*Hours Update:* The Library will be closed on Monday, October 12, in recognition of Indigenous Peoples' Day. We will reopen at 9am Tuesday, October 14.
*October Featured Artist: * The Library is exhibiting *Art from Inside*, a collection of art created by incarcerated readers and compiled by Prison Book Program. Make sure to stop by and take a look at this incredible display! Here are just a few of the many events happening at LPL in October: *Genealogy – Start, Organize, Research, and Write YOUR Family History!* Monday, October 6, 6:00-7:30 PM <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/genealogy-start-organize-research-and-write-your-family-history-6/>, Tarbell Room Join us for our final session in our genealogy research workshop! Seema Kenney will focus on making sure your research can be compiled and preserved for generations to come. *Operas at the Library: Death by Poison* Saturday, October 18 <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/operas-at-the-library-death-by-poison/> and Saturday, October 25 <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/operas-at-the-library-death-by-poison-2/>, 1:00-2:30 PM, Tarbell Room Erika Reitshamer is returning to Lincoln Library with a 5-week opera course on French operas! October 18 will cover Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucrezia Borgia and October 25 is Francesco’s Cilea’s Adriana lecouvreur. *Revolutionary Whiskey - History and Recs of American Whiskeys with Travis Ireland* Monday, October 20, 7:00-8:00 PM <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/revolutionary-whiskey-history-and-recs-of-american-whiskeys-with-travis-ireland/>, ZOOM Travis Ireland will discuss the best American whiskeys to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War! You may be surprised at how many wonderful whiskeys made right here in the good old U.S. of A.! Learn a bit of history and BYO to do a virtual taste test with Travis, who will be recommending some of his favorites. You must be 21 or older to participate in taste testing but all are welcome to join and learn. Register directly on zoom HERE <https://ashlandmass.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/virtual-revolutionary-whiskey-history-and-recs-of-american-whiskeys-with-travis-ireland/> . *Food History Horror Stories: Witches, Poisoners, and Puritans* Thursday, October 23, 7:00-8:00 PM <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/food-history-horror-stories-witches-poisoners-and-puritans/>, ZOOM Lean in to the macabre with three scary stories from food history. Sarah investigates the fungus that many scholars believe caused the Salem Witch Trials, how brewers became the archetype for classic witches, and when women murder why they choose poison--along with stories of some of the most infamous poisoners of the 19th century! *"The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto" with Historian Elizabeth R. Hyman* Tuesday, October 28,7:00-8:00 PM <https://lincolnpl.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/the-girl-bandits-of-the-warsaw-ghetto-with-historian-elizabeth-r-hyman/>, ZOOM The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is one of the most storied events of the Holocaust, yet previous accounts of which have almost entirely focused on its male participants. In The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto: The True Story of Five Courageous Young Women Who Sparked an Uprising, Holocaust historian Elizabeth Hyman introduces five young, courageous Polish Jewish women—known as “the girls” by the leadership of the resistance and “bandits” by their Nazi oppressors—who were central to the Jewish resistance as fighters, commanders, couriers, and smugglers. Join us as Elizabeth shares this extraordinary, important, and heretofore hidden history with us. Register directly on Zoom HERE <https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/8017544037975/WN_gjnl0L0jSaiHzffMGAkxOQ> . *Looking for more Library events?* Library Linc <https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin?v=001fX_LH47oQBZnNG6z6wnCsw8IOCXlMwVzi4FjMa60yRSe7jmP9spmPiMx7ZbLOjdhK5jMRXlurJup5gNg3T4BPToyqJAoia2Huz9__eQw9kJo4zy3YKgwrbSYSmqYphHTvH2cLe3F85Ogb0D5HqB_NHu7OAfpqYB_Ds66pJ3Gp7OGIS3WVQ2UMw%3D%3D> is our weekly e-newsletter. Subscribe to keep up to date on our latest events, services, and news every Friday! Thank you for your continued support! -- Alison Armstrong *(she, her, hers)* Assistant Director, Lincoln Public Library [email protected] | 781-259-8465 x. 202 Currently Reading <https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_destination/173446776?utm_medium=reading_link&utm_source=email_signature> [image: Book Cover] <https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_destination/173446776?utm_medium=cover&utm_source=email_signature> [image: Goodreads Logo] <https://www.goodreads.com/?utm_medium=gr_logo&utm_source=email_signature> Get your own email signature <https://www.goodreads.com/user/email_signature_instructions?utm_medium=gyo_link&utm_source=email_signature>
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