Though women did not legally own household items in early America, Revere family tradition holds that the lady’s work table ca. 1810, currently on display in the Revere House Best Chamber, belonged to Paul’s second wife, Rachel Revere. Sharon C. Mehrman, furniture maker and historian, will demonstrate carving elements found on a table like Rachel’s.
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Though women did not legally own household items in early America, Revere family tradition holds that the lady’s work table ca. 1810, currently on display in the Revere House Best Chamber, belonged to Paul’s second wife, Rachel Revere. Sharon C. Mehrman, furniture maker and historian, will demonstrate carving elements…
Saturday, Sep 26, 2026 9:00a — Marblehead Arts Association, 8 Hooper St, Marblehead, MA
Stop by the library and create your own Autumn paper crafts. All materials will be provided. Programming at the Boston Public Library is funded through private support. To learn more about supporting the Library, please visit the Boston Public Library Fund's website: bplfund.org Accessibility Notice: We strive to make…
Learn the basics in this introduction to knitting and create a fun, useful project to show off! All materials will be provided. This workshop is sponsored by the Friends of the Faneuil Branch Library. Registration is required. Call or email the library to sign up. Accessibility Notice : We strive to make our events acc…
Saturday, Sep 26, 2026 1:00p — Craft Loft, 75 Middlesex Turnpike, first floor across from CAMP, Burlington, Massachusetts
Saturday, Sep 26, 2026 12:00p — Lifebloom Perfume & Candle Bar, 423 W Broadway Unit 403A, Boston, MA
This Crafturday, paint your own mini garden gnome! What kind of gnome will you design? Is he fancy? Is he a wizard? Is he a Red Sox fan? You decide! Programming at the Boston Public Library is funded through private support. To learn more about supporting the Library, please visit the Boston Public Library Fund's websi…
Join us in the Grove Hall Teen Space for a weekly arts program focusing on a new craft each week. Materials will be provided. Space and materials are first come, first served. Accessibility Notice : We strive to make our events accessible. To request a disability accommodation and/or language services, contact the depa…
Crafting Reform: The Saturday Evening Girls and the Paul Revere Pottery with Nonie Gadsden The Saturday Evening Girls’ club was established in 1899 for Italian and Jewish immigrant girls in the tenements of Boston’s North End, and in 1908, the club leaders founded a pottery where the girls could work. They named it the…
See how colonial craftsmen created eye-catching marbled papers. Watch as R. P. Hale floats pigments in water, swirls the colors, then transfers the designs to paper. It may look like magic but Hale will explain the very real science behind this fascinating phenomenon.
Restoring the Plants, Restoring the Practice with Paula Peters Paula Peters will explore the deep relationship between environmental health, Indigenous knowledge, and cultural practice. Focusing on native materials such as bulrush and wampum, the talk will show how plants and shells are not simply resources, but living…
Costumed members of this Revolutionary War reenactment group take on the roles of farmers, printers, and tailors who volunteered to defend Boston harbor after the siege of the city ended in 1776.
