2015 - 2016
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Book of the Year |
The Other Final Contenders:
The Art Forger by B. A. Shapiro The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown Euphoria by Lily King TransAtlantic by Colum McCann |
Kickoff 2016: The U. S. Space Program with Lester Gerhardt
Lester Gerhardt, engineer, RPI professor, and an expert on space exploration, blasted off Season 5 of TTOB! He presented a fascinating program featuring the development and amazing successes of the U. S. Space Program detailing his personal involvement. The enthusiastic audience of adults and children responded with thought provoking questions. He ended with the question most critical to readers of this year’s winning book, The Martian: “When will we travel to Mars?”
“Science fiction does not exist.
It is only a matter of time. It is all doable.” |
Robot Demonstration followed by THE MARTIAN movie starring Matt Damon |
Students from Shenendehowa’s first Aerospace Science class demonstrated robots they constructed! They impressed an appreciative audience with their robotic expertise. “It is scary how smart theses kids are,” whispered one audience member.
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Gardening 101 in Changing Times with Sue Beebe
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Books & Lunch 2016 |
Andy Weir, author of The Martian, first published this year’s Two Towns-One Book (TTOB) Community Read as a blog on his website! Community readers joined us for lunch, raffles, “Kids Read, Too!” challenge, and a fascinating Panel Discussion on Blogging!
Our Panel:
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