Pick of the DayBoston Globe Included on Time magazine’s “Top 100 English-Speaking Novels Since 1923” list, Zadie Smith’s first novel, “White Teeth,” garnered the British writer much acclaim, which she’s built upon with three more novels and a collection of essays. She stops by Wellesley as part of its Distinguished Writers Series. 4:30 p.m. Free. Pendleton…
December 2014 NewsletterPhoto Exhibit Exposes Resident’s View of West End in Flux, Captures Ongoing Changes Since 1998 From January 6 through February 28, 2015, The West End Museum will host a new exhibit, The New West Enders & Other Green Monsters, in its Main Exhibit Hall. Images by photographer Lolita Parker, Jr. document the rapid-fire changes…
New Exhibit Traces West End Circus Tradition & HistoryPost-Gazette 31, 2015, The West End Museum will host a new exhibit, The Circus: A West End Tradition, in its Members Gallery. The exhibit traces the origins and development of the circus in the U.S., from the late 1700s through the present day, and its strong connections…
Pick of the DayBoston Globe Guitarist Paul Speidel’s seemingly effortless combination of blues, jazz, and funk has made him a mainstay on Boston’s blues scene for the last two decades. He brings his talent to the stage for The Paul Speidel Band’s 20th Anniversary Blues Show, which features special guests David Maxwell, Toni Lynn Washington…
Book Talk: South End Character by Anne Alison Barnet: Reveals Parallels Between Boston’s South End & West End Boston, MA—On December 4 at 6:30 p.m., the West End Museum will host an evening with Anne Alison Barnet, author of South End Character: Speaking Out On Neighborhood Change, a collection of her columns for the South…
Pick of the DayBoston Globe Hometown glory Boston played a key role in the Civil War, not only as a center of abolitionist activity but as home to groups fighting for the cause. Learn about the city’s involvement in the conflict with Civil War expert Barbara Berenson as she reads from her book “Boston and the Civil…
South Shore residents bring West End memories to Road ShowPatriot Ledger BOSTON — Stories of how urban renewal swept through the West End of Boston in 1959 and took out an entire neighborhood can be heard around the South Shore 55 years later. On Saturday, they were recorded for posterity as former residents reconnected at…
A GOOD AGE: Memories of Boston’s old West End can’t be razedWicked Local QUINCY — After I moved to Boston in 1965, I soon heard stories about Boston’s old West End, razed by urban renewal a few years earlier in 1959. As a reporter, I covered events at Boston’s new City Hall Plaza and Government…
New Exhibit Traces West End Circus Tradition Boston, MA—From December 2, 2014 through January 31, 2015, The West End Museum will host a new exhibit, The Circus: A West End Tradition, in its Members Gallery. The exhibit traces the origins and development of the circus in the U.S., from the late 1700s through the present…
Mass. Memories Road Show Comes to West End Museum: Aims to Preserve West End Photos & Stories, Old & New Boston, MA—On Saturday, November 15 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., the Mass. Memories Road Show at UMass Boston travels to The West End Museum. Co-hosted by the Museum, UMass Boston, Vilna Shul, The West…