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One Book Chelmsford 2010
Chelmsford's 2010 One Book author is Dennis Lehane. Although our One Book
campaign will feature his novel, Shutter
Island, our programming will also feature other novels by this
popular author as well as crime and mystery novels in general. After you've
read Shutter Island, check out this "Surprise
Ending Smorgasbord" book list!
Click to print a flyer of events
Submit Your 2011 One Book Chelmsford Nomination!
Sunday,
June 13, 2010 at 1 p.m.
AUTHOR DENNIS LEHANE TO VISIT CHELMSFORD
On Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 1 p.m. Author Dennis
Lehane will be coming to speak at the Performing Arts Center at Chelmsford
High School. Dennis Lehane is the author of Chelmsford's ONE BOOK selection,
Shutter Island, as well as many other popular fiction titles.
He is best known for Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone
which (like Shutter Island) were made into films. Other Lehane
titles include The Given Day, Coronado, Prayers for Rain, Sacred, Darkness, Take My Hand,
and A Drink Before the War.
NOTE - If you are
planning to attend this program please register on our events calendar.
There is NO admission charge and reservations are not compulsory,
but we would like to get an idea of how many people to expect for planning
purposes. Please register on our online events calendar or call the Library's Reference
Department at 978-256-5521, ext. 211.
Directions to the Performing Arts Center, 120 Richardson Road, North Chelmsford, MA 01863
Read more about Dennis Lehane at his website: www.dennislehanebooks.com
Other ONE BOOK 2010 programs
already held:
Friday, February
5, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
WinterFest
Social at the Chelmsford Public Library
“Sweet Suspense and Lethal
Libations”
This annual WinterFest social was also the kick-off for Chelmsford’s
“One Book” community reading campaign. This year the Library
presented a Dessert Social. Local restaurants, bakeries and grocery stores
provided a variety of delicious desserts and coffees. Harrington’s
Wines & Liquors offered dessert wines for tastings. Beer and wine
were also available for purchase.
Thursday, February
18, 2010 at 6:30 p.m.
The library's film discussion group, Cinema
Night watched "Mystic River,"
the popular film based on Dennis Lehane's novel.
Thursday, March 18,
2010 at 6:30 p.m.
Join us for the library's film discussion
group, Cinema Night.
We'll be watching a popular film based on a Dennis Lehane novel. (Hint:
a film about a kidnapping). Film first and then a discussion.
Thursday, March 25,
2010 at 7 p.m.
Crime
Novels -An Academic Perspective
Dr. Melissa Pennell, acting associate dean, Division of Fine Arts, Humanities
and Social Sciences, UMass Lowell, will discuss the genre of crime novels
and how they reflect social ills. She will cover the tradition of the
hard-boiled detective novel and the police procedural and how Lehane makes
use of and adds innovations to both traditions.
Wednesday, March 31,
2010 at 7 p.m.
"Writing
a Killer Mystery" a writing workshop with Hallie Ephron
You know you’re reading a great mystery novel when you’re
up at three in the morning, unable to put it down. When you finally get
to sleep, the characters go romping around in your dreams. You get to
the final page and smack yourself in the head because the solution is
a complete surprise, and yet so obvious in retrospect. So how do you write
a great mystery? This workshop demystifies the art and artifice, and gets
down to the nuts and bolts of writing a killer mystery novel.
More information at http://www.chelmsfordlibrary.org/programs/programs/hallie_ephron.html
Fridays, April 2nd
and April 16th at noon
The Novel Conversations Book Group at the
MacKay Library will discuss "Shutter Island" by Dennis Lehane.
Thursday, April 22, 2010 at 7 p.m.
"The
Boston Harbor Islands,"
-a presentation by Donald Cann and John Galluzzo, authors of "Boston
Harbor (MA)." Donald Cann is a park ranger for the Boston Harbor
Islands. John Galluzzo leads public programming for Mass Audubon and has
authored 20 books on local and national history. Their book, "Boston
Harbor (MA)," covers a fascinating part of Boston, a part that is
also the setting for more than one Dennis Lehane novel. "Boston Harbor
(MA) is part of Arcadia Publishers' Postcard History Series. John and
Donald also co-authored other titles in Arcadia's "Images of America"
series on Rockland and Squantum and South Weymouth Naval Air Stations.
Tuesday, April 27,
2010 at 7 p.m.
CSI -Chelmsford, MA
Crime Scene Investigator, Erik Koester
from the Massachusetts State Police Crime Lab in Danvers will deliver
the real world picture of Crime Scene Investigations. Using a power point
presentation and some hands on tools of the trade he will try to dispel
some of the myths created by popular TV shows and show us how the State
crime labs use science in solving crimes and convicting criminals.
