Name: Leading Transformation
Start: 2026-10-20T12:00:00-04:00
Location: Live Webinar

Live Webinar

Join Children’s Services of Roxbury for a community conversation featuring Dr. J. Keith Motley and Dr. Jaykyri Simpson. This live webinar explores who is shaping transformation, who benefits from it, and how it creates greater opportunities for communities of color and the next generation.

Local Event: Leading Transformation

Suffolk County

Benjamin Pierce

Boston Metropolitan Area

Boston

Massachusetts

Leading Transformation

Join Children’s Services of Roxbury for a community conversation featuring Dr. J. Keith Motley and Dr. Jaykyri Simpson. This...

Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital

Disabilities studies researcher Sari Altschuler will discuss her book with MGH Writer-in-Residence Suzanne Koven, MD, MFA
During America’s first century, citizens with recognized differences that we now call disabilities were accommodated and often accepted. However, as the country grew, these differences became points of exclusion, resulting in various levels of recognized citizenship. Join us October 19 as we explore the history of disability, race and citizenship over the last 250 years and the surprises that are important for understanding the experience of disability in the past and advocating for rights and justice in the present. A book signing will follow the conversation. This is a free hybrid event. A Zoom link will be sent to all registrants closer to the event date.

Local Event: Beyond Disability: A History of American Citizenship

Beyond Disability: A History of American...

Disabilities studies researcher Sari Altschuler will discuss her book with MGH Writer-in-Residence Suzanne Koven, MD,...

Beyond Disability: A History of American Citizenship

ZOOM

Engage your mind and enrich your life this fall with LLAICWe have something for everyone, so please join us to learn more about our lifelong learning program (LLAIC) and all that we have to offer.&nbsp; We hvae affortable classes and enrichment programs for seniors interested in ongoing learning and socializing.&nbsp; Registration is ongoing and classes are filling up quickly. RSVP by email to:&nbsp; membership@llaic.org by October 18

Local Event: Getting to Know Us with Lifelong Learners: An Independent Collaborative (LLAIC)

Middlesex County

Natick

Getting to Know Us with Lifelong Learners: An...

Engage your mind and enrich your life this fall with LLAICWe have something for everyone, so please join us to learn more about...

Getting to Know Us with Lifelong Learners: An Independent Collaborative (LLAIC)

Boston Public Library - Central Branch

<a href="https://www.beaconhillvillage.org/pages/3-25th-anniversary-speaker-series" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Boston Village</a> (formerly Beacon Hill Village) which has been redefining aging in downtown Boston for over two decades, has announced the third speaker in a series as part of its 25th anniversary.

People are living longer than ever before. But are our homes, technologies, healthcare systems, and everyday products designed for a world where living into our 90s is becoming increasingly common? 

Join Boston College design professor Sunand Bhattacharya for an engaging talk exploring how human-centered and inclusive design can help create longer, better lives for individuals, families, caregivers, and communities. Through stories, real-world examples, and emerging innovations, discover why designing for super aging may be one of society's next great design challenges.

Designing for the Age of Super Aging: The Next Frontier in Human-Centered Design with Sunand Bhattacharya is a free program open to the public. It will take place on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 2:00pm at the Central Branch of the Boston Public Library. Registration is required at <a href="https://tinyurl.com/BV-SuperAging" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/BV-SuperAging</a>

Local Event: Super Aging: The Next Frontier in Human-Centered Design 

Super Aging: The Next Frontier in...

Boston Village (formerly Beacon Hill Village) which has been redefining aging in downtown Boston for over two decades, has...

Super Aging: The Next Frontier in Human-Centered Design 

State Room: A Longwood Venue

For 160 years, YW Boston has been bringing people together to advance equity, create opportunity, and build a stronger community. Now it’s time to celebrate!
Join us for an unforgettable evening of cocktails, conversation, and connection as we celebrate the people, partnerships, and progress that have shaped YW Boston’s remarkable 160-year journey since 1866—and dream boldly about what the next chapter holds.
This milestone belongs to all of us, and we hope you will be part of this unforgettable celebration on October 20, 2026, from 6:30-8:30 PM at the State Room.
To purchase tickets visit: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ywboston.org/event/yw-bostons-160th-anniversary-party/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.ywboston.org/event/yw-bostons-160th-anniversary-party/</a>

Local Event: YW Boston’s 160th Anniversary Party

YW Boston’s 160th Anniversary Party

For 160 years, YW Boston has been bringing people together to advance equity, create opportunity, and build a stronger...

