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  Monday Meet Up with GBH Kids & Education

  11:30am Mon, Oct 26, 2026

  Bring the kids and join us at the BPL Studio for Monday Meet Up, a fun-filled drop-in afternoon with GBH Kids & Education! Families can stop by anytime between 11:30 AM and 5 PM on October 26 to get creative with arts & crafts, enjoy favorite GBH Kids episode screenings, take part in reading activities, and more. Drop in, join the fun, and make the most of your Monday together!

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  Piece by Piece: Crazy Quilting and Making Memory in 19th-Century Massachusetts

  6:30pm Mon, Oct 26, 2026

  Tenesha Carter Johnson is a curator and cultural historian, with a particular investment in American quilt and textile histories. In her talk we'll look closely at a crazy quilt, where one can find a life woven in the mosaic of textured surfaces: a scrap of wedding silk, a ribbon from the county fair, a souvenir swatch, a sliver of someone’s favorite dress.

  Engrave, Paint, Sew, Weave: Craft and Craftspeople in Massachusetts

  Partner:

  Paul Revere Memorial Association
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  Adams Speaker Series: John and Abigail Adams

  6:30pm Thu, Oct 29, 2026

  Join the Adams Presidential Center in partnership with Revolutionary Spaces for an engaging conversation exploring the remarkable leadership and enduring contributions of John and Abigail Adams and their relevance to America today. Renowned historians and civic education leaders Colleen Shogan, PhD, and Kurt Graham, PhD, will come together at Boston’s historic Old South Meeting House for an insightful discussion of the Adams family’s leadership, civic values, and lasting impact on our constitutional democracy.
  
  Dr. Shogan will also introduce In Pursuit: Lessons of American Leadership, an America 250 project featuring essays on leadership lessons from presidents and first ladies, the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Pulitzer Prize-winning historians, military leaders, and other iconic Americans. She will share highlights from the essays focused on the extraordinary leadership of John and Abigail Adams, as well as John Quincy Adams and Louisa Catherine Adams, offering fresh perspectives on how their experiences and leadership lessons continue to resonate today.

  Forum Network

  Partner:

  Revolutionary Spaces The Adams Presidential Center
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  Stories from the Stage: Close Encounters

  6:30pm Thu, Oct 29, 2026

  

  Patricia Alvarado Nunez

  Stories from the Stage invites you to our home (studio) for an entertaining night of storytelling.
  
  Some encounters last only a moment but stay with us forever. From chance meetings and unexpected reunions to brushes with danger or the unexplained, these stories reveal how one surprising connection can change everything.
  
  At Stories from the Stage, produced by GBH WORLD, ordinary people share extraordinary experiences that you will not soon forget. In each taping, we get up-close and personal with storytellers about what inspires them and the craft of storytelling.
  
  
  Event Timeline
  
  6:30pm Doors open to GBH's Atrium for a pre-reception
  
  7:00pm Doors open to GBH's Calderwood Studio for seating
  
  7-9:15pm Formal program with live storytellers
  
  
  Photo credit: Stories from the Stage
  

  

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  Beyond the Page: Lucy Foley’s "Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel"

  7:00pm Wed, Nov 4, 2026

  #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List and The Midnight Feast, Lucy Foley, returns to Beyond the Page for a live in-person conversation at GBH Studios.
  
  In the brand-new Miss Marple novel, Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel, Lucy draws inspiration from the Queen of Crime herself, Agatha Christie, transporting one of literature’s most iconic female detectives to a mysterious adventure in the Swiss Alps. Join us as Lucy takes us behind the scenes of her writing and what it means to revive such a beloved fictional character 50 years after the last Miss Marple novel was published.
  
  New York Times bestselling author J. Courtney Sullivan will moderate the conversation.
  
  EVENT TIMELINE:
  

  • 6:30 PM: Registration opens in One Guest Street lobby
  • 7 PM: Conversation with Lucy Foley begins (feat. Audience Q&A)
  • 8 PM: Book signing line opens
    

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  GBH AMPLIFIES WITH RON MITCHELL - NOVEMBER 2026

  12:30pm Thu, Nov 5, 2026

  GBH Amplifies is a community conversation series focused on expanding the reach of local voices from Greater Boston and beyond. The series features community leaders hosting public conversations in the GBH Studio at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square, providing a platform for inclusive perspectives on the issues that matter most to New England communities. GBH Amplifies happens weekly on Thursdays from 12:30-1:30pm at the GBH BPL Studio. This event is free and open to the public. We have partnered with:
  
   
  
  - James ‘Jimmy’ Hills, Host of Java with Jimmy
  - Ron Mitchell, Publisher and Editor of The Bay State Banner
  - Alberto Vasallo III, President and CEO of El Mundo Boston
  - Tracy Chang Chef & Owner of PAGU
  
   
  GBH Amplifies is also being supported by the Barr Foundation.

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  GBH Music Presents: George Li

  7:15pm Thu, Nov 5, 2026

  Acclaimed concert pianist George Li visits Fraser Performance Studio for a recital of incredible range, featuring Claude Debussy’s delicate and inventive Images: Book 1 alongside Modest Mussorgsky’s virtuosic Pictures at an Exhibition. A Greater Boston native, Walnut Hill School for the Arts alumnus, and dual graduate of Harvard University and the New England Conservatory, Li has built a stellar international reputation since winning the Silver Medal at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition. Recent highlights include his acclaimed 2024 Warner Classics album Movements, featuring dance suites by Schumann, Ravel, and Stravinsky, alongside major orchestral engagements across North America and Europe. The program will be hosted by Brian McCreath, GBH Music's Director of Production, and recorded for future In Concert broadcast on CRB Classical 99.5, television on GBH 2, and streaming on PBS Passport.
  
