The KOH Library and Cultural Center will be closed on the following dates in March:
March 10th - Please support the Jewish Film Festival at the Crest Theater
March 24, 25, 31
Sunday, March 3, 2013
KOH BOOK CLUB - MARCH MEETING
The KOH Book Club meeting for March will be held on Tuesday, March 19th at 7 p.m. This month Soni Meyer will be reviewing the book, "The Art Forger" by B.A. Shapiro. Newcomers always welcome! Contact Jolie for more information. See below for a short summary of this book:
On March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art worth today over $500 million were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. It remains the largest unsolved art heist in history, and Claire Roth, a struggling young artist, is about to discover that there’s more to this crime than meets the eye.
Claire makes her living reproducing famous works of art for a popular online retailer. Desperate to improve her situation, she lets herself be lured into a Faustian bargain with Aiden Markel, a powerful gallery owner. She agrees to forge a painting—one of the Degas masterpieces stolen from the Gardner Museum—in exchange for a one-woman show in his renowned gallery. But when the long-missing Degas painting—the one that had been hanging for one hundred years at the Gardner—is delivered to Claire’s studio, she begins to suspect that it may itself be a forgery.
Claire’s search for the truth about the painting’s origins leads her into a labyrinth of deceit where secrets hidden since the late nineteenth century may be the only evidence that can now save her life. B. A. Shapiro’s razor-sharp writing and rich plot twists make The Art Forger an absorbing literary thriller that treats us to three centuries of forgers, art thieves, and obsessive collectors. it’s a dazzling novel about seeing—and not seeing—the secrets that lie beneath the canvas.
On March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art worth today over $500 million were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. It remains the largest unsolved art heist in history, and Claire Roth, a struggling young artist, is about to discover that there’s more to this crime than meets the eye.
Claire makes her living reproducing famous works of art for a popular online retailer. Desperate to improve her situation, she lets herself be lured into a Faustian bargain with Aiden Markel, a powerful gallery owner. She agrees to forge a painting—one of the Degas masterpieces stolen from the Gardner Museum—in exchange for a one-woman show in his renowned gallery. But when the long-missing Degas painting—the one that had been hanging for one hundred years at the Gardner—is delivered to Claire’s studio, she begins to suspect that it may itself be a forgery.
Claire’s search for the truth about the painting’s origins leads her into a labyrinth of deceit where secrets hidden since the late nineteenth century may be the only evidence that can now save her life. B. A. Shapiro’s razor-sharp writing and rich plot twists make The Art Forger an absorbing literary thriller that treats us to three centuries of forgers, art thieves, and obsessive collectors. it’s a dazzling novel about seeing—and not seeing—the secrets that lie beneath the canvas.
EVIE LIEB LECTURE PROGRAM
"In Search of The Perfect Recipe for.......Passover"
Date: Monday, March 11. 2013
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: KOH Library and Cultural Center
Please join us for the first program in an on-going lecture series that will take us on a journey with Evie Lieb and other passionate Jewish cooks in search of "perfect" recipes in a myraid of categories. Come with questions and stories to share about your favorite recipes and family food traditions. This program is free and open to the entire community. Questions and/or to r.s.v.p., please contact Mehrnaz Halimi or Taliah Berger.
Date: Monday, March 11. 2013
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: KOH Library and Cultural Center
Please join us for the first program in an on-going lecture series that will take us on a journey with Evie Lieb and other passionate Jewish cooks in search of "perfect" recipes in a myraid of categories. Come with questions and stories to share about your favorite recipes and family food traditions. This program is free and open to the entire community. Questions and/or to r.s.v.p., please contact Mehrnaz Halimi or Taliah Berger.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Monday, January 7, 2013
Reminder: Like Everyone Else... But Different, The Jews of Canada
See previous post for details.
A fruit and dessert reception in honor of Mr. Kashenberg follows the program. There is no admission fee although donations to help support our beautiful non-profit facility are greatly appreciated.
New, Newer, Newest Arrivals
With the new year, KOH has many new opportunities for reading, learning, laughing, and borrowing.
Some of our newest arrivals from December and January are listed below. Please stop by - or go to our online catalog at kohlcc.org - to peruse our collection.
Received from our Wish List:
On the Wings of Eagles, by Micha Feldman
Jewish Jocks, Edited by Franklin Foer and Marc Tracy
Open Heart, by Eli Wiesel
A Kosher Christmas, by Joshua Eli Plaut
DVD:
Bruriah
Books:
Glass Hearts, a novel by Terri Paul
Don't Ever Get Old, a mystery by Daniel Friedman
An Uncommon Journey, a memoir by Deborah Strobin and Ilie Wacs
A Jewish Understanding of the New Testament, by Samuel Sandmell
A Little Russian, historical Fiction by Susan Sherman
The Whipping Club, a novel by Deborah Henry
The Art Forger, a novel by Barbara A. Shapiro
City of Women, a novel by David Gillham
The Promise of Israel, by Daniel Gordis
Fitting in is Overrated, A Survival Guide for Anyone Who Has Ever Felt Like an Outsider,
by Leonard Felder, PhD.
Some of our newest arrivals from December and January are listed below. Please stop by - or go to our online catalog at kohlcc.org - to peruse our collection.
Received from our Wish List:
On the Wings of Eagles, by Micha Feldman
Jewish Jocks, Edited by Franklin Foer and Marc Tracy
Open Heart, by Eli Wiesel
A Kosher Christmas, by Joshua Eli Plaut
DVD:
Bruriah
Books:
Glass Hearts, a novel by Terri Paul
Don't Ever Get Old, a mystery by Daniel Friedman
An Uncommon Journey, a memoir by Deborah Strobin and Ilie Wacs
A Jewish Understanding of the New Testament, by Samuel Sandmell
A Little Russian, historical Fiction by Susan Sherman
The Whipping Club, a novel by Deborah Henry
The Art Forger, a novel by Barbara A. Shapiro
City of Women, a novel by David Gillham
The Promise of Israel, by Daniel Gordis
Fitting in is Overrated, A Survival Guide for Anyone Who Has Ever Felt Like an Outsider,
by Leonard Felder, PhD.
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