Meaning of monuments can be in what’s missing
Students said they had learned the history behind some of the memorials, but that it was interesting to think about when, why and by whom they had been created.
Read More‘Art in Public’: Film explores the relationship between creativity and enhancing community
Many might consider art just a tool to beautify a space. “Art in Public,” a feature-length documentary film about Cambridge-based public art, illuminates ways art allows us to see the world differently. It gets a premiere Wednesday.
Read MoreHistory Cambridge has a new partnership, joining with Slave Legacy History Coalition
While the Slave Legacy History Coalition applies for its own nonprofit status, History Cambridge expects to act as its fiscal sponsor and provide administrative support.
Read MoreNovember is Native American Heritage Month, but Indigenous history can be celebrated all year
Thanksgiving and its accompanying celebrations provide an opportunity to learn about Indigenous history, but we shouldn’t be limited to November.
Read MoreSomething about pie just brings people together, and Renee McLeod knows that more than most
As recipes are passed down through generations and shared with friends and neighbors from different cultural traditions, these baked goods become a symbol of continuity, collaboration and comfort.
Read MoreHistory Cambridge’s Fall Conversation asks, ‘How Does Cambridge Unionize?’
How do Cantabrigians see themselves as workers? How is their identity linked to their work? Do they see themselves as part of a local workers’ community, or do they identify with their profession across geographical boundaries? History Cambridge will explore these and related issues in a Nov. 14 event.
Read MoreThe Hooper-Lee-Nichols House has a haunted history
The second-oldest house in Cambridge has at least three ghost stories associated with it: the widow in the sheet; the weeping girl; and the five Hessian soldiers.
Read MoreCambridge Open Archives is on Instagram Live, offers access to ‘Morbid, Morose and Macabre’
The annual free Cambridge Open Archives, sometimes called the Cambridge archives crawl, is back after a pandemic pause – and now online. Some delving into historical records citywide is already available, and other events are streaming on Instagram Live as soon as Monday morning.
Read More‘Here Lies Darby Vassall’ fall art installation makes the invisible visible at Christ Church
There’s an inaccessible, largely unknown tomb in the basement of Christ Church – and it’s being shared with the public via a looped video projection telling the story of collusion with, dependency on and profit from the slave trade.
Read MoreThe ‘Gerry’ of ‘Gerrymandering’ was one of ours, co-writer of the Bill of Rights and a vice president
Elbridge Gerry was described as cunning, obstinate, contrarian, contradictory and unpredictable – and what he did in 1812 is still shaping politics and democracy, including the upcoming midterm elections.
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