Event

Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest

14 Mar 2010 13:30:00 GMT

Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston MA 02108
617.482.6439
Sunday, March 14, 2010, 9:30am – 3:30pm

Come experience the power of words at the Massachusetts State Finals of Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest. Students from all over the state compete for a chance to go the national competition in Washington, DC.

Summary: Come experience the power of words at the Massachusetts State Finals of Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest. Students from all over the state compete for a chance to go the national competition in Washington, DC.
More info: www.osmh.org

Models in the Spotlight: USS Constitution Model Shipwright Guild's Annual Model Ship Show

14 Mar 2010 14:00:00 GMT

USS Constitution Museum
Charlestown Navy Yard
Building 22
Charlestown MA
Sunday, March 14, 2010, 10am – 5pm

Celebrating magnificent model making! The USS Constitution Model Shipwright's Guild and the USS Constitution Museum present "Models in the Spotlight." Come see some of the finest examples of the craft today with entries representing artisans from across New England. Explore the show with a copy of our free family guide or join in the fun of a hands-on activity. Either way, a visit to the Museum and the show is a great way for your family to spend the day! Call 617.426.1812 for more details.

The Museum is free of charge.

Summary: Celebrating magnificent model making! The USS Constitution Model Shipwright's Guild and the USS Constitution Museum present "Models in the Spotlight." Come see some of the finest examples of the craft today with entries representing artisans from across New England. Explore the show with a copy of our free family guide or join in the fun of a hands-on activity. Either way, a visit to the Museum and the show is a great way for your family to spend the day! Call 617.426.1812 for more details. The Museum is free of charge.
More info: www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org

Models in the Spotlight: USS Constitution Model Shipwright Guild's Annual Model Ship Show

15 Mar 2010 14:00:00 GMT

USS Constitution Museum
Charlestown Navy Yard
Building 22
Charlestown MA
Monday, March 15, 2010, 10am – 5pm

Celebrating magnificent model making! The USS Constitution Model Shipwright's Guild and the USS Constitution Museum present "Models in the Spotlight." Come see some of the finest examples of the craft today with entries representing artisans from across New England. Explore the show with a copy of our free family guide or join in the fun of a hands-on activity. Either way, a visit to the Museum and the show is a great way for your family to spend the day! Call 617.426.1812 for more details.

The Museum is free of charge.

Summary: Celebrating magnificent model making! The USS Constitution Model Shipwright's Guild and the USS Constitution Museum present "Models in the Spotlight." Come see some of the finest examples of the craft today with entries representing artisans from across New England. Explore the show with a copy of our free family guide or join in the fun of a hands-on activity. Either way, a visit to the Museum and the show is a great way for your family to spend the day! Call 617.426.1812 for more details. The Museum is free of charge.
More info: www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org

Models in the Spotlight: USS Constitution Model Shipwright Guild's Annual Model Ship Show

16 Mar 2010 14:00:00 GMT

USS Constitution Museum
Charlestown Navy Yard
Building 22
Charlestown MA
Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 10am – 5pm

Celebrating magnificent model making! The USS Constitution Model Shipwright's Guild and the USS Constitution Museum present "Models in the Spotlight." Come see some of the finest examples of the craft today with entries representing artisans from across New England. Explore the show with a copy of our free family guide or join in the fun of a hands-on activity. Either way, a visit to the Museum and the show is a great way for your family to spend the day! Call 617.426.1812 for more details.

The Museum is free of charge.

Summary: Celebrating magnificent model making! The USS Constitution Model Shipwright's Guild and the USS Constitution Museum present "Models in the Spotlight." Come see some of the finest examples of the craft today with entries representing artisans from across New England. Explore the show with a copy of our free family guide or join in the fun of a hands-on activity. Either way, a visit to the Museum and the show is a great way for your family to spend the day! Call 617.426.1812 for more details. The Museum is free of charge.
More info: www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org

Evacuation Day Ceremony

17 Mar 2010 14:00:00 GMT

Dorchester Heights Monument
Next to South Boston High School, Thomas Park Street & G Street
South Boston, MA
Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 10 – 11am

Join the National Park Service and the South Boston Allied War Veterans Council at the Dorchester Heights Monument in South Boston to honor the 234th Anniversary of the fortification of Dorchester Heights and the British military evacuation of Boston.

