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Book Release Event: Author Talk and Signing

The
Cyrus Dallin Art Museum and the Arlington Historical Society are proud to
announce the completion of a joint research project and the publication of a
new local history book titled, Arlington’s Cultural Heights: 1900-1925. The
project was supported in part by a grant from the Arlington Cultural Council, a
local agency, which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state
agency. A presentation by the authors is being hosted by the Robbins Library on
Tuesday April 22 at 7:00 P.M. in the library’s
Community Room. Books will be available for purchase at the program.


The publication compiles the biographies of over 40
men and women who lived and worked in Arlington Heights and Crescent Hill
between 1900 and 1925. It is the story of Arlington’s “Cultural Heights,” a
creative, middle-class community shaped by an influential assortment of
reformers, educators, writers, artists, craftsmen, musicians, actors,
playwrights, and architects. Close to three years were spent in the research,
writing and editing of the manuscript.



The book’s co-authors, Doreen Stevens, Aimee Taberner,
and Sarah Burks represent the Arlington Historical Society and the Cyrus Dallin
Art Museum. Doreen Stevens is the former Museum Director of the Arlington
Historical Society. She currently serves on the board of Arlington’s Old
Schwamb Mill. Aimee Taberner is co-chair of the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum and is
the Assistant Director of Academic Administration at Harvard University
Graduate School of Design. Sarah Burks is the Preservation Planner at the
Cambridge Historical Commission and a co-chair of the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum.

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