Ever wonder what the books whisper to each other when the store is closed? Support literacy for young readers and students? Want to stay up all night reading? All attendees will be entered in a raffle to win swell prizes. Enrich your museum visit by listening to an evocative playlist of contemporary poems by Native American authors. Wander freely across the first-floor galleries to see where the poems take you and expand your understanding of Native arts and cultures.
Erdrich; Graywolf Press celebrate Native poets first published in the twenty-first century. How does the animal world deal with death? In Life Everlasting: The Animal Way of Death from beetles to bald eagles, ravens to wolves, Bernd Heinrich reveals the fascinating and mostly hidden post-death world that occurs around us constantly, while examining the ancient and important role we too play as scavengers, connecting death to life.
Selections range from books on history, natural history, horticulture, art, architecture, preservation, and wildlife to books written by or about those now buried and commemorated here.
Coffee and tea are provided. But never fear—the Word Wizard and the children she reads to are on the case! Bring one to three books in good condition no textbooks or mass markets, please! Everyone will go home with a new book to add to their shelves. This will operate like a white elephant gift exchange. Thoughts and Prayers is a beautiful and startling volume of poetry about our political existence. With both humor and luminosity, it gets at the personal and collective emotional experience of American public life, from the s to the s Democrats, through the collapse of the news industry, to the burlesque Trump era.
Connolly Branch of the Boston Public Library. Join us for stories and songs in English and Spanish and a craft. For children , with an adult. Leigh Bardugo Presents Ninth House. Attendance to this talk is free and open to the public. Trident Poetry Open Mic Night. Trident has a wide poetry readership, and we want to hear some of your own pieces! Each of the 10 selected poets then gets up to 5 minutes to read their poem s , and the rest of us in the audience will enthusiastically cheer them on!
All are welcome! Both writers will read from their respective manuscripts. A reception with the authors will follow. Adult Book Discussion Club: Frankenstein Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen. At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of committed science student Victor Frankenstein. Copies of the book are available at the Borrower Services Desk. New members are welcome. The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo was established in to create a showcase space for artists and writers in the greater-Boston area working in the field of comics.
Unlike traditional comics shows, which emphasize commerce and memorabilia, MICE puts a focus on the art of making comics. We connect local creators with local audience. We also run a number of workshops for children and adults, as well as panel discussions on the craft and relevance of the comics form. PodTales, a festival of audio drama and fiction podcasting, is the only event in the United States dedicated to the burgeoning art forms of imaginative audio storytelling.
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