Schwamb's Mill Brook Exhibit At Town Hall; Opportunity This Afternoon

Arlington MA

26 September, 2021

12:55 PM

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Your Arlington Last Updated: 26 September 2021 Written by Lynette Aznavour Selected materials from the popular Old Schwamb Mill exhibit, "A Brook Runs Through It: Arlington's Mill Brook Legacy," are on display in the Arlington Town Hall Gallery on the second-floor at 730 Mass. Ave. The Mill Brook exhibit was researched and curated by Old Schwamb Mill staff and board members and originally was shown in 2018-2019 at the mill's gallery. Informational panels, illustrated with historic photographs and maps, describe the owners and businesses at nine mill sites along the brook's three-mile course from East Lexington to the Lower Mystic Lake. The exhibit provides an historical and ecological overview of the Mill Brook, its legacy of water-powered mills, and the amazing variety of products invented and manufactured in Arlington. On Sunday, Sept. 26, from 4 to 6 p.m., visitors have a special opportunity to see this exhibit during a convenient weekend afternoon. The exhibit will remain on view until November 10 during Town Hall's regular weekday hours. Masks are required inside the building. Please join Old Schwamb Mill staff and volunteers at this exhibit viewing to learn more about Mill Brook and its fascinating legacy. For more information, call 781-643-0554. As reported in March 2020, a high-quality eight-minute video documentary viewable online, updated, called"Mill Brook Rediscovered," is part of an adapted version of a 2019 Old Schwamb Mill exhibit scheduled to be shown in Town Hall from March 2 to April 30. A reception was set for Sunday, March 22, in the second-floor gallery, but that has been postponed in view of the coranvirus. New video by Glenn Litton of Arlington. "Mill Brook Rediscovered" was produced and directed by Arlington resident Glenn Litton under the auspices of the Schwamb Mill Preservation Trust. Litton is a former producer and executive producer for WGBH-TV, associated with Emmy-winning programs, including "The Advocates, " "The Living Planet" and "Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale." His own production company, DocuThis, based in Arlington. "I hope that anyone who watches the video would have an emotional response to it—that the viewer would feel pride in all that Mill Brook contributes to the town's natural environment and history," Litton said in a 2019 interview with YourArlington freelancer Judith Pfeiffer. YourArlington.com has provided news and opinion about Arlington, Mass., since 2006. Publisher Bob Sprague is a former editor at The Boston Globe, Boston Herald and Arlington Advocate. Read more at https://www.yourarlington.com/about.