Archive for September, 2017
Tuesday
Sep
26
6:30 pm
Judith Black – “The Rabble Rouser, Mother Jones” and “Rosie the Riveter”
In two first-person presentations, professional storyteller Judith Black interprets Mother Jones and Rosie the Riveter. Mary Harris Jones. “Mother Jones,” was born in 1830. Her life as an agitator, organizer, and advocate of the working man raised the consciousness of...
Thursday
Sep
21
7:00 pm
Nina Sankovitch – “The Lowells of Massachusetts: An American Family”
The Lowells of Massachusetts were a remarkable family. They were settlers in the New World in the 1600s, revolutionaries creating a new nation in the 1700s, merchants and manufacturers building prosperity in the 1800s, and scientists and artists flourishing in...
Tuesday
Sep
12
7:00 pm
Jeffrey R. Wilson – “Shakespeare and Trump” on Shakespeare and Contemporary Theory
Jeffrey R. Wilson, is a Preceptor in Expository Writing at Harvard University, will discuss the election of Donald Trump, its impact on the intellectual climate, and some of the ways in which Shakespeare was used in the coverage of the...