Noon Programs

The Monday series of talks, sponsored by the Friends of the Library,  is held at noon in the McChesney Room of the Central Library on Clinton Street. You may bring a bag lunch; coffee and tea are available for a nominal fee. The room is equipped with special devices for the hearing-impaired. These programs are also broadcast on the Schenectady Public Access channel.

NOON PROGRAMS

 BOOKS SANDWICHED IN

Linda Witkowski, Coordinator

 Feb. 6           The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt; reviewed by Bertrand Fay, adjunct faculty and lecturer at Russell Sage and Union College, performance artist , UCALL presenter. “More wonderfully illuminating Renaissance history from a master scholar and historian.”

Feb. 13        The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics by John Pollack; reviewed by Roy Williams, retired Niskayuna School science teacher. “an authoritative yet playful exploration of a practice that is common, in one form or another, to virtually every language on earth.”

 Feb. 27        The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared by Alice Ozma; reviewed by Cheryl Cufari,retired School Library Media Specialist, trustee of SCPL and MVLS Boards.

Published on February 1, 2010 at 7:18 pm  Comments Off  
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