Past Events

Scientist, engineer and artist Dr. Joy Buolamwini discusses her book UNMASKING AI: My Mission to Protect What is Human in a World of Machines. In it, she uncovers what she calls “the coded gaze”, evidence of encoded racial and gender bias, discrimination and exclusion in tech products. On the basis of her research, Buolamwini founded the Algorithmic Justice League (AJL) to show how racism, sexism, colorism, and ableism can overlap and render broad swaths of humanity “excoded” and vulnerable in a world rapidly adopting AI tools. Encouraging everyone to join this fight, Buolamwini writes, “The rising frontier for civil rights will require algorithmic justice. AI should be for the people and by the people, not just the privileged few.”

Join us for an unforgettable celebration honoring the Boston Celtics’ incredible journey to their 18th NBA Championship title—making them the league’s all-time most-winning franchise. This marks the Celtics’ first championship in 16 years, and we’re bringing together some of the most respected voices in sports journalism to reflect on this momentous achievement.

Our panel features renowned sportswriters Chad Finn, Jackie MacMullan, and Bob Ryan, as they discuss the Celtics legacy through the new book, The Boston Globe Story of the Celtics.  

After the panel discussion, in-person attendees will have the exclusive opportunity to join us for a reception where the iconic Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy will be on display. Capture the moment with photos and celebrate the Celtics’ storied past and bright future with fellow fans and sports enthusiasts.

Don’t miss this chance to honor a franchise that has shaped the landscape of basketball for nearly 80 years!

The event will be moderated by GBH News' Esteban Bustillos.


This event has a few ticket options:


THE IN-STUDIO EXPERIENCE (IN-PERSON) from 7-9pm ET

$100 (in-person) ticket includes:

• admittance to the panel discussion
• a post reception meet and greet with Chad Finn
• a hardcover copy of The Boston Globe Story of the Celtics (autographed by Chad Finn)
• the opportunity to take a personal photo with the Celtics’ 2024 Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy

$75 (in-person) ticket includes:

• admittance to the panel discussion and post-reception
• the opportunity to take a personal photo with the Celtics’ 2024 Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy

THE LIVE-STREAMED (VIRTUAL) EVENT from 7-8pm ET

$50 (virtual) ticket includes: 

• admittance to the livestream of the panel discussion via Zoom Webinar
• a hardcover copy of The Boston Globe Story of the Celtics signed by Chad Finn 

Free (virtual) ticket: 

• admittance to the livestream of the panel discussion via Zoom Webinar 

You are invited to attend an exclusive event with legendary French chef, Jacques Pépin--author, television personality and educator. Jacques will be live in the GBH Studios. The wide-ranging conversation, led by James Beard award-winning chef and restauranteur Jody Adams, will touch upon Jacques’s career and culinary experiences cooking in some of the finest French restaurants in the world. Guests will learn more about their friendship with chef and GBH television personality Julia Child, and Jacques's involvement in a dozen PBS television programs and much more!

The event will be moderated by Callie Crossley, host of Under the Radar with Callie Crossley, co-host of The Culture Show and commentator on Morning Edition.


Guest have a few ticket options:

The In-Studio Experience (in-person) from (1-3pm ET)

• $100 (in-person) ticket (1-3pm ET) includes the post-reception meet and greet with Jacques Pépin and an autographed hardcover Cooking My Way book
• $75 (in-person) ticket (1-3pm ET) Overflow seat includes an autographed hardcover Cooking My Way book
• $50 (in-person) ticket (1-2pm ET) includes the Yawkey Theater program with Jacques and a post-reception with cookies and coffee

The virtual event from (1-2pm ET)

• $75 (virtual) ticket (1-2pm ET) includes an autographed hardcover copy of Cooking My Way OR Art of the Chicken book
• Free ticket (1-2pm ET) livestream the conversation with Jacques Pépin and Jody Adams in Zoom Webinar. Event registration required. 

Photo credit: Ken Goodman

Sit in the audience, with a cold beverage in hand, for a taping of Stories from the Stage as our storytellers share thrilling stories on the theme of “getting away with it.” Our talented storytellers will share heart-racing tales of narrow escapes and clever maneuvers. You'll be captivated by their accounts of outsmarting tricky situations, and will learn valuable lessons from their experiences. Don't miss out on this unforgettable event!

At Stories from the Stage, produced by GBH WORLD, ordinary people share extraordinary experiences that you will not soon forget. You’ll hear stories of love and loss, amazing adventures, incredible surprises and unexpected triumphs. In each taping, we get up-close and personal with storytellers about what inspires them and the craft of storytelling. Join us!

6:30pm Doors open to GBH's Atrium where the bar is open and snacks are available for purchase
7:00pm Doors open to GBH's Calderwood Studio for seating

Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University and Brandeis University Press welcome
Jehuda Reinharz, PhD, upon the publication of his latest book, Chaim Weizmann: A Biography, in conversation with Alexander Kaye, PhD.

