During the month of June 2015, the Milton Public Library will display the art of local resident Joyce Caggiano.  Ms. Caggiano has been drawing and painting since childhood and has received many honors for her work.  During the past 20 years  she has exhibited at Gross Pointe and Detroit, MI;  Burlington, VT; at the Jefferson Cutter House in Arlington, MA; and at the Milton Art Center.  As an ordained Episcopal priest, Joyce has been immersed in an active ministry at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Milton, and she believes that spirituality and the aesthetic are at the core of all creative human expression.  The spiritual life sustains and nourishes her creativity, and she travels to her home in Italy every summer where she finds the time and inspiration to develop her craft.  This exhibit will show her unique approach to nature through the static animation of ancient Italian olive trees.  The title of it is “Slow Dancing,” which refers to the thousand year dance movement seen through the eyes of the artist.  There will be a free and open reception in the Wotiz Gallery on Thursday, June 4^th from 6-8 PM so please come and meet the artist.  For more information about displaying your art at the Milton Public Library, contact Jean Hlady, Adult Services Librarian, at (617) 698-5757, x. 3.

Join our new Literary Book Club!  Director Will Adamczyk launches this new gathering for book lovers on Wednesday, May 20 at 7 p.m. in the Keys Community Room of the Milton Public Library. The first book selection is The Dinner by author Herman Koch.  Copies of the book will be available to borrow from the circulation desk on the first floor of the Milton Public Library, 476 Canton Avenue, Milton, MA 02186.

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Enjoy a free film showing of “The Judge” as part of the Milton Library’s “Monday Night at the Movies” series.  The movie will play on Monday, May 18, starting promptly at 6:30 pm.   Please note that parts of this movie were filmed in Milton!  It is rated R for profanity and some adult content.  This free event will be held in the Keys Community Room of the Milton Public Library, 476 Canton Avenue, Milton, MA 02186, and is sponsored by The Friends of the Milton Public Library.

Big city lawyer Hank Palmer returns to his childhood home where his father, the town’s judge, is suspected of murder. Hank sets out to discover the truth and, along the way, reconnects with his estranged family.  Starring Robert Downey, Jr., Robert Duvall and Vera Farming.

 For more events, visit www.miltonlibrary.org or call Jean Hlady, Adult Services Librarian at (617) 698-5757

“Low Tide” painting by Diane Sawyer

The public is invited to meet artist Diane Sawyer at a reception on Thursday, May 14 from 6-8 pm at the Milton Public Library, 476 Canton Avenue, Milton 02186.  Admission is free.  Ms. Sawyer’s paintings are on exhibit throughout May in the Wotiz Gallery of the Milton Public Library to the end of the month.

Diane describes her work, “My pastels are done in very soft pastels on a sanded paper.  The sanded surface allows for colors to be layered over one another, creating a sense of space and atmosphere. Working with pastel is working with pure pigment.  The surface is touched as little as possible, except in areas ilke the sky, which is usually blended.  Layering the pastel pigments has allowed me to explore light and color, and how they change over distance.  I am particularly intrigued right now with water, how it reflects the sky, but also is transparent, with the objects below and above the surface combining in an ever-changing mosaic.  All of my work is essentially about light, the way it falls on the landscape.”

She received a BFA from the Boston Museum School and Tufts University in 1979, and has completed additional coursework at MassArt, Museum School, and Bennington College.  She has also studied with numerous artists.

Ms. Sawyer is the owner and principal of Sawyer Design Associates, LLC, a graphic design studio in Milton, MA and for more information go to www.sawyerdesign.net

For more information about displaying your art at the library, contact Jean Hlady, Adult Services Librarian, at (617) 698-5757.

It’s time for a workshop on rose gardening!  On Saturday, May 16, 2015 at 11 am, Mike and Angelina Chute will present 6 Simple Steps to Successful Rose Gardening. This free event will be held in the Keys Community Room of the Milton Public Library, 476 Canton Avenue, Milton, MA 02186, and is sponsored by The Friends of the Milton Public Library.

For more events, visit www.miltonlibrary.org or call Jean Hlady, Adult Services Librarian at (617) 698-5757

The Milton Public Library’s monthly series, “Knitting with Nina” with Nina Zonnevylle continues on Thursday, May 7 at 7 pm and on Saturday, May 16  at 10 am,  so just bring any project you are currently working on for this free drop-in event on the lower level of the Milton Public Library, 476 Canton Avenue, Milton, MA 02186.

For more events, visit www.miltonlibrary.org or call Jean Hlady, Adult Services Librarian at (617) 698-5757