Adult Nonfiction Book Club :Tuesday, November 5 at 6:30 p.m.
We’ll meet in the downstairs Meeting Room to discuss UFO: The Inside Story of the U.S. Goverment’s Search for Alien Life Here and Out There by Garret M. Graff. Copies are available at Main Desk.
Copies are available at Main Desk. The e-book and audiobook are both available to download from Libby.
Email Charles Schweppe at cschweppe@westfordma.gov for details!
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Adult Book Club – Thursday, November 14 at 6:30 p.m.
We’ll meet upstairs to discuss The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan .
Copies are available at Main Desk. The e-book and audiobook are both available to download from Libby.
Email Kristina Leedberg at kleedberg@westfordma.gov for details!
POSTPONED DUE TO PRESENTER ILLNESS. RESCHEDULED – November 21, 2024
Night Sky Restoration: Thursday, November 21 at 6:00 PM in the Meeting Room – Presented by Tim Brothers, Observatory Manager at MIT’s Wallace Astrophysical Observatory (Westford, MA)
Our night sky is in crisis as the fastest growing environmental problem, light pollution, turns night into day. Tim will be speaking to us about a path forward in restoring darkness to our nighttime environment. He recently completed a case study of an LED streetlight retrofit in Pepperell, MA, where by following dark-sky lighting best practices, he measured what effect, if any, there was on the night sky. The results have significant implications for how we approach future lighting installations as the Westford area develops.
Tim Brothers is the Observatory Manager at MIT’s Wallace Astrophysical Observatory (Westford, MA) and a Technical Instructor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences. He also co-founded the Massachusetts chapter of DarkSky International, where he is primarily focused on outdoor lighting policy in the region. Tim was recently awarded a minor planet designation, asteroid (28992) , for his work on asteroid detection. Register Here.
Monday Mystery Book Club – Monday, November 25th at 2:00 p.m.
We’ll meet upstairs to discuss Zero Days by Ruth Ware.
Copies are available at Main Desk. The e-book and audiobook are both available to download from Libby.
Email Linda Ernick at lernick@westfordma.gov for details!