  The evening is made possible by the generous support of the Mattina R. Proctor Foundation.
  
  

  

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  GBH AMPLIFIES WITH ALBERTO VASALLO III - NOVEMBER 2026

  12:30pm Thu, Nov 12, 2026

  GBH Amplifies is a community conversation series focused on expanding the reach of local voices from Greater Boston and beyond. The series features community leaders hosting public conversations in the GBH Studio at the Boston Public Library in Copley Square, providing a platform for inclusive perspectives on the issues that matter most to New England communities. GBH Amplifies happens weekly on Thursdays from 12:30-1:30pm at the GBH BPL Studio. This event is free and open to the public. We have partnered with:
  
  - James ‘Jimmy’ Hills, Host of Java with Jimmy
  - Ron Mitchell, Publisher and Editor of The Bay State Banner
  - Alberto Vasallo III, President and CEO of El Mundo Boston
  - Tracy Chang Chef & Owner of PAGU
  
  GBH Amplifies is also being supported by the Barr Foundation.

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  GBH Jazz Night with the Joe Hunt Quartet

  5:30pm Thu, Nov 12, 2026

  GBH Jazz Nights showcase the incredible range of jazz talent in the Greater Boston area. The series is co-hosted by JazzBoston and GBH Music, taking place on the second Thursday of every month from September through May. Tickets are free, but registration is encouraged. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis, so arrive early! By registering, you agree to receive email communications from GBH Music.
  
  The Joe Hunt Quartet is a swinging modern jazz repertory group performing jazz standards in the tradition, from Johnny Mandel to Thelonious Monk. The group is composed of four excellent jazz musicians: Yuka Hamano Hunt-piano, Jerry Vejmola-tenor sax, Bob Nieske-bass, and Joe Hunt-drums.
  
  GBH Jazz Nights are made possible by the Goldstein Family Fund.

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  Second Ralph Lowell Annual Lecture featuring Marty Baron

  7:00pm Thu, Nov 12, 2026

  The second Ralph Lowell Annual Lecture will feature Marty Baron, former editor of The Washington Post and The Boston Globe, for a conversation about the enduring challenges to the First Amendment protections of freedom of expression and freedom of the press. Baron will examine the tension between presidential power and the First Amendment and what this means for the future of trusted journalism, democracy, and public discourse.
  
  The lecture will draw on Baron’s decades of leadership at two of the nation’s top newsrooms and address the urgent challenges facing modern journalism today: new presidential restrictions on White House press access, the rise of AI-driven disinformation, and rapidly shifting news consumption habits. He will address the escalating conflict between the executive branch and the media and its critical impact on free speech and explain why a free press remains indispensable to safeguarding democracy.
  
  Join GBH for an evening with Marty Baron as he explores the evolution of these challenges in “The President’s Forever War Against the First Amendment”.
  
  

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  About the Ralph Lowell Lecture 
  
  The Ralph Lowell Annual Lecture honors the legacy of GBH founder Ralph Lowell, whose work was devoted to the free dissemination of knowledge as an important foundation for an informed and engaged democratic citizenry. Each year, the lecture brings leading voices to GBH to explore ideas and issues that shape our public life.
  

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  Can MA Make History in Healthcare Again - A Debate

  7:00pm Wed, Nov 18, 2026

  Join Ian Coss, host of The Big Dig podcast from GBH News, for a special live taping about the future of American healthcare. In the podcast’s latest season, “Mitt & Ted, a healthcare story,” Coss explores how Massachusetts made history with the law we know as ‘Romneycare’, paving the way for nearly every resident of the state to get health insurance. Now he wants to know if MA can make history again by creating the nation’s first ‘single-payer’ health system – the kind that Canada, the UK and much of the world have; the kind where everyone gets their insurance straight from the government. 
  
  So how would that kind of system work here? Would people like it? Could we afford to pay for it? Or is Medicare-for-All just a nice sounding slogan that can never actually happen? On November 18th – we debate. 
  
  For the live taping, Coss will be joined on stage by State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa, MIT Professor Jonathan Gruber, and other special guests.
  

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  Stories from the Stage: A Funny Thing Happened

  6:30pm Thu, Nov 19, 2026

  Stories from the Stage invites you to our home (studio) for an entertaining night of storytelling.
  
  Sometimes laughter is the only reasonable response. These stories celebrate awkward moments, comic misunderstandings, unexpected mishaps, and the humor that helps us navigate life’s most challenging situations.
  
  At Stories from the Stage, produced by GBH WORLD, ordinary people share extraordinary experiences that you will not soon forget. In each taping, we get up-close and personal with storytellers about what inspires them and the craft of storytelling.
  
  
  Event Timeline
  
  6:30pm Doors open to GBH's Atrium for a pre-reception
  
  7:00pm Doors open to GBH's Calderwood Studio for seating
  
  7-9:15pm Formal program with live storytellers
  
  
  Photo credit: Stories from the Stage
  
  

  

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