Posts Tagged ‘Cambridgeport’
Now April 27!: Ideas, Invention, and Imagination: A Guided Tour of Cambridgeport
Switching to the rain date! This tour is now Sunday, April 27 at 2 pm Saturday, April 26, 20252-3:30 pmFree; registration requiredLimited space availableWeather date: Sunday, April 27 at 2 pm About the tour Join authors Karen Weintraub and Michael Kuchta for a series of free tours exploring Cambridge’s legacy of innovation, adaptation, and revolutionary…
Read MoreJune 1: Nature in the City Festival
Join History Cambridge as we kick off Pride Month at the Magazine Beach Park Nature Center. 12-5 pmMagazine Beach, CambridgeportAll ages welcomeFree
Read MoreBlack History in Action’s Spring Event Series
BHAC’s spring event series is here! Don’t miss events in April and May at St. Augustine’s African Orthodox Church at 137 Allston Street. History Cambridge is pleased to be a co-sponsor of these events. Sunday, April 21 from 4-6 pm Black Cambridgeport to the Future Exhibition Opening Explore the vibrant living history of Cambridgeport’s Black community…
Read MoreIf you have a New Year’s resolution to research local history, History Cambridge can be of help
Whatever your interest or motivation about the past, History Cambridge can help you find the resources to conduct your own local history research.
Read MoreHistory Cambridge’s holiday party looks back on ‘Year of Cambridgeport’
Thursday is History Cambridge’s celebration of this year of Cambridgeport. Stay tuned for information about an upcoming Year of North Cambridge.
Read MoreIn Marcine Karon’s lifetime, there was little need to leave Central, and Harvard was another world
Marcine Karon, 96, looks back contentedly on a life in Cambridgeport and says she wouldn’t have wanted to spend her life anywhere else.
Read MoreHistory Cambridge is answering your questions about Cambridgeport
Above image: Detail of David Fichter’s “Celebrate the Coast” sculpture, McElroy Park (Photo credit: History Cambridge) In 2023, History Cambridge is focusing on Cambridgeport, exploring the people, places, and stories that have shaped the neighborhood. As part of this effort, we are asking residents what they want to know about Cambridgeport, and endeavoring to bring…
Read More‘Beating the Belt’ highlights women’s activism fighting against state’s superhighway project
The stay-at-home mothers with young children of the 1960s forged friendships fighting alongside other community activists in a yearslong battle against the Inner Belt and the destruction of thousands of local homes and businesses.
Read MoreSat, August 19 Guided Tour: Community Resiliency and Activism in Cambridgeport Option 2
On August 15 and 19, History Cambridge intern Miranda Santiago led two sessions of a tour she created on Community Resiliency and Activism in Cambridgeport. Born and raised in Cambridge, Miranda is now a student at New York University, but her experiences growing up in Cambridge – in particular the time she has spent in…
Read MoreTues, August 15 Guided Tour: Community Resiliency and Activism in Cambridgeport Option 1
Join History Cambridge and Miranda Santiago for a tour of Cambridgeport on August 15th or 19th.
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