No single view of a tree is a fixed snapshot in time that tells the complete story. Join Michael and discover how trees grow, reproduce, and interact with their environment across days, weeks, seasons, and years and over varying scales—from the intricate details of buds, flowers, leaves, and bark that we use for species identification […]

About “UnCharitable” After three of the most dynamic and successful U.S. charities were shut down by conservative charity watchdogs, destroying lives and cutting off precious resources, many of the top influencers in the field knew something had to be done to overhaul the nonprofit sector. Led by Dan Pallotta, whose record-breaking TED Talk on the […]

Join us for some local history, a bit of entertainment and storytelling, and a good nosh! Throughout its history, the Lower East Side has been home to nearly every immigrant group that arrived in New York City to pursue the American Dream. By the 1850s, the German population was so large that the area became […]

Stratham Historical Society and Wiggin Memorial Library present this Zoom presentation by Thomas Hubka, made possible by a grant from New Hampshire Humanities.

Join Paula J. Birnbaum, author of Sculpting a Life: Chana Orloff Between Paris and Tel Aviv, in conversation with Bill Kuhn at the Boston Athenaeum.

Join Susan Kahn, author of Canine Pioneer: The Extraordinary Life of Rudolphina Menzel for a virtual reading with the Jewish Women's Archive. Canine Pioneer tells the story of Rudolphina Menzel, a Viennese-born Jewish scientist whose pioneering research on canine psychology, development, and behavior shaped the ways dogs came to be trained and understood. She originated […]

Click Here to Join the Webinar Brandeis Educational Justice Initiative & Brandeis University Press Present: Unlocking Learning: International Perspectives on Education in Prison Join the Brandeis Educational Justice Initiative & Brandeis University Press for a conversation with Justin McDevitt and Mneesha Gellman, editors of Unlocking Learning: International Perspectives on Education in Prison, the latest book […]

Join Freeport Wild Bird Supply and Maine Beer Company to celebrate the release of the 2nd Edition of Birdwatching in Maine.​   With over 470 species of birds recorded, Maine […]

The Second Conversation: Interpretive Authority in the Bible Classroom In person at Brandeis University (3:30-5:00 pm ET) and via Zoom (3:30-4:15 pm ET) A discussion, reception, and book signing with […]

In person at Brookline Booksmith! Celebrate the release of Mazaltob with translators Yaëlle Azagury and Frances Malino. Register for the event! RSVP to let us know you're coming! Depending on […]

Join us for a book launch celebration and discussion featuring translators/editors Frances Malino and Dr. Yaëlle Azagury and moderated by Jonathan Decter. Mazaltob, by Blanche Bendahan, is a fascinating portrait of […]

  Boston, April 5, 1976. As the city simmered with racial tension over forced school busing, newsman Forman photographed a white protester outside City Hall assaulting the Black attorney Landsmarck […]

Beginning in late 1940, over three thousand Jewish girls and young women were forced from their family homes in Sosnowiec, Poland, and its surrounding towns to worksites in the Sudetenland, […]