Boch Center - Wang Theatre

The Thorn, a powerful and popular theatrical event, seen live by over one million people, will return this Fall 2026 with 23 performances throughout September and October. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, The Thorn continues its legacy of bringing the passion of Jesus to life through a visually stunning and emotionally moving narrative. Over the past year, The Thorn has continued to captivate audiences nationwide, drawing more than 160,000 fans to its sold-out performances.&nbsp;
 The Thorn offers audiences a unique theatrical experience in a show that has been hailed as “Cirque meets ‘The Passion’” thanks to its compelling mix of drama, music, dance, martial arts, aerial acrobatics, engaging narrative storytelling, and timeless spiritual perspectives. The story spans from creation to the formation of the early church.&nbsp;Happens on the following Dates:
<ul><li>Oct 20, 2026, 7:00pm to 10:00pm Timezone: Eastern Time (US &amp; Canada)</li><li>Oct 21, 2026, 7:00pm to 10:00pm Timezone: Eastern Time (US &amp; Canada)</li></ul>
<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/159721/t/tickets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">View Tickets</a> &amp; More Info

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The Thorn at the Wang Theatre

 The Thorn, a powerful and popular theatrical event, seen live by over one million people, will return this Fall 2026 with 23...

Bloomingdale's, 225 Boylston Street Chestnut Hill Mall, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

Join Wacoal for Fit for the Cure®, a special in-person event that combines expert bra fittings with meaningful impact in the fight against breast cancer.
Receive a complimentary bra fitting. For every guest who gets fit and purchases a regular-price Wacoal or b.tempt’d bra at the event, Wacoal will donate $5 to Susan G. Komen®, supporting breast cancer research, patient services, and critical education programs.
Whether you’re overdue for a fitting, refreshing your top drawer, or simply looking for a meaningful way to give back, this is an easy way to do something good for yourself and your community.
Bring your daughters, friends, sisters, and neighbors. Make it a girls’ day with purpose!
The event runs all day; check your location for availability. Appointments are encouraged, but walk-ins are welcome, and the event is open to all.

Local Event: Free Bra Fittings to Support Breast Cancer Awareness

Free Bra Fittings to Support Breast Cancer...

Join Wacoal for Fit for the Cure®, a special in-person event that combines expert bra fittings with meaningful impact in the...

Free Bra Fittings to Support Breast Cancer Awareness

Rockport Music-Shalin Liu Performance Center

Virtuoso multi-instrumentalists Jerron Paxton and Dennis Lichtman celebrate the roots of American music with an energetic blend of acoustic blues, ragtime, traditional jazz, Tin Pan Alley favorites, and original songs. Their masterful musicianship, rich storytelling, and infectious chemistry create an unforgettable concert honoring the enduring spirit of early American musical traditions.
Jerron Paxton and Dennis Lichtman are world-renowned multi-instrumentalists and vocalists whose formal musical partnership began with a video shoot, Just Cross the River From Queens, at the Louis Armstrong House Museum in 2017. Paxton and Lichtman recently released their first full-length <a href="https://www.dennislichtman.com/albums" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">duo recording</a>. The duo were Artists-In-Residence at NYC’s Symphony Space for the 2024-25 season and have toured the US and internationally together since 2019.
Smithsonian Folkways recording artist Paxton presents Black folk music from nearly all the idioms that entails: stride piano jazz from New Orleans to New York; deep blues on guitar and harmonica; rural music from the beginnings of Black arrival in America played on fiddle and banjo; ragtime; and other turn-of-the-century-music that gives the full breadth of pre-WWII Black music without lecturing, but rather inviting you to enjoy that music as it was given to him. Paxton transports his audiences not to a time, but to a state of mind that allows them to enjoy and internalize Black folk music, as has been the American experience for centuries.
Lichtman is a world-traveling bandleader who is best known for running the famed trad-jazz jam sessions at Mona’s Bar in New York City since 2007, which was described in the Wall Street Journal as “ground zero for an emerging late-night scene of young traditional jazz and swing players.” He is a masterful multi-instrumentalist (clarinet, mandolin, violin, and more) who has toured and recorded with David Byrne, The Lovestruck Balladeers, Pokey LaFarge, Ghost Train Orchestra, Jim Kweskin, and his own projects: The Brain Cloud, Mona’s Hot Four, and his newest all-original album Secret Workshop.
Paxton and Lichtman’s mutual love of the history, stories, and significance behind the music they play is apparent as they romp through an energetic and engaging set of acoustic blues, ragtime, Tin Pan Alley pop songs, 1920s jazz, twin fiddle hoe-downs, and original songs and compositions.<a href="https://eventvesta.com/events/156782/t/tickets" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">View Tickets</a> &amp; More info

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Jerron Paxton and Dennis Lichtman

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