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Phillis In Boston Revolutionary Spaces Phillis Wheatley

Phillis In Boston

Phillis In Boston Written by Ade SolankeDirected by Regge Life Purchase Tickets This November, Revolutionary Spaces debuts Phillis in Boston, an original new play dramatizing a key moment in the life of both the nation and the celebrated poet Phillis Wheatley, enslaved author of the landmark book “Reflections on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral.” Published […]

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Impassioned Destruction

Impassioned Destruction Members Tour

A members-only exclusive tour of the new exhibit led by its curator, Director of Interpretation and Education Matt Wilding.

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Featured Artist Porsha Olayiwola

Featured Artist: Porsha Olayiwola

Porsha Olayiwola Featured Artist Register Now Porsha Olayiwola is a native of Chicago who writes, lives and loves in Boston. Olayiwola is a writer, performer, educator and curator who uses afro-futurism and surrealism to examine historical and current issues in the Black, woman, and queer diasporas. She is an Individual World Poetry Slam Champion and the founder […]

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Garage Dance Ensemble

Garage Dance Ensemble’s Krummelpap, Scandals Wrapped in Prayer

Raising Voices Presents Garage Dance Ensemble’s Krummelpap, Scandals Wrapped in Prayer “Our Families hide their scandals in prayer. And they who are teeming with secrets close their eyes…” – Ronelda Kamfer from her text for Krummelpap, Scandals Wrapped In Prayer Krummelpap, Scandals Wrapped in Prayer (Krummelpap, Afval en Sunlightseepbaddens) is a dance-theater piece created and […]

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Chanon Judson Raising Voices Festival

Featured Artist: Chanon Judson

Chanon Judson Featured Artist Register Now Chanon Judson has been growing with the acclaimed Urban Bush Women (UBW) since 2001, as a performer and now Co-Artistic Director. Her most recent work with the company has been the collaborative development of UBW’s new site responsive work “Haint Blu” with Co-Artistic Director Mame Diarra Speis. This site […]

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Old North Illuminated Joint Ticket

Revolutionary Spaces & Old North Illuminated Joint Ticket Experience three historic Boston sites with one ticket! Revolutionary Spaces and Old North Illuminated are now offering a joint ticket to Old South Meeting House, Old State House, and Old North Church-a $5 discount off regular full-price admission. Sold exclusively at the Boston Common Visitor Center, this joint ticket includes any programs, […]

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Raising Voices Festival

Raising Voices: A Celebration of Music, Art, and the Power of Protest

Raising Voices Festival A Celebration of Music, Art, and the Power of Protest Register Now MAP & SCHEDULE Details  |  Featured Artists  |  Festival Artists  | Artist Village  |  Street Art Activation  |  Food & Drink  |  Soccer Activities  |  Raising Voices Presents  | BLACK in the cradle of liberty  |  Register  |  Get Involved Uplift and […]

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Staff Recommendations

Staff Recommendations Insider picks from Revolutionary Spaces experts Renew Your Membership At Revolutionary Spaces, we are committed to the past, present, and future: to a living, unfolding, and ever-evolving democracy. Behind-the-scenes, this means that all of us here are constantly learning and sharing to keep up with dialogue in public history. Check out this month’s […]

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Object of the Month March 2023 - Sampler made by Lydia Hutchinson

March 2023

Sampler made by Lydia Hutchinson 1730 1885.0125 Samplers are works of embroidery that often contain a combination of letters, numbers, pictures, and rhymes. Young women and girls would often make samplers as part of their education during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, typically as a way to learn letters and numbers while practicing their […]

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Object of the Month January 2023 - Benjamin Colman Sermon to Pirates

January 2023

Benjamin Colman Sermon to Pirates July 10, 1726 VAULT BV 4262 .C64 To kick things off, we have this sermon pamphlet, one of many from the eighteenth century in the Rev Spaces collection. Sermons were often written down and pamphlets of the transcriptions produced after the fact, so that churchgoers could experience their favorite sermons […]

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