Brook Farm group was among the first to hear Beethoven’s brilliance Oct 25, 2009
Beethoven was introduced to the Transcendentalists by their sexy muse, Margaret Fuller, drawing on the Romantic writer-artist Bettina von Arnim s often-invented anecdotes of the composer s irascible brilliance. But the true conduit for Beethoven in America was a Boston-born music addict named John Sullivan Dwight. (Boston Globe)
Boris Johnson: Divorce is good for London Oct 20, 2009
Margaret Fuller QUOTATION OF THE DAY ; ;The question we have to ask is who has done the most in the previous year to enhance peace in the world. And who has done more than Barack Obama. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Tufts Health Plan, Cambridge Communtiy Foundation team up for health project grants Aug 12, 2009
Recipients of the awards are Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services, the Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House, the Community Art Center, Agassiz Baldwin Community, and Child Care Resource Center ... There is increasing social science research showing that participating in intergenerational programs benefits seniors in numerous ways, said Terry DeLancey, executive director at ABC. The other funded projects are the Seven Secrets of Healthy Aging program at the Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House that... (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Cambridge resident honored for service to community Jun 26, 2009
Within the community, Evelyn worked on the boards of numerous organizations-from the YWCA to the Margaret Fuller House, and helped found several others, including the One Church One Child Adoption Program and the Black Heritage Trail. As a member of the St. Paul AME Church for 53 years and a trustee for 39, she has been intimately involved with the Archival Department and produced three books commemorating the church s history. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Down With Quiet Domesticity. Up With Crazy Love. Jun 20, 2009
Charting the love lives of Mary Wollstonecraft, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Margaret Fuller, she argues that these women's capacity for heedless love is directly tied to their intellectual penetration. "We reason deeply when we forcibly feel," as Mary Wollstonecraft put it. (Slate)
Cambridge to honor Black Heritage Trail co-founder with square Jun 4, 2009
She has served on the boards of the YWCA, Margaret Fuller House, CASPAR, and Family and Children Services, and has received many awards. She is one of the founders of the Black Heritage Trail in Cambridge. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
A decent proposal at Concord's Old Manse Apr 7, 2009
They walked past the garden Thoreau gave to as a wedding present, past the house where Emerson wrote Nature, and past the rock where Margaret Fuller talked transcendentalism with a married man. Finally they reached the dock by the boathouse, where could be seen just across the water, and disappeared for a few moments. (Concord Journal, MA)
Neighborhoods: Word on the street Feb 12, 2009
From 2 to 4 p.m. at the Margaret Fuller House at 71 Cherry St., chat with neighbors about President Barack Obama s first 30 days in office: How do you feel about the changes he s making. Has he been successful or not. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
