Thursday, October 8 at 6 p.m.
Rice Public Library is proud to present Alex Krieger, as he discusses his memoir, Greenhorn: Episodes in an Immigrant’s Life, published this July!
In this luminous memoir a life shaped by motion, memory, cultures and careers, unfolds in the art of making a home in the unfamiliar. At the age of nine, Alex Krieger arrived in America with his three parents–survivors of the Holocaust. In Chicago, he finds his fourth first grade classroom to learn a fourth language in four years. From displaced childhood the journeying continues as teacher, architect, planner of cities. With a poet’s sensitivity and a craftsman’s precision, Krieger reflects on that greenhorn’s instinct to embrace the values of an adopted nation while remaining eyewitness to its paradoxes.
Alex Krieger is the Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Graduate School of Design where he taught since 1977. An architect, planner and author, he has directed design and planning projects in American and international cities, including reconstruction of the Bund in Shanghai. Former chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, and Director of the NEA Mayor’s Institute on City Design, he remains an advisor to public and educational institutions, including two terms on the U. S. Commission of Fine Arts. His latest publication is City on a Hill: Urban Idealism in America from the Puritans to the Present.
Thursday, October 1 at 6 p.m.
Join us this evening to get another sneak peak at some of the exciting things our new Makerspace has on offer! We’ll have some things you can test out and others that are still in preview mode! Check out our preschool-level circuitry sets, micro:bit and Rokit Smart coding and robotics kits, Cricut 4 cutting machine for crafty projects, and iPads for drawing, design, editing, and more!
We’re also looking forward to hearing from you about which pieces of equipment you’d like to learn to use first. As we plan out the the future of the Makerspace, we’d love to hear from our future Makers!
All ages will find something to do and learn!
Thursday, October 15 at 6 p.m.
Marphéen Chanel is an award-winning author, writer, thinker, advocate, and speaker. His memoir, Moon in Full, won the bronze IPYY Award for LGBTQ Nonfiction and was a finalist for the Maine Literary Awards and the Eric Hoffer Book Award. He lives in Portland, Maine, and holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern Maine, a law degree from the University of Maine School of Law, and an executive certificate in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School.
Kirsten Elfe is a singer/songwriter from Portmouth, New Hampshire, performing under the stage name ‘Okay & Fine’ since 2023. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion and Textiles from Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine.
Hosted by Steve Hagen with community readers Paul Hansen, James Kimball, Merril Aharonian, and Chris Dahlen.