Summer Concerts Under the Pavilion
Sponsored by the Beekley Library
12 Bridge Street, New Hartford along the Farmington River
BYOC (Bring Your Own Chair)
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Multi-instrumentalist and Connecticut native Ian Campbell discovered his inner songwriter while adjusting to civilian life after five years in the military. He is the quintessential singer-songwriter with his heart on his sleeve, walking the line between spirituality and humanity. Honest lyrics combined with finger-style guitar, powerful piano, and soothing vocals create music that explores the deeper places but is always looking for the light. As an endorsed clinician for Ovation guitar, a director and teacher for the National Guitar Workshop, and a traveling singer/songwriter, Ian has honed the sound, communication, and experience of a powerful live performance. He is currently recording his 4th album.
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Based out of Northwestern CT, Brother Other is an acoustic duo formed in 2018 by Matthew Saccoman & Paul Mauro. They perform regularly throughout the Northeast. Their debut album "You and I and Everything" was released in the fall of 2020. Recorded at Dirt Floor Recording & Production, it features an eclectic variety of original homegrown folk/rock/Americana with stripped down acoustic as well as full band arrangements.
It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese army is drinking whiskey and, with the help of his trusted captain, drawing up a list of those who will be given passage aboard the last flights out of the country. The general and his compatriots start a new life in Los Angeles, unaware that one among their number, the captain, is secretly observing and reporting on the group to a higher-up in the Viet Cong.
The Sympathizer is the story of this captain: a man brought up by an absent French father and a poor Vietnamese mother, a man who went to university in America, but returned to Vietnam to fight for the Communist cause. A gripping spy novel, an astute exploration of extreme politics, and a moving love story, The Sympathizer explores a life between two worlds and examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film, and the wars we fight today.
To reserve a copy of the book for Curbside Pickup email vberlin@beekleylibrary.org.
The Beekley Book Club is a book discussion group that meets on the third Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to join in.
The Sympathizer is the story of this captain: a man brought up by an absent French father and a poor Vietnamese mother, a man who went to university in America, but returned to Vietnam to fight for the Communist cause. A gripping spy novel, an astute exploration of extreme politics, and a moving love story, The Sympathizer explores a life between two worlds and examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film, and the wars we fight today.
To reserve a copy of the book for Curbside Pickup email vberlin@beekleylibrary.org.
The Beekley Book Club is a book discussion group that meets on the third Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to join in.
New Hartford author Melanie Kirkpatrick returns to the Beekley with a program on her latest book, Lady Editor: Sarah Josepha Hale and the Making of the American Woman. As “editress” of the popular Godey’s Lady’s Book, Hale was the most influential woman of the 19th century. Women (and many men) turned to her for advice on what to read, what to cook, how to behave, and―most important―what to think. Twenty years before the declaration of women’s rights in Seneca Falls, NY, Sarah Josepha Hale used her powerful pen to promote women’s right to an education, to work, and to manage their own money. She introduced the Christmas tree and the white wedding gown to America. Our Thanksgiving holiday wouldn’t exist without Hale, who encouraged Lincoln to proclaim the first in the modern series of national Thanksgivings. Historian Nathaniel Philbrick offers early praise for Lady Editor: “Thanks to Melanie Kirkpatrick, Hale finally has the biography she deserves—richly detailed and marvelously written.”
Melanie Kirkpatrick is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and a former deputy editor of the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page. She is the author of Thanksgiving: The Holiday at the Heart of the American Experience and Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia’s Underground Railroad. Visit her at www.MelanieKirkpatrick.com.
Lady Editor will be available for purchase at $25. Cash or check, please.
Melanie Kirkpatrick is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and a former deputy editor of the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page. She is the author of Thanksgiving: The Holiday at the Heart of the American Experience and Escape from North Korea: The Untold Story of Asia’s Underground Railroad. Visit her at www.MelanieKirkpatrick.com.
Lady Editor will be available for purchase at $25. Cash or check, please.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Toni Morrison’s Beloved is a spellbinding and dazzlingly innovative portrait of a woman haunted by the past.
Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has borne the unthinkable and not gone mad, yet she is still held captive by memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. Meanwhile Sethe’s house has long been troubled by the angry, destructive ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved.
Sethe works at beating back the past, but it makes itself heard and felt incessantly in her memory and in the lives of those around her. When a mysterious teenage girl arrives, calling herself Beloved, Sethe’s terrible secret explodes into the present. Combining the visionary power of legend with the unassailable truth of history, Morrison’s unforgettable novel is one of the great and enduring works of American literature.
