This event takes place at the North Parish Church & free and open to the public.

James Dargan performs Passion Programs that combine music and spoken word to take audiences on a journey. Each program speaks to a specific social theme with music of different genres, interwoven with commentary on how they connect to our own lives.

RISING FROM THE RAILS: THE STORY OF THE PULLMAN PORTER, a documentary based on the best-selling book by Larry Tye, chronicles the relatively unheralded Pullman Porters, generations of African American men who served as caretakers to wealthy white passengers on luxury trains that traversed the nation during the golden age of rail. Unbeknownst to most of their white passengers, porters played critical political and cultural roles, becoming trailblazers in the struggle for African American dignity and self-sufficiency, patriarchs of black labor unions, and helping give birth to the Civil Rights Movement. Ultimately, however, their greatest legacy is that which they left to future generations.

Felting class returns for the new year with Valentine gifts for your special someone.

Learn how to make a coaster, trivet, mat, or rug with this simple but deep folk craft.

The remarkable story of Harvard Shortstop  William Clarence Matthews, who nearly broke MLB's Color Line 40 years before Jackie Robinson

William Clarence Matthews, was a terrific baseball player for Phillips Andover and then Harvard at the turn of the 20th century. As Harvard's shortstop, he was the best player on arguably the best college team in the country when baseball fever swept the land. In the summer of 1905, the Boston Traveler announced that he would soon be joining Fred Tenney’s Boston Nationals, breaching the color barrier in Major League Baseball, forty years before Jackie Robinson. He did not make history: the rumor of his breakthrough proved to be false. Matthews, however, deserves to be more than this baseball footnote. His remarkable life reflected the special tensions and tentative opportunities of Black Americans during the 50 years of his lifetime, 1877-1928.

This cozy and informal group will serve as a classroom and gathering spot for local yarn workers.
The first half-hour will involve tips and training for new knitters/crocheters as the group shares their experience with yarn crafts.
Afterward, we will sit in our full-sized movie theater and craft while watching a documentary.
Tools and materials will be provided to those new to yarn crafts.
Suggested donation of $10 for materials, instructor time, and theater use.

This event takes place at the North Parish Church & is free and open to the public.

Four people from eastern Massachusetts in the late 19th and early 20th century: Charlotte Forten, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, William Clarence Matthews, and William Munroe Trotter come to life to share their stories. All played important national leadership roles, navigating the challenges of building institutions, organizations, and movements in an environment hostile to full inclusion of African Americans in civic life.

Diana DiZoglio serves as the 26th Auditor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

As a former labor leader, business owner, and state legislator, Auditor DiZoglio’s history in the public, private, and non-profit sectors has provided her with important insight. She’s used that insight to work alongside elected officials, labor, community advocates, stakeholders and everyday working people throughout the Commonwealth's cities and towns. Her humble beginnings, non-profit work and labor experience helped her nurture, cultivate, and develop relationships with a diverse expanse of people

This event is free and open to the public

A presentation illuminating the intersection of advocacy for women’s civil rights and advocacy for civil rights for African Americans in the period following the Civil War and into the early 20th century, paying special attention to the formation of associations and organizations.

This Women’s History Month, meet Representative Tram Nguyen and hear her inspiring journey—from refugee to State Representative —and how it drives her work championing policies that expand opportunity, promote equity, and strengthen the Merrimack Valley and our Commonwealth.

SHOW HER THE MONEY addresses how women are getting less than 2% of venture capital funding and demystifies what venture capital is.