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  • October 2025
  • Tue 28
    October 28@7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

    VIRTUAL: Human-ish with Author Justin Gregg

    Bacon Free Library

    Why do we apologize to our cats, feel guilty throwing away childhood toys, or find ourselves bonding with our robot vacuum?  Scientist and bestselling author Justin Gregg (If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal) reveals how one of humanity’s oldest psychological quirks secretly influences nearly every decision we make. Drawing on cutting-edge research from his new book Human-ish (Little, […]

  • Thu 30
    October 30@7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

    Virtual: Taylor Swift By the Book – The Literature Behind the Lyrics

    Bacon Free Library

    Taylor Swift’s lyrics are filled with literary connections.  And who better to enlighten us than the two women who literally wrote the book on it!  Join Rachel Feder and Tiffany Tatreau, authors of the recently published Taylor Swift by the Book: The Literature Behind the Lyrics, from Fairy Tales to Tortured Poets, as they highlight the many […]

  • November 2025
  • Mon 3
    November 3@7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

    VIRTUAL: The History of the Flying Santa of the Lighthouses 1929-2025

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    Since 1929, Flying Santa has visited the men, women, and families of the Coast Guard who keep watch over our coastal waters at USCG stations and lighthouses.  The pioneering Maine pilot Bill Wincapaw inaugurated this program and, along with his son Bill, flew for two decades.  They recruited Edward Rowe Snow, the popular New England […]

  • Wed 5
    November 5@7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

    VIRTUAL: Wild Turkeys in Massachusetts with Mass Audubon

    Bacon Free Library

    The wild turkey, synonymous with Thanksgiving and iconic within our region, has not always held such a stable place in Massachusetts. There was a time when turkeys were overhunted nearly to the point of extinction. Thanks to a reintroduction program begun in the 1970s, turkeys can now be found throughout the state in urban, rural, […]

  • Wed 12
    November 12@7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

    Virtual: The Life and Career of Meryl Streep

    Bacon Free Library

    Acting careers rarely reach the trajectory of Meryl Streep, a 21-time Academy Award nominee and 3-time winner. From frothy musicals like Mamma Mia! to sober dramas like Sophie’s Choice and Doubt, enjoy a look at the life and career of this “screen queen” who shows no signs of slowing down. This program will be led by Frank Mandosa, a film historian […]

  • Mon 24
    November 24@7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

    VIRTUAL: Discussing “The Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook” with author Becky Libourel Diamond

    Bacon Free Library

    Have you ever tasted a sugar plum?  You’ve likely heard of them–thanks to the famous holiday poem A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore–but do you know what a sugar plum is?  You may be surprised to find out that they are not sugar-dusted plums (they are small, oval hard candies).  This Gilded Age holiday […]

  • Tue 25
    November 25@7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

    VIRTUAL: The Impact of 500 Years of Colonialism on the Abenaki and Wabanki Tribes with Anne Jennison

    Bacon Free Library

    The “People of the Dawnland” (Abenaki/Wabanaki) of New Hampshire and the Northeast are the first Indigenous peoples in North America to have had contact with Europeans.  In this presentation, Anne Jennison examines how European colonization of North America impacted generations of Abenaki/Wabanaki people and highlights the ways in which the Abenaki/Wabanaki peoples have acted as […]

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