I see this controversy as a distracting sideshow to the even larger, scandalous, and pervasive abuses of the welfare of millions of our minor citizens, abuses embedded as fiscal time bombs in the recently passed federal budget bill.
In his talk, John Demos will discuss the history of witchcraft and witch-hunting from the Middle Ages to the present day and his long engagement with the topic.
Housatonic Valley Association paddle trip participants will learn about Housatonic River ecology, see plants and animals along the way and be brought up to date on current issues.
Silly accents and disguises abound as five actors portray over 40 characters in 'Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery,' featuring Liz Wisan as Sherlock Holmes.
In her presentation, Dr. Jennifer Michaels will describe the disease of addiction; explain how people become addicted to substances, with a focus on heroin and prescription pills; and discuss how treatments and recovery work.
Musician, singer-songwriter and slam poet Dom Flemons is a founder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, an African-American string band that won a Grammy Award in 2010.
As the chair of entomology and wildlife ecology at the University of Delaware, Douglas Tallamy studies how invasive species can disrupt local ecosystems and lead to the disappearance of both large and small animals.
“Eighty years after Edith Wharton’s death, we continue to live in a time where “society is imposing restrictions and conventions on women.”
-- Edith Wharton Writer-in-Residence Christene Barberich
The Mount has announced the recipients of the 2017 Edith Wharton Writers-in-Residence: Christene Barberich, global editor-in-chief and co-founder of the lifestyle media company Refinery29; author and screenwriter Donna M. Lucey; and award-winning novelist Vanessa Manko.
A number of emerging public policy issues at the state and federal level will have an immediate impact on Massachusetts nonprofits and span across subsector, budget size and region.
Around 2 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 23, Boston University students, organized by the campus group Divest BU, walked out of classes and met for a rally at the George Sherman Union plaza on campus.
Cousins Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth were born eight months and 20 blocks apart in New York City and spent much of their childhoods together, but their politics and personalities were very distinct.
