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JUNE 2007
					1	2 Booksale at Auburndale, 10am-3pm NEOC Program 2:00pm
3 Booksale at Auburndale, 12pm-3pm Concert, 2pm	4 Children's Book Writers Group, 7pm Short Story Discussion Group, 7:30pm	5 Short Fiction Group, 7pm	6 Artist Reception in Main Hall, 7pm News Junkies Club, 7pm Contemporary Books Group 7:30pm	7 Artist Reception in Gallery, 5-8pm	8	9 Singing Group, 12pm
10 Concert, 2pm	11 DWN Transition, 2:30pm Newton Camera Club, 7:30pm	12 Great Books Discussion Group, 7:15pm American Popular Music Talk, 7:30pm	13 Sequences Group Meeting, 10am Applying for a Job Online, 2:30-4pm Dan Shaugnessey Talk, 7:30pm	14	15	16
17 Concert, 2pm	18	19 Board of Trustees Meeting, 8:30am Crafting a Successful Novel, 7:30pm New Book Club, 7:30pm Women's Career Transition Group, 7:30pm	20 Nonantum Book Group, 10:30am Chess Club, 4pm African Literature Discussion Group, 7:30pm	21 Slavery Talk, 7pm	22	23
24 Concert, 2pm	25 Auburndale Book Group, 10:30am Green Decade Talk, 7pm	26 DWN Transition Talk, 7pm Caregiver Talk, 7:30pm	27 Waban Book Group, 10:30am Children's Book Writers Group, 7pm	28 Teen Event, 6:30-8:30pm	29 Newton Corner Book Group at Evans Park, 10:30am	30

For more information on any of the Library events,
please call the Library at (617) 796-1360

Unless noted otherwise, all events take place at the Library's Main Branch.
All events are free and open to the public.

The Library is handicapped accessible. For special assistance when attending programs, call 796-1410 during business hours and 796-1360 evenings and weekends.

To view a previous calendar, click here to view the Archives. (Available from October 2004.)

Art Exhibits

ART EXHIBITION INFORMATION

Are you interested in exhibiting your artwork at the Library? The Newton Free Library presents monthly exhibits by regional artists in the Gallery and Main Hall of the main library, a state-of-the-art facility which 11,000 people visit weekly. Please click here for more information.

MAIN HALL / JUNE

Ann Turley: Luminosity
June 2 - 29
Reception: Wed., June 6, 7:00PM

My Mother's Tablecloth

Turley’s pastel still lifes glow with a soft light. Originally inspired by Italian painter Giorgio Morandi and his works which explore light and shadow and fine gradations of tone and hue, she also studies subtle and similar values of color, in this case white on white. What began as a study of six mismatched dishes on a tablecloth grew to a series of works about these dishes in various arrangements and two tablecloths. But there is more: these were her mother’s tablecloths and she finds, in painting, that the finished tone of the work reminds her of her mother’s presence – quiet and centered.

Working in natural light often at the same time of day on a particular painting, she studies the “subtle nuances that create the luminescent light.” Dishes might be arranged decoratively along a vertical line on the table so that the light will touch them equally. Soft shadows are carefully observed. “I see objects as a combination of intersecting shapes of color,” she says. So the white-blue shadow in a saucer mirrors the blue check in the tablecloth or the yellow shadow in a cup spills onto the shallow bowl nearby. Outlines of shapes are blurred. The vantage point is often from above, so that we focus solely on these dishes on this table and the beauty of the pale light and its reflections.

Turley has exhibited at Roslindale Open Studios, Jamaica Plain Open Studios, Spring House Gallery in JP, L’Essence Gallery in Boston, Jamaica Plain Art Assoc. and other places. She has completed more than 80 commissions nationally in public spaces, residences, restaurants and prestigious retail shops. Her work is also held in numerous private collections.

GALLERY / JUNE

Khoi Nguyen: Childhood and Myth
June 2 - 29
Reception: Thursday, June 7, 5:00PM

Marbles in my Life #5

Nguyen’s mixed-media works are fascinating. Solemn, reflecting the weighty, difficult history of his homeland, Vietnam, they speak of tradition and myth. He says, “My childhood was inextricably linked to my poverty-stricken country.” Although his works do not literally show this landscape, they present a sense of (or a longing for?) order and balance in their geometrical design and use of symbols. Perhaps the “frescoes in shrines and pagodas, the long, winding, muddy roads, the listless rivers” of his country, that he describes, made their way into his imagination and onto his canvases in the abstract shapes he uses and the idealized feeling the works convey. What look like low-relief impressions – pictograms of figures, vessels, animals, shapes – might be representations of these frescoes.

