Howie Faerstein is the author of two chapbooks: Play a Song on the Drums, he said and Out of Order (Main Street Rag) and two full-length collections: Dreaming of the Rain in Brooklyn and Googootz and Other Poems, both published by Press 53. He has been a featured reader at dozens of venues throughout New England and the Southwest. His poetry…
Dennis Sweeney As a nearby poet with a new book out this month (In the Antarctic Circle, from Autumn House Press), I thought I would reach out. Here's a link to my website, which contains a bio as well as links to some poems. Dennis James Sweeney In the Antarctic Circle dennisjamessweeney.com
We invite all home chefs and budding culinarians to join us for a virtual cookbook club meeting! This month’s featured book is When Pies Fly: Handmade Pastries from Strudels to Stromboli, Empanadas to Knishes by Cathy Barrow. Here’s how virtual cookbook club works: Each of us will prepare a recipe from this month’s cookbook. Copies…
Join us for a virtual Berkshire Chamber Players Concert live-streamed from the Bement Room in The Stockbridge Library. Musicians will include Ron Feldman on cello, Natalie Kress on violin, and Robyn Quinnett on viola. Thank you to our generous sponsor Patricia Edwina Flinn. PROGRAM: Bach …
Kathryn Petruccelli is a bi-coastal performer and writer with an M.A. in teaching English language learners. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in New Ohio Review, Rattle, River Teeth’s Beautiful Things, december, SWWIM, Literary Mama, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, and others. Kathryn is a past winner of San Francisco’s Litquake essay contest and a finalist for the 2019 Omnidawn Broadside…
Join us for our monthly book club to discuss this month’s selection Less by Andrew Sean Greer. The book is available in large print, regular print, audio, and on Libby. 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…
Gunilla Theander Kester is the author and co-author of six books, including a scholarly study, two poetry chap books, one full length poetry collection and two collections dedicated to the victims of Flight 3407. Current projects include a new collection of poetry and a memoir entitled Streetness Speaks. Photo credit: Enid Bloch
Adam Grabowski’s writing has appeared in such journals as Off the Coast, Sixth Finch, jubilat, DMQ Review, Hobart, Rust + Moth, Exit 7, Bullets into Bells (online), past-ten, Night Coffee, Drunk in a Midnight Choir, Meat for Tea, The Naugatuck River Review, Radius, and elsewhere. His poems were included in the 2019 anthologies What Saves…
NASA Ambassador Benadette Manning will present on the International Space Station and Careers & Diversity at NASA followed by Q&A. Questions may be sent in advance to info@bwlibrary.org Open to all ages. Preregistration required: bit.ly/BA-nasa Co-presented with Otis Library, Stockbridge Library, and West Stockbridge Public Library. Benadette is a math teacher at the BDEA/Pilot.…
Karen Chase lives in The Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts. She is the author of two collections of poems, Kazimierz Square and BEAR as well as Jamali-Kamali, a book-length homoerotic poem which takes place in Mughal India. Her Ippy award-winning book, Land of Stone, tells the story of her work with a silent young man in a psychiatric hospital…
Do you know the history of the land you are on? Have you ever wondered? And do you want to create a more inclusive space? If you have ever been intimated by the idea of a land acknowledgment, then this is the workshop for you. Learn 5 simple steps on how to do a land…
Join us for our monthly book club to discuss this month’s selection On The Move: A Life by Oliver Sacks. The book is available in regular print or on Libby. 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…
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