Author Sharon Udasin will discuss her new book, Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America. Learn how PFAS — a set of toxic chemicals most people have never heard of — poisoned the entire country. Based on original, shoe-leather reporting in four highly contaminated towns and damning documents from the polluters’ own files, Poisoning the Well traces an […]
Join us for a conversation with author Heather B. Moore about her recent release, Julia: a novel inspired by the extraordinary life of Julia Child. We’ll chat with Heather about the book, her writing and research process, and if she found any surprises when researching the iconic Julia Child. This program is offered in collaboration with the […]
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 […]
In this program, author Julie Dobrow will discuss her new book, Love and Loss After Wounded Knee: A Biography of an Extraordinary Interracial Marriage. Like most star-crossed lovers, they came from vastly different worlds. Elaine Goodale, a white woman who grew up on a farm in the remotest part of the Berkshires, was a poet, writer and […]
Among the 10 gardens we’ll visit in this virtual tour are three on Mount Desert Island, Maine, each very different from each other, but all associated with the notable landscape architect Beatrix Farrand. Heading south, we’ll tour Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and then make a quick stop at a flower-filled field in Brunswick, Maine. We’ll […]
Retired Massachusetts Superior Court Justice Dennis Curran is excited to continue his “Great American Unsung Heroes Who Changed The Course Of History” series. This month, learn about Nikola Tesla. Called a genius by some, a madman by others, and an enigma by nearly everyone, Tesla was probably the greatest inventor the world has ever known. […]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was the reigning god of classical music in Vienna during the mid-to-late 1700s. His life has been analyzed in books and even films, but little is known of the circumstances surrounding his untimely death. Take a glimpse into the world of one of music’s biggest heroes as we appreciate his genius and […]
Let’s explore delicious holiday dishes with a Mediterranean flair to incorporate into your celebrations. The Mediterranean diet, which has been linked to a multitude of health benefits, is rich in plant-based foods and oils, with a moderate amount of fish, poultry, and dairy foods. This program is offered in collaboration with the Bacon Free Library […]
Charles Dickens has famously been called “The Man Who Invented Christmas.” Inspired by the writings of Washington Irving earlier in the 19th century, Dickens wrote five Christmas novellas between 1843 and 1848 and over a dozen short stories between 1852 and 1866. Each of these–including the perennial favorite A Christmas Carrol–helped to shape how the holiday […]
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 […]
