Calling all cooks:  our first Favorite Thanksgiving Recipe Contest has begun! Enter by emailing your original/favorite recipe (in full) to plref@ocln.org before noontime on November 14th.  (We have extended our deadline!). PLEASE credit where you found the recipe if it’s not your own creation. Your subject line should be: Thanksgiving Recipe Contest.  There are four […]

Have you ever wondered what it takes for an author to create an authentic local sense of place in a novel?  Or how our own hometown works as a literary setting?  Circle your calendar now to join us on Thursday, November 12 at 11:00am for a special program, Dr. Richard M. Shiff Forum Presents: Literary […]

Join us on Wednesday, November 18th for an exciting virtual program by the musical ensemble Seven Times Salt.  They will be presenting a live demonstration, Pilgrims’ Progress: Music of the Plimoth Colony Settlers 1590-1645, for us at 7:00 pm including both footage and musical clips.  The presentation will follow the settlers from their homes in England’s […]

We hope you can join us on Monday, November 9 at 11:00 for a virtual visit with author Kathryn Aalto when we will be featuring the Dr. Richard M. Shiff Forum presents: Writing Wild: Women Poets, Ramblers and Mavericks. In her exciting new book, acclaimed author, Kathryn Aalto explores twenty-five classic, new, and overlooked female […]

The Dr. Richard M. Shiff Forum presents: Stephen Page, Jazz Pianist on Wednesday, November 4th  at 7:00 pm live on Zoom. Stephen Page’s improvisations will delight and mesmerize listeners. He is a master at taking the standard popular repertoire and creating it to fit a more contemporary sound. His favorites include works by Herbie Hancock, […]

Do you know how to get the most out of your DSLR camera?  Join us on Tuesday, October 27 at 7:00 PM when photographer and teacher Robert Michelson will present a virtual workshop to explain tips and tricks when using your DSLR camera.  This is a great class for photographers of all abilities and will […]