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It's tradition that the Friends of James Blackstone Memorial Library annual Fall Book Sale be held on the town Green, but this year the sale will be held in a different location. Given the Main Street Reconstruction Project, we are excited to announce that the book sale will be held this year at Branford Train Station (upper lot) on September 17-20. Branford &nbsp;Train Station, a few minutes from the Green, is on 39 Maple Street. 
You will find at the sale a wide range of highly curated and carefully selected books for all interests and ages, including fiction, biography, history, literature &amp; poetry, sheet music, and children's and teens books, plus CD's, DVD's, vinyl and much more. &nbsp;The Fall Book Sale is the Friends' biggest fundraiser of the year with over 50,000 items for sale and includes 42 different categories and 235 subcategories.
The sale begins on Thursday, September 17 at 5:00 pm for Friends members only, then opens to the public at 7:00 pm. &nbsp;Hours are 9:00 am to 7:00 pm Friday, September 18 and Saturday, September 19 and from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm on Sunday, September 20. &nbsp;A $10 fill-a-bag promotion will take place on Sunday with bags provided.
Friends of James Blackstone Memorial Library is an all-volunteer non-profit organization formed to support the Blackstone Library in providing enrichment programs, activities and materials for adults, teens and children through fundraising and advocacy. Funds raised by Friends go towards library programming, museum passes, digital subscriptions, book purchasing and much more.
Visit blackstonelibrary.org/friends for more information. &nbsp;Choo...Choo...

Local Event: Friends of the Blackstone Library Announces Location for 2026 Fall Book Sale

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It's tradition that the Friends of James Blackstone Memorial Library annual Fall Book Sale be held on the town Green, but this...

Friends of the Blackstone Library Announces Location for 2026 Fall Book Sale

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Friday, June 5th&nbsp; (5-7PM)
Saturday, June 6th (10-1PM)
The Fine Arts, Flower and Verse Show at the Wallingford Senior Center showcases artwork in various mediums. Wallingford Garden Club floral designers creatively interpret the art through stunning floral arrangements, while poets from Wallingford Library craft verses inspired by each piece. An additional art show complements this unique and collaborative artistic celebration. FREE event.

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Jay Heritage Center

Nothing says spring better than our popular Classic Design Luncheon and Lecture! We’re honored to feature Genevieve Wheeler-Brown, the author of&nbsp;<a href="https://beyondblueandwhite.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">“Beyond Blue and White.”</a>
Wheeler-Brown’s book explores the history of Delftware ceramics, focusing on the often-overlooked roles of women as makers, patrons, and collectors, from 17th-century factory owners like&nbsp;Barbara Rotteveel&nbsp;to Gilded Age collectors like&nbsp;Mrs. J. Pierpont Morgan. A must for devotees of decorative arts and the history of material culture. 
Location: The award-winning Jay Estate Gardens designed by Nelson Byrd Woltz. Co-Chairs, Tracy Edwards, Liz Garrett, Emmy Lambert, Lindsay Bello Martin and Suzanne Clary.
Guests will enjoy botanical cocktails and a tour of the blue and white blooms of our gardens at 11:30am followed by lunch and lecture at 12 Noon. Booksigning at 1:30pm. Catering provided by Scarborough Fair Catering.
Spring garden attire and hats encouraged! 
Tickets start at $150. Tables of 10 start at $1500
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All proceeds will benefit JHC's family and adult horticulture programs.
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GENEVIEVE WHEELER BROWN
Founding Genevieve Wheeler Decorative Art Advisory in 2003, Genevieve comes to the advisory business with more than 12 years of experience in the auction world, strong generalist knowledge and a wide range of contacts in American, European and Asian decorative and fine arts.
Genevieve began her career with Christie’s in 1992 with the European Decorative Arts Department after working as an intern at The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C. in 1990. She was then asked to run Overseas Consignments at Christie’s Park Avenue, a department that handled inquiries for European based auctions including Indian and Southeast Asian art, Islamic Art, Miniatures, Textiles and Cameras. In 1995 Genevieve became the New York contact for sales of Fabergé and Russian Silver at Christie’s Park Avenue and most recently was as a specialist in Fine Musical Instruments at Christie’s Rockefeller Center from 1998 to 2003.
While at Christie’s, she was involved with important sales such as ‘The Pine Cone Egg’ by Carl Fabergé and ‘The Taft’ Stradivari which fetched the auction record for an instrument sold in the United States. She has also been an appraiser on the PBS production ‘The Antiques Roadshow’.
A supporter of several fine and decorative art related institutions, Genevieve has served on the Board of the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York, served as a member of the Young Fellows Steering Committee of the Frick Collection from 1995 to 2005 and co-Chaired the Winter Antiques Show Young Collector’s Night, New York in 2004, 2005, and 2006.
Genevieve currently advises several organizations including <a href="https://www.dumbartonhouse.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Dumbarton House</a>, a Federal period house museum in Georgetown, as a board member as well as for <a href="https://www.thewintershow.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Winter Show</a> as a vice-chair of Opening Night and as co-founder of The Winter Show Luncheon.About The Jay Heritage Center
The nonprofit Jay Heritage Center (JHC) is dedicated to preserving, protecting, and revitalizing a place that has meaning for all Americans: The Jay Estate. The property is the centerpiece of the Boston Post Road Historic District, Westchester County's only National Historic Landmark District,&nbsp;an irreplaceable cultural and natural resource.&nbsp;
Through lectures, workshops, volunteer opportunities, school programs, and concerts, JHC offers timely lessons in history, environmental conservation, architecture, and social justice, while tracing the evolution of democracy in the United States. It hopes to inspire the future historians, civic advocates, and stewards of our fragile cultural and natural resources.&nbsp;
Just as the architects of our nation’s government pursued self-improvement through dialogue about our nation’s most relevant topics, JHC promotes learning through programs led by prominent experts, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, and academics in a variety of disciplines from sustainability to legal history.
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