Book Making Workshop w/Kelly Slater
Wednesday, April 9 at 5:30pm at Lynn Museum
Join us at the Lynn Museum where Kelly Slater will lead an adult bookmaking workshop. RSVP is required. Stay tuned for more details and a link to register. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Lynn Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
Poetry, Identity, and the Power of Community
Saturday, April 12 at 11am at Lynn Museum
S.U.R.E. Diversity and Award-winning author and educator Enzo Silon Surin invite educators, book clubs, and local groups from Lynn and Swampscott to engage in meaningful conversations about identity, belonging, and community through the lens of poetry and storytelling.
Inspired by the themes explored in American Scapegoat, each 60 to 70-minute session includes a book discussion followed by a generative writing workshop. This gives participants a deeper understanding of their personal stories and roles within their communities. The event is free but requires pre-registration, click here for more.
Moby-Dick Read-a-Thon
Wednesday, April 16 at 6:30pm via Zoom from Peabody Essex Museum
Join us on select Wednesday evenings over Zoom for an amazing, year-long PEM Reads journey through Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick! Set sail with Dan Lipcan, the Ann C. Pingree Director of the Phillips Library and curator of our current exhibition Draw Me Ishmael: The Book Arts of Moby Dick, and David Snider, Director of Learning and Community Engagement. April 16, 2025 will be Session 4: Chapters 55–96, p. 205–314. The event is free but requires pre-registration, click here for more.
Visiting Writer: Matthew Phillion
Tuesday, April 22 at 12pm in Lynn Gym
Thursday, April 24 at 12pm in MS111, Old Cafeteria
Our Visiting Writer for Arts in April, action hero novelist Matt Phillion, author of The Indestructibles, will be reading April 21 in the Lynn gym at 12-1:30 and April 22 in the Old Danvers Cafeteria at 12-1:30. This will not be your average reading! A fight scene between superheroes in Matt’s book will be reenacted by Cari Keebaugh and Nicki Buscemi of the English Department. And be sure to come to the reading in costume as an action hero character from The Indestructibles. Prizes for the best cosplay will be awarded at the readings! (Need help getting started with your cosplay? Come to a Cosplay Orientation event on April 1 or 3!)