The House of the Seven Gables: An Illustrated Classic
December 1, 2019 2:00 pm Leave your thoughtsJack Butterworth, the owner of one of the largest collections of comic art in New England, will share some insider... View Article
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Comic book or graphic novel?
November 26, 2019 2:08 pm Leave your thoughtsExpert on Classics Illustrated comic books compares two comic book versions of ‘The House of the Seven Gables’ It seems... View Article
What’s Happening This Week?
November 24, 2019 2:06 pm Leave your thoughtsWe’re in no rush for this awesome year to end, but our staff is going to be hard at work... View Article
Pop Culture-Inspired Meetup and Writing Event
November 10, 2019 10:00 am Leave your thoughtsIt’s November–and that means it’s NaNoWriMo! National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing. On... View Article
An Evening of Comic Book History and Fun
October 31, 2019 12:06 pm Leave your thoughtsThe House of the Seven Gables: An Illustrated Classic will be the final lecture in our POP! Goes The Gables... View Article
Secure the Shadow: Victorian Spirit and Post-Mortem Photography
October 2, 2019 6:30 pmEarly photography had a magical quality, even for those who understood the science behind it. For many in the nineteenth... View Article
Why Comics? From Underground to Everywhere
September 12, 2019 6:30 pmToday Wonder Woman is a globally recognized character and brand. Her character was developed in the Golden Age of Comic... View Article
The Emerald Diamond: The Influence and Role of the Irish on Baseball’s Development
August 13, 2019 6:30 pmFrom the Irish immigrants of the nineteenth century to the women of the World War II era to the array... View Article
The Great American Road Trip
June 12, 2019 6:30 pmThe Great American Road Trip is a product of the growth of the interstate highway system. These roads connected people... View Article
How I Became an Emoji Activist (And You Can, Too!)
May 28, 2019 6:30 pm92% of all people online use emoji. Nearly 50% of Instagram posts contain emoji. The “face with tears of joy”... View Article
How popular culture absorbs and processes the immigrant experience; The Next Becoming American: film and discussion series
April 25, 2019 11:50 am Leave your thoughts“The Search for General Tso,” asks: If Chinese Americans comprise only 1 percent of the U.S. population, why are there... View Article
What’s Happening This Week?
April 22, 2019 1:08 pm Leave your thoughtsHappy Birthday, Miss Emmerton! We wanted to start off this week with a belated birthday wish to our founder, Caroline... View Article