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SUMMARY:WLA/WHS Scholarly Series: Innovation\, Disruption\, Revolution: The Impact of Technological Advancement – Jamie Eves
DESCRIPTION:“Down Sodom: The Impact of Rapid Industrialization on Everyday Life in Late 18th- and Early 19th-Century Connecticut ” — Jamie Eves\, Mill Museum\nIn the 17th year of the collaboration between Wilton Library and the Wilton Historical Society\, the scholarly lecture series will focus on the theme of “Innovation\, Disruption\, Revolution: The Impact of Technological Advancement.” In this lecture\, Jamie Eves\, senior curator of the Mill Museum in Willimantic\, CT\, will discuss how New Englanders dealt with the rapid evolution of many industrializing towns during the 18th and 19th centuries in the face of changing technologies. New innovations brought new businesses\, wealth\, and people to many Connecticut towns\, in some cases even building entirely new communities with their own distinct identities. However\, with change comes resistance and resentment as people connected to these communities embraced or rejected the new reality that technology enabled. \nEves is the Mill Museum’s senior curator and historian in residence\, as well as the town historian of Windham\, CT. He earned a PhD in American history at the University of Connecticut. His doctoral dissertation\, “Valley White With Mist\,” examines the relationships between people and environment in the Piscataquis River Valley in northern Maine. He has an MA and BA in history from the University of Maine. He is executive director emeritus of the Mill Museum\, having served in that capacity from 2011 until 2021. Jamie has been teaching history at the university level for more than 25 years with research specialties including 18th-\, 19th-\, and 20th-century American environmental and industrial history\, the history of New England\, and public history. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Connecticut League of Museums. \nThis series is sponsored by Laureen Mody. The moderator for this lecture is Wilton Historical Soceity Executive Director Nick Foster. \nThe other lectures in the series include (please note the location and time of each lecture): \n\nThursday\, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m.\, Wilton Historical Society: “Where did the Internet\, Stealth\, GPS\, and Covid mRNA vaccines come from? The Role of DARPA in Fostering Disruptive Technologies” with William Bonvillian\nSunday\, March 10 at 4 p.m.\, Wilton Library: “The Future of Innovation” with Dr. John Kao\n\nA reception will follow the talks. There is no charge to attend but a $10 suggested donation is always welcomed. \nVisit the Wilton Library website for additional dates\, topics\, and speaker details. Registration is required for each individual session. Register online or call 203.762.6334.
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/wla-whs-scholarly-series-innovation-disruption-revolution-the-impact-of-technological-advancement-jamie-eves/
LOCATION:Wilton Library\, 137 Old Ridgefield Rd.\, Wilton\, CT\, 06987
CATEGORIES:Free,Historic,Lecture,Library,Not for profit,Presentation
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SUMMARY:Spring Semester with Mark Schenker: Tennyson's "Idylls of the King" (Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Please join Wilton Library online via Zoom as Mark Schenker takes us through Tennyson’s Idylls of the King\, a Victorian take on the medieval Arthurian legends. \nIn the early 19th century\, the rise of Romanticism in Europe generally\, and in England in particular\, led to a renewed interest in medievalism. Consequences of this resurgence persisted into the Victorian Period and included the revival of the Gothic in architecture and of Roman Catholic and Anglo-Catholic thinking in philosophy and religion. \nA nationalistic figure from the Middle Age\, King Arthur—who may or may not have been historical—was the subject of treatments by 19th-century writers as diverse as Alfred\, Lord Tennyson and Mark Twain. Earlier\, the 12th-century Geoffrey of Monmouth\, writing in Latin\, placed Arthur in the tradition of British kings\, relying more on his own imagination than on historical sources. In the same century the French poet Chrétien de Troyes introduced the important themes of the Holy Grail\, the court of Camelot\, and the adulterous affair between Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere. \nIn the 15th century\, Thomas Malory wrote Le Morte D’Arthur in Middle English prose while drawing mainly on French sources. Its publication in 1485 made it one of the first books ever to be printed in England. It was this work that Tennyson used when he published his Idylls of the King\, 12 tales of Arthur and his knights\, written in verse and published from 1859 to 1885. \nSchenker will present a program in six sessions with reference also to the source tales found in Malory’s text. Participants will read all 12 of Tennyson’s narrative poems and will be directed to read\, if they care to\, the corresponding stories in Malory\, available online. Mark will emphasize connections and contrasts\, and will place Tennyson’s work in its Victorian context. \nThere is no charge for the program. These lectures are made possible with the support of the Literary Series in Memory of Amy Quigley. Advance registration is required. Register online. \nMark J. Schenker\, having served in various decanal roles in Yale College since 1990\, retired last year. A former lecturer in the English Department\, he received his Ph.D. from Columbia University with a concentration in 19th-century and early 20th-century English Literature. He had taught previously at Columbia\, New York University\, and Trinity College (Hartford\, CT). Outside of academia\, Mark has for over 35 years lectured on literature and film\, and has led book discussion series in more than 100 venues in Connecticut\, including public libraries\, museums\, and cultural centers.
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/spring-semester-with-mark-schenker-tennysons-idylls-of-the-king-zoom/2024-01-25/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Library,Online,Presentation,Seminar,Zoom Call
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SUMMARY:Greens at Cannondale Offers Lecture with In-House Artist\, Howard L. Bonington
DESCRIPTION:The Greens at Cannondale will present an afternoon with our in-house artist\, Howard L. Bonington\, who will lecture on his book\, Aviation on Cape Cod. Join us on Friday\, Jan. 12 at 2 p.m. at the Greens at Cannondale Media Center. Following his lecture\, there will be a meet and greet with the author\, with light refreshments served. \n\n\nAviation on Cape Cod features a series of pen and ink drawings related to its history\, as well as a brief description about each drawing. Bonington’s signature pen-and-ink drawings are like a lone dory on the sea of Cape artists working in color. \n\n\nBorn in Brooklyn\, NY in 1929\, Bonington is a retired architect who was active in the profession in New York City for more than 40 years. Upon retiring to the Cape and now Wilton\, Bonington continues to expand his interest in drawing private residences\, landmarks\, scenes\, plants\, animals – and airplanes. When traveling\, he usually substitutes a sketchbook for a camera. His collection of on-site drawings numbers in the hundreds. While using watercolor and colored pencil on occasion\, he has specialized in black and white pen and ink drawings. He enjoys testing its reliance on the limited graphic options available such as weighted line work\, textures and contrasts to achieve the desired effects.
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/greens-at-cannondale-offers-lecture-with-in-house-artist-howard-l-bonington/
LOCATION:The Greens at Cannondale\, 435 Danbury Rd.\, Wilton\, CT\, 06897\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Book Signing,discussion,Lecture
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SUMMARY:Reasonable Accommodations: From Secondary School to Post-Secondary School
DESCRIPTION:Students with learning differences who benefited from accommodations and modifications throughout their early education and high school are often surprised to learn that their IEP or 504 Plan is no longer enforceable once they transition to college. In higher education\, modifications no longer exist\, and while “reasonable accommodations” are available\, the process for accessing them is entirely student-driven. In addition\, in most situations\, educational rights transfer to students at age 18. At that point\, a parent’s role changes significantly: from decision-maker to advisor. \nGerri Fleming\, a former special education advocate\, will help you make sense of transition services in high school\, what to look for when deciding on a college\, and the accommodations process in higher education so you’ll be able to advise and support your teen as they transition to higher education. \nThis in-person presentation at Wilton Library is offered by SPED*NET free of charge. Register online.
