Learn more about estate planning with local Attorney Gerald Shyavitz to help protect yourself and your loved ones. This informative session covers all of the essential estate planning topics, such as avoiding probate with living trusts, the importance of pour-over wills, durable powers of attorney for financial and healthcare decisions, homestead exemptions, HIPAA considerations, memorandums for personal property, Medicaid planning, Massachusetts estate tax, how to choose the right attorney, cohabitation…
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This hands-on workshop introduces the basics of charcoal drawing in a supportive, no-pressure environment. Learn simple techniques for shading, blending, and mark-making, then use them to create a finished 5×7 birdhouse drawing.
No drawing experience is necessary. Class size is limited. A $5 non-refundable materials fee must be paid in advance to reserve your spot. Register at the main circulation desk.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Kimball Library
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Get ready for a needle felting class where you’ll create a stunning felted landscape showcasing mountains and vibrant wildflowers! Using a barbed needle, loose wool fibers and a felt-backed embroidery hoop, you’ll learn how to “paint” with wool. Even if you’ve never needle felted before you’ll be amazed at what you can learn in one 90 minute class.
Learn the joy of needle felting with Pop up Art School in… 
Join us for an evening with best-selling author and former NHPR host Laura Knoy as she talks about her latest historical novel, The Shopkeeper of Alsace. An uplifting and inspiring story of a Jewish family’s resilience during the World Wars in France, inspired by a real woman Laura met as an exchange student.
Perfect for fans of We Were the Lucky Ones, The Nightingale, and The Alice Network, this dramatic… 
Learn more about estate planning with local Attorney Gerald Shyavitz to help protect yourself and your loved ones. This informative session covers all of the essential estate planning topics, such as avoiding probate with living trusts, the importance of pour-over wills, durable powers of attorney for financial and healthcare decisions, homestead exemptions, HIPAA considerations, memorandums for personal property, Medicaid planning, Massachusetts estate tax, how to choose the right attorney, cohabitation… 
Is the weather keeping you inside? Join us on some virtual journeys and educational sessions via ZOOM. When you register you will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via email.
JOB SEARCH HELP — Using Emotional Intelligence to Reset Your Career
Wednesday, May 27th at 9:30 AM
Discover how mastering your emotions can transform your professional journey. Learn practical techniques to communicate effectively, express yourself confidently, and maintain… 
Drawing on the wealth of National Historic Landmark properties covered in their recent book, Historic New England: A Tour of the Region’s Top 100 National Landmarks, authors Patricia Harris and David Lyon will discuss and show photos of a dozen New England sites. They include the homes of authors Edith Wharton and Mark Twain, a submarine, a dazzling carousel, the snuff mill where America’s first great portrait painter was born,… 
Come join a fun, educational, and entertaining drawing class with Artist Joan Ellis. She will bring the materials for the class, and encourage you as you tweak both your drawing and observational skills. This is a wonderful activity for all skill levels, even beginners! This class will be offered on April 13th.
A $5 non-refundable materials feemust be paid in advance to reserve your spot. Register at the main circulation… 
Researching women in the Revolutionary War era frequently presents a challenge. Women’s stories were often overlooked, details of their lives left unrecorded. Because of this, discovering just a “snippet” of a woman’s life is of great significance to historians. Join AHS Curator and genealogist Lucia Cusimano as she shares a treasure box of snippets — threads of the lives of various Atkinson women of this time period.
The presentation will… 
Michael Barson will present another fascinating look at historic Pop Culture as he discusses his book, The Red Menace which covers the history of how Americas fear of Communist incursions from the 1940s through the 1960s was reflected in our popular culture— movies, television shows, radio programs, books, comic books, and even children’s games.
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Michael Barson has a Master’s degree in Popular Culture and a PhD… 
Patrick Anderson focuses on contemporary film directors and screenwriters in the United States whose originality, independence and unconventional approaches to the medium have contributed to the evolution of the industry. The program enables a greater understanding of and appreciation for both the content and form of movies made outside the mainstream Hollywood system, and considers some of the key differences in theme, style and narrative format between these works and…