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GBH Jazz Nights Featuring Jesse Taitt
GBH Music and JazzBoston are co-hosting a new series to showcase the breadth of incredible jazz talent of pianist and composer Jesse Taitt shares music that celebrates resilience, ancestry, and community. Tickets are free, but registration is encouraged. Please note that by registering for this event you agree to receive email communications from GBH Music. GBH Jazz Nights are made possible by the Goldstein Family Fund. -
Bookstore Romance: How Independent Bookstores Create Community and Inspire Love!
From proposals to “I do.” Book-lovers find their perfect match at bookstores they love.
What is the most romantic place to get engaged? A bookstore, of course. The perfect wedding venue? A bookstore! Book-loving couples from all over America agree, and Bookstore Romance celebrates not only a couple’s love for each other, but also their love of books and bookstores.
In this talk, author Judith Rosen will join a panel of Boston-area booksellers, booksellers, including Trident Booksellers & Café co-owner Courtney Flynn; More Than Words Retail Business Manager Annie Sandoli; and Christina Pascucci-Ciampa, owner of All She Wrote Books, to discuss this swoon-worthy book and answer your questions about bookselling, book marketing, creating community, and love!
In Bookstore Romance: Love Speaks Volumes, former Publishers Weekly journalist Judith Rosen tells the stories of 24 couples who were engaged or married in their favorite independent bookstores. This irresistible book gives us an opportunity to celebrate love in its many forms, the love these couples share with one another, the love they share for their local indie bookstores, and the love these bookstores and booksellers pour into their communities every single day as they cultivate these special spaces - third spaces - where people of all sorts gather together and feel at home.
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Wine Tasting with Rick Steves 2025
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This event will be recorded and shared with all ticket holders via email in the weeks after the event.
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The Zoom link for ticket holders is below. Please check your email for additional information to prepare for this event.
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Join renowned world traveler, Rick Steves for a flight of Italian wine! Whether you're a seasoned wine connoisseur or just starting your wine journey, you won't want to miss this unforgettable evening of wine education. Rick and a sommelier will guide you through a handpicked selection of exceptional wines from Italy. Immerse yourself in the culture and flavors of each bottle as you sip, savor and laugh alongside Rick.
Expand your knowledge of the art of wine tasting with the fundamental five S's: see, swirl, sniff, sip, and savor. Don’t miss this evening of discovery and indulgence, where you're sure to learn something new about the wonderful world of Italian wine- and perhaps about Rick too!
Ticket Includes:- Access to the Zoom Webinar
- 2 hours of wine education and Q&A lead by our sommelier who will be joined by Rick Steves
- 6 mini bottles of wine (enough for two to taste) include two Whites, a Rose, and Three Reds, all from Italy. They will be shipped directly to your door. (Varietals include Fiano, Grecanico, Rosato (Rosé Wine), Nerello Cappuccio, Nerello Mascalese, and Rosso di Italia (Red Wine)).
- Kits cannot be shipped to Canada and the following states: Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Mississippi, Rhode Island, and Utah
- Guests must be at least 21 years old to participate in alcohol related events
- Ticket sales end 5pm ET, January 27, 2025 to allow for time to ship the wine tasting kits
Share the experience! You can add an additional kit (for an additional cost) and ship it to a separate address! Just purchase an additional kit and enter the shipping address for that person.
Don’t delay! Tickets are limited and registration will only be open until 5pm ET, January 27, 2025 to allow for timely shipment of wine tasting kits.
Shipping Details:- Ticket sales end 5pm ET, January 27, 2025
- Make sure that your address is submitted correctly (no typos!) Failure to type your address correctly will result in a shipping delay or even the possibility that your ticket will not be fulfilled.
- Ticket holders will receive their wine tasting kits in the days before the event on February 11, 2025.
- Kits cannot be shipped to Canada and the following states: Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Mississippi, Rhode Island, and Utah
- Kits cannot be shipped to a P.O. Box
- Ticket holders will need to be home to show identification and sign upon delivery to prove they are 21+ years of age. Wine will not be delivered without this.