In Chaim Weizmann: A Biography, Jehuda Reinharz and Motti Golani show how Weizmann, a leader of the World Zionist Organization who became the first president of Israel, advocated for a Jewish state by gaining the support of influential politicians and statesmen as well as Jews around the world. Beginning with his childhood and concluding with his tenure as president, Reinharz and Golani describe how a Russian Jew, who immigrated to the United Kingdom in the early twentieth century, was able to advance the goals of Theodor Herzl, the founder of the Zionist Organization. Weizmann is also shown as a man of human foibles – his infatuations, political machinations and elitism – as well as a man of admirable qualities – intelligence, wit, charisma, and dedication.

GBH Music and JazzBoston are co-hosting a new series to showcase the breadth of incredible jazz talent in the Greater Boston area. The event is held on the second Thursday of every month through February.

This month, hear selections from the American songbook with a touch of bebop, with jazz trumpeter and vocalist Christine Fawson.

Tickets are free, but registration is encouraged. Please note that by registering for this event you agree to receive email communications from GBH Music.

Limited seating is available on a first come, first serve basis. If you require a seat, we encourage you to arrive before the start time of this event.

Join Estate Planning Strategist, Jere Doyle, to learn how the election is expected to impact tax law and what it may mean for your estate plan. Enjoy a coffee and tea reception following the program.

The current estate tax exemption is scheduled to ‘sunset’ on January 1, 2026. If Congress does not act the exemption amount could be cut by almost half. Come learn planning strategies for estates of all sizes and how these changes could impact your plan.


Jere Doyle is an estate planning strategist for BNY Wealth and a senior vice president of BNY. He has been with the firm since 1981. Jere provides wealthy individuals and families throughout the country with integrated wealth management advice on how to hold, manage and transfer their wealth in a tax efficient manner.



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3pm Coffee and Tea Reception

Join GBH Music's quartet in residence, the Ulysses Quartet, for a performance at the Boston Public Library!

Tickets are free, but registration is encouraged. Please note that by registering for this event you agree to receive email communications from GBH and CRB Classical.

About the Ulysses Quartet:

The Ulysses Quartet has been praised for their “textural versatility,” “grave beauty” and “the kind of chemistry many quartets long for, but rarely achieve” (The Strad). Founded in 2015, the group won the grand prize and gold medal in the senior string division of the 2016 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and first prize in the 2018 Schoenfeld International String Competition. The quartet’s members hail from Canada, the United States and Taiwan. They have performed in such prestigious halls as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Jordan Hall, the Picasso Museum in Málaga and Washington’s National Gallery of Art among many others. At Juilliard from 2019 to 2022, they were the Lisa Arnhold Fellows, serving as the School’s Graduate Resident String Quartet for 3 years. The group’s name pays homage to Homer’s hero Odysseus and his 10-year voyage home. The members of Ulysses perform on instruments and bows on loan from the Maestro Foundation and private donors.


Limited seating is available on a first come, first serve basis. If you require a seat, we encourage you to arrive before the start time of this event.


Location: The GBH Studio at the Boston Public Library is located at 700 Boylston St. at the corner of Exeter Street inside the Newsfeed Café.

Program:
ERIK SATIE arr. Koncz: A New Satiesfaction (Gymnopédie No. 1)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, K. 157 “Milanese”
CHRISTINA BOUEY: Soul
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44, No. 1


Photo credit: Lara St. John

Dr. Robert Waldinger reveals the answers to the question: What makes for a happy and fulfilling life? His TED Talk about the Harvard Study, “What Makes a Good Life,” has been viewed more than 47 million times and is one of the ten most-watched TED talks ever. Join JCC Greater Boston as Dr. Waldinger shares important lessons on how to build a fulfilling, long life.

The environmental impact of industrialization is often imagined as belching smokestacks or noxious effluents. But local pollution is only the most obvious impact of industrialization. Often overlooked are the distant impacts and ‘externalities’ that accompanied mechanized production and the growth of modern cities.

The Waltham and Lowell systems which birthed textile manufacturing in America were highly profitable and spurred a massive influx of investment capital into the sector. Between 1830 and 1840, more than 270 textile manufacturers were incorporated in Massachusetts alone, each equipped with hundreds of machine tools and dozens of hydro-turbines.

The tremendous demand for raw materials – wood, cotton, iron, clay, limestone, granite, etc. – transformed landscape and watershed. The dramatic rise in demand for raw cotton in America and Britain intensified the brutality of forced labor in the American South, expanded the plantation system into Alabama and Mississippi, and prompted war against Mexico. The growing network of factory sites co-produced an extensive network of railroads and canals. The first twenty years of factory building in Lowell alone required clearing more than 25 square miles of forest for structural timber.

In this talk, historical archaeologist Kevin Coffee shares his research on the standing structures commissioned by the Lowell manufacturers and explores some of the most significant wide-area impacts produced by the new industry.