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/reasonable-accommodations-from-secondary-school-to-post-secondary-school/
LOCATION:Wilton Library\, 137 Old Ridgefield Rd.\, Wilton\, CT\, 06987
CATEGORIES:Educational,Free,Lecture,Presentation
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SUMMARY:Lecture and Presentation: The Laurent Clerc Papers of Wilton
DESCRIPTION:After viewing the Laurent Clerc Papers exhibit at Wilton Library\, please join us for a presentation which introduces Laurent Clerc the “Apostle of the Deaf in The New World” and his connection to Early Deaf Education. Laurent Clerc Holt and Wilton Historical Society Director Nick Foster will outline the roots of Deaf and American Sign Language development and examine historical documents newly discovered in Wilton Library’s History Room related to Laurent Clerc’s life. Lastly\, we will explore Wilton resident Francis Clerc Ogden’s unique connection to Laurent Clerc and to the town of Wilton. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be available throughout the exhibit and program. \nLaurent Clerc Holt is a fourth great-grandson of Laurent Clerc and President of the Société Laurent Clerc. Nick Foster is Director of the Wilton Historical society. \nCo-sponsored by Wilton Library\, Wilton Historical Society\, the Société Laurent Clerc\, and the American School for the Deaf. \nRegistration is recommended. Register on the Wilton Library website.
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/lecture-and-presentation-the-laurent-clerc-papers-of-wilton/
LOCATION:Wilton Library
CATEGORIES:Educational,Historic,Lecture,Library,Presentation
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SUMMARY:Fall Semester with Mark Schenker: A Survey of Literary Utopias (Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Please join Wilton Library online via Zoom as Mark Schenker takes us on a guided tour of several literary utopias and dystopias spanning several hundred years. \nEver since Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) created the word “utopia” in the early 16th century\, the double meaning of his coinage has informed centuries of Utopian literature in English. (The Greek outopia means “no place\,” while eutopia means “good place.”) Since More’s Utopia\, writers such as Jonathan Swift and Margaret Atwood have created imagined worlds that reveal the dystopian reality behind the utopian dream. \nAfter beginning with More’s masterpiece\, Schenker will survey other literary works from each of the past six centuries—books that engage the quest for societal perfection\, the limits of human aspiration\, and the various meanings of the old saying that “the perfect is the enemy of the good.” \nThe schedule for the series is below (please note that the sessions are not all on the same day of the week and also stretch from September to November):\nSept. 7 – Utopia\, Sir Thomas More\nSept. 14 – Gulliver’s Travels\, Jonathan Swift\nSept. 21 – Erewhon\, Samuel Butler\nSept. 28 – The Handmaid’s Tale\, Margaret Atwood\nOct. 3 – King Lear\, William Shakespeare\nOct. 10 – Station Eleven\, Emily St. John Mandel\nNov. 2 – Cloud Cuckoo Land\, Anthony Doerr. \nRegistration is required. Register online or call 203.762.6334.  Please email Michael Bellacosa with any questions. \nMark J. Schenker\, having served in various decanal roles in Yale College since 1990\, retired at the end of June. A former lecturer in the English Department\, he received his Ph.D. from Columbia University with a concentration in 19th-century and early 20th-century English Literature. \nThese lectures are made possible with the support of the Literary Series in Memory of Amy Quigley. \n 
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/fall-semester-with-mark-schenker-a-survey-of-literary-utopias-zoom/2023-11-16/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Library,Not for profit,Online,Presentation,Seminar,Zoom Call
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SUMMARY:Fall Semester with Mark Schenker: A Survey of Literary Utopias (Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Please join Wilton Library online via Zoom as Mark Schenker takes us on a guided tour of several literary utopias and dystopias spanning several hundred years. \nEver since Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) created the word “utopia” in the early 16th century\, the double meaning of his coinage has informed centuries of Utopian literature in English. (The Greek outopia means “no place\,” while eutopia means “good place.”) Since More’s Utopia\, writers such as Jonathan Swift and Margaret Atwood have created imagined worlds that reveal the dystopian reality behind the utopian dream. \nAfter beginning with More’s masterpiece\, Schenker will survey other literary works from each of the past six centuries—books that engage the quest for societal perfection\, the limits of human aspiration\, and the various meanings of the old saying that “the perfect is the enemy of the good.” \nThe schedule for the series is below (please note that the sessions are not all on the same day of the week and also stretch from September to November):\nSept. 7 – Utopia\, Sir Thomas More\nSept. 14 – Gulliver’s Travels\, Jonathan Swift\nSept. 21 – Erewhon\, Samuel Butler\nSept. 28 – The Handmaid’s Tale\, Margaret Atwood\nOct. 3 – King Lear\, William Shakespeare\nOct. 10 – Station Eleven\, Emily St. John Mandel\nNov. 2 – Cloud Cuckoo Land\, Anthony Doerr. \nRegistration is required. Register online or call 203.762.6334.  Please email Michael Bellacosa with any questions. \nMark J. Schenker\, having served in various decanal roles in Yale College since 1990\, retired at the end of June. A former lecturer in the English Department\, he received his Ph.D. from Columbia University with a concentration in 19th-century and early 20th-century English Literature. \nThese lectures are made possible with the support of the Literary Series in Memory of Amy Quigley. \n 
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/fall-semester-with-mark-schenker-a-survey-of-literary-utopias-zoom/2023-11-09/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Library,Not for profit,Online,Presentation,Seminar,Zoom Call
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SUMMARY:Fall Semester with Mark Schenker: A Survey of Literary Utopias (Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Please join Wilton Library online via Zoom as Mark Schenker takes us on a guided tour of several literary utopias and dystopias spanning several hundred years. \nEver since Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) created the word “utopia” in the early 16th century\, the double meaning of his coinage has informed centuries of Utopian literature in English. (The Greek outopia means “no place\,” while eutopia means “good place.”) Since More’s Utopia\, writers such as Jonathan Swift and Margaret Atwood have created imagined worlds that reveal the dystopian reality behind the utopian dream. \nAfter beginning with More’s masterpiece\, Schenker will survey other literary works from each of the past six centuries—books that engage the quest for societal perfection\, the limits of human aspiration\, and the various meanings of the old saying that “the perfect is the enemy of the good.” \nThe schedule for the series is below (please note that the sessions are not all on the same day of the week and also stretch from September to November):\nSept. 7 – Utopia\, Sir Thomas More\nSept. 14 – Gulliver’s Travels\, Jonathan Swift\nSept. 21 – Erewhon\, Samuel Butler\nSept. 28 – The Handmaid’s Tale\, Margaret Atwood\nOct. 3 – King Lear\, William Shakespeare\nOct. 10 – Station Eleven\, Emily St. John Mandel\nNov. 2 – Cloud Cuckoo Land\, Anthony Doerr. \nRegistration is required. Register online or call 203.762.6334.  Please email Michael Bellacosa with any questions. \nMark J. Schenker\, having served in various decanal roles in Yale College since 1990\, retired at the end of June. A former lecturer in the English Department\, he received his Ph.D. from Columbia University with a concentration in 19th-century and early 20th-century English Literature. \nThese lectures are made possible with the support of the Literary Series in Memory of Amy Quigley. \n 
