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    • Bittersweet: Dessert and Dissent

    Old Town Hall 32 Derby Square, SALEM, MA, United States
    Old Town Hall 32 Derby Square, SALEM, MA, United States

    Old Town Hall  

    Old Town Hall 32 Derby Square, SALEM, MA

    This presentation explores how ordinary men and women expressed their resistance to slavery through the boycott of goods such as sugar, molasses, cocoa, coffee, and spices. Throughout the evening, guests will enjoy desserts that bring the history to life and learn about the cooking process, including apple pie, chocolate tart, spice cake, gingerbread, and raisin...

    $30

    • Memento Mori Tour: Oddities from Old Newbury on All Hallows Day

    Museum of Old Newbury 98 High Street, Newburyport, MA, United States
    Museum of Old Newbury 98 High Street, Newburyport, MA, United States

    Museum of Old Newbury  

    Museum of Old Newbury 98 High Street, Newburyport, MA

    Memento Mori: Oddities from Old Newbury on All Hallows Day On All Hallows Day—a time set aside for remembering the dead—the Museum of Old Newbury invites you to a rare, behind-the-scenes experience. For this one-day-only event, the museum will offer three special guided tours of the Cushing House and Perkins Archive and Research Center at...

    $15 – $25

    Secure the Shadow: Spirit & Post-mortem Photography in the 19th Century

    Museum of Old Newbury 98 High Street, Newburyport, MA, United States
    Museum of Old Newbury 98 High Street, Newburyport, MA, United States

    Museum of Old Newbury  

    Museum of Old Newbury 98 High Street, Newburyport, MA

    On November 1, known as All Hallows Day, when the veil between the living and the dead feels thin, the Museum of Old Newbury invites you to a night where...

    $10 – $20

    Secure the Shadow: Spirit & Post-mortem Photography in the 19th Century

    Museum of Old Newbury 98 High Street, Newburyport, MA, United States
    Museum of Old Newbury 98 High Street, Newburyport, MA, United States

    Museum of Old Newbury  

    Museum of Old Newbury 98 High Street, Newburyport, MA

    On November 1, known as All Hallows Day, when the veil between the living and the dead feels thin, the Museum of Old Newbury invites you to a night where...

    $10 – $20

    Enemies to Their Country Book Talk

    Marblehead Museum 170 Washington Street, Marblehead, United States
    Marblehead Museum 170 Washington Street, Marblehead, United States

    Marblehead Museum  

    Marblehead Museum 170 Washington Street, Marblehead

    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 Consensus in the American Revolution. Gentile’s book profiles Marblehead in the pivotal year of 1774. He will share compelling stories, many previously untold, showcasing how...

    $10 – $15

    Crane Lecture: Native American Art & Exhibitions at The Trustees

    Castle Hill on the Crane Estate Argilla Road 290, Ipswich, M, United States
    Castle Hill on the Crane Estate Argilla Road 290, Ipswich, M, United States

    Castle Hill on the Crane Estate  

    Castle Hill on the Crane Estate Argilla Road 290, Ipswich, M

    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 voices and culture via our exhibits and programming, to recognize the important contributions of Indigenous peoples to the lands now stewarded by The Trustees. Tess...

    $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 I: The Long, Dark Winter of 1776

    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport 166 High Street, Newburyport, MA, United States
    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport 166 High Street, Newburyport, MA, United States

    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport  

    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport 166 High Street, Newburyport, MA

    Historian Alexander Cain returns to Newburyport to explore one of the most tense and transformative moments in American history in this engaging lecture on Massachusetts and Newburyport in early 1776....

    Free – $10

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

    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport 166 High Street, Newburyport, MA, United States
    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport 166 High Street, Newburyport, MA, United States

    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport  

    St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport 166 High Street, Newburyport, MA

    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

    Pickering Lecture Series: Pickering’s Salem in the 18th Century

    Pickering House 18 Broad Street, Salem, United States
    Pickering House 18 Broad Street, Salem, United States

    Pickering House  

    Pickering House 18 Broad Street, Salem

    Discover 18th-century Salem through the lives of the Pickering Family, as their home witnessed a century of transformation. This lecture explores how Salem evolved from a provincial port town into a hub of revolution, commerce, and global connections, while the Pickerings navigated the tides of independence, politics, and daily life. See how one family’s story...

    $25

    Drunk Black History

    The Rockwell 255 Elm Street, Somerville, MA, United States
    The Rockwell 255 Elm Street, Somerville, MA, United States

    The Rockwell  

    The Rockwell 255 Elm Street, Somerville, MA

    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 9 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA, United States
    Hamilton Hall 9 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA, United States

    Hamilton Hall  

    Hamilton Hall 9 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA

    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, Anna Douglass, Charlotte Forten and Edmonia Lewis) who helped shape American history. Explore the ways that these creative and talented historical figures "fashioned" their own...

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