First Church in Cambridge
1 Garden St., Cambridge, MA
One of Okeghem’s most dazzling compositional feats is this Mass “in whatsoever mode,” which can be sung three ways, each with its own distinct scale and harmonic palette. We will sing the complete Mass in all three modes, in a special two-part concert interpolating an explanatory presentation...
Honored as “South Africa’s Cultural Ambassadors to the World” by Nelson Mandela, legendary a cappella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo has thrilled audiences with its strong, proud melodies harmonized in layers of call and response for over 65 years.
Cambridge Public Library (Main)
449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Explore how Americans have remembered and forgotten Washington’s involvement with slavery over the past 250 years. Three historians who work at the intersection of scholarship and public history will shed new light on our founding contradictions.
Porter Square Books is thrilled to present an evening with Ibram X. Kendi at First Parish in Cambridge for the release of his latest book, Chain of Ideas. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) will join Dr. Kendi in conversation.
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA
Photography has played a central role in social movements, igniting desire for change and inspiring action. At the same time, it has been commandeered to consolidate power, stifle dissent, and foreclose a sense that other worlds are possible. In this lecture, Leigh Raiford and Teju Cole will...
Join us for New England's only Comic Arts Festival focused on stories by and about people of color. The Boston Comics in Color Festival is a family-friendly event for all ages focusing on creators of color and stories by and about people of color. This event takes...
Lizard Lounge
1667 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA
Boston native Julie Rhodes musical career started “on a whim”. After singing along in the audience at a house show, she was given some words of encouragement to write her own songs. That night, she began writing her first song and before long she was recording her...