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/fall-semester-with-mark-schenker-a-survey-of-literary-utopias-zoom/2023-11-02/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Library,Not for profit,Online,Presentation,Seminar,Zoom Call
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SUMMARY:Fall Semester with Mark Schenker: A Survey of Literary Utopias (Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Please join Wilton Library online via Zoom as Mark Schenker takes us on a guided tour of several literary utopias and dystopias spanning several hundred years. \nEver since Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) created the word “utopia” in the early 16th century\, the double meaning of his coinage has informed centuries of Utopian literature in English. (The Greek outopia means “no place\,” while eutopia means “good place.”) Since More’s Utopia\, writers such as Jonathan Swift and Margaret Atwood have created imagined worlds that reveal the dystopian reality behind the utopian dream. \nAfter beginning with More’s masterpiece\, Schenker will survey other literary works from each of the past six centuries—books that engage the quest for societal perfection\, the limits of human aspiration\, and the various meanings of the old saying that “the perfect is the enemy of the good.” \nThe schedule for the series is below (please note that the sessions are not all on the same day of the week and also stretch from September to November):\nSept. 7 – Utopia\, Sir Thomas More\nSept. 14 – Gulliver’s Travels\, Jonathan Swift\nSept. 21 – Erewhon\, Samuel Butler\nSept. 28 – The Handmaid’s Tale\, Margaret Atwood\nOct. 3 – King Lear\, William Shakespeare\nOct. 10 – Station Eleven\, Emily St. John Mandel\nNov. 2 – Cloud Cuckoo Land\, Anthony Doerr. \nRegistration is required. Register online or call 203.762.6334.  Please email Michael Bellacosa with any questions. \nMark J. Schenker\, having served in various decanal roles in Yale College since 1990\, retired at the end of June. A former lecturer in the English Department\, he received his Ph.D. from Columbia University with a concentration in 19th-century and early 20th-century English Literature. \nThese lectures are made possible with the support of the Literary Series in Memory of Amy Quigley. \n 
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/fall-semester-with-mark-schenker-a-survey-of-literary-utopias-zoom/2023-10-26/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Library,Not for profit,Online,Presentation,Seminar,Zoom Call
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231019T200000
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SUMMARY:Fall Semester with Mark Schenker: A Survey of Literary Utopias (Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Please join Wilton Library online via Zoom as Mark Schenker takes us on a guided tour of several literary utopias and dystopias spanning several hundred years. \nEver since Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) created the word “utopia” in the early 16th century\, the double meaning of his coinage has informed centuries of Utopian literature in English. (The Greek outopia means “no place\,” while eutopia means “good place.”) Since More’s Utopia\, writers such as Jonathan Swift and Margaret Atwood have created imagined worlds that reveal the dystopian reality behind the utopian dream. \nAfter beginning with More’s masterpiece\, Schenker will survey other literary works from each of the past six centuries—books that engage the quest for societal perfection\, the limits of human aspiration\, and the various meanings of the old saying that “the perfect is the enemy of the good.” \nThe schedule for the series is below (please note that the sessions are not all on the same day of the week and also stretch from September to November):\nSept. 7 – Utopia\, Sir Thomas More\nSept. 14 – Gulliver’s Travels\, Jonathan Swift\nSept. 21 – Erewhon\, Samuel Butler\nSept. 28 – The Handmaid’s Tale\, Margaret Atwood\nOct. 3 – King Lear\, William Shakespeare\nOct. 10 – Station Eleven\, Emily St. John Mandel\nNov. 2 – Cloud Cuckoo Land\, Anthony Doerr. \nRegistration is required. Register online or call 203.762.6334.  Please email Michael Bellacosa with any questions. \nMark J. Schenker\, having served in various decanal roles in Yale College since 1990\, retired at the end of June. A former lecturer in the English Department\, he received his Ph.D. from Columbia University with a concentration in 19th-century and early 20th-century English Literature. \nThese lectures are made possible with the support of the Literary Series in Memory of Amy Quigley. \n 
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/fall-semester-with-mark-schenker-a-survey-of-literary-utopias-zoom/2023-10-19/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Library,Not for profit,Online,Presentation,Seminar,Zoom Call
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SUMMARY:Poetry Seminars with Judson Scruton: Jorie Graham's To 2040
DESCRIPTION:Please join Wilton Library for a seminar series in which Judson Scruton will take you through a selection of poems from Jorie Graham’s new book To 2040. Because this is a new book\, attendees will need to make their own copies of the selected poems (a master packet will be placed at the Reference Desk so that patrons may copy or scan/email the poems fairly easily). \nGraham’s observations and reflections on trees\, birds\, steams\, visual art\, mythology\, and history are captured in intriguing poetic lines that wander across the page sometimes speaking in the “uncanny idioms of artificial intelligence and machines” but with “precise descriptions of what she sees\, hears\, smells\, and touches. The unfolding drama of consciousness is always an indispensable part of the poem.” (Walt Hunter in The Atlantic) \nTo 2040 is Graham’s latest and 15th collection of poems “shows us multiple potential futures—soundtracked by sirens among the ruins\, contemplating the loss of those species who inhabited them and those who named them.” \n• September 28: I  Are We / On The Last Day / To 2040\n• October 5: II  Dis— / Day / Can You\n• October 12: III  Time Frame / The Vase of Quince Branches You Sent Me / Dawn\n• October 19: CODA  Then The Rain \nJudson Scruton M.A has taught creative writing and literature at prep schools and universities. \nAdvance registration is required. Register online or call 203.762.6334. There is no charge for this program. By registering for the first session you will automatically be registered for all four sessions. \nThis lecture series is made possible with the support of the Literary Series in Memory of Amy Quigley. Please email Andrea Sato with any questions.
