Author: Lyme Public Hall & Local History Archives

If at first you succeed, play it again! And all that jazz!

This Wednesday at 7:00 pm, another opportunity for musicians to sit-in, another opportunity for the rest of us to listen-in. We did this a month ago and had a few surprises.  We expect more of the same this month. Please join in, one way or the other, for things unexpected because it’s all about jazz.

Digging in the Local History Archives

We recently had the opportunity to listen to Lyme resident and [Ret.] Professor of American Studies George Willauer speak about Joseph Caples (1873 to 1954) who lived on Gungy Road in Lyme.  (Videos of this talk is in the Archives Video Gallery.). George researched Joseph in our Local History Archives, a sanctuary for Lyme history housed…

Countdown to Zero Hour: 24 October, 2:00 pm

On Sunday 24 October at 2:00 pm, we present the third and final lecture in the series on Germany from 1919-1946 by Rolf Wolfswinkel, [Ret.] Professor of Modern European History at New York University. The title of the lecture, ‘Stunde Null’ (Zero Hour), refers to the period after midnight on 8 May 1945, the end of World…

George Willauer’s Hour Tuesday, 5 October

This Tuesday, George Willauer is giving his long-awaited talk “Joseph Caples and the Land of Steady Habits.  It begins at 7:00 pm and we look forward to welcoming you. Joseph was a Lyme resident whose diaries can be found in our Local History Archives. The times being what they are, we’re taking a number of…