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| All events are free and open to the public - details are available at the library website calendar |
2010 Summer Lecture Series: Join us in the large meeting room for these exciting and interesting lectures by a wide variety of distinguished speakers. The summer lecture series is sponsored by the Friends of the Chilmark Public Library. Dates and times are as noted below. Click here for more info about this week's lecture!
• Wed. June 16 (5:30 p.m.) - Wildlife biologists Luanne Johnson and Liz Baldwin talk about the island otters.
• Wed. June 30 (5:30 p.m.) - Professor Lawrence Harrison from the Tufts University Cultural Change Institute will discuss his new book Jews, Confucians, and Protestants: Cultural Capital, and the End of Multiculturalism.
• Wed. July 7 (5:30 p.m.) - MFDF movie: Fishing Voices – Insight into the Future.
• Wed. July 14 (5:30 p.m.) - Sisters – An Anthology with guest readers Carol Gilligan and others.
• Wed.July 21 (5:30 p.m.) - Author and television host Steven Raichlen talks about his latest book Planet Barbecue.
• Wed. July 28 (5:30 p.m.) - Former CIA and Senate lawyer Vicki Divoll.
• Wed. Aug. 4 (5:30 p.m.) - Cultural anthropologist Rick Shweder.
• Thur. Aug. 5 (5 p.m.) - Conrad Neumann -The Romance of Oceanography.
• Wed. Aug. 11 (5:30 p.m.) - Matthew Stackpole – Chilmark and the whaleship Charles W. Morgan.
• Thur. Aug. 12 (5 p.m.) - Marine Fisheries Development Fund: Menemsha: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow with Warren Doty.
• Wed. Aug. 18 (5:30 p.m.) - Geophysicist Andy Freed talks about earthquakes in Haiti and around the globe.
• Thur. Aug. 19 (5 p.m.) - America’s Lawyer Alan Dershowitz talks about his latest book.
• Wed. Aug. 25 (5:30 p.m.) - Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award winner Jules Feiffer talks about his new memoir: Backing Into Forward
• Thur. Aug. 26 (5 p.m.) - Book discussion with the Sustainable Book Club.
• Wed. Sept. 1 (5:30 p.m.) - Photographer and author Alan Brigish presents his photo-documentary, Martha's Vineyard - Now & Zen.
• Wed. Sept. 8 (5:30 p.m.) - Author Tom Dunlop talks about his new book "Schooner".
• Wed. Sept. 15 (5:30 p.m.) - Author talk and book signing with Annie Cohen-Solal, author of Leo And His Circle: The Life of Leo Casteli.
The Sustainable Book Club 2010 Please join this island-wide book group, reading and discussing books that examine our relationship with nature. The group is sponsored by the Martha’s Vineyard Library Association, Mass Audubon’s Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, The Trustees of Reservations, and other Island Conservation Organizations.
The Secret Life of Lobsters by Trevor Corson
Wed, Sept 22
10:30 am
Oak Bluffs Library From Amazon.com:
In this intriguing and entertaining book, Corson, a journalist who has reported on such diverse subjects as organ transplants and Chinese sweatshops, brings together the often conflicting worlds of commercial lobstermen and marine scientists, showing how the two sides joined forces and tried for 15 years to solve the mystery of why the lobsters were disappearing.
• Free Blood Pressure Clinic. Wed. Sept 16, (12:30 - 1:30 p.m.) Town Nurse Laura Murphy from the Visiting Nurse Association will be holding walk-in blood pressure clinics in the Chilmark Public Library conference room. They will be held at the same time: 12:30-1:30 p.m. the THIRD Wednesday of every month. No appointment necessary.
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Photographer and author Alan Brigish presents his photo-documentary, Martha's Vineyard - Now & Zen West Tisbury photojournalist Alan Brigish will discuss his new book: Martha’s Vineyard –Now & Zen with photographs in slide show with music on Wednesday, September 1 at 5:30 PM at the Chilmark Public Library Their website describes the book: “That something in the air— unnamable, intangible—and a compelling sense that something here is extraordinary... Renowned island storyteller Susan Klein, and photographer, Alan Brigish explore communities, traditions, and transformations of the Island of Martha’s Vineyard. Susan, who grew up on the island, tells of the way it was. Alan, with a perceptive sense of the moment, shows the way it is. Geraldine Brooks, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, says, “There are may beautiful books about Martha’s Vineyard, but this is the indispensable one. Alan Brigish’s ravishing photographs capture the island as it is; Susan Klein’s warm and wistful words remind us of what once was. One third of this island’s open and wilder spaces are still up for grabs. It is for our generation to decide if we want more tourist dollars and more development, or whether we will take stewardship of this precious, fragile place, preserving it for our children and the children of the future. Anyone who loves the island needs this book.” Brigish is a South African-born documentary photographer who has lived in the USA for nearly forty years and has been photographing Martha’s Vineyard for thirty years. Since 1997, he has documented his travels in Bhutan, Botswana, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Cuba, England, Ethiopia, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Laos, Lithuania, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, Russia, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Ukraine, USA and Uzbekistan. Brigish shoots using digital still photography and edits and prints his own work. His previous book, Breathing in the Buddha received an Honorable Mention in the 2010 San Francisco Book Festival. His work may be seen at www.brigish.com or at his year-round gallery in West Tisbury. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Chilmark Public Library. Admission is free. For more information please call 508-645-3360. |
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