Father and stepmother. In massachusetts. The bookstore in falls river hosted this event. Hello. Good afternoon. Welcome to politics and pros. Thanks for coming out on this very beautiful day. Were very 34r50esed to have Cara Robertson here to talk about her new book the trial of Lizzie Borden. A little housekeeping. Lets take a moment to silence our cell phones. Ill do that, too. We are recording. Cspan is with us today so we dont want any extra noise or interruptions. After cara speaks there will be time for q a so if you have a question youd like to ask her, if you could use this microphone here so we can pick stuff it l of our would be great. We have a lot going on at politics and pros, even at the what were and union market and check it out on our social media. You may enjoy our True Crime Book Group that meets every third tuesday of the month in the coffee house. My name is jenny, im a bookseller here and really glad to introduce Cara Robertson. Shes a lawyer and educated at harva
Many of you know that we have a lot going on here. That, checkop of out our events calendar. Book, are a fan of this you may enjoy our true crime book club. I am a bookseller here. I am glad to introduce our speaker. She is a lawyer. She served as a Legal Advisor to the International Criminal tribunal and was a visiting scholar at stanford law school. She first started researching. He Lizzie Borden story this is her first book. She addresses one of the most infamous murders in American History. It remains a ubiquitous part of american law. Salacious away the and mythologized details and uses primary sources like Court Transcripts and letters to have a total look at the case. [applause] i am not expecting a call. This is just to make sure that i do not talk too long. Much for coming on such a beautiful day. You have been working on a subject as long as i have, there is always the year that you are involved in some kind of intellectual stockholm syndrome. I will give you a little bit of
Shes the librarian of congress been there since 2015. Before that she was the executive director at Dance Heritage Coalition where now she provides outreach to artists and national preservation. This is vitally important. Im a dancer in another part of my life and im excited about this. She advises organizations on how to find funding or assistance for records and coauthored with an attorney a book on copyright and fair use to navigate issues. She is also really interested in how the art next to other parts of history and culture and that is very much what we will see today. Im looking forward to it so i will say no more and offer libby smigel. [applause] thanks. I really am thrilled to see all of you here on this extremely muggy day and giving up your time to come to this presentation. I want to thank the staff for inviting me to come and talk about things that i really care about dearly. And also, i am looking forward to you offering comments and questions at the end. Because one thi
An attorney a book on copyright issues. Use to navigate how the art ted in connects to or parts of history and culture and that is very what we will see today. Im looking forward to it so i offer y no more and libby. Thanks. I really am thrilled to see all f you here on this extremely muggy day and giving up your time to come to this presentation. Want to thank the staff for inviting me to come and talk really care that i about dearly. Am looking forward to you offering comments and at the end. Because one thing especially at that we ry of kofpfof congress can celebrate as the other Worlds Largest library, once you start opening turning over a mushroom or a stone you find so much more need to ask. Ly nd you find more pieces of the puzzle. I hope you will feel that way with my talk today. I will be learning from you at end of this and i hope you can take away some thoughts that for your ere valuable time spent with us today. Choice of topic today came from two interests. First one is th
She is a librarian of congress and a dance curator. She has been there since 2015. Before that, she was the executive director at Dance Heritage Coalition where now she provides outreach to artists and national preservation. This is vitally important. Im a dancer in another part of my life and im excited this work is happening. She advises organizations and artists on how to find funding or assistance for records and coauthored with an attorney a booklet on copyright and fair use to navigate issues. But she is also really interested in how the arts connect to other parts of history and culture. And i think that is very much what we will see today. Im looking forward to it so i will say no more an offer libby smigel. [applause] thanks. I really am thrilled to see all of you here on this extremely muggy day and giving up your time to come to this presentation. I want to thank the staff for inviting me to come and talk about things that i really care about dearly. Also, i am looking forwa