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Art at Tilton – Sara Grillo

Fall Out, Fall In Artist's Statement: I use acrylic paints to reproduce what I imagine. There is a line of thought which has been central to the recent art you see here. In philosophical traditions, from Buddhism to Psychiatry, the mind is conceptualized as a fragmented entity. Unity and cohesion characterize the bookends of our lives - the innocence of birth and the wisdom of enlightenment / actualization. Between these extremes, we experience an ego that is splintered and dynamic - in constant shift. Where are we at any given moment? Are we falling apart, or knitting ourselves back together?   Sara

English Conversation Group

Do you want to practice your English? Come to a conversation group at Tilton Library on Mondays at 6:30. Facilitated by Michael Pollitt and organized by the Center for New Americans this drop-in program is free and open to all.

Highway 91 Talk with Barry Dietz

Deerfield Town Hall 8 Conway Street, South Deerfield Village, MA, United States

Learn about the advent of the Interstate highway system at a lecture by Barry Deitz, a North Carolina transplant who has researched the question of what happens when a highway is built through your town. Though Deitz has been a radio talk show host, host of a movie review show, and acted in theater, he prefers to be called simply a storyteller. His clear emphatic voice, with the southern accent, is made for telling long stories. Deitz  lives in Bernardston, and moved here several years ago.  Where he grew up, it's all built up all along I-95, and our 91 veers through cow pastures, farm fields and tobacco barns. His talk will on the building of the Interstates beginning in 1956, specifically when the road came through Deerfield, Greenfield and Bernardston. Famed headmaster Frank Boyden is famous for his phone call that supposedly changed the route of the highway so that Old Deerfield could be preserved. Many beautiful sections of our towns were destroyed to make way for the road, since each mile required around 30 acres of land to be taken. Hundreds of houses were moved, and rivers were re-routed to make way for progress.  (content thanks to Max Hartshorne of Deerfield Attractions) This Deerfield Reads program made possible with funds provided by a grant from the Deerfield Cultural council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, Friends of Tilton Library and Greenfield Cooperative Bank.

Preschool Story Time

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, READ to grow. (Lawrence Clark Powell) – Come grow with us! No sign up needed – all children 0-5 (and their caregivers) are welcome.

Tilton Library Board of Trustees Meeting

The Board of Trustees are an elected town body which is entrusted with overseeing, maintaining and planning the future for the most democratic of all our public institutions, the public library. Library Board members are responsible for working with other board members to oversee the library, establishing policy and plans, determining the final budget and conducting public relations. The powers and duties of trustees are covered in Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 78, section 10-13. Meeting agenda is posted at Deerfield Town Hall at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting

Preschool Story Time

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, READ to grow. (Lawrence Clark Powell) – Come grow with us! No sign up needed – all children 0-5 (and their caregivers) are welcome.

Mystery Book Discussion – White Heat by M. J. McGrath

Join us on the first Monday of the month for a lively discussion of this month’s title and other of life’s mysteries. Copies of the book are usually available at the circulation desk or can be reserved online or by asking at the desk. This discussion also features cheese pizza while it lasts.  Free and open to all. Booklist Reviews *Starred Review* On remote and sparsely populated Ellesmere Island, half-Inuit Edie Kiglatuk, who has never lost a client, is the best guide in the Canadian High Arctic. Then one of two southerner white men, who hire Edie for a hunting expedition, is mysteriously shot and killed in an incident that local authorities cover up. When the victim's colleague returns for a trip led by Joe Inukpuk, Edie's beloved stepson, the man is lost in a blizzard, and Joe struggles home, incoherent and frostbitten, and soon commits suicide. Devastated by her loss, Edie—a 33-year-old divorcée, recovered alcoholic, and part-time teacher, who was financing Joe's nursing training—falls off the wagon temporarily before setting out to prove the connection between the recent events. With occasional help from police sergeant Derek Palliser, a man obsessed with lemmings and a failed love affair, she risks her life to find the truth. In a gripping debut novel, McGrath (who has written nonfiction as Melanie McGrath) transports the reader to a land of almost incomprehensible cold and an unfamiliar but fascinating culture, taking on issues of climate change, energy exploration, local politics, and drug and alcohol abuse. Edie, a fiercely independent woman in a male-dominated milieu, is sure to win fans. Expect great things from this series. Copyright 2011 Booklist Reviews.    

Friends of Tilton Library Meeting

PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE! Monday, April 11th! Friends of Tilton Library, Inc. is a separate 501(c)3 membership organization and is open to anyone who wants to join. The Friends mission is to encourage and promote the enrichment and use of the library and to foster support for the library in the community. For people who want to show their support and appreciation of Tilton Library, being a Friend is the first step. Annual dues continue to be $15 per year and if necessary, you can contribute your time in lieu of dues. Come check us out at our monthly meetings at the library.

Preschool Story Time

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, READ to grow. (Lawrence Clark Powell) – Come grow with us! No sign up needed – all children 0-5 (and their caregivers) are welcome.

Quilters Wanted – Organizational Meeting

Please join us to plan a quilt for Tilton Library's 100th anniversary celebration.  We will display and raffle a quilt made from a popular pattern circa 1916.  We will sew as a group at the library or complete squares individually with an ideal completion date of November 2016.  Please email Nancy Maynard (nancyomaynard@gmail.com) for more information.

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71 North Main Street
South Deerfield, MA 01373
Tel: 413-665-4683
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