To reserve a copy of the book for Curbside Pickup email vberlin@beekleylibrary.org.
The Beekley Book Club is a book discussion group that meets on the third Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to join in.
Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has borne the unthinkable and not gone mad, yet she is still held captive by memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. Meanwhile Sethe’s house has long been troubled by the angry, destructive ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved.
Sethe works at beating back the past, but it makes itself heard and felt incessantly in her memory and in the lives of those around her. When a mysterious teenage girl arrives, calling herself Beloved, Sethe’s terrible secret explodes into the present. Combining the visionary power of legend with the unassailable truth of history, Morrison’s unforgettable novel is one of the great and enduring works of American literature.
To reserve a copy of the book for Curbside Pickup email vberlin@beekleylibrary.org.
The Beekley Book Club is a book discussion group that meets on the third Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to join in.
The purpose of this hour is to give a brief history of poetry, an explanation of its main parts, and a review of three poems from different periods, Participants should read three poems before the program: Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18, Langston Hughes “Mother to Son” and Bob Dylan's “With God On Our Side.” We will read these three poems aloud and review them together. Finally, Jim Kelleher will narrate his own life as a poet and what that means for him.
Jim Kelleher has published 3 books of poetry and individual poems in Yankee, The Christian Science Monitor, The Country And Abroad, the Litchfield County Times and many other venues. He teaches Literature and Composition at NWCC and does workshops at libraries, museums, and schools. Jim believes poetry should be accessible to all readers, and really is accessible to all, not exclusively to academia.
Jim Kelleher has published 3 books of poetry and individual poems in Yankee, The Christian Science Monitor, The Country And Abroad, the Litchfield County Times and many other venues. He teaches Literature and Composition at NWCC and does workshops at libraries, museums, and schools. Jim believes poetry should be accessible to all readers, and really is accessible to all, not exclusively to academia.
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The international exhibition “The Ideal House” is a part of the Fermata Arts Foundation's project "Let's Build a Roof over the World" endorsed by UNESCO for 2010, a year of Rapprochement of Cultures. In this exhibition you will see works of art from youth ages 6 – 22 years old. Youth were invited to submit works of art that reflect their impressions and reflections on two themes: a fairy tale house of the country they live in (up to 14 years old) and a house of the future, ecological house (14 years old and up).
"The Ideal House" has been exhibited in Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Connecticut, New York, and Massachussetts. The Fermata Arts Foundation is dedicated to promoting peace through arts and culture. For more information visit fermata-arts.org.
"The Ideal House" has been exhibited in Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Connecticut, New York, and Massachussetts. The Fermata Arts Foundation is dedicated to promoting peace through arts and culture. For more information visit fermata-arts.org.
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The Beekley Library, in partnership with BookFriends, will be offering Homebound Delivery Service to New Hartford residents who are unable to come to the Library due to restricted mobility or health problems. This service is free and based on volunteer’s availability.
This program is open to any New Hartford resident who is having difficulty getting to the Library due to illness or restricted mobility. Circulation Library Assistants will select materials for you at your request and can include a variety of fiction, non-fiction, DVDs, audiobooks, magazines, CDs, and Large Print items. Materials will circulate for an extended period of time. When you finish your materials and need another delivery, just call the Library and let us know. We will be in touch with a BookFriends Volunteer to schedule a Drop Off/Pickup. Library items will be delivered in a plastic bag and hung on your door. Returns can be placed on your doorknob ahead of time for a contactless experience.
Call the Beekley, 860-379-7235, for more information or to schedule a delivery.
This program is open to any New Hartford resident who is having difficulty getting to the Library due to illness or restricted mobility. Circulation Library Assistants will select materials for you at your request and can include a variety of fiction, non-fiction, DVDs, audiobooks, magazines, CDs, and Large Print items. Materials will circulate for an extended period of time. When you finish your materials and need another delivery, just call the Library and let us know. We will be in touch with a BookFriends Volunteer to schedule a Drop Off/Pickup. Library items will be delivered in a plastic bag and hung on your door. Returns can be placed on your doorknob ahead of time for a contactless experience.
Call the Beekley, 860-379-7235, for more information or to schedule a delivery.
You Tube Programs
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the Beekley Historical Lecture Series
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Hamish Lutris, Associate Professor of History, Political Science, and Geography, Capital Community College presents talks on: