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Postponed: Demetri Martin
Following Governor Baker's announcement prohibiting all gatherings of 25 or more people, Chevalier Theatre has postponed the appearance of comedian Demetri Martin for a stop on his Wandering Mind Tour. A rescheduled date will be announced.
Find out more »Canceled: Tufts Sunday Concert – Tufts Choruses
Due to the closure of the Tufts University campus because of the coronavirus outbreak, this Sunday Concert featuring the Tufts Concert Choir and Chamber Singers has been canceled, along with all Tufts Department of Music events through April 30.
Find out more »Monday Morning Mysteries: Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
The Medford Public Library's Monday Morning Mysteries book group meets to discuss "The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie" by Alan Bradley. Please note that the group meets in the library's temporary location at 200 Boston Avenue (Suite G-350 on the lower level). Copies of each book will be available to borrow at the Circulation Desk the month before. Please register at the library's Information Desk or call 781-395-7950.
Find out more »Canceled: Dance Caliente Argentine Tango Lessons
In the interest of public safety, Dance Caliente has canceled the spring dance class series it was presenting for the Medford Public Library at Hillside Community Church, including this class on Argentine Tango.
Find out more »Postponed: Last Book Tour on the Left
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, "The Last Book Tour on the Left" event at Chevalier Theatre has been postponed and will be rescheduled.
Find out more »Coffee and Books
Barbara Kerr, director of the Medford Public Library, presents this monthly review of new books, both fiction and non-fiction. It’s a fun hour of good company and talk. No registration is required — just stop by the library's temporary venue at 200 Boston Avenue (Suite G-350 on the lower level). Also note that on the second and fourth Friday of each month, the Medford Senior Center operates a free shuttle to the library. It leaves the senior center at 10…
Find out more »Poetry on Hops
The Medford Historical Society & Museum celebrates National Poetry Month with its fourth installation of Poetry on Hops, a Medford Brewing Company sponsored fundraiser for the MHS&M. This reading will feature poets Nicole Terez Dutton and Jill McDonough. Dutton's work has appeared in Callaloo, Ploughshares, 32 Poems, Indiana Review and Salt Hill Journal. McDonough’s books of poems include "Habeas Corpus" (Salt, 2008), "Where You Live" (Salt, 2012) and "Reaper" (Alice James, 2017) and she has won three Pushcart prizes. Samplings…
Find out more »Tuesday Night Books: Clementine
The Medford Public Library continues its Tuesday Night Book Group with a discussion of "Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill," by Sonia Purnell. To register, please call 781-395-7950.
Find out more »The Last & Living Words of Mark
The Royall House & Slave Quarters presents the program, "The Last & Living Words of Mark: Following the Clues to the Enslaved Man’s Life, Afterlife, and Community." Mark was an enslaved Charlestown blacksmith, husband, and father. Accused of petit treason after he and co-conspirators were discovered in the poisoning death of their enslaver John Codman, in 1755 Mark was tried and found guilty, hanged, and gibbeted. Twenty years later, Paul Revere mentioned the gruesome landmark “where Mark was hung in chains”…
Find out more »Rescheduled: Black Violin
Because of the coronavirus outbreak, this appearance at Chevalier Theatre by Black Violin on their Impossible Tour has been postponed and rescheduled for Wednesday, December 16, at 8 p.m. Black Violin is led by two classically trained string instrumentalists, Kevin Sylvester and Wilner Baptiste, who go by the stage names Kev Marcus and Wil B. Kev Marcus plays the violin, and Wil B. plays the viola. Joining them onstage are drummer Nat Stokes and DJ SPS. The band uses their…
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