Summary: Join the National Park Service and the South Boston Allied War Veterans Council at the Dorchester Heights Monument in South Boston to honor the 234th Anniversary of the fortification of Dorchester Heights and the British military evacuation of Boston.
More info: www.nps.gov…

Models in the Spotlight: USS Constitution Model Shipwright Guild's Annual Model Ship Show

17 Mar 2010 14:00:00 GMT

USS Constitution Museum
Charlestown Navy Yard
Building 22
Charlestown MA
Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 10am – 5pm

Celebrating magnificent model making! The USS Constitution Model Shipwright's Guild and the USS Constitution Museum present "Models in the Spotlight." Come see some of the finest examples of the craft today with entries representing artisans from across New England. Explore the show with a copy of our free family guide or join in the fun of a hands-on activity. Either way, a visit to the Museum and the show is a great way for your family to spend the day! Call 617.426.1812 for more details.

The Museum is free of charge.

Summary: Celebrating magnificent model making! The USS Constitution Model Shipwright's Guild and the USS Constitution Museum present "Models in the Spotlight." Come see some of the finest examples of the craft today with entries representing artisans from across New England. Explore the show with a copy of our free family guide or join in the fun of a hands-on activity. Either way, a visit to the Museum and the show is a great way for your family to spend the day! Call 617.426.1812 for more details. The Museum is free of charge.
More info: www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org

Puzzles of Dorchester Heights: Washington Ends the Siege of Boston

17 Mar 2010 22:30:00 GMT

Carriage House
Longfellow National Historic Site
105 Brattle Street
Cambridge MA 02138
Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 6:30 – 8pm

Historians agree that placing artillery on the hills of the Dorchester peninsula was decisive in forcing the British military to evacuate Boston on March 17, 1776. But why had it taken so long for either army to seize that high ground? What was General Washington`s role in setting strategy? And what other factors were important in the end of the siege?

Presented in the historic Longfellow Carriage House by Dr. Robert Cameron Mitchell, Professor Emeritus, Clark University.

RSVP required. Please call the site at (617) 876-4491.

Free and open to the public. RSVP required.

Summary: Historians agree that placing artillery on the hills of the Dorchester peninsula was decisive in forcing the British military to evacuate Boston on March 17, 1776. But why had it taken so long for either army to seize that high ground? What was General Washington`s role in setting strategy? And what other factors were important in the end of the siege?, Presented in the historic Longfellow Carriage House by Dr. Robert Cameron Mitchell, Professor Emeritus, Clark University., RSVP required. Please call the site at (617) 876-4491., Free and open to the public. RSVP required.
More info: www.nps.gov…

Models in the Spotlight: USS Constitution Model Shipwright Guild's Annual Model Ship Show

18 Mar 2010 14:00:00 GMT

USS Constitution Museum
Charlestown Navy Yard
Building 22
Charlestown MA
Thursday, March 18, 2010, 10am – 5pm

Celebrating magnificent model making! The USS Constitution Model Shipwright's Guild and the USS Constitution Museum present "Models in the Spotlight." Come see some of the finest examples of the craft today with entries representing artisans from across New England. Explore the show with a copy of our free family guide or join in the fun of a hands-on activity. Either way, a visit to the Museum and the show is a great way for your family to spend the day! Call 617.426.1812 for more details.

The Museum is free of charge.

Summary: Celebrating magnificent model making! The USS Constitution Model Shipwright's Guild and the USS Constitution Museum present "Models in the Spotlight." Come see some of the finest examples of the craft today with entries representing artisans from across New England. Explore the show with a copy of our free family guide or join in the fun of a hands-on activity. Either way, a visit to the Museum and the show is a great way for your family to spend the day! Call 617.426.1812 for more details. The Museum is free of charge.
More info: www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org

Joseph P. Kennedy Presents: His Hollywood Years

18 Mar 2010 16:15:00 GMT

Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston MA 02108
617.482.6439
Thursday, March 18, 2010, 12:15 – 1pm

Hear a star-studded tale of how personal greed, business genius and perfect timing led Joseph Kennedy, patriarch of the Kennedy family, to make his fortune in moviemaking. Author Cari Beauchamp sheds
light on this remarkable story in her book Joseph P. Kennedy Presents: His Hollywood Years. Learn how Kennedy changed the business of moviemaking, and how he took what he learned to turn himself and his
family into international celebrities.

Museum Admission required for this event.

