The Yiddish Book Center will host its annual Melinda Rosenblatt Lecture featuring Aaron Lansky, the Center’s founder and longtime president. In what will be his final public talk as president, Lansky will reflect on the improbable beginnings of the Center, its evolution over 45 years, and his hopes for the future under the direction of […]
Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Online Event
Lafayette enthusiast Peter Reilly explores the nation’s obsession with the French General the Marquis de Lafayette – learn about his early life, his role in the American Revolution at just 19, and his famous tour from 1824 to 1825. Reilly will provide context and insight into the fascinating person who became George Washington’s confidante and […]
History and Heritage, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
In the first of our four-lecture summer history talk series, Associate Professor of History at Florida International University, Kirsten E. Wood, will discuss her recent book Accommodating the Republic: Taverns in the Early United States. This talk will explore how entrepreneurial, improvement-minded men went to taverns to raise capital and rally support for favored causes. […]
History and Heritage, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Genesis Báez’s visual work merges fiction, personal narratives, and social histories of modern colonization in a conversation around placemaking. Báez’s debut monograph, Blue Sun (Capricious Publishing, 2025) spans a decade of photographic work made in Puerto Rico and its diaspora. Blue Sun offers a glimmering examination of matriarchal kinship through images of the elemental and generational. Christine […]
Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Theater enthusiasts are invited to go Behind the Curtain this spring and summer, through Shakespeare & Company’s series of discussions led by Shakespeare scholar Ann Berman. Held on select Saturdays throughout the spring and summer at the Shakespeare & Company campus, these free public talks offer audiences insight into the creative process of Season 2025’s productions, […]
Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Performing Arts & Entertainment
A celebrated commentator on the human consequences of technology, Nicholas Carr reorients the conversation around modern communication, challenging some of our most cherished beliefs about self-expression, free speech, and media democratization. He reveals how messaging apps strip nuance from conversation, how digital crowding erodes empathy and triggers aggression, how online political debates narrow our minds […]
Literature, Lectures, and Talks
In our 2nd history talk of the 2025 season we take a look at the history of masonry work in New England. From foundations to fence posts; millstones to gravestones, the work of the Early American mason is still evident around us to this day. Come see examples of these works and learn about the […]
History and Heritage, Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Online Event
Theater enthusiasts are invited to go Behind the Curtain this spring and summer, through Shakespeare & Company’s series of discussions led by Shakespeare scholar Ann Berman. Held on select Saturdays throughout the spring and summer at the Shakespeare & Company campus, these free public talks offer audiences insight into the creative process of Season 2025’s productions, […]
Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Performing Arts & Entertainment
Discover the inspiring stories of world-changing trailblazers in our Summer Author Series! Award-winning authors of biography present exciting new research and ideas. Join us as we share the stories of ground-breaking visionaries—scientists, activists, thought leaders, and artists—who have broken barriers and reshaped the world. Authors speaking in July 2025: 7/07 from 4-5 pm and 7/08 […]
Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Discover the inspiring stories of world-changing trailblazers in our Summer Author Series! Award-winning authors of biography present exciting new research and ideas. Join us as we share the stories of ground-breaking visionaries—scientists, activists, thought leaders, and artists—who have broken barriers and reshaped the world. Authors speaking in July 2025: 7/07 from 4-5 pm and 7/08 […]
Literature, Lectures, and Talks