Boston Boston Free Lectures Events

Boston Civil War Private Tour

Tuesday, May 29 1:00p
Boston Common Visitor's Information Center, Boston
Hear the Boston stories of John Wilkes Booth, John Brown and Jefferson Davis. Learn how the radical abolitionists of Boston awakened the conscience of the country.

Terry Vose Illustrated Lecture: Tales of an Art Dealer: The History of the Vose Galleries, Boston

Tuesday, June 26 12:00p
The Boston Athenaeum, Boston
Now a Newbury Street institution, the Vose Galleries began as a framing shop and art gallery in Providence, Rhode Island in 1841.

Catherine Willis Book Talk: Hiding in Plain Sight: Images from the Boston Public Library's Archives

Tuesday, June 19 6:00p
The Boston Athenaeum, Boston
One of the great civic and cultural success stories in American history, the Boston Public Library opened to the public in 1848 in two rooms in a school-house.

Andrew Blum -- Tubes: A Journey to the Internet

Tuesday, June 5 12:00p
The Boston Athenaeum, Boston
Journalist and author Andrew Blum discusses his new book in which he takes a journey through the physical internet of fiber optic cables and data centers that few internet users have seen or think about.

Graves’ and Thyroid Eye Disease Support Group

Tuesday, June 5 6:00p
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery Service, Boston
Mass. Eye and Ear will be hosting a Graves’ disease and thyroid eye disease support group for patients and their families, in partnership with Graves’ Disease & Thyroid Foundation.

Noise & Rhythm: Harnessing Complexity in Medicine and Robotics

Friday, June 8 8:15a
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, Boston
This international symposium will focus on research and technology development based on non-linear dynamical systems and self-organizing behavior that are beginning to transform the fields of medicine and robot