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Food for Friends: Holiday Cooking From Your Library

1010Join the Food for Friends cookbook team as they present the makings of a complete holiday meal featuring recipes from each section of the newly published Food for Friends cookbook Appetizers Beverages44 Soups Salads44 Vegetables Side Dishes44 Main Dishes44 Breads Rolls44 Desserts44 Cookies Candy44 and Cooking with Herbs44 a whole section…

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Once We Are Down the Rabbit Hole, Why We Choose to Stay There

Society is inundated with misinformation some of it presenting as more authentic than others It is not surprising that we are susceptible to this misinformation Yet44 what is more surprising is that once debunked44 we struggle to accept accurate information and prefer to stay down the proverbial rabbit hole Pulling from research on selfdeception44 Professor Andrew…

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Fake News and Disinformation on Social Media – How Did We Get Here?

In this Zoom webinar44 Professor Melissa Zimdars looks at the social44 technological44 financial44 and political factors that pollute our communication systems and make them rife with disinformation and misinformation She will share information about how social media platforms work44 contemporary challenges facing news organizations and their practices44 the ways individuals understand and engage with all kinds of…

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Virtual Art Afternoon – John Singer Sargent – Master with a Brush

John Singer Sargent44 a masterful nineteenthcentury artist44 is celebrated for his Grand Manner portraiture of the European and American elite Art historian and educator Jane Oneail of Culturally Curious will explore his most beloved as well as rarely seen images44 including portraits44 forays into Impressionism and stunning watercolors10101010Sponsored by the Friends of Memorial Hall Library44 this series…

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Addison Gallery: Language, Sequence, Structure

In this online tour of the exhibit44 Language44 Sequence44 Structure Photographic Works by Lew Thomas44 DonnaLee Phillips44 and Hal Fischer44 Curator Gordon Wilkins discusses works by Bay Area collaborators Thomas44 Phillips44 and Fischer44 who explored the complex relationship between photography and language44 text and image44 in the 1970s and 80s10101010This program was a collaboration of Memorial Hall…

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The Art of the Scandal: Thefts, Vandals and Forgeries

Art historian and educatorJane Oneailwill explore some of the most brazen criminal acts in the art world Her lecture features works by artists including da Vinci44 Michelangelo and Rembrandt Learn more about works that were targeted and how they were recovered and restored for our enjoyment today10101010Sponsored by the Friends of Memorial Hall Library44 this series is…

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Courageous Conversations: Annawon Weeden – Understanding Indigenous Culture

Annawon Weeden44 Mashpee WampanoagPequotNarragansett44 is in conversation with Julia Alexander44 an educator at The Pike School In the recording44 Annawons background is moving around because hes traveling in a vehicle while hes talking Annawon discusses and shares Native American history in New England44 cultural identity44 contemporary lifeways and cultural appropriation44 among many other topics Born raised…

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