Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nps.gov/long/planyourvisit/summer-festival.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Longfellow Summer Arts Festival</a>&nbsp;brings music, poetry, and community to the East Lawn of the Longfellow House on Sunday afternoons through the summer. All events are free and open to the public. This concert is presented in partnership with the&nbsp;<a href="https://college.berklee.edu/events/summer" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Berklee Summer in the City</a>&nbsp;concert series.
Celia Sieckert is a classically trained cellist currently completing her cello performance degree at Berklee College of Music. She has performed as an orchestra member, chamber musician, and soloist in a variety of genres, playing everything from standard symphonic works and cello concertos to musical pit orchestrations and improvised singer-songwriter accompaniments. As her career continues, Sieckert hopes to focus her capabilities in folk and jazz vernaculars while continuing to interpret major works of the classical and contemporary cello repertoires.

Local Event: Concert: Celia Sieckert

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Concert: Celia Sieckert

The Longfellow Summer Arts Festival brings music, poetry, and community to the East Lawn of the Longfellow House on Sunday...

The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nps.gov/long/planyourvisit/summer-festival.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Longfellow Summer Arts Festival</a>&nbsp;brings music, poetry, and community to the East Lawn of the Longfellow House on Sunday afternoons through the summer. All events are free and open to the public. This reading is presented in partnership with the&nbsp;<a href="https://nepoetryclub.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">New England Poetry Club</a>.
Tracy K. Smith is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, memoirist, editor, translator and librettist. She served as the 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States from 2017-19, during which time she spearheaded&nbsp;American Conversations: Celebrating Poetry in Rural Communities&nbsp;with the Library of Congress, created the American Public Media podcast&nbsp;The Slowdown, and edited the anthology&nbsp;American Journal: Fifty Poems for Our Time.
Smith is the author of five poetry collections:&nbsp;Such Color: New and Selected Poems, which won the 2022 New England Book Award;&nbsp;Wade in the Water, which was awarded the 2018 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award;&nbsp;Life on Mars, which won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize;&nbsp;Duende, winner of the 2006 James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets; and&nbsp;The Body’s Question, which received the 2003 Cave Canem Prize. Her memoir,&nbsp;Ordinary Light, was a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award in nonfiction. She is the co-translator (with Changtai Bi) of&nbsp;My Name Will Grow Wide like a Tree: Selected Poems of Yi Lei, which was a finalist for the 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize; and co-editor (with John Freeman) of&nbsp;There’s a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis. Her memoir-manifesto,&nbsp;To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul,&nbsp;was a&nbsp;Time&nbsp;magazine and&nbsp;Washington Post&nbsp;Best Book of the Year, and a&nbsp;New York Times Book Review&nbsp;Editors' Choice.&nbsp;Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times&nbsp;is a nonfiction celebration of poetry as a source of courage and emotional fortitude amidst the many upheavals of the 21st Century.
She is the Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory at Harvard University, and a Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor at Harvard Radcliffe Institute.

Local Event: Poetry Reading: Tracy K. Smith

Poetry Reading: Tracy K. Smith

Explore the people, ideas, and questions that shaped General George Washington’s first revolutionary headquarters 251 years ago this July. Choose your path through this free, all-ages event featuring historic house and outdoor walking tours; family activities;&nbsp;film screenings; living historians, a Story Walk, and more.&nbsp;Free and open to all!
The house at 105 Brattle Street, now Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site, served as Washington’s first military headquarters of the American Revolution from July 1775-March 1776. Headquarters was a testing ground for many of the ideals, institutions, and questions that still define our country. This event will reveal Cambridge Headquarters as a complex hub of revolutionary activity, where generals, enslaved people, paid laborers, poets, Indigenous diplomats, politicians, self-emancipated families, and soldiers shaped history.

Local Event: Headquarters of a Revolution: Washington’s Arrival in Cambridge

Headquarters of a Revolution: Washington’s...

