MCMA member Jonathan Eiten will be opening his exhibit of Oil Paintings on the First Friday Artwalk,July 5th and during the month of July in the library Tuesday,Wed.&Thurs.10:00am to 3:00 pm, more info on the Artist can be found at
Second floor, elevator accessible, 519 Congress St.FMI call 773-8396 or e-mail at mcma1857@gmail.com
MCMA Library First Tuesday Book Club
July 2nd-Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich(non-fiction)
“Ehrenreich tells the reader that she developed the idea for this book over an expensive lunch with the editor of Harper’s, Lewis Lapham. Ehrenreich wondered how unskilled workers survive on such meager incomes; particularly, she was interested in how the 4 million women who were about to be booted into the labor market by welfare reform were going to make it at $6 or $7 an hour. Ehrenreich was not thrilled about undertaking the task herself. She remembers that even in the 1960s, when her fellow college students sought jobs in factories to organize the working class, she was not interested. Ehrenreich has witnessed various loved ones pull themselves out of the misery that can be associated with low-wage work. Ehrenreich decides to consider the project a scientific experiment, as she has a Ph.D. in biology. She learns that in 1998, 30% of the workforce worked for $8 an hour or less. She cannot imagine how these people survive, and wants to uncover their tricks” Introduction-TheBestnotes.com
The MCMA library book club meets on the first Tuesday of each month in the library at 12:00 noon, bring a sandwich, dessert coffee and tea provided.
For more information you can call Pat @ 773-8396 during library
hours,Tue.,Wed,Thurs.10:00 am to 3:00 pm, 519 Congress St.
0r e-mail mcma1857@gmail.com
