Check back soon for more information about this upcoming exhibit in the Procter Gallery at the Stockbridge Library, Museum & Archives. *Exhibit dates are subject to change
For nearly 200 years the Williams and Son's Country Store has been a staple of the Main Street landscape in Stockbridge. Visit the Procter Gallery in the Stockbridge Library, Museum & Archives to learn more about the history of the Williams and Son's Country Store.
Each week there will be a simple to make craft available on a table in the children's room. Visit the Stockbridge Library any time we're open to check out some books and make a craft!
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. and on Fridays from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. This program is free and open to the public. All writing levels are welcome. Led…
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. and on Fridays from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. This program is free and open to the public. All writing levels are welcome. Led…
Join us on Saturday, October 1 at 2:00 p.m. for a timely discussion with Gorbachev scholar, William Taubman. He will be speaking in conversation with lifelong foreign affairs correspondent, Jim Brooke. William Taubman, the Bertrand Snell Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Amherst College, is the author of the just-published Gorbachev: His Life and Times.…
Twice a month the Youth Department will provide an easy-to-make Take and Make craft for you to take home with you! Each Take and Make contains specialty supplies and instructions, but you may need to provide general supplies such as materials to color/paint with, scissors, glue, or tape. The crafts change twice a month but…
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. and on Fridays from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. This program is free and open to the public. All writing levels are welcome. Led…
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. and on Fridays from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. This program is free and open to the public. All writing levels are welcome. Led…
Stop by the Stockbridge Library to meet new friends and create something out of LEGOs. Upcoming LEGO in the Library Dates: Wednesday, October 5 at 3:30 to 4:30 Tuesday, October 18 at 3:30 to 4:30 Tuesday, November 15 at 3:30 to 4:30 Tuesday, December 20 at 3:30 to 4:30
Our October Cookbook Club will feature Mi Cocina: Recipes and Rapture from my Kitchen in Mexico by Rick MartÃnez. Cookbook Club will take place on Thursday, October 6 at 12:00 p.m. This is a hybrid event, so participants are welcome to join in person with a dish if they are comfortable or to 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. and on Fridays from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. This program is free and open to the public. All writing levels are welcome. Led…
Join us on the Stockbridge Library lawn for a hands-on workshop demonstrating how a yogurt container and yarn can be transformed into colorful baskets that tell a story! For all ages! Workshop will be held indoors in case of rain. Special thanks to Berkshire Bank for funding this program.
Come meet Judy Dow, our featured artist on exhibit in the Procter Gallery, for a discussion of her artwork and to learn about her creative process.
LETTY COTTIN POGREBIN is an author, activist, and national public speaker.A founding editor and writer for Ms. Magazine, Pogrebin is also the author of twelve books, ten nonfiction and two novels, including the soon to be published  Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy. Other recent titles include  How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick, part memoir, part…
Join Youth Librarian Rachel for a weekly storytime in the children's room of the Stockbridge Library every Tuesday from 10:30 to 11:00. Each week we'll sing some songs, move around, and read a book! Children of all ages are welcome at this storytime!
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…
This month's book club will feature River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard. Books and audiobooks are available for pick up at the circulation desk. This is a hybrid event, so feel free to attend in person or Zoom in!
Our apologies! Steven Greenhouse had to cancel this event.
George Rickey: A Life in Balance with Belinda Rathbone Join author of the new biography, George Rickey: A Life in Balance, Belinda Rathbone as she traces the story of Rickey’s evolutionary break from the familiar idiom of Calder’s invention – the mobile – to create a new language of kinetic sculpture all his own. Belinda Rathbone is…
Explore the Berkshires by visiting libraries across the county! Just pick up a passport at the first library you visit and then drive from library to library, collecting passport stamps, entering prize raffles, and making crafts to keep or share. Take a photo of yourself at each library along the way and tag us with…
Our Online Poetry Series returns on Tuesday, October 18 at 12:00 p.m. with Holly Iglesias. Holly Iglesias is the author of three poetry collections—Sleeping Things, Angles of Approach, and Souvenirs of a Shrunken World—and a critical work, Boxing Inside the Box: Women’s Prose Poetry. Her awards include fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the North Carolina Arts Council,…
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…
Alice Sedgwick Wohl is an independent scholar, translator, and local author. Her translations include The Life of Michelangelo by Ascanio Condivi, The Lives of the Modern Painters, Sculptors and Architects by Giovan Pietro Bellori, and On Antique Painting by Francisco de Hollanda. She will read from her new book As It Turns Out: Thinking About Edie and Andy, followed by a…
Make a scarecrow on the front lawn of the Stockbridge Library to help us decorate for our 12th Annual Pumpkin Walk. The library will supply all of the materials for building the scarecrow, but you're welcome to bring your own clothing if you'd like to personalize your scarecrow. Best for children ages 4 and…
Berkshire Winds A Woodwind Quintet Saturday, October 22, 2023 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Doors open at 2:30 In the Bement Room at the Stockbridge Library Join us for some light music ideal for an autumn afternoon. Tap your feet to a polka, tango, waltz, bolero, rhumba, Cuban dances, and a Joplin rag. Listen…
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…
The Stockbridge Halloween Parade and Pumpkin Walk will take place on Friday, October 28, 2022. Children can dress up in their Halloween costumes and meet at the corner of Main & Pine Street at 6:00 PM and march up Main Street to the front lawn of the Stockbridge Library for cider & donuts, a Halloween…
Travels With Witchcraft: A Historian Looks Back John Demos is the Samuel Knight Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University. His books include ENTERTAINING SATAN: Witchcraft and the Culture of Early New England, THE UNREDEEMED CAPTIVE: A Family Story From Early New England, THE HEATHEN SCHOOL: A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic, and THE ENEMY…
Please join us for a benefit concert featuring pianist Emanual Ax at the Linde Center at Tanglewood on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. on Oct 30, 2022. Please click here to purchase tickets.
Join us on the 1st Tuesday of every month from 3:45pm to 4:30pm to make slime. Be sure to wear messy clothes! The November monthly Slime Squad will meet on Tuesday, November 1 and we'll be making edible pumpkin pie slime with pumpkin instant pudding and mini marshmallows. Best for ages 3 and up.
For the Stockbridge Library community and intermediate English language learners who want a space to listen and speak in English in a safe community. Jana Laiz, is a writer and educator living in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. She is the author of the award-winning novels Weeping Under This Same Moon (in development for film), The Twelfth Stone,…
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…
Our November Cookbook Club will take place on Thursday, November 3 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. This month will feature One Pot, Pan, Planet by Anna Jones. Books will be available to check out at the circulation desk. New and returning faces are most welcome! If you are attending in person, feel free…
A Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent and a former private investigator dive deep into the murky waters of the international salmon farming industry, exposing the unappetizing truth about a fish that is not as good for you as you have been told. A decade ago, farmed Atlantic salmon replaced tuna as the most popular fish on North America’s dinner tables. We…
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