Join Dr. Barbara Brown, founder and chair of Hidden Brookline, for a visit to three sites that tell the history and stories of slavery and freedom in Brookline.
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August 20: Central Square Food and Mural Arts Walking Tour
Unleash your inner art and food critic while exploring Central Square, Cambridge. Discover a hidden art passageway, see Graffiti Alley, and enjoy delicious, diverse eats.
August 13: Brookline’s Hidden River: A Walking Tour
Join Kenneth Dumas, group leader and member of WalkBoston, as we follow the path of the Muddy River from Brookline Village to the Charles River in Back Bay.
August 6: Brookline’s Historic Beacon Street Walk: A Walking Tour
Join Kenneth Dumas, group leader and member of WalkBoston, for a stroll from Cleveland Circle to Audubon Circle and learn about Beacon Street over the years.
July 30: Tracing the Shawmut Peninsula: A Walking Tour
Join Kenneth Dumas, group leader and member of WalkBoston, for a tour showing how Boston’s original shoreline became today’s bustling metropolis.
July 16: Brookline’s Secret Stairways and Paths: A Walking Tour
Join Kenneth Dumas, group leader and member of WalkBoston, for a tour of Brookline’s great circuit of pedestrian walks.
May 18 Evening Lecture: Artificial Intelligence – Is Facial Recognition an Algorithm of Injustice?
Mass surveillance affects all Americans through a wide suite of technologies—but facial recognition, one of the most critical and commonly-used technologies, poses special risks for historically marginalized communities.
May 16 Evening Lecture: The Hottest Travel Trend – River Cruising
Two travel specialists share their expertise and insider knowledge to provide the scoop on the hottest travel trend of recent years.
May 11: The Mothers of Gynecology – Enslaved Black Women
This revealing lecture showcases the Harvard University exhibit in which three artists dignify the experiences of Anarcha, Betsey and Lucy, the enslaved Black women J. Marion Sims operated on during the 19th century.