by Mass Humaities | Feb 23, 2024 | The Kiosk, The Profession, Video
The first reading of 2024 took place on Douglass’s chosen birth day. Each year, Mass Humanities organizes and funds free public events where communities gather together to read and talk about Frederick Douglass’ influential address, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Feb 19, 2024 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, News, Publick Occurences
Friday, February 23, 2024, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. A Conversation on the Commons featuring Elizabeth O’Connell (Massachusetts Archives), Amita Kiley (Lawrence History Center), and Penni Martorell (Wistariahurst) Social media posts, correspondence, oral histories, videos of...
by Mass Humaities | Feb 16, 2024 | The Kiosk, The Profession, Video
A video message from Brian Boyles Mass Humanities was founded in 1974. Since then, we have championed storytellers throughout the Commonwealth through our grant making and program offerings. In this video, Executive Director Brian Boyles shares an overview of the many...
by Mass Humaities | Jan 29, 2024 | The Kiosk, The Profession, Video
Watch our recap video from the celebration at the State House. [embedded content] Creative Sector Advocacy Day was part of a weeklong series of events designed to foster support for arts, culture, and creativity in Massachusetts. Mass Humanities was a co-host of...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Jan 18, 2024 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, News, Publick Occurences
Friday, January 19, 2024, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. A Conversation on the Commons featuring Kayla Coleman (NEMA) and Susan Robertson (Gore Place) Despite the fact that we are all planning to live forever, sooner or later our organizations must grapple with the issue of...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 19, 2023 | Conversations on the Commons Archive, History Studio, News, Publick Occurences
Friday, December 1, 2023, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. A History Studio featuring Bob Ainsworth, historical fiction author St. Patrick’s Day, 1990. Two men dressed as Boston cops entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, stayed for about 90 minutes, and left with 13 pieces of...