His balanced compositions – in halves, quadrants or thirds – draw the viewer in powerfully, with strong, simple shapes: a Chinese character, a circle, squares, an X, a flame, an old key. In one painting, an X stamped on what might be a heavy door seems to declare “No Entrance;” in another a checkerboard of colored squares falls apart as the bottom rows break away – what a sense of chaos (and freedom?) as they tumble off the board.

Nguyen’s “Marbles in My Life” series tests the physical laws of nature with some of the large marbles floating in space even as we sense their heaviness. Other beautifully painted globes present an inner scene of a person boating down a river or a goldfish. Other marbles are lined up or held within a circle, their clear, cool round surfaces as mesmerizing to the adult viewer as they would be to a child. It is of these young people that the artist is thinking: “I have painted them in a vague concept of a solitary space and from the eyes of children…. The tiny marbles appear like a joy breaking out.”

Nguyen has shown extensively in Vietnam, and also in Virginia, California, Maryland and in Mass. at Harvard University, Emmanuel College, Eclipse Gallery on Newbury Street, Boston City Hall and other places. He was a juror for the Smithsonian Institute Touring Exhibition “An Ocean Apart.”

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Clubs

Library groups meet at the Newton Free Library, 330 Homer Street, Newton Centre, unless otherwise noted. All meetings are free and open to the public.

	African Literatures Discussion Group
	Led by Anne Serafin, this group explores the rich variety of writings from Africa. The group meets on the third Wednesday of the month at 7:30PM in Room A. Meeting Date: June 20: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah. For further information, call 527-1072.
	Chess Club
	International Chess Master Satea Husari from Chess Corps leads a drop-in club for players at all levels of skill on the third Wednesday of the month in Druker Auditorium. For all ages. Bring your own chess set if possible. Meeting Date: Wed, June 20, 4-5:30PM.
	Children's Book Writers Group
	Meetings are held on the first Monday or on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 7:00PM. This group is for writers with work in progress. Pre-registration required. Please call Maria Gianferrari at 781-891-0153 or Karen Day at 244-4830 for more information. Meeting Dates: Monday, June 4, in Meeting Room B or Wednesday, June 27, in Mtg. Room A.
	New! Commonwealth Book Club
	In this new club, led by Chris Wangler of the Auburndale branch, participants will discuss works from any nation whose authors qualify for the Booker Prize (e.g., India, U.K., South Africa), with a particular emphasis on Canada. The group will meet on the third Tuesday of the month at 7:30PM in Meeting Room B. Meeting Date: June 19: The Long Exile: A Tale of Inuit Betrayal and Survival in the High Arctic by Melanie McGrath. Contact: Chris Wangler at 781-588-0149 or cwangler@minlib.net with questions.
	Contemporary Books Discussion Group
	Meetings are held the first Wednesday of the month, 7:30PM, in Meeting Room A. Group coordinator: Marilyn Miller. Meeting Date: June 6: The Last of Her Kind by Sigrid Nunez. Contemporary Books Booklist - September 2006 - June 2007
	Great Books Discussion Group
	Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month at 7:15PM in Mtg. Room A. Members read books from the Great Books Foundation (available at the Library). Meeting Date: June 12: A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens. For further information, call Ruth Greene at 527-4143. Great Books Booklist - January 2007 - June 2007
	News Junkies
	This discussion group, led by Reg McKeen, covers current events. The group meets in Meeting Room B on the first Wednesday of the month at 7:00PM. Please keep abreast of the month’s topic and come with reflections and opinions! Meeting Date: June 6. Topic: The Presidential Race.
	Newton Camera Club
	Meetings are usually held at 7:30PM on the second and fourth Mondays of the month at the Nonantum branch. Meeting Date: June 11: Members share slides. Visit www.newtoncameraclub.org.
	Sequences: Women Tell Our Stories Group
	In this women’s workshop, participants read, discuss and write about literature by women. The group meets the second Wednesday of each month from 10 - 11:30AM in Room A. Leader: Robin Mayer Stein. Meeting Date: June 13.
	Short Fiction Writing Group
	This workshop provides an atmosphere of expert support to polish short fiction. It is geared for published writers as well as those who are actively pursuing publication. Pre-registration is required: call 617-332-3347. The group meets the first Tuesday of the month, 7:00PM in Room A. Meeting Date: June 5.
	Short Story Discussion Group
	Meetings are usually held on the 2nd Monday of the month at 7:30PM in Meeting Room A. Group co-leaders are Mary Lanigan and Barbara McGinley. For further information, call 527-1505. Meeting Date: June 4: “Same Place, Same Things” by Tim Gautreaux and “A Spinster’s Tale” by Peter Taylor.
	Singing Group
	This group is for singers of all levels who enjoy singing classical and popular music. It meets monthly on Saturday afternoons, Noon – 1:30PM in Druker Auditorium. Meeting Date: June 9. Call coordinator Miriam Simen at 617-244-6705 for more information.
	Women in Career Transition
	Led by career counselor Joyce Picard, this group is for women downsizing careers, entering (or re-entering) the workforce or thinking of opting out. It focuses on goals, allowing time to share concerns and gain support. For further information, call (617) 332-7600. It meets the third Tuesday of the month at 7:30PM in Room A. Meeting Date: June 19.
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Concerts/Entertainment

