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  • Lady Liberty: The History of the Statue of Liberty

    Virtual Presentation

    The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on October 28, 1886, after more than twenty years of planning, fund raising, and construction.

    Presenter Kevin Woyce will explain how she was built and what she symbolizes, and introduces some of the people involved in her creation, including sculptor Frederic Bartholdi, engineer Gustave Eiffel, architect Richard Morris Hunt, and newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer.

    The program ends with brief histories of Ellis Island and Liberty State Park.

    Please register HERE for the Zoom link to Lady Liberty.

  • Author Talk: “My Melancholy Baby”

    Lewisboro Library 15 Main St., South Salem, NY

     “My Melancholy Baby” with Michael G. Garber

    We welcome back our Sunday Author Talk program with a visit by local resident Michael G. Garber, author of the recently released My Melancholy Baby: The First Ballads of the Great American Songbook. The book is a detailed biography of ten of the most enduring American popular love ballads – songs that shaped the music industry and the lives of ordinary people. Michael titled his book after the 1911 song “My Melancholy Baby,” and he will focus on it for this talk. A book signing will follow his presentation.

    Michael lectures on the performing arts, film, and media, and is a specialist in Tin Pan Alley and the American musical on stage and screen. He did the final proofing and indexing for the book in England, where he was a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Winchester. He got “stuck” there by the pandemic and has happily returned to the USA just in time for the release of this book – hot off the press!

    Please register for Michael G. Garber author talk here.

  • Decoding the Mysteries of Cats

    Feline Behaviorist, Stephen Quandt, most recently the Feline Behavior Coordinator for the Animal Care Centers of NYC and of the ASPCA.org, has created a feline behavior webinar that explains cat behavior as shaped by evolutionary and adaptive forces.
    Learn about:
    – The Cycle of Predation that can lead to “drive-by” ankle biting, play and food aggression and early morning wake up. Also, their sense of identity in being a predator or prey that can result in fearful cats, victimized cats, fear aggression and redirected aggression.
    – Cats’ relationship with us as influenced by the Mother/Kitten Relationship that connects them to us through food needs,
    attention seeking, and their status with most favored and/or least favored people.

    Please register  here to receive your Cats Zoom link to be sent two days before program.

  • Alice’s Ordinary People

    Virtual Presentation

    Alice Tregay, presentation and discussion with Filmmaker Craig Rudnick

    Alice’s Ordinary People is a documentary about Alice Tregay, an unsung heroine of the Civil Rights Movement. Her remarkable story spans the historic period from the marches of Dr. King to the election of Barack Obama – her great contribution is the thread which connects the two. Under the leadership of Reverend Jackson, the months that Alice and her “ordinary people” spent picketing led to real change. It was through her Political Education class that Alice had her most significant impact. Over a four year period, thousands were trained to work in independent political campaigns.

    Join documentarian Craig Dudnick as he discusses the film and gives us an overview of the Civil Rights Movement as well as Alice’s role in bringing politics to the Movement.

    Alice’s Ordinary People is available free on Kanopy, the Library’s streaming media service. Attendees are encouraged to watch the film beforehand, but it is not required.

    Please register here to receive your link: Alice's Ordinary People