Explore the people, ideas, and questions that shaped General George Washington’s first revolutionary headquarters 251 years ago...

Headquarters of a Revolution: Washington’s Arrival in Cambridge

The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nps.gov/long/planyourvisit/summer-festival.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Longfellow Summer Arts Festival</a>&nbsp;brings music, poetry, and community to the East Lawn of the Longfellow House on Sunday afternoons through the summer. All events are free and open to the public. This reading is presented in partnership with the&nbsp;<a href="https://nepoetryclub.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">New England Poetry Club</a>.
Regie Gibson is Massachusetts's first Poet Laureate, appointed in 2025. He is an accomplished poet,&nbsp;songwriter, author, workshop facilitator, and educator who currently serves as the Co-Artistic Director of Pedagogy at the Arts for Social Change. He is also an Assistant Professor at Berklee College of Music, where he teaches courses on performance and spoken word poetry, and an Instructor at Clark University in Worcester, where he teaches the introduction to poetry. His poems for public occasions engage complex historical and social issues, inviting audiences into the dialogue with hope and often humor. He is intentional about using poetry to create common ground and foster social cohesion.&nbsp;
Regie is a former&nbsp;National Poetry Slam Individual Champion, was selected one of&nbsp;Chicago Tribune's Artist of the Year for Excellence&nbsp;for his poetry.&nbsp;&nbsp;He has co-judge the&nbsp;Chicago Sun-Times Poetry Competition&nbsp;&nbsp;with Marc Smith and Mark Strand, has been regularly featured on N. P. R. and has appeared on HBO’s&nbsp;Def Poetry Jam. Regie has toured with the Chicago Mask Ensemble, performing dramatic and poetic adaptations of common myths from around the world. He founded the LiteraryMusic Ensemble&nbsp;Neon JuJu: a literary and musical arts ensemble utilizing classic, contemporary and original literary text combined with Middle Eastern, Contemporary American and European classic music. Regie is widely published in anthologies, magazines and journals such as The Iowa Review, Harvard Divinity Magazine, Poetry Magazine, Spoken Word Revolution (Source Books), The Good Men Project and several others. His full-length book of poetry&nbsp;Storms Beneath The Skin&nbsp;(EM Press) was published in 2001 and received the Golden Pen Award. In 2005 Regie was a featured on the PBS Arts magazine- Art Close-Up and was subsequently nominated for a Boston Grammy. Regie has received his MFA in Poetry from New England College, and continues to facilitate creative writing workshops, performances, and otherwise augmenting literary curricula for high schools and colleges across the United States.
Lloyd Schwartz (Sam Cornish Award winner)&nbsp;is a&nbsp;poet and scholar. In his poems, Schwartz often uses a conversational frame to explore intimate and familial relationships. His collections of poetry include&nbsp;Who’s on First? New and Selected Poems&nbsp;(2021),&nbsp;Little Kisses&nbsp;(2017),&nbsp;Cairo Traffic&nbsp;(2000),&nbsp;Goodnight, Gracie&nbsp;(1992), and&nbsp;These People&nbsp;(1981). His poetry has also been featured in the anthologies&nbsp;Best American Poetry&nbsp;(1991, 1994, 2019),&nbsp;The Best of the Best American Poetry&nbsp;(2013), and&nbsp;Essential Pleasures: A New Anthology of Poems to Read Aloud&nbsp;(2009). Schwartz is the editor of&nbsp;Prose: Elizabeth Bishop&nbsp;(2011) and coeditor of&nbsp;Elizabeth Bishop and Her Art&nbsp;(1983) and of the Library of America’s&nbsp;Elizabeth Bishop: Poems, Prose, and Letters&nbsp;(2008). &nbsp; Schwartz also served as the classical music editor of the&nbsp;Boston Phoenix. Three-time winner of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) Deems Taylor Awards, he has received a Professional Music Fraternity’s Radio and Television Award as well as support from the Amphion Foundation.&nbsp;Music In—and On—the Air&nbsp;(2013) offers a selection of his classical music criticism for the National Public Radio program&nbsp;Fresh Air. &nbsp; Schwartz’s poems have been selected for the Pushcart Prize. Additional honors include a Pulitzer Prize for criticism, grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Somerville Arts Council,&nbsp;an Associates of the Boston Public Library Literary Lights Award, and a 2019 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in Poetry. Schwartz has served on the executive board of PEN New England and is Frederick S. Troy Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, where he has served as director of the creative writing program. He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts, where he was the Poet Laureate of the City of Somerville from 2019 to 2021.

