The Beverly Farms Library is pleased to present an exhibition of commissioned portraits and mementos by professional photographer and Beverly resident Alyse Gause. Alyse’s relaxed outdoor portraits are works of art featuring individuals and families in the natural beauty and light of the scenic North Shore. A formally trained photographic portraitist, Alyse is an award-winning member of the Professional Photographers Association of New England and a Trustee of the Beverly Public Library.
An “Artists’ Reception” will be held on Thursday, March 5th from 5-8 p.m. The exhibit runs from March 3rd through March 30th. The exhibit and the reception are free and open to the public.
Please meet at 1:30pm on Sunday, March 15 at the corner of Salem and Parmenter Streets in Boston’s North End (a short walk from North Station). Stephen Puleo, author of “Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919″, will lead a tour that will include fascinating details about the American Revolution, Italian immigrants in the North End, a former Jewish section of the North End and, of course, the site of the molasses flood.
For those who want to travel by train, there is a 12:34pm train that departs the Beverly Depot train station. There is no formal group gathering at either station.
This event is free and open to the public. It is a part of the Beverly Reads campaign sponsored by The Greater Beverly Education Roundtable & The Friends of the Beverly Public Library.
Have you placed a hold on an item and never gotten a call or e-mail about it? It could be that the information in your library record is outdated! 30% of books and other materials that people request never get picked up, and at least some of this is due to phone numbers and e-mails having changed, leaving the library with no way of getting hold of you in time before the item goes back. Please let the library know if your phone number has changed, OR if you’d like to switch to e-mail notification. E-mail notification is automated, so it’s faster – and it also protects that important “your book is here!” message from being forgotten or deleted by a loved one!
Come join members of the Greater Beverly Education Roundtable and the Friends of the Beverly Public Library in their “Beverly Reads” campaign featuring the book Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919″ by Stephen Puleo.
“Dark Tide” is the compelling story of the molasses flood that occurred in Boston in 1919 when a tank filled with more than 2.3 million gallons of molasses burst, unleashing a wave of molasses that killed 21 people, injured hundreds, and caused extensive property damage. This event forever changed the lives of families and individuals living and working in the North End.
Check out a list of related books and the schedule of events and be sure to check back later as new events are still being added. In the event that a program is canceled due to weather, we will post snow dates immediately. For more information, contact Anna Langstaff at 978-921-6062 or langstaff@noblenet.org.
If President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton really want to change the way Americans respond to global terrorism, the first step would be to better understand the mindset of those who believe that dying in a terrorist attack is a right and just choice.
The author of this bold assertion, Alice LoCicero, will be at the Beverly Public Library on Wednesday, February 25 at 7:00 PM to discuss a new book she has co-authored, Creating Young Martyrs: Conditions That Make Dying in a Terrorist Attack Seem Like a Good Idea (Praeger Security International, 2008). In addition to being the current Chair of Social Sciences at Endicott College, LoCicero is also past president and cofounder of the Society of Terrorism Research. She traveled to Sri Lanka to research the conditions and experiences of children vulnerable to being recruited—or coerced—to become child soldiers in militia engaged in terrorist acts in one of the world’s deadliest ongoing civil wars. Her findings led her to question the dominant approach of the War on Terrorism since 9/11, with the U.S. seemingly committed to “kill or detain enough terrorists that the threat will be reduced” in the Middle East and other global hot spots.
Creating Young Martyrs challenges many myths and assumptions about young suicide bombers and other terrorists, and presents several possible alternatives to U.S. policies and public stereotypes that have been in place since 9/11 in regard to international terrorists and terrorism. Dr. LoCicero will also discuss how citizens can become involved in fostering new government policy.
This program is free and open to the public. The library is handicapped accessible. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, please contact Anna Langstaff at langstaff@noblenet.org or 978-921-6062.
