UPCOMING
See below for our Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 programs Co-sponsored by the Charlotte and William Bloomberg Medford Public Library. All programs will take place at 111 High Street, Medford.
- Click here to see video and here to see photos from the Amelia Earhart plaque memorial event on July 24, 2024.
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Thursday, November 7: What’s Faith Got to do With It? [**note speaker change]
“Reflecting on the History of West Medford’s Shiloh Baptist Church: One Longtime Member’s Perspective”
Speaker: Jo Ann Tyler, Shiloh Baptist Church of West Medford
This presentation will focus on the rich 127-year history of Shiloh Baptist Church as a cornerstone institution in the African American community of West Medford. From church picnics that brought the community together across generations to the stained-glass windows that memorialize members of the congregation to the men’s bowling league that provided comradery—and more—the presentation will share one longtime member’s perspective on what has made this church so important in Medford
Sign up for the 11/7 event here.
Tuesday, December 3: Deep Time:
The Early Archaeology of Medford and Greater Boston
Speaker: Suanna Selby Crowley, Archeologist
Walk through deep time and learn more about the archaeology of Medford and Greater Boston. Suanna Crowley, also known as “Dr. Dirt,” is a geoarchaeologist and researcher who has worked across the globe – but lives right here in Medford! Her work is focused on the dynamic environmental and climatic processes that preserve the archaeological record. This landscape legacy shapes and informs our understanding of the complex history of the Indigenous peoples who have lived here for millennia. This illustrated talk will highlight multiple topics of archaeological interest and describe new research.
Sign up for the 12/3 event here.
Programs in 2025
Thursday, January 30, 2025
“Gandhi’s American Friend: The Untold Story of Richard Gregg”
Speaker: John Wooding, Emeritus Professor, Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
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“Defining Moments”
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Thanks to the Medford Arts Council for supporting MHSM
“These programs are supported in part by a grant from the Medford Arts Council, a local commission that is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the City of Medford.”
The Power of Truth: Early Diversity in Medford, February 2024
Murder at the Harvard Medical School, April 2023
Black Heritage Trail Virtual Tour, February 2022