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Crafting Reform: The Saturday Evening Girls and the Paul Revere Pottery
The Saturday Evening Girls’ club was established in 1899 to provide cultural activities for Italian and Jewish immigrant girls who lived in the tenements of Boston’s North End. In 1908, the reform-minded club leaders founded the Paul Revere Pottery to provide the girls with a clean and educational venue in which to earn money.Partner:Paul Revere Memorial Association -
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Mark Peterson: The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution
Mark Peterson, historian of early America, and the Edmund S. Morgan Professor of History at Yale University, will join Boston College to discuss his recent work, "The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution: A Thousand-Year History".Partner:Boston College -
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Catalyst Conversations: Matters of Light
Photographic artist Marsha Wilcox, astrophysicist Sara Seager, and moderator Jennifer Roberts explore light and darkness from strikingly different perspectives.Partner:Catalyst Conversations -
Catalyst Conversations
We provide provocative conversations between artists, scientists, and the public. Open access to ideas at the cutting-edge of innovation and discovery. Sparking collaborations, synergy and the development of future projects with the creative, academic, and business communities. -
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Why Don’t We Have World-Class Public Transit Yet?
This year, Congress is proposing the Building Unrivaled Infrastructure and Long-Term Development for America’s 250th Act, or BUILD Act, which would cut the already disproportionately dwarfed (compared to roads and highways) funding for transit across the country. Massachusetts stands to lose about 18% of its current funding level. Jeremy Siegel, host of In Common, moderates a discussion offering a breakdown of federal funding for transportation, its current constraints, what it takes for us to build world-class transit,Partner:Transportation for Massachusetts (T4MA) -
Above the Fray? Rethinking SCOTUS Independence
According to research, public trust in the Supreme Court is near a three-decade low. Most Americans, across party lines, still say justices shouldn't let politics shape their rulings, and most also believe, increasingly, that they do. Rachel A. Shelden, author of “The Political Supreme Court: A Forgotten History,” speaks at the Cambridge Forum.Partner:Cambridge Forum -
Rachel A. Shelden
Rachel A. Shelden is a historian of nineteenth-century America and Associate Professor of History at Penn State University, where she also directs the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center. Her research explores the intersections of politics, constitutionalism, law, and slavery, with a particular focus on the role of personal relationships and political networks. -
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Paul Revere, Silversmith: Assessing his Craft and Legacy
Nina Zannieri, Executive Director of the Paul Revere House, hosts two noted silver experts for a thoughtful discussion of Revere as perhaps America’s best-known silversmith.Partner:Paul Revere Memorial Association -
Janine E. Skerry, Ph.D.
Janinehas curated exhibitions, lectured, and written widely on the topics of silver, ceramics, and dining in England and America. -
Jeannine Falino
Jeannine is an independent curator working in craft, design, and American culture.