This program has been postponed until further notice. Please check back for updates. Join us for an engaging presentation on current issues facing the military justice system with Eugene Fidell. Mr. Fidell will discuss legislative proposals concerning prosecution decisions and other timely issues such as: Has the military justice system become too complicated? Is its…
For two years, once a week, three abuelas and one mamá conversed around a table, sipping hibiscus tea, sharing stories, and writing, writing, writing. The tres abuelas are Maureen Seaton, Queen of Collaboration, Holly Iglesias, Mistress of Prose Poems, and Carolina Hospital, Guru of Juxtaposition; the mamá is Nicole Hospital-Medina, Alchemist of Vibes. The poems…
We invite all home chefs and budding culinarians to join us for a virtual cookbook club meeting! This month’s featured book is Curry & Kimchi: Flavor Secrets for Creating 70 Asian-Inspired Recipes at Home by Unmi Abkin & Roger Taylor Here’s how virtual cookbook club works: Each of us will prepare a recipe from this month’s…
Author John Hanson will give a talk on Reading Early Epitaphs in the Stockbridge Cemetery on February 5, from 3-4 pm, in the Bement Room at the Stockbridge Library. Hanson has been collecting and studying early New England epitaph verse for years. In this talk, he will share some outstanding examples on old stones in…
Join us for our monthly book club to discuss this month’s selection The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green. The book is available at the library. Stop by or call the Library at 413.298.5501 to place a hold on a copy. The book club generally meets on the second Thursday of the month. We will be…
POSTPONED. Please check back for updated information. Join us as we welcome author and artist Betsy Dovydenas to discuss her book If You Want To Know How I Got Brainwashed. Betsy Dovydenas is an artist who painted and wrote her story about joining a bogus church run by a bogus pastor. In more than 200…
Owen Lewis, author of three collections of poetry, most recently Field Light (Distinguished Favorite, 2020 NYCBigBookAward), and two chapbooks including best man (recipient of the 2016 Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize, New England Poetry Club.) Prizes include Finalist, 2017 Pablo Neruda Award, and first prize, the 2016 International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry. His poetry has…
Join us on the front lawn of The Stockbridge Library, Museum & Archives to view sculptors craft solid blocks of ice into magnificent sculptures! This event is free and open to the public! The Stockbridge Ice Festival will also feature an outdoor Museum exhibit featuring historical ice harvesting tools! In addition to sculptures and the exhibit,…
NEW DATE! Please join us and co-sponsor the Yale Club of the Berkshires, for a presentation titled Myanmar: Despair and Hope with Ma Thida. On February 1, 2021, after a decade as a multiparty democracy, Myanmar returned to military rule when the Army seized control in a coup d’état and detained elected civilian leaders, including…
In 2013, Justen Ahren published his first collection of poems, A Strange Catechism. Jorie Graham called the book “deeply beautiful, honest, imaginative, fierce, unflinching.” Two of the book’s poems were nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His most recent collection, A Machine for Remembering, deals with migrants and refugees. This book grew out of Justen’s experiences…
Gene Fidell will speak about current issues facing the military justice system, starting with the mandatory vaccination program and legislative action shrinking commanders’ power to make prosecution decisions. Has the military justice system become too complicated? Is its sweep too broad? Is command influence still a concern? What about military justice in the National Guard?…
Adam O. Davis was born in Arizona and grew up in France, New Jersey, Scotland, and Utah. His debut poetry collection, Index of Haunted Houses, winner of the Kathryn A. Morton Prize from Sarabande Books, was published in 2020. His poems have appeared in many journals, including The Believer, Boston Review, Gulf Coast, The Paris…
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