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Deerfield Reads! Registration and Books Available February 1
What if everyone in Deerfield read the same book? Reading great books prompts us to think about ourselves, our environment and our relationships. Talking about books with friends, family and neighbors often adds a richness and depth to the reading experience. We hope you will read and enjoy "Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash" by former western Mass. resident Edward Humes and - talk about it with your friends and neighbors - attend the book discussion and related programs listed on this calendar and at Tilton Library - meet new people and share ideas - read more for pleasure and encourage your children to do so "The real secret at the heart of Garbology may well be the potential for a happy ending buried in our landfill. Waste, Humes writes, is the one environmental and economic harm that ordinary working Americans have the power to change - and prosper in the process." All programs are free and open to the public. Events include: STEM workshops for kids; Worm Bin Workshop; Lou's Upcycling Workshop; Mobile Art; Book Art Workshop; Book Discussion, Eat It Up Food Challenge; Highway 91 Talk. Watch this calendar for a complete listing of dates and times. Program length: February 16-March 28, 2016. This project 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; Greenfield Cooperative Bank; Greenfield Savings Bank and private donations from library users.
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
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Highway 91 Talk with Barry Dietz
Highway 91 Talk with Barry Dietz
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.
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English Conversation Group
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.
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Preschool Story Time
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.
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Tilton Library Board of Trustees Meeting
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
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