An illustration of a Revolutionary War soldier overlays an etched landscape of woods and waterfalls. The Scotch Plains Public Library will present "The American Revolution: An Environmental Perspective" on Wednesday, April 15 at 7pm.

How did the colonists experience the environmental impact of the Revolutionary War? Historian Blake McGready draws on fascinating letters, diaries, and orderly books to show how the revolutionary past connects to our environmental present and future.
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Image shows our program title: Resisting the Spell: How Jane Austen Redefines Beauty, illustrated with a graphic of a Regency-era woman in a yellow gown, facing a mirror. The mirror shows an image of the face of actress Jennifer Ehle in her role as Lizzie Bennett in the 1995 BBC miniseries Pride and Prejudice.

It's the 250th anniverary year of Jane Austen's birth! Join us for an engaging talk by Professor Kenneth Brewer, exploring how Austen invites us to question why we value beauty, & whether we can—or should—resist its allure. Wed. 8/27 @ 7pm. Register: scotlib.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=210913