BLC organized a special tour of the 1849 Boston Custom House and 1915 clock tower during Preservation Month in May.
The Custom House is located in McKinley Square, in Boston’s Financial District.
We may be able to schedule this tour once again in May 2018, please check back in March and April 2018.
 

Special talk by Matt Lambros, author of "After the Final Curtain," about the history of theaters in America. After the talk, participants will tour the Everett Square Theatre, one of the city’s last vaudeville theatres, not normally open to the public.

This is a free event, with a reception to follow.  The Artweek Boston event is sponsored by Artists at Large.

Joseph Cornish, Director of Design Review for the Boston Landmarks Commission, will lead a tour of Beacon Hill. This tour features the work of American architect and author Asher Benjamin.

RSVP to reserve a spot

This event is limited to 25 attendees.

Retrace the steps of renowned writers like Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Longfellow, Mark Twain, Willa Cather, and Britain’s Charles Dickens.

$10 suggested donation. All proceeds will benefit the Boston Literary District. The event is limited to 15, please register at link below.  (This ArtWeek event is located at a pending Boston Landmark!)

Race, Politics, and Public Opinion about Justice Reinvestment

Dr. Kevin Wozniak, UMass Boston Sociology Department

Across the country, numerous states (including Massachusetts) are pursuing “justice reinvestment” reforms designed to save money by sentencing nonviolent offenders to less expensive, community-based sanctions instead of prison and instead invest funds into more evidence-based approaches to preventing crime.  While JRI has been popular among policymakers, we know very little about public support for the justice reinvestment paradigm.  In this study, I collected and analyzed focus group and survey data to answer two research questions.  First, what do members of the public think about JRI-style reform, and how would they choose to reinvest saved funds into future crime prevention?  Second, how does the language used to describe JRI reform affect people’s crime prevention budget preferences?  I pay particular attention to differences in opinion between white and black participants, and I test whether or not exposure to racialized cue words polarizes opinion across race.

Kevin H. Wozniak is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts Boston.  He studies the politics of punishment and criminal justice. He received his PhD from American University in Washington, D.C.  He is a recipient of the W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship for Research in Race, Gender, Culture, and Crime from the National Institute of Justice.  He is also a past Congressional Fellow of the American Political Science Association, during which he worked on criminal justice and education policy for Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA).