Saturday May 4, 2013 -  Saturday June 8, 2013
		Stairwell Gallery Exhibit - FOCUS: Hunter Brown's Egypt
		Contact: Carolyn Hartman   860-868-7586   chartman@biblio.org
		The Stairwell Gallery at the Gunn Memorial Library in Washington, CT will be exhibiting the photography of Hunter Brown from May 4th to June 8th. The exhibit can be viewed during library hours. There will be a reception open to the public on May 4th from 12 to 2pm. Using a Leica M-9P digital rangefinder camera, this world traveler captures the color and customs of all the places he visits. His previous exhibit in the Stairwell Gallery was after his trip to India. The images in this show are from a three week tour which includes Cairo and scenes from the southern part of the country taken during a boat trip along the Nile. Hunter writes of his work, “I try not to be a ‘postcard’ photographer, though I admit the temptation frequently arises. I see Egypt – anywhere for that matter – in terms of its people. I will leave the monuments to others.” Hunter began to learn his way around cameras using a Brownie when he was a child. He was born and raised in Connecticut and attended Suffield Academy and it was in high school that he learned how to develop his own film. Graduating from Union College with a degree in International Relations, he served with the US State Department’s Agency for International Development in Viet Nam from 1966 to 1969. It was in Viet Nam with his Minolta SLR that his creativity found new focus. The atmosphere, surroundings and people were natural inspiration. Having access to a photo lab in Saigon his artistic eye matured and he found that while his images were all encompassing, he gravitated to photographing humanity. Mr. Brown has received many awards, is a member of the Camera Club of New York and has his own darkroom at home. After working many years in the U. S. and abroad for a major New York bank and more recently with the Paley Center for Media in New York, he resides with his wife in Washington Depot, Connecticut. We hope you can take the time to experience the photography of Hunter Brown and take a vicarious trip down the Nile.
Tuesday May 28, 2013
	6:00 PM  -  7:30 PM	the Story of Poetry in Spanish
		Contact: Susan Newbury   860.868.7586   gunnprograms@biblio.org
		Tuesdays @ 6:00pm April 23 through May 28th Gunn Memorial Library – Wykeham Room Join us for a series of discussions exploring the development of the poetic tradition in Spanish through the reading of English translations (alongside the original texts) of works from the Middle Ages to the present in Spain and Latin America. Copies of the readings will be available each week. Bowdoin Professor Emeritus John Turner will be leading the weekly discussion Tuesdays at 6:00pm beginning April 23 and ending May 28. John recently led two successful discussion series at the Gunn Library, ‘Visions of Modern Latin America in short fiction’, and ‘Don Quixote’. Please register in advance to ensure adequate materials. John Turner began teaching at Bowdoin in 1971. He received his undergraduate degree at St. Andrews University in Scotland, his M.A. from Indiana University and his Ph.D. from Harvard. His major field of research was Golden Age Spanish poetry and his thesis dealt with the figure of Icarus as an emblem of the courtly lover in Golden Age poetry. During his early years at Bowdoin, he taught and published primarily in the area of modern Latin American literature, prose and poetry, with a particular interest in Julio Cortázar. His recent interest is in the continuity of the Hispanic tradition through the centuries and between the continents. Professor Turner retired from full-time teaching in 2011.
		Location: Wykeham Room
Saturday June 1, 2013
	5:30 PM  -  10:00 PM	Library Luminaries
		Contact: Wendy Rhodes   860-868-7586   gunndevelopment@biblio.org
		Mark your calendars for a Library Luminaries evening that starts the summer in style! A Stellar Cocktail Party begins the evening, followed by fabulous dinners with Set, Interior and Fashion Designers, a Ballerina, Humorist, Illustrator, Ambassador, Investigative Reporter, Authors and more. Don't be late, the company is divine! For more information or to purchase tickets to the 2013 Library Luminaries, please contact Wendy Rhodes by calling 860-868-7586 or emailing gunndevelopment@biblio.org.
Thursday June 13, 2013
	6:30 PM  -  7:30 PM	Cuba Through the Modern Lens
		In the course of nine months last year, local photographer Rich Pomerantz traveled to Cuba twice. First he and his wife, Celia went as part of a group and then they returned a second time leading a group of photographers. Based in Havana, Rich and Celia met local residents, artists, officials and entrepreneurs. Some played a part in the recent history of the island, others were struggling to survive, and others were hoping for a better life under the recently relaxed economic rules. Rich & Celia were invited into private homes and saw both the tourist sites and also the back streets not meant for tourists, all the while making photographs of the people and places they encountered. Join Rich for a tour through modern Cuba, with its hopes, dreams, decay and new ideas illustrated with a slide show of his photographs. Meet the people he met, hear their stories, and learn what life is like in the island nation we share so much with, yet which has been closed off to us for so long.
		Location: Wykeham Room
Friday October 4, 2013 -  Sunday October 6, 2013
	5:30 PM  -  10:00 PM	Washington Connecticut Antiques Show
		Contact: Wendy Rhodes   860-868-7586   gunndevelopment@biblio.org
		The Washington Connecticut Antiques Show will be held on October 4, 5 & 6, 2013, with the Preview Night party on Friday evening, October 4 and the Collectors Party on Saturday evening, October 5. Outstanding dealers will exhibit superb antiques and collectibles at the Washington Primary School in Washington Depot, CT. This major fundraiser benefits the Library and Museum.
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