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SUMMARY:Queer Domesticity: The Relationships of Settlement House Workers
DESCRIPTION:Settlement work thrived in the early days of the 20th century\, with nearly 500 Settlements providing service nationally at the movement’s peak. The history of large movements such as these can often overlook the details of the dedicated individuals who led them. In honor of Pride Month\, The Gables is hosting a virtual panel featuring several of the more famous Settlement Houses – Hull House\, Henry Street Settlement\, and The House of the Seven Gables – in a discussion regarding the women who dedicated their lives to their Settlement and the role their sometimes closeted relationships held in strengthening their work. \nSpeakers on this panel include Nadia Maragha\, Education Manager at Jane Addams Hull House Museum\, Katie Vogel\, Public Historian at Henry Street Settlement\, Ashley Hopkins Benton\, Senior Historians and Curator of Social History at The New York State Museum\, Dakota Russell\, Executive Director of The House of the Seven Gables\, and James Giessler\, Executive Director/ CEO of North Shore Alliance of LGBTQ+ Youth. \n> Click here to register <\n\nMEET THE PANELISTS!\nNadia Maragha holds a master’s degree in political science\, with a focus in comparative urban politics and international human rights. She has more than ten years’ experience in informal education\, mostly in museums. Her work and research at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum include developing educational content for exhibitions\, writing about Hull-House’s history\, leading public tours and programs\, and presenting on subjects like the settlement’s work in public health\, Chicago folklore\, and Hull-House’s arts history. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSince 2017\, Katie Vogel has had the rare opportunity to serve as the in-house Public Historian for a social services\, health care\, and arts agency: Henry Street Settlement\, a historic organization on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. In this role\, she animates the Settlement’s permanent history exhibition\, where the organization’s team members\, community members\, and visitors from across the United States and world learn about the Settlement’s role in local\, national\, and world history. Vogel organizes regular panel discussions related to Lower East Side history and\, with the Close Friends Collective—a group of public historians—developed a series of queer history walking tours of the Lower East Side and East Village. Vogel received her master’s degree from Brown University’s Public Humanities program in the Department of American Studies. For five years\, she worked at the Tenement Museum\, leading tours about New York City immigration and migration history. \n  \n  \nJames Giessler has been working in the nonprofit sector for over 30 years. During this time\, James has been an event planner and director of development for an HIV/AIDS organization\, a development writer and director of corporate and foundation relations for a comprehensive university\, executive director of a cancer support organization\, president and chief development officer for an innovative start-up nonprofit working in the ALS sector\, and before coming to NAGLY\, the executive director of a Harvard University-adjacent foundation supporting the performing arts. He has been the Executive Director and CEO of NAGLY since April 2021. \nAs a gay man who grew up the son of evangelical fundamentalist parents in a rural part of northeastern Ohio\, James has a personal understanding of how difficult it can be to live honestly\, openly\, and joyfully in a society that does not always value who we are and whom we love. But he maintains that\, “While I know what it is like to have homophobic slurs hurled at me for simply walking down the street with my husband\, I also know the value of finding a community of like-minded\, supportive friends—both LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ—to join us on life’s journey.” \nAshley Hopkins-Benton is a senior historian and curator of social history at the New York State Museum\, where her research and collections work has focused on women’s history\, LGBTQ+ history\, immigration\, and sculpture. She contributed the chapter “The Stonewall Uprising the Fight for Gay Rights\, 1969” to the new publication Revolutionary New York : 250 Years of Social Change\, edited by Bruce Dearstyne\, and is co-author with Dr. Jennifer Lemak of Votes for Women: Celebrating New York’s Suffrage Centennial. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDakota Russell Joined The Gables in 2022. Prior to his appointment\, he served as executive director of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation\, an organization that works to preserve the historic structures and artifacts on the site in northwest Wyoming where over 14\,000 Japanese Americans were unjustly incarcerated during World War II. During his tenure\, Heart Mountain became a national leader in educating the public about the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans and the importance of preserving liberty and civil rights for all Americans. \nPrior to joining the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation\, Russell worked for many years with Missouri State Parks and Historic Sites\, managing interpretive operations at the Nathan Boone Homestead\, Osage Village\, Harry S. Truman Birthplace\, and Battle of Carthage State Historic Sites. He served as an integral member of the research and development team that created the Nathan Boone Homestead State Historic Site\, including the restoration of the 1837 log home and rehabilitation of two historic cemeteries. As part of this project\, he initiated the first comprehensive history of African American enslavement at the site\, which informed interpretation and became a model for incorporating more diverse narratives statewide.
