• Renée Loth, Moderator, ArchitectureBoston magazine
• Madhu-Dutta-Koehler, Director, City Planning Program and Urban Affairs, Boston University
• Chris Grimley, Author, Heroic: Concrete Architecture and the New Boston
• Mel King, Author, Chain of Change
• Ted Landsmark, Director, Dukakis Center, Northeastern University, Board member, BPDA
• Tunney Lee, MIT, Department of Urban Studies
• Fred Salvucci, Senior Lecturer, MIT and former Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1983-1990)

Phillis Wheatley arrived in Boston in 1761 in what is now Chinatown. Purchased as a slave, ten years later she was an internationally famous poet.

At this event, Barbara Lewis, director of University of Massachusetts Boston's Trotter Institute, explores Phillis Wheatley's world.

From its earliest beginnings 150 years ago, the Back Bay embraced major cultural institutions alongside the exclusive private homes of Boston’s elite. The Museum of Fine Arts and MIT, the first American university to confer architectural degrees, both trace their origins to the neighborhood.
In fact, its major civic space, Copley Square, was originally called Art Square until renamed in honor of the City’s celebrated painter of the colonial period. Art was not only central to the Back Bay’s identity as a fashionable district, but remains an integral part of its essence today.
The tour is conducted by William Young, of Epsilon Associates, a former staff member to the Back Bay Architectural Commission. This free event is sponsored by the Newbury Street League.
Reservations are required. The tour is limited to 30 people.

This is an Artweek Boston event.

BLC organized a special tour of the 1849 Boston Custom House and 1915 clock tower during Preservation Month in May.
The Custom House is located in McKinley Square, in Boston’s Financial District.
We may be able to schedule this tour once again in May 2018, please check back in March and April 2018.
 

Special talk by Matt Lambros, author of "After the Final Curtain," about the history of theaters in America. After the talk, participants will tour the Everett Square Theatre, one of the city’s last vaudeville theatres, not normally open to the public.

This is a free event, with a reception to follow.  The Artweek Boston event is sponsored by Artists at Large.

Joseph Cornish, Director of Design Review for the Boston Landmarks Commission, will lead a tour of Beacon Hill. This tour features the work of American architect and author Asher Benjamin.

RSVP to reserve a spot

This event is limited to 25 attendees.

Retrace the steps of renowned writers like Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Longfellow, Mark Twain, Willa Cather, and Britain’s Charles Dickens.

$10 suggested donation. All proceeds will benefit the Boston Literary District. The event is limited to 15, please register at link below.  (This ArtWeek event is located at a pending Boston Landmark!)