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Cary Library
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Thursday, October 6 | 7:00pm
Virtual
Join the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Resisters, Gish Jen, for a talk on her collection of short stories, Thank You Mr. Nixon. The book takes measure of the fifty years since the opening of China and its unexpected effects on the lives of ordinary people. With their profound compassion and equally profound humor, these eleven linked stories trace the intimate ways in which humans make and are made by history, capturing an extraordinary era in an extraordinary way.
Tuesday, October 11 | 7:00pm
Virtual
Are you someone who loves to read scary stories into the night? Do you shiver when you see a Stephen King book at the library? Do you get a thrill from looking for the TSTL campers or anyone wearing a Jason mask? If so, join us for a conversation with horror writers S.A. Barnes, Christopher Golden, and Anne Heltzel as they discuss their books and the appeals of reading horror novels.
Thursday, October 20 | 7:00pm
Large Meeting Room
Sir Ernest Shackleton’s infamous Endurance Expedition to Antarctica is one of history’s most astounding survival stories, a tale overflowing with almost unbelievable privation and courage.
To honor Shackleton’s Endurance expedition, Antarctic guide and Mt. Everest climber Ed Webster presents an educational and historical lecture documenting Shackleton’s life and times, plus his singular leadership of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Ed’s personally-narrated lecture chronicles Shackleton’s 1914 to 1917 ordeal with the ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS taken by the team’s cameraman, famed Australian photographer Frank Hurley.
Wednesday, October 26 | 7pm
Large Meeting Room
Little Women is a classic coming-of-age story set in Civil War-era Concord, Massachusetts. The real life inspirations for the characters: Jo, Amy, Meg, and Beth were the Alcotts: Louisa, Anna, May, and Lizzie. Join us for a living history performance about Louisa and May Alcott with Concord Playwrights and Actors Amy Cole and Stefanie Cloutier. The program begins with an intimate conversation between two storied sisters featuring period costumes and original photographs. Based on primary sources including letters, journal entries, and books, Cole and Cloutier uncovered innermost details between these beloved Little Women.
Monthly Programs
Weekly on Wednesdays | 6:30pm
Hybrid: Learning Center + Virtual
Monday, October 24 | 7:00pm
Virtual
Socrates Cafe
Friday, October 28 | 10:00am
Learning Center
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Tuesday, October 11 | 1:15pm
Hybrid: Large Meeting Room + Zoom
Presented by Richard Bell, Professor of History, University of Maryland. Signed in 1783, the Treaty of Paris ended the War for Independence and created the United States of America. Delegates from the United States, Great Britain, and France pushed and pulled to secure every advantage. The Treaty of Paris was a triumph for US diplomacy, securing rights to all land east of the Mississippi River, important fishing rights, and the restoration of property and prisoners of war. The Treaty reset relations with Britain and set a new border with Spanish North America. The treaty also damaged the US-French alliance irreparably and left Natives, loyalists, and fugitives from American slavery to fend for themselves.
Wednesday, October 19 | 12pm
Virtual
Join the special LexSeeHer Speaker Series to meet some of the 2022 Women’s Visibility Banner Honorees. Honorees will join as panelists, and visitors will learn more about each woman. Panelists will then engage in conversation, and visitors will be able to ask questions. This month's speaker will be announced soon.
Tuesday, October 25 | 8pm
Virtual
We will be chatting with authors Piper J. Drake, Mia Manansala, Sarah Echavarre Smith, and Jesse Q. Sutanto about their journeys to becoming published (and fantastic!) authors, keeping in mind their diverse Southeast Asian backgrounds. Whether they were born in the US or elsewhere (in fact, Jesse is joining us from Indonesia!), we wonder how their heritage has influenced their writing, characters, publishing journey, and fan base. It's sure to be a fascinating conversation!
Saturday, October 29 | 11am
Virtual
In this virtual workshop of patachitra painting, artists living in Midnapur, West Bengal, will demonstrate how they use painting as a storytelling platform. All paintings (on paper) are created with natural dyes. The artists will show some of the local plants and flowers used to make the dyes . They will sing the song that accompanies the story. Watertown resident Swati Biswas will offer a presentation about this artist cluster and translate the conversation with the artists.
