Category: Great Presenters

Video of this program Tuesday, Oct 1st, 7:30pm – We’re kicking off our 11th season of Great Presenters with a talk from Wayland resident Evan Hadingham on his “Adventures with NOVA.” Check out this year’s schedule of speakers here.  NOVA, currently in its 46th...

Video of this program Tuesday, April 9, 7:30pm – Join us for our April Great Presenters event with Joan Blair’s presentation “From the Streets to Galleries – Japanese Woodblock Prints at the MFA.” The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, has the largest collection of...

Tuesday, March 5th, 7:30 pm – Forbidden Love: Chinese & White Mixed Families in the 19th Century. With interracial marriage increasingly common in America today, how much do we know about the past histories of mixed families in an earlier era? When the first Chinese...

Tuesday, January 8, 7:30pm – Several years back, Wayland Korean War era veteran John Dyer acquired a cache of some 85 WWI letters sent home to a mom that somehow stayed neatly bundled together for nearly a century. After turning them over to Kevin...

Video of this program Tuesday, Dec 4, 7:30 pm – What to know… What to consider… What to ask! Dr. Azocar will cover all aspects of surgery after 65, from pre-operative assessments and risk, to prevention of multiple complications that might occur. Dr. Azocar’s...

Video of this program Tuesday, Nov 6, 7:30pm – Model airplanes can take many forms, from small, packaged toys to giant radio-controlled scale models that a child could sit in. Ultralight indoor rubber-powered free flight models occupy a tiny corner in the scope of...

Tuesday, Oct 2, 7:30pm – Wayland composer/pianist Neil Olmstead will present his new song cycle for mezzo-soprano and piano in a lecture/listening session. Neil will discuss the process of composing these pieces and the challenges faced in rehearsing, performing and recording this music. Aural...