Special Events
The Gleason Public Library is very pleased to announce
its upcoming special programs:
(All of the events are free and open to the public. Unless otherwise noted, these community events will be held in the Hollis Room, Gleason Public Library.)
The Court and the Future: A Community Panel Discussion
On Thursday, January 21st, at 7 p.m., join neighbors and experts for a panel discussion on The Court and the Future, part of our monthlong Cover to Cover events around the themes of The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, by Jeffrey Toobin. This anticipated discussion will be moderated by Phil Lotane. Participants include current and former local judges Barbara Lenk and Mark Green, lawyer Greg Peterson, and political commentary from James Bohn and Susan Stamps.
Registration is recommended and space is limited. Please call the Gleason Public Library Reference Desk 978-369-4898 to register or for more information. This panel discussion will take place at Union Hall, First Religious Society, Carlisle.
Associate Justice Barbara A. Lenk of the Massachusetts Appeals Court was born in Queens, New York. She received a B.A., magna cum laude, from Fordham University in 1972; a Ph.D. in political philosophy from Yale University in 1978; and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979. She began her legal career in 1979 at the Boston law firm of Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer (now known as Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels), and became a partner there. Her practice focused on civil litigation, with a specialty in First Amendment matters. In 1993 Governor William Weld appointed her to the Superior Court, where she served until 1995, when Governor Weld appointed her to the Appeals Court; she took her seat as an appellate justice on June 20, 1995. Justice Lenk has been involved in a number of bar-related and other civic activities. She has served on the Board of Directors of the Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association; as Chair of the Board of Editors of the Boston Bar Journal; and as a member of the Judicial Administration Council of the Massachusetts Bar Association. She currently serves as a Trustee of Western New England College and as a member of the Boston Inn of Court.
Greg Peterson practices commercial Real Estate and Environmental law, specializing in environmental and permitting strategies, brownfields redevelopment, property acquisition, disposition, development, lending and workouts, and land conservation and land use law. Greg Peterson began his practice at Hill & Barlow in Boston, continued as a partner with the global law firm DLA Piper, and recently joined the Boston firm of Tarlow, Breed, Hart and Rodgers. Greg has been repeatedly listed in Best Lawyers in America.
Greg was a principal drafter of the Massachusetts Smart Growth Zoning Act and the Expedited Permitting Act. Greg served as the President of the Massachusetts Real Estate Bar Association. He has also served as a Trustee of the Carlisle Conservation Foundation, a Trustee of the Carlisle Affordable Housing Trust, and a member of the Town of Carlisle Planning Board. Greg is a graduate of Columbia College and Harvard Law School and has lived in Carlisle since 1994.
Hon. Mark V. Green was appointed an Associate Justice of the Appeals Court in 2001 by Governor Jane M. Swift, after serving since 1997 as an Associate Justice of the Land Court. Prior to his appointment to the Land Court, Judge Green worked as in-house counsel for Shawmut Bank, BayBank and BankBoston, and in private practice with the law firms of Herrick & Smith and Goulston & Storrs.
At the Appeals Court, Judge Green is a member of the Court's Case Management and IT Committees. In 2003, he chaired the Supreme Judicial Court's Study Committee on the Preparation of Trial Transcripts, and has since continued his involvement in efforts to improve the timely preparation of transcripts of trial court proceedings, most recently chairing an SJC Task Force charged with proposing revisions to Rule 8(c) of the Massachusetts Rules of Appellate Procedure. Judge Green also is a member of the Board of Editors of the Boston Bar Journal.
Judge Green was a Carlisle resident from 1992 until last year, and served as a contributing writer to the Carlisle Mosquito Forum from 1996 until 2009. From 1994 to 1997, he was a member of the Carlisle Land Conservation Trust. From 1992 to 1999, Judge Green was a Director of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
Judge Green is an honors graduate of Cornell University and Harvard Law School.
James Bohn is the Chairman of the Carlisle Republican Town Committee. He is an economic consultant. His work involves large commercial legal disputes. He has been involved in litigation concerning the collapse of Enron Corp., antitrust issues in energy markets, and the backdating of executive stock options. He received a Ph.D. from Harvard University where he specialized in the fields of financial economics and law and economics.
Susan Stamps has been a divorce attorney since she began the practice of law in 1988. She is also knowledgeable in tax law and other financial matters pertinent to family law. Susan received her law degree from Northeastern University in 1987. She is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and is active in its Family Law Legislation Practice Group. She is an officer of the Central Middlesex County Bar Association and is a member and former Executive Board member of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation. She was an associate, then partner, of the Concord firm of Arnold & Kangas, P.C., for 13 years before opening her own practice.
