The series honors artistic voice, freedom, and the gateway to truth and experimentation in the pursuit of justice. Culture Nights is a cultural programming initiative by The Artist Initiative for Revolution (AIR) in partnership with the City of Boston Mayor's Office of Equity and Inclusion Cabinet: Racial Justice.

When Old North Church opened its doors in 1723, it fanned the flames of a growing religious controversy over sacred singing. While Old North was Boston’s second Anglian Church, Massachusetts was dominated by Congregationalists who had strict rules about what type of music was appropriate for worship.

Old North’s massive new presence in Boston’s North End delivered a powerful ritual challenge to the city’s Congregationalists, none more important than the innovative psalm texts and tunes that its congregation sang at Sunday services. This talk from Dr. Stephen A. Marini of Wellesley College will explore these little-known sacred song practices and their contexts from the earliest decades of Old North’s history.

Join an in-person tour of the NBSS 2023 Exhibition: Continual Craft, to explore the opportunities and challenges in students' work through a number of examples: the durability of dovetailed furniture and fine bindings, the transformation of outdated materials, the reinvention of an old space, and more.

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This event is part of Boston Design Week 2023