Twice a month the Youth Department will provide an easy-to-make Take and Make craft for children to take home. Each Take and Make contains most supplies and instructions, but you may need to provide general supplies such as materials to color/paint with, scissors, glue, or tape. Best for ages 3+
Stockbridge Library will be featuring artists from the Stockbridge-Munsee Community of Mohicans in Wisconsin from September through November. The show opened on September 8 and will remain on view in the Procter Gallery on the lower level at the entrance to the Museum and Archives through the end of November. Featured artists will be Reva…
Join us for a conversation on the diverse career of musician Richard Mackey. Born in Philadelphia, Mackey contracted polio at the age of 8, which limited the use of his right hand. He began his musical training at the age of eleven with trumpet and switched to the horn two years later. A Tanglewood Music Center…
These drawings were made when I was staying alongside the Pacific beach, in Playa Coco, Costa Rica. Located along the Pacific coast in Central America, Playa Coco is a world away from the Berkshires. The contrast is most striking when the dark, deep winter makes being outside in Stockbridge a challenge, whereas the sun and…
Join us this Wednesday for our online poetry series featuring Holly Iglesias and Landon Godfrey. Holly Iglesias is the author of three collections of poetry— Sleeping Things; Angles of Approach; and Souvenirs of a Shrunken World—as well as a critical work, Boxing Inside the Box: Women’s Prose Poetry. Her most recent publication is a collaborative chapbook, Myth America…
Join us Thursday, November 2, from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. for our monthly Cookbook Club. This month we'll be cooking from The Mediterranean Dish: 120 Bold and Healthy Recipes You'll Make on Repeat by Suzy Karadsheh
Squish, shape, and roll playdough at the Stockbridge Library! Using playdough encourages the development of fine motor skills and creativity. Join us on the first Friday of every month for this program. All supplies will be provided. *Best for youth age 2+
Come practice your Spanish language skills at the Stockbridge Library on the first Monday of every month! Best for beginner and intermediate-level speakers, but advanced and native Spanish speakers are welcome, too. This program is an opportunity for Spanish language learners to practice their conversation skills through fun games, activities, and conversation topics and to…
The November monthly Slime Squad will meet on Tuesday, November 7 from 3:45 pm to 4:30 pm and we’ll be making pumpkin pie-themed slime. *For children 4 and up. Sign-up for slime squad is required every month, email rnicholson@cwmars.org or call 413-298-5501. Due to limited seating and supplies, there is a capacity of 10 children per…
Join us on November 8 for a continuation of our Online Poetry series featuring Robin Lysne. Robin is the author of seven books on topics of health, healing, metaphysics, and poetry. Click here for the link. Currently, she is launching an “Ancestral Women’s Series,” with two works of historical fiction to bring to life the…
Join us for our November book Club on Thursday, November 9, 4:00-5:00 p.m. both in the Library and on Zoom. We’ll be discussing Foreign Bodies, a vibrant cultural history investigating the tangled and complex history of pandemics and vaccines, by bestselling author and historian Simon Schama Copies of the book will be available to borrow at the…
Decorate a wooden leaf with pompoms, googly eyes, glitter, and more at the Stockbridge Library. *Best for youth ages 3+
Join us online for our online poetry series. This week we're honored to feature Rolly Kent. Click here for the link. After attending Middlebury College, Rolly Kent received an MFA from the University of Arizona. For many years he taught poetry around the Southwest and on many tribal lands. He ran one of the first…
Visit the Stockbridge Library every third Thursday of the month for some free play with LEGOs. *Best for youth ages 4+
Please note the library closes at 12pm today, so this month's Play With Clay program will be held at 10:30 am Stop by the Stockbridge Library to play with some clay! We'll have all the supplies for shaping, making, and playing with clay. *Best for youth ages 3+
Soak a small dinosaur egg in water and chisel away the shell to excavate the dinosaur inside! *For youth ages 4+ Due to limited supplies, signup is required. Email rnicholson@cwmars.org
Click here for the link to today's online poetry session. Malachi Black is also the author of Indirect Light, forthcoming from Four Way Books in 2024, and Storm Toward Morning (Copper Canyon Press, 2014), a finalist for the Poetry Society of America’s Norma Farber First Book Award and a selection for the PSA’s New American Poets Series…
Our featured artist of the month for December is Joan Burkhard. Come to the Stockbridge Library and enjoy her artwork on display in our lobby. Paintings From Life and Beyond In this complex, ever-changing world filled with challenges and deep tensions, this exhibit of recent work hopes to lift your spirits, make you smile and,…
Squish, shape, and roll playdough at the Stockbridge Library! Using playdough encourages the development of fine motor skills and creativity. Join us on the first Friday of every month for this program. All supplies will be provided. *Best for youth age 2+
Join us for a day of winter fun at the Stockbridge Library! All day long we will have a youth craft table where children can decorate a snowflake, indoor winter games, and an outdoor StoryWalk© through our decorated library garden walkway. At 10:45 a.m. on December 2nd, there will be a winter-themed storytime.
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