In Carlisle, Susan is Chair of the Democratic Town Committee, member and secretary of the Carlisle Housing Authority, founding member of Carlisle Climate Action and representative to Town of Carlisle Energy Task Force, and Carlisle representative and Steering Committee Member of the Massachusetts Climate Action Network. She has served in the past on several other town committees, including the Carlisle Civil Liberties Committee as founding member and coordinator (presented resolution opposing USA Patriot Act to Town Meeting, which passed successfully), Carlisle Personnel Board, Carlisle Board of Selectmen representative in collective bargaining of three police union contracts, and others.
Phil Lotane is the founder of Venture Advisors Legal, LLC, and helps clients navigate their day-to-day legal issues, including corporate, employment, intellectual property and litigation matters. He was previously General Counsel for ArsDigita Corporation, a venture-backed software company. Before joining ArsDigita, Phil practiced at Goodwin Procter LLP in Boston, where he represented public and private companies in M&A and IPO transactions and the formation and closing of private equity funds in excess of $2 billion. Prior to Goodwin Procter, he was a litigator at Anderson, Adler, Cohen & Harvey and represented clients in state and federal courts, including the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Phil is the author of "Operating the LLC" in A Practical Guide to Massachusetts Limited Liability Companies (MCLE 2000, updated 2009). Phil is a cum laude graduate of Northeastern University and Suffolk University Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Suffolk University Law Review.
Registration is recommended and space is limited. Please call the Gleason Public Library Reference Desk 978-369-4898 to register or for more information. This panel discussion will take place at Union Hall, First Religious Society.
This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Gleason Public Library and is part of the Cover to Cover month of events in January 2010. Click here to read more about Cover to Cover events.
Open Book Discussion Groups: The Nine
This January, members of the Carlisle community are invited to join friends and neighbors for an informal discussion about the themes of The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, by Jeffrey Toobin. Whether part of another book group, curious about other reactions to the book, or looking for a fully entertaining hour of discourse, join us for one of our special Cover to Cover book discussions.
Thursday, January 14, 7 p.m. Led by Ann Rosas and guest expert
Tuesday, January 19, 10:30 a.m. Led by Jennifer Albanese and guest expert
Book discussions will be held in the Hollis Room on the Third Floor of the Gleason Public Library. Registration is not required.Click here to read more about Cover to Cover.
Beginners Chess for All Ages at the Gleason
Chess is a strategy game that is the most popular game in the world. Wednesday, February 10th at 7pm, in the Hollis Room at the Gleason Public Library, Glenn Davison will lead a fun introduction to chess for beginners of all ages. In one hour participants will learn the basics of playing chess, including:
- setting up the chess men
- using the pawns
- chess pieces and how they move to win
- special moves
- ten tips for playing a better game
- how to win a game of chess in 4 moves
You will have a chance to practice what you learn by playing against other beginners. Everyone is welcome.
Glenn Davison, a lifelong chess player who plays often and offers many interesting details about the game of chess, presents this class.
Glenn Davison has taught many chess classes and his students say that his workshop is interesting and fun for everyone. His instruction includes the fact that "Ivan the Terrible" was a keen chess player who died while playing chess. Glenn is a lifelong student of chess who plays chess daily and wins often. Glenn is a chess player, teacher and advocate. Glenn has been a member of the Massachusetts Chess Association and the US Chess Federation.
This free program is made possible by the Friends of the Gleason Public Library. Seating is limited and registration is required. To register or for more information, please call the Library at 978-369-4898 or stop by the reference desk.
Adult Talk Time at the Gleason Public Library
Tuesdays 10 a.m.-11 a.m.
The Gleason Public Library and Council on Aging are joining forces to promote a weekly drop-in adult talk time at the Gleason Public Library. With budget cuts looming, resources stretched, and yet an increasing request for programs and outlets for gathering in Carlisle, what better way than a simple plan to celebrate and stimulate the sharing of ideas and words at a local venue. We provide the "when" and "where", those attending provide the discussion. This weekly adult social time will take place each Tuesday, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. What will happen? Friends, neighbors, guests, and strangers can sit comfortably in the warm, well-lit library media area on the first floor and converse informally about topics of choice, catch-up on local news, or get acquainted with new townsfolk. This volunteer-led program is our inter-departmental effort to respond to your requests; please tell us if it works. This program is open to anyone.
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