The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Wolcott Library offers virtual events in February
LITCHFIELD — Theese virtual events in February are hosted by the Oliver Wolcott Library in Litchfield.
Monday Scholars — American Military History: From Colonials to Counterinsurgents, Mondays, 1-2:30 p.m., through March 29 (no meeting Feb. 15). This live Zoom event offers two video lectures presented by General Wesley K. Clark. Then, via Zoom, OWL’s Karen Pasternak will lead a discussion. American Military History is a course that explores warfare the way it’s taught at the United States Military Academy.
Post-Impressionism Series
with Michael Norris, Ph.D.,
Wednesdays, 3 p.m., Feb. 3, 10, 17 and 24. Those viewing this live event learn how the artists of this new art movement, still involved with the bright colors and real-life focus of the Impressionists, also struck out on their own, each in his own way. Feb. 3: Que Seurat, Seurat; Feb. 10: Go, van Gogh!; Feb. 17: Savage: Paul Gauguin; Feb. 24: Son of the South: Paul Cezanne.
OWL Non-Fiction Book Discussion Group, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2 p.m. Book selection for this live event: “An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States” by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.
OWL Fiction Book
Discussion Group,
Thursday, Feb. 11, 3:30 p.m. Book selection for live event: “This Tender Land” by William Kent Krueger.
Book club books are available to borrow through the library’s curbside pickup service by emailing forpickup@owlibrary.org or calling 860567-8030
The Yorkshire Dales — From Herriot to Home with Andrew Pighills, Thursday, Feb. 18, 7 p.m. In this live event, there’s a tour of landscapes and gardens that are home to author James Herriot and Andrew Pighills’ stone craft treasures.
Louise Erdrich Book Discussion Series with Mark Scarbrough,
Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2 p.m. In this two-part series, this live event explores the divisions in the country’s own cultures from Native
American authors, Louise Erdrich: questions of belief, spirituality, vision, and mercy. Books will be available for curbside checkout from the library four weeks before the discussion.
Jazz & the Civil Rights Movement with Galen Abdur-Razzaq, Thursday, Feb, 25, 7 p.m. Viewers of this live event will learn how jazz became an advocacy for the Civil Rights Movement, with proceeds from jazz concerts used to finance major events such as the Freedom Rides and the March on Washington in 1963.
For more information, visit the library’s website at www.OWLibrary.org and click on “Programs & Events.” To view the events, click on the Zoom link provided at the website at the time of the event.