Programs

Join historian Christopher Daley to hear about Mercy Brown "The Vampire" of RI, the cursed Freetown State Forest, the horrors of the Lizzie Borden House in, a haunted forest in the wilds of CT, the ghostly happenings at Mount Washington Hotel, and evidence of ghosts at the John Alden House. Present-day photographs and historical period photographs meld historical fact together with legend and myth to produce an interesting and fascinating new look at events that really happened and the stories of hauntings that followed them. 

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Millions around the world gasped as the fire on April 15, 2019 engulfed the roof and spire of the cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris. Art Historian Mary Woodward led us through the history of this hallowed ground, from the first cathedral on the site in the 6th century to the Notre-Dame we knew as a masterpiece of French Gothic architecture, built between the 12th and 14th centuries. through current developments in the restoration.

CLICK HERE for Mary's list of additional resources or CLICK HERE for a link to books available at the library.

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Presenter Brandon K. Gauthier, Adjunct Professor of History for Fordham University and the Director of Global Education at The Derryfield School, speaks passionately, and loudly, about his enduring interest in the lives of people--both ordinary and extraordinary--who find themselves caught up in the waves of history. In this presentation, he examined the broader history of North Korea since 1948 and highlighted the historical conditions that led to the emergence of the Kim family dynasty and helped participants understand continued tensions on the Korean peninsula in the present.

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