Archive for October, 2016
Sunday
Oct
30
2:00 pm
The Tamburitzans
The Duquesne University Tamburitzans are the longest-running multicultural song and dance company in the United States. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the company's members are full-time Duquesne University students who receive scholarships for their activities. The Tamburitzans mission is twofold: first,...
Thursday
Oct
27
7:00 pm
Ted Reinstein – “Wicked Pissed: New England’s Most Famous Feuds”
From sports to politics, food to finance, to bitter disputes over simple boundaries themselves, New England’s feuds have peppered the region’s life for centuries. Ted Reinstein has been a reporter for “Chronicle,” WCVB-TV/Boston’s award winning nightly news magazine since 1997....
Sunday
Oct
23
2:00 pm
Kevin Gallagher – “The Last Lord of the Loom”
Gallagher, will read and discuss his new book, Loom. Loom traces how the men who built the backbone of American capitalism—the power loom that enabled cotton manufacturing—fueled slavery and the removal of Native Americans from the eastern United States. After decades of defending...
Thursday
Oct
20
6:00 pm
Wendy Johnston – “The Healing Power of Nature”
In 2013, Wendy Johnston decided to take a hike, more accurately a 2,700 mile journey of a life time. Wendy hiked the Pacific Crest Trail, the same trail Cheryl Strayed wrote about in her book “Wild”. After her 5 month...
Thursday
Oct
13
11:45 am
Michael Rezendes – “Spotlight”
Mike Rezendes is an award-winning investigative reporter with the Boston Globe Spotlight Team. In 2003, he shared a Pulitzer Prize for revealing the cover-up of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church and is played by Mark Ruffalo in the Academy...
Saturday
Oct
8
2:00 pm
Jay Atkinson – “Jack Kerouac: Speed Demon”
Part of Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Festival. Jack Kerouac was remarkable athlete, by any standard. He was a champion sprinter and hurdler, a speedy baseball outfielder, and a gridiron phenom. In this talk, writer Jay Atkinson sheds light on Kerouac’s athletic...
Wednesday
Oct
5
11:45 am
David Ropeik – “RISK-A practical guide for deciding what is really SAFE”
Author, award-winning television reporter, teacher, consultant and public speaker, David Ropeik will explain why most of us worry too much about some things, and not enough about others. This will serve as a guide to understanding why our fears don’t...