Summary: Hear a star-studded tale of how personal greed, business genius and perfect timing led Joseph Kennedy, patriarch of the Kennedy family, to make his fortune in moviemaking. Author Cari Beauchamp sheds, light on this remarkable story in her book Joseph P. Kennedy Presents: His Hollywood Years. Learn how Kennedy changed the business of moviemaking, and how he took what he learned to turn himself and his, family into international celebrities., Museum Admission required for this event.
More info: www.osmh.org

Models in the Spotlight: USS Constitution Model Shipwright Guild's Annual Model Ship Show

19 Mar 2010 14:00:00 GMT

USS Constitution Museum
Charlestown Navy Yard
Building 22
Charlestown MA
Friday, March 19, 2010, 10am – 5pm

Celebrating magnificent model making! The USS Constitution Model Shipwright's Guild and the USS Constitution Museum present "Models in the Spotlight." Come see some of the finest examples of the craft today with entries representing artisans from across New England. Explore the show with a copy of our free family guide or join in the fun of a hands-on activity. Either way, a visit to the Museum and the show is a great way for your family to spend the day! Call 617.426.1812 for more details.

The Museum is free of charge.

Summary: Celebrating magnificent model making! The USS Constitution Model Shipwright's Guild and the USS Constitution Museum present "Models in the Spotlight." Come see some of the finest examples of the craft today with entries representing artisans from across New England. Explore the show with a copy of our free family guide or join in the fun of a hands-on activity. Either way, a visit to the Museum and the show is a great way for your family to spend the day! Call 617.426.1812 for more details. The Museum is free of charge.
More info: www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org

Models in the Spotlight: USS Constitution Model Shipwright Guild's Annual Model Ship Show

20 Mar 2010 14:00:00 GMT

USS Constitution Museum
Charlestown Navy Yard
Building 22
Charlestown MA
Saturday, March 20, 2010, 10am – 5pm

Celebrating magnificent model making! The USS Constitution Model Shipwright's Guild and the USS Constitution Museum present "Models in the Spotlight." Come see some of the finest examples of the craft today with entries representing artisans from across New England. Explore the show with a copy of our free family guide or join in the fun of a hands-on activity. Either way, a visit to the Museum and the show is a great way for your family to spend the day! Call 617.426.1812 for more details.

The Museum is free of charge.

Summary: Celebrating magnificent model making! The USS Constitution Model Shipwright's Guild and the USS Constitution Museum present "Models in the Spotlight." Come see some of the finest examples of the craft today with entries representing artisans from across New England. Explore the show with a copy of our free family guide or join in the fun of a hands-on activity. Either way, a visit to the Museum and the show is a great way for your family to spend the day! Call 617.426.1812 for more details. The Museum is free of charge.
More info: www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org

Colonial Embroideries of Boston

31 Mar 2010 22:00:00 GMT

The American Meteorological Society
45 Beacon Street
Boston MA
Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 6 – 7:30pm

A talk by Pamela Parmal, David and Roberta Logie Curator of Textile and Fashion Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

When the English colonists arrived in the New World, they brought with them their customs and local traditions. Among the most important were education and an abhorrence of idleness. Young girls trained in the needle arts so that their hands were not idle and they could become productive members of the household. This talk will explore how English embroidery traditions influenced those of New England and how they evolved during the colonial period. Also addressed will be the role of needlework in women's lives, both as artistic expression and as a commercial endeavor.

This special program will be followed by a reception and dinner with the speaker at a home on Beacon Hill.
Seating for the dinner is limited.

Reservations are strongly recommended, and will be held upon receipt of payment. Call the Nichols House Museum at 617-227-6993.

RSVP by March 26th

Summary: A talk by Pamela Parmal, David and Roberta Logie Curator of Textile and Fashion Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, When the English colonists arrived in the New World, they brought with them their customs and local traditions. Among the most important were education and an abhorrence of idleness. Young girls trained in the needle arts so that their hands were not idle and they could become productive members of the household. This talk will explore how English embroidery traditions influenced those of New England and how they evolved during the colonial period. Also addressed will be the role of needlework in women's lives, both as artistic expression and as a commercial endeavor., This special program will be followed by a reception and dinner with the speaker at a home on Beacon Hill., Seating for the dinner is limited., Reservations are strongly recommended, and will be held upon receipt of payment. Call the Nichols House Museum at 617-227-6993. RSVP by March 26th
More info: www.nicholshousemuseum.org

Mrs. Adams in Winter: A Journey in the Last Days of Napoleon

31 Mar 2010 22:00:00 GMT

Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston MA 02215
Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 6 – 7:30pm

Michael O'Brien, Cambridge University
In 1815, Louisa Catherine Adams set out from St. Petersburg to meet her husband, John Quincy Adams, in Paris. This is the gripping tale of her travels through war-ravaged Europe.

