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Wagner’s
Die Walküre. Conductor: Adam Fischer, director: Sven-Eric Bechtolf. With Christopher Ventris, Ain Anger, Waltraud Meier, Linda Watson, and Tomasz Konieczny. Production from January 2016. Register for free and view here.
1 pm ET: Copland House presents
Underscored: Jalbert’s
Crossings. Vermont-born composer Pierre Jalbert was inspired by the migration of people voyaging into new and unfamiliar places and traces Jalbert’s own French-Canadian-American ancestry.
Crossings is built around a folk song from Quebec,
Quand j’ai parti du Canada (When I Left Canada), which is deconstructed, reinterpreted, reassembled, and reordered in inventive and unexpected ways. The program features a complete performance of the work, preceded by an introductory conversation with the composer, and followed by a live Q&A with viewers. Register and view here.
Community Content
Note: The West Roxbury branch is open for holds pickup and Printing To Go pickup only; no other in-person services are available at this time. The Roslindale branch is closed for a renovation until late 2021 but has online offerings available; for information, visithttp://friendsofroslindalelibrary.org
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Roslindale branch
Online Race and Inclusion Book Discussion ‘Caste’: 9:15-11 a.m. or 2-3:45 p.m. Saturdays, Jan. 9, 23 and 30. The group will discuss Isabel Wilkerson s latest book, “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.” Wilkerson gives a portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. She is also the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Warmth of Other Suns.” The discussion will be led by local educator Josh Frank. Because of