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LOOK HERE www.framinghamlibrary.org FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN/BLACK HISTORY MONTH February 2018 Vol. 4 I No. 2 Join with us as we celebrate African American/Black History Month with a variety of adult, young adult, and children’s events and programs. Main Library Monday February 5, 2:00pm – Main Library, Costin Room 49 Lexington Street I 508-532-5570 Monday-Thursday 9-9 1hr. 58min. (PG-13) Matinee Film: Marshall Friday-Saturday 9-5 I Sunday 1-5 About a young Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Christa McAuliffe Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases. Branch Library Tuesday February 13, 7:00pm – Main Library, Costin Room 746 Water Street I 508-532-5636 with Dr. Leonard Brown Monday-Thursday 9:30-9 Singing Our Story Friday-Saturday 9:30-5 I Sunday 12-4 The roles and functions of music as social and political commentary in the lives of enslaved Africans and African Americans, highlighting the Georgia Sea Island Singers. Holiday Hours Both Libraries will be closed Monday Friday February 16, 7:00pm – McAuliffe Branch Library, Community Room February 19 for Presidents’ Day. PBS’s POV Movie Series: Revolution ’67 (2007) Revolution ’67 is an illuminating account of events too often relegated to footnotes in U.S. history—the black urban rebellions of the 1960s. did you Enter between 6:30-7:15pm. Wednesday February 21, 7:00pm – Main Library, Costin Room know Spring 2018 Adventures in Documentary: Alice’s Ordinary People Lifelong Learning registration? with filmmaker Craig Dudnick begins on Monday February 5. This is the story of Alice Tregay, an unsung heroine of the Civil Rights Movement. Her remarkable Non-member registration begins on Monday February 26. For story spans the historic period from the marches of Dr. King to the election of Barack Obama. more information please visit Wednesday February 28, 7:00pm – McAuliffe Branch Library, Community Room www.framinghamlibrary.org/ Some Great Blacks of Framingham: Crispus Attucks and the adventures. Fuller Legacy with Dr. Leonard Brown and David Fuller Please see accompanying Don’t forget to watch Shelf Life, Dr. Brown will speak about Crispus Attucks, the first man to die in the Young Adult and our new half hour talk show on Children’s EBRA the Government Channel. Tune EL TE Revolutionary War. Attucks was a Black Framingham native whose programs C • • in to see what’s happening every marked African early life was as an enslaved person. Following his talk, Framingham American / month at the Library. Check your resident David Fuller will speak about the accomplishments of his with this Black History icon. local listings for show times. grandparents, Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller and Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller. Month Be AMAZED Books are just Healthy Living Series KICK OFF EVENT COMING MARCH 1-2 the beginning! Friday February 9, 2:00pm – McAuliffe Branch Lifelong Learning Lecture Library, Community Room Series: Sputnik with Dr. Gary CONNECT WITH US ON: In collaboration with the Callahan Center, the Library is excited Hylander March 1, 7:00pm, to announce the Healthy Living Series. This one year program Main Library, Costin Room is designed to help those over age 55 make lasting healthy Healthy Living Series: Qi lifestyle changes. The series consists of free drop in exercise Gong with Linda Bellefeuille Funding for this newsletter is provided by and health/nutrition classes offered at three locations . March 2, 2:00pm, Main Library, The Friends of the Framingham Library. The Kickoff Event will include an overview of the program, Costin Room Funding for Library programs and a presentation by dietitian Jane Polley and senior fitness refreshments is provided in part by The Friends of the Framingham Library. specialist Laila Vehvilainen on “Healthy Habits: Moving from Survive to THRIVE”. Light refreshments will follow. See page 2 for a list of winter classes. Additional refreshments generously provided by Trader Joe’s. Support for this project is provided in part by the MetroWest Health Foundation. Marc Berger – RIDE Concert As One Opera Thursday February 8, 7:00pm – Selections and Main Library, Costin Room Discussion Marc has performed at Austin’s SXSW Music Tuesday February 27, Festival and The Kerrville Folk Festival, and 7:00pm – Main Library, Costin Room showcased at the 2016 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. As part of a course overseen by Dr. Judith He has opened shows for Bob Dylan and other Bose and in collaboration with the Boston national acts. His song, “The Last One,” was a Opera Collaborative, students of the school staple of Richie Havens’ concerts for over twenty will present excerpts from the opera, a years. His current release, RIDE, presents ten cinematic recordings story surrounding Hannah and the many capturing the vastness and romance of the American