Tuesday, December 7 | 7pm

It’s the giving season! What could be more timely than to hear about the latest climate change priorities from influential national groups like the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sierra Club, Earthjustice, and the Conservation Law Foundation? This event is a unique opportunity for our community to meet their representatives and learn how philanthropy is playing a crucial role in addressing the climate crisis.

Moderated by Rae André, Author of Lead for the Planet: Five Practices for Confronting Climate Change. Sponsored by Cary Library Foundation and the Lexington Climate Action Network (LexCAN)

Wednesday, December 8 | 1pm

Are you getting ready for the holidays and winter entertaining? Christina Gamota, with moderator Ashley Rooney, will introduce green, dry, and decorative topiaries, which can be used for different holidays, all year long. You will make memories that will last for years!

Monday, December 13| 1:15pm

Presented by Dan Breen, Senior Lecturer, Legal Studies, Brandeis University. The daring attack by Admiral Nagumo's carriers on Pearl Harbor remains, for Americans at least, perhaps the single most remembered moment of the Second World War. For the Japanese it was a monumental success--but it was also a monumental missed opportunity, one that would help lead to their defeat four years afterward. As we commemorate the 80th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, it is appropriate to look at the event in both respects: as an American defeat that would help lead to American victory.

Tuesday, December 14| 7pm

This event is in partnership with and hosted by the Longy School of Music of Bard College.

With framing from a mindfulness practitioner, explore the concept of “beginner’s mind.” How does a composer approach each new composition with openness and eagerness? What would it mean for audience members to engage new music lacking preconceptions?

Participants include composers and Longy faculty members Alexandra du Bois, John Morrison, and Matthew Evan Taylor.