Living in the Dark: An evening tour of the Gore mansion

Gore Place 52 Gore Street

Join an evening tour of the 1806 mansion at Gore Place in Waltham. Living in the Dark will feature all the ways the Gores and their staff lit this beautiful country house. You'll marvel at the graceful curves of the great stairs, oval withdrawing room, peacock parlor, great hall, and billiard room. The style and […]

$21

Growing Up in the Gore Family: Class and conflict in Revolutionary Boston

Gore Place 52 Gore Street

Christopher Gore grew up in a family on the verge of entering Boston's genteel class. The Gores were active in the Revolutionary resistance, organizing protests at Liberty Tree, hosting spinning bees for Daughters of Liberty, even being hurt in a riot before the Boston Massacre. But as that conflict heated up, Christopher's father chose to […]

$10

Leonora Carrington: Dream Weaver

Rose Art Museum 415 South Street, Waltham, MA, United States

Rose Art Museum, Gerald S. and Sandra Fineberg Gallery "Leonora Carrington: Dream Weaver," the artist's first-ever museum exhibition in New England, brings together over 30 works of art, some rarely seen, that span over six decades of Carrington's prolific career. Born into an Anglo-Irish family, Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) strove to free herself from the gendered […]

Free

The Art of Elegance: An 18th-century lady prepares for a Twelfth Night ball

The Waltham Museum 25 Lexington Street, Waltham, MA

Step into the glittering world of 18th-century high society! A formal party in the 18th century was more than just an evening soiree for women of means. A good part of the day was spent preparing, because one could not be seen by their peers to be anything less than spectacular. Join Michele Gabrielson as […]

Free

Regency Ball and Dance Workshops

Gore Place 52 Gore Street

Come get your Bridgerton on and dance like Jane Austen, as Gore Place hosts a winter Regency ball! Live musicians will play English country dances from the Regency period. Social dance historian Ruth Benson Levin will guide you through dances, involving simple, repeated step patterns. Learn the dances featured at the ball by attending one […]

$25

Mrs. Wilberforce, Musical Duo

Gore Place 52 Gore Street

The duo of Kyra Davies (fiddle, viola, vocals) and Sean Smith (guitar, bouzouki, tenor banjo, vocals) plays music from Ireland, Scotland and Cape Breton, but also further afield, like Shetland, Brittany and Galicia, among other places, bringing out the distinctive qualities of each tune or song for the enjoyment of their audiences. $21 General Admission, […]

$21

Winter Regency Ball

Gore Place 52 Gore Street

Come get your Bridgerton on and dance like Jane Austen, as Gore Place hosts a winter Regency ball. Live musicians will play English country dances from the Regency period. Social dance historian Ruth Benson Levin will guide you through dances, involving simple, repeated step patterns.  

$75

Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra – March Concert

City of Waltham Government Center 119 School Street, Waltham, MA

Max Bruch: Violin Concerto. Lillian Arnold Mages, violin soloist Bohdana Frolyak: Symphony No. 2. U.S. premiere! Purchase tickets here.

$20