West. Refreshments. facets of her own transgender experience. Celebrate ’88: (continued from page 1) th 2018 1988 30 Anniversary Film Celebration! FILMS Healthy Living Series (some movies rated R) Stronger (2017) 1 hr. 59 min. Rated R Winter classes as part of this series: All ages event The last Wednesday of every month, FRIDAY NIGHT FILM: Stretch and Meditate beginning on Tuesday February 13, 1:30-2: 15 pm , 6:30-9:00pm – Main Library, Costin Room Friday February 2, th 7:00pm – Main Library, McAuliffe Branch Library The Library’s 30 Anniversary film series Costin Room Qi Gong beginning on Friday continues to celebrate the movies of 1988! Enter on the Lexington Street February 23, 2-3:00pm, Main Library Next up, the original John Waters’ Hairspray. side between 6:30-7:15pm. Low Impact Exercise beginning February-April Schedule: The real life story of Jeff on Wednesday March 7, 3:15-4: 00 pm, February – Hairspray (PG) – Feb. 28 Bauman, an ordinary man who captured Callahan Center (535 Union Ave). March – Beetlejuice (PG) the hearts of his city and the world to April – Bull Durham (R) become a symbol of hope after surviving Vinylpalooza Party! the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Thursday February 22, 6-8:00pm Poetry Workshop Starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Refreshments. McAuliffe Branch, Community Room Led by Alan Feldman, Professor Please see additional films on page 1. Celebrate the return of vinyl by Emeritus at Framingham State Univ. bringing your favorite album from ANY decade, ANY genre! Tuesdays February 6, 13, 20 Sunday Concert Series – Step up to the mic and tell us and 27, 7-9:00pm – Main Library, Susanne Friedrich and Ana what this album means to you and our DJ will Trustees Room (Feb. 6 in J Program Room) Sorina Popa spin a track. Wear one of your old concert t-shirts This drop-in class welcomes serious poets and enter our t-shirt contest. Munch on retro of all ages and levels of experience who Sunday snacks. Featuring DJ Jesse Kaminsky. February 11, would like to participate for one or more 3:00pm – sessions. We begin with a discussion of a topic in poetry leading to a brief in-class Main Library, Framingham Public Library and assignment. Poets who wish to have their Costin Room Framingham State University work discussed should bring copies. Cellist Susanne Friedrich and Pianist Ana Lifelong Learning Lecture Series Sorina Popa perform the works of Johann SPRING 2018 Journal Writer’s Group Sebastian Bach, Robert Muczynski and Thursday February 22, Tuesdays February 6, 13, 20 and Sergei Prokofiev. Refreshments. 7:00pm – Main Library, 27, 7-8:00pm – McAuliffe Branch, The series is sponsored in part by Roche Brothers, Metro Costin Room Community Room Drop-in or join the group Credit Union, Morton Shuman Law Offices and Friends Georgia O’Keefe: Art, Image and as we discuss and discover the many ways to of the Framingham Style with Dr. Erika Schneider, PhD, journal for personal growth and enrichment. Library. Associate Professor, FSU. The Peabody Essex Museum exhibition explores the Art, Image and Personal Style of Veterans Coffee Hour one of America’s most iconic artists. Friday February 16, 9:30-10:30am Seed Lending Library Dr. Schneider will share her impressions – McAuliffe Branch, Craft Room In preparation for the Seed Lending of this very special exhibit. All Vets are welcome to join us for free Library’s third season we have scheduled coffee and light refreshments at this two seed packaging “parties,” at the Main monthly event. Library, J Craft Room, on Monday Drop-in Resume Help February 12 from 1-3:00pm and at the Wednesdays February 7, 14, 21 Adult Coloring Night McAuliffe Branch, Craft Room, on First and Third Thursdays of the Month, and 28, 10:00am-12:30pm – 6:30-8:30pm – Main Library, Homework Tuesday February 13 from 7-9:00pm. Main Library Center Join us for coloring, tea, and music. Preview the seeds we’re offering this year Get expert help with resumes, cover letters We provide colored pencils and coloring pages, and exchange gardening tips. and job-search strategies. or bring your own materials. BOOK CLUBS MAIN LIBRARY YOUNG The Last Painting of Sara De Vos by Dominic Smith Grades 6-12 Tuesday February 6, 7:00pm – Main Library, Trustees Room ADULTS This critically acclaimed novel is a rich and detailed story that connects a 17th-century Munchkin 2018! 3:30-5:00pm Dutch painting to its 20th-century American owner and the lonely but fervent art student Thursday February 1 – Main Library, who makes the life-changing decision to forge it. Led by Liz Fideler. Costin Room Thursday February 15 – McAuliffe SCI-FI Branch, Community Room The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell Join us to loot dungeons, fight monsters, Wednesday February 14, 7-8:00pm – Main Library, Homework Center and make & break alliances in the pursuit In a series of interlocking stories that traverse the 1980s through the 2040s, The Bone of glory.