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Poetry Reading at the Walpole Town Library – 4/23/25
April Ossmann & Lesle Lewis
Wednesday, April 23 @ 7pm, Walpole Town Library
The Walpole Town Library is delighted to host a reading with poets April Ossmann and Lesle Lewis.
Please come prepared to share. WE seeks what unites us, how to change our perceptions to heal families, friendships, and country of incivility and villainization by practicing greater compassion, by seeing past egos to souls. April will read from WE, share stories of being a bridge, and invite audience participation with short (2-minute) personal stories of positive interactions with people you know or met: fellow shoppers, travelers, service providers, neighbors, etc., whose politics may differ from yours, but with whom you shared a moment of mutual humanity. April is the author of We (Red Hen Press, 2025) and Event Boundaries and Anxious Music (Four Way Books), recipient of a Vermont Arts Council Creation Grant, and former executive director of Alice James Books. She is an independent editor at: www.AprilOssmann.com; and has taught at the low-residency MFA in Creative Writing Program at Sierra Nevada College.
Lesle Lewis will read from her forthcoming chapbook, Hydrogen, as well as a few poems from previous books. Her poems do not genreally tell good-feeling stories or stories of any sort; she likes to think that by putting disparate things together and favoring inclusivity, the new sense in her poems might be useful. Why should we deny contradictions and juxtapositions and why should we not give each other everything? She is the author of five poetry collections: Small Boat (2003), Landscapes I & II (2006), lie down too (2011), A Boot’s a Boot (2014), Rainy Days on the Farm (2019) and the chapbook It’s Rothko in Winter or Belgium (2012). Lesle lives in Alstead, New Hampshire. Her website is www.LesleLewisPoetry.com.
Help Our Trails Day – 5/17/25
3rd Annual
Help Our Trails (HOT) Day
Saturday, May 17, 9 am – 12 pm
For the 3rd consecutive year, the Walpole Trail Committee is inviting the public to help us prepare our town’s trails for the upcoming hiking season. This year’s Help Our Trails (HOT) Day will take place on May 17, 2025, from 9 am to 12 pm. Due to the chilly weather and slow vegetation growth so far this spring, we have postponed HOT Day by two weeks from the date announced in the April Clarion.
Volunteers will meet at the Walpole Town Hall, divide into small teams, and go out to work on trail maintenance projects at designated locations around Walpole. HOT Day trail work will include clearing fallen branches, trimming vegetation, maintaining drainage, picking up litter, and making selected repairs and improvements on trails at Mill Pond Sanctuary, Fanny Mason Forest, the Cheshire Rail Trail, and elsewhere in Walpole.
Please dress for trail work and bring your own water, work gloves, and hand tools (clippers, loppers, hand saws, etc.) if you have them. Do not bring chain saws or power tools. Litter bags will be provided. No dogs, please.
To sign up or to get more information, please email walpoletrailhelpers@gmail.com. Advance sign-up is strongly recommended.
This is a great chance for Walpole trail users to help our trails while having fun together. Please join us for the 3rd Annual HOT Day, Saturday, May 17th, from 9 am to noon. Rain date is Sunday, May 18th.
Wendy Grossman
Walpole Trail Committee
Cast of Witnesses: A Musical – 4/11/25
Cast of Witnesses – A new Cantata comes to Walpole
On April 11, 7-8 PM, Walpole Congregational Church will host the performance of an original cantata, Cast Of Witnesses. The cantata recounts the events of Jesus’ triumphal entry to Jerusalem, his subsequent trial and unjust execution, and his Easter resurrection. The main witnesses sing solos written by local lyricist, Carol Clark, outlining their feelings and motivations as these events unfold around them. The nine soloists are supported by a large chorus who round out the Cast of Witnesses. Musical Direction by Tim Golden; Director, Philip Turner. Come, hear and see this unique musical retelling of the Passion narrative.
A matinee performance 1:30-2:30 PM will be hosted on April 13th at Life on Main and a final evening 7-8 PM performance on April 15th at St. Luke’s, both in Charlestown. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.com for $10 and at the door. Children will be admitted for free. More information? Call 603-504-4637. Reserve your seat soon.
Great Decisions – 4/14/25
“Great Decisions”
Our Public Forum Resumes on Monday, April 14
“America at a Global Crossroads”
“America at a Global Crossroads”— our next “Great Decisions” public forum — will be moderated by Adrian Basora, former United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. This discussion will be on Monday, April 14, 6:00 p.m., in the Walpole Town Library, and promises to be a timely and illuminating analysis of what we now might describe as “American Foreign Policy in the Crosshairs.”
We are grateful to have Adrian Basora – trustee of the Foreign Policy Research Institute and member of the Council on Foreign Relations – to guide us through this uncharted territory.. During his 33 years in the U.S. Foreign Service, Adrian served in former Soviet Bloc countries and worked on programs supporting their transition to democracy.
The Foreign Policy Association’s article by G. John Ikenberry, “America at a Global Crossroads,” is available at the library. Writing in November 2024, following the election, Ikenberry describes three strategic choices for American foreign policy. The America First agenda of Trump’s administration has already broken with liberal internationalism, challenging rules-based, multilateral cooperation and traditional alliances. What are the dangers and advantages this nationalism poses for our future security? A copy of the relevant article can be emailed to you upon request by contacting Jane Malmberg, Library Director: jmalmberg@walpoletownlibrary.org
All are welcome to join at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, April 14, in the Hubbard Meeting Room, Walpole Town Library, or via Zoom. We begin with a Master Class video prepared by the Foreign Policy Association which cannot be shown over Zoom. So those of you joining via Zoom, please join at 6:20 p.m. For the Zoom link, please contact Jane Malmberg in advance of the meeting: jmalmberg@walpoletownlibrary.org
Sue Kibbe
Artful Afternoons at River Valley Church – Beginning 3/26/25
Beginning Wednesday March 26th, River Valley Church is excited to welcome 2nd – 5th grade students to join us in creating art and sharing a snack after school. This program is free, but does require registration. Weekly attendance is not required to participate – join us when you can! The program will run through June 11th. Students at the Walpole School can take Bus 2 to be dropped off at the church. Students must be picked up by a parent or legal guardian by 5 pm. This program is being led by Emily Heddon and Beth Vickers.
You can register using the QR code on the attached poster or using this link: Registration Link
The Walpolean 
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