Arts and Culture

Listen to lyrical medieval Welsh poetry, in both old Welsh and English, read by Harvard student Samuel Puopolo.

Join staff member Tayana Fincher for a talk focusing on healing through the creation of art and close looking.

Put on your dancing shoes and head over for a morning of singing and dancing! We'll sing and move together, and share a story or two. For children of all ages and their grown-ups. 

Curator Horace D. Ballard closely examines a work of art that speaks to the shifting contexts of American art.

Delve deeper into ancient sculpture, from a time when Celtic and Classical cultures clashed, with art historian Kimberly Cassibry.

Learn about and remake the first synthetic blue pigment in history with art conservators Lisa Barro and Carolyn Riccardelli.

Join staff as they discuss and activate this experimental device from 1930 by László Moholy-Nagy, a Bauhaus pioneer.

We’re keeping our doors open late for an evening of art, fun, food, and more!

Bounces and rhymes for our youngest library patrons. Recommended for babies 0-18 months and their caregivers.

In this workshop, you’ll learn about scent as a sensory medium in Japanese Buddhist funerary and memorial rituals and craft your own incense.

Bounces and rhymes for our youngest library patrons. Recommended for babies 0-18 months and their caregivers.

Join Leigh Raiford and Teju Cole to examine photography’s role in social justice movements and national memory

March Title: The God of the Woods by Liz Moore.

April Selection: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy.

April Selection: One Pot, Pan, Planet: A Greener Way to Cook for You and Your Family by Anna Jones.