Lectures

Register directly on Zoom. Women have long been the subject of art, often depicted as nothing more than objects of desire. How do images of women change when women become the creators? This program examines the history of women in art in brief and then explores the lives, careers and works of several major women artists from the Renaissance to the twentieth century, including Artemisia Gentileschi and Mary Cassatt.…Learn More

Join professional henna artist Anjana Bhargava to learn all about henna! First she will do a short presentation about traditional henna use, then interested participants can get designs done by the artist. Open to teens and adults. Registration required.…Learn More

Author Stephen Puleo will discuss his new book The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union (to be released on April 23, 2024). You can place a hold on a library copy here. Copies of Mr. Puleo's books, provided by Book Ends, will be available for purchase.…Learn More

Register directly on Zoom. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. This program examines that arc as it relates to African American history enshrined in American Art.

Thomas Edison cheated death at least three times in his youth. But what if fate had taken a different turn? What if Edison had never lived to gift us recorded sound, electric light, and the magic of the Hollywood film industry? With a legacy of 1,093 patents, his genius birthed not just inventions but our entire way of life, Step into the unknown with us to ponder: in an alternate universe, how different would the world be?

The story of tea has always been infused with intrigue, particularly when it became a flash point for tensions between England and Colonial America. On the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773), learn about the brewing political problems tea presented in its history with Anglophile and former UK resident Claire Evans.…Learn More

Laura R. Prieto, Ph. D. will discuss the New Woman era (1890s - 1920s) in the United States. At the turn of the 20th century, American women increasingly demanded an independent, active life for themselves. They gradually succeeded in gaining access to what was once reserved only for men: education, wage work, athletics, public entertainment, and even politics.…Learn More