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February 28, 2022 | View as Webpage
Schedule Reminder

The library will be closed on Friday, March 25 for staff development.
Upcoming Programs

Tuesday, March 1 | 7pm (IN PERSON)

Are you an adult who loves Young Adult books? Or maybe an adult who has always wanted to try reading YA books? Join Teen Services Manager, Michelle Techler and Head of Technology & Training (and YA enthusiast), Kate Leppanen, for an adult discussion of the award winning YA book Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo. Copies of the books will be available February 7th. Registration required to participate in the meeting.

Tuesday, March 8 | 7pm (VIRTUAL)

Rebel Girls is a global empowerment brand dedicated to raising the most inspired and confident generation of girls through content, experiences, products, and community. Rebel Girls has sold nearly 7 million books through their New York Times bestselling series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls with volumes including 100 Real-Life Tales of Black Girl Magic. Join authors Elena Favilli, Lilly Workneh, and CaShawn Thompson who will discuss their books and the mission of Rebel Girls! This program is in partnership with Ashland Public Library, the event sponsor.

Wednesday, March 9 | 1pm (VIRTUAL)

Certified arborist Jim Harshbarger, with moderator Ashley Rooney, will show us how to remove damaged, dead, structurally unsound, or otherwise unwanted material from shrubbery and trees. This is the second visit from Jim Harshbarger, who last appeared at the library on February 21st, 2021. You can watch the first session on our YouTube channel.


Wednesday, March 9 | 7pm (VIRTUAL)

The pirates that roamed the Atlantic Ocean have long been a subject of interest - from Hollywood movies to scholarly works. However, one topic that is often overlooked is the role of female pirates. Led by Dr. Charlotte Carrington-Farmer, this talk will examine the women who went upon the account and sailed under the Jolly Roger in the Golden Age of Piracy. Using Anne Bonny and Mary Read as case studies, the talk will use primary sources to piece together the lives of two pioneering women, who challenged societal norms in the early eighteenth century.


Monday, March 14 | 1:15pm (VIRTUAL)

Presented by Joe Nye, former Dean, John F. Kennedy School of Government. Three historical analogies are currently popular to describe the challenge of China. One, based on ancient Greek history, forecasts war. A second sees the current situation as a new Cold War like 1945. A third uses the analogy of World War I where nations stumbled into war. Professor Nye is skeptical of all three and describes his own scenario of a new type of “cooperative rivalry.”
Thursday, March 3 | 7pm

For decades, Sherry Turkle has shown how we remake ourselves in the mirror of our machines. In her latest book, The Empathy Diaries, she illuminates our present search for authentic connection in a time of uncharted challenges. Turkle has spent a career composing an intimate ethnography of our digital world, now, marked by insight, humility, and compassion, we have her own. Join us for an intimate conversation with Sherry Turkle where you will be able to submit questions for the author.

Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT and the founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. A licensed clinical psychologist, she is the author of six books, including Alone Together and the New York Times best-seller Reclaiming Conversation, as well as the editor of three collections. A Ms. Magazine Woman of the Year, TED speaker, and featured media commentator, she is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Rockefeller Humanities Fellowship and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Books are available to purchase through Maxima Book Center.
Saturday, March 12 | 2pm (VIRTUAL)

Join Cary Library and the Association of Black Citizens of Lexington for a virtual program that introduces audiences to Florence Price, the first African American woman to have her music performed by a major symphony orchestra – in 1933. Dr. Samantha Ege will elaborate on Florence Price’s style of music and provide vivid commentaries, while incorporating her own performance videos.

Dr. Samantha Ege is a leading interpreter and scholar of the African American composer Florence B. Price. Dr. Ege's performances and publications shed an important light on composers from underrepresented backgrounds. She is the Lord Crewe Junior Research Fellow in Music at Lincoln College, University of Oxford. She holds a PhD in Musicology from the University of York and a BA with honors in Music from the University of Bristol.

Regie Gibson will be the host of this program. He is a poet, educator, and literary performer, and the first poet-in-residence at Cary Library. Recently, as a member of Convergence Ensemble, Regie Gibson narrated an evening dedicated to art songs composed by Black composers of which Florence Price was centrally featured. He lives in Lexington.
Monday, March 14 | 7pm (VIRTUAL)

Violinist Ilana Zaks is an internationally renowned violinist who has performed in Israel, Europe and on some of the biggest American stages including Carnegie Hall, Disney Hall and Boston's Symphony Hall. She will perform works by composers Giuseppe Tartini, Niccolo Paganini, Coleridge Taylor Perkinson, and Charles de Beriot on solo violin. Ilana will also talk about each piece and its place within the violin repertoire in chronological order of date written and time period in music history.

Thursday, March 17 | 7pm (VIRTUAL)

Bill Gette has led three Mass Audubon travel programs to Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands - one of the most amazing places on Earth. Charles Darwin’s observations of the wildlife in this archipelago contributed significantly to his understanding of evolution. Bill will show you photographs of the nine islands he visited aboard the MV Evolution and the incredible wildlife he observed. He will take you on virtual hikes up the Bartolomé Islands, over the lava on Santiago Island, along tide pools, and through the highlands of Santa Cruz Island, all while observing the many unique animals to the islands.

Arabic Calligraphy
Wednesday, March 23 | 7pm
More TBA soon. Check our calendar for updates.

