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  • We Were Friends: To Bed/Eggs    

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    Award-winning Firelight Theatre Workshop presents We Were Friends: To Bed/Eggs, an episodic project of Firelight’s playful reimagining of Margaret Fuller and Ralph Waldo Emerson’s profound friendship set in today’s world. A late-night […]

  • Staff Picks from the Collection | History Happy Hour

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    Beat the heat with wine, ice-cold beer, and other beverages — plus a raw bar from Svenfish — in our courtyard, followed by a specially curated tour of staff favorites […]

  • Thoreau & Philosophy

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    Join the editors and essayists of Thoreau & Philosophy for a conversation exploring Thoreau as one of America's most profound philosophical thinkers. Beyond his literary and naturalist legacy, Thoreau’s work […]

  • An Evening with Mark Dion

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    On the opening day of Mark Dion: Eccentric Collectors Like Us, join us for a unique Forum with renowned artist Dion in conversation with Ruth Erickson, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, […]

  • Contested Continent

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    In his new book, Contested Continent, historian Peter Mancall offers a sweeping history of North America from 1000 to 1680, chronicling crucial developments to the eventual founding of the United […]

  • SOLD OUT! An Evening with Nathaniel Philbrick

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    In-person attendance is at capacity. Sign up for virtual attendance to watch on YouTube. Nathaniel Philbrick will discuss his new book The Rush, in which he transforms the Gold Rush […]

  • Wildness and Henry David Thoreau

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    Join Professor Willsky-Ciollo as she explores how Thoreau was enmeshed in a decades-spanning project of crafting a theology of wildness. The focus of Thoreau’s theology—wildness itself—centers on the divinity extant […]

  • SOLD OUT! Joanne Freeman on the Revolutionary Era

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    In-person attendance is at capacity. Sign up for virtual attendance to watch on YouTube. Join historian Joanne Freeman for an exploration of the Revolutionary era and the ideas, conflicts, and […]

  • Topograph: An Evening with Ben Cosgrove

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    Ben Cosgrove is a composer-performer whose music explores themes of landscape, place, and environment. Described as “a sonic plein-air painter… his piano as a paintbrush,” Ben has collaborated with groups ranging from rock bands […]

  • Calling All Eccentrics

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    What motivates collecting, and who decides what is worth preserving? Explore multiple, creative perspectives on the work of museum collecting, past and present, with emerging scholars and keynote speaker Mark Dion. The symposium is a full-day program.$15 Members | $20 Non-Members | College Students Free | Free Virtual Schedule 9:15-9:30: Coffee9:30: Welcome9:40: & Antiquarian; David Wood, […]