Local Event: Poetry Reading: Regie Gibson & Lloyd Schwartz

Poetry Reading: Regie Gibson & Lloyd Schwartz

The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nps.gov/long/planyourvisit/summer-festival.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Longfellow Summer Arts Festival</a>&nbsp;brings music, poetry, and community to the East Lawn of the Longfellow House on Sunday afternoons through the summer. All events are free and open to the public. This reading is presented in partnership with the&nbsp;<a href="https://nepoetryclub.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">New England Poetry Club</a>.
Major Jackson is the author of six books of poetry, including Razzle Dazzle: New &amp; Selected Poems (Blue Flower Arts, 2023), The Absurd Man (W.W. Norton &amp; Company, 2020), Roll Deep (W.W. Norton &amp; Company, 2015), Holding Company (W.W. Norton &amp; Company, 2010), Hoops (W.W. Norton &amp; Company, 2006), and Leaving Saturn (University of Georgia Press, 2002), which won the Cave Canem Poetry Prize for a first book of poems. Jackson’s edited volumes include Best American Poetry 2019 (Scribner), Renga for Obama (Harvard Review Monographs, 2017), and the Library of America’s Countee Cullen: Collected Poems (2013). He is also the author of A Beat Beyond: Selected Prose of Major Jackson, edited by Amor Kohli (University of Michigan Press, 2022).&nbsp;
A recipient of fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Guggenheim Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, Major Jackson was awarded a Pushcart Prize and a Whiting Award and received honors from the Pew Fellowship in the Arts and the Witter Bynner Foundation in conjunction with the Library of Congress. He has published poems and essays in American Poetry Review, The New Yorker, Orion magazine, the Paris Review, Ploughshares, Poetry magazine, Poetry London, and ZYZZYVA.&nbsp;
Major Jackson lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where he is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities at Vanderbilt University. He hosts The Slowdown podcast, a partnership between the Poetry Foundation and American Public Media, and is poetry editor of the Harvard Review.

Local Event: Poetry Reading: Major Jackson

Poetry Reading: Major Jackson

The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nps.gov/long/planyourvisit/summer-festival.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Longfellow Summer Arts Festival</a>&nbsp;brings music, poetry, and community to the East Lawn of the Longfellow House on Sunday afternoons through the summer. All events are free and open to the public. This reading is presented in partnership with the&nbsp;<a href="https://nepoetryclub.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">New England Poetry Club</a>.
Marie Howe, recipient of the 2026 Golden Rose Award for Poetry,&nbsp;is the author of New and Selected Poems, (W.W. Norton 2024.) which includes poems from her four previous books.
From 2012-2014, she served as the Poet Laureate of New York State. She is the poet in residence at The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, and a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.
Marie Howe's&nbsp;The Good Thief&nbsp;(1988), was chosen for the National Poetry Series by&nbsp;Margaret Atwood, who praised Howe’s “poems of obsession that transcend their own dark roots.” In that collection, Howe’s oracular yet self-doubting speakers often voice their concerns through Biblical and mythical allusions. Kunitz, on selecting the book for the Lavan Younger Poets Prize from the American Academy of Poets, observed, “Her long, deep-breathing lines address the mysteries of flesh and spirit, in terms accessible only to a woman who is very much of our time and yet still in touch with the sacred.” Howe has taught at Sarah Lawrence College, Columbia University, and NYU. She coedited (with Michael Klein) the essay anthology&nbsp;In the Company of My Solitude: American Writing from the AIDS Pandemic&nbsp;(1994). She has received fellowships from the Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Academy of American Poets, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. She was the Poet Laureate of New York State from 2012 to 2014.&nbsp;She is the poet in residence at The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine and a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. Howe lives in New York City.&nbsp;

