Archive for October, 2010
Sunday
Oct
24
2:00 pm
Ben Z. Rose “John Stark, Maverick General”
John Stark's immortal words "Live Free or Die. Death is not the worst of evils" ring throughout New England and especially in New Hampshire where John Stark lived until the age of 94. Born in Londonderry in 1728, General Stark...
Saturday
Oct
23
1:00 pm
Family Concert: Aaron Larget-Caplan “Spirit of Spain”
Join Aaron on a tour of Spanish history, geography, language and poetry through Spanish classical and flamenco music. Lively stories, dialogue, guitar techniques and musical interactions introduce 400 years of classical music from exotic Spain and Latin America. Ole!
Wednesday
Oct
20
7:00 pm
Concert: Aaron Larget-Caplan “Bach, Dance and Sleep”
Guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan performs exotic dances, tangos, and serenades by Isaac Albeniz (Spain) and Astor Piazzolla (Argentina), New Lullabies by New England composers, and a prelude and fugue or two by Bach.
Monday
Oct
18
12:00 pm
Eric S. Rosengren President & Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
An economist by training, he joined the Bank in 1985 as a member of the research department. In his research Rosengren has made significant contributions in the fields of banking and monetary policy. A focus of his research has been...
Thursday
Oct
7
7:00 pm
Justin Locke “The Principles of Applied Stupidity”
Justin Locke takes an amusing look at the amazing power of "dumb luck," "fool's courage," and the surprising discovery that doing things completely counter to the standard conventional wisdom can be the most effective way of achieving astonishing results. The...
Sunday
Oct
3
12:00 pm
Michael Pierson, Assoc. Prof., UMass Lowell Dept. of History “Prelude to the Civil War: The State of the Union 150 Years Ago”
It took less than a year for the United States of America to fall apart. In April 1860, the Democratic Party met in Charleston, South Carolina, to select a candidate for the U.S. Presidency. By April 1861, Charlestonians saw a...
Saturday
Oct
2
1:00 pm
Dennis McNally “Jack Kerouac and the American Bohemian Tradition
Dennis McNally received his Ph.D. in American History from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst in 1977 for a biography of Jack Kerouac, which was then published by Random House in 1979 under the title Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, The...