Posts Tagged ‘Learning’
Amherst Early Music presents: Memorial Day Weekend Workshop
Amherst Early Music will hold their online Memorial Day Weekend Workshop on May 29 & 30, directed by Valerie Horst. There are 10 classes to choose from and a free…
Read MoreNewton Free Library presents: The Cooking Gene with Michael Twitty
This program is presented in partnership with the Groton Public Library. Please register here. For African American culinary historian Michael W. Twitty there was a giant hole in the story of…
Read MoreNewton Free Library presents: An American History of the Long Road to Freedom
Join Dr. Matthew Delmont for a program that will explore the origins and importance of Juneteenth – a celebration of the end of slavery in the U.S. – and of…
Read MoreNewton Free Library presents: Shipwrecks of Cape Cod – Stories of Tragedy & Triumph
Cape Cod’s outer beach has always been known for its shipwrecks. Between 1626 and the mid-20th century, this solitary 40-mile stretch of beach and sandbars saw the demise of over…
Read MoreNewton Free Library: The Asian American Experience – Reflections of an Historian and an Artist
The session will deepen our understanding of the Asian American experience through an interactive dialogue Lisong Liu and Wen-ti Tsen. They will cover: The historical perspective of Asian immigrants The complexities…
Read MoreZamir Chorale presents: Kolot Nashim – Jewish Music by Women Composers
For many centuries, the world of professional music making had been an exclusively male bastion in Western civilization. Female composers and public performers were a rarity in Europe and America…
Read MoreZamir Chorale presents: Leonard Bernstein – The Jewish Side
Join Zamir Chorale’s Artistic Director, Josh Jacobson as he presents “Leonard Bernstein: The Jewish Side.” Leonard Bernstein took the musical world by storm with his spectacular last-minute, a-star-is-born conducting turn with the New York Philharmonic…
Read MoreNewton Free Library presents: Newton by Map
Join the Leventhal Map and Education Center and the Newton Free Library for a deep dive into Newton historical geography! What was Newton like in the late 19th and early…
Read MoreNew Art Center presents: Fabric Dyeing and Printing – A Mask Workshop
We have all been wearing masks for a year now, but is your mask a beautiful handmade work of art? Design and create a fabric mask in this three-day workshop.…
Read MoreNew Art Center presents: Cubism Workshop
At about the same time as the invention of Cubism, Einstein was publishing his early papers on relativity; masks, artifacts and ritual objects from Africa were first exhibited in Paris,…
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