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Musical Sundays Concert Series

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Morrill Memorial Library

Sunday, May 5th, 2013 from  3:00 – 4:30 pm

too human Join Ellen Schwartz and Roger Bruno plus a guest bassist for an afternoon of music. This is the group’s fourth visit to the Morrill Memorial Library. Sign up for this free concert, made possible through the Library Endowment Fund, at the Reference or Information Desks or call 781-769-0200, x110 or 222. Download a program brochure here.

Download a flyer for this program only here.

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Summer 2013 Film Fest: Musicals on the Big Screen!

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Morrill Memorial Library

Join us each Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. from July 10 – August 21 for the Summer 2013 Film Fest: Musicals on the Big Screen!
Les MisJuly 10 – Les Miserables (2012) starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, and Amanda Seyfried.

South Pacific

July17 – South Pacific (2001) starring Glenn Close, Harry Connick, Jr., Robert Pastorelli, Jack Thompson, and Rade Serbedzija

 

DreamgirlsJuly 24 – Dreamgirls (2006) starring Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson, Beyonce, and Eddie Murphy.

RentJuly 31 – Rent (2005) starring Taye Diggs, Rosario Dawson, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, and Jesse L. Martin.

ChicagoAugust 7 – Chicago (2002) starring Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, and Queen Latifah.

EvitaAugust 14 – Evita (1996) starring Madona, Antonio Banderas, and Jonathan Price.

 

Sweeney

August 21 – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, and Sacha Baron Cohen.

Registration for each film is required.  Please call the library (781-769-0200, x110 or 222) or visit the Reference or Information desk. Each film will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m. in the air-conditioned Simoni Room. Popcorn will be served courtesy of the Bellingham Regal Cinemas. The Film Fests are made possible by a movie license funded by the Friends of the Library.

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Tonight! Dan Shaughnessy on May 6, 2013 at the Norwood Theater

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Morrill Memorial Library

The Friends of the Library present Dan Shaughnessy, Boston Globe sportswriter and author of Francona: The Red Sox Years. 

shaughnessy

This event has been rescheduled from the original date of April 23, 2013. The event will now be held at the Norwood Theater at 7 pm.  You must register for this event by calling the library, 781-769-0200, x110 or x222.  Please do not call the theater to register.

A limited number of books will be available for sale.   The author will autograph copies of the book.

See this flyer more information.

 

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The Gifts of Philanthropy – by Charlotte Canelli

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Morrill Memorial Library

Read the published version of Charlotte Canelli’s column in the April 26, 2013 edition of the Norwood Transcript and Bulletin.

Today everything seems to be big business. Music, sports, the film industry, beauty and even education (with its online colleges and professional degrees) are some of today’s big businesses. And let’s not forget health care, one of the fastest-growing businesses today.

Big businesses always begin as a small business; often it is the result of a good idea of one or several entrepreneurs. And plenty of hard work.

Over a century and a half ago, four men were creating some of what would become the biggest businesses in the United States in the 20th Century. They were Andrew Carnegie (steel), John D. Rockefeller (oil), J.P. Morgan (banking) and Jay Gould (railroads). (more…)

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