Events
Join lecturer Vicki Meredith-Hasan, a scholar of Africans in World History for a series of discussions about the evolution and various historical expressions of African classical culture throughout the ages.
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Join us in partnership with the Citywide Friends of the Boston Public Library in person for this hour-long talk with noted psychologist and author Steven Pinker about his latest book, When Everyone Knows That Everyone…
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Join us in partnership with American Ancestors and the Museum of African American History for this online talk with linguist Valerie Fridland.
What is the enduring power of people, families, and communities that sound different?…
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Join Boston Globe reporter Emily Sweeney with her authentic Boston accent, for a discussion of her biography of local luminary Dr. John Murphy, aka "Dropkick" Murphy and his life in and outside the wrestling arena.
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Join us and The Her Story Is (HSI) collective to celebrate its newest publishing venture: Songs for Fairuz, a ten book series with Black Ocean Press, featuring poetry translated into English by Arab women writers!
This program will…
Join lecturer Vicki Meredith-Hasan, a scholar of Africans in World History for a series of discussions about the evolution and various historical expressions of African classical culture throughout the ages.
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Join us in person or over Zoom Webinar as the Boston Public Library welcomes Sarah Botstein as a speaker for the Lowell Lecture Series. As a filmmaker who has worked closely with Ken Burns for over 30 years as a part of Florentine Films,…
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Noted and award-winning fantasy fiction author N.K. Jemisin discusses her work and her 20-plus-year career that has been inspired by revolutionary ideas.
N. K. Jemisin is a fantasy author and 2020 MacArthur Fellow. Since…
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Author Ann Patchett headlines the 2026 Maury A. Bromsen Lecture.
Ann Patchett has been the recipient of numerous awards, including a National Humanities Medal and the PEN/Faulkner Award. Her novel, The Dutch House, was a finalist…
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Award-winning local historian Anthony M. Sammarco will be discussing the development of Beacon Hill since the nineteenth century. Mr. Sammarco has written over 75 books on the history and development of Boston including Beacon Hill Through…
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Join us as author Courtney Humphries discusses her new book on the climate impacts facing Boston and the city’s efforts to mitigate and adapt to a changing climate.
Like many of the world’s iconic coastal cities, Boston faces…
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Save the date to join us in person or online over Zoom Webinar to hear author Nicholas Boggs speak about his recent bestselling biography of James Baldwin, Baldwin: A Love Story, in celebration of LGBTQ+ History Month!…
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Join author Linford Fisher in a discussion of his book, Stealing America, where he shows that although the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown in 1619, European slavery in America began more than a century before.
The…
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Join us in person or over Zoom Webinar as the Shaw Roxbury Branch Library welcomes Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, Professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, TIME Hero of the Year, Renowned Virologist & Science Communicator.
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