Community Reception to Honor The WEM’s New President
Boston, MA – The West End community is welcome to attend a special reception honoring the election of Lois Ascher as the new president of The West End Museum. The event will be at the historic Otis House, 141 Cambridge St., on Wednesday, May 25 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
The Otis House – a mansion designed by Charles Bulfinch – will be open for viewing, and the reception will be held on the Cambridge Street balcony and Lynde Street courtyard.
Ascher, the first female professor at Wentworth Institute of Technology, has been involved with The WEM for a decade, ever since she brought one of her classes to visit the museum. Titled Boston Voyages, this Urban Culture Studies class explored Boston’s history and its built environments.
Ascher has served on The WEM’s Board of Directors for eight years. In that time, she has presented West End related talks including a series on the importance of urban public spaces called “Democracy’s Front Porch,” “Resurrecting a Vanished Neighborhood: Interpreting Urban Renewal at Boston’s West End Museum” and “In the New West End: From Ashes and Dust A Neighborhood Rises.” Ascher has published articles including “Preserving Community: Boston’s West End” and “Enacting Democracy—Public Space: Theater of Discourse.”
A $10 donation at the door will be welcomed. Masks are optional.
Click here for a media photo of Lois Ascher.
Media Contact:
Matt Ellis
617.278.6560
Museum Contact:
Sebastian Belfanti
sebastian.belfanti@thewestendmuseum.org
617.723.2125
About The West End Museum:
The West End Museum is dedicated to the collection, preservation, and interpretation of the history and culture of Boston’s West End. The Museum’s permanent exhibit, “The Last Tenement,” highlights the immigrant history of the neighborhood through its decimation under Urban Renewal in the late 1950s. The main gallery features rotating exhibits. The Museum is located near North Station. Its entrance is on Lomasney Way. Admission is free.