2022 FALL FESTIVAL
September 30th
October 1st
October 2nd
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Friday, September 30th
6:00 PM – Norfolk Library
The Brendan Gill Lecture
Tomi Obaro, author of Dele Weds Destiny
a novel
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Followed by a public reception at Manor House Inn (69 Maple Ave, Norfolk)
Catering provided by the Norfolk Pub.
Saturday, October 1st
10:30 AM – Norfolk Library
Fierce Enough to Be Free: Five 19th Century Women Who Helped Spark the First American Civil Rights Movement
Janice Nimura, author of The Doctors Blackwell
In conversation with
Dorothy Wickenden, author of The Agitators
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1:00 PM – Norfolk Library
Nijinska, Ballet, Modernism
Lynn Garafola, author of La Nijinska
In conversation with
Marina Harss, author of the forthcoming biography on Alexi Ratmansky
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2:30 PM – Norfolk Library
Russia and Ukraine at War
Brigid O’Keeffe, author of The Multi-Ethnic Soviet Union and its Demise
In conversation with
Victoria Smolkin, author of A Sacred Space Is Never Empty: A History of Soviet Atheism
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5:00 PM – Husky Meadows Farm
Benefit Event – ticketed
A Haystack Evening at Husky Meadows Farm
30 Doolittle Drive, Norfolk
Kitchen Confidential: Inside the World of New York Times Cooking
Sam Sifton, founding editor of NYT Cooking and author of The NYT Cooking No-Recipe Recipes
In conversation with
Melissa Clark, author of Dinner In One
Followed by a reception in the garden at Husky Meadows Farm – ticketed event and registration limited. Feast on treats created by the talented chefs of Seed & Spoon.
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Sunday, October 2nd
9:30 AM
A Walk Through City Meadow – Insects in Our Village – Come and walk with us through the city meadow in Norfolk with Dr. Kimberly Stoner, Agricultural Entomologist Emeritus at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.
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11:00 AM – Norfolk Library
Collapsing Populations and the Fight for Life
Oliver Milman, author of The Insect Crisis
In conversation with
Michelle Nijhuis, author of Beloved Beasts
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