Local Event: Golden Rose Award (Poetry): Marie Howe

Golden Rose Award (Poetry): Marie Howe

The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nps.gov/long/planyourvisit/summer-festival.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Longfellow Summer Arts Festival</a>&nbsp;brings music, poetry, and community to the East Lawn of the Longfellow House on Sunday afternoons through the summer. All events are free and open to the public. This concert is presented in partnership with the&nbsp;<a href="https://college.berklee.edu/events/summer" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Berklee Summer in the City</a>&nbsp;concert series.
Yujin Han, a South Korea-born jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, studied at Dongduk Women’s University in Korea.&nbsp;
She started her career as the leader of an alternative R&amp;B band, the Blowers, in 2020. She developed a distinctive compositional voice with the support of the CJ Cultural Foundation, presenting her music to public audiences. After moving to the United States, she continued her studies at Berklee College of Music with the support of a Presidential Scholarship.&nbsp;
At the Berklee Global Jazz Institute and the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, she deepened her exploration of creative harmonic approaches and rhythms, drawing inspiration from diverse global musical influences. She has performed at Panama Jazz Festival, Medford Jazz Festival, Boston Progressive Jazz Festival, and a variety of venues in Korea and Boston. She was featured as an emerging artist at the 2024 Vermont Solo Jazz Piano Festival.

Local Event: Concert: Yujin Han

Concert: Yujin Han

The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nps.gov/long/planyourvisit/summer-festival.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Longfellow Summer Arts Festival</a>&nbsp;brings music, poetry, and community to the East Lawn of the Longfellow House on Sunday afternoons through the summer. All events are free and open to the public. This concert is presented in partnership with the&nbsp;<a href="https://college.berklee.edu/events/summer" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Berklee Summer in the City</a>&nbsp;concert series.
Owen Mar studies tap dance as a principal instrument in the Percussion Department at Berklee College of Music. He plays jazz and Latin jazz, both originals and standards, typically with bass, guitar, and piano accompaniment.

Local Event: Concert: Owen Mar

Concert: Owen Mar

The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nps.gov/long/planyourvisit/summer-festival.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Longfellow Summer Arts Festival</a>&nbsp;brings music, poetry, and community to the East Lawn of the Longfellow House on Sunday afternoons through the summer. All events are free and open to the public.Pete Smith&nbsp;is a New York City-based guitarist (and H.W. Longfellow descendant) who performs in a wide range of musical settings.&nbsp; As a founding member of Grupo los Santos (Santos4tet), a vanguard Afro-Cuban and Brazilian-style quartet, he has played New York’s Town Hall and concerts throughout the U.S., Cuba &amp; Austria. He has performed at the Berlin Jazz Festival and Montreal Jazz Festival, as well as concerts in thirty countries throughout Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia. He has worked with Norah Jones, trumpeter Donald Byrd, Cuban trombone master Juan Pablo Torres, Andrew Hill, Kat Edmonson, Vince Giordano &amp; the Nighthawks, the Moonlighters, Madeline Peyroux, Natalie Merchant and Huun-Huur-Tu, and is a member of Michael Feinstein’s&nbsp;Carnegie Hall Big Band. In 2023 he traveled to Congo-Kinshasa (DRC) as a member of the band Opius&nbsp;Bliss—as&nbsp;cultural ambassadors for&nbsp;the US Embassy—to perform for and teach, play and dialogue with local musicians in Kinshasa and Kisangani. 2023 also saw the release of Santos4tet's 4th album "Santos 4".&nbsp; In 2024, Santos4tet was the recipient of a JazzRoad Touring Grant from SouthArts, funded by the Doris Duke Foundation and the Mellon Foundation, which supported their 5-city tour of the Sountheast. &nbsp;Pete will be recording a new album&nbsp;with bassist Sean Smith (The Smith Duo) in 2025.

