Adults Ages 18+ / Registration Required (Zoom)

Museum enthusiasts, this one is for you! On Wednesday, May 29 at 7 PM, The New Yorker cartoonist and author Bob Eckstein will join us virtually on Zoom to celebrate his most recent release, Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums: Stories and Memorable Moments from People Who Love Museums. This delightful twist on an art history book is filled with lush and whimsical illustrations paired with stories and anecdotes from curators, museum workers, museum visitors, and more. The 75+ museums featured include the biggest and boldest names (MoMA, the Whitney) and the more offbeat (Museum of Bad Art, the Museum of Jurassic Technology.) This promises to be a fun and fascinating conversation!

Bob Eckstein is an illustrator, cartoonist, writer, and snowman expert. He's done cartoons for publications like The New York Times, MAD magazine, and The New Yorker, and authored The History of the Snowman, and Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores, which became a NY Times bestseller. Bob's work has been exhibited in: The Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco; the Smithsonian Institute; The Cartoon Museum of London and in 2018; and The Sordoni Art Gallery at Wilkes University. He's been twice nominated for Gag Cartoonist of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society, and has written columns and features for countless magazines. Follow Bob on Twitter at @BobEckstein and Instagram at bob_eckstein.

This virtual program is presented in conjunction with Ashland (MA) Public Library.

Register at this Zoom link. 

Questions? Call the library at 432-7154 or email Librarian Maria.