The journalist and author Patrick Radden Keefe will talk about his new book, “Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Family Dynasty. Evan Hughes, author of The Hard Sell: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup,” on Thurs., March 24, at 7 p.m. at Pierce Middle School, 451 Central Ave.in Milton. His appearance, hosted by the Forbes House Museum, is a ticketed event ($25 per person, or $20 for museum members). Keefe, who has roots in Dorchester, is a staff writer at The New Yorker and author of the New York Times bestseller, “Say Nothing, a True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland.” Tickets are available through the museum’s website, forbeshousemuseum.org.
This talk is one of a series of programs complementing the upcoming exhibition Opium: The Business of Addiction, a collaboration between the Forbes House Museum, the Milton Coalition, and the Milton Public Library that tells the story of the Forbes family’s involvement in the opium trade, the trade’s links to the current opioid epidemic, and its lasting impact on US-Sino relations.
After its opening on April 27, the exhibition will be on view at both the museum and the library.