All concerts are free and open to the public. For directions to the Library, please click here.

	"Profile of Marc Blitzstein" Features Leonard Lehrman, Helene Williams
	Composer/pianist Leonard Lehrman and soprano Helene Williams will give a musical tribute to 20th century composer Marc Blitzstein, known as “the social conscience of American music” at the Library on Saturday, June 2, at 2:00PM. Richard Feffer, an active Board member of the New England Opera Club (NEOC), will speak on Blitzstein's life and career with audio/visual excerpts from the operas. The presentation is sponsored by NEOC. Blitzstein (1905-64) developed an aesthetic philosophy during the Great Depression which demanded that the artist create solely for social reform. His works include the opera “The Cradle Will Rock,” supporting labor unions, "Airborne Symphony," "Regina," based on Hellman's drama “The Little Foxes” and many others. Inspired by the dismal plight of immigrant labor, and realizing the fundamental injustice of capital punishment, he wrote an opera based on the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti. This work, unfinished, was found in the trunk of his car after his untimely death and finished by Lehrman.
The program will include a selection from Blitzstein’s musical version of the story “Idiots First” by Bernard Malamud, performed in memory of his widow Ann DeChiara Malamud who recently passed away. Lehrman and Williams (husband and wife) have performed together throughout North America (400 appearances), on European, Australian and Israeli tours and made three recordings of Blitzstein’s music. Lehrman has composed 181 works and completed 20 works left unfinished by Blitzstein. He is the author of Marc Blitzstein: A Bio-Bibliography and editor of The Marc Blitzstein Song Book. He is the founder and director of the Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus and Laureate Conductor of the Jewish Music Theater of Berlin.

	Berklee Alumni are BACC!
	The Library will present an exciting new organization, the Berklee Alumni Composer Consortium (BACC), in their inaugural concert of diverse music by Brown, Juusela, Kikuchi, Ricci, Verderame, Warren and Wolfgang. The program on Sunday, June 3, at 2:00PM, will include Earle Brown’s “Music for Violin, Cello and Piano.” Players will include members of Xanthos Ensemble and Friends: Sarah Brady, flute, Chi-Ju Juliet Lai, clarinet, Brenda van der Merwe, violin, Joshua Gordon, cello and Eun-Young Kim, piano.
Co-founded by Frank E. Warren (Berklee ’76), a music publisher and composer, and Ken Ueno (’94), this composers’ group presents the music of award-winning Berklee alums who write chamber music, art song, electronic music and other “new music.” BACC is committed to extended variety and collaboration with established chamber music ensembles and with new audiences at libraries, schools and with “uninitiated” listeners from every community - to bring new music to willing ears. Brown (’50) was a member of the first graduating class when Berklee was still known as Schillinger House School of Music. His compositions have been a major force in contemporary music since the early ‘50’s. His work at that time with new notations, scoring methods and performance attitudes led to his development of graphic, improvisational and “open-form” scores such as “December 1952” (from his collection, Folio), “Twenty-five Pages” for one to twenty-five pianos, as well as the later orchestral scores “Available Forms I” and “II.” Brown remained active as a composer, conductor and clinician up to his untimely passing in 2002. His developments and ideas are now standard practice, and can be commonly heard in the music of younger composers.

