Rose Art Museum: Voting, Democracy, Rights and Representation

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

Led by the Rose's Yasmine Vera and Madeleine Delpha, this tour will discuss artworks on view in the exhibitions "Lichtenstein100," "Face to Face: Portraits of Self and Others," and "Hugh Hayden: Home Work" that touch on American value systems, radical and revolutionary action, and civil rights. Register

Meditation For Personal And Global Healing

First Parish Church 50 Church St, Waltham, MA

Meditation is spiritual technology that can ignite a powerful process of personal and global healing. By connecting to a universal consciousness through meditation, each of us can embody Gandhi's timeless message: "Be the change you wish to see in the world." In this presentation, Dr. Andrew Vidich will guide participants through a transformative, first-hand meditation […]

Free

2nd Shift Concert: Christopher Paul Stelling

Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation 154 Moody Street, Waltham, United States

November 7, 8 p.m. Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation Known for his intricate, finger-style guitar playing and soulful, introspective vocal delivery, there aren't too many stages where Stelling hasn't thrown down and won over the crowd. Rooted in-but not weighed down by-the blues, his artistry is the kind that both embodies and transcends […]

$25

Good News Gus Puppet Show

Gore Place 52 Gore Street

Gore Place welcomes Harry LaCoste and his fun-filled puppet show: Good News Gus! Join us in the Carriage House as a train engineer finds his caboose has disconnected and is stranded without an engine. LaCoste and his friends will go through the suitcases left behind and discover puppet characters and musical stories. Recommended for ages […]

$16

Jennifer Rose on “Her Persuasion: Adapting Austen”

Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation 154 Moody Street, Waltham, United States

Please join the Jane Austen Society of North America Massachusetts Chapter for a presentation by Jennifer Rose on "Her Persuasion: Adapting Austen" This event will also be available on Zoom To register, go to jasnama.org Adapting classics for modern audiences is a popular (and sometimes even controversial) pastime. In her talk, Jennifer Rose will discuss […]

$15

Gore Mansion – Babywearing Tours

Gore Place 52 Gore Street

Every second Wednesday of the month from 10 to 11 a.m. Are you a new parent? Looking to get out of the house and be with other adults in a museum? Come to our special babywearing tour led by our Family Educator. We’ll see our gorgeous 1806 Mansion, and we won’t mind if your baby […]

$16

Mill Talk: The Rosy Dawn of Industrialization

Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation 154 Moody Street, Waltham, United States

Nov. 13, 7 to 8 p.m. Charles River Muscum of Industry & Innovation Free to the public Registration required "Distant Impacts by Early New England," presented by Kevin Coffee In this talk, historical archaeologist Kevin Coffee shares his research on the standing structures commissioned by the Lowell manufacturers and explores some of the most significant […]

Free

Knitting in (K)november

Gore Place 52 Gore Street

Always wanted to learn how to knit? Or maybe you need some refreshers? Come join us at Gore Place on Saturday, November 16, for another installment in our Traditional Skills series for teens and adults. While sitting in the Great Hall of our 1806 Mansion, you will learn the basic knitting stitches by creating a pot holder. […]

$40

Waltham in the time of slavery

The Waltham Museum 25 Lexington Street, Waltham, MA

& Reading Frederick Douglass On Nov. 16 at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. The Waltham Museum presents a special event pairing the story of Waltham slave Fliex Cuff's fight for freedom in 1780 with statesman, author and abolitionist Frederick Douglass's impassioned 1872 speech to America. View details. Free event. RSVP by calling 781-893-9020 or emailing […]

Brandeis University Chorus and Brandeis Chamber Singers

Slosberg Music Center 415 South St, Waltham, MA

Registration is requested here. PROGRAM UniversityChorus, Robert Duff, conductor ElohimHashivenu Udite, lagrimosi Spirti d’Averno Music by Salamon Rossi Gloria, RV579 Music by Antonio Vivaldi Kristen Watson, soprano andKrista River, mezzo-soprano BrandeisChamber Singers. Robert Duff, conductor Come Back Like the Sea Music by Katerina Gimon   Evocation Music by Hye-Young Cho La Llorona Music byRicardo Soto Lahto […]

Free

Brandeis Wind Ensemble

Slosberg Music Center 415 South St, Waltham, MA

Registration is requested here. Doors open at 6:45 pm. The Brandeis Wind Ensemble will celebrate Gustav Holst's 150th birthday with a performance of his Moorside Suite. Written in 1928, six years before he died, the work is a mature culmination of his folk song influenced style. Alfred Reed's Fifth Suite for Band is a collection in […]

Free

Austen versus Poe at Gore Place

Gore Place 52 Gore Street

On Sunday, November 17 at 3 p.m., be in the crowd to witness the literary fight of the century! (The 19th century, that is.) Over the past few years, two colleagues in the English Department—Rebekah Mitsein, who teaches a course on Jane Austen at Boston College, and Paul Lewis, who teaches a course on Poe […]

$25