We’ll be chatting with modern day homesteader, blogger, and author Victoria Pruett about her book Creating a Modern Homestead: Traditional Skills for Real, Everyday Life. Victoria will walk us through many aspects of homesteading, such as cooking from scratch, food preservation, backyard chickens, gardening, natural pest control, and more. You’ll gain some understanding of what it […]
Landscape photographer Joanne Pearson will be our guide through this armchair tour of the Faroe Islands, hosted by the Bacon Free Library. The rugged and remote Faroe Islands–an archipelago of 18 islands located in the North Atlantic between Iceland, Norway, and the Hebrides–have a long and rich history. Settled by Irish monks around 600 AD, […]
Author Christina Hillsberg will discuss her new bestselling book Agents of Change: the Women Who Transformed the CIA. Explore the pioneering women who changed the insulated world of international espionage — from the barrier-crashing challenges of the 1960s to the present-day reckoning — told through the eyes of a former intelligence operative herself. This program is offered […]
In February, enjoy a Story Walk around Natick Center. The book chosen by the Natick Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event organizers, "The ABCs of Black History," by Rio Cortez, will be on display in single pages around Natick Center for Black History Month. The locations are: Bloom & Grow Creative Dates & Olives Five […]
In this virtual program, we'll hear from Melanie Kaplan, author of Lab Dog: A Beagle and His Human Investigate the Surprising World of Animal Research, as well as E.B. Bartels, author of Good Grief: On Loving Pets, Here and Hereafter. This program is held in collaboration with the Bacon Free Library and the Tewksbury Public Library. Register for […]
Listen in as award-winning journalist and author Michelle Young discusses her new book. A riveting and stylish saga set in Paris during World War II, The Art Spy: The Extraordinary, Untold Story of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland uncovers the true story of how an unlikely heroine infiltrated the Nazi leadership to save the world’s most […]
If you enjoy reading and talking about history, check out the history book club hosted by the Bacon Free Library and the Natick Historical Society. Each discussion, led by the director of the Natick Historical Society, is held over Zoom, so you can join from the comfort of your home. Copies of each book (regular […]
The world is fascinated by the recent jewel robbery at the Louvre, and so are the Curators of Crime, mystery authors Connie Berry, Lane Stone, Nina Wachsman, and M.A. Monnin. In this program, the Curators of Crime will examine the public’s fascination with the recent burglary of Napoleonic jewels at the Louvre and discuss how, as […]
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