Local Event: Concert: Pete Smith

Concert: Pete Smith

The&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nps.gov/long/planyourvisit/summer-festival.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Longfellow Summer Arts Festival</a>&nbsp;brings music, poetry, and community to the East Lawn of the Longfellow House on Sunday afternoons through the summer. All events are free and open to the public.
A free outdoor concert of contemporary chamber music.
Juventas New Music Ensemble&nbsp;is a dynamic contemporary chamber group with a special focus on emerging voices. They reimagine classical music as a vibrant living art form, uplifting rising voices and bringing audiences music from a diverse array of composers that live in today’s world and respond to our time.
Juventas has earned a reputation as a curator, with a keen eye for new talent. Since their founding in 2005, they have performed the music of over 300 living composers. Their musicians champion these artists with exceptional professional performances that open doors.

Local Event: Concert: Juventas New Music Ensemble

Concert: Juventas New Music Ensemble

Emily Levine

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Benjamin Pierce

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The Farm at Gore Place

Get outside and embrace all the elements this SPRING by learning how to shoot a bow and arrow at the historic Gore Place Estate! 
Join us Sunday from 12:00 - 1:30 PM for a fun and entertaining introduction to archery and reconnect with your inner Katniss or Robin Hood.&nbsp;
All coaching and equipment is provided by our team of instructors who will have you laughing, smiling and maybe even weeping with tears of joy as you strike the bull's eye and relive all those childhood memories of archery - or create new ones for the first time.
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Tickets available online only at <a target="_blank" href="https://onthemarkarchery.com/waltham" rel="nofollow noopener">otma.us/waltham</a>
*Please check website in advance BEFORE coming!*
**Rainouts will be credited towards a future Open Range Sunday**
The FARM at Gore Place: 249 Waltham Street, Watertown, MA 02472
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Local Event: Archery Sunday!

Newton

Archery Sunday!

Get outside and embrace all the elements this SPRING by learning how to shoot a bow and arrow at the historic Gore Place...

Trum Field

Fireworks return to Somerville skies on Tuesday, June 30, at the City annual summer celebration featuring live music, food, family-friendly activities, and of course, a fireworks finale.
Festivities will begin at 6 p.m. with live music from Plutos Return, a Somerville High School alumni band. DJ Live will follow with a lively mix of pop, soul, funk, and classic hits, and at 7:45 p.m., local funk band Search Party takes the stage.
At approximately 9 p.m., Mayor Jake Wilson will deliver brief remarks, followed by the National Anthem and the official countdown to the fireworks show. Food vendors will be available throughout the evening, including local Somerville favorites, plus classic treats like fried dough and lemonade.Due to the large crowds and loud noise associated with Somerville Firworks, the City recommends that attendees leave pets at home and avoid bringing unnecessary bags or backpacks. All bags and backpacks are subject to inspection.
To support public safety and pedestrian access, traffic and parking restrictions and road closures will be in place in the area around Trum Field. Attendees are encouraged to plan ahead and allow extra travel time.

Local Event: Somerville Fireworks at Trum Field

Somerville Fireworks at Trum Field

Fireworks return to Somerville skies on Tuesday, June 30, at the City annual summer celebration featuring live music, food,...

