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SUMMARY:Patriots of Color Exhibit at American Ancestors' Family Heritage Experience
DESCRIPTION:In observance of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution\, American Ancestors’ Family Heritage Experience unveils “Patriots of Color\,” a major new exhibition opening Thursday\, April 23\, at 97 Newbury Street\, Boston. The exhibit brings long-overlooked stories of Black\, Native\, and multiracial individuals into full view—revealing their vital roles in the founding of our nation and the living descendants who carry their legacies forward today. \nThousands of Black men fought in the American Revolution—an estimated 5\,000 to 9\,000 for the Patriot cause and as many as 20\,000 supporting the British\, many seeking freedom from enslavement—yet their contributions remain underrepresented in traditional accounts of the nation’s founding. Set against the backdrop of Boston’s central role in the Revolution\, “Patriots of Color” highlights profiles of 26 individuals—two from each of the original 13 colonies—whose service\, labor\, leadership\, and resistance shaped the Revolutionary cause in ways rarely taught or remembered today. Through original documents\, immersive digital experiences\, and contemporary artistic interpretation\, the exhibition reframes the Revolution as a far more complex and inclusive struggle for independence. \nA centerpiece of the exhibition is a large-scale interactive digital map of the 13 colonies\, which invites visitors to tap and explore information about 26 individual Patriots\, represented by silhouettes designed by teenage artists from the Cambridge Community Art Center’s Teen Public Art Program. Interactive screens about the patriots reveal biographical details\, service histories\, and—most powerfully—their connection to modern-day living descendants\, some of whom are expected to attend the exhibition’s opening events. Also on view are original 18th- and 19th-century manuscripts\, military muster rolls\, family Bibles\, and historic engravings—archival materials that bring overlooked Revolutionary lives into focus and reveal the research process behind their rediscovery. \nThe exhibit is part of American Ancestors’ 10 Million Names initiative\, which aims to recover the names and lives of enslaved people through archival research. \n“What makes ‘Patriots of Color’ distinctive is not only who these individuals were\, but how we know them\,” said Ryan Woods\, President and CEO of American Ancestors. “This exhibition shows that history is not fixed or finished. Through documents\, research\, and genealogy\, it is possible to uncover real\, personal connections to the past—and\, in doing so\, better understand our present.” \nSilhouettes of Legacy \nReinforcing the exhibition’s themes of interpretation and intergenerational storytelling\, “Patriots of Color” includes a collaborative component with the Cambridge Community Art Center’s Teen Public Art Program. Founded in 1937\, the Community Art Center has long served as a creative anchor in Cambridge\, empowering young people through public art and community-rooted expression. \nFor “Patriots of Color\,” students were invited to create imaginative silhouette artwork inspired by historical profiles of Patriots. The resulting silhouette portraits draw on an historic artistic tradition that predates photography\, when profile portraits were an accessible way to preserve a person’s likeness. In this context\, the form carries particular resonance: silhouettes assert presence\, a demonstration that a life was lived. \nDisplayed alongside the historical narratives\, and each artist’s biography\, these contemporary works place today’s youth artists in dialogue with Revolutionary era lives. Their inclusion underscores the exhibition’s broader message that history is not static—it is continually interpreted\, expanded\, and made visible across generations. \nAdditional exhibition elements explore how Patriots of Color contributed beyond military service\, the difficult choices—or lack of choice—between Patriot and Loyalist allegiances\, and the painstaking process of reconstructing lives through muster rolls\, family Bibles\, pension files\, and other primary sources. Throughout\, visitors are encouraged to see themselves not just as observers of history\, but as participants in reclaiming it. \n“Patriots of Color” remains on view through December 31\, 2026\, with an opening celebration and public programs planned in conjunction with Revolution 250 commemorations in Boston. \nExhibit Highlights:\n\nPatriots of Color profiles—two from each of the original 13 colonies—featured through an expansive interactive digital map\nConnections between Revolutionary-era Patriots and living descendants\, bringing the story of the Revolution into the present day\nOriginal manuscripts\, muster rolls\, engravings\, and family records that demonstrate how historical lives are recovered through genealogical research\nA dynamic touchscreen experience inviting visitors to explore service\, resistance\, and legacy across the colonies\, with direct links to American Ancestors’ 10 Million Names initiative\nA collaborative public art installation featuring silhouette works created by Community Art Center Teen Public Art Program artists\, interpreting individual Patriot stories through contemporary creative expression\n\n“Patriots