Historical Talks/Presentations
The Souls of Womenfolk: A Conversation with Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh
Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MAThe Royall House & Slave Quarters invites you to a special Black History Month book talk with historian and author Alexis Wells- Oghoghomeh. Her 2021 book "The Souls of Womenfolk: The Religious Cultures of Enslaved Women in the Lower South" traces a bold history of the interior lives of bondwomen as they carved out an …
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Time’s Echo: On Art and Memory with Jeremy Eichler
Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center, Tufts University 20 Talbot Ave., Medford, MA, United StatesTufts University welcomes author and critic Jeremy Eichler for a program on his recent book, "Times Echo: The Second World War, The Holocaust, and the Music of Remembance. Eichler, chief classical music critic of The Boston Globe, offers a genre-blurring piece of work on art, war and memory that has been named History Book of …
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Blood Bible: An American History
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society New England Chapter presents the program, "Blood Bible: An American History," with featured speaker DaMaris B. Hill. A poet and creative scholar, Hill is a professor in the Department of English, Creative Writing Program at the University of Kentucky. She will talk about the book she currently is working …
Mary Cassatt and the Women Impressionists
Virtual MAThe Medford Public Library is partnering with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Tufts University to co-host the virtual presentation "Mary Cassatt and the Women Impressionists" by Jane Oneall. Oneall is an art historian and the president of Culturally Curious, an art education company. Register through the library's online calendar.
Patriots’ Day Celebration
Medford Square Riverside Avenue, Medford, MAThe City of Medford invites you to Medford Square for the annual Patriots’ Day celebration. Events begin at 10 a.m. at the Salem Street Burying Ground next to Riverside Plaza as tribute is paid to the soldiers who lost their lives during the Revolutionary War. Free activities will follow in the square. Around noon, Paul …
History of Nintendo Playable Museum
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Public Library invites you to visit a playable Nintendo museum for all ages. Players will learn about how Nintendo started and see how the iconic console evolved to where it is today. All Nintendo systems from NES to Switch will be available to play throughout the exhibit on old-school CRT TVs. No sign-up needed; just …
Out of Breath: Slavery, Ventilation, and the Emergence of Epidemiology
Royall House & Slave Quarters 15 George St., Medford, MAThe Royall House & Slave Quarters welcomes Tufts University's Center for the Study of Race and Democracy and the Tufts Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice for a lecture and conversation on slavery, its legacies, and the medical humanities. Keynote speaker will be Dr. Jim Downs, author of "Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, …
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MHSM Family Program: Meet ‘Kaiser’
Medford Historical Society & Museum 10 Governors Avenue, Medford, MA, United StatesThe Medford Historical Society & Museum presents a special Sunday afternoon program for kids and families to see and learn about the museum’s stuffed carrier pigeon, “Kaiser.” The program will share information about carrier pigeons — how they were trained, how they carried information, and how they were an important part of the communication internet …
Sacco and Vanzetti: Inciting Passions a Century Later
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Historical Society & Museum presents a talk by Dennis J. Curran, a retired justice from the Massachusetts Superior Court, titled "The Murder Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti: Inciting Passions a Century Later." On April 15, 1920, a robbery and double murder in South Braintree, Massachusetts, led to the arrest of two Italian anarchists, …
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The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union
Charlotte & William Bloomberg Medford Public Library 111 High Street, Medford, MAThe Medford Historical Society & Museum presents a talk at the library with historian Stephen Puleo about his new book, "The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union," the story of one of the most influential non-presidents in American history. In the tempestuous mid-19th century, as slavery consumed congressional debate …
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