Virtual Programs for Adults
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LOCAL
The Cultural Center of Cape Cod has a selection of online galleries.
The Provincetown Theater is streaming plays and other programs online at provincetowntheater.org/virtual-programming/.
Provincetown Art Association and Museum is offering online courses. Check PAAM’s events calendar for listings at https://www.paam.org/events-calendar/.
Twenty Summers at the Hawthorne Barn in Provincetown has a series of free virtual literary events happening this fall. Check out https://www.20summers.org/season-seven.
MORE ARTS
Beginning in March 2021: Celebrate Women’s History Month through online programs sponsored by the Library of Congress, National Gallery of Art, National Archives, Smithsonian Institutution and more.
Watch dozens of lectures by experts and authors, as well as talks with artists, on the Museum of Fine Arts YouTube Channel.
MoMA is offering free art courses at www.coursera.org/moma.
The National Gallery of Art has online exhibits, the Musee d'Orsay in Paris is offering a virtual walk-through, and ten other world-famous museums have opened their doors to street view virtual tours at www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours.
Art dealer Philip Mould presents Art in Isolation, a series of short films shot at a 17th century home in Oxfordshire, England and filled with insights into art, history and more: Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5, Episode 6, Episode 7...
SCIENCE AND NATURE
The New England Aquarium is doing virtual visits.
Bring nature into your living room with wildlife and nature livecams.
The American Museum of Natural History is offering virtual field trips, online lectures & talks and “science socials” at https://www.amnh.org/explore.
LITERARY
Author Philip Hoare presents The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Big Read, a narration of the epic poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, featuring celeb readers such as Jeremy Irons, Tilda Swinton, Willem Dafoe, Iggy Pop and more.
Check out podcasts from the Poetry Foundation.
The Boston Athenaeum has posted online book talks.
Personalized book recommendations from bookriot.com.
Conversations with authors in videos posted online by the American Writers Museum.
ENTERTAINMENT
The Metropolitan Opera is offering nightly opera broadcasts online at www.metopera.org.
Watch free Great Performances at PBS.org.
EDUCATION
Free Ivy League courses are available online. Check out the list of available classes here.
And more free online courses from Harvard, MIT and other institutions.
CULINARY
Take free cooking classes at www.177milkstreet.com.
ARMCHAIR TRAVEL
Road trips from home provides links to virtual tours of museums and dozens of other fascinating places, including the Great Wall of China, the pyramids of Egypt, Machu Picchu, the Acropolis, and more.