- Please open your kit when it arrives to ensure you are ready to sip along on February 11! If you have any questions regarding your kit, please let us know.
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Democracy Now: A Panel Discussion
Humanities Workshop and Revolutionary Spaces invite you to The panel--Democracy Now--. It is an opportunity to hear from humanists whose daily work considers and shapes the state of our local and global democracies. Questions the conversation may explore include: What does active citizenship in a democracy look like? How do we prepare ourselves for the challenges that our democracy will face? How do we reform our democracy so that it serves all of its constituents?
The goal is for our panelists to help the audience interpret the current political moment and discover new pathways to citizen leadership.
Moderated by Simón Rios, WBUR reporter.
The Humanities Workshop—a consortium of public, private, and charter secondary school communities—believes in the critical importance of the humanities in addressing urgent social issues. The humanities educate our students to understand historical context, engage in perspective taking, hone critical thinking, and generate narrative. They believe a humanistic approach to social issues develops empathy in their students, inspiring them to engage deeply in the world around them, now and in the future, with their whole selves.Partner:Revolutionary Spaces -
Negro Cloth, Enslaved People, and the Legacy of Lowell Manufacturing
Join Dr. Jonathan Michael Square at Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation for an in-depth exploration of the history of negro cloth and its pivotal role in the American fashion industry, with a focus on its production in Lowell, Massachusetts. The talk will also examine how enslaved individuals utilized textiles as a form of self-fashioning in the face of the deprivation of their self-hood.Partner:Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation -
Getting Into Opera featuring Susan Graham
GBH Music will introduce new listeners to opera in a video series produced in collaboration with Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) and New England Conservatory (NEC). Designed for newcomers and seasoned enthusiasts, “Getting into Opera” aims to ignite a passion for the genre by showcasing how powerful performances are shaped by vocal coaching and stage direction. The innovative multi-platform video series will be filmed in front of a live audience in GBH’s acoustically acclaimed Fraser Performance Studio.
This event features renowned mezzo-soprano Susan Graham leading a masterclass for BLO Jane & Steven Akin Emerging Artists and New England Conservatory students. By pulling back the curtain on how great vocal performances are made, the masterclass will draw in new opera lovers while delighting fans of the genre.
“Getting into Opera” will be hosted by Anthony Rudel, author of “Tales from the Opera,” “Classical Music Top 40,” and “Imagining Don Giovanni.” Joshua Major, Chair of Opera Studies at NEC and Bradley Vernatter, BLO’s Stanford Calderwood General Director & CEO, will also share perspectives on producing operas as part of the series.
“Getting into Opera” will be available free of charge on YouTube and other platforms at a later date.
Event timeline:
7-9:15pm Performance in Fraser
9:15-10pm Dessert Reception in the Atrium
This event is FREE but registration is required. Seating is general admission.
Grammy Award winning mezzo soprano Susan Graham has performed in every major opera house and symphony hall worldwide. Her repertoire ranges from the earliest Baroque composers to contemporary opera, with Mozart, Strauss, Berlioz, and Massenet in between, among many others. A prolific recitalist, Miss Graham has many recordings of art song in many languages, specializing in the French repertoire. Earlier this season she appeared at Opéra de Paris in Donizetti’s La Fille du Régiment, and in early 2025 she will sing in concert performances of Samuel Barber’s Vanessa, with the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center. Later in the spring she will appear at LA’s Wilshire Ebell Theatre, and at Carnegie Hall in New York, in Richard Danielpour’s and Rita Dove’s epic Chamber Music song cycle, A Standing Witness, which chronicles life in America from 1968 to the present. Miss Graham is an avid mentor, adjudicator, and teacher, working regularly with the LA Opera Domingo Colburn Stein Young Artist Program, as well as many other institutions worldwide. She is thrilled to have this time in Boston with GBH Music and the New England Conservatory.
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Annual Candlemas Lecture: Graham Ward: “Loneliness: A Theological Appraisal"
Graham Ward is the Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford and Extraordinary Professor of Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology at the University of Stellenbosch. Among his books are Cities of God, Cultural Transformation and Religious Practice, True Religion, Christ and Culture, The Politics of Discipleship, Unbelievable, and Unimaginable. For the last ten years he has been working on Ethical Life, a major four-volume systematic theology, which includes two already-published volumes How the Light Gets In and Another Kind of Normal and the upcoming Salus.
