Archive for March, 2016
Sunday
Mar
20
2:00 pm
Richard P. Howe Jr. “The Solon Perkins Flag”
Solon Perkins was born in Lancaster, New Hampshire in 1836. He moved to Lowell with his family in 1840 and was still living here when the Civil War began. Benjamin Butler recruited a full regiment of infantry and three independent...
Tuesday
Mar
15
7:00 pm
Sven Beckert – “Empire of Cotton”
Sven Beckert’s newest book points out how globalization is nothing new especially when it comes to the cotton industry. By the end of the 1850s the United States provided as much as 90% of the cotton consumed by Europe’s manufacturers....
Thursday
Mar
10
7:00 pm
Ty Burr – “The 50 Movie Starter Kit”
Boston Globe movie critic, Ty Burr, will tell you what you need to know if you want to know what you’re talking about when it come to movies. This is for beginning film lovers as well as those who want...