July 2022
A Conversation with Bill McKibben
A Conversation with Bill McKibben Thursday, July 7, 2022 | 7:00 to 8:00 pm | Free | Virtual- In his new book-The Flag, The Cross, and the Station Wagon, award winning author, activist and educator, Bill McKibben looks back at his adolescent years growing up in Lexington where he cheerfully led tours of revolutionary battle sites and examines why we find ourselves living in an increasingly doubtful nation strained by bleak racial and economic inequaltiy and on a planet whose…
Find out more »September 2022
Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence in New England
Professor Jean O’Brien (White Earth Ojibwe) will discuss how local historians in New England, writing between 1820 and 1880, promoted the myth of Indian extinction, if they wrote about the Indigenous population at all. Local historians erased Indians from the record by focusing on “firsting,” which refers to the practice of listing the firsts of the proud English (e.g. first born, first settlement) and then “lasting,” in which local histories told of the tragic disappearance of the last members of…
Find out more »January 2023
“We Are Made By History” A Virtual Conversation.
Mass Humanities invites you to a lunchtime panel conversation with African American Leaders in the Commonwealth in commemoration of MLK Day. From Booker T. Washington, W.E.B DuBois, and Marcus Garvey, to Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, African American leadership has been questioned and scrutinized both within the community and by those outside. Whether representing an organization or political party and at the risk of their very own lives and freedom, the goal has been the same; social, civil,…
Find out more »March 2023
Reading Frederick Douglass Together Publicity & Outreach Webinar
Participants will learn about grant publicity requirements and explore and share best practices for attracting audiences, media coverage, and social media engagement. A 2023 press kit will be made available. Register for event: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZModuGupj0oHtxklBWScx-PMnW3rdKGavxs
Find out more »Reading Frederick Douglass Together Logistics & Discourse Webinar
Participants will explore and share practices for event preparation. the new 2023 Traum-Informed Discussion guide will be made available. Register for event: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwud-CvqTwrGNK319TWq672iHMn9VyZ_Yp_
Find out more »Exhibitions
Found Artistry
Found Artistry exhibit is aimed at opening a conversation with visitors, either by asking more questions or sharing the knowledge that we have. We may not be able to answer these questions right away but can surely take a moment to appreciate the history that built Danvers and be inspired to create more history for the future generation.
Find out more »Found Artistry
Found Artistry exhibit is aimed at opening a conversation with visitors, either by asking more questions or sharing the knowledge that we have. We may not be able to answer these questions right away but can surely take a moment to appreciate the history that built Danvers and be inspired to create more history for the future generation.
Find out more »Found Artistry
Found Artistry exhibit is aimed at opening a conversation with visitors, either by asking more questions or sharing the knowledge that we have. We may not be able to answer these questions right away but can surely take a moment to appreciate the history that built Danvers and be inspired to create more history for the future generation.
Find out more »Somerville Museum: Postcard Show & Sale
Stock up on holiday gifts! Postcards for everyone! Thousands of cards! 4 top dealers! Are you a postcard collector looking for holiday gifts? Interested in local history? Come see! Browse vintage and historic postcards offered by 4 top dealers! Hundreds of categories with special attention to local towns and sites! Reserve your spot today or purchase tickets at the door. Penny Chronicles and the Stories They Tell is an exhibition about the history of Somerville through the vintage postcard. “Postcard Show…
Find out more »#PrideExtended
From Stonewall Inn in 1969 to the Trans Resistance March in Boston on June 12, 2021, Black trans women and non-binary people have led the vanguard on the path toward a true freedom- one that is intersectional and layered. But the Pride Movement has whitewashed both history and the present. #PrideExtended, an initiative founded by Mercedes Loving-Manley, is a benefit festival and mutual aid initiative highlighting Black trans and non-binary talent with live performances and film screenings. It honors Black…
Find out more »At The Waves’ Edges: A Cross-Generational Dialogue on Black Feminism: Part 1 and Part 2
This two-part program will be live streamed on June 12 and June 26, at 3pm through our Youtube Channel! Featuring Demita Frazier, Co-Founder of the Combahee River Collective “The fecundity and power of oceanic and fresh water meeting in the brackish wetlands of sweet grasses, that is us as Black women coming together.” -Demita Frazier (2021) At the confluence of the Combahee, history was made. Yet long since forming the name-sake radical socialist Black Feminist Combahee River Collective in Boston…
Find out more »At The Waves’ Edges, a Cross-Generational Dialogue on Black Feminism: Part 1
“The fecundity and power of oceanic and fresh water meeting in the brackish wetlands of sweet grasses, that is us as Black women coming together.” -Demita Frazier (2021) At the confluence of the Combahee, history was made. Yet long since forming the name-sake radical socialist Black Feminist Combahee River Collective in Boston in 1974 and co-publishing the landmark statement in 1977, Collective Co-Founder Demita Frazier remains eyes forward. And basic justice remains elusive. And capitalism’s chokehold tightens. And academic…
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