More about Southampton's Community Read Programs

A Sense of Place Kickoff with Claire Dacey. A local artist and natural/cultural historian who specializes in exploring and sharing the stories of our unique landscape, Claire will give an overview of some of the many forces that have shaped Southampton's landscape and character over time. Back to activities

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Wingmasters Presents: North American Birds of Prey This presentation by Julie Anne Collier and Jim Parks, both licensed raptor rehabilitators based in Massachusetts, incorporates five live birds, and is designed to explain the birds' place at the top of the food web, their different hunting adaptations and their status in a rapidly changing world. Because Many birds of prey are declining in number, this presentation also features one or more of the endangered raptors that we care for, and explains why these species face an uncertain future.

Set in the Vermont countryside, Water Witches is the tale of the clash between progress and tradition, science and magic. In the midst of a nightmarish New England drought, cynical ski industry lobbyist Scottie Winston is trying to get a large ski resort the permits it needs to tap an already beleaguered river for snow. His wife, his little girl, and his sister-in-law—dowsers or "water witches"—all hope to stop him, however, in this gentle, comic, life-affirming novel.