URL:https://7gables.org/event/queer-domesticity/
LOCATION:MA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260528T190000
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SUMMARY:On the Move: Relocating Historic Houses at The Gables
DESCRIPTION:The House of the Seven Gables invites you to hear about the history of relocating historic houses to save them\, both in our past and in our near future! Relocation of historic buildings was once a common occurrence. Three of our historic buildings were moved to the site from 1910 to 1958\, and one building was moved multiple times. Learn about what threats caused them to be moved\, and why we will be moving the counting house in the next two years. \n  \n> Click here to register <\n  \nAbout the Image on the Banner \nThe Hawthorne Birthplace on the move from Union Street to The House of the Seven Gables’ campus. Circa 1958.
URL:https://7gables.org/event/on-the-move/
LOCATION:The House of the Seven Gables\, 115 Derby Street\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Change,General Event,Lecture,Public Programs
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SUMMARY:The Closet\, Secret Staircase\, and the Hidden Hearth: A Queer History of the House of the Seven Gables
DESCRIPTION:Joseph Everett Chandler\, the architect who restored The House of the Seven Gables for Caroline Emmerton\, was an early historian of American architecture. He restored dozens of other important buildings that became museums\, including the Paul Revere House and the Old State House in Boston\, the Royall House in Medford\, the Sargent-Murray-Gilman House in Gloucester\, and the Stevens-Coolidge House and Gardens in North Andover. Chandler named his Sudbury house Manalone\, and his immediate circle of colleagues and clients included dozens of queer men and independent women. His diaries reveal their close friendships\, rivalries\, and tragedies. \n  \n> Click here to register <\n  \nAbout the Presenter \nTimothy Orwig is an architectural historian who teaches at Boston College and UMASS Lowell. He earned an MA in Preservation Studies and PhD in American and New England Studies at Boston University\, where his dissertation documented the previously little-known career of Chandler. Orwig is the author of books and articles on New England architecture\, as well as two dozen nominations to the National Register of Historic Places.
URL:https://7gables.org/event/the-closet-secret-staircase-and-the-hidden-hearth/
LOCATION:The House of the Seven Gables\, 115 Derby Street\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States
CATEGORIES:General Event,Lecture
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SUMMARY:Virtual Fireside Chat with Best Selling Author Silvia Moreno-Garcia
DESCRIPTION:Step into a cozy virtual fireside chat with critically acclaimed novelist Silvia Moreno-Garcia at the historic House of the Seven Gables. Dive into her creative process\, favorite stories\, and get inspired by her unique perspective. Grab your seat\, bring your questions\, and enjoy a relaxed and engaging conversation. \nThis event is open to the community with ticket purchase\, and included with registration to the Salem Meets the Noir Conference. \n  \n> Click here to register <\n  \nTo learn more about the conference\, click here.
URL:https://7gables.org/event/virtual-fireside-chat-silvia-moreno-garcia/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:General Event,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250727T140000
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SUMMARY:The Hawthorne Inheritance: A Talk With Author Kate Blair
DESCRIPTION:Nathaniel Hawthorne’s cousin Kate Blair will offer an entertaining and informative presentation describing and illustrating how she discovered her Hawthorne ancestry\, her subsequent research in libraries and historical houses\, her historical fiction writing process\, the challenging publishing world\, and suggestions for aspiring writers. Through this presentation\, the audience will learn more about the lesser-known family members of Hawthorne’s\, including his sister and her tragic death. After the presentation\, she would be happy to sign books. \n  \nTickets are $25 for the general public and $20 for Gables members. \n  \n\n> Click here to register <\n\n\nAbout the Author \n \nKate Dike Blair is a cousin by marriage of Nathaniel Hawthorne\, and a direct descendant of several of the principal characters in her historical novel\, The Hawthorne Inheritance. She was born and raised in Middlebury Vermont\, where her father founded The Vermont Book Shop. She earned her Diploma in Theater Arts from the Wykeham Rise School\, and her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Boston University. After clerking in bookstores in Cambridge and Boston\, she received her Certificate of Medical Assisting from the Bryman School of Boston\, and with two women partners\, created the medical data collection firm Health Research Associates. After qualifying for her Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists union cards\, Kate worked in over thirty films and television series in the New England area. She now divides her time between writing her next book\, a non-fiction account of her experiences as a film extra\, and acting on stage and screen. She resides with her husband in Wayland\, Massachusetts.
