Archive for October, 2014
Sunday
Oct
26
2:00 pm
Patricia Johnston “Global Trade and Visual Arts in Federal New England”
A highly original collection that explores the impact of Asian and Indian Ocean trade on the art and aesthetic sensibilities of New England port towns in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Examining a wide variety of commodities and...
Sunday
Oct
19
2:00 pm
Hon. Hiller B. Zobel “Justice Holmes’ Civil War”
Barely 20-years old, fresh out of Harvard, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. accepted a commission as first lieutenant in the 20th Massachusetts Regiment. By mid-October, the regiment was fighting in the Battle of Ball’s Bluff, where Holmes sustained a potentially life-threatening...
Saturday
Oct
11
2:00 pm
Steve Dalachinsky ”A Bird In Hand”
Steve Dalachinsky is a widely published New York City poet, lecturer, and educator. He has published 10 volumes of poetry including "And the Beat Goes On" and "The Superintendent's Eye." In a more scholarly vein he has published "Logos and...
Thursday
Oct
9
7:00 pm
Greg Flemming “At the Point of a Cutlass”
Greg Flemming will discuss his new book, At the Point of a Cutlass, which tells the incredible true story of a Massachusetts fisherman who was captured by pirates in 1722 and then escaped and lived as a castaway on an...
Tuesday
Oct
7
11:45 am
Susan Wornick “Susan Wornick: A Life in Broadcasting”
One of Boston's most engaging anchors and reporters, Susan Wornick spent 34 years at Boston's number one television station, WCVB-TV. She rose from street reporter, to investigative and consumer reporter winning a cache of awards along the way. Susan's commitment...
Sunday
Oct
5
2:00 pm
Samantha Fields “A Marvel of Modern Inefficiency”
Multimedia artist Samantha Fields discusses her recent work utilizing salvage, handmade afghan yarns. By unraveling the pieces, Samantha explores the nostalgic sense of these works, which have, at times, been considered “garish” in color, but which remain important reflections of...