteads. […]
Portland's Most Popular Houses: Side-Hall and the I House: How Traditional Vernacular Houses Adapted to a Crowded City This illustrated talk presents Portland's late 19th and early 20th-century housing by focusing on two of its most popular houses—the Side-Hall and the I-House. By 1900, both house types had achieved densities of 60 to 80% of […]
From Katherine Small Gallery: The entire staff of Katherine Small Gallery invites you to celebrate a somewhat-recently republished book by legendary illustrator Barry Moser. His Wood Engraving is a primer on the art of (you guessed it) wood engraving and is filled with valuable knowledge about every aspect of the craft and art. It’s a fascinating look at […]
Roxana Robinson, author of the definitive autobiography of Georgia O'Keeffe, Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life, will be a panelist at a Virginia Film Festival screening of Academy Award-winning documentarian Paul Wagner's new film Georgia O'Keeffe: The Brightness of Light. Wagner's film is based on Robinson's autobiography of the artist. From the Virginia Film Festival: Academy Award-winning director […]
On November 7th at 6pm ET at the Modern Theatre, join Brandeis University Press, the Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University & GBH Forum Network for a special two-part program on historical approaches to solving inequality in the Boston school system. The program will begin with a screening of GBH News documentary, Never Cried: Boston's […]
Join Jehuda Reinharz and Alexander Kaye for a conversation about Reinharz's latest book, Chaim Weitzmann: A Biography. Where: 120 Tremont Street, 5th Floor Commons, Boston MA. When: 6pm EST. Note: This event will also be streamed live. Details to follow. About the Speakers: Jehuda Reinharz, PhD, is the Richard Koret Professor Emeritus of Modern Jewish History […]
Justice Southbury will offer the eighteenth in its Speaker Series of interactive Zoom conversations at 7 p.m. Sunday, December 8. Retired Judge Thomas Moukawsher will lead a discussion entitled “Lessons on Democracy Learned on the Bench: Exploring Constitutional Litigation on Education and Emergency Powers.” As a complex litigation judge in Connecticut, Judge Moukawsher’s decisions concerning […]
RSVP Here In The Green Ages, historian Annette Kehnel explores sustainability initiatives from the Middle Ages, highlighting communities that operated a barter trade system on the Monte Subiaco in Italy, sustainable fishing at Lake Constance, common lands in the United Kingdom, transient grazing among Alpine shepherds in the south of France, and bridges built by crowdfunding in Avignon. Kehnel takes these medieval […]
Join us for another exciting PEM Reads event and join author Nick Nugent in conversation about his new book The Spice Ports: Mapping the Origins of the Global Sea Trade. This event will include a 90-minute discussion with the author, followed by a book signing. Advance copies are available at the PEM Shop. About the Book Lessons […]
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