Sweetser Lecture Advisory Committee

In 1881, Cornelius Sweetser left $10,000 to the Town of Wakefield to be held in trust to provide "such lectures as will tend to improve and elevate the public mind," and to pay the proceeds "to such charitable organizations...as the municipal officers...may designate to be distributed among the worthy poor..." 

2023 Speakers

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 7 p.m. 
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder presents Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O’Connell’s Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 7 p.m.
New York Times best-selling author Ilyon Woo, PhD presents Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom

Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at 7 p.m.  
New York Times best-selling author Jane Healey presents Goodnight from Paris: An Historical Novel Inspired by a True Story
and New York Times best-selling author William Martin presents December ’41: FDR, Churchill, and the Fearful Days After Pearl Harbor

Tickets

Tickets can be pre-purchased at Sweetbay (478 Main St., Wakefield), Whitelam Books (610 Main St., Reading), and The Book Oasis (311 Main Street, Stoneham). You may also mail your request/check with a self-addressed stamped envelope to the Sweetser Lecture Series, P.O. Box 1734, Wakefield, MA  01880. Tickets will also be sold at the door.

  • One full-series ticket: $40      
  • One single-lecture ticket: $15
  • Become a benefactor! Purchase two full-series tickets at $100+   

All lectures will be held at The Savings Bank Theatre, Wakefield Memorial High School, 60 Farm Street, Wakefield, Massachusetts (handicapped accessible). This event is sponsored by The Savings Bank.

Contact the Sweetser Lecture Advisory Committee at sweetserlectureadvisorycommittee@wakefield.ma.us and visit their website.

 

Committee Members

David Miller
Julie Scott