Cosponsored by the Boston College Theology Department.
The Lowell Humanities Series is sponsored by the Lowell Institute, Boston College's Institute for the Liberal Arts, and the Provost's Office.Partner:Boston College -
Constructed Movements: Extraction and Resistance in Mexican Migrant Communities
Join Suffolk Law Professor Ragini Shah in a conversation about her first book, Constructed Movements: Extraction and Resistance in Mexican Migrant Communities with Professor Shannon Gleeson, School of Industrial and Labor Relations and the Brooks School of Public Policy, Cornell University.
Theoretically sophisticated and poignantly written, Constructed Movements centers stories from communities in Mexico profoundly affected by emigration to the United States to show how migration extracts resources along racial lines. Shah chronicles how three interrelated dynamics—the maldistribution of public resources, the exploitation of migrant labor, and the US immigration enforcement regime—entrench the necessity of migration as a strategy for survival in Mexico. She also highlights the alternative visions elaborated by migrant community organizations that seek to end the conditions that force migration. Recognizing that reform without recompense will never right an unjust migratory system, Shah concludes with a forceful call for the US and Mexican governments to make abolitionist investments and reparative compensation to directly counteract this legacy of extraction.Partner:Ford Hall Forum -
Champions Circle Coffee & Conversation: A New Season of Winter Premieres and GBH Passport
GBH is hosting a virtual meet-up to welcome new Champions Circle * patrons to GBH so they can learn about some of the numerous benefits their GBH membership affords.
Champions Circle donors will hear exciting updates from GBH Senior Director of Programming Ron Bachman and Programming Manager Emily Abi-Kheirs. Then, GBH’s Audience and Member Services team will give their tips and tricks for activating and maximizing GBH Passport so you can watch thousands of programs and exclusive specials.
Sandy Chin, Associate Director of Champions Circle, will be our host. Register here today, and we will send you a Zoom link.
This virtual event opportunity is exclusive to Champions Circle members. Learn more of become a Champions Circle donor today.
*GBH Champions Circle patrons contribute an annual gift of $900-$2,399. Donors who support the foundation at this level enjoy many benefits of membership, including GBH Passport streaming service, Explore GBH member magazine, Your Don’t Miss List weekly e-updates on essential viewing and listening, plus the opportunity to further engage with GBH. Events include an exclusive invite to Coffee & Conversation: A New Season of Winter Premieres and GBH Passport on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 10-11am. For more information, contact Sandy Chin, Associate Director of GBH Champions Circle, at 617-300-4400 or email at sandy_chin@wgbh.org. -
LIVING IN THE SHADOW OF OUR FATHERS
Cambridge Forum is pleased to feature Omo Moses, son of legendary civil rights organizer, Robert P. Moses, talking about his new book, The White Peril.
The book is a coming-of-age story, a multigenerational diary, a father-son road trip, a searing account of the Black male experience, and a work that powerfully revives Reverend Moses’s demand for liberation. Moses deftly interweaves his own life story with excerpts from both his great-grandfather’s sermons and the writings of his father, Bob Moses. The result is a compelling memoir that spans three generations of an African-American family, shining a light on the Black experience, and demanding racial justice. Omo will be joined in conversation by Jack Tchen, the Clement A. Price Professor of Public History & Humanities, and Director of the Price Institute on Ethnicity, Cultures, and the Modern Experience at Rutgers University. Tchen, author '"Yellow Peril! An archive of anti-Asian fear" (2016) will be in dialogue with Omo Moses' about Western colonial fears of the non-white Protestant/Christian world. Reverend Moses' remarkable 1919 "White Peril" and Tchen's "Yellow Peril!" get to the roots of liberation struggles, peace-making, and global wellbeing today, especially in the era of climate chaos.
Paris Alston, host of GBH News moderates the discussion.
Listen to Cambridge Forum archived interview with Bob Moses here .Partner:Cambridge Forum