Nechama Tec, Westport author of Defiance: The Bielski Partisans, showed a clip from the 2008 film Defiance based on her book. She and her son Roland Tec, the co-producer of the film then discussed it on Sunday,November 15, 2009.
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David Pogue, New York Times personal technology columnist, discussed his new book The World According to Twitter, a fascinating collection of clever and often hilarious tweets, on Saturday, November 14, 2009.
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Mark Mathias, an information technology executive, taught the basics of LinkedIn, a business-oriented social networking site, including how to set up a profile, how to use LinkedIn as a tool for finding a job, and the etiquette of asking for and giving recommendations, on Saturday, November 7, 2009.
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Joanna Greenfield discussed her book The Lion's Eye: Seeing in the Wild, which describes her dream of traveling to East Africa to study one of the last known populations of wild chimpanzees, on Thursday, November 5, 2009.
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Author Harriet Reisen spoke about her book Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women, which gives a fresh, modern take on this remarkable and prolific writer, on Wednesday, November 4, 2009.
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Katherine Hall Page, an award-winning mystery author, discussed her new book The Body in the Sleigh, the latest in her popular Faith Fairchild mystery series, on Monday, November 2, 2009.
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Men of Mystery featured two accomplished mystery writers, Peter Lovesey and James Benn in a discussion with Joe Meyers of the Connecticut Post on Sunday, October 25, 2009.
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Richard H. Frisch, founder of RHFtech, discussed Windows 7, Microsoft's newest operating system, including what is new and exciting (and what is not) in Windows 7, on Saturday, October 24, 2009.
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Janis Abrahms Spring, Westport author and clinical psychologist, presented her honest portrayal of the daunting yet fulfilling task of caring for her aging father through his final years of life, chronicled in Life with Pop: Lessons on Caring for an Aging Parent, on Wednesday, October 21.
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Ian Kennedy of The Schegg Group discussed how to develop networking skills on Wednesday, October 21.
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Louis P. Masur, author of Runaway Dream: Born to Run and Bruce Springsteen's American Vision, discussed his book, on the making of the album that launched Springsteen and his E Street Band, on Monday, October 19.
Michael Franco, digital camera expert, explained how to download photos from a digital camera to a computer, as well as how to organize and store the photos, print, or email them on Saturday, October 17.
Poet Kevin Pilkington read selections from his poetry, including his just-released book In the Eyes of a Dog on Thursday, October 8, 2009.
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Wendy Walker discussed her gripping new novel, Social Lives, a tale of domestic intrigue and social aspirations in the super-wealthy suburbs of Connecticut on Wednesday, October 7, 2009.
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Ron Drew, an experienced presenter on jobseeker topics, discussed various targeted ways to communicate information about yourself and your experience in the job search process, on Thursday, October 1, 2009.
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Kate Walbert led a discussion of her new book, A Short History of Women, which offers a profoundly moving portrayal of the complicated legacies of mothers and daughters, on Wednesday, September 30, 2009.
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Marina Marchese, author of Honeybee: From Hive to Home, Lessons from an Accidental Beekeeper, discussed about how she acquired her own bees, built her own hives, harvested honey, earned a certificate in apitherapy, studied wine tasting in order to transfer those skills to honey tasting, and eventually opened her own business on Tuesday, September 29, 2009.
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Laura Shapiro, an award-winning culinarian historian, spoke about her book, Julia Child, a refreshing look at one of the most beloved icons of American culture, on Wednesday, September 23, 2009.
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Michael Shavel of the CT Department of Labor discussed current wage and salary data, employment projections, jobs in demand, training requirements, and working conditions on Tuesday, September 22.
Jobseekers is funded by Jerry A. Tishman.
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Robert Lipsyte, the witty, humorous host of an innovative PBS series, Life (Part 2), offered insights into how to navigate the process of reinventing yourself in an ever-shifting landscape on Tuesday, September 22.
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Margot Berwin and Matthew Dicks, two first-time published authors discussed their books the writing process, and their publishing experiences on Monday, September 21, 2009.
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TEAM Westport's fifth conversation in the Series on Race was an open forum on the Henry Louis Gates Jr incident in Cambridge, on Thursday, September 17.
Notes from the conversation.
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Lev Grossman, senior writer and the book critic for Time magazine and the author of the bestselling novel Codex, spoke about his new book The Magicians: A Novel, a thrilling and original coming-of-age novel about a young man practicing magic in the real world, on September 16, 2009.
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Jennifer Scott, founder of HireEffect, gave a practical overview of tools such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter and show how to directly apply these tools in a job search, on Tuesday, September 15.
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Author, chef and restaurant owner Sarma Melngailis discussed her new book Living Raw Food: Get the Glow with More Recipes from Pure Food and Wine on Wednesday, August 12.
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On Monday, August 3, for the last in the Dog Days of Summer series, Cora Martin, a volunteer puppy raiser for Guiding Eyes for the Blind, talked about the process of raising these puppies with the love, socialization and basic obedience it will need to succeed as a guide dog.
