May 6 - June 5, 2019 - Ramadan Ramadan is a holiday celebrated by Muslims all around the world. This year it begins at sundown on Sunday, May 5 and will end at sundown on Tuesday, June 4. The dates of Ramadan change year to year, as the Muslim calendar is based on a lunar…
The Origins and Practices of Holidays: Beltane and The Last Day of Ridván
May 1, 2019 - Beltane Beltane is a Pagan holiday, and one of the eight Sabbats. It falls about halfway between the spring equinox (Ostara) and the coming summer solstice, Litha. The holiday celebrates spring at its peak, and the coming summer. Beltane also sometimes goes by the name May Day. This holiday is associated…
Write an Erasure Poem: A Mass Poetry Project
A guest blog post by Erica Charis-Molling, Librarian at the Central Library In celebration of National Poetry Month, Mass Poetry is asking for submissions of erasures, or blackout poetry. Erasures are poems that are created by erasing or blacking out an existing text. The poem is read by reading the words that are left after…
The Origins and Practices of Holidays: First Day of Ridván
April 21, 2019 - The First Day of Ridván The First Day of Ridván is an important Baha'i holiday. Riḍván is a twelve-day festival that celebrates the beginnings of the Bahá'í Faith in 1863. It does this by commemorating Bahá'u'lláh's declaration that he was a Manifestation of God. Ridván means paradise, and is named for the Garden of Ridván…
The Origins and Practices of Holidays: Easter
April 21 & 28, 2019 - Easter Easter is a Christian holiday that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Easter takes place three days after Jesus’s death on Good Friday. This holiday concludes the “Passion of Christ” series of holidays that began with Ash Wednesday. The last week of this series is called Holy Week…
The Origins and Practices of Holidays: Good Friday
April 19, 2019 – Good Friday and April 26, 2019 – Great/Holy Friday Good Friday is an important holiday in the Christian religion as it commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ. This is an important event because it represents the sacrifices and suffering in Jesus' life. Jesus was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane, taken…
The Origins and Practices of Holidays: Passover
April 19 - 27, 2019 - Passover Passover (called Pesach in Hebrew) is a Jewish holiday. Passover takes place in early spring during the Jewish calendar month of Nissan, starting at sundown on the fourteenth day, until the twenty-first day at sundown. This corresponds to sundown on Friday, April 19 through sundown on Saturday, April…
The Origins and Practices of Holidays: Vaisakhi and Palm Sunday
April 14, 2019 - Vaisakhi Vaisakhi (also known as Baisakhi) is a Sikh holiday. This holiday is special for Sikhs for two reasons: This day marks the beginning of the Sikh solar year, and the festival for the winter crop harvest, On this day in 1699, Guru Gobind Singh founded the Khalsa Panth, initiated the…
The Origins and Practices of Holidays: Naw Rúz and Hola Mohalla
March 19-21, 2019 - Naw Rúz Naw Rúz (also known as No Rouz, Nowruz, or Noruz), translates to "New Day" in English is the Bahá'í and Persian New Year, which occurs on the date of the vernal equinox. The holiday is fixed as March 21 for Bahá'ís in all countries outside the Middle East, regardless of…
Celebrating 165 Years: The BPL Through Time and Place
March 20, 2019 marks the 165th anniversary of the opening of the Boston Public Library in its first building! To celebrate, take a look at these digitized images of the BPL's Central Library through the years (and buildings). These photos and images are available through the Digital Commonwealth, which is made possible through digitization services from the Boston Public…
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