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Minds of Winter by Ed O’Loughlin – a mesmerizing novel about the chance meeting of two present-day travellers who expose one of the most perplexing mysteries in the history of Arctic exploration. (adult fiction)
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I’ll Be Seeing You by Elizabeth Berg – the poignant love story of caring for her parents in their final years in this beautifully written memoir. (non-fiction)
The World of Whales: Get to Know the Giants of the Ocean by Darcy Dobell – dive into an exploration of these majestic mammals. (children’s fiction)
Bang on a Can recital in the Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective Courtesy Mass MoCA. Photo: Elizabeth Berg
The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA) in North Adams has announced that it plans to expand its artist-in-residency programme as visual and performing artists continue to face serious job and work space losses due to the coronavirus pandemic. The initiative is funded through a $500,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and public and private donations.
The museum plans to increase the number of its residencies, previously three to six per year, to about two to four per month. Sue Killam, the director of the performing arts and film at Mass MoCA, tells
By Ann Connery Frantz
Still looking for that “something else” gift for readers? Here’s a brief look at some books that might fulfill your quest.
•Fredrik Bachman, author of the ever-popular “A Man Called Ove” and “My Grandmother Told Me to Say She’s Sorry,” has released a touching novel about life, “Anxious People.”
He writes realistically, making his character live on the pages, and deals with the highs and lows of life in a now-humorous, now-sensitive manner. All in all, the book is being received very well by readers.
•I first discovered Christopher Paolini after he wrote about dragons as a 19-year-old. His self-published “Eragon” became a movie and he followed it up with other books of the genre. Now, in the fullness of maturity as a writer, he’s introduced “To Sleep in a Sea of Stars,” a wide-open sci-fi novel about the harrowing search for life on an uncolonized planet as war erupts among the worlds on the stars.