JFK Library: The Night Agent

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Kennedy Library Virtual Forum The Night Agent: Intelligence and National Security on the Page and Screen Access to this event will be provided through a link sent to your email. Register here. Matthew Quirk, author of The Night Agent, and Shawn Ryan, creator and showrunner of the Netflix series based on the book, discuss the process of…

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Lowell Summer Music Series Presents: Sierra Hull

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Sierra Hull is a virtuoso mandolinist, a two-time Grammy-nominated artist, and a groundbreaking songwriter. Recognized for her acclaimed albums 25 Trips (2020) and Weighted Mind (2016), she’s also a six-time IBMA Mandolin Player of the Year – the first woman to ever receive this honor. A pioneer in acoustic music, Hull has performed on iconic stages like Carnegie Hall, the…

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Lowell Summer Music Series Presents: Gaelic Storm

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Gaelic Storm is coming to Lowell! “You have to see us live. We are the true workingman’s’ band,” says longtime member Ryan Lacey. “We still, and most likely always will, tour most of the year, and that’s how we constantly hone our craft.” The band takes a true blue-collar, hard-nose approach to touring, consistently traveling…

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Spectacle Live Presents: The High Kings

The High Kings

The High Kings are Finbarr Clancy, Darren Holden, Brian Dunphy and Paul O’ Brien. The High Kings formed in June 2007 when Brian, Darren, Finbarr and former member Martin Furey were asked to join a brand-new Irish ballad group by David Kavanagh after he had noticed a gap in the market for a band specializing…

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Spectacle Live Presents: The High Kings

The High Kings

The High Kings are Finbarr Clancy, Darren Holden, Brian Dunphy and Paul O’ Brien. The High Kings formed in June 2007 when Brian, Darren, Finbarr and former member Martin Furey were asked to join a brand-new Irish ballad group by David Kavanagh after he had noticed a gap in the market for a band specializing…

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Celtic Thunder – Their Greatest Songs and along the way a Reunion with Old Friends

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Spectacle Live Presents: Celtic Thunder – Their Greatest Songs and along the way a Reunion with Old Friends An Intimate Evening with Celtic Thunder is more than just a concert—it’s a journey through the group’s incredible legacy. Featuring a carefully curated setlist of their greatest hits, this show will showcase the powerful harmonies, soaring ballads,…

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Spectacle Live Presents – Pink Martini

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Pink Martini has sold well over 3 million albums worldwide on their own independent label Heinz Records (named after Lauderdale’s dog).In 2016, Pink Martini released its ninth studio album, Je dis oui!, which features vocals from China Forbes, Storm Large, Ari Shapiro, fashion guru Ikram Goldman, civil rights activist Kathleen Saadat, and Rufus Wainwright. The album’s…

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Graham Nash – More Evenings of Songs and Stories

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Spectacle Live Presents Grahan Nash. Graham will be joined on stage by Todd Caldwell (keyboards and vocals), Adam Minkoff (bass, drums, guitars, and vocals), and Zach Djanikian (guitars, mandolin, drums, and vocals), performing favorites from across his sixty-year career. Legendary artist Graham Nash, as a founding member of both the Hollies and Crosby, Stills and…

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Spectacle Live Presents – Adam Ezra Group

Adam Ezra

If you haven’t connected with Adam Ezra Group yet, these are just a few examples to help you understand how this underground, Americana songwriter and his bandmates seem to have popped out of nowhere, establishing a connection with their fans unlike any other, and are suddenly selling out theaters throughout the Northeast: he takes a month…

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Seisiún: 2 Days (Sept. 6-7) of Irish Music, Arts & Cultural Festival at The Stage at Suffolk Downs

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Seisiún, a two-day Irish Music, Arts and Cultural Festival, is coming to The Stage at Suffolk Downs on Saturday, September 6 and Sunday, September 7, 2025. This distinctive outdoor gathering of iconic and emerging Irish and American performers features beloved headliners The Pogues and Boston’s own Dropkick Murphys, along with amazing artists including Glen Hansard, The Hold…

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Rockport Music Presents: The Sweet Remains

Sweet Remains

The acclaimed folk-rock trio, which has amassed more than 65 million Spotify streams, returns to touring in support of their highly anticipated fifth studio album, Embers—a mesmerizing collection of acoustic-driven, three-part harmonies. A rare independent success, The Sweet Remains have surpassed 65 million streams on Spotify, earning a devoted global following. Formed by Rich Price…

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Rockport Music Presents: Big Richard

Big Richard

Big Richard brings their electrifying harmonies, fiery virtuosity and bold bluegrass energy to Rockport! Fresh off the release of their acclaimed debut album Girl Dinner, this all-female supergroup delivers a must-see night of high-energy musicianship and irreverent charm. Since exploding onto the Colorado scene in 2021, the four women of the supergroup Big Richard have…