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/poetry-seminars-with-judson-scruton-jorie-grahams-to-2040/2023-10-19/
LOCATION:Wilton Library\, 137 Old Ridgefield Rd.\, Wilton\, CT\, 06987
CATEGORIES:discussion,Educational,Free,Lecture,Library,Live Music,Not for profit,Presentation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231012T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231012T200000
DTSTAMP:20260428T202428
CREATED:20230821T095413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231120T224508Z
UID:10012529-1697137200-1697140800@goodmorningwilton.com
SUMMARY:Fall Semester with Mark Schenker: A Survey of Literary Utopias (Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Please join Wilton Library online via Zoom as Mark Schenker takes us on a guided tour of several literary utopias and dystopias spanning several hundred years. \nEver since Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) created the word “utopia” in the early 16th century\, the double meaning of his coinage has informed centuries of Utopian literature in English. (The Greek outopia means “no place\,” while eutopia means “good place.”) Since More’s Utopia\, writers such as Jonathan Swift and Margaret Atwood have created imagined worlds that reveal the dystopian reality behind the utopian dream. \nAfter beginning with More’s masterpiece\, Schenker will survey other literary works from each of the past six centuries—books that engage the quest for societal perfection\, the limits of human aspiration\, and the various meanings of the old saying that “the perfect is the enemy of the good.” \nThe schedule for the series is below (please note that the sessions are not all on the same day of the week and also stretch from September to November):\nSept. 7 – Utopia\, Sir Thomas More\nSept. 14 – Gulliver’s Travels\, Jonathan Swift\nSept. 21 – Erewhon\, Samuel Butler\nSept. 28 – The Handmaid’s Tale\, Margaret Atwood\nOct. 3 – King Lear\, William Shakespeare\nOct. 10 – Station Eleven\, Emily St. John Mandel\nNov. 2 – Cloud Cuckoo Land\, Anthony Doerr. \nRegistration is required. Register online or call 203.762.6334.  Please email Michael Bellacosa with any questions. \nMark J. Schenker\, having served in various decanal roles in Yale College since 1990\, retired at the end of June. A former lecturer in the English Department\, he received his Ph.D. from Columbia University with a concentration in 19th-century and early 20th-century English Literature. \nThese lectures are made possible with the support of the Literary Series in Memory of Amy Quigley. \n 
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/fall-semester-with-mark-schenker-a-survey-of-literary-utopias-zoom/2023-10-12/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Library,Not for profit,Online,Presentation,Seminar,Zoom Call
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://goodmorningwilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SCHENKER_PHOTO_F28C85A4.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231012T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231012T120000
DTSTAMP:20260428T202428
CREATED:20230917T093937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230917T093937Z
UID:10012662-1697106600-1697112000@goodmorningwilton.com
SUMMARY:Poetry Seminars with Judson Scruton: Jorie Graham's To 2040
DESCRIPTION:Please join Wilton Library for a seminar series in which Judson Scruton will take you through a selection of poems from Jorie Graham’s new book To 2040. Because this is a new book\, attendees will need to make their own copies of the selected poems (a master packet will be placed at the Reference Desk so that patrons may copy or scan/email the poems fairly easily). \nGraham’s observations and reflections on trees\, birds\, steams\, visual art\, mythology\, and history are captured in intriguing poetic lines that wander across the page sometimes speaking in the “uncanny idioms of artificial intelligence and machines” but with “precise descriptions of what she sees\, hears\, smells\, and touches. The unfolding drama of consciousness is always an indispensable part of the poem.” (Walt Hunter in The Atlantic) \nTo 2040 is Graham’s latest and 15th collection of poems “shows us multiple potential futures—soundtracked by sirens among the ruins\, contemplating the loss of those species who inhabited them and those who named them.” \n• September 28: I  Are We / On The Last Day / To 2040\n• October 5: II  Dis— / Day / Can You\n• October 12: III  Time Frame / The Vase of Quince Branches You Sent Me / Dawn\n• October 19: CODA  Then The Rain \nJudson Scruton M.A has taught creative writing and literature at prep schools and universities. \nAdvance registration is required. Register online or call 203.762.6334. There is no charge for this program. By registering for the first session you will automatically be registered for all four sessions. \nThis lecture series is made possible with the support of the Literary Series in Memory of Amy Quigley. Please email Andrea Sato with any questions.
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/poetry-seminars-with-judson-scruton-jorie-grahams-to-2040/2023-10-12/
LOCATION:Wilton Library\, 137 Old Ridgefield Rd.\, Wilton\, CT\, 06987
CATEGORIES:discussion,Educational,Free,Lecture,Library,Live Music,Not for profit,Presentation
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://goodmorningwilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/JorieGraham_FP_AND_P_85B53271.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231010T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231010T200000
DTSTAMP:20260428T202428
CREATED:20230821T095413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231120T224508Z
UID:10012528-1696964400-1696968000@goodmorningwilton.com
SUMMARY:Fall Semester with Mark Schenker: A Survey of Literary Utopias (Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Please join Wilton Library online via Zoom as Mark Schenker takes us on a guided tour of several literary utopias and dystopias spanning several hundred years. \nEver since Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) created the word “utopia” in the early 16th century\, the double meaning of his coinage has informed centuries of Utopian literature in English. (The Greek outopia means “no place\,” while eutopia means “good place.”) Since More’s Utopia\, writers such as Jonathan Swift and Margaret Atwood have created imagined worlds that reveal the dystopian reality behind the utopian dream. \nAfter beginning with More’s masterpiece\, Schenker will survey other literary works from each of the past six centuries—books that engage the quest for societal perfection\, the limits of human aspiration\, and the various meanings of the old saying that “the perfect is the enemy of the good.” \nThe schedule for the series is below (please note that the sessions are not all on the same day of the week and also stretch from September to November):\nSept. 7 – Utopia\, Sir Thomas More\nSept. 14 – Gulliver’s Travels\, Jonathan Swift\nSept. 21 – Erewhon\, Samuel Butler\nSept. 28 – The Handmaid’s Tale\, Margaret Atwood\nOct. 3 – King Lear\, William Shakespeare\nOct. 10 – Station Eleven\, Emily St. John Mandel\nNov. 2 – Cloud Cuckoo Land\, Anthony Doerr. \nRegistration is required. Register online or call 203.762.6334.  Please email Michael Bellacosa with any questions. \nMark J. Schenker\, having served in various decanal roles in Yale College since 1990\, retired at the end of June. A former lecturer in the English Department\, he received his Ph.D. from Columbia University with a concentration in 19th-century and early 20th-century English Literature. \nThese lectures are made possible with the support of the Literary Series in Memory of Amy Quigley. \n 
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/fall-semester-with-mark-schenker-a-survey-of-literary-utopias-zoom/2023-10-10/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Library,Not for profit,Online,Presentation,Seminar,Zoom Call
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://goodmorningwilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SCHENKER_PHOTO_F28C85A4.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231005T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231005T200000
DTSTAMP:20260428T202428
CREATED:20230821T095413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231120T224508Z
UID:10012527-1696532400-1696536000@goodmorningwilton.com
SUMMARY:Fall Semester with Mark Schenker: A Survey of Literary Utopias (Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Please join Wilton Library online via Zoom as Mark Schenker takes us on a guided tour of several literary utopias and dystopias spanning several hundred years. \nEver since Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) created the word “utopia” in the early 16th century\, the double meaning of his coinage has informed centuries of Utopian literature in English. (The Greek outopia means “no place\,” while eutopia means “good place.”) Since More’s Utopia\, writers such as Jonathan Swift and Margaret Atwood have created imagined worlds that reveal the dystopian reality behind the utopian dream. \nAfter beginning with More’s masterpiece\, Schenker will survey other literary works from each of the past six centuries—books that engage the quest for societal perfection\, the limits of human aspiration\, and the various meanings of the old saying that “the perfect is the enemy of the good.” \nThe schedule for the series is below (please note that the sessions are not all on the same day of the week and also stretch from September to November):\nSept. 7 – Utopia\, Sir Thomas More\nSept. 14 – Gulliver’s Travels\, Jonathan Swift\nSept. 21 – Erewhon\, Samuel Butler\nSept. 28 – The Handmaid’s Tale\, Margaret Atwood\nOct. 3 – King Lear\, William Shakespeare\nOct. 10 – Station Eleven\, Emily St. John Mandel\nNov. 2 – Cloud Cuckoo Land\, Anthony Doerr. \nRegistration is required. Register online or call 203.762.6334.  Please email Michael Bellacosa with any questions. \nMark J. Schenker\, having served in various decanal roles in Yale College since 1990\, retired at the end of June. A former lecturer in the English Department\, he received his Ph.D. from Columbia University with a concentration in 19th-century and early 20th-century English Literature. \nThese lectures are made possible with the support of the Literary Series in Memory of Amy Quigley. \n 
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/fall-semester-with-mark-schenker-a-survey-of-literary-utopias-zoom/2023-10-05/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Library,Not for profit,Online,Presentation,Seminar,Zoom Call
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://goodmorningwilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SCHENKER_PHOTO_F28C85A4.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231005T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231005T120000
DTSTAMP:20260428T202428
CREATED:20230917T093937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230917T093937Z
UID:10012661-1696501800-1696507200@goodmorningwilton.com
SUMMARY:Poetry Seminars with Judson Scruton: Jorie Graham's To 2040
DESCRIPTION:Please join Wilton Library for a seminar series in which Judson Scruton will take you through a selection of poems from Jorie Graham’s new book To 2040. Because this is a new book\, attendees will need to make their own copies of the selected poems (a master packet will be placed at the Reference Desk so that patrons may copy or scan/email the poems fairly easily). \nGraham’s observations and reflections on trees\, birds\, steams\, visual art\, mythology\, and history are captured in intriguing poetic lines that wander across the page sometimes speaking in the “uncanny idioms of artificial intelligence and machines” but with “precise descriptions of what she sees\, hears\, smells\, and touches. The unfolding drama of consciousness is always an indispensable part of the poem.” (Walt Hunter in The Atlantic) \nTo 2040 is Graham’s latest and 15th collection of poems “shows us multiple potential futures—soundtracked by sirens among the ruins\, contemplating the loss of those species who inhabited them and those who named them.” \n• September 28: I  Are We / On The Last Day / To 2040\n• October 5: II  Dis— / Day / Can You\n• October 12: III  Time Frame / The Vase of Quince Branches You Sent Me / Dawn\n• October 19: CODA  Then The Rain \nJudson Scruton M.A has taught creative writing and literature at prep schools and universities. \nAdvance registration is required. Register online or call 203.762.6334. There is no charge for this program. By registering for the first session you will automatically be registered for all four sessions. \nThis lecture series is made possible with the support of the Literary Series in Memory of Amy Quigley. Please email Andrea Sato with any questions.
