NOV 4: Members are invited to join poet and Board Member, Charles Coe, for an evening of poetry, film, and discussion to celebrate Phillis Wheatley Peters.
Category: On Washington Street
I Am This Place
OCT 16 – 24: The original site-specific play explores the history of resistance, survival, loss, and remembrance that shaped Crispus Attucks.
VIDEO | Tea Party Tonight! Episode 4
For our fourth episode, host Rob Crean is going forth to conquer… Philadelphia’s Carpenters’ Hall!
VIDEO | Tea Party Tonight! Episode 3
VIDEO: The third episode of our late-night comedy/history talkshow, with host Rob Crean!
Age of Phillis on Film
JUNE 15: A panel featuring the producer and director of the new short film series Imagining the Age of Phillis, as well as poet Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, on whose poems the films are based.
VIDEO | Interpreting the Past Through Comics
A discussion with creators who have used comics and graphic novels to tell complicated and personal histories spanning from World War II to the near-past.
A New Space for Our Ideals
VIDEO: A discussion about the role Revolutionary-Era sites play as monuments in our society, and how they can lead to conversation about our national values.
VIDEO | Tea Party Tonight! Episode 2
EP 2: Host Rob Crean returns with guests Tory Bullock, Jacqueline Beatty, a short film by Tawanda Gona, games including Monumental Accessories, The Statue-lor, Boston Versus, a recipe for grog, and more!
VIDEO | Grief, Remembrance, Justice
An exploration of how our memories of the legendary Boston activist Melnea Cass can help us channel grief into a call for lasting change.
VIDEO | Difficult Transitions
JAN 13: A lively panel discussion with leading historians exploring some of the most tenuous moments in executive power in our nation’s history.