Did you know that horseshoe crabs have been around for 350 million years? Mark Faherty will discuss Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary’s horseshoe crab research program on Friday, April 23rd, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. as part of Lifetime Learning via Snow Library. Registration is $10 at friendsofsnowlibrary.org.
Lifetime Learning
Learning for a Lifetime, From Snow Library
Lifetime Learning via Snow Library continues this week with an Irish Film Festival, led by Mary Ann Eaton, on Fridays beginning February 5th, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Each week will include an introduction, screening, and discussion. First up is The Field, starring Richard Harris, Brenda Fricker, and Sean Bean, then December Bride, The Seventh Stream, and Wild Mountain Thyme.
Also offered via the library is “Weather and Climate Change Forecasting Explained,” taught by John Ward, on Fridays beginning February 5th, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, and a course on Salman Rushdie, taught by Joseph Auciello, Tuesdays beginning February 9th, from 10:30 a.m. to noon.
Registration is $10 per course at friendsofsnowlibrary.org.
How Well Do You Know Norman Rockwell?
The virtual winter-spring session of Lifetime Learning via Snow Library begins this week. Beth Stein teaches a class on the artist Norman Rockwell on Tuesday, February 2nd from 10:30 a.m. to noon. According to the course description, Rockwell “was a complicated individual, whose private life in no way reflected what appeared on his canvases. He also became controversial and politically active in the latter part of his career.”
There’s also “The Supreme Court in the Era of Its Conservative Majority,” taught by Jane Scarborough, on Monday, February 1st, from 10:30 a.m. to noon; “World War I: Its Causes and Consequences,” taught by Russ Leng, Tuesdays beginning February 2n, 1:30 to 3 p.m.; and “Super Musicals of the 1970s and 1980s,” taught by John Whelan, Wednesdays beginning February 3rd, 1:30 to 3 p.m. Registration is $10 per course at friendsofsnowlibrary.org.
Something Wild
Snow Library in Orleans continues its Lifetime Learning series with “Living With Our Wild Neighbors,” taught by Stephanie Ellis, director of Wild Care. This virtual course consists of three classes, the first on Friday, November 6th, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Register with a $10 suggested donation at friendsofsnowlibrary.org.
Snow Forecast
Snow Library in Orleans will present a one-class virtual course on the Electoral College with Richard Stewart on Tuesday, October 13th, 10:30 a.m. to noon. A $10 donation is suggested. Register 24 hours prior. Lifetime Learning course information and registration is available at friendsofsnowlibrary.org/lifetime-learning-program.