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Rockport Music Presents: Hot Club of Cowtown

Hot Club Cowtown

Lauded for its “down-home melodies and exuberant improvisation” (The Times, London), the Hot Club of Cowtown has always woven a combination of seemingly disparate styles together to its own magical effect, remaining “conscious always that above all else, the music is for dancing and an old-fashioned good time” (New York Times). “An arsenal full of technique…

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Rockport Music Presents: AJ Lee & Blue Summit

AJ Lee and Blue Summit

AJ Lee & Blue Summit are an award-winning, energetic, charming, and technically jaw-dropping band quickly rising on the national roots music scene. “With citrusy melodies full of zest and spark, AJ Lee & Blue Summit demonstrate that California bluegrass is alive and well… AJ’s velvety vocals blend seamlessly atop the many textures and tones this…

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Rockport Music Presents: Sam Bush

Sam Bush

The “King of Telluride” delivers Rockport the high-energy, jazz and rock-infused newgrass that earned him an Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award. Sam Bush, a pioneering force in progressive bluegrass, has spent over five decades redefining the genre with his signature mandolin style and genre-blending approach. Born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, he was immersed in…

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Rockport Chamber Music Festival Presents: Appalachian Spring

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PARKER QUARTET: Daniel Chong, violin | Ken Hamao, violin | Jessica Bodner, viola | Kee-Hyun Kim, cello Internationally recognized for their “fearless, yet probingly beautiful” (The Strad) performances, the Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet has distinguished itself as one of the preeminent ensembles of its generation. They are renowned for their fresh and unique approach to…

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Rockport Music Presents – Liz Longley

Liz Longley

Back by popular demand, singer-songwriter Liz Longley returns to Rockport with her stop-you-in-your-tracks voice in support of her latest EP It’s Me Again. Based out of Nashville, Longley’s deeply emotional music has earned accolades from some of the most prestigious songwriting competitions in the country, including the BMI John Lennon Songwriting Scholarship Competition. For this…

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BRT Presents: Cécilia

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Traditional music that causes a wonderful stir and fills to overflowing every venue – that is Cécilia! Widely recognized as three of Canada’s finest musicians, it is a pleasure to see how much enjoyment Timi Turmel, Erin Leahy, and Louis Schryer find in playing together. While honouring their heritage as Cécilia, their music making has…

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BRT Presents: Copley Street

Copley Street

Boston based Uilleann piper Joey Abarta and fiddler Nathan Gourley are two of America’s great young trad musicians, who have been playing music together daily since 2013. Their debut duo album, Copley Street, featuring Owen Marshall on Greek bouzouki, has an undeniable chemistry and demonstrates a nuanced understanding of each the other’s playing. Their music…

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ICC Presents: Author Patricia Falvey’s ‘The Famine Orphans’

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Patricia Falvey is the author of The Yellow House, The Linen Queen, The Girls of Ennismore and The Titanic Sisters. Born in Northern Ireland, she immigrated alone to the United States at the age of twenty. She now lives in Dallas, Texas and is a member of The Writers’ Garret, The Dallas Institute for Humanities…

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Comhaltas Irish Music Session at Canadian American Club

The Boston chapter of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann (Irish Musicians Association) holds its monthly session on the first Sunday of the month, and features live Irish music and song, dancing, plus refreshments. Since its founding in 1975, Boston’s CCÉ branch has evolved to become one of the largest branches of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann with a membership of…

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Art Exhibit at Milton Public Library

The Milton Public Library is hosting an art exhibit in the Wotiz Gallery from May 1 through June 30 of the paintings of artist Bruce Ravelson, a Milton resident and active member of the local arts community.  Ravels facilitates Open Studio sessions at the Milton Art Center, where artists of all levels are welcome to…

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Forbes House Museum Lecture on Governor Boutwell

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Author Jeffrey Boutwell lectures on George Boutwell (1818-1905), 19th century abolitionist and civil rights proponent and the youngest elected governor of Massachusetts. A distant relative of Governor Boutwell, author Jeffrey Boutwell’s book, “Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy” pays fitting tribute to one of the 19th century’s greatest champions of human rights.

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Seisiún: 2 Days of Irish Music, Arts & Cultural Festival at The Stage at Suffolk Downs

Seisiun, Suffolk downs

Seisiún, a two-day Irish Music, Arts and Cultural Festival, is coming to The Stage at Suffolk Downs on Saturday, September 6 and Sunday, September 7, 2025. This distinctive outdoor gathering of iconic and emerging Irish and American performers features beloved headliners The Pogues and Boston’s own Dropkick Murphys, along with amazing artists including Glen Hansard, The Hold…

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