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On Thursday, July 30, dog trainer and behavior therapist Jody Rosengarten discussed tips and tricks on training your dog.
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On Monday, July 27, mystery authors Margaret J. Ehrhart and Jane K. Cleland discussed Jane Austen's Emma and how it works as a mystery.
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On Thursday, July 23, Westporter Dr. Veronica Rynn, certified animal chiropractor, discussed the critical points on how to prepare checklist and make plans to keep everyone safe.
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On Monday, July 13, Westport native, New Yorker staff writer, and debut author David Grann discussed his book The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, soon to be a major motion picture starring Brad Pitt. Grann brings to life the remarkable story of British explorer Percy Fawcett and his fateful 1925 quest for the Lost City of Z, the famed El Dorado, in the impenetrable jungle canopy of the Amazon.
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On Wednesday, July 8, Paul Bailo, founder and CEO of Phone Interview Pro, talked about the importance of the telephone interview for job candidates making an initial contact with prospective employers.
Funded by Jerry A. Tishman.
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On Tuesday, July 7, PCMag.com’s cell phone expert Sascha Segan discussed the best ways to make your BlackBerry more entertaining, useful, and fun.
Click on this PowerPoint link (BlackBerry app world.ppt) to view his slide presentation while listening to the podcast.
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On Tuesday, June 30, TEAM Westport and the Library co-sponsored an open forum on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for a seat on the Supreme Court.
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On Wednesday, June 17, author and illustrator Tracy Sugarman discussed his new book, We Had Sneakers, They Had Guns: The Kids Who Fought for Civil Rights in Mississippi, which chronicles the sacrifices, tragedies, and triumphs of the 1964 Freedom Summer.
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On Sunday, June 14, explorer, award-winning journalist and field scientist Richard Wiese discussed his book Born to Explore: How to Be a Backyard Adventurer, on his experiences traveling around the world and living an outdoor life right here in Westport.
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On Wednesday, June 10, Emmy award-winning media personality and executive producer Phil Donahue screened and led a lively discussion on The Body of War, a feature documentary about the true face the war in Iraq.
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On Thursday, June 4, Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Chairman Emeritus, IBM Academy of Technology, Visiting Lecturer at MIT moderated a stimulating Community Conversations on the society implications of the current financial crisis with the panel also including Dan Gross, senior editor at Newsweek, Al Puchala, co-founder and managing director of Signal Equity Partners and Naomi Starobin, WSHU Public Radio news director.
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On Wednesday, June 3, David Leonard Downie, Director of Environmental Studies at Fairfield University, Gavin Schmidt, a climatologist and climate modeler at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and Joshua Wolf, a freelance photographer led a discussion on "ready to go" solutions.
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On Tuesday, June 2, UConn professor Gina Barreca discussed her new book It's Not That I'm Bitter...: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying about Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World, a hilarious, honest, and telling collection of autobiographical essays.
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On Monday, May 18, Westport author and media analyst Eric Burns discussed his latest book All the News Unfit to Print: How Things Were... and How They Were Reported, which puts the media under the microscope.
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On Thursday May 14, publishing and technology industry analyst John Blossom, author of Content Nation: Surviving and Thriving as Social Media Changes Our Work, Our Lives, and Our Future spoke about how social media’s influence is far more transformational than many may believe.
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On Wednesday, May 13, Edward Pleasant, a performing artist in opera and musical theater as well as in concert, recital and recording, presented the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance focusing on Langston Hughes.
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On Monday, May 11, Arthur Mitchell, renowned dancer, choreographer, director and co-founder and of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, discussed dance and how it both reflected and was a reflection of the culture of the Harlem Renaissance. He also brought a professional dancer from The Dance Theatre of Harlem who performed.
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On Friday, May 8, Simon Winchester discussed his newest historical biography, The Man Who Loved China, about Joseph Needham, a brilliant intellectual and free-thinker who spent his life attempting to verify that China was responsible for hundreds of mankind’s most important inventions.
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On Thursday, May 7, Laurie Woodard, Ph.D., lecturer in African-American Studies and History at Yale, talked about the literature and authors of the Harlem Renaissance.
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On Wednesday, May 6, Professor Bill Messenger, lecturer in music at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University and narrator with The Teaching Company Great Courses, spoke about the fabulous songs and songwriters of the Harlem Renaissance.
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On Sunday, May 3, Cynthia E. Russett, Ph.D., Larned Professor of History at Yale University, examined the decade that saw an astonishing outpouring of black art, poetry, fiction, drama, and music.
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On Saturday, May 2, award-winning author Laurie King discussed the latest in her popular mystery series about detective Sherlock Holmes, The Language of Bees.
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On Tuesday, April 7, Nina Planck, a food activist who challenged the way old-fashioned foods like butter were viewed, discussed her newest book Real Food for Mother and Baby: The Fertility Diet, Eating for Two, and Baby’s First Foods, on why traditional foods are best.
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