Building on the success of N+T Asks and #LiveSesh, we’re bringing the conversation to the Common with two live N+T Asks: Boston Common at the What Do We Have In Common cabinet.

In our final episode of Season 3 of N+T Asks, Executive Director Kate Gilbert is joined by two special guests to explore the history of the ever-evolving South End. We welcome artist and professor Mark Cooper, and Director of the Youth Development Program at IBA Boston, Pedro Cruz to chat all about the diverse and artistic South End.

On April 22, 2021, we visited one of Boston’s most vibrant neighborhoods— Egleston Square, and had Now + There’s first ever interpreted N+T Asks! Curator Leah Triplett Harrington is joined by Paloma Valenzuela, Writer/Producer/Director of the web series The Pineapple Diaries; Nakia Hill, Writers' Room Director at 826 Boston, and Writer/Producer; and Denise Delgado, Executive Director of Egleston Square Main Street.

Join the artist behind Ambrosia, Cicely Carew, for an hour of healing and rejuvenation. Inspired by Cicely's artistic process of improvisational joy-following, this virtual sound bath will focus on breath and centering.

On April 1, 2021, we virtually visited one of Boston’s oldest neighborhoods to examine its past and reimagine its future! Join us in the streets of Beacon Hill with artist L’Merchie Frazier and resident Cathy Stone as Executive Director Kate Gilbert moderates an hour long conversation.

Saying goodbye to Nick Cave’s “Augment” inflatables on October 20 and reflecting on a community-engaged process that reminds us that joy lives within us.

Did you know that the first “playground” in the United States was a giant sandbox (called a “sand garden”) in Boston’s North End? Neither did we…until now.

On Thursday, August 6, 2020, we hosted our fifteenth “N+T Asks” conversation. This week Executive Director Kate Gilbert asked you and our guests, artist Michael Dowling and Denise Molina Capers of South Boston en Acción, “What does South Boston need right now?”

On Thursday, July 30, 2020, we hosted our fourteenth “N+T Asks” conversation. This week Executive Director Kate Gilbert asked you and our guests, artist/designer Ayana Mack and entrepreneur/organizer Thuwaiba Thezine, “What does Mattapan need right now?”

Boston-based artist and journalist Arielle Gray joined our Assistant Curator, Leah Triplett Harrington, to discuss the ongoing, nationwide reckoning with monuments and memorials.

On Thursday, July 23, 2020, we hosted our thirteenth “N+T Asks” conversation. This week Executive Director Kate Gilbert asked you and our guests, artist Ross Miller, Editor-in-Chief of Allston Pudding Christine Varriale, and Executive Director of Allston Village Main Streets Alex Cornacchini, "what does Allston need right now?"

On Thursday, July 16, 2020 we hosted our twelfth “N+T Asks” conversation. This week Executive Director Kate Gilbert asked you and our guests, artist Tran Vu and Lisette Le, Executive Director of Viet Aid, “What does Fields Corner need right now?”

On Thursday, July 9, 2020, we hosted our eleventh “N+T Asks” conversation. This week Executive Director Kate Gilbert asked you and our guests, local artists and educators Johnetta Tinker and Larry Pierce, "What does Grove Hall need right now?"

On Thursday, July 2, 2020, we hosted our tenth “N+T Asks” conversation. This week Executive Director Kate Gilbert asked you and our guests, Roxbury Cultural District’s Anita Morson Matra and local artists Ifé Franklin and Chanel Thervil, "What does Roxbury need right now?"

On Thursday, June 25, 2020, we hosted our eighth “N+T Asks” conversation. This week Executive Director Kate Gilbert asked you and our guests, Gladys Oliveros, Director of East Boston Main Streets, and local artist Veronica Robles, of Veronica Robles Cultural Center, "What does East Boston need right now?"

In response to the ongoing debates surrounding public memorials in America, we hosted an Instagram live session featuring our Assistant Curator, Leah Triplett Harrington, in conversation with local curator and arts leader Jen Mergel.

On June 18, 2020, we hosted our eighth N+T Asks conversation. This week, Executive Director Kate Gilbert asked you and our guests, Sarah Coughlin (LICSW, LADC-I), Director, and Mswati Hanks, Youth Prevention Coordinator, of the Charlestown Coalition; and local artist Maria Molteni: “What does Charlestown Need Right Now?”

A list of just a few of the resources and tools that have been speaking to us over the last week as we deepen our commitment to anti-racism and equity. Shared with some insight from the N+T Team into what the work of educating ourselves brings up as we come to grips with the magnitude of the work we have ahead of us to live into our vision for helping create a radical cultural shift in Boston.

On May 15, 2020, we hosted our seventh N+T Asks conversation. This week Executive Director Kate Gilbert asked you and our guests, artist and creator of Public Trust Paul Ramirez Jonas and President of the Lewis Family Foundation, Juma Crawford, "When will we stop being afraid?" Click to watch or listen to the full conversation.

On May 8, 2020, we hosted our sixth N+T Asks conversation. This week Executive Director Kate Gilbert asked you, Nia Evans, Director of Boston Ujima Project, and Steve Lambert, artist and Director + Co-founder of The Center for Artistic Activism, "Is arts activism enough?" Click to watch or listen to the full conversation.

On May 1, 2020, we hosted our fifth N+T Asks conversation. This week Assistant Curator Leah Triplett Harrington asked you and our guests, artists Destiny Polk and Rob “Problak” Gibbs and Executive Director of Amplify Latinx Rosario Ubiera-Minaya, "Can today’s crisis spark tomorrow's cultural equity?" Click to watch or listen to the full conversation.

On April 24, 2020, we hosted our fourth N+T Asks conversation. This week Assistant Curator Leah Triplett Harrington asked you and our guests Stephanie Cardon and Charla Jones, "How does art offer hope to artists and the public?" Click to watch or listen to the full conversation.

On April 17, 2020, we welcomed artist and curator Rachel Allen, social change designer and founder of DS4SI, Kenny Bailey, and over 80 of you into a conversation exploring the question: “What can artists do right now?”

We were glad to have special guests artist Stephen Hamilton (2018 Public Art Accelerator and creator of The Founders Project) and Tiffany Cogell, a driven advocate and community organizer (and one of the powerful women featured in Elisa Hamilton’s 2017 project Slideshow) join us for our second installment of N+T Asks and help us answer: “What does care mean right now?”

On April 3, 2020, we launched our new online conversation series "N+T Asks." We were excited to welcome artist Silvia Lopez Chavez, Program Director of Public Art at New England Foundation for the Arts, Kim Szeto, and more than 75 participants from across the cultural sector as we asked: “What does public mean right now?”