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  • Made in the Valley: 19th Century Music for Viols and Voices from the Connecticut River Valley

    Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence 220 Main St., Northampton, Massachusetts

    The David Ruggles Center is a co-sponsor with Historic Northampton of Made in the Valley: 19th Century Music for Viols and Voices from the Connecticut River Valley. The concert will feature voices and viols of the Early Republic period and feature musicians Tim Eriksen, Loren Ludwig, Alice Robbins, Allison Monroe, and Nate Steele. Please see Historic Northampton [...]

  • Annual Graveyard Tour of the Park Street Cemetery in Florence

    Park Street Cemetery Park Street, Florence, MA, United States

    Join tour guide Steve Strimer for a walk among the gravesites and then by the homes of several of the progressive heroes of Florence history. Utopian community founders, African American freedom seekers turned stalwart citizens, reformers, radical free thinkers, buried here in the shadow of Cosmian Hall, the Temple of Free Speech. Meet at the [...]

  • DRC at MLK Day Service Fair @Bombyx

    Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity 130 Pine St, Florence, MA, United States

    In honor of Martin Luther King Day, Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity is hosting a Service Fair. Individuals can connect with organizations already working in your community on issues you care about. The DRC will be represented at the fair. We welcome the opportunity to discuss volunteer opportunities at the DRC. For more information, [...]

  • Annual David Ruggles Center Founders Day Symposium: “All are interested in all”: The 1840s Worker-Owned Cooperative at the Center of Florence’s Progressive Past

    Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity 130 Pine St, Florence, MA, United States

    “All are interested in all” THE 1840S WORKER-OWNED COOPERATIVE AT THE CENTER OF FLORENCE’S PROGRESSIVE PAST David Ruggles Center Presents “All are interested in all” The 1840s Worker-Owned Cooperative at the Center of Florence’s Progressive Past Organizing businesses into worker-owned cooperatives feels today like an idea whose time has come. A new model is emerging that is [...]

  • Walking Utopia: A Walking Tour with Steve Strimer and Christopher Clark @David Ruggles Center

    David Ruggles Center 225 Nonotuck St., Florence, MA, United States

    The Ross Homestead, built around 1825, is the one building left standing on its original foundation of the three large Massachusetts “utopias” of the 1840s: Brook Farm, Hopedale, and Northampton. It is prominently sta­tioned, surrounded by the Grow Food Northampton fields, on what was the farm and Agricultural Department of the Northampton Association. Join guides [...]

  • Juneteenth Open House @ the DRC

    David Ruggles Center 225 Nonotuck St., Florence, MA, United States

    In honor of the Juneteenth holiday, the museum is open from 12-4 on June 19. Visitors can learn the powerful stories of Black and white men and women here in Florence who fought against slavery and for equality in the years before the Civil War. We especially want to highlight on this holiday local heroes [...]

  • DRC Open House & Reception 12-4

    David Ruggles Center 225 Nonotuck St., Florence, MA, United States

    The Ruggles Center will host an Open House and reception Sunday afternoon during our weekly open hours from 12-4. Those attending the Kathy Bullock event at Bombyx can walk down to the museum between the afternoon sessions. Docents will be available to discuss the exhibits, which focus on 19th century antislavery activists who lived in [...]

  • Songs of Slavery & Emancipation: Singing workshop and Concert with Dr. Kathy Bullock @ Bombyx

    Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity 130 Pine St, Florence, MA, United States

    Songs of Slavery & Emancipation SCHEDULE Doors for Singing workshop with Dr. Kathy Bullock: 12:30pmWorkshop: 1:00 - 2:15 pm Doors for concert: 3:00pmConcert: 4:00pm Join us for an unforgettable performance of music, led by Dr. Kathy Bullock, carrying a people through bondage and into freedom. Songs of Slavery & Emancipation is more than a concert, it is [...]

  • David Ruggles Week @Lyme Library, Lyme, CT

    Lyme Public Library 482 Hamburg Rd., Lyme, Connecticut, United States

    The Lyme LIbrary will again host David Ruggles Week, sponsoring a series of events to commemorate Lyme’s native son and the country’s hero, David Ruggles. During the week, guest speakers will discuss how Ruggles’ life and work promoting freedom and justice to all helped build our country and make America a true democracy. To register [...]

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