of Color: Reclaiming Stories of Courage\, Resistance\, and Legacy” reframes the American Revolution through the lens of family history—demonstrating that the nation’s founding stories are not fixed in the past\, but can be rediscovered\, reinterpreted\, and reclaimed through research\, documents\, and lived connection. \nExhibit Opening:        April 23\, 2026 \nOn View:                    Through December 31\, 2026\, Tuesday through Saturday\, 10 am to 6 pm \nLocation:                    Family Heritage Experience at American Ancestors\, 97 Newbury Street\, Boston\, MA \nAdmission:                 $10 for adults. Free admission for children under 12. American Ancestors members receive free admission. \nDiscover Your Own History: Visitors are encouraged to explore their own family stories through American Ancestors’ research services and the 10 Million Names initiative\, which seeks to recover and restore the identities of enslaved people through historical records. \nPlanning Your Visit:  The Family Heritage Experience and the gift shop on the first floor of American Ancestors at 97 Newbury Street\, Boston\, MA\, are open Tuesday through Saturday\, from 10 am to 6 pm. The facility is located near Copley Square and the Arlington and Copley Green line T stations. For more information\, including accessibility and amenities\, visit fhe.americanancestors.org. \nAbout the Family Heritage Experience  \nThe Family Heritage Experience—an interactive\, state-of-the-art exhibition that introduces visitors to the joy of family history research—was launched in 2025 by American Ancestors®\, a national center for family history\, heritage\, and culture. The Family Heritage Experience is located on the first floor of American Ancestors’ headquarters at 97 Newbury Street\, in Boston\, Massachusetts. For more information\, visit fhe.americanancestors.org. \nAbout American Ancestors \nAmerican Ancestors® is a national nonprofit center for family history\, heritage & culture based in Boston\, Massachusetts\, that has been setting the gold standard for genealogical research since its founding in 1845. Today\, American Ancestors serves 400K+ members and subscribers through AmericanAncestors.org\, one of the world’s largest online collections of family history resources. In 2025\, American Ancestors launched the Family Heritage Experience\, an interactive\, state-of-the-art exhibition that introduces visitors to the joy of family history research\, located at 97 Newbury Street at our headquarters in Boston. American Ancestors is also home to the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center\, which preserves New England’s Jewish history\, and 10 Million Names\, a project dedicated to finding the names of the enslaved men\, women\, and children in pre- and post-colonial America before emancipation. For more information\, visit americanancestors.org. \nAbout 10 Million Names \n10 Million Names is dedicated to recovering the names of the estimated ten million men\, women\, and children of African descent who were enslaved in pre- and post-colonial America (specifically\, the territory that would become the United States) between the 1500s and 1865. 10 Million Names is engaging a collaborative network of expert genealogists\, cultural organizations\, and community-based family historians. Together we will amplify the voices of people who have been telling their family stories for centuries\, connect researchers and data partners with people seeking answers to family history questions\, and expand access to data\, resources\, and information about enslaved African Americans. For more information\, visit 10millionnames.org.
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SUMMARY:Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol\,” A Solo Tour with Neil McGarry
DESCRIPTION:Directed by Ross MacDonald\, starring Actor Neil McGarry \n2026 13th Season Tour: \n  \n  \nFriday\, November 27 & 28\, 7 pm; Sunday\, November 29\, 2 pm \nAuburn Public Theatre\, Auburn\, NY \nTickets: advance online $25\, at the door $32 \n  \nSunday\, December 6\, 2 pm \nThe Rogue Theatre\, Tucson\, AZ \nTickets: $49 \n  \nMonday\, December 7\, 3 and 7 pm \nCommunity Performance & Art Center\, Green Valley\, AZ \nTickets: $32 \n  \nWednesday\, December 9\, 7 pm \nNewton Presbyterian Church\, Newton\, MA \nTickets: TBA \n  \nThursday\, December 10\, and Saturday\, December 12\, 2:30 pm \nSaco River Theatre\, Buxton\, ME \nTickets: $25 \n  \nFriday\, December 11\, 7 pm \nThacher Hall\, Yarmouth Port\, MA \nTickets: $25 \n  \nSunday\, December 13\, 3 pm \nSpire Center for Performing Arts\, Plymouth\, MA \nTickets: $29-34 \n  \nFriday\, December 18\, 8 pm and Saturday\, December 19\, 2 pm \nVokes Players Theatre\, Wayland\, MA \nTickets: TBA \n  \nSunday\, December 20\, 3 pm \nSandwich Arts Alliance’s Glasstown Stage\, Sandwich\, MA \nTickets: $30 members\, $25 non-members \n  \nWednesday\, December 23\, 7 pm \nHyannis Arts Hall\, 81 Willow Avenue\, Hyannis\, MA \nTickets: $32-35 \n\nRun time: 2 hours\, including a 10-minute intermission \nActor Neil McGarry tours his award-winning solo performance of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” for the thirteenth year\, across the U.S. in December 2026. Directed by Ross MacDonald\, McGarry’s performance was named “Best of Boston” by critic Jules Becker and won “Best Solo Performance” from the Independent Reviewers of New England in 2014. \nArmed only with a bare stage and Dickens’ glorious words\, McGarry delivers the perennial holiday classic in a tour de force that has left audiences riveted from Boston to Prague. Joyous\, witty\, and captivating\, “A Christmas Carol” is a fully staged\, full-throated leap into Dickens’ most famous story\, delivered with a simplicity that disarms and touches the heart. \nFor the last twelve years\, December has found McGarry\, lugging his trunk\, on the road with “A Christmas Carol.” He began in 2013\, touring Cape Cod and Massachusetts’s South Shore. By 2018 and 2019\, “A Christmas Carol” was being seen on stages across the European continent\, as well as Ireland and the U.K.