URL:https://7gables.org/event/the-hawthorne-inheritance/
LOCATION:The House of the Seven Gables\, 115 Derby Street\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Salem Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250622T140000
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SUMMARY:My Dear Sister: Nathaniel Hawthorne And His Sisters
DESCRIPTION: A lecture by author Kris Hansen\n  \nThis lecture includes a comparison of the opposing personalities of Elizabeth Manning Hawthorne and her 6-year-younger sister\, Maria Louisa\, with excerpts from personal letters to illustrate their individual qualities. Extracts from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s writings provide examples where he possibly modelled specific traits of fictional characters from his sisters\, such as Hepzibah and Phoebe in The House of the Seven Gables. \nExtracts from letters\, journal entries\, and reminiscences from family and friends reveal Hawthorne’s relationship with his sisters. Their interactions changed over the years as they each matured\, particularly after the blossoming courtship between Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. Regardless of the personal challenges\, the brother and two sisters learned to navigate their interactions by accommodating their differences in expectations. \nThe emergence of Hawthorne’s success as a writer was clouded by the harrowing circumstances surrounding the untimely and tragic death of one of his sisters. The lecture mentions the fates of Hawthorne\, his wife\, children\, and his surviving sister. He dutifully supported this sister for almost 19 years beyond his death\, thus fulfilling his mother’s deathbed directive for him to take care of his sisters. \n  \nTickets are $25 for the general public and $20 for Gables members. The book will be available for purchase in the Museum Store. \n  \n\n> Click here to register <\n\n\nAbout the Presenter  \n \nKris A. Hansen grew up in the Hudson Valley of New York State. Her business career centered on domestic and international corporate finance\, business journalism\, including writing a biweekly business column\, and university instruction in finance\, economics\, and financial accounting. \nA lifelong interest in the humanities\, especially literature\, classical music\, and American history\, led Hansen to write historical\, factually based books. Her non-fiction book Death Passage on the Hudson: The Wreck of the Henry Clay focused on a significant but little-known disaster in New York State\, which resulted in congressional maritime legislation. The research for this true narrative sparked her interest in the sisters of Nathaniel Hawthorne and writing the biography My Dear Sister: Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Sisters. \nHansen’s lifetime enjoyment of outdoor activities includes swimming\, bicycling and kayaking. She and her husband are avid hikers\, especially in United States and Canadian national parks.
URL:https://7gables.org/event/my-dear-sister-lecture/
LOCATION:The House of the Seven Gables\, 115 Derby Street\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Salem Event
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SUMMARY:Haunted Houses: The House of the Seven Gables & Uncle Tom’s Cabin
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society’s annual lecture at The House of the Seven Gables. This year’s speaker will be Dr. Robert Levine\, Distinguished University Professor of English at the University of Maryland\, College Park and editor of the Norton Critical Edition of The House of the Seven Gables. \n  \n> Click here to register <
URL:https://7gables.org/event/hawthorne-society-2025/
LOCATION:The House of the Seven Gables\, 115 Derby Street\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Salem Event
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SUMMARY:Water Has Memory: Resiliency and Historical Preservation
DESCRIPTION:Join The Gables as we welcome Rodney Rowland\, Director of Facilities and Environmental Sustainability at Strawbery Banke Museum\, for a discussion of some of the greatest threats to Strawbery Banke and how they are being addressed. Strawbery Banke\, much like The Gables\, is a waterfront campus of historic properties\, placing it in a high-risk area for impacts of sea level rise. The museum has been working with the city of Portsmouth\, NH\, University of New Hampshire\, and other colleagues and experts in the climate change and historical preservation fields to assess risk and design adaptation to mitigate potential damage. There is a great deal The Gables – and the city of Salem – can learn from our colleagues in Portsmouth. \n  \nThis event is free\, but registration is required. \n  \n> Click here to register <\n  \nAbout the Presenter \n  \n \nRodney Rowland first joined Strawbery Banke Museum\, the living history museum in downtown Portsmouth NH\, as a volunteer in 1976 and joined the staff in 1990. His involvement has always focused on the preservation and long-term sustainability of this important historic site. He is currently responsible for the 37 buildings on the 9-acre site\, overseeing the Facilities\, Restoration and Landscape Departments and is the project manager for various projects. Strawbery Banke is engaged in many projects that may physically extend beyond the museum’s property\, but that impact the future of the museum and engage every one of the visitors to the site.
URL:https://7gables.org/event/water-has-memory-lecture/
LOCATION:The House of the Seven Gables\, 115 Derby Street\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States
CATEGORIES:Climate Change,General Event,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230820T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230820T160000
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SUMMARY:The Life of Frances Perkins Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Join us August 20th at 2PM for an engaging lecture by Frances Perkins Center exhibition volunteer\, Cathy Freedberg on the life and influence of Frances Perkins. \n  \nFrances Perkins (1880-1965)\, the first woman to serve in a U.S. presidential cabinet\, was Secretary of Labor (1933-1945) for the entire tenure of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Perkins was the driving force behind many of the groundbreaking New Deal programs that are still the foundation of the American social safety net — Social Security\, unemployment insurance\, the 40-hour work week\, and the minimum wage. \n  \nTickets are $10 for the public and free for Gables members. \n  \n> Click here to reserve your ticket<\n  \nThe House of the Seven Gables will be hosting the traveling exhibit The Life and Legacy of Frances Perkins from August 18-September 18\, 2023. To learn more\, click here.
URL:https://7gables.org/event/the-life-of-frances-perkins-lecture/
LOCATION:The House of the Seven Gables\, 115 Derby Street\, Salem\, MA\, 01970\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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