On Sunday, March 30, 2025, the Claire T. Carney Library Association will welcome former Boston Globe television critic Matthew Gilbert for a talk, followed by a question-and-answer conversation with Gilbert on his insights into the world of television.

Since 1987, Boston Globe readers enjoyed Gilbert’s features on books, television, movies, and pop culture. When his weekly column focused on television in 1997, he reviewed such popular shows as “Deadwood,” “NYPD: Blue,” “The Sopranos,” “Six Feet Under,” and countless others. As television shifted to cable and streaming services, Gilbert explored outstanding shows that were now able to create deeper, more complex characters, calling “Breaking Bad” the second-best TV series ever. His column curated a viewing list for readers and thoughtfully analyzed the plot lines, characters, and cliffhangers that become discussion topics for many fans.

Gilbert holds an M.A. in English literature from the University of New Hampshire where he was the managing editor of the bimonthly arts magazine, Boston Review, from 1981-1986.  He also served as managing editor of a national magazine, The New Age Journal, from 1986-1987 and has contributed articles for Slate, Esquire.com, San Francisco Chronicle, Parade and Bark. His book, Off the Leash:  A Year at the Dog Park, was published by St. Martin’s Press in 2014. Gilbert has also interviewed actors, writers, authors, and celebrities including Shirley MacLaine, Meryl Streep, John Travolta, David Foster Wallace, Richard Ford, and Barbara Kingsolver.  Gilbert’s column ran in the Boston Globe until 2024. He continues to write, working as a freelancer and developing a second book.

A Q&A and light refreshments will follow his talk.

Register for the event through the Alumni & Friends Site.

A $10 donation is suggested and will support the Claire T. Carney Library Associates programming and special projects for the library.

Free parking is available on campus in lot 13.

For more information, please contact Susan Ahearn at sahearn@umassd.edu.

The Claire T. Carney Library Associates proudly announces its annual authors’ brunch fundraiser for the benefit of the UMass Dartmouth Claire T. Carney Library. This annual event funds materials, programs, and projects for the library. The Library Associates previously raised money to establish a Veterans’ Reading Room and sponsor scholarships.

The brunch will be held on Sunday, October 20, 2024 at Noon in the UMass Dartmouth Marketplace with parking in Lot 5.

Our featured authors will be Alan William Powers, Stephen Puleo and Jane Yolen.

For questions about this event, please contact Maria Sanguinetti at 508-991-5096 or msanguinetti@umassd.edu.

Tickets

Tickets can be purchased from Library Associates members or on the UMass Dartmouth Alumni and Friends website.

• $50 for General Public
• $45 for Library Associates Members
• $35 for UMass Dartmouth students

About the Featured Authors

Alan William Powers is the former English Department chair at Bristol Community College, who has authored eight books and numerous articles on Shakespeare and translations. He received his PhD at the University of Minnesota and has ten post-doctoral grants at Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Brown, and Bread Loaf.  Multi-talented, he has appeared in two poetry films, Keats and His Nightingale and A Loaded Gun. As a jazz trombonist, he has written jazz tunes based on British and American birdsong. He has written verse monologues based on scandalous overheard conversations and a biography of Giordano Bruno, who was sent to the Inquisition because of one bad student evaluation.

Stephen Puleo is an author, historian, teacher, public speaker, and communications professional. He holds a master’s degree in history from UMass Boston and was a Graduate Convocation keynote speaker. His master’s thesis, From Italy to Boston’s North End:  Italian Immigration and Settlement, 1890-1910, has been downloaded more than 25,000 times by scholars and readers worldwide. He was a former award-winning newspaper reporter and contributor to articles and book reviews for publication organizations, including American History Magazine, Politico, the Boston Globe, and the Bill of Rights Institute. His books include Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919, Due to Enemy Action: The True World War II Story of the USS Eagle 56, The Boston Italians: A Story of Pride, Perseverance and Paesani, from the Years of the Great Immigration to the Present Day, A City So Grand: The Rise of an American Metropolis, Boston, The Caning: The Assault That Drove America to Civil War, American Treasures: The Secret Efforts to Save the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Gettysburg Address, Voyage of Mercy:  The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine and the Remarkable Story of America’s First Humanitarian Mission and, his latest publication, The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union.

Jane Yolen is a novelist, poet, fantasist, journalist, songwriter, storyteller, folklorist, and children’s book author who has written more than 400 books translated into almost two dozen languages. A graduate of Smith College with a master’s degree in education from UMass Amherst, she has received six honorary doctorate degrees from colleges and universities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Her accolades include the Daedelus Award, the Catholic Library Association’s Regina Medal, two Caldecott Medals, two Nebula Awards from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, the World Fantasy Award, three Mythopoeic Awards, the Kerian Award, and two Christopher Awards. She is the former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. She has served on the board of directors for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators for over 25 years. She was born in New York City and grew up in Hollywood, New York City, and Newport News, Virginia. She is the mother of three and grandmother of six, dividing her time between homes in Hatfield, Massachusetts, and Scotland. Her works include a poetry collection, Radiation Sonnets: Love in Sickness and in Health, picture books Owl Moon and How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight, the novella The Devil’s Arithmetic, and numerous nonfiction books.

