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January 6 - February 4, 2024 11am-5pm Tue-Sun Opening Reception: Sunday, January 7, 2024; 2 - 4 pm Doug Masury Workshop - Exploring Color: Saturday, January 13, 1 pm Exploring the World of Fibers, 2024 celebrates fiber arts and fiber artists from New England and throughout the Northeast. The exhibit was juried by Jennifer Swope, […]
Curated by Hanna Melnyczuk, a Ukrainian-American artist, and Halyna Andrusenko, an artist from Kyiv, The Umbrella Arts Center’s iteration of the traveling exhibition Don’t Close Your Eyes features the work of 27 artists from various regions of Ukraine responding to the invasion of their country, which began February 24, 2022. Expressions of grief, loss, survival, […]
On display in The Umbrella’s Second Floor Gallery from January 18 – February 24, 2024 are selected works by the late photographer and long-time Umbrella Studio Artist Sing Hanson. The exhibition includes an array of subjects and styles from natural attractions and rural landscapes to detailed still life and abstracted object details and more. Sing […]
On April 19, 1775, the American Revolution began at the Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts. The “shot heard round the world” catapulted this sleepy New England town into the midst of revolutionary fervor, and Concord went on to become the intellectual capital of the new republic. The town–future home to Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne–soon […]
Professor Adelman will tell the story of the Revolutionary War’s forgotten instigators: newspaper printers and editors. Shrewdly gauging the political climate and interests of their communities and balancing them with their own commercial interests, eighteenth-century printers were instrumental in creating propaganda and rallying the public to the revolutionary cause. Please register at https://actonmemoriallibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/countdown-to-april-19-1775-a-revolutionin-the-news-with-historian-joseph-adelman/ so that […]
As a Harvard alumnus, diplomat, U.S. President, member of Congress and attorney before the Supreme Court, John Quincy Adams had a unique relationship with slavery. Prickly and curmudgeonly, he danced with abolitionists, but never became one himself. However, Adams did harbor an intense hatred for the arguments of Southern slaveholders, and eventually found himself in […]
Learn about the Revalyon family, free Black Bostonians, who moved their family to Medford in 1828. Speaker and Local Historian Dee Morris will tell us about Thomas (b. 1777) and Margaret (b. 1781) Revalyon, free Black Bostonians, who moved their family in 1828 to a new house on Cross Street in Medford. Thomas owned a […]
August: Osage County Friday, February 2, 2024 - 7:30PM Directed by John Wells | Rated R Runtime 2h 1m The Umbrella Film Series presents August: Osage County. A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house […]
18th century kids - and adults too - worked hard, but still had time for fun, with homemade toys and games! Stop by Buckman Tavern between 10:00 AM - 12:30PM and 1:30 - 3:30 PM to see how colonial kids had fun, and try a toy for yourself! Included with museum admission.
FernGully: The Last Rainforest Saturday, February 3, 2024 - 10:30AM Directed by Bill Kroyer | Rated G Runtime 1h 16m The Umbrella Film Series presents FernGully: The Last Rainforest. The magical inhabitants of a rainforest fight to save their home, which is threatened by logging and a polluting force of destruction called Hexxus, in this […]
When: Saturday, February 3, 2024, 1:00 pm (Open 11 am for self-guided tours) Where: Florence H. Speare Memorial Museum This program hails back to the 1840s when a musical group called The Hutchinson Family Singers experienced a meteoric rise to fame. Bring your family along and learn about the story of the quartet of Judson, Abby, […]
Jeremy Jordan, award-winning actor and musician, joins The Umbrella Arts Center for their annual Broadway Concert! With his effortless and soaring voice, Jordan takes audiences on a decades-spanning journey of the best of Broadway featuring songs and tales from his storied career. Best known for his Tony and Grammy-nominated portrayal of Jack Kelly in Newsies, […]
28th Annual Regional High School Exhibit at LexArt Feb 10, 2024 - Mar 17, 2024 (Note: gallery will be closed from Feb 26 to Mar 1 for artwork exchange) Exhibit hours: 11-5pm Tue-Sun Reception Sunday, Feb 11, 2-4 pm (Artwork on view from Feb 10 to Feb 25) Burlington High School, Lexington High School, Minuteman […]
Jeremy Jordan, award-winning actor and musician, joins The Umbrella Arts Center for their annual Broadway Concert! With his effortless and soaring voice, Jordan takes audiences on a decades-spanning journey of the best of Broadway featuring songs and tales from his storied career. Best known for his Tony and Grammy-nominated portrayal of Jack Kelly in Newsies, […]
How was food preserved before refrigeration? If you wanted fruits and vegetables year round, removing moisture was important. Help us salt and sugar foods to keep all year! Stop by Buckman Tavern any time between 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM and 1:30 - 3:30 PM to participate. Included with museum admission.
