Guest curator Elizabeth Athens and painting conservator Birgit Straehle illuminate a greater understanding of the exhibition Portrayed by Eakins: Ella Crowell as Model and Student, March 24, 2:00-3:30pm. Straehle and Athens will draw on family history, archival discoveries, and material evidence to approach a greater understanding of the centerpiece of the exhibit, a rarely seen […]
40 Whacks, The Lizzie Borden Case is coming to the Sterling Senior Center on Wednesday April 3, 6:30-7:30pm. Join both the Library and the Senior Center as they welcome historian Christopher Daley as he conducts a one hour in-depth retelling of the famous double homicide of Andrew and Abby Borden in August of 1892. The […]
Discuss reflections on a current exhibition with Guest Curator Dennis Sardella at the Icon Museum and Study Center in Clinton on April 20, 12:00-1:00pm. Dennis Sardella will lead a guided tour of the special exhibition, Sacred Presence: Virgin of Kazan, as well as a discussion on the Icon of the Mother of God Kanzankaya, including its […]
Historical Piano Concerts Presented by the Frederick Collection at Ashburnham's Community Church Sundays at 3:00 pm, April-May 2024. The six concerts in the Spring 2024 season pay homage to the pianist-composers associated with the Collection's historical original pianos. In May, two recitals devoted to Schubert's late compositions focus special attention on this beloved composer. You'll […]
Historical Piano Concerts Presented by the Frederick Collection at Ashburnham's Community Church Sundays at 3:00 pm, April-May 2024. The six concerts in the Spring 2024 season pay homage to the pianist-composers associated with the Collection's historical original pianos. In May, two recitals devoted to Schubert's late compositions focus special attention on this beloved composer. You'll […]
Historical Piano Concerts Presented by the Frederick Collection at Ashburnham's Community Church Sundays at 3:00 pm, April-May 2024. The six concerts in the Spring 2024 season pay homage to the pianist-composers associated with the Collection's historical original pianos. In May, two recitals devoted to Schubert's late compositions focus special attention on this beloved composer. You'll […]
Historical Piano Concerts Presented by the Frederick Collection at Ashburnham's Community Church Sundays at 3:00 pm, April-May 2024. The six concerts in the Spring 2024 season pay homage to the pianist-composers associated with the Collection's historical original pianos. In May, two recitals devoted to Schubert's late compositions focus special attention on this beloved composer. You'll […]
Prehistoric Artifacts will be presented and on display at Thayer Memorial Library in Lancaster on Wednesday, May 15 from 6:30-7:30pm. Lancaster's public library has housed a historical museum since 1863. One cabinet contains stone tools and objects collected in the earliest days of the museum. They are no doubt the most ancient objects from the […]
Judith Kalaora of History at Play, LLC, will portray Annie Fields at the Gardner Museum, May 16, 6:00-7:00, after a museum-hosted reception at 5:30. Learn about an influential and highly capable woman who made a name for herself in the literary scene of Boston in the mid-to-late 1800s. Annie Fields' (1834-1915) published writings include collections […]
Ensemble Lyrae – Still We Rise: Changing HERstory at the Shirley Meeting House on Saturday, May 18 at 7:00pm. Still We Rise explores the theme of women throughout history who have persisted in the face of obstacles and honors those who have spoken out, risen up, fought for what is right, and paved the way […]
Historical Piano Concerts Presented by the Frederick Collection at Ashburnham's Community Church Sundays at 3:00 pm, April-May 2024. The six concerts in the Spring 2024 season pay homage to the pianist-composers associated with the Collection's historical original pianos. In May, two recitals devoted to Schubert's late compositions focus special attention on this beloved composer. You'll […]
Waterfall Productions presents a theatrical presentation of a real-life Arabian Princess, based on her own autobiography, at the Gardner Museum, May 30, 6:30-8:00! This theatrical presentation is based on the 1886 autobiography of Emily Ruete (1844-1924), born as Princess Salamah bint Said, the youngest child of the Sultan of Oman and Zanzibar. Learn all about […]