In 1775, a collision of word-historical forces, driven by ocean-spanning empires, conflicts over trade and settlement, and new ideas about society and government, came together in the spark of the American Revolution. Yet although both the causes and the consequences of the Revolution were grand in scale, the war ignited in the tinderbox of a…
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3 events, Black Voices of the Revolution: Liberty, Emancipation, and the Struggle for Independence is now open! What do you do when a country cries out for liberty—but won’t offer it to you? In the shadowed alleys and crowded docks of Revolutionary-era Boston, Black men and women—enslaved and free—listened as white colonists thundered about freedom. They heard…  Explore the art of Boston’s African American Master Artists-in-Residence Program (AAMARP) during a guided tour of Say It Loud: AAMARP, 1977 to Now. Led by a Graduate Student Lecturer, deepen your understanding of exhibition themes and select artists through guided close looking and discussion. FREE with museum admission or membership; no pre-registration required. Tour meets on 4th floor. Are there access accommodations that would be useful to help… | 3 events, -  Overview Free public screening of MBBF'S ORIGIN STORIES + archival photography exhibition & FORESYTHE anthology launch. Open to all. Midwifery + The Black Birthing Family| ORIGIN STORIES Public Pre-Screening + Archival Photography Exhibit + Anthology Launch Date: Saturday, April 4, 2026 Location: Marran Theatre and Marran Gallery, 34 Mellen St, Cambridge, MA 02138 Open to… | 4 events, -  Overview Celebrate the launch of FORESYTHE’s anthology all about midwifery and the Black birthing experience! FORESYTHE Midwifery + The Black Birthing Family Official Anthology Launch Storytellers Reading + Community Dialogue Date: Sunday, April 5, 20263:00 PM – 5:30 PM Location:Just Book-ish, 1463 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester, MA 02122 Join us for the official launch of the anthologyFORESYTHE:… -  Join us for a concert celebrating the legacy of Coretta Scott King ’54, ’71 hon. DM, curated by NEC’s Black Student Union — honoring one of our nation’s most powerful voices. The live stream of this event is available to NEC Community members only. To watch the stream, please click the “Streaming Access” button at… FREE | ||||
3 events, Across many regions of Asia, temples serve as a site of ritual and ceremony, offering protection for ancestors and their descendants of the land. This exhibition invites you to invoke and honor Chinatown as a temple that holds ancestral histories and dreams. The segregated burial grounds at Mt Hope Cemetery, the bulldozing of neighborhood life… | 7 events, -  Free! RSVP Blackness in Boston, The Colonial Era is a 30-minute interactive edutainment workshop, geared towards students in grades K–8 and their families, exploring Boston’s Colonial period through British, colonist, and Black perspectives. Part of the larger “History of Boston Through the American Descendants of Slavery (ADOS) Perspectives” series, through storytelling, music, and hands-on participation, students… FREE -  Join us for 58 A.M. — 58 Years After Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a community conversation on the Holy Week Uprising and the birth of the Fair Housing Act. A fundraiser for Afrimerican Academy youth programs with a raffle for a free Nubian Square tour or workshop (up to 25 people). -  In observance of Ching Ming, or “tomb-sweeping day,” join us with a collective ceremony that remembers and honors Boston Chinatown’s early immigrants who faced exclusion and neglect in Mount Hope Cemetery. In a storytelling panel, Friends of the Chinese Burial Grounds at Mount Hope Cemetery will share their ancestral stories, memories, as well as historical… -  This must-see event for the United States’ 250th anniversary year brings together a stage full of talented young singers, the words of American literary luminaries, two amazing Boston-based cellists, and the world premiere of a new choral work by B.E. Boykin. Each youth choir presents a unique musical setting of Langston Hughes’ poem “I Dream… | |||||
5 events, -  As Boston approaches the 250th anniversary of American independence, Everyone250 reimagines commemoration and honors the full diversity of the communities that have shaped both Boston and the nation. The Monuments and Markers initiative will commemorate historically significant sites through a collaborative, community-driven process, establishing permanent public markers that honor the spaces where cultural memory and… FREE -  Join us for a neighborhood cleanup in honor of Louis D. Brown Day of Civic Engagement in the city of Boston. Below is a full schedule of events for Louis D. Brown Day of Civic Engagement: Monday, April 13-- 10:30am-12pm-- Everyone250 Historical Marker Unveiling @ 1452 Dorchester Ave. 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02122 Monday, April… FREE | 4 events, -  Join author and voting rights organizer Ron Bell for Know Your Rights, a hands-on workshop to help you understand and defend your rights. Below is a full schedule of events for Louis D. Brown Day of Civic Engagement: Monday, April 13-- 10:30am-12pm-- Everyone250 Historical Marker Unveiling @ 1452 Dorchester Ave. 