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Brookline To Honor Three Slaves Who Marched To Lexington

Bearing several veterans memorial plaques, the lobby walls of Town Hall serve as a tribute to Brookline’s many veterans, and as a testament to...

McMullen Museum Of Art

About the McMullen Museum The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College organizes and presents innovative, multidisciplinary exhibitions that have received national and international recognition,...
Ogden Standard, 03-20-1918

David E. Putnam

JFK House Celebrates Rosemary Kennedy’s 100th Birthday

The boyhood home of President John F. Kennedy in Massachusetts is celebrating the 100th birthday of his oldest sister, Rosemary Kennedy. The John Fitzgerald Kennedy...

Metropolitan Waterworks Museum

Specialties The Metropolitan Waterworks Museum is dedicated to historical interpretation on the themes of engines & engineering, architecture, social history, and public health. The is no...

Town Of Brookline Invites Community Members To Memorial Day Program

Town Administrator Mel Kleckner and Brookline Veterans' Services Director William T. McGroarty wish to invite community members to the Town of Brookline's Memorial Day...

In Brookline, Can Renaming A School Help Right The Wrongs Of...

In the past year, Greater Boston has made incremental progress toward reckoning with its fraught racial past. The lone Confederate monument, on a Boston Harbor...

Charles River Museum Of Industry & Innovation

Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation is a museum located near the intersection of the Charles River and what is now Moody Street...

Brookline Honors JFK During Centennial Celebration

A man of eloquent speeches, a drive for global unity, and a love for Boston creme pies, John Fitzgerald Kennedy has been nothing short...

Warren Anatomical Museum

The Warren Anatomical Museum, housed within Harvard Medical School's Countway Library of Medicine, was founded in 1847 by Harvard professor John Collins Warren, whose personal...

International Holocaust Commemoration Day

International Holocaust Commemoration Day is an international memorial day on January 27 commemorating the tragedy of the Holocaust that occurred during the Second World...

Putterham School

Brookline, Massachusetts proudly boasts of owning a school house that is over two hundred years old. It is the Putterham School which was built...

Brookline Town Meeting Starts May 22

This year's Brookline Town Meeting is scheduled to begin Tuesday, May 22, in the Brookline High School auditorium at 115 Greenough Street, Brookline, MA...

Where To Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day In Brookline

On St. Patrick’s Day everyone’s a little Irish. If your plans do not include hopping the T to Southie to watch the parade, here...

Museum Of Bad Art

MOBA's public gallery is in Dorchester Brewing Co. inthe Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. Of over 800 pieces in the permanent collection, about 40 are exhibited....

JFK Birth Centennial Ending Today On 54th Assassination Anniversary

A year of events marking the 100th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s birth is drawing to a close exactly 54 years after his...

JFK Birth Centennial Ends On Assassination Anniversary

A year of events marking the 100th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s birth came to close Wednesday, exactly 54 years after his assassination. National...

Brookline’s Fire Stations Hold Moment Of Silence

As police and fire departments across the country remember those who died as a result of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the Commonwealth...

Larz Anderson Auto Museum

Specialties The Larz Anderson Auto Museum is a unique, special place that is a true "Hidden Gem". There is something to appeal to everyone, whether...

Black History Month Film Series At Brookline Public Library

In honor of Black History Month, the Public Library of Brookline (361 Washington Street, Brookline, MA 02445) is screening a month-long film series. Join...
Zvi Sesling

Brookline Poet Laureate’s New Book Covers A 30-Year Career, Jewish Themes

Brookline’s own Poet Laureate Zvi Sesling has a new book. Sesling has been writing poetry on Jewish themes for over 30 years and his new...

Google Doodle Celebrates America’s Workers On Labor Day 2018

Google Doodle did not take the day off Monday, when it hailed the American worker on Labor Day. It has been a federal holiday since...

The National Center For Jewish Film’s Annual Festival Starts May 2

The National Center for Jewish Film's annual festival will feature limited release screenings, regional premieres and insightful discussions from May 2 to 13. Professor of American Studies Thomas...

Maliotis Cultural Center

Founding and mission In 1974, Costas Maliotis, a prominent industrialist and philanthropist from Belmont, Massachusetts, who had immigrated to the United States from Crete in 1915,...

Widow Harris House

The Widow Harris House was named after Hannah Winchester Harris, the wife of its first owner, Timothy Harris. It was built between 1772 and 1796...

Things To Do Around Town

1. Celebrate International Women’s Day at the Brookline Village library branch on March. 15. Participants are invited to bring their daughters and sons to the...

Taft At Brookline

Celebrating 50 Years Of The Caribbean American Carnival In Boston

The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) is pleased to announce the "Caribbean Americans & Politics: Celebrating 50 Years of the Caribbean American Carnival in Boston"...

Brookline Votes To Change Name Of Devotion School

Brookline Town Meeting voted Tuesday to rename the Edward S. Devotion School, which was named after a resident who owned a slave in the...

Ice Cream On Sundays And Water From The Charles: A look...

Centuries after Brookline was established, it is easy to take for granted what makes Brookline, Brookline - from the representative Town Meeting to the...

Brookline Should Remove Slaveholder’s Name From School

When Brookline’s $120 million renovation of the Devotion School is complete, it will feature about 24,500 square feet of new space and accommodate an...

Boston Fire Museum

Mission The mission of the Museum is to preserve and display fire fighting memorabilia from the Greater Boston area, educate and inform the general public...