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In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between music—its performance, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it—and the human brain.

Taking on prominent thinkers who argue that music is nothing more than an evolutionary accident, Levitin poses that music is fundamental to our species, perhaps even more so than language. Drawing on the latest research and on musical examples ranging from Mozart to Duke Ellington to Van Halen, he reveals:

Join Pat Foxx as she guides participants through the basics of watercolor painting in an informal, relaxed setting.  All materials will be provided.  Registration in person at the Help Desk, with $5.00 deposit refundable in class.

Join Pat Foxx as she guides participants through the basics of watercolor painting in an informal, relaxed setting.  All materials will be provided.  Registration in person at the Help Desk, with $5.00 deposit refundable in class.

Join Pat Foxx as she guides participants through the basics of watercolor painting in an informal, relaxed setting.  All materials will be provided.  Registration in-person at the Help Desk, with $5.00 deposit refundable in class.

Join local filmmaker Mary Collura for a screening of Encapsulate, a short documentary film that focuses on the central part of the Warwick Village Sesquicentennial and the August 2017 opening of the 1967 time capsule buried 50 years previously.

"How are you handling change?  Many changes are occurring now in the lives of all of us, but does 'change' have to equal 'crisis'?  No.  Not if you have the means with which you can change your experience of change - and that is what you are holding in your hand. This is more than a book about change. It's about how life itself works.

"How are you handling change?  Many changes are occurring now in the lives of all of us, but does 'change' have to equal 'crisis'?  No.  Not if you have the means with which you can change your experience of change - and that is what you are holding in your hand. This is more than a book about change. It's about how life itself works.

"How are you handling change?  Many changes are occurring now in the lives of all of us, but does 'change' have to equal 'crisis'?  No.  Not if you have the means with which you can change your experience of change - and that is what you are holding in your hand. This is more than a book about change. It's about how life itself works.

"How are you handling change?  Many changes are occurring now in the lives of all of us, but does 'change' have to equal 'crisis'?  No.  Not if you have the means with which you can change your experience of change - and that is what you are holding in your hand. This is more than a book about change. It's about how life itself works.