Monday, March 28| 7pm (VIRTUAL)

Join two of our library staff, Bridgette and Susan, for a discussion and tutorial on reading journals! Whether you've been logging your reading history for years, or would like to get started, this is a program for all reading and journaling lovers. We'll share journal progress, challenges we've faced, how to stay motivated, where to get supplies, and more! Bridgette will then show participants how she set up one of her reading journal pages. Participants are encouraged to share their own journals and tips.

Thursday, March 31 | 7pm
(HYBRID: Large Meeting Room or Zoom)

This program is a hybrid program - you can attend in person or via Zoom.

If you are attending in person, you do not need to register. If you are attending via Zoom, please register here to receive the Zoom link.

Come meet bestselling author Paul Clerici, as he discusses his popular books Images of Modern America: The Boston Marathon and Boston Marathon History by the Mile.
Hear all the great stories about the very beginnings of the race in Ashland; the various start lines in Hopkinton; the year in which a train cut through the race in Framingham; the Scream Tunnel of women at Wellesley College; the Johnny Kelley statue in Newton; the different finish lines in Boston; and much, much more.






Monthly Programs

Monday, March 14 | 12:30pm

Saturday, March 19| 1pm

Weekly on Wednesdays | 6:30pm
Tuesday, March 15| 7pm (VIRTUAL)

How well can you hold your own in the world of 80's and 90's Pop Culture? Join us for an evening of adult trivia fun and find out! Test your knowledge of music, movies, events, and more!

Tuesday, March 22| 7pm (LIVING ROOM)

Malinda Lo is the National Book Award-winning, bestselling author of Last Night at the Telegraph Club, which received eight starred reviews and was named by Oprah Magazine as one of the 50 Best LGBTQ Books That Will Heat Up the Literary Landscape in 2021. She has been a three-time finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. Malinda’s short fiction and nonfiction has been published by The New York Times, NPR, Autostraddle, The Horn Book, and multiple anthologies. She lives in Massachusetts with her partner and their dog. This program is open to tweens, teens and adults.

Thursday, March 24| 7pm (VIRTUAL)

This program is presented in partnership with Lexington Living Landscapes.

Every house in America should be fronted with a non-native monoculture with the maintenance requirements of a golf course and the ecological value of a strip mine; a place where all flowers are called weeds and signs essentially saying “keep off” are the norm. Does that idea seem a bit odd to you? It’s time to take a second look at this idea we call lawn. Join Dan Jaffe Wilder, co-author of Native Plants for New England Gardens and Director of Applied Ecology at Norcross Wildlife Foundation, to learn about the various options available to us.

Tuesday, March 29 | 7pm (VIRTUAL)

Thinking about upgrading your cooking space and wondering about electric induction? Join us for a presentation to learn about induction cooking, hear from celebrity chefs and watch a live demo of induction cooking in action. Get your questions answered from Katie Walter, owner of Two Aprons Cookery and avid user of induction cooking for her professional cooking needs. She will be joined by Diane Pursley, who will walk us through the negative aspects associated with cooking with natural gas and the benefits of cooking electric.

Wednesday, March 30 | 7pm (VIRTUAL)

From the declaration of the “Year of the Woman” to the televising of Anita Hill’s testimony, from Bitch magazine to SisterSong’s demands for reproductive justice: the 90s saw the birth of some of the most lasting aspects of contemporary feminism. Historian Lisa Levenstein tracks this time of intense and international coalition building, one that centered on the growing influence of lesbians, women of color, and activists from the global South. Their work laid the foundation for the feminist energy seen in today’s movements, including the 2017 Women’s March and #MeToo campaigns. Jessie Steigerwald will host this community conversation, be sure to submit your questions and if you have any stories of your own.



Monday, March 21| 7pm

Monday, March 28| 12:30pm
Book Clubs

Wednesday, March 2 | 7pm

This month we are discussing Nobody Nowhere: The Extraordinary Autobiography of an Autistic Girl by Donna Williams.

Monday, March 21 | 7pm

This month we are discussing The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah.



Monday, March 14 | 10am

This month, we are discussing 1970's mysteries.

Monday, March 28 | 7pm

This month we will be discussing The Girl at the Baggage Claim: Explaining the East-West Culture Gap by Gish Jen.
Cary Library Foundation
Thursday, March 10 | 7:30pm

As part of the Science Café speaker series, Dr. Anu Puri will discuss the strategies developed by the Massachusetts Hospital Association to navigate the pandemic. She also will share learnings about the healthcare system generated from the pandemic, and what those learnings may mean for the future of healthcare.

Dr. Anu Puri is the Chief Data Officer of the Massachusetts Hospital Association. In this role, Dr. Puri leads a team working in partnership with hospitals, the Massachusetts state COVID Command Center and the Department of Public Health on COVID data reporting, capacity analysis and pandemic projections, resurgence planning and regional coordination, with the goal of optimizing healthcare industry resources.

Registration is required for this event. Please register once to receive a Zoom link. Sponsored by the Cary Library Foundation.
Friends News
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CHILDREN’S & YOUNG ADULT
BOOK SALE
Gently Used Books- Many in Pristine Condition
FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2022 1PM-5PM
SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2022 9AM-5PM
Staff Reviews
Michelle was featured on NECN's Page Turner in February, discussing books on winter sports with these selections.

Hockey in the Wild by Nicholas Oldland
Every Reason We Shouldn't by Sara Fujimura
Art @ Cary
Eugene Styller
Works

On display in the Piper Gallery (main level) until the end of April 2022.
Tasha Balsom
Summer Breezes

On display in the Pierce Gallery (lower level) until the end of April 2022.
Recent Programs
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