	Kaleidoscope Ensemble to Present Schumann, Prokofiev, Shostakovich
	Kaleidoscope Chamber Ensemble will perform works by Corigliano, Prokofiev, Schumann and Shostako-vich at the Library on Sunday, June 10, at 2:00PM. Members include Jill Dreeben, flute, Jennifer Gilman, clarinet, Beth Welty, violin, Lisa Brooke, violin, Dani Rimoni, viola, Sandi-Jo Malmon, cello, and Guy Urban, piano. Formed in 1996 by musicians with a wealth of chamber music experience, Kaleidoscope committed itself from the beginning to presenting a wide array of music, diverse in style, period and performing forces. As the name implies, the group’s composition is constantly changing, even within a single concert.
Diversity is exhibited in Kaleidoscope’s repertoire, which ranges from the Baroque era to the most recent 21st century compositions. The ensemble has appeared in concert throughout the New England area. They served as Artists-In-Residence at the Mill Pond Center for the Arts, in Durham, NH from 1997 - 2000, performed at the Rocky River Chamber Music Series in Ohio and have appeared numerous times on concert series in Massachusetts. Members have extensive individual experience, having performed in Spain, Italy, Greece, South Africa, Great Britain, as well as at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Recital Hall in New York. They have also recorded on several labels and participated in ensembles such as the Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra, the Lake George Opera Company and the Composers’ Conference at Wellesley College.

	Constantine Finehouse Returns for Concert of Brahms, Mozart
	Pianist Constantine Finehouse will return to the Library on Sunday, June 17, at 2:00PM for a concert of music by Brahms, Mozart and Beaudoin. This concert has been rescheduled from an earlier date. Recently praised for his “interpretations of depth and maturity” (Rhein Main Presse Allgemeine Zeitung), Finehouse has appeared in Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall, Alice Tully Hall in New York City and Salle Cortot in Paris, among many other prestigious venues here and abroad. A champion of music by Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award-winning composer William Bolcolm, he is recording his complete piano works for Naxos Records and gave the Hungarian premiere of two of his works on his tour with violinist Philip Ficsor as the duo American Double. He has performed in Holland and France as part of Holland Music Sessions and Classics Abroad summer festivals, at John Hancock Hall, Williams College, Brandeis University, and as part of Music on Marlborough and the Chamber Music Foundation of New England concert series. Local audiences may remember his performances with the Newton Symphony Orchestra and with the Newton Community Chorus and Orchestra. His debut recording is “Sonatas” with Philip Ficsor.

	Amaryllis Chamber Ensemble in Concert
	The Amaryllis Chamber Ensemble will perform works by Haydn, Telemann, Galuppi and others at the Library on Sunday, June 24, at 2:00PM. Members include Bonnie Cochran, flute, Catherine Tai, violin, and Kate Marsch, cello. Since its inception in 2000, Amaryllis has established itself as an ensemble on the move by presenting diverse and engaging programs from the chamber music repertoire for wind and string instruments. They have been described by The Jamaica Plain Bulletin as “delightful” and by Delvyn Case, Artistic Director of Musica Eclectica Concert Series, as an ensemble that “played with remarkable sensitivity, grace, and charm.”
Performances include concert series at Harvard University, King’s Chapel, Gore Place, MIT Chapel, Musica Eclectica at Eastern Nazarene College and Depot Square Gallery in Lexington. They were also featured performers at Old South Meeting House as part of Boston’s 2006 First Night celebration. As graduates of Boston Conservatory, Eastman School of Music, Oberlin Conservatory and Boston University, each member of Amaryllis brings a high level of musical artistry to the group. The musicians are quickly becoming known throughout the Boston area as outstanding performers and teachers.

