The Milton Public Library’s teen book club has selected Uglies by Scott Westerfeld as its March pick. “In Tally’s world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time.
Arts / Culture
Brahmin family’s home marks a half-century as a Milton institution
from Wicked Local Milton
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Forbes House Museum in Milton, staff members have opened new spaces in the house to the public and are preparing to launch new exhibits. (Read the full story here.)
Evening of Voice and Verse at East Congregational
All are invited to join the East Congregational Church community for a celebration of our lives in words and music.
Our community is filled with countless stories that help us to understand our diverse backgrounds, cultures and experiences. “Open at the East” seeks to look for the thread that connects us together in a common human bond.
Broadway dream closer for native of Milton
from Wicked Local Milton
Milton native Courtney Nolan Smith is edging closer to her “ultimate goal” of starring on Broadway. From Feb. 26 through March 16, she will star in the musical revue “The All Night Strut” at Ocean State Theatre Company in Warwick, R.I. (Read the full story here.)
Milton Public School Art Students Recognized
The Milton Public Schools are proud to announce that 19 students at Milton High School have been named winners of the 2014 Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards. Thousands of student submissions from across the state were judged by a panel from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Acclaimed columnist Suzette Standring releases new guidebook on writing
RRP International Publishing is proud to announce two new releases this January by author Suzette Martinez Standring: The Art of Opinion Writing and a re-issue The Art of Column Writing.
Standring, a widely syndicated columnist with GateHouse Media and former president of The National Society of Newspaper Columnists, has written a new journalism guidebook, The Art of Opinion Writing: Insider Secrets from Top
Op-Ed Columnists.
Two South Shore women are rising stars in comedy world
from The Patriot Ledger
Kendra Cunningham and Shea Spillane, two comediennes with South Shore roots, are creating a lot of laughter while on the way up in the comedy world. Both competed in the recent Boston Comedy Festival. (Read the full story here.)
Forbes Museum Lecture: Joseph Pierce, Chinese Soldier in the Civil War
Corporal Joseph Pierce
A lecture, the first in a series of special 50th anniversary programs, will take place at the Museum on Saturday, 8 February 2014 at 2pm. Irving Moy, President, 14th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, Company F, will present, “Chinese Born Combatants in the Civil War; The Life of Corporal Joseph Pierce.”
Comedy from Milton’s Jenny Slate gets a warm Sundance reception
from The Patriot Ledger
The comedy “Obvious Child,” starring Milton native and “SNL” alum Jenny Slate has become a Sundance darling. The film was bought by distributor A24 after a well-received screening last week. (Read the full story here.)
Milton Library Teen Book Club Announces February Selection
The Milton Public Library’s teen book club has selected The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater as its February pick. “It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.