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That’s Entertainment: Norumbega Park’s History of Fun (Virtual)

Learn about popular American entertainment by following Norumbega Park from its start as a “trolley park” at the end of the Commonwealth Avenue streetcar line, through its heyday as an escape for young people to explore independence and love at the Totem Pole Ballroom. Images from Norumbega Park and the Totem Pole Ballroom, a book by Clara Silverstein and Sara Goldberg of Historic Newton, will illustrate this romp through 66 years of fun on the banks of the Charles River in Newton.

 

Clara Silverstein is the Community Engagement Manager at Historic Newton. A former journalist, she is the author of a memoir, an historical novel, and three cookbooks. She raised her family in Auburndale near the former Norumbega Park site.

 

Sara Leavitt Goldberg has been the Archivist/Curator of Manuscripts and Photographs at Historic Newton for over ten years. Prior to that she was fortunate to work with historic photo collections at Mount Auburn Cemetery and Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives. 

 

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Date:
Thursday, August 5, 2021
Time:
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
Virtual
Audience:
  Adult  
Categories:
  Lectures and Events  
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Ellen Meyers