Category: Events
Starting a Small Business 2024
Wednesday March 13, 2024Wednesday March 13 at 6:30 P.M. Free Reservation required Refreshments will be served […]
The Gala at the Boathouse
Tuesday August 1, 2017The Second Century Fund of the Welles-Turner Memorial Library Presents SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2017 6-10 P.M. With Gina Barreca (HUMORIST, COLUMNIST, AUTHOR, PROFESSOR) […]
Almost two decades after the Second Century Fund of the Welles-Turner Memorial Library helped grow widespread public support for the library’s major expansion and renovation, raising $740,000 in private donations to offset the project’s cost to the town, they continue to raise funds for the library’s capital needs, which are upon us once again. Our […]
Paul S. Krantz, Jr. to visit Welles-Turner on February 8, 2015
Wednesday January 14, 2015Paul S. Krantz, Jr., professional sailor and author of Riding The Wild Ocean, will visit Welles-Turner Memorial Library, Glastonbury, on Sunday, February 8 for a book talk and signing at 2PM in the Friends’ Room. At three years of age, Paul Krantz began sailing with his father; at fifteen, he started to teach sailing and […]
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Author Susan Campbell – Book Talk & Signing, May 19th
Saturday April 26, 2014Monday, May 19, 2014, at 7 PM – Riverfront Community Center 300 Welles Street, Glastonbury. Free admission – Open to the public – Refreshments served. The Second Century Fund’s next book talk will be by Susan Campbell, award-winning author of Dating Jesus and the just-published biography Tempest-Tossed: The Spirit of Isabella Beecher Hooker. Ms. Campbell, […]
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Gallery: Books, Bites & Bordeaux
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September 15, 2013 — Books, Bites, and Bordeaux!
Friday July 19, 2013On Sunday September 15, 2013, at Riverview Farm, 489 Tryon Street, Second Century Fund presents: Books, Bites, & Bordeaux — a celebration of local food, wine and cookbooks, featuring Glastonbury food guru Jackie Parente. In her book talk, Jackie Parente will discuss how her passions of local food and writing converged, and will give a […]
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Twist of Lemmon: A musical memoir
Sunday June 10, 2012The Second Century Fund was thrilled to sponsor Chris Lemmon’s musical memoir, Twist of Lemmon. Chris, a long-time supporter of the Welles-Turner Memorial Library and a founding member of the Second Century Fund, played to an enthusiastic audience at Glastonbury’s Riverfront Community Center in June 2012. Check out a clip of Twist of Lemmon here. […]
Amy Bloom — Author visit and book talk
Thursday April 5, 2012March 31, 2012 – After her first planned visit was cancelled in October 2011 due to Winter Storm Alfred, Second Century was pleased to welcome author Amy Bloom to Glastonbury’s Riverfront Community Center on March 31. Amy talked of her early life and how she came to love and write books, and gave a reading […]