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/poetry-seminars-with-judson-scruton-jorie-grahams-to-2040/2023-10-05/
LOCATION:Wilton Library\, 137 Old Ridgefield Rd.\, Wilton\, CT\, 06987
CATEGORIES:discussion,Educational,Free,Lecture,Library,Live Music,Not for profit,Presentation
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://goodmorningwilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/JorieGraham_FP_AND_P_85B53271.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231003T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231003T200000
DTSTAMP:20260428T202428
CREATED:20230821T095413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231120T224508Z
UID:10012526-1696359600-1696363200@goodmorningwilton.com
SUMMARY:Fall Semester with Mark Schenker: A Survey of Literary Utopias (Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Please join Wilton Library online via Zoom as Mark Schenker takes us on a guided tour of several literary utopias and dystopias spanning several hundred years. \nEver since Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) created the word “utopia” in the early 16th century\, the double meaning of his coinage has informed centuries of Utopian literature in English. (The Greek outopia means “no place\,” while eutopia means “good place.”) Since More’s Utopia\, writers such as Jonathan Swift and Margaret Atwood have created imagined worlds that reveal the dystopian reality behind the utopian dream. \nAfter beginning with More’s masterpiece\, Schenker will survey other literary works from each of the past six centuries—books that engage the quest for societal perfection\, the limits of human aspiration\, and the various meanings of the old saying that “the perfect is the enemy of the good.” \nThe schedule for the series is below (please note that the sessions are not all on the same day of the week and also stretch from September to November):\nSept. 7 – Utopia\, Sir Thomas More\nSept. 14 – Gulliver’s Travels\, Jonathan Swift\nSept. 21 – Erewhon\, Samuel Butler\nSept. 28 – The Handmaid’s Tale\, Margaret Atwood\nOct. 3 – King Lear\, William Shakespeare\nOct. 10 – Station Eleven\, Emily St. John Mandel\nNov. 2 – Cloud Cuckoo Land\, Anthony Doerr. \nRegistration is required. Register online or call 203.762.6334.  Please email Michael Bellacosa with any questions. \nMark J. Schenker\, having served in various decanal roles in Yale College since 1990\, retired at the end of June. A former lecturer in the English Department\, he received his Ph.D. from Columbia University with a concentration in 19th-century and early 20th-century English Literature. \nThese lectures are made possible with the support of the Literary Series in Memory of Amy Quigley. \n 
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/fall-semester-with-mark-schenker-a-survey-of-literary-utopias-zoom/2023-10-03/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Library,Not for profit,Online,Presentation,Seminar,Zoom Call
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://goodmorningwilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SCHENKER_PHOTO_F28C85A4.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230928T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230928T200000
DTSTAMP:20260428T202428
CREATED:20230821T095413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231120T224508Z
UID:10012525-1695927600-1695931200@goodmorningwilton.com
SUMMARY:Fall Semester with Mark Schenker: A Survey of Literary Utopias (Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Please join Wilton Library online via Zoom as Mark Schenker takes us on a guided tour of several literary utopias and dystopias spanning several hundred years. \nEver since Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) created the word “utopia” in the early 16th century\, the double meaning of his coinage has informed centuries of Utopian literature in English. (The Greek outopia means “no place\,” while eutopia means “good place.”) Since More’s Utopia\, writers such as Jonathan Swift and Margaret Atwood have created imagined worlds that reveal the dystopian reality behind the utopian dream. \nAfter beginning with More’s masterpiece\, Schenker will survey other literary works from each of the past six centuries—books that engage the quest for societal perfection\, the limits of human aspiration\, and the various meanings of the old saying that “the perfect is the enemy of the good.” \nThe schedule for the series is below (please note that the sessions are not all on the same day of the week and also stretch from September to November):\nSept. 7 – Utopia\, Sir Thomas More\nSept. 14 – Gulliver’s Travels\, Jonathan Swift\nSept. 21 – Erewhon\, Samuel Butler\nSept. 28 – The Handmaid’s Tale\, Margaret Atwood\nOct. 3 – King Lear\, William Shakespeare\nOct. 10 – Station Eleven\, Emily St. John Mandel\nNov. 2 – Cloud Cuckoo Land\, Anthony Doerr. \nRegistration is required. Register online or call 203.762.6334.  Please email Michael Bellacosa with any questions. \nMark J. Schenker\, having served in various decanal roles in Yale College since 1990\, retired at the end of June. A former lecturer in the English Department\, he received his Ph.D. from Columbia University with a concentration in 19th-century and early 20th-century English Literature. \nThese lectures are made possible with the support of the Literary Series in Memory of Amy Quigley. \n 
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/fall-semester-with-mark-schenker-a-survey-of-literary-utopias-zoom/2023-09-28/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Library,Not for profit,Online,Presentation,Seminar,Zoom Call
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://goodmorningwilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SCHENKER_PHOTO_F28C85A4.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230928T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230928T120000
DTSTAMP:20260428T202428
CREATED:20230917T093937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230917T093937Z
UID:10012660-1695897000-1695902400@goodmorningwilton.com
SUMMARY:Poetry Seminars with Judson Scruton: Jorie Graham's To 2040
DESCRIPTION:Please join Wilton Library for a seminar series in which Judson Scruton will take you through a selection of poems from Jorie Graham’s new book To 2040. Because this is a new book\, attendees will need to make their own copies of the selected poems (a master packet will be placed at the Reference Desk so that patrons may copy or scan/email the poems fairly easily). \nGraham’s observations and reflections on trees\, birds\, steams\, visual art\, mythology\, and history are captured in intriguing poetic lines that wander across the page sometimes speaking in the “uncanny idioms of artificial intelligence and machines” but with “precise descriptions of what she sees\, hears\, smells\, and touches. The unfolding drama of consciousness is always an indispensable part of the poem.” (Walt Hunter in The Atlantic) \nTo 2040 is Graham’s latest and 15th collection of poems “shows us multiple potential futures—soundtracked by sirens among the ruins\, contemplating the loss of those species who inhabited them and those who named them.” \n• September 28: I  Are We / On The Last Day / To 2040\n• October 5: II  Dis— / Day / Can You\n• October 12: III  Time Frame / The Vase of Quince Branches You Sent Me / Dawn\n• October 19: CODA  Then The Rain \nJudson Scruton M.A has taught creative writing and literature at prep schools and universities. \nAdvance registration is required. Register online or call 203.762.6334. There is no charge for this program. By registering for the first session you will automatically be registered for all four sessions. \nThis lecture series is made possible with the support of the Literary Series in Memory of Amy Quigley. Please email Andrea Sato with any questions.