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Lectures

"The Black & White of American Popular Music”

Author Vera Lee will speak on her new book The Black and White of American Popular Music: From Slavery to World War II at the Library on Tuesday, June 12, at 7:30PM. The program will include recorded jazz music and will conclude with a booksigning.

In this thoughtful and engaging book, Lee probes the interplay of black and white popular music in America from antebellum times to the rise of bebop. She examines connections between the races in a wide variety of fields such as musical comedy, jazz, radio, recording, song-writing, vocalists, business and dance.

Wynton Marsalis describes the black and white connections in music as “this strange dance that we’ve been doing with each other since the beginning of our relationship in America.” This book focuses precisely on that dance and discovers “how each meshes or remains out-of-step with the music and each other,” Lee writes.

She is the author of 11 books and numerous articles. Professor Emerita of Boston College, she has also served as Executive Director of the French Library and Cultural Center of Boston. She was named Officer of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture.

Dan Shaughnessy to Speak on Father’s Day Book with Newton Setting
	Just in time for Father’s Day, Dan Shaughnessy will speak on his new book, Senior Year: A Father, A Son, and High School Baseball, at the Library on Wednesday, June 13, at 7:30PM. A booksigning will follow with books from New England Mobile Book Fair. Newton residents will enjoy reading about games at Newton North High School and the local community in this personal, yet universal story. Best-selling author Shaughnessy focuses his acclaimed sportswriting talents on his son’s senior year of high school, a pivotal point in a young person’s life. Although he has covered Super Bowls and World Series and other mega sporting events, he finds nothing more fulfilling than sitting alone on the cold metal bleachers of Newton North, taking in the games played by Sam, the youngest child of three and his only son. As he watches Sam, he remembers his own boyhood and what he loved about sports in the first place. He calls upon the many marquee athletes he’s
	known over the years - Ted Williams, Roger Clemens, Larry Bird - to capture that uniquely American rite of passage that is sports. With a natural swing and a passion for hitting anything anywhere anytime, Sam Shaughnessy came up through the ranks of youth sports, often in spite of his dad’s profession. Now Sam is finally a senior, and it’s all on the line: what college to attend; how to keep his grades up; and whether his final high school baseball season will end in disappointment or triumph.
Senior Year chronicles that universal experience of putting your child out on the field - and in the world - and hoping for the best. With insight, humor, and, at times, the searching soul of an unsure father, Shaughnessy illuminates how sports can connect generations and how they help us grow up - and let go. He is an award-winning columnist for the Boston Globe and the author of several books, including the best-selling classic The Curse of the Bambino, Reversing the Curse, and Fenway.

Applying for a Job Online

Meet the Challenge of Applying for a Job Online. Come to this new class on Wednesday, June 13, 2:30-4:00PM.

A "scannable resume,” “job bank,” and “keywords” are just a few of the terms to know when applying for a job online. In this hands-on workshop, learn about the wealth of online and print resources available. The presentation will include tips and methods to master the online environment. Please pre-register at any of the Reference Desks or call 617/796-1380. Space is limited to 10 registrants.

Take a look at the class-related blog. Go to www.newtonfreelibrary.net, scroll down the left-hand side and click on Newton’s Quick Job Search Blog.

	Author to Speak on Crafting a Successful Novel
	Author Ric Wassley will speak on Integrating the Creative and Business Sides of Writing and Publishing a Novel. This discussion will take place at the Library on Tuesday, June 19, 7:30PM. Wasley, whose second novel, Shadow of Innocence, was recently released internationally, started out five years ago with an idea for a story and a need to tell it. He soon realized how difficult it was to find a publisher. As he says, “It takes skill, tenacity and above all... marketing and communications. And there are ways to stack the deck a little more in your favor.” At this session, he’ll speak about the intricacies of structuring a plot and character development as well as how to get major publishers to sit up and take notice of the would-be author. Wasley has written novels, short stories, magazine pieces and columns with a 35-year background in publishing, marketing and advertising. He has lectured at Worcester Polytech Institute and has performed as a singer and musician. About Shadow of Innocence: the Newport Folk Festival and Cape Cod provide a groovy backdrop for this fun and exciting mystery set in the music and drug-soaked sixties. This is an appealing read featuring musician partners in love and danger.

