Join us at GBH to connect with neighbors, celebrate the harvest with a slice of Haley House pie, and learn more about organizations working to ensure everyone has access to healthy, affordable food.

ArtsEmerson looks ahead to the stories we’ll tell, the art we’ll make, and the ways we’ll gather, connect, and understand one another in the future.

No society had ever generated so much ink and paper in so little time. Between the Revolutionary War and the dawn of the twentieth century, the number of American newspapers increased five hundredfold. Alex Wright talks about his book, "Empire of Ink: The Printers, Rogues, and Radicals Who Invented the American Newspaper."

At a time when the daily news can make the world feel relentless and hope futile, Paul Loeb, author and political organizer, argues the opposite in a newly updated edition of his book, "The Impossible Will Take A Little While: Perseverance and Hope in Troubled Times."

Dr. Dennis S. Charney is a preeminent expert in neurobiology who has made fundamental contributions to the understanding of human anxiety, fear, depression, and resilience.

A photographer, a poet, and paleoanthropologist meet to talk about belonging, place, and the spaces that shape us.

Amy Clark’s research focuses on the evolution and emergence of modern humans and closely related hominins, such as Neanderthals. She is particularly interested in using the archaeological record to understand the evolution of traits that are particularly well-developed in our species, such as cumulative culture and hyper social behavior.

Shellburne Thurber (b.1949) is based in Cambridge, MA. Her work addresses issues of loss, containment and the synergistic relationship of constructed space and human energy. She graduated from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Tufts University.

Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah is a Ghanaian American poet, editor, and educator living out the diaspora in Boston, Massachusetts. They are both Black & alive. Emmanuel is the school librarian at the Joseph Lee School in Dorchester, and Boston’s current poet laureate.

Zenobia Moochhala, Undersecretary of Business Strategies at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Economic Development will discuss the Commonwealth’s defense and dual-use ecosystem, SHIELD, and efforts to strengthen Massachusetts’ role in this growing global sector.