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/poetry-seminars-with-judson-scruton-jorie-grahams-to-2040/2023-09-28/
LOCATION:Wilton Library\, 137 Old Ridgefield Rd.\, Wilton\, CT\, 06987
CATEGORIES:discussion,Educational,Free,Lecture,Library,Live Music,Not for profit,Presentation
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://goodmorningwilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/JorieGraham_FP_AND_P_85B53271.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T200000
DTSTAMP:20260428T202428
CREATED:20230821T095413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231120T224508Z
UID:10012524-1695322800-1695326400@goodmorningwilton.com
SUMMARY:Fall Semester with Mark Schenker: A Survey of Literary Utopias (Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Please join Wilton Library online via Zoom as Mark Schenker takes us on a guided tour of several literary utopias and dystopias spanning several hundred years. \nEver since Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) created the word “utopia” in the early 16th century\, the double meaning of his coinage has informed centuries of Utopian literature in English. (The Greek outopia means “no place\,” while eutopia means “good place.”) Since More’s Utopia\, writers such as Jonathan Swift and Margaret Atwood have created imagined worlds that reveal the dystopian reality behind the utopian dream. \nAfter beginning with More’s masterpiece\, Schenker will survey other literary works from each of the past six centuries—books that engage the quest for societal perfection\, the limits of human aspiration\, and the various meanings of the old saying that “the perfect is the enemy of the good.” \nThe schedule for the series is below (please note that the sessions are not all on the same day of the week and also stretch from September to November):\nSept. 7 – Utopia\, Sir Thomas More\nSept. 14 – Gulliver’s Travels\, Jonathan Swift\nSept. 21 – Erewhon\, Samuel Butler\nSept. 28 – The Handmaid’s Tale\, Margaret Atwood\nOct. 3 – King Lear\, William Shakespeare\nOct. 10 – Station Eleven\, Emily St. John Mandel\nNov. 2 – Cloud Cuckoo Land\, Anthony Doerr. \nRegistration is required. Register online or call 203.762.6334.  Please email Michael Bellacosa with any questions. \nMark J. Schenker\, having served in various decanal roles in Yale College since 1990\, retired at the end of June. A former lecturer in the English Department\, he received his Ph.D. from Columbia University with a concentration in 19th-century and early 20th-century English Literature. \nThese lectures are made possible with the support of the Literary Series in Memory of Amy Quigley. \n 
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/fall-semester-with-mark-schenker-a-survey-of-literary-utopias-zoom/2023-09-21/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Library,Not for profit,Online,Presentation,Seminar,Zoom Call
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://goodmorningwilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SCHENKER_PHOTO_F28C85A4.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230914T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230914T200000
DTSTAMP:20260428T202428
CREATED:20230821T095413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231120T224508Z
UID:10012523-1694718000-1694721600@goodmorningwilton.com
SUMMARY:Fall Semester with Mark Schenker: A Survey of Literary Utopias (Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Please join Wilton Library online via Zoom as Mark Schenker takes us on a guided tour of several literary utopias and dystopias spanning several hundred years. \nEver since Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) created the word “utopia” in the early 16th century\, the double meaning of his coinage has informed centuries of Utopian literature in English. (The Greek outopia means “no place\,” while eutopia means “good place.”) Since More’s Utopia\, writers such as Jonathan Swift and Margaret Atwood have created imagined worlds that reveal the dystopian reality behind the utopian dream. \nAfter beginning with More’s masterpiece\, Schenker will survey other literary works from each of the past six centuries—books that engage the quest for societal perfection\, the limits of human aspiration\, and the various meanings of the old saying that “the perfect is the enemy of the good.” \nThe schedule for the series is below (please note that the sessions are not all on the same day of the week and also stretch from September to November):\nSept. 7 – Utopia\, Sir Thomas More\nSept. 14 – Gulliver’s Travels\, Jonathan Swift\nSept. 21 – Erewhon\, Samuel Butler\nSept. 28 – The Handmaid’s Tale\, Margaret Atwood\nOct. 3 – King Lear\, William Shakespeare\nOct. 10 – Station Eleven\, Emily St. John Mandel\nNov. 2 – Cloud Cuckoo Land\, Anthony Doerr. \nRegistration is required. Register online or call 203.762.6334.  Please email Michael Bellacosa with any questions. \nMark J. Schenker\, having served in various decanal roles in Yale College since 1990\, retired at the end of June. A former lecturer in the English Department\, he received his Ph.D. from Columbia University with a concentration in 19th-century and early 20th-century English Literature. \nThese lectures are made possible with the support of the Literary Series in Memory of Amy Quigley. \n 
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/fall-semester-with-mark-schenker-a-survey-of-literary-utopias-zoom/2023-09-14/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Library,Not for profit,Online,Presentation,Seminar,Zoom Call
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://goodmorningwilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SCHENKER_PHOTO_F28C85A4.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230912T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230912T203000
DTSTAMP:20260428T202428
CREATED:20230903T092202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230903T092202Z
UID:10012642-1694545200-1694550600@goodmorningwilton.com
SUMMARY:Wilton Woman's Club Kickoff Meeting with Author Jane Green
DESCRIPTION:The Wilton Woman’s Club will be hosting their first meeting of the new year at the Wilton Library in the Brubeck Room\, with special guest\, bestselling author Jane Green\, who will answer questions about her latest book\, Sister Stardust. \nCome learn more about the Wilton Woman’s Club and how to get involved. Meet the board\, committee chairs and other members or prospective members and learn all about the events\, activities\, clubs and volunteer opportunities for this year. Bring your own book or purchase one at the event from Elm Street Booksellers and Green will sign it for you! \nThis event is open to all women who live or work in Wilton. For more information or to register\, please visit the Wilton Woman’s Club website.