Survivors of Contemporary Slavery - A Participatory Program

“HERvoices: Survivors of Contemporary Slavery” will be presented at the Library on Thursday, June 21, at 7:00PM. In a layered and intimate audio/visual documentary woven in with live readings, this participatory program tells the story of three women from Africa who now live in Boston, their enslavement and recovery.

Female members of the audience will be asked to read the women’s personal, honest, heroic stories. A question-and-answer period will follow.

HERvoices aims to facilitate cross-cultural understanding and decrease violence by empowering marginalized groups and individuals, specifically women and girls. This non-profit organization encourages them to add their voices to public arenas and mainstream dialogues.

The evening will be facilitated by Emma Reinhardt, Founder and President of HERvoices. Previously she was the Managing Director of the American Anti-Slavery Group and the Director of Advocacy and Public Relations of the World Sindhi Institute.

HERvoices has toured this production and another on the women of Sindh province, Pakistan, to more than 50 venues in the Northeast. They will soon include presentations on women from Kenya and Iran on their roster. Seminars, workshops, community outreach projects, coaching and consulting are also offered. Visit: www.hervoices.org.

	Evening of Student Environmental Projects
	Come see what Newton students are learning in environmental studies. This Green Decade Coalition evening will include the organization's annual meeting on Monday, June 25, at 7:00PM at the Library.

	Program on Help for Caregivers to be Held
	Many people have trouble finding resources for an aging parent or understanding the numerous support systems that are available. Recently, the MIT Workplace Center published The Family Caregiver Handbook: Finding Elder Care Resources in Massachusetts, a definitive guide to finding resources. This “gateway” to key elder care organizations across the state provides information on financial planning, legal issues, home care services, transportation services, housing options, health care and much more. A directory of Massachusetts eldercare organizations is also included. On Tuesday, June 26, at 7:30PM, Anne Bookman, Executive Director of the MIT Workplace Center, and Jeff Kahn, a member of Springwell’s Advisory Council, will co-present an overview of available resources and answer questions from the audience at the Library. A limited number of copies of the Handbook will be available.

	Teen DDR Event
	Catch the Beat at the Library this summer with a program for teens featuring music and rhythm video games including Dance Dance Revolution on Thursday, June 28, 6:30-8:30PM in Druker Auditorium. There'll be drinks and snacks, too. Teens entering grades 6-12 are invited. Registration begins June 4th. Look for posted details in the YA area on the 2nd floor of the Library or call Reference at 617-796-1380 with questions.

Computer Classes

Take advantage of our free computer classes. Stop by a Reference Desk or call 617-796-1380 to sign up.

Morning Programs at the Library

Auburndale Book Group

At Auburndale, the book group will discuss Andrea Levy's Small Island on Monday, June 25, at 10:30AM.

Newton Corner Book Group

Newton Corner's book group will discuss Toni Morrison's Beloved on Friday, June 29, at 10:30AM at Evans Park in Newton Corner.

Nonantum Book Group

The Nonantum book group will meet on Wednesday, June 20, at 10:30AM to discuss Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner.

Waban Book Group

At Waban, the book group will discuss The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan on Wed., June 27, at 10:30AM.

Booklists Available

Looking for a good book to read or conducting research in a particular area? The Reference Department has compiled many booklists in a variety of subjects: African Americans in American Life, College Admissions, Books for Modern Parents, Buddhism, Day Trips, Gardening Guides, Rise and Fall of Saddam Hussein, Retirement and much more. Ask a Reference librarian at the YA Desk on the second floor for help in locating a list, or click here.

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For Your Information

Consider a Gift to the Library

Please help supplement our municipal funding and contribute towards the purchase of books, audio/visual materials or equipment. Send your check, payable to the Trustees, to: Development Office, Newton Free Library, 330 Homer Street, Newton, MA 02459. For further information, call 796-1400. Thank you.

To Our Concert Goers:

Please be considerate of the performer today as well as your fellow audience members and refrain from leaving the auditorium during a piece of music. If you have small children with you, please sit in the back rows. If you leave the auditorium between pieces, please close the door quietly behind you and wait to re-enter after a musical piece. Also, if you have a cellphone, please shut if off. Thank you.

PLEASE DON'T SAVE SEATS!

When attending a Sunday afternoon concert, please do not save more than one seat as this deprives others of attending the concert. The rule is first come, first served.