Refreshments served at 5:30 pm. Reservations requested- 617-646-0560

Summary: Michael O'Brien, Cambridge University, In 1815, Louisa Catherine Adams set out from St. Petersburg to meet her husband, John Quincy Adams, in Paris. This is the gripping tale of her travels through war-ravaged Europe. Refreshments served at 5:30 pm. Reservations requested- 617-646-0560
More info: www.masshist.org

Collections Open House

08 Apr 2010 21:30:00 GMT

USS Constitution Museum
Charlestown Navy Yard
Building 22
Charlestown MA
Thursday, April 8, 2010, 5:30 – 7:30pm

Meet Museum curators and see some of our recent acquisitions and items from our archives.

Reservations due by March 31. 617.426.1812

Summary: Meet Museum curators and see some of our recent acquisitions and items from our archives. Reservations due by March 31. 617.426.1812
More info: www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org

In Concert: The Essex Harmony

11 Apr 2010 21:00:00 GMT

Old South Meeting House
310 Washington Street
Boston MA 02108
617.482.6439
Sunday, April 11, 2010, 5 – 6pm

A musical past is reborn at this rousing concert of patriotic music by the acclaimed Essex Harmony, an a capella choral ensemble that performs American “singing school” music of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The Essex Harmony performs a repertoire of historical music that captures the sound of Old South Meeting House in the Colonial and Federal periods. Hear William Billings’ patriotic works and his stirring Revolutionary anthems, some of which were first played publicly at Old South Meeting House in the 1700s.

Museum admission is required for this event.

Summary: A musical past is reborn at this rousing concert of patriotic music by the acclaimed Essex Harmony, an a capella choral ensemble that performs American “singing school” music of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The Essex Harmony performs a repertoire of historical music that captures the sound of Old South Meeting House in the Colonial and Federal periods. Hear William Billings’ patriotic works and his stirring Revolutionary anthems, some of which were first played publicly at Old South Meeting House in the 1700s., Museum admission is required for this event.
More info: www.osmh.org

235th Anniversary of Paul Revere's Ride and 150th Anniversary of the Poem

17 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT

Paul Revere House
19 North Square
Boston MA
617-523-2338
Saturday, April 17 – Saturday, April 24, 2010

Special events include appearances by Paul Revere and his wife, Rachel, Justice Peter Oliver and his biggest promoter/publicist Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Museum Admission required.

Summary: Special events include appearances by Paul Revere and his wife, Rachel, Justice Peter Oliver and his biggest promoter/publicist Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Museum Admission required.
More info: www.paulreverehouse.org

All Hands on Deck: April School Vacation Fun for Families!

17 Apr 2010 14:00:00 GMT

USS Constitution Museum
Charlestown Navy Yard
Building 22
Charlestown MA
Saturday, April 17, 10am – Sunday, April 25, 2010, 5pm

Explore history in hands-on exhibits, interactive programs and engaging activities for the curious of all ages.

The Museum is free of charge.

Summary: Explore history in hands-on exhibits, interactive programs and engaging activities for the curious of all ages. The Museum is free of charge.
More info: www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org

Tory Stories at King's Chapel

17 Apr 2010 14:30:00 GMT

King's Chapel
58 Tremont St
Boston MA
617-523-1749
Saturday, April 17, 2010, 10:30am – 3:30pm

Hear the Loyalists from King’s Chapel tell the stories of their lives in Colonial Boston.

Donations accepted.

Summary: Hear the Loyalists from King’s Chapel tell the stories of their lives in Colonial Boston. Donations accepted.
More info: www.kings-chapel.org

Longfellow and "Paul Revere's Ride"

17 Apr 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Carriage House
Longfellow National Historic Site
105 Brattle Street
Cambridge MA 02138
Saturday, April 17, 2010, 1 – 4pm

Celebrate the 150th anniversary of Longfellow`s writing of this iconic poem in 1860. Henry W. Longfellow (portrayed by actor ted Zalewski) will receive guests in the study at Longfellow National Historic Site. Frances Appleton Wetherell, great-granddaughter of the poet, will present copies of the poem to visitors. Tours every half hour from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Space limited.

Free and open to the public. Space limited.

Longfellow National Historic Site
(617) 876-4491

Summary: Celebrate the 150th anniversary of Longfellow`s writing of this iconic poem in 1860. Henry W. Longfellow (portrayed by actor ted Zalewski) will receive guests in the study at Longfellow National Historic Site. Frances Appleton Wetherell, great-granddaughter of the poet, will present copies of the poem to visitors. Tours every half hour from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Space limited., Free and open to the public. Space limited., Longfellow National Historic Site, (617) 876-4491
More info: www.nps.gov…