Join Lincoln Land Conservation Trust for a virtual evening with Doug Tallamy. Recent headlines about global insect declines, the impending extinction of one million species worldwide, and three billion fewer birds in North America are a bleak reality check about how ineffective our current landscape designs have been at sustaining the plants and animals that […]
Authors: Ruth Herndon, Bowling Green State University; Joanne Jahnke-Wegner, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire Comment: David Silverman, George Washington University This panel discusses the cultural and racial identities of Indigenous people during King Philip’s War (1675-76). Ruth Herndon’s paper studies a group of 32 Indigenous children, raised as “praying Indians”, who were eventually surrendered to […]
MHC’s Local Government Programs Coordinator, Jenn Doherty, hosts a regular series of virtual workshops on topics important to local Historical and Historic District Commission members and municipal staff. See below for upcoming workshops; new workshops are posted every three to four months. Contact Jenn at Jennifer.Doherty@sec.state.ma.us for more information. When registering for a workshop, attendees can choose […]
Join us for a three-part series of free informational webinars designed to provide technical assistance on research techniques as well as practical examples on how to create interpretive and educational experiences to share stories about the people, places, and events during the American Revolutionary War Period. The second webinar in the series, "Researching the Stories […]
Join us for a three-part series of free informational webinars designed to provide technical assistance on research techniques as well as practical examples on how to create interpretive and educational experiences to share stories about the people, places, and events during the American Revolutionary War Period. The first webinar in the series, "Getting Started" will […]
Thomas Elmore, of the GeoNAV Group, and Eva Gibavic, of Ceremonial Landscapes Research, share their experience using 3D LiDAR scanning, photogrammetry, and mapping utilizing ArcGIS’s capabilities to bring extremely accurate digital documentation to research of archaeological and ceremonial sites. Zoom only—All programs are free but require registration here. — The Friends of Pine Hawk 2022 […]
MHC’s Local Government Programs Coordinator, Jenn Doherty, hosts a regular series of virtual workshops on topics important to local Historical and Historic District Commission members and municipal staff. See below for upcoming workshops; new workshops are posted every three to four months. Contact Jenn at Jennifer.Doherty@sec.state.ma.us for more information. When registering for a workshop, attendees can choose […]
To research books, films and articles, Sy Montgomery has been chased by an angry silverback gorilla in Zaire and bitten by a vampire bat in Costa Rica, worked in a pit crawling with 18,000 snakes in Manitoba and handled a wild tarantula in French Guiana. She has been deftly undressed by an orangutan in Borneo, […]
“Funny but serious, accessible but rich in meaning, consistently surprising – the world looks slightly different after reading a Billy Collins poem. He’s an American treasure” writes Nick Laird. In this virtual event, Mr. Collins will read some of his poems followed by a conversation about his life’s work. Advanced registration is required. This program […]
Join us for On Belonging In Outdoor Spaces, a free series featuring speakers whose work is advancing efforts to strengthen belonging and connection between communities of color and the outdoors. As a cancer survivor, paraclimber, outdoor enthusiast, and a diversity, equity, and inclusion professional, Kareemah Batts pulls from her lived experience and education to co-create […]
In a never before seen adventure into the stories of the unknown, History At Play TM embodies the spirit of international women who risked their lives to defeat Fascism in World War II. World War Women is a suspenseful reliving of the terrors and triumphs of some of our greatest heroines. From organizing the resistance, […]
Join The Walden Woods Project and The Walden EDU Team of USC Game Innovation Lab for a special event about Walden, a game. Developer Tracy Fullerton will discuss the evolution and intention of the classroom computer game as well as provide a brief demonstration of the newest module “Civil Disobedience.” Joining Tracy are educators Jennifer […]