Kadampa Meditation Center Boston

Better Relationships Start Within
Better relationships do not begin by changing other people. They begin by changing our mind.
The quality of our relationships depends largely on the state of our mind. When we are stressed, reactive, or overwhelmed, even small interactions can become difficult. But when our mind is calm, clear, and positive, we naturally experience more patience, connection, and happiness.
In this practical meditation series, our team of experienced teachers will share Buddhist wisdom and guided meditations to help you develop healthier relationships, greater emotional balance, and a more peaceful mind.
Each class includes:
• guided meditation 
• a practical teaching 
• contemplative time 
• Q&amp;A
Suitable for beginners and experienced meditators alike. Everyone is welcome.
July Series: Better Relationships Start Within
July 1: Open Your Heart 
More joy. More connection.
July 8: Strong Boundaries, Clear Mind 
More peace. Less inner conflict.
July 15: Keep Your Peace 
Stay calm under pressure.
July 22: Get Unstuck 
Build momentum and confidence.
July 29: Find Your Focus 
Less distraction. More clarity.
Registration
$15 at the door or in advance:
<a href="https://www.meditationinboston.org/wednesdays-in-cambridge" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.meditationinboston.org/wednesdays-in-cambridge</a>
Location
Kadampa Meditation Center Boston, 2298 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge. Just a few blocks from Davis Square. Free street parking after 6pm.

Local Event: Better Relationships Start Within: Wednesday 7pm meditation classes in July

Better Relationships Start Within: Wednesday...

Better Relationships Start Within
Better relationships do not begin by changing other people. They begin by changing our...

Better Relationships Start Within: Wednesday 7pm meditation classes in July

Robbins Farm Park

"On the 4th of July, we will again celebrate America’s birthday in style at Robbins Farm Park. Our entertainment includes a Live Band PLUS a BIG SCREEN Presentation!Our Independence Day Celebration starts at 6:00 pm, our favorite Oldies Band, The Reminisants will entertain us once again! Bring a blanket and a picnic dinner for our traditional FREE Concert and be prepared to DANCE! It’s as American as Apple Pie (and Pizza Pie), so of course we’ll have some for sale along with drinks.
Get your seats on the hill. After the music we’ll be showing the BOSTON POPS ESPLANADE CONCERT and BOSTON FIREWORKS broadcast Live on the BIG SCREEN."

Local Event: Arlington Independence Day Concert and Picnic

Arlington

Arlington Independence Day Concert and Picnic

"On the 4th of July, we will again celebrate America’s birthday in style at Robbins Farm Park. Our entertainment includes a...

Charles River Esplanade

The Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular returns to the Hatch Shell on the Charles River Esplanade for its 52nd year on Saturday, July 4, from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. ET. Led by legendary conductor Keith Lockhart, the Pops concert welcomes three very special guest artists: Grammy-winning country music superstar Lainey Wilson, three-time Grammy winner Chance The Rapper, and Grammy-winning NOLA icon Trombone Shorty, each making their first appearance with the Pops.
As the Signature Event of the Commonwealth’s MA250 (Massachusetts 250) initiative honoring the 250th anniversary of America’s founding, this year’s free July 4 concert anchors a multi-year, statewide commemoration highlighting Massachusetts’ legacy of leadership and innovation in shaping the nation’s founding and future.

Local Event: 2026 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular

2026 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular

The Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular returns to the Hatch Shell on the Charles River Esplanade for its 52nd year on Saturday,...

School of Fashion Design

This program is ideal for teenagers&nbsp;(in grades 9-12)&nbsp;interested in fashion design! This course is an excellent opportunity from them to develop their sewing and sketching skills.
Two sessions are available during our summer semester. SESSION I: July 6th to July 27th SESSION II: July 29th to August 19th Both are on Mondays &amp; Wednesday from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM. We offer two levels: Regular &amp; Advanced (for students who have taken the regular level in the past).
Register today or email <a target="_blank" href="mailto:admissions@sfdboston.org">admissions@sfdboston.org</a> to get started!
<a target="_blank" href="https://www.schooloffashiondesign.org/pre-college-program" rel="nofollow noopener">Click here to learn more and register!</a>

Local Event: Now Enrolling for Summer 2026 High School Program

Now Enrolling for Summer 2026 High School Program

This program is ideal for teenagers (in grades 9-12) interested in fashion design! This course is an excellent opportunity from...

