Thursday, March 28, 2013

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Monday, March 18, 2013

Mary Shelley: A Living History

Photo by Patricia Jarvis
We're pleased to invite you to the drawing room of author Mary Shelley as portrayed by Susan Marie Frontczak on Wednesday April 3rd at 7pm in the Community Room at the Library.
You are about to enter the mind and imagination of English writer Mary Shelley. Teen-age mother, behind-the-scenes supporter of social reform, romantic, and scholar, English writer Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) may be best known as the author of Frankenstein, but there is much more to be learned about her, both personally and psychologically. Witness the author's creative process in action. Find out how Mary’s own life paralleled that of the abandoned Creature of her novel.  
“I shall give an answer to the question so very frequently asked me -
How I, then a young girl of eighteen, came to think of,
and to dilate upon, so very hideous an idea as
Frankenstein?”
Program consists of a monologue in-character, followed first by a Q&A with “Mary Shelley” and finally a discussion with the scholar/presenter, Susan Marie Frontczak, during which we ponder how ethical questions raised in Frankenstein apply in today’s world of cloning, genetic engineering, and other life-changing technological advances. Free. For information call (603)746-3663. Presented by the Hopkinton Town Library with the support of the Hopkinton Public Library Foundation.



Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Children's book illustrator Beth Krommes here on Sunday 3/17 from 4-5pm!

Children's book illustrator Beth Krommes will give a talk for children and adults. She will discuss her work as a children's book illustrator, including the making of "The House in the Night" which won the Caldecott Medal in 2009. She will demonstrate her medium of scratchboard and give everyone a chance to try their hand at it. New and past titles will be available for purchase and autographing. All ages - no registration required.

Brought to you with the support of
the Friends of the Hopkinton Town Library as part of the Friends Winter Family Series.

Beth Krommes is an illustrator, wood engraver, and painter from Peterborough, NH. She is the winner of the 2009 Caldecott Medal, the most prestigious American children's book award for an illustrator, for "The House in the Night" by Susan Marie Swanson. She received a BFA in painting from Syracuse University, a MAT in art education from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, and spent a year at St. Martin's School of Art in London. She has held a variety of art-related jobs, including teaching art in a public school, managing the Handcraft Shop of the Sharon Arts Center, and art directing a computer magazine. Since 1989, she has been working as a full-time freelance illustrator. Her latest book is "Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature" by Joyce Sidman, a celebration of the beauty and usefulness of spirals. She is currently working on two books for young children--one about a rain storm and one about a snow storm.