Monday, October 17 | 1:30pm
Large Meeting Room
Wednesday, October 26 | 10:00am
Virtual
Outdoor Nature Photography
Saturday, October 29 | 10:00am
Location TBA
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Book Clubs
Thursday, October 6 | 2:00pm
Learning Center
Wednesday, October 12 | 7:00pm
Hybrid: Learning Center + Zoom
Monday, October 24 | 7:00pm
Learning Center
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Tuesday, October 11 | 10:00am
Virtual
This month we are discussing library mysteries.
Monday, October 17 | 7:00pm
Virtual
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Special Thanks
Thank you to the Cary Library Foundation for making all of our programs possible!
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Thursday, October 13 | 7:30pm
Hybrid: Living Room + Zoom
Science Café is pleased to welcome MIT Professor Donald Sadoway, winner of the highly prestigious 2022 European Inventor Award for his work on liquid metal batteries that could enable the long-term storage of renewable energy. In 2010, with a patent for his invention and support from Bill Gates, Sadoway co-founded Ambri, based in Marlborough just outside Boston, to develop a commercial product. The company will soon install a unit on a 3,700-acre development for a data center in Nevada. This battery will store energy from a reported 500 megawatts of on-site renewable generation, the same output as a natural gas power plant.
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Tuesday, November 15 | 7:30pm
Hybrid: Living Room + Zoom
Science Café is pleased to welcome MIT Professor Dennis Whyte, Director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center. Professor Whyte has paved an innovative and faster path to producing fusion energy, which promises to be a clean, safe and virtually limitless energy source. He leads the fusion project SPARC -- a compact, high-field net fusion energy fusion device -- in collaboration with the private fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems.
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Thursday, November 17 | 7:30pm
Hybrid: Living Room + Zoom
"Master of suspense” Hank Phillippi Ryan will be our guest at the Literary Cafe. Hank is the award-winning and USA Today bestselling author of 13 psychological thrillers. She's also the Emmy-award winning investigative reporter for Boston's WHDH-TV. Hank's newest novel, "Her Perfect Life", is a chilling psychological standalone about fame, family, and revenge, and Publishers Weekly calls it “a superlative thriller.” For the Literary Cafe, Hank will be in conversation with Lexington's own Marjan Kamali (author of TOGETHER TEA and THE STATIONERY SHOP) about writing suspense, why readers love thrillers, and making the leap from television reporter to novelist.
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Friends to Hold Annual Fall Book Sale in November
After three long years, the Friends Annual Fall Book Sale is on again,
set to take place from Friday, November 4 to Sunday, November 6. Save the dates!
We’re excited – it’s one of two BIG ones we hold each year (the other in May). As such, we work hard to pull together many thousands of books, CDs, and DVDs for all ages and all interests. Hardcovers, paperbacks, fiction, non-fiction, and so much more – all in gently used condition or even like new.
The sale opens to Friends Members only on Friday from 1-5pm. If you’re not already a Member, you may join at the door to take advantage of shopping the sale early. Members-only hours continue from 9-10am on Saturday, then it opens to the General Public for the rest of Saturday and Sunday afternoon.
We hope you will plan to join us at the upcoming Friends Fall Book Sale!
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Nicole Vandeyar was featured on NECN's Page Turner on September 2nd, recommending books to celebrate both Hispanic Heritage Month and National Friendship Month.
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Justine Curran
L . Vittoria Fully Woven
on view in the Piper Gallery through the end of October
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Constance Lane's students
Bees, Bs and more
on view in the Pierce Gallery through the end of September
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Soren Goldsmith
Local Wildlife
on view at the Community Center 2nd Floor Gallery (39 Marrett Rd) through the end of October
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Valerie Richkin
Rhythms in Nature
on view in the Sophia Ho case and near the cases near the Mass. Ave entrance of the library, through the end of October
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