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A Discussion on Innovation with Peter Farber

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

AT DEERFIELD TOWN HALL, 8 CONWAY ST, S. DEERFIELD Amazon, 3M, Johnson &Johnson; to name but a few of the most successful companies today, succeed only as they innovate. Their success has been built on a foundation dating back to DaVinci, Gutenberg, and the Web: what we now know as the Adjacent Possible, described by Steven Johnson in his history of innovation: Where Good Ideas Come From.  The goal of this interactive discussion/presentation is to provide you with an understanding of the Adjacent Possible that will inform your ability to generate good ideas, whether student, artist, small retailer, or nonprofit manager. Peter Farber is a former college educator, entrepreneur, musician, and 20 years as director of non-profits. 

The Good and Bad News About Global Warming

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

AT DEERFIELD TOWN HALL - NOT TILTON LIBRARY. Part of the Climate Preparedness Week Series: University of Massachusetts Professor and world-renowned climatologist Dr. Raymond Bradley will talk about the causes and effects of global warming, what political decisions moved the needle in the wrong direction, and what we can do to alleviate this situation. Dr. Bradley has written or edited thirteen books on climate change and has co-authored over 200 articles on the topic. Climate Preparedness Week is a series created by Communities Responding to Extreme Weather (CREW). For more information and listing of other programs throughout the state, please visit www.climatecrew.org/prep_week

Frontier High School Environmental Initiative presents

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

AT DEERFIELD TOWN HALL - NOT TILTON LIBRARY. Part of the Climate Preparedness Week Series: This group of highly motivated and concerned high school students – Sadie Ross, Isabel Marrapese, and Joe Thompson - which founded this initiative in 2017, will present how they formed as a club and what they have worked for in and outside of Frontier over the past few years. They will talk about lifestyle changes that they made, mostly pertaining to diet and going vegetarian/vegan for the environment. They are hoping it will show that if three teenagers can change their habits to benefit the environment, you can too. A variety of vegan cupcakes and recipes will be offered. Climate Preparedness Week is a series created by Communities Responding to Extreme Weather (CREW). For more information and listing of other programs throughout the state, please visit www.climatecrew.org/prep_week

Monday Night Music – Jazz Duo Steve Kurtz and Dan Belmont – MOVED TO DEERFIELD TOWN HALL, 8 CONWAY STREET

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

Steve Kurtz (soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones) and Dan Belmont (piano) have performed classic jazz standards, American songbook tunes, and Latin and Brazilian music together since 2004. Monday Night Music is free and open to all. Performances are held on the library lawn (or inside the children's room in case of bad weather). Bring a chair and a friend. Supported by the Friends of Tilton Library through membership fees and fundraising activities.

Cook the Books – The Home Cook by Alex Guarnaschelli

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

Here's how it works: 1. sign up at the adult circulation desk 2. borrow the book or find your recipe from the copy that is at the desk 3. bring your creation to share and a serving utensil for your creation 4. bring a plate, fork, knife and spoon for yourself Event will be held in the kitchen at Deerfield Town Hall, 8 Conway Street, South Deerfield Village. Free and open to all. If you would like to participate but do not or cannot cook please see project director.

Friends of Tilton Book Sale Preview – Deerfield Town Hall

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

Members only preview - memberships available at the door for $15 or anytime during library hours prior to the sale. 100s of gently used books with prices ranging from $0.50 to $2 for fiction, non-fiction, cookbooks, kids books, and more! A specials table with unusual titles is an annual feature and these items are priced accordingly. Proceeds benefit programs and museum pass purchases for the library.

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.

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