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Upcoming Events

- 5/27/22, 6/3/22, 6/10/22
  Farm Friends at Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm Session III
  Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm
  Massachusetts
  05/28/2022
  Casey Farm Market Dates
  Casey Farm
  Rhode Island
  6/3/2022, 6/4/2022, 6/5/2022, 6/11/2022
  Hosta and Perennial Sale
  Lyman Estate Greenhouses
  Massachusetts
- 06/03/2022
  Opening Reception, Watch This Space: Expressions of Queer Ecology by Maine College of Art & Design Alumni
  Sarah Orne Jewett House Museum
  Maine
  06/04/2022
  Kite Flying Day
  Watson Farm
  Rhode Island
  06/04/2022
  Casey Farm Market Dates
  Casey Farm
  Rhode Island
- 06/05/2022
  Sheep Shearing and Opening Day of Vintage Base Ball
  Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm
  Massachusetts
  06/08/2022
  Criminalized Cross-Dressing: Policing Gender Expression from the Colonial Period Until Today
  06/09/2022
  Painted Circus at the Eustis Estate
  Eustis Estate
  Massachusetts
- 06/10/2022
  Pride Garden Party
  Sarah Orne Jewett House Museum
  Maine
  06/10/2022
  Twilight Lawn Concert: Little Big Band
  Roseland Cottage
  Massachusetts
  06/11/2022
  Pinny and Fuff: Pride Tour
  Sarah Orne Jewett House Museum
  Maine

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Virtual Event: Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman: A Creative Kinship
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Sheep Shearing and Opening Day of Vintage Base Ball
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Lyman Estate Greenhouses
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Gropius House
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Casey Farm
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Eustis Estate Museum
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May 03 2022

You’re Invited – Join us for our Open House

May 03, 2022

On Saturday, June 4, Historic New England launches the spring-summer season with a region-wide Open House at thirty-five historic sites. From Maine to Rhode...

Apr 05 2022

Loud, Naked & in Three Colors: the History of Tattooing in Boston at Eustis Estate

Apr 05, 2022

Historic New England explores an art form that was once banned in Boston, but today is seen as a creative mode of self-expression. Loud,...

Mar 16 2022

Women’s Work: The International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union

Mar 16, 2022

Sharing updates and discoveries. March is Women’s History Month. While I think that every month is an ideal time to research, talk about, and...

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