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Take a break from holiday planning and join Forest Park Branch Library manager Reggie Wilson and staff member Irina Grinshteyn for a memorable afternoon of classical music. Their featured performers will be classical cellist Boris Kogan and pianist Sofya Shainskaya. Boris Kogan performs with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. Sofya is an accomplished pianist, organist, and music educator. Our special performance will be held:
Saturday, November 22 at 1:00 p.m. in
Forest Park Library's *Community Room
Boris and Sofya will talk about their experiences as musicians and coming to the U.S. from Russia. The performers' playbill will include different musical styles and time periods including Romantic and Baroque. There will be a significant educational component of the program, as they will talk about the contributions of such classical music giants as J.S. Bach, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky, and Saint-Saens and perform musical selections from some of these composers.
There is no admission charge for this concert. Please come early for the best seating. The Friends of the Springfield Library will provide refreshments. *Unfortunately, the community room is not yet wheelchair accessible
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Please join us at Forest Park Branch Library for a free showing of the moving documentary Vietnam Long Time Coming. The documentary traces the return of 45 American Vietnam War veterans to Vietnam after leaving there over a quarter century ago. Their bicycle tour through the breadth of modern-day Vietnam provides some good memories but unfortunately also unearths many horrors. The Vietnam War is considered one of the bloodiest and most divisive wars since America's Civil War. From 1959 to 1975 when American soldiers left the embattled country, over 58,000 Americans (including 200 from Western Massachusetts) and approximately 5 million Vietnamese were killed during the bloody conflict. The award-winning documentary will be shown:
Saturday, November 8 at Noon in Forest Park Branch Library's
Community Room located at 380 Belmont Avenue, Springfield, MA.
Reviewed by Reggie Wilson
There is a saying in Vietnam that "We fight against those who run away, and not those who return." Who would have imagined that in 1998, 45 American Vietnam War veterans would return to Vietnam and embark on a grueling 16-day, 1,200-mile bicycle tour through the heart of the Vietnamese countryside? The veterans' odyssey begins in Hanoi and proceeds along Vietnam's Highway Route 1. The highway would take them through 19 provinces and most of the country's major rivers and mountain passes before reaching their final destination at Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Their visit had numerous stops along the way to meet with the Vietnamese people and spread a message of reconciliation and peace. During a very emotional speech to a gathering of Vietnamese citizens, a spokesman for the veterans whose face was badly disfigured from a fierce war battle said, "We were selected to be members of this team because we were veterans of the Vietnam War. We now think of ourselves as friends of the Vietnamese people."
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