Make an appointment for remote, one-on-one career services, including resume help and job searching strategies with professional career coach Ed Lawrence.
Appointments are free and available every Thursday from 9am-1:30pm online via Zoom. Please email elawrence@minlib.net to schedule your appointment.
Make an appointment for remote, one-on-one career services, including resume help and job searching strategies with professional career coach Ed Lawrence.
Appointments are free and available every Thursday from 9am-1:30pm online via Zoom. Please email elawrence@minlib.net to schedule your appointment.
Guest speaker: Dr. Joseph M. Adelman, Professor of History, Framingham State University
Since the ratification of the First Amendment in 1791, the Constitution has promised to safeguard “freedom of the press.” The meaning of the phrase has changed significantly as news media has grown and expanded from the weekly newspapers of the 18th century to the international corporations that own television and internet today. Explore the origins of the “free press” in the American Revolution and how those principles can protect the press today.
All Lifelong Learning mailing list recipients receive the Zoom link. If you have not joined our Lifelong Learning mailing list, go to bit.ly/Lifelong-Learning-Lectures.
The Main Library Book Discussion meets on the first Tuesday of each month. Books chosen are generally literary fiction or narrative nonfiction. Participants take turns leading the discussion. This discussion currently meets online via Zoom. Register here: https://bit.ly/fpl-adultbookdiscussion.
March 3: The Wedding People by Alison Espach
"A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew."
April 7: Unfinished Love Story by Doris Kearns Goodwin
"An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America’s most beloved historians, artfully weaves together biography, memoir, and history. She takes you along on the emotional journey she and her husband, Richard (Dick) Goodwin embarked upon in the last years of his life."
Make an appointment for remote, one-on-one career services, including resume help and job searching strategies with professional career coach Ed Lawrence.
Appointments are free and available every Thursday from 9am-1:30pm online via Zoom. Please email elawrence@minlib.net to schedule your appointment.
The Sci-Fi Book Discussion reads and discusses both classic and contemporary science fiction, covering subgenres such as speculative fiction, alternate history, and apocalyptic. This discussion meets the second Wednesday of the month, from 7-8 pm. This group is hybrid, meeting at the Main Library and streaming to Zoom. Register here: https://bit.ly/fpl-scifidiscussion
March read: City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
April read: Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler
Make an appointment for remote, one-on-one career services, including resume help and job searching strategies with professional career coach Ed Lawrence.
Appointments are free and available every Thursday from 9am-1:30pm online via Zoom. Please email elawrence@minlib.net to schedule your appointment.
Guest speaker: Dr. Jon Huibregtse, Professor Emeritus, History, Framingham State University
In January 1919, a molasses storage tank in Boston North End collapsed, flooding the neighborhood with approximately 2 million gallons of molasses. The 25-foot high tidal wave of molasses destroyed buildings, almost knocked over the elevated railroad track, and killed 21 people. Learn the reasons for the tank’s collapse and its aftermath which led to greater regulation of construction and a huge (for the period) civil judgment against the tank’s owner.
All Lifelong Learning mailing list recipients receive the Zoom link. If you have not joined our Lifelong Learning mailing list, go to bit.ly/Lifelong-Learning-Lectures.
Make an appointment for remote, one-on-one career services, including resume help and job searching strategies with professional career coach Ed Lawrence.
Appointments are free and available every Thursday from 9am-1:30pm online via Zoom. Please email elawrence@minlib.net to schedule your appointment.
Make an appointment for remote, one-on-one career services, including resume help and job searching strategies with professional career coach Ed Lawrence.
Appointments are free and available every Thursday from 9am-1:30pm online via Zoom. Please email elawrence@minlib.net to schedule your appointment.