Saturday,
May 22, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
Michael
Mack brings his acclaimed one-man show "Hearing Voices"
(Speaking in Tongues) to Chelmsford. For over a decade, Boston-based solo
performer Michael Mack has been preaching a kind of gospel. The good news?
His mother's recovery from schizophrenia, as told in his one-man play
Hearing Voices (Speaking in Tongues). Click here for more information:
http://www.chelmsfordlibrary.org/programs/programs/michael_mack.html
2009 ONE BOOK Events
Chelmsford's One Book for 2009 is Three
Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. The astonishing,
uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones' campaign to build schools
in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia. Inspired
by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers, the author
is building schools to provide a balanced education in an isolated and
dangerous region. 
With the help of our many friends the library
entered a "Three Cups of Tea" float in the town's 4th of July
parade.
Climbing
K2 and Other Adventures
with Chuck Boyd of Vertical Realms
Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 7 p.m.
Chuck Boyd, owner and operator of Vertical
Realms, LLC, will talk about his adventures climbing K2.
Take a look at the special website Chuck Boyd has created on his climb
at www.k2tallmountain.com/
The photographs are amazing!
Chuck has devoted most of his life to climbing and exploring the world's
highest mountains and he loves sharing this with others. He has climbed
peals throughout the world from the big walls of Yosemite and the great
mountians of PEru, pakistana nd Tibet to exotic locales like Morocco's
Todra Gorge and Thailand's dramatiuc sea cliffs. See his website for more
information and dramatic photographs of his adventures.
http://www.verticalrealms.com/
"The Many Facets of Islam"
Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 7 p.m.
"The Many Facets of Islam" by Subheen Razzaqui, speaker for
the Harvard Outreach Center for Middle Eastern Studies and history teacher
at Newton North High School, discusses the history and basic tenets of
Islam, and similarities and differences among Muslim groups in the U.S.
Art Exhibit
May 4 - May 30, 2009 Exhibit of
artwork inspired by Three Cups of Tea.
Call
to Artists for works inspired by the book, "Three Cups of Tea"
Three Cups of Tea Resources:
| Book Info & Reading Guides
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Three Cups of Tea People
& Organizations |
Past programs:
Chelmsford Volunteer Fair
Saturday, March 21, 2009; 10 a.m. -
noon
Come to Chelmsford's
Volunteer Fair learn about organizations
that offer you a myriad of ways to give back to your community and make
the world a better place. A rep from Barakat will be available to speak
with you about their volunteer opportunities.
Book Discussions
on Three Cups of Tea will take
place on:
Monday, March 2nd at 7 p.m. and Wednesday, March 18th at 10 a.m., in the
main library
Films and Discussions
The film, “Kite Runner” will
be shown on Thursday, Feb 19, at 7 p.m. Discussion to follow.
The film, "View from a Grain of Sand," will be shown on Thursday,
March 19, 2009 at 7 p.m. Discussion to follow.
Barakat Working in Central Asia
Thursday, March 12, 2009, at 7 p.m.
Damon Luloff, Executive Director of Barakat
will talk about the work his organization is doing in Central Asia.
Greg Mortenson's Visit
at the Chelmsford Performing Arts Center
Greg Mortenson, co-author of Three Cups of Tea (Chelmsford’s
One Book), spoke at the Performing Arts Center at Chelmsford High School
on Sunday, Feb 8th. Co-founder of the Central Asia Institute and Pennies
for Peace, Greg Mortenson has established over 78 schools in rural and
often volatile regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. His two new children’s
books are: Three Cups of Tea (Puffin, chapter book) and Listen to the
Wind (Dial; picture book). Mr. Mortenson's visit was part of his book
tour for his two children's books (based on "Three Cups of Tea”)
which came out in January. This program was funded by Penguin Publishers
and the Chelmsford Friends of the Library
Chelmsford Telemedia filmed
this event live to show on Chelmsford cable TV. If you missed the amazing
talk by “Three Cups of Tea” co-author Greg Mortenson at
Chelmsford’s Performing Arts Center this past Sunday you can still
catch it. The program will also be re-broadcast on Chelmsford Cable
TV Channel 8 at the following times:
Thurs Feb 12 at 10:00 PM on channel 8
Sat Feb 14 at 10:30 AM on channel 8
Thurs Feb 19 at 10:00 PM on channel 8
Sat Feb 21 at 10:30 AM on channel 8
You could check Chelmsford Telemedia’s website to confirm http://www.chelmsfordtv.org/
Thanks to Chelmsford Telemedia, the program
will also be available on DVD at the Library. We will have several copies
so you can check one out to view at home.
February 2009
Art Exhibit
Photojournalist Paula Lerner's exhibit,
Afghan Stories: Behind
the Headlines, will be at the Chelmsford Public Library through the
end of February. This exhibit is an excellent complement to our "Three
Cups of Tea" programming.
Click here to print off
a brochure (pdf format)
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