EVENTS AT THE TRURO MEETING HOUSE

Located at 3 First Parish Lane at Town Hall Road and Bridge Street, near Truro Town Hall

In showcasing the historic Truro Meeting House, the Friends have presented more than 62 talks, musical performances, poetry readings and special events since the founding of the Friends in 2012. An estimated 2,200 people attended.

Monday, July 11, 7 pm

Sentimental Journey Big Band opens the Meeting House Season with their dancing-in-the aisles selections of favorites.:

The Concert was Recorded:

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Monday, July 18, 5 pm

Books We’ve Read,” organized by Carlotta Dyer Zilliax, local participants read sections of books they found significant and would recommend. 

(This event was not recorded)

Sunday, July 24, 5 pm

Richard Hersh “We are Losing Our Minds: What Happens When Higher Education Fails America”

A lecturer at Yale College and a former president of two leading liberal arts colleges, Richard Hersh is a prominent critic of higher education who has called for a re-thinking of how we teach (or don’t) college students. He describes what students receive at most colleges and universities as “conveyer belt” education, even at our most elite institutions. Hersh claims that there is too little “higher” learning taking place and thus too little educational value produced at a very high cost. In a very real sense we are metaphorically losing our best minds.

The Talk was Recorded:

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Monday, August 1, 7 pm

Tim Richards talks about the Truro Tide Mill. The Tide Mill, once located on Mill Pond, was a fixture in the town’s economy from 1790 to 1860, harnessing one of the world’s oldest sources of power. Richards grew up sailing in the local waters and returned here to purchase a house that he and his wife Meg Clarke later discovered was close to the site of the old mill. Richards will talk about the mill’s history and the potential for a tidal power renaissance.

The Talk was Recorded:

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Monday, August 8, 7 pm

Co-sponsored by the Truro Public Library

Stephen Kendrick speaks on his book Nine Days: the Race to Save the Life of Martin Luther King and Win the 1960 Election. Less than three weeks before the 1960 presidential election, 31-year-old Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested at a sit-in at Rich’s Department Store in Atlanta. That day would lead to the first night King had ever spent in jail―and the time that King’s family most feared for his life. An earlier, minor traffic ticket served as a pretext for keeping King locked up, and later for a harrowing nighttime transfer to Reidsville, the notorious Georgia state prison where Black inmates worked on chain gangs overseen by violent white guards. While King’s imprisonment was decried as a moral scandal in some quarters and celebrated in others, for the two presidential candidates―John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon―it was the ultimate October surprise: an emerging and controversial civil rights leader was languishing behind bars, and the two campaigns raced to decide whether, and how, to respond. America’s political landscape would be forever changed as a result. Stephen and Paul Kendrick’s Nine Days is a page-turner that tells the incredible story of what happened.

The Talk was Recorded:

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Sunday, August 14, 7 pm

Co-sponsored by the Truro Public Library

David Corn: Our Nation in Crisis

David Corn returns to the Truro Meeting House where he will share views from his cockpit as Washington Bureau correspondent for Mother Jones about the current political crisis roiling our nation and comments from his upcoming new book, An American Psychosis: An Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy. His expose of the infamous Mitt Romney tape of his callous “47% remarks” about the poor and federal safety net programs delivered at a gathering of wealthy donors won Corn the 2012 Polk Award.

The Talk was Recorded:

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PLEASE NOTE: The first 1:45 minute introduction has no sound. But the problem was fixed and the rest is OK.

Sunday, August 21, 7 pm

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Hyannis Sound, Cape Cod’s finest a cappella group was founded in 1994. Named after the body of water, Hyannis Sound is a professional a cappella group of ten college-aged singers from across the country who come together to spend their summer making incredible music. Yearly auditions are held to showcase a different cast every summer. Hyannis Sound strives to provide a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the young men who fill its ranks each summer.

The Concert at the Meeting House was Recorded:

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PLEASE NOTE: Fast Forward to skip the pre-concert set-up recording.

First Congregational Parish of Truro Services are at 10 am Sundays beginning June 19 through September 18, 2022

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