Join poet Wendy Drexler and Dr. Rashmi Kaura of Hebrew SeniorLife’s Wolk Center for Memory Health for a virtual poetry reading and conversation about Drexler’s fourth collection, Harvest of What Remains. Through poetry and personal reflection, Harvest of What Remains shares Drexler’s experience caring for her husband as Alzheimer’s disease gradually changed their lives and relationship.
The program will explore how writing became a powerful tool for processing grief, stress, anger, fear, and moments of uncertainty throughout her caregiving journey. Together, Drexler and Dr. Kaura will discuss how poetry and reflective writing can offer comfort, insight, and emotional support to caregivers throughout the different stages of the caregiving journey.
Wendy Drexler is a recipient of a 2022 artist fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Her fourth collection, Harvest of What Remains, received honorable mention for the Paul Nemser Prize and was published in February 2026 by Lily Poetry Review Books. Her work has appeared in The Hudson Review, The Sun, and The Threepenny Review, among others. She was awarded the 2025 E.E. Cummings Prize from the New England Poetry Club, where she currently serves on the advisory board.
Rashmi Kaura, MD is a palliative care and geriatric specialist at the Deanna and Sidney Wolk Center for Memory Health. She is board certified in hospice and palliative care, geriatric medicine, and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. She completed her Bachelor of Science in pharmacology and basic medical sciences from King’s College in London, England. She received her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from King’s College School of Medicine and Dentistry. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Overlook Medical Center and her fellowship in geriatrics and palliative care at Mount Sinai Medical Center.

Local Event: Processing Alzheimer's Caregiving through Poetry: Author Wendy Drexler with Dr. Rashmi Kaura

Roslindale

Processing Alzheimer's Caregiving through...

Join poet Wendy Drexler and Dr. Rashmi Kaura of Hebrew SeniorLife’s Wolk Center for Memory Health for a virtual poetry reading...

Processing Alzheimer's Caregiving through Poetry: Author Wendy Drexler with Dr. Rashmi Kaura

Leaders 4SC is a summer workshop for middle school (rising 5th to 10th grade) students on writing and speaking, as well as leadership, communication, decision-making, and advocacy. Our goal is to train the next generation of civic leaders: members of a community who actively participate in society.<a href="https://leaders4sc.org" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">SIGN&nbsp;UP</a>
By the end of each week, students will have<ul><li>Completed at least one writing or speaking assignment arguing for and defending their opinion on any current issues</li><li>Participated in daily discussions and activities on a different major current event every day</li><li>Participated in daily task force activities to role play as key decision makers and stakeholder</li><li>Discussed, debated, and bonded with an incredible group of engaged young people! </li></ul>
<h2>Dates / Times</h2>
Students may attend one, two, or three weeks:
Session 1 &mdash; Writing Focus: July 6-10; 10a-4p
Session 2 &mdash; Speaking Focus: July 13-17; 10a-4p
Session 3 &mdash; Social Innovation Focus: July 20-24; 10a-4p
<h2>Pricing</h2>
One Week: $300
Two Weeks: $500
Three Weeks: $750
Need-based financial aid is available. Email us at <a href="mailto:workshops@academy4sc.org" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">workshops@academy4sc.org</a> to inquire.
<h2>Location</h2>
Boston
Lesley University
29 Everett St, Cambridge, MA
<h2>Have questions? Email us at <a href="mailto:workshops@academy4sc.org" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">workshops@academy4sc.org</a></h2>

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Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA

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Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA

Headquarters of a Revolution: Washington’s Arrival in Cambridge

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Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA

Poetry Reading: Regie Gibson & Lloyd Schwartz

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Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA

Poetry Reading: Major Jackson

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Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA

Golden Rose Award (Poetry): Marie Howe

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Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA

Concert: Yujin Han

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Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA

Concert: Owen Mar

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Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA

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Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA

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Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, 105 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA