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Pastel Workshop on March 27

The Worthington Library Offers “Van Gogh’s Starry Night,” an Expressive Pastel Painting Workshop For Adults

The Worthington Library will host award-winning pastel artist Gregory John Maichack’s workshop: “Van Gogh’s Starry Night: How to Pastel Paint
Expressively” on Saturday, March 27, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. This pastel painting workshop is designed for beginners and experienced artists. Seats may fill quickly so please call 413-238-5565 to pre-register. All materials included.
Participants will freely experiment with hundreds of the artist’s professional grade hard Nupastels and soft Rembrandt pastels, white charcoal and pastel pencils, assorted Canson pastel paper, indigo and black paper, and more in this fun pastel painting workshop.
“This project is supported in part by a grant from the Worthington Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.”

Interfaith talk at the Worthington Library March 3 at 7:oo pm

Andras Arthen of Worthington, along with his family and other members of The EarthSpirit Community, recently returned from Australia where they joined thousands of other international participants attending the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Melbourne.

The Parliament is the oldest and largest interreligious conference in the world, having been held initially in Chicago in 1893. That particular event marked the first time that religious leaders and dignitaries from the mainstream Western faiths met formally with their counterparts from Asian religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism, giving rise in our culture to an interest in such practices as Yoga and Zen which continues to this day.

The Melbourne Parliament, from December 3-9, brought together some 6,500 delegates from most of the many spiritual traditions including Buddhists, Christians, Sikhs, Muslims, American Indians, Zoroastrians, Pagans, Jews, Yorubans, etc. The week-long event featured over 600 workshops, lectures, ceremonies, panel discussions, and artistic presentations which provided insight into the richness and diversity of the world’s religions and addressed the roles that those institutions can play in resolving some of the major problems that we face today.

Andras Arthen, who is a member of the Parliament’s Board of Trustees, will offer a talk about the event (including a slide presentation) at the Worthington Library on Wednesday, March 3 at 7:00 pm. For more information about the Parliament of the World’s Religions, go to http://www.parliamentofreligions.org/ .

Book Club to discuss The Great Gatsby

When was the last time you read The Great Gatsby? You have the opportunity to read it again and discuss it with your library neighbors on February 25th at 7:00 pm. Now you can express your opinions without being graded! Come join us and have a great time with this classic F. Scott Fitzgerald book. Copies of the book are available at the library if you need one.

BUY A BOOK - SEE A MOVIE ON FEBRUARY 13

On Febrary 13, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, the Friends of the Worthington Library will hold their annual Mid-Winter Book Sale at the Worthington Town Hall. Early Bird Browsers may come at 9:00 am for a $10 donation. If you have books to donate, they may be left on the stage at the town hall through Friday. Accepted are hard covers, paperbacks, fiction, non-fiction, CDs, DVDs, videos and audio tapes. Please, no textbooks or software. If you would like to volunteer your time or if you have questions, call Laurie at 238-4229 or Susan at 238-0047.

This is a great book sale and there will be a bake sale to benefit the library as well!

After you have found those wonderful bargains, come experience another - a free movie at the library! We have chosen a wonderful film for our February Second Saturday Movie. Look for the posters to see our selection. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Worthington Library. Join us at 6:00 pm and bring your own snacks.

Second Saturday Movies

The Worthington Library is starting a great new program: Second Saturday Movies. On the second Saturday of each month, at 6:00 pm, we will be showing a movie in the library. We will start with classic movies so if there is something you'd like to see come in and make your wishes known. Look for the posters and collect the bookmarks which will tell you what will be showing. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Worthington Library.

DriveSharp at the Library

The Worthington Library has received a new brain fitness software called DriveSharp, a series of game-like computer exercises proven to sharpen driving skills, improve reaction time and cut car crash risk by up to 50%. This has been provided by AAA Pioneer Valley and PositScience and is available to up to 25 patrons. The program is available on one of the library's computers or a disc can be checked out and the program installed on a home computer. Internet access and audio is required. The recommended training schedule is 20 minutes long, 3 to 5 days per week. Patrons following the recommended schedule can expect to complete the program in 7 to 10 weeks. Come into the library for more information and improve your driving skills.