Archive for November, 2015
Thursday
Nov
19
7:00 pm
Carlo Rotella – “Music, Memory, and the City: A Journey Back to the Old Neighborhood”
Music has profound power to shape and cue memory, returning us to vivid images and mental states normally left far behind us in the past. This talk explores the ways in which the popular songs of an era can serve...
Sunday
Nov
15
2:00 pm
M. William Phelps – “Historic Female Serial Killers: Arsenic and Old Lace-The True Story”
A night with crime and serial killer expert and New York Times bestselling author M. William Phelps with a discussion of his series, Dark Minds. This talk will be based on his book THE DEVIL’S ROOMING HOUSE, which tells the...
Sunday
Nov
8
2:00 pm
Madelyn Shaw – “A Downton Abbey Fashion Primer, 1912-1925”
Fashion has a social role. What we wear tells people a lot about who we are, or who we want others to think we are. The time span of the BBC costume drama Downton Abbey encompasses some of the most...
Sunday
Nov
1
2:00 pm
Andrew E. Smith & David W. Moore – “The First Primary”
A concise history and its impact on presidential politics: Smith and Moore offer an analysis of its media coverage along with a discussion of how New Hampshire’s electorate reflects or diverges from national opinions. Why does New Hampshire deserve such...