• Enemies to Their Country Book Talk

    Marblehead Museum  

    The Marblehead Museum will host a book talk on Thursday, November 6 at 7pm with Nicholas Gentile, author of the new book Enemies to their Country: The Marblehead Addressers and...

    $10 – $15

    Crane Lecture: Native American Art & Exhibitions at The Trustees

    Castle Hill on the Crane Estate  

    November is Native American Heritage Month. Join us for a lecture with Tess Lukey, The Trustees Associate Curator of Native American Arts. Learn about The Trustees efforts to center Indigenous...

    $5 – $10
  • Birds at Rest

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States
    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, United States

    Peabody Essex Museum  

    Peabody Essex Museum East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA

    Birds need sleep as much as we do, and they have evolved some unique habits to match their intensely energetic lifestyles. Ornithologist and author Roger Pasquier discusses the evolution and benefits of avian sleep, including recent discoveries that some long-distance flyers can even sleep while in flight! Other birds sleep in short bouts of several...

    Free
  • Newburyport’s Road to Independence, Part II: QUÉBEC 1775-1776: The Last Siege

    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport  

    Join us for the Canadian perspective on the Arnold Expedition and the last siege of Québec in 1775-1776. During the first months of the War of Independence, the Continental Army set its sights on the Province of Quebec. This British colony, born from the ashes of New France, is equally a threat and an opportunity...

    Free – $10

    Drunk Black History

    The Rockwell  

    The critically acclaimed Drunk Black History show returns to Boston to close out Black History Month! Comedian Brandon Collins (New York Comedy Festival) hosts this event where you’ll hear from...

    $15

    Fashioning for Freedom: Layers of Liberty

    Hamilton Hall  

    Join History Alive and Hamilton Hall for a celebratory, historical runway of Black creativity and activism. Discover the stories of abolitionists, artists, and entrepreneurs (including members of the Remond family,...