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October 2021
Tufts Art Galleries Tour: Land History
What is our relationship to the land we occupy? How do we interact with our natural environments? How do artists and archivists present counternarratives and possibilities for change via alternate landscapes? Join Tufts University Art Galleries for a special tour of TUAG’s fall exhibitions through the lens of land where we will begin to grapple with these questions. With special guest Dr. Ninian Stein from the Tufts Environmental Studies Program. The fall exhibitions include "Unsettling the Archive: Exploring Tufts’ Relationships…
Find out more »The Changing Voice of the Mystic River
The Medford Historical and Society & Museum invites you to "The Changing Voice of the Mystic River," presented by historian Dee Morris. Medford’s serpentine waterway quietly shaped the lives of many diverse people who settled on its banks. Exploring the river’s evolving viewpoint over time offers fresh insight into the historical events that occurred along the shores of the Mystic River. View the program live on Medford Community Media (Ch. 3 on Comcast and Ch. 43 on Verizon).
Find out more »Slavery at Shirley Place – A Working Report
The Royall House & Slave Quarters and the Shirley-Eustis House Association are co-sponsoring the online program "Slavery at Roxbury's Shirley Place - A Working Report." Shirley Place in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston was built in 1747 by Massachusetts Royal Governor William Shirley as his seasonal country estate. It was recently designated a Boston Landmark. Aabid Allibhai, PhD candidate in Harvard University's African and African-American Studies Program, will discuss his research into the enslaved people who served Governor Shirley and…
Find out more »History Book Group: Collector of Lives
The Medford Historical Society & Museum and the Medford Public Library have chosen "Lives Lived" as the fall theme for their History Book Group, which will take place via Zoom. This evening's topic is the book "The Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Collection of Art" by Ingrid Rowland and Noah Charney. Learn about the achievements of Vasari (1511–1574), a sculptor, painter, architect, writer and scholar, best known for his new genre of artist biography entitled the "Lives of…
Find out more »Royall House & Slave Quarters Virtual Tour
The Medford Historical Society is sponsoring a virtual tour of the Royall House & Slave Quarters as part of its fall series, "Crossroads in Community: What 'Then' Says to Us 'Now.' " The tour and discussion that follows will give viewers an opportunity to look, listen, and learn about an important piece of Medford's Black history that still resonates today. The program will feature a 40-minute guided tour of the Royall mansion and the only known freestanding Slave Quarters in the…
Find out more »Lizzie Borden and the 40 Whacks
The Medford Council on Aging presents the play “Lizzie Borden and the 40 Whacks" performed by the Delvena Theatre Company. On a scorching hot day in Fall River, back in August of 1892, a heinous crime occurred. Spinster Lizzie Borden was accused, tried and acquitted of the vicious axe murders of her father and stepmother. This true unsolved mystery has fascinated people for over 100 years. Two people died on that day in 1892, but Lizzie continues to live on…
Find out more »Royall House Tours Closing Day
The Royall House & Slave Quarters concludes its 2021 guided tour season today. Tours are offered on the hour at 1, 2, and 3 p.m. Capacity is limited to 12 people per tour and attendance is on a first come, first served basis. Mask policy: The city of Medford requires that face-coverings be worn by all individuals ages 5 and older while at indoor public facilities within our community. All visitors, including those who are vaccinated, are asked to please…
Find out more »West Medford Then and Now
The Medford Historical Society and West Medford Community Center invite you "West Medford, Then and Now: A Roundtable Community Conversation," as part of the MHSM's fall series, “Crossroads in Community: What ‘Then’ Says to Us ‘Now.’ ” Join longtime resident Neil Osborne and a diverse group of residents in a discussion of West Medford's past, present, and future. This provocative roundtable conversation hopes to hold a mirror up to the citywide issues of culture, gentrification, community preservation, social justice, diversity,…
Find out more »November 2021
Pride & Poetry of The Ville
The Medford Historical Society and West Medford Community Center invite you "Pride & Poetry of The Ville," an evening with Medford poet laureate Terry E. Carter and friends, as part of the MHSM's fall series, “Crossroads in Community: What ‘Then’ Says to Us ‘Now.’ ” Carter will be joined by several artistic comrades and fellow poets in a savory artistic salute to the historic and dynamic community of West Medford. Carter and friends will explore the unique culture, continuity, and…
Find out more »Tufts Art Galleries Tour: Kinship
The current Tufts University Art Galleries exhibition "Staying with the Trouble" is a direct reference to Donna Haraway’s eponymous 2016 book that implores us to find new ways of being in relationship with Earth and its various inhabitants by “making kin.” this afternoon, TUAG invites you to join special guest Dr. Sarah Pinto in a conversation exploring ideas of kinship across each of its fall exhibitions. Pinto is a professor of anthropology at Tufts University, where she teaches and conducts…
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