"Helen M. Whall is professor in the English Department of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA Prof. Whall has a loyal and enthusiastic following in the Greater Boston area, where she frequently lectures on Shakespeare."--Container.

"On November 7, 2001, during a talk at the Annual Fall Luncheon sponsored by the Friends of the Weston Public Library, Pam Fox shared with over 100 friends how her monumental work was born. It is a very personal intimate, and at times humorous account of the years it took for her and also Weston President Sally Gilman to search for, look at, choose and then prepared for publication thousands of photographs related to the history and architecture of...

"Antoinette Prien Schultze has been sculpting for 29 yrs., and her work is most frequently called monumental, humanistic, and dynamic. Antoinette has completed and installed several public sculptures won in open competition, most notably Manchester, New Hampshire's ten foot bronze "Mill Girl". She recently won a commission from the YWCA of Lewiston, Maine where she will be installing a bronze, granite, and glass sculpture titled "Her Story". Her public...

"Kemin Hu, of Newton, MA, is a collector of Chinese Scholar's Stones. While crowing up in Shanghai China, Kemin, trained as a civil engineer, learned first to appreciate the "gongshi" as they are called in the original Chinese, from her father, a collector of Chinese art and antiques."--Container.

"David Wesley Copplestone went to the Art Institute of Boston for four years and spent a great amount of time at the Museum of Fine Arts to learn from the great artists, among them Van Gogh for his colors and Cezanne and Degas for their drawings. Of this exhibit he states: "It is my goal to capture in these paintings some of the infinite moments we share that define our lives. Using line and color as my tools, I give to these common experiences my...

"Murray Alan Drobnis, of Framingham, has been photographing nature and other subjects in New England. His interest in photography started in high school and continued through his college years and when he was in the navy. When he retired from his business in '94, he was encouraged by his family and friends to go back to his hobby, and as can be seen to his first love. At the Premier Gallery in Ashland his architectural study done in Rockport won a...

"Ray Doyle of Maynard, MA, studied at the Museum School, MFA, and the Art Institute of Boston. Painted in Ireland, Germany, Italy, Canada, Bermuda and throughout the USA. Ray has received the prestigious "Copley Artist" designation from the Copley Society, Boston. Ray has also been commissioned to paint historical buildings and portraits of many sports and political figures. His works hang in numerous private and corporate collections."--Container....

"Sara Sue Pennell, PSA, was elected Mast Pastelist by the Pastel Society of American on September 14, 1997. As a painter, Sara Sue looks for light, space, color. Herschooling included the Penna Academy of Fine Art, the Barnes Foundation in Merion, PA, and classes with Janet Monafo."--Container.

"Joe Shortsleeve, WBZ Newscaster and Weston resident, was invited by the Friends of the Weston Public Library to speak on September 24 at the Library. When we watch the evening news programs it is easy to think that the events just happen and then get reported during the shows. Shortsleeve gives us a behind the scenes understanding of the effort that goes into putting the daily newscasts together, including timing, what gets included and what gets...