Madison Public Library October 2022
All lecture programs are online via Zoom. You will receive Zoom instructions and online meeting information in your registration confirmation email in addition to a reminder email prior to the date of the program.
Please register at madisonnjlibrary.org.
When There Were Witches: An Exploration of the Salem Witch Trials
Tuesday, October 11 at 7 p.m.
In January of 1692, a strange illness seized control of five young girls living in Salem Village, a contentious and divided town in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. When medical professionals couldn’t identify the illness, the town believed the girls had come “under an evil hand.” Events soon spiraled out of control with local divisions and a splintered colonial government feeding the frenzy. Archivist Mickey DiCamillo unravels the events with archival documents from the period, and program participants will interact with transcripts from the 1692 interrogations of suspected witches.
How To Send Your Kids to College Without Going Broke
Wednesday, October 12 at 7 p.m.
Join Jodi Bloom, college funding expert and founder of Cornerstone College Solutions, as she helps families with children of any age figure out how to pay for college without jeopardizing retirement. Learn how to reduce your out of pocket expenses and the overall cost of college.
Learn the “ins and outs” of the financial aid system and how to maximize what your student
An Introduction to King Tut and His Tomb
Monday, October 24 at 7 p.m.
The discovery of the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun in 1922 was arguably the most famous archaeological find of the 20th century. How was the tomb discovered? Who were the scholars responsible for the find and who was the Boy King and why did his tomb survive largely intact for thousands of years while those of so many other pharaohs were lost? This well-illustrated presentation seeks to answer those questions as we celebrate the centennial of this amazing discovery.