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/wilton-womans-club-kickoff-meeting-with-author-jane-green/
LOCATION:Wilton Library\, 137 Old Ridgefield Rd.\, Wilton\, CT\, 06987
CATEGORIES:Club,discussion,Lecture,Library,Meeting,Women
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://goodmorningwilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Jane-Green-Post-1-e1693569266697.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230907T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230907T200000
DTSTAMP:20260428T202428
CREATED:20230821T095413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231120T224508Z
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SUMMARY:Fall Semester with Mark Schenker: A Survey of Literary Utopias (Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Please join Wilton Library online via Zoom as Mark Schenker takes us on a guided tour of several literary utopias and dystopias spanning several hundred years. \nEver since Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) created the word “utopia” in the early 16th century\, the double meaning of his coinage has informed centuries of Utopian literature in English. (The Greek outopia means “no place\,” while eutopia means “good place.”) Since More’s Utopia\, writers such as Jonathan Swift and Margaret Atwood have created imagined worlds that reveal the dystopian reality behind the utopian dream. \nAfter beginning with More’s masterpiece\, Schenker will survey other literary works from each of the past six centuries—books that engage the quest for societal perfection\, the limits of human aspiration\, and the various meanings of the old saying that “the perfect is the enemy of the good.” \nThe schedule for the series is below (please note that the sessions are not all on the same day of the week and also stretch from September to November):\nSept. 7 – Utopia\, Sir Thomas More\nSept. 14 – Gulliver’s Travels\, Jonathan Swift\nSept. 21 – Erewhon\, Samuel Butler\nSept. 28 – The Handmaid’s Tale\, Margaret Atwood\nOct. 3 – King Lear\, William Shakespeare\nOct. 10 – Station Eleven\, Emily St. John Mandel\nNov. 2 – Cloud Cuckoo Land\, Anthony Doerr. \nRegistration is required. Register online or call 203.762.6334.  Please email Michael Bellacosa with any questions. \nMark J. Schenker\, having served in various decanal roles in Yale College since 1990\, retired at the end of June. A former lecturer in the English Department\, he received his Ph.D. from Columbia University with a concentration in 19th-century and early 20th-century English Literature. \nThese lectures are made possible with the support of the Literary Series in Memory of Amy Quigley. \n 
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/fall-semester-with-mark-schenker-a-survey-of-literary-utopias-zoom/2023-09-07/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Library,Not for profit,Online,Presentation,Seminar,Zoom Call
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SUMMARY:Mark Schenker - “We Too Are Here”: 100 Years of Great American Novels by Women [Zoom]
DESCRIPTION:Mark Schenker will take a reset in his ongoing lecture series at Wilton Library on major American novels of the 20th century\, which reached the late 1950s last fall. For this spring and summer\, he will present two connected four-part series on eight American novels\, all by critically acclaimed woman novelists. These series will be offered via Zoom with a bonus: the fourth and eighth sessions will be in-person in the Brubeck Room (as well as on Zoom) with a short reception after the lecture to chat with Schenker and each other. \nThe titles span a full century and bring in considerations of race and ethnicity (African-American\, Jewish-American\, Native-American)\, and of immigration (from China\, Central Europe\, Mexico). The settings of these stories represent a striking array of American cities\, states\, and regions. \nTaken together\, these works of fiction invite you to think critically about the limitations of the idea of The Great American Novel and to embrace the broadest meaning of the word pluribus (“many”) in the traditional American motto: E Pluribus Unum. \nAttendees are not expected to read or reread all or even any of the novels\, but a familiarity with them will of course make the lectures more meaningful. \nSpring series:\nApril 12 – My Antonia\, Willa Cather\nApril 19 – Wise Blood\, Flannery O’Connor\nMay 3 – The Woman Warrior\, Maxine Hong Kingston\nMay 10 – Song of Solomon\, Toni Morrison. \nJune series:\nJune 8 – Housekeeping\, Marilynne Robinson\nJune 15 – The House on Mango Street\, Sandra Cisneros\nJune 22 – The Shawl\, Cynthia Ozick\nJune 29 – The Night Watchman\, Louise Erdrich \nRegistration is required. Register on the Wilton Library website or call 203.762.6334. As convenience\, you will automatically be registered for all eight sessions. For more information\, contact Michael Bellacosa.
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/mark-schenker-we-too-are-here-100-years-of-great-american-novels-by-women-zoom/2023-06-29/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Library,Not for profit,Online,Presentation,Seminar,Women,Zoom Call
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SUMMARY:Mark Schenker - “We Too Are Here”: 100 Years of Great American Novels by Women [Zoom]
DESCRIPTION:Mark Schenker will take a reset in his ongoing lecture series at Wilton Library on major American novels of the 20th century\, which reached the late 1950s last fall. For this spring and summer\, he will present two connected four-part series on eight American novels\, all by critically acclaimed woman novelists. These series will be offered via Zoom with a bonus: the fourth and eighth sessions will be in-person in the Brubeck Room (as well as on Zoom) with a short reception after the lecture to chat with Schenker and each other. \nThe titles span a full century and bring in considerations of race and ethnicity (African-American\, Jewish-American\, Native-American)\, and of immigration (from China\, Central Europe\, Mexico). The settings of these stories represent a striking array of American cities\, states\, and regions. \nTaken together\, these works of fiction invite you to think critically about the limitations of the idea of The Great American Novel and to embrace the broadest meaning of the word pluribus (“many”) in the traditional American motto: E Pluribus Unum. \nAttendees are not expected to read or reread all or even any of the novels\, but a familiarity with them will of course make the lectures more meaningful. \nSpring series:\nApril 12 – My Antonia\, Willa Cather\nApril 19 – Wise Blood\, Flannery O’Connor\nMay 3 – The Woman Warrior\, Maxine Hong Kingston\nMay 10 – Song of Solomon\, Toni Morrison. \nJune series:\nJune 8 – Housekeeping\, Marilynne Robinson\nJune 15 – The House on Mango Street\, Sandra Cisneros\nJune 22 – The Shawl\, Cynthia Ozick\nJune 29 – The Night Watchman\, Louise Erdrich \nRegistration is required. Register on the Wilton Library website or call 203.762.6334. As convenience\, you will automatically be registered for all eight sessions. For more information\, contact Michael Bellacosa.
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/mark-schenker-we-too-are-here-100-years-of-great-american-novels-by-women-zoom/2023-06-22/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Library,Not for profit,Online,Presentation,Seminar,Women,Zoom Call
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SUMMARY:Mark Schenker - “We Too Are Here”: 100 Years of Great American Novels by Women [Zoom]
DESCRIPTION:Mark Schenker will take a reset in his ongoing lecture series at Wilton Library on major American novels of the 20th century\, which reached the late 1950s last fall. For this spring and summer\, he will present two connected four-part series on eight American novels\, all by critically acclaimed woman novelists. These series will be offered via Zoom with a bonus: the fourth and eighth sessions will be in-person in the Brubeck Room (as well as on Zoom) with a short reception after the lecture to chat with Schenker and each other. \nThe titles span a full century and bring in considerations of race and ethnicity (African-American\, Jewish-American\, Native-American)\, and of immigration (from China\, Central Europe\, Mexico). The settings of these stories represent a striking array of American cities\, states\, and regions. \nTaken together\, these works of fiction invite you to think critically about the limitations of the idea of The Great American Novel and to embrace the broadest meaning of the word pluribus (“many”) in the traditional American motto: E Pluribus Unum. \nAttendees are not expected to read or reread all or even any of the novels\, but a familiarity with them will of course make the lectures more meaningful. \nSpring series:\nApril 12 – My Antonia\, Willa Cather\nApril 19 – Wise Blood\, Flannery O’Connor\nMay 3 – The Woman Warrior\, Maxine Hong Kingston\nMay 10 – Song of Solomon\, Toni Morrison. \nJune series:\nJune 8 – Housekeeping\, Marilynne Robinson\nJune 15 – The House on Mango Street\, Sandra Cisneros\nJune 22 – The Shawl\, Cynthia Ozick\nJune 29 – The Night Watchman\, Louise Erdrich \nRegistration is required. Register on the Wilton Library website or call 203.762.6334. As convenience\, you will automatically be registered for all eight sessions. For more information\, contact Michael Bellacosa.
