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Add EventOn 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 […]
Enjoy the spectacular Gore Mansion and learn about entertaining in the early 1800s as practiced by this wealthy, well-traveled, and urbane couple on a Moonlight Tour! Christopher and Rebecca Gore were a fashionable Bostonian couple who, in the late 1700s, spent the better part of a decade living in London and Paris. Their country mansion in Waltham served […]
Get into the holiday spirit with Christmas crafting for the whole family! Come make 18th and 19th-century holiday crafts to give as gifts (or keep for yourself!). Crafts will include returning favorites, as well as some new additions. Drop in for a short session or stay the whole time. The crafts are intended for young […]
Acclaimed guitarist John Muratore will perform a special holiday program in the beautiful 1793 Carriage House at Gore Place. The Boston Globe has called John's playing "...aural iridescence..." and the Boston Musical Intelligencer has called him "one of greater Boston's most gifted guitar virtuosos." Parking is free! Advance tickets are recommended. Cost: $21 General Admission, […]
Please Note: This event is sold out. Come celebrate the season with an afternoon tea fit for Rebecca Gore. Guests will enjoy a three-tiered tea service provided by Vintage Tea & Cake Co. as well as plenty of tea! Pianist Donna Chaff will add to the festive mood, playing holiday and Regency-era tunes on our […]
Gore Place, the historic site in Waltham and Watertown, will offer "Music for the Holly Days," a concert of traditional tunes by Waltham's own Moody Street String Band. The Moody Street String Band will offer Celtic, traditional, and seasonal tunes to ring in the holidays! Don't miss what has become a Gore Place tradition! The […]
Gore Place is excited to welcome Harry LaCoste and his puppet pals for stories and activities in the Carriage House. The sessions are recommended for 3- and 4-year-olds but all are welcome. $10 per child (ticket includes up to 2 adults), $5 per child of members (ticket includes up to 2 adults). Future occurrence of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Gore Place is excited to welcome Harry LaCoste and his puppet pals for stories and activities in the Carriage House. The sessions are recommended for 3 and 4-year-olds but all are welcome. $10 per child (ticket includes up to 2 adults), $5 per child of members (ticket includes up to 2 adults).
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, […]
