Nahs EVENTS CALENDAR
Members of the North Andover Historical Society enjoy free access to our programs as a benefit of membership. If you are not a member, please consider joining the Society. For the price of three programs, an individual membership will enable you to enjoy our programs for a full twelve months! A $10 registration fee will be charged for non-members for many of our programs which enables us to continue to enhance the quality of our events and expand our offerings.
As a nonprofit organization, we rely on the support of our members, which enables us to continue important mission-focused activities and help save and share North Andover and our region's history for future generations.
We participate in the Mass. Cultural Council's Card to Culture program and provide free access to most programs. Please contact NAHS for more information.
Love Letters: A Stage Play by Black Dog Theater Company
Love Letters by A.R. Gurney is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated play that tells the story of a lifelong, complex relationship between two people through the letters, notes, and cards they exchange from childhood into adulthood.
Love Letters: A Stage Play by Black Dog Theater Company
Love Letters by A.R. Gurney is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated play that tells the story of a lifelong, complex relationship between two people through the letters, notes, and cards they exchange from childhood into adulthood.
Black Women's Legacies in Massachusetts with Dr. Alexandria Russell
Dr. Alexandria Russell, Executive Director of the Boston' Women's Heritage Trail, will highlight African American women memorials drawing from her book, Black Women Legacies: Public History Sites Seen & Unseen.
A Family's Holocaust Remembrance with Lila Lobel
Join North Andover High School student Lila Lobel as she shares the story of her Great Grandparents during the Holocaust utilizing her research in partnership with the Smithsonian.
Hidden History of Black Boston with Joel Mackall
Learn Boston's 400-year African-American history in a talk that encourages participant interaction.
She’s the boss: The Rise of Women’s Entrepreneurship Since World War 2 with Dr. Debra Michals
Join Dr. Debra Michals, Chair and Associate Professor of Humanities at Merrimack College for this look at the role and power of women on the job during WWII.
Farm Legacy #2: Technology & Innovation on the Farm
Farm Legacy is a multi-part documentary series that tells the stories of North Andover's farm properties and the families that have stewarded over them for generations.
Lilly (2024, PG-13) Screening
Lilly is a 2024 American drama film produced and directed by Rachel Feldman and written by Feldman and Adam Prince. It stars Patricia Clarkson as Lilly Ledbetter as she battles the court case Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.John Benjamin Hickey and Thomas Sadoski also star.
This screening is supported by a grant from the North Andover Cultural Council.
Show Her the Money (2023, PG) Documentary Screening
Show Her the Money follows four founders as they endure uphill battles to turn their ideas into reality. This documentary about business demystifies venture capital and shows the inequality of funding between men and women.
This screening is supported by a grant from the North Andover Cultural Council.
Revolutionary Design with Jane Oneail
This program explores how these world-renowned architects combined the familiar with the experimental in their notable New England works.
American Art at 250 with Jane Oneail
Join us in celebrating America's extraordinary artistic legacy as we commemorate our nation's 250th anniversary with a curated exploration of the masterworks that have defined our cultural identity.
Rockwell: Inclusion, Exclusion, and Representing American with Jane Oneail
Norman Rockwell is heralded for depicting and defining American life. He often captured bittersweet images of people experiencing universal and relatable feelings of being left out or left behind. Yet, as an artist working in the 20th century, his works are curiously devoid of America’s rich cultural and racial diversity. Toward the end of his career, Rockwell painted several poignant works about race in America that can be seen as an extension of his earlier sense of the power of inclusion and exclusion.
War and Peace and Winslow Homer with Jane Oneail
One of America’s most celebrated artists, Winslow Homer, was on the front lines of the Civil War documenting battles and moments of quiet contemplation in scenes that have come to define the conflict. Homer’s paintings after the war show a beautiful, if uneasy, peace in America.
Of Dice & Decks: A History of Magical Divination with David Blauvelt
This event takes place in the historic Hawthorne Hotel library in Salem, MA as part of Salem Horror Film Fest.
Join NAHS Educator, David Blauvelt, as he shares a long academic interest, the history of fortune telling.
A Genealogy How-To with Robin Siegel
Join NAHS Curator and Archivist, Robin Siegel for a lesson on how to begin your own genealogy research and discover your family's history.
North Andover's Colonel James Frye, Revolutionary Hero with Alex Cain
Join Historian, Writer, and Podcaster Alex Cain (Historical Nerdery), for this lecture on local Revolutionary Hero and French & Indian War Veteran Colonel James Frye.
There will also be an update on the preservation of his ancestral home site
A Guide to Historic Commissions & Societies with David Blauvelt
This Historic Preservation month join NAHS Education Coordinator, David Blauvelt as he explains the differences and interactions between North Andover's Historical Commission, Local District Commissions, the Historical Society, and other town bodies.
Monster Movie Roulette: Sci-Fi July with VCR2
A random person from the audience spins a wheel bearing 6 classic Universal monster movies. Wherever it lands determines what we watch that night!
Join us for this fun and unique experience in your local movie theater at the NAHS, The Worden Theater.
Monster Movie Roulette: Sci-Fi July with VCR2
A random person from the audience spins a wheel bearing 6 classic Universal monster movies. Wherever it lands determines what we watch that night!
Join us for this fun and unique experience in your local movie theater at the NAHS, The Worden Theater.
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" Shakespeare on The Common (6pm)
Acting Out Theater Company & The North Andover Historical Society Present William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
Old Center Walking Tour - "Old Andover 101"
This 2 Hour walking tour is an on foot class in early Andover History 101.