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02122… FREE | 4 events, “What can I reveal that has not been shown? Black people — not entertaining, just being, living. Letting people deal with that as reality.” — Derrick Adams This first mid-career survey of the prolific New York–based artist Derrick Adams (b. 1970 in Baltimore) offers a sweeping view of his multidisciplinary practice over twenty years. Adams… | 6 events, -  "If we cannot do great things, we can do small things in a great way." - Melnea Cass Our singers honor the remarkable legacy of Melnea Cass, the “First Lady of Roxbury”. A tireless advocate for justice, Cass championed women’s suffrage, Black employment, early childhood education, care for the elderly, and civil rights leadership as president… -  📸 Celebrate & Connect - A Legacy of Excellence Join 200+ Black marathon runners celebrating achievement, community, and Boston Marathon excellence Event Schedule: • Doors Open at 2:00 PM (Mini Expo) • Athletes Please Arrive by 3:00 PM • Procession of Athletes Starts at 4:00 PM ADA: Accessible Facility Transportation: Orange Line to Roxbury Crossing… FREE | |||
5 events, -  Join descendants, donors, and special guests for the launch of Patriots of Color, a new temporary exhibit in the Family Heritage Experience at American Ancestors. This exhibit sheds light on the overlooked histories of Black, Native, and multiracial men and women who fought, labored, and led in the struggle for American independence across all thirteen colonies.… | 6 events,This exhibit sheds light on the overlooked histories of Black, Native, and multiracial men and women who fought, labored, and led in the struggle for American independence across all thirteen colonies. Through documents, personal narratives, and digital interactives, the exhibition uncovers the courage and resilience of those whose contributions helped shape a new nation, even… FREE -  It’s an outdoor movie night! In partnership with The Robbins House, an evening under the stars screening the award-winning film Seeds, preceded by short film A Mystical Ornithology and the first showing of the music video “Paul Cuffe is Me.” Bring your lawn chairs and blankets, and enjoy snacks from an on-site food truck. This event is free and open to… FREE | 6 events, -  Music by Gaetano Donizetti | Libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Jean-François Bayard New English Dialogue by Kirsten Greenidge Conducted by Kelly Kuo | Directed by John de los Santos Love, liberty, and laughs— a revolutionary comedy for America’s 250th. Laughter meets revolutionary spirit in BLO’s staging of Donizetti’s glorious comedy. Inspired by the life… | 7 events, -  Join the instructors, students, and friends of the Bow Sim Mark Tai Chi Arts Association in celebrating World Tai Chi Day once again on the Rose Kennedy Greenway! The longest-running Tai Chi event in Boston returns on April 25, 10-11:30 AM, to the Greenway park in Chinatown, next to the iconic Gate. This year we… FREE -  In 2012, the first Japan Festival Boston was hosted, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the gift of cherry blossom trees from Tokyo to Washington D.C. The Japan Festival Boston gives us a chance to share our culture with the Greater Boston area, and we have been expanding this festival each year (about 70,000 people in… FREE | 7 events, - In 2012, the first Japan Festival Boston was hosted, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the gift of cherry blossom trees from Tokyo to Washington D.C. The Japan Festival Boston gives us a chance to share our culture with the Greater Boston area, and we have been expanding this festival each year (about 70,000 people in… FREE - Music by Gaetano Donizetti | Libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Jean-François Bayard New English Dialogue by Kirsten Greenidge Conducted by Kelly Kuo | Directed by John de los Santos Love, liberty, and laughs— a revolutionary comedy for America’s 250th. Laughter meets revolutionary spirit in BLO’s staging of Donizetti’s glorious comedy. Inspired by the life… | ||
6 events, -  As Boston approaches the 250th anniversary of American independence, Everyone250 reimagines commemoration and honors the full diversity of the communities that have shaped both Boston and the nation. The Monuments and Markers initiative will commemorate historically significant sites through a collaborative, community-driven process, establishing permanent public markers that honor the spaces where cultural memory and… FREE | 6 events, - Music by Gaetano Donizetti | Libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Jean-François Bayard New English Dialogue by Kirsten Greenidge Conducted by Kelly Kuo | Directed by John de los Santos Love, liberty, and laughs— a revolutionary comedy for America’s 250th. Laughter meets revolutionary spirit in BLO’s staging of Donizetti’s glorious comedy. Inspired by the life of Deborah Sampson, the Massachusetts revolutionary who… | 8 events, -  UMass Boston is hosting their Powwow on May 3rd from 12PM-5PM! Check out this flyer to see all the information on performances, competitions, and how to apply to be a… FREE - Music by Gaetano Donizetti | Libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, Jean-François Bayard New English Dialogue by Kirsten Greenidge Conducted by Kelly Kuo | Directed by John de los Santos Love, liberty, and laughs— a revolutionary… -  And, Perhaps, To Bloom | May 3, 2026 4:00pm | Longy School of Music Tracing journeys from swamps and maroon societies to northern and midwestern cities like Detroit, this… |
