The House of the Seven Gables: An Illustrated Classic
December 1, 2019 2:00 pmJack 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 pmExpert 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 pmWe’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 amIt’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 pmThe 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“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 pmHappy Birthday, Miss Emmerton! We wanted to start off this week with a belated birthday wish to our founder, Caroline... View Article