Easter Sunday - Library is Closed

12:00am - 12:00am View Details

Revolutionary Reads Sponsored by the Ruth D. Bogen Memorial Fund

Join fellow readers at the library for an engaging discussion of 1776 by David McCullough on Tuesday April 7th at 1:30 pm.
In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence—when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper.
Based on extensive research in both American and British archives, 1776 is a powerful drama written with extraordinary narrative vitality. It is the story of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size, and color; farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, no-accounts, and mere boys turned soldiers. And it is the story of the King’s men, the British commander, William Howe, and his highly disciplined redcoats who looked on their rebel foes with contempt and fought with a valor too little known.
Written as a companion work to his celebrated biography of John Adams, David McCullough’s 1776 is another landmark in the literature of American history.

Copies will be available at the Information Desk or on Libby.

1:30pm - 3:30pm View Details

Art Lecture with Alice Iglehart - The Herter Brothers - Victorian Furniture Makers

Herter Brothers, the New York firm of the German-born Christian and Gustave, was arguably the leading cabinetmaking and decorating firm in the United States during the late nineteenth century. Join museum educator, Alice W. Iglehart in an exploration of their unique furniture and interior designs. This program is part of a year-long series celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States of America.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Library.

12:00pm - 1:30pm View Details

Sandwiched In with Dennis Raverty - Postwar Illustration

Join award winning teacher and art historian Dennis Raverty for a visual presentation "Living the American Dream - Postwar Idealism and Cold War Anxiety."  In the decades after 1945, the United States experienced unprecedented prosperity, but anxiety about nuclear annihilation during the Cold War caused a widespread sense of dread.  Yet advertising of the era ignored these ominous undercurrents and represented instead a cheery, carefree world of things, an ideal that homogenized the diversity of life as actually lived into a simulacrum of the American Dream fulfilled. 

This program is part of the Library's celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States of America.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a 'hybrid' event that can be attended either "In-Person" or "Online" on the Zoom platform. You can choose which option you wish to register for below in the "Attend In-Person" OR "Attend Online" choices below.

12:00pm - 1:30pm View Details