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/mark-schenker-we-too-are-here-100-years-of-great-american-novels-by-women-zoom/2023-06-15/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Library,Not for profit,Online,Presentation,Seminar,Women,Zoom Call
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SUMMARY:Mark Schenker - “We Too Are Here”: 100 Years of Great American Novels by Women [Zoom]
DESCRIPTION:Mark Schenker will take a reset in his ongoing lecture series at Wilton Library on major American novels of the 20th century\, which reached the late 1950s last fall. For this spring and summer\, he will present two connected four-part series on eight American novels\, all by critically acclaimed woman novelists. These series will be offered via Zoom with a bonus: the fourth and eighth sessions will be in-person in the Brubeck Room (as well as on Zoom) with a short reception after the lecture to chat with Schenker and each other. \nThe titles span a full century and bring in considerations of race and ethnicity (African-American\, Jewish-American\, Native-American)\, and of immigration (from China\, Central Europe\, Mexico). The settings of these stories represent a striking array of American cities\, states\, and regions. \nTaken together\, these works of fiction invite you to think critically about the limitations of the idea of The Great American Novel and to embrace the broadest meaning of the word pluribus (“many”) in the traditional American motto: E Pluribus Unum. \nAttendees are not expected to read or reread all or even any of the novels\, but a familiarity with them will of course make the lectures more meaningful. \nSpring series:\nApril 12 – My Antonia\, Willa Cather\nApril 19 – Wise Blood\, Flannery O’Connor\nMay 3 – The Woman Warrior\, Maxine Hong Kingston\nMay 10 – Song of Solomon\, Toni Morrison. \nJune series:\nJune 8 – Housekeeping\, Marilynne Robinson\nJune 15 – The House on Mango Street\, Sandra Cisneros\nJune 22 – The Shawl\, Cynthia Ozick\nJune 29 – The Night Watchman\, Louise Erdrich \nRegistration is required. Register on the Wilton Library website or call 203.762.6334. As convenience\, you will automatically be registered for all eight sessions. For more information\, contact Michael Bellacosa.
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/mark-schenker-we-too-are-here-100-years-of-great-american-novels-by-women-zoom/2023-06-08/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Library,Not for profit,Online,Presentation,Seminar,Women,Zoom Call
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SUMMARY:Mark Schenker - “We Too Are Here”: 100 Years of Great American Novels by Women [Zoom]
DESCRIPTION:Mark Schenker will take a reset in his ongoing lecture series at Wilton Library on major American novels of the 20th century\, which reached the late 1950s last fall. For this spring and summer\, he will present two connected four-part series on eight American novels\, all by critically acclaimed woman novelists. These series will be offered via Zoom with a bonus: the fourth and eighth sessions will be in-person in the Brubeck Room (as well as on Zoom) with a short reception after the lecture to chat with Schenker and each other. \nThe titles span a full century and bring in considerations of race and ethnicity (African-American\, Jewish-American\, Native-American)\, and of immigration (from China\, Central Europe\, Mexico). The settings of these stories represent a striking array of American cities\, states\, and regions. \nTaken together\, these works of fiction invite you to think critically about the limitations of the idea of The Great American Novel and to embrace the broadest meaning of the word pluribus (“many”) in the traditional American motto: E Pluribus Unum. \nAttendees are not expected to read or reread all or even any of the novels\, but a familiarity with them will of course make the lectures more meaningful. \nSpring series:\nApril 12 – My Antonia\, Willa Cather\nApril 19 – Wise Blood\, Flannery O’Connor\nMay 3 – The Woman Warrior\, Maxine Hong Kingston\nMay 10 – Song of Solomon\, Toni Morrison. \nJune series:\nJune 8 – Housekeeping\, Marilynne Robinson\nJune 15 – The House on Mango Street\, Sandra Cisneros\nJune 22 – The Shawl\, Cynthia Ozick\nJune 29 – The Night Watchman\, Louise Erdrich \nRegistration is required. Register on the Wilton Library website or call 203.762.6334. As convenience\, you will automatically be registered for all eight sessions. For more information\, contact Michael Bellacosa.
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/mark-schenker-we-too-are-here-100-years-of-great-american-novels-by-women-zoom/2023-05-10/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Library,Not for profit,Online,Presentation,Seminar,Women,Zoom Call
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SUMMARY:Mark Schenker - “We Too Are Here”: 100 Years of Great American Novels by Women [Zoom]
DESCRIPTION:Mark Schenker will take a reset in his ongoing lecture series at Wilton Library on major American novels of the 20th century\, which reached the late 1950s last fall. For this spring and summer\, he will present two connected four-part series on eight American novels\, all by critically acclaimed woman novelists. These series will be offered via Zoom with a bonus: the fourth and eighth sessions will be in-person in the Brubeck Room (as well as on Zoom) with a short reception after the lecture to chat with Schenker and each other. \nThe titles span a full century and bring in considerations of race and ethnicity (African-American\, Jewish-American\, Native-American)\, and of immigration (from China\, Central Europe\, Mexico). The settings of these stories represent a striking array of American cities\, states\, and regions. \nTaken together\, these works of fiction invite you to think critically about the limitations of the idea of The Great American Novel and to embrace the broadest meaning of the word pluribus (“many”) in the traditional American motto: E Pluribus Unum. \nAttendees are not expected to read or reread all or even any of the novels\, but a familiarity with them will of course make the lectures more meaningful. \nSpring series:\nApril 12 – My Antonia\, Willa Cather\nApril 19 – Wise Blood\, Flannery O’Connor\nMay 3 – The Woman Warrior\, Maxine Hong Kingston\nMay 10 – Song of Solomon\, Toni Morrison. \nJune series:\nJune 8 – Housekeeping\, Marilynne Robinson\nJune 15 – The House on Mango Street\, Sandra Cisneros\nJune 22 – The Shawl\, Cynthia Ozick\nJune 29 – The Night Watchman\, Louise Erdrich \nRegistration is required. Register on the Wilton Library website or call 203.762.6334. As convenience\, you will automatically be registered for all eight sessions. For more information\, contact Michael Bellacosa.
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/mark-schenker-we-too-are-here-100-years-of-great-american-novels-by-women-zoom/2023-05-03/
LOCATION:ZOOM
CATEGORIES:Free,Lecture,Library,Not for profit,Online,Presentation,Seminar,Women,Zoom Call
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SUMMARY:Spring Poetry Seminar with Judson Scruton: T.S. Eliot's "Four Quartets"
DESCRIPTION:Please join Wilton Library for a four-week seminar series as Judson Scruton takes us though T.S. Eliot‘s poem “Four Quartets” including a tie-in to this year’s Wilton Reads book Vigil Harbor. \nAs the world whirled into the destruction of World War II\, Eliot wrote a profound meditation on civilization\, drawing on his own experiences and his earlier poetic explorations of Western and Eastern religious and philosophical thought. \nApril 6: “Burnt Norton”\nApril 13: “East Coker”\nApril 20: “The Dry Salvages”\nApril 27: “Little Gidding” \nJudson Scruton M.A. has taught creative writing and literature at prep schools and universities. \nAdvance registration is required. Register on the Wilton Library website or call 203.762.6334. By registering for the first session\, you will automatically be registered for all four sessions. For more information\, contact Andrea Sato.
URL:https://goodmorningwilton.com/event/spring-poetry-seminars-with-judson-scruton-t-s-eliots-four-quartets/2023-04-27/
LOCATION:Wilton Library\, 137 Old Ridgefield Rd.\, Wilton\, CT\, 06987
CATEGORIES:discussion,Free,Lecture,Library,Not for profit,Presentation,Seminar
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