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Yarn Octopus Craft

Stop by the Stockbridge Library to create a yarn octopus craft. Best for youth age 3+

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May Book Club

Our May Book Club will take place on Thursday, May 11 at 4:00 p.m.  Copies of Dear America, Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas will be available at the circulation desk.   Please feel free to call or email with any questions: info@stockbridgelibrary.org or (413) 298-5501!

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Author Talk with Peter Kupfer

Peter Kupfer is a San Francisco-based writer, editor and photographer. His stories about business and technology, the arts and culture, travel, and other subjects have appeared in major newspapers and magazines, including the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Observer and Metropolis magazine. He was a copyeditor at the San Francisco Chronicle…

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Inquiry – The Power of Poetry featuring Cathy Hailey

A native of Northern Virginia, Cathy Hailey teaches as an adjunct lecturer in Johns Hopkins University’s online MA in Teaching Writing program. Previously she taught English and Creative Writing in Prince William County (PWC), VA, for forty years, her favorite years as part of the Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Creative Writing Program.…

Stockbridge Writers Meet on Zoom

The Stockbridge Library invites writers and would-be-writers to take a leap into creative and skillful writing. The Stockbridge Writers will meet via Zoom on Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  This program is free and open to the public.  All writing levels are welcome. Led by Stockbridge resident Ramelle Pulitzer, MEd., writing sessions will…

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Storybook Science Club

This month we will read If You Plant A Seed and children will paint their own flowerpot! Every month we read a picture book  and then complete a hands-on science or art activity based on what we read. Best for youth ages 4-10

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Inquiry – The Power of Poetry featuring Maria Lisella

Born in South Jamaica, Queens, Maria Lisella has lived in Astoria, New York for forty years. A poet and travel writer, she is a graduate of Queensborough Community College and Queens College, holds a Master’s degree from NYU-Polytechnic Institute, and attended the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Lisella is the author of three books…

“Dear America” Book Group in Collaboration with LitNet – Part One of Two

Join us for this collaborative, two-part book group led by LitNet of South Berkshire!   Session One: Tuesday, May 23, 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. This session will be led by (LitNet tutor) Tom Verdi with his guest, Fernando Leon, an Ecuadorian-Berkshirite.   Tom will introduce the book, then he will present a video interview…

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Stockbridge Writers Meet on Zoom

The Stockbridge Library invites writers and would-be-writers to take a leap into creative and skillful writing. The Stockbridge Writers will meet via Zoom on Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  This program is free and open to the public.  All writing levels are welcome. Led by Stockbridge resident Ramelle Pulitzer, MEd., writing sessions will…

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Play With Clay (Monthly – May 24)

Join us on the fourth Wednesday of every month to play with clay! We'll have all the supplies for shaping, making, and playing with clay. For children ages 3 and up.

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A Beautiful Resting Place: A look at New England cemeteries and gravestones

Join us at the Stockbridge Library for this fascinating talk. Utilizing decades of experience and knowledge, Bill Remsen and Ian Stewart, founding principal partners of Preservation Inc. will discuss the history of cemeteries and burying grounds in New England. In November of 2021, they were engaged by the Town of Stockbridge to analyze the stones…

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Inquiry – The Power of Poetry featuring Tres Abuelas y Una Mamá.

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…