\, with performances in Innsbruck\, Dublin\, London\, Bath\, Basel\, Brunico\, Dusseldorf\, Geneva\, Co. Leitrim\, and Prague. From 2021 to 2025\, McGarry was on the road here at home for five sold-out seasons. This year’s tour begins in upstate New York at the Auburn Public Theatre\, then heads west to Arizona with performances at the Rogue Theatre in Tucson and CPAC in Green Valley\, before returning home to New England for performances at Newton Presbyterian Church; Saco River Theatre in Buxton\, Maine; Spire Center for Performing Arts in Plymouth; Vokes Players Theatre in Wayland; and on Cape Cod at Thacher Hall in Yarmouth Port\, Sandwich Arts Alliance at the Glasstown Stage in Sandwich\, and Hyannis Arts Hall. \nAbout Neil McGarry\nA professional actor for over thirty years\, Neil McGarry received his training at the National Shakespeare Conservatory and is the founder and former Artistic Director of The Bay Colony Shakespeare Company. Recent work includes “The Weight” (with Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe)\, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and is currently playing in cinemas; N. Richard Nash’s “The Rainmaker” (Hyannis Arts Hall\, Plymouth Center for the Arts\, and Glasstown Stage); Noël Coward’s “Private Lives” (Saco River Theatre); “Eine Billion Dollars” and “Miss Fallaci” (as actor Joseph Cotten) for Paramount Plus\, streaming on Apple TV; “Masas/Sisters” (“Best Film” and “Best Director” at the Warsaw International Film Festival\, and multiple other awards in film festivals across Europe); and “Hill of Vision.” “Sisters” and “Hill of Vision” are currently streaming on Amazon Prime. McGarry has made multiple appearances with the Cape Symphony\, Plymouth Philharmonic\, and the Fremont Symphony in California. For more information\, visit neilmcgarry.com.
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SUMMARY:Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at Hyannis Arts Hall
DESCRIPTION:Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol\,’ A Solo Performance by Neil McGarry \nWednesday\, December 23\, 7 pm \nHyannis Arts Hall\, 81 Willow Avenue\, Hyannis \nTickets: $32-35\, available at hyannisartshall.com \nRun time: 2 hours\, including a 10-minute intermission \n  \nHyannis Arts Hall welcomes actor Neil McGarry and his award-winning solo performance of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol\,” the final stop of his thirteenth annual December tour. Directed by Ross MacDonald\, McGarry’s performance was named “Best of Boston” by critic Jules Becker and won “Best Solo Performance” from the Independent Reviewers of New England in 2014. \n  \nArmed only with a bare stage and Dickens’ glorious words\, McGarry delivers the perennial holiday classic in a tour de force that has left audiences riveted from Boston to Prague. Joyous\, witty\, and captivating\, “A Christmas Carol” is a fully staged\, full-throated leap into Dickens’ most famous story\, delivered with a simplicity that disarms and touches the heart. Boston Arts Review’s Beverly Creasey wrote that McGarry’s characters are “so sincere and innocently drawn\, that you give yourself over to the story like a child.” McGarry\, who appeared at Hyannis Arts Hall in N. Richard Nash’s “The Rainmaker\,” returns for this one-night-only holiday performance. \n  \nMcGarry began touring “A Christmas Carol” in 2013 across Cape Cod and Massachusetts’s South Shore. By 2018 and 2019\, the production was seen on stages across Europe\, Ireland and the U.K.\, with performances in Innsbruck\, Dublin\, London\, Bath\, Basel\, Brunico\, Dusseldorf\, Geneva\, Co. Leitrim\, and Prague\, followed by five sold-out seasons at home from 2021 to 2025. His December 2026 tour also includes stops in Arizona\, New York\, Maine and Massachusetts\, including the Spire Center for the Arts in Plymouth\, Vokes Theatre in Wayland\, Thacher Hall\, Sandwich Arts Alliance\, and the Cotuit Center for the Arts. \n  \nA professional actor for over thirty years\, McGarry trained at the National Shakespeare Conservatory and is the founder and former Artistic Director of The Bay Colony Shakespeare Company. Recent work includes N. Richard Nash’s “The Rainmaker” (Glasstown Stage)\, Noël Coward’s “Private Lives” (Saco River Theatre)\, and screen projects including “The Weight\,” with Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe\, “Eine Billion Dollars” and “Miss Fallaci” for Paramount Plus\, and the award-winning film “Masas/Sisters.” He has made multiple appearances with the Cape Symphony\, Plymouth Philharmonic\, and the Fremont Symphony in California. For more information\, visit neilmcgarry.com.
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