Archive for November, 2017
Thursday
Nov
16
7:00 pm
Alex Beam – “American Crucifixion: The Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church”
Their founder was Joseph Smith. In the 1820s, Smith began to “translate,” from tablets he kept wrapped in a tablecloth, a series of visions that became the Book of Mormon, a turgid sci-fi novel that nonetheless managed to sway a...
Tuesday
Nov
14
6:30 pm
“Hummus the Movie”
In partnership with the Lowell Film Collaborative, come and enjoy an eclectic, touching film about Hummus. Secret recipes, a Guinness World Record and the power of Hummus to bring Muslims, Christians and Jews together - in the Middle East, America...
Sunday
Nov
12
2:00 pm
Laura French, Mehmed Ali, and Richard Howe – “The New Hampshire Telephone Museum and the Contributions of Dr. Moses Greeley Parker”
It has been said that no means of communication have altered or revolutionized the lives of humankind more than that of the telephone. For most of human history, anything other than a face-to-face conversation was considered long-distance and long-distance communication...
Saturday
Nov
4
11:00 am
Astrida Schaeffer – “The Sexual Politics of Women’s Fashion in the 19th Century”
In our contemporary world of stretchy fabrics and loosely cut clothes, the idea of wearing corsets, hoops, bustles, and hip pads, seems uncomfortable and restrictive. Old photos of tiny waists and tight fitting dresses in museum exhibits look so extreme...