Sean Gaskell Concert
Thursday, October 6 at 6 p.m.
Sean Gaskell features songs on the kora — a 21-stringed West African harp.
Originating from what is now The Gambia, the kora is traditionally played by oral historians known as Griots. Many songs featured on the kora preserve an 800 year history dating back to the founding of the Mande empire. Gaskell has presented adult, youth and family programs at over 350 libraries and a multitude of k-12 schools, colleges, universities and assisted living facilities in the United States and Canada. He hails from Tacoma, WA USA.
Alias Agnes with Elizabeth DeWolfe
Wednesday, November 12 at 6 p.m.
Elizabeth DeWolfe is a professor of History and Gender Studies at The University of New England.
She will share the extraordinary story of two seemingly ordinary women: Jane Tucker (code name Agnes), a Boston stenographer turned undercover reporter, and Madeleine Pollard, a Kentucky socialite carrying secrets of her own who sued the Congressman who had failed to marry her.
The ensuing trial scandalized and captivated the nation, and DeWolfe vivdly brings this courtroom drama to life.
Discover the lives of women at the cusp of the twentieth century – the opportunities that beckoned them and the challenges that thwarted their dreams.
Family Movie & Pizza Night!
Wednesday, November 5 at 6 p.m.
Join us for a showing of the new live-action Lilo & Stitch!