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And if you can't make it, or want more Mill Power...We will also be hosting Paul for a book event here at the Pollard Library on Wednesday, December 3rd at 7pm.Read More
"With unsettling beauty and intelligence, Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel traces the intersection of four damaged lives in an abandoned Italian villa at the end of World War II.The nurse Hana, exhausted by death, obsessively tends to her last surviving patient. Caravaggio, the thief, tries to re-imagine who he is, now that his hands are…Read More
Greg Flemming will discuss his new book, At the Point of a Cutlass, which tells the incredible true story of a Massachusetts fisherman who was captured by pirates in 1722 and then escaped and lived as a castaway on an uninhabited Caribbean island for nearly two years. Robinson Crusoe meets Tom Hanks. Â This lecture will…Read More
Maria Mitchell's feat in 1865 transfixed the nation. If you would like to read about the real Maria, click here. If you would like some great historical fiction about such a women consider "The Movement of Stars" by Amy Brill. In this novel, "amatuer astronomer Hannah Gardner Price has lived all twenty-four years of her…Read More
"Read an eBook Day is a celebration of modern storytelling. Be a part of the festivities by checking your favorite eBook out from the library, sharing your reading stories, entering to win prizes or just simply setting aside some time to read. Celebrate with your fellow readers."Â Click here to share your story.Read More
Join us for an opening reception for "A Poet in Lowell (September - October 2014)Â - an exhibit on the ground floor of the library in tribute to Lawrence Carradini, Lowell poet, who dies May 1, 2014. Readings by Meg Smith, Ala Khaki, Jim Dunn and Tony Sampas. Free admission. Refreshments provided. (photo by Meg…Read More
Jeffrey Kimball's documentary reveals the extraordinary array of wild birds who grace Manhattan's celebrated patch of green and the equally colorful, full-ot-attitude New Yorkers who schedule their lives around the rhythms of migration. (2012) not rated / 59 min.Read More
We have audiobooks for the top 3 books on the New York Times Best Sellers list. #1 Colorless Tsukura Tazaki and His Years Of Pilgrimage, by Haruki Murakami " is the long-awaited new novel—a book that sold more than a million copies the first week it went on sale in Japan—from the award-winning, internationally best-selling…Read More
It's the first day of school and you're already out of ideas for your student's lunch tomorrow. Help is on the way. Here are two books that will inspire you : Beating the Lunch Box Blues Weelicious Lunches: Think Outside the Lunchbox Weelicous also had a website for more ideas. Click here.Read More
"Nash considered himself a “worsifier.” Among his best known lines are “Candy / Is dandy, / But liquor / Is quicker” and “If called by a panther / Don’t anther.” His poems also had an intensely anti-establishment quality that resounded with many Americans, particularly during the Depression. Nash was a keen observer of American social…Read More
Mass Poetry has a pretty cool campaign going on where they're placing poetry in the place of advertisements on the MBTA. Â Maggie Dietz's poem, Pluto is one of three poems featured in the month of August. So if you find yourself in Boston's metro transit area keep an eye out for Pluto. Maggie Dietz also…Read More
Other books that deal with the art world: "The Blazing World: A Novel" by Siri Hustvedt Before she died, Harriet Burden  claimed credit for three shows of contemporary art that had been the biggest sensations of the previous decade, sending the critics into a tailspin. "Aaron's Leap" by Magdalena Platzova Based on the real-life story…Read More
Our library is actually a Memorial to those in Lowell who gave their lives to preserve the Union. For our beautiful second floor the city purchased the three massive murals painted by the French-born artist Paul Phillipoteaux. Two of the paintings depict early victories for General U.S. Grant (The Battle of Shiloh and The Battle…Read More
Join the African community in celebrating the continent this Saturday at the Sampas Pavilion on Pawtucket Blvd. Food, music, dancing and art will be featured. This is a link to more information. Did you know that the Pollard Library has more books on Africa and by Africans than any other local library? We also have…Read More
See what: Emma Donoghue Joshua Ferris Michael Sarah Lotz Jojo Moyer are reading at the beach this year. Click here to see what their choices are.Read More