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Newton Free Library Events - August 28 - September 3, 2023

Schools and Libraries

August 29, 2023

From: Newton Free Library

Genealogy Class: Q & A and Open Discussion

Monday, August 28 at 6:30pm

Join us for an open discussion where we address your genealogy-related questions and work on the answers together.

Location: Virtual
Registration required

An Evening with Bestselling Authors Lisa Jackson & Nancy Bush

Monday, August 28 at 7pm

Bestselling authors (and sisters!) Lisa Jackson and Nancy Bush will discuss their latest suspenseful novels.

Location: Virtual
Registration required

Canva for Beginners

Tuesday, August 29 at 11am

New to Canva and want to know what all the hype is about? Join us in this beginner-friendly introduction to Canva that will guide you through the basics and how to edit templates and create your own design

Location: Virtual
Registration required

SCORE Small Business Counseling

Thursday, August 31 starting at 9am

SCORE volunteers provide area small business owners with free, one-hour counseling and advice sessions.

Location: Room A and Virtual

Registration required

Online Privacy

Friday, September 1 at 11am

Learn ways to keep your personal information secure when browsing online. In this beginner-friendly program, we'll talk about strategies for preserving your privacy on both phones and computers

Location: Virtual
Registration required

Coming Up

SCORE Small Business Counseling

Thursday, September 7 starting at 9am

Email for Productivity

Thursday, September 7 at 4pm

Learn How to Use Libby, Kanopy, & hoopla

Friday, September 8 at 10am

Unleash Your Potential with AI Technology: Igniting Productivity, Creativity, and Wellness

Tuesday, September 12 at 10a

Art shows on view August 2 – 30

Just Another Boring Still Life Show? by Julie AngelaTheresa, Gallery

My work is about capturing objects and people in a moment of time; not the time itself, there's no reference to what is going on where the object or person exists. Backgrounds are abstract as to not place the subject matter in a specific time. My aim is more to capture the subject. When starting a new work I asked myself, “Is this a new object? Is it old? Has it been used before? Is the person aged? Are they bright, new and shiny? Or have they been worn down from many years of use?”

Contact Julie: [email protected]

Recent Prints by Jo Ann Rothschild,  Main Hall 

These etchings and monoprints mark a return to printmaking for the artist, whose recent exhibitions concentrated on painting. This work is exploratory, rather than aiming for a known result. Gesture, repetition, accident and the grid are elements that construct the images. Prints prioritize touch, the sense of the human. Rothschild says “When I print, I love knowing that centuries earlier, Rembrandt used the same process.”

Contact Jo Ann: [email protected]

Main Hall Display Cases on view through August 30

Ryder Flowers

Susan Ryder uses paper to create two- and three-dimensional art pieces evoking domestic landscapes, flowers, fashion and objects that bring joy. Her process includes the use of a desktop cutter and a mountain of Xacto blades!

Susan exhibits her work in art galleries around New England and Europe. She has done custom work for the Peabody Essex Museum and the DeCordova Museum. She can be found through her website at SusanRyderDesign.com.

September Main Hall and Gallery Art Show

Newton Art Association

Newton Art Association will be displaying almost 60 works of art at the Newton Free Library. All forms of media will be on display in the gallery and throughout the main hall. 

With over 200 members, the NAA represents a broad range of talent from artists based in Newton and neighboring communities, containing both realist and abstract themes. This is the first and one of the most popular exhibits of the 2023-4 season. For more info please visit: www.newtonartassociation.com