2020 NEA BIG READ: Attleboro – Circe Scavenger Hunt at the Land Trust & More!
ATTLEBORO – Circe, the lead character in this year’s Attleboro NEA Big Read novel “Circe” by Madeline Miller, endures a lot of stress and pain during her travails. She should have had access to Dr. Jim Guo.
In a NEA Big Read workshop 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, Dr. Gao will explore salves, potions and general healing practices for pain and stress.
Dr. Gao represents the Healing Cove at the Acupuncture and Chiropractic Clinic. The program is hosted by Community VNA in Attleboro. A small audience will be permitted in the VNA center on Emory Street, and the workshop will be streamed live on Facebook.
The inventor of the 37 Healing Salve, Dr. Gao will also discuss reiki, massage, and acupuncture.
At 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15, there is an NEA Big Read virtual trivia night hosted by the Attleboro Public Library. The theme will be mythology and fantasy, and the program is geared to teens and adults.
There will be a weaving demonstration at noon Saturday, Oct. 17, hosted by the Attleboro Industrial Museum.
Local weaver Lisa Doucet, who studied at the American Textile History Museum in Lowell and is a past member of both will demonstrate types of weaving, present an overview of the weaving process, and show samples of her work.
A small audience will be permitted, and the program will be streamed live on Facebook.
On Oct. 9-18, during operating hours, the Attleboro Land Trust invites you to visit the Phil and Ginny Leach Wildlife Sanctuary to search for 15 hidden gods and goddesses of “Circe” in an outdoor scavenger hunt using the free Goose Chase EDU app. Visit http://attleborolandtrust.org/leach/ for directions to the sanctuary.
Due to popular demand, the Attleboro Arts Museum’s Circe exhibit, “Scylla: The Ugly Truth Revealed,” original works by local and regional artists, continues online through October 22 at https://attleboroartsmuseum.org/scylla-the-ugly-truth-revealed/
Visit attleboros1abc.org for complete event details and to register for all of this year’s NEA Big Read: Attleboro’s programs.
To help fund Big Read programming, Attleboro’s 1ABC Committee has received a $15,000 NEA Big Read grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Also contributing funding for the two months of events in September and October are Bristol County Savings Bank Charitable Foundation, the Attleboro Cultural Council, Friends of Attleboro Public Library, Rotary Club of Attleboro and the Trustees of the Attleboro Public Library.
NEA Big Read: Attleboro partners include the Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro Area Industrial Museum, Attleboro Farmers Market, Attleboro Land Trust, Attleboro Public Library, Attleboro Public Schools, Bishop Feehan High School, Bridgewater State University, Bristol Community College, Community VNA, DoubleACS, The Literacy Center, and The Sun Chronicle.
For more information and to register for events, visit attleboros1abc.org or call the Attleboro Public Library at 508-222-0157.
NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. It encourages residents of a community to read the same book at the same time and enhance the shared experience through local arts and culture activities.
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On Oct. 9-18, from dawn to dusk, the Attleboro Land Trust invited you to visit one of their preserves to search the hidden gods and goddesses of “Circe” in a scavenger hunt using the free Goose Chase EDU app. Sign up at www.attleboros1abc.org. The NEA Big Read program website attleboros1abc.org, has more information and steps for signing up using the Events link.
In a NEA Big Read workshop 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14, Dr. Jim Gao will explore salves, potions and general healing practices for pain and stress. Dr. Gao represents the Healing Cove at the Acupuncture and Chiropractic Clinic. The program is hosted by Community VNA in Attleboro. The inventor of the 37 Healing Salve, Dr. Gao will also discuss reiki, massage and acupuncture. The inventor of the 37 Healing Salve, Dr. Gao will also discuss reiki, massage and acupuncture. A small audience will be permitted in the VNA center on Emory Street, and the workshop will be streamed live on Facebook. The NEA Big Read program website attleboros1abc.org, has more information and steps for signing up using the Events link.
At 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15, there is an NEA Big Read virtual trivia night hosted by the Attleboro Public Library. The theme will be mythology and fantasy, and the program is geared to teens and adults. The NEA Big Read program website attleboros1abc.org, has more information and steps for signing up using the Events link.
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There will be a weaving demonstration at noon Saturday, Oct. 17, hosted by the Attleboro Industrial Museum. Local weaver Lisa Doucet, who studied at the American Textile History Museum in Lowell and is a past member of both will demonstrate types of weaving, present an overview of the weaving process and show samples of her work. A small audience will be permitted, and the program will be streamed live on Facebook. The NEA Big Read program website attleboros1abc.org, has more information and steps for signing up using the Events link.