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 12 – 3 pm for general public / 11 am – 3 pm for students Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Square, Lexington Sponsored by Lexington Lyceum Advocates, the Association of Black Citizens of Lexington (ABCL), the Lexington Historical Society, the Lexington High School Social Studies Department, and the Lexington High Steam Team […]
Visit the Arlington Historical Society for "Winter Wednesdays"! This week Town Manager Jim Feeney presents "Arlington's Historical Municipal Edifices: What's Being Planned to Preserve Them?" Programs open to the public with a $5 entry fee. Free for all members of the Arlington Historical Society.
Celebrate Black History Month by learning about Fitchburg's role in the integration of pro sports. Author Chris Boucher will discuss his new book, "The Original Bucky Lew," in an interactive presentation at the Fitchburg Public Library on February 15 at 6:30 PM. Lew became basketball's first Black professional in 1902. And he didn't stop there. […]
Saturday, Feb 17, 2024, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm Sunday, Feb 18, 2024, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm Massachusetts National Guard Armory 91 Everett St., Concord, MA Free, Registration is required (opens on January 20) Back by popular demand, Minute Man National Historical Park, Friends of Minute Man, Revolution 250, Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area, […]
The art of making porcelain was known only by Chinese master potters in the 18th century, and prized by people in America! Drop by Buckman Tavern any time between 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM and 1:30 - 3:30 PM to design your own paper version to take home. Included with museum admission.
In the past, labor and daily routines were planned around when the sun rose and set. So how did people see at night before electric light? Explore a historic tavern to find out! We’ll uncover how we learn about the past from the writing and objects people left behind, and learn how to make a […]
People of the past used science just like we do every day, even on an 18th century farm! Learn how simple chores like writing a letter, working in the barn, or caring for a sick person utilize chemistry and physics. As we explore a historic tavern, we’ll become household scientists by making medicine grinding herbs […]
Media and information literacy are essential 21st century skills in order to be an informed citizen. These are also skills that when applied in a historical context, help us become better historians. In this discussion, we will analyze perspective, language, and bias in 18th century newspapers with a critical lens to learn how news was […]
When marching off to war, soldiers in the 18th century had to carry a lot of supplies! These were kept in a special bag called a haversack, similar to a backpack or messenger bag today! Drop by Buckman Tavern any time between 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM and 1:30 - 3:30 PM to make and […]
Sunday, February 25, 2024 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Concord Free Public Main Library Free and open to the public Learn more about the important role of alcohol in the culture and politics of Colonial America in this free lecture with Brook Barbier, author of King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father […]
The MMIP Painting Project began not as a project at all but with the intent of it being just one painting to show support for the Missing & Murdered indigenous peoples crisis. Artist Nayana laFond created the first painting on May 5, 2020, the day of remembrance for MMIP. She shared it online and the […]
Visit the Arlington Historical Society for "Winter Wednesdays"! This week Doreen Stevens presents "Menotomy's Reverend Samuel Cooke & the Struggle Against Slavery." Programs open to the public with a $5 entry fee. Free for all members of the Arlington Historical Society.
An evening in Big Cherry – a small town in anywhere, USA – and the city council meeting unfolds in real time, unmasking undercurrents that threaten to undo life as they know it … and driving the question, “How far would you go?” Award-winning playwright Tracy Letts’s (August: Osage County) new play was called one […]