The HSBA is partnering with the Cambridge Forum on a fabulous program for residents, families, students and young people. The program is outlined below and promises to be educational, entertaining, informative and thought-provoking.
On behalf of the Cambridge Forum and author, neighbor and Professor Suzanne Blier, we warmly invite you to this free, in-person and open to the public event Harvard Square on May 16th. No need to RSVP if showing up in person! (BTW…there will be a ZOOM option; the link will be available soon.)
History Comes Alive at First Parish Church in Harvard Square!
What was Cambridge like back when it was called Newtowne and even before that? A new history book, ostensibly for kids, aims to paint a more multi-dimensional view of the area charting its cultural influences and history starting back 10,000 years ago, when indigenous people farmed, fished and built communities there. The Massachusett tribe were the first documented humans known to have lived on this land.
Art Historian Suzanne Preston Blier, Harvard Professor of Fine Arts and of African and African American Studies has just published “The Streets of Newtowne: A Story of Cambridge, MA.” Blier, a Cambridge civic activist, serves as President of the Harvard Square Neighborhood Association, a group she helped to found in 2017.
LOCATION:First Parish Church 1446 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20230516T210000Z DTEND:20230516T210000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR