Events

Tuesday, Noon – 1pm Tapley Memorial Hall 13 Page Street, Danvers MA. Free Admission. Donations appreciated. Bring your lunch! Danvers Historical Society: 978-777-1666 or E-mail to dhs@danvershistory.org Face Masks are Required. A casual discussion and 20-30 minute film. Presented by Heritage Films, Dan Tremblay, member of DHS.   This film will take place during Trails and Sails. We will learn the history of the Newburyport/Peabody Line.

National Voter Registration Day is a national holiday celebrating our democracy. Unite for a Common Purpose! National Voter Registration Day is a day of civic unity. It’s an opportunity to set aside differences and celebrate democracy and the rights and opportunities we all share as Americans. Every year millions of Americans find themselves unable to vote because they miss a registration deadline, don’t update their registration, or aren’t sure how to register. National Voter Registration Day wants to make sure…

BCN Productions is pleased to be hosting an on-line Zoom screening of the Documentary titled: Borderland, The Life & Times of Blanche Ames Ames for the Brockton Public Library. The film is a historical look back at the fascinating life of Blanche Ames Ames - a 20th century activist and leader of the Massachusetts women's suffrage movement Speakers to include producer, Kevin Friend and writer and narrator, Kate Klise. We will be inviting one of our scholars to speak as…

Roe by Lisa Loomer Directed by Kristen van Ginhoven September 24-October 11, 2020 Berkshire Premiere Two Women. Multiple Truths. One Landmark Supreme Court Case. In keeping with WAM’s double philanthropic mission, a portion of the proceeds will be given to an organization taking action for women and girls. The beneficiary for ROE will be announced soon. About the play: ROE is an historically sweeping play with a large ensemble cast that illuminates the history of one of the most polarizing…

Brian Boyles, Executive Director of Mass Humanities, will be interviewing Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn. The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of the best-selling Half the Sky now issue a plea-told through the lives of real Americans-to address the crisis in working-class America, while focusing on solutions to mend a half century of governmental failure. Tightrope draws us deep into an "other America." The authors tell this story through the lives of some of the children with whom Kristof grew up, in rural…

Roe by Lisa Loomer Directed by Kristen van Ginhoven September 24-October 11, 2020 Berkshire Premiere Two Women. Multiple Truths. One Landmark Supreme Court Case. In keeping with WAM’s double philanthropic mission, a portion of the proceeds will be given to an organization taking action for women and girls. The beneficiary for ROE will be announced soon. About the play: ROE is an historically sweeping play with a large ensemble cast that illuminates the history of one of the most polarizing…

Roe by Lisa Loomer Directed by Kristen van Ginhoven September 24-October 11, 2020 Berkshire Premiere Two Women. Multiple Truths. One Landmark Supreme Court Case. In keeping with WAM’s double philanthropic mission, a portion of the proceeds will be given to an organization taking action for women and girls. The beneficiary for ROE will be announced soon. About the play: ROE is an historically sweeping play with a large ensemble cast that illuminates the history of one of the most polarizing…

Roe by Lisa Loomer Directed by Kristen van Ginhoven September 24-October 11, 2020 Berkshire Premiere Two Women. Multiple Truths. One Landmark Supreme Court Case. In keeping with WAM’s double philanthropic mission, a portion of the proceeds will be given to an organization taking action for women and girls. The beneficiary for ROE will be announced soon. About the play: ROE is an historically sweeping play with a large ensemble cast that illuminates the history of one of the most polarizing…

During the 19th century, the United States expanded dramatically westward. Immigrant settlers rapidly spread across the continent and transformed it, often through violent or deceptive means, from ancestral Native lands and borderlands teeming with diverse communities to landscapes that fueled the rise of industrialized cities. Historical maps, images and related objects tell the story of the sweeping changes made to the physical, cultural, and political landscape. Moving beyond the mythologized American frontier, this map exhibition explores the complexity of factors…

"F/V Innovation" is a new exhibit at the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center that explores the evolution of vessels and gear and pays tribute to individuals whose innovations propelled the commercial fishing industry into the modern era. The Center is open Thursday - Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Center is wheelchair accessible with free off-street parking.

Inside Chinatown features photography by eleven Chinatown community members who used photography to not only share the experiences, challenges, and successes found in their community, but also to author their own history of what it means to work and live in Boston's Chinatown. The exhibition is a culmination of six months of coursework where participants K.C., Qianying Guan, B.K., Barney Ko, Yingyan Liang, Kim Sit, Angela Soo Hoo, Heman Tang, Justine Wang, and Warren Wong learned about the neighborhood's history…

A new exhibit exploring how the African meeting House fortified Boston's 19th-century African American community by providing a space for cultural expression.

"Faith in a City" is a project exploring religion in Somerville through music, photography, video, interviews and history as a way to better understand our community. The focus is how religion is meaningful to people across the City. The project includes concerts, talks, panel discussions and an exhibit. "Faith in a City" includes some congregations near Somerville where local residents go to worship. Many thanks to Keyzom Bhutti, Boston Japanese Christian Church, Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church,…

During the 19th century, the United States expanded dramatically westward. Immigrant settlers rapidly spread across the continent and transformed it, often through violent or deceptive means, from ancestral Native lands and borderlands teeming with diverse communities to landscapes that fueled the rise of industrialized cities. Historical maps, images and related objects tell the story of the sweeping changes made to the physical, cultural, and political landscape. Moving beyond the mythologized American frontier, this map exhibition explores the complexity of factors…

Join us at the Somerville Museum for a talk with some of the artists of the "Faith in a City" exhibit and producer/curator Charan Devereaux. Admission is $10, free for Somerville Museum members and members of participating congregations. More about "Faith in a City" "Faith in a City" is a project exploring religion in Somerville. Massachusetts through music, photography, video, interviews and history as a way to better understand our community. The focus is how religion is meaningful to people…

Tune into our Facebook channel at 1:30 on Wednesday April 29 and watch our Discover Danvers Roundtable Live! Artifacts come to life through the eyes of volunteer researchers from Salem State University. Unfortunately, we will not have live audience participation nor a moderated discussion this spring. We will have a tour via Facebook Live and we hope you all watch, especially kids who are not in school right now. We will closely view several objects from the Society’s collections and…

Pao Arts Center is proud to host Homeward Bound: Global Intimacies in Converging Chinatowns, an exhibition curated by queer Chinese American scholars, organizers, and artists Mei Lum, Diane Wong, and Huiying B. Chan. Join us for refreshments and to celebrate the closing of this exhibition. Homeward Bound centers narratives of home, community, and intergenerational resistance. The exhibition draws from four years of ethnographic research and oral history interviews with the Chinese diaspora that spans nine countries and 13 cities. The…