The Claire T. Carney Library Associates announces its special program, Italian Lifelines, featuring Rose Facchini, lecturer of Italian at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on Sunday, May 21st, 2017 in the Grand Reading Room of the Claire T. Carney Library on the UMass Dartmouth campus at 1 PM. 

The program is free and open to all.

Rose Facchini holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in history, philosophy and religious studies and a Master of Arts degree in International relations. She is currently studying Italian literature at the Middlebury Language schools for her second Master’s degree. Rose continues to expand the Italian studies program at UMass Dartmouth through the creation of three new Italian courses. Ms. Facchini will be speaking about Italian fashion through the ages and will highlight the importance of identity in Italian literature regarding its connection to the seemingly ephemeral and constantly evolving phenomenon of fashion.

This program is dedicated to Chancellor Professor Emeritus of Italian, Latin and Spanish, Giulio Massano, who passed away in April 2014. Prof. Massano was born in Sant’ Albano Stura located in the northern Piemonte region of Italy. After completing his undergraduate degree in Torino, Italy, he moved to Bogotá, Colombia where he developed a love of early Spanish literature. He received a PhD in Spanish and Italian literature of the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque periods from Catholic University of America in 1973. In 1974, he became a faculty member at the then Southeastern Massachusetts University teaching Spanish and Latin. During his first year, he petitioned successfully to add Italian to the curriculum. During his 39-year career at UMass Dartmouth, Prof. Massano also served as Chairperson of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature for 11 years

Prior to the lecture, the Claire T. Carney Library Associates will be holding a short business meeting which will include the election of officers. The CTC Library Associates will also present a check from the Library Associates to the dean of the library, Terrence Burton.

After the program, a light reception featuring Italian food and desserts will be served.

Parking is available on campus in lot 13. For further information, please contact either Rita Raymond at 508-995-3528 or Maria Sanguinetti at 508-991-5096.

Claire T. Carney Library Associates Present:
What: An Evening with Lizzie Borden – Lecture/Presentation by Stefani Koorey
Where: Marine Museum, 70 Water Street, Fall River, MA
When:  7:00 PM, Thursday, September 26, 2013

~ FREE ADMISSION ~

The program includes a lecture and slide show presentation on the infamous Lizzie Borden.

~ Reception and Book Signing to Follow ~

Special Guest Speaker … Stefani Koorey

Co-founder of the Fall River History Club and active member in the community since 2007, Stefani Koorey is an expert historian on the Borden murders of 1892. She is the author of, Fall River Revisited, Arthur Miller’s Life and Literature, and publishes the Hatchet: A Journal of Lizzie Borden and Victorian Studies. Koorey holds an MA in Theatre Arts, an MFA in theatre management, and MS in library science/digital libraries and a PhD in theatre history and dramatic criticism.

Hosted by Reverend Robert Lawrence. For more information: 508-999-8671

Co-sponsored with the Fall River Marine Museum

What: Four Outstanding Authors to visit the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Where: MacLean Campus Center at UMass Dartmouth (Park in Lot 6)
When: Sunday, March 20, 2011 ~ 10:30 AM
Tickets: $25 or free to students with an current university ID (UMass Pass).

Join the Claire T. Carney Library Associates for an opportunity to meet four outstanding authors who will talk about their creative writing process. Enjoy a light brunch while listening to the authors discuss and read from their books. Includes an author meet and greet and book signing.

Anne LeClaire

Grew up in Western Massachusetts, has worked as a radio broadcaster, an actress and journalist. She has taught writing on Cape Cod, France, Ireland and Jamaica, and to women in prison. Land’s End (1985) Listening Below the Noise: A Meditation on the Practice of Silence (2009) The Law of Bound Hearts (2004) and The Lavender Hour (2007.)

Ben Mazer

Lives in Boston, where he is a contributing editor to Fulcrum: An Annual of Poetry andAesthetics. His poetry collections include The Foundations of Poetry Mathematics (2008), Johanna Poems (2007), and White Cities (1995).

Sondra Perl

Sondra Perl is Professor of English at Lehman College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and the recipient of both a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Carnegie Foundation’s Professor of the Year award. On Austrian Soil: Teaching Those I Was Taught to Hate (2005) Writing True: The Art and Craft of Creative Nonfiction (2006) Through Teachers’ Eyes: Portraits of Writing Teachers at Work (1986).

Hank Phillippi Ryan

Widely known as a highly prized Channel 7 NEWS reporter, “Hank Investigates” she is also a best-selling mystery author, featuring a fictional Boston TV journalist who solves crimes in the Charlotte McNally Mystery Series. Investigative reporter Charlotte McNally is an expert at keeping things confident.

Additional Information:

Tickets are $25 and may be purchased at the door or in advance by mailing a check

payable to Carney Library Associates, 1032 Sterling St., New Bedford, MA 02745.

All proceeds benefit the Claire T. Carney Library at UMass Dartmouth.

Students with ID may attend the author presentations at no charge.

Information: 508 999-8671 or 508 995-3528

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