Posts Tagged ‘History Café’
05/30/18: Past — “Where is Cambridge From?” History Cafe 1: East Cambridge & The Facts
We enjoyed a lively evening of conversation and learning at the great Atwood’s Tavern! Thanks to all of the participants for coming and sharing their curiosity and enthusiasm about East Cambridge and “the facts.” Our speakers, Cliff Cook and Michael Delia, with the guidance of our moderator Reed Gochberg, had much to say on subjects of demographic trends, a changing East Cambridge, and the central role of the East End House in the neighborhood.
Read MorePast “Apothecary Now: A look inside the medicine cabinet” History Café
Join us Wednesday, 9/27/17 at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals for a peek inside yesterday’s and today’s medicine cabinet with Rachel Meyers from Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Robert Skenderian of Skenderian Apothecary. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals is located at 300 Third St., Cambridge, MA 02142. Click here to buy tickets Check back soon for more updates.
Read MorePast “Whose Kendall?” History Café and Self-Guided Tour
Join us Tuesday, 9/12/17 at Cambridge Brewing Company for a Self-Guided Tour & Talk about this dramatically changing neighborhood of Cambridge with Daniel Berger-Jones from Cambridge Historical Tours and Peter Abair from Mass Bio. Cambridge Brewing Company is located at 1 Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02139. Click here to buy tickets Check back soon for…
Read MorePast ”History Café & Walking Tour – Clay, Bricks, Dump, Park: A Walking Tour & Talk of North Cambridge”
DIY: You can download a PDF of this walking tour here and follow along with Joe Galusha’s audio commentary below: Thursday, July 13, 2017, 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT As glaciers retreated from the North American continent 10,000 years ago, they left behind vast deposits of clay in North Cambridge. Roughly 9,800 years later,…
Read MorePast History Café – “Common Goods” History Café and Workshop
Thursday, June 15, 2017 6-7pm: “Common Goods” Workshop (Cambridge Arts) Free. Location: Cambridge Common, at the Main Plaza / Civil War Monument Demonstration and performance by artists Allison Smith & Judith Leeman. Free. How do common American crafts such as the Windsor chair inform the common good? Can they point us to a future “commons”…
Read MorePast History Café – Candy, Soap, or Beer? The Working Life in The Port Neighborhood of Cambridge
Tuesday, 05/09/17, 5:30–8:00pm 5:30–6:30pm Walking Tour:Tour The Port with Marian Darlington-Hope; focusing on the manufacturing history, and workers’ lives in The Port, through time. Tour starts in front of Lamplighter Brewing Company at 5:30pm sharp. Please show up by 5:25. 6:45–8:00pm History Café:Cayla Marvil will tell Lamplighter’s story of making beer in Cambridge today. Learn…
Read MorePast History Café & Walking Tour – When Crafty Women Move Domestic Arts to the Public Realm
Thursday, 04/27/2017, 5:30pm–8:00pm Walking Tour, 5:30-6:20 PM Stroll past “Bee” members’ homes, and hear their stories; all in the Hooper-Lee-Nichols House vicinity. Tour led by Steve Pinkerton. Meet in front of the Longfellow House National Historical Site, 105 Brattle Street. Tour starts promptly at 5:30pm, please arrive a few minutes early. History Cafe, 6:30-8 PM A parlor…
Read MorePast History Café – How do you make ends meet in today’s rising housing market?
Mon, 10/03/2016 – 6:30pm – 8:00pm Join the conversation! This month we’re asking “How do you make ends meet in today’s rising housing market?” with the help of Molly Turner, Global Head of Civic Partnerships, Airbnb What’s our goal? The Cambridge Historical Society wants to facilitate dynamic conversations about the housing issues facing Cambridge residents…
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