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+
Perry S. Nicholas is a recently-retired English professor at SUNY Erie Community College in Buffalo, N.Y., where he was awarded the 2008 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Scholarship and Creative Activities and the 2011 President’s Award for Classroom Instruction. He received the SGA’s Outstanding Teacher Award on two occasions. He has been a guest lecturer at Daemen College, Villa Maria…
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 March Cookbook Club will take place on Thursday, March 2 at 12:00 p.m. The book Italian American is available at the circulation desk. Since there are fewer copies of this book in the system, we have one set aside for people to view in the library and photocopy recipes from. The Cookbook Club…
Seats are currently filled. Please call or email if you would like to be added to the waitlist and we will contact you if seats become available. Join us on Sunday, March 5, at 2:00 p.m. for the return of the Berkshire Chamber Players! Space is limited! Please email info@stockbridgelibrary.org or call (413) 298-5501 to…
Brian Culhane’s poetry has appeared widely in such journals as The New Republic, The Hudson Review, The Paris Review, and Plume. He has been awarded the Poetry Foundation’s Emily Dickinson First Book Prize for The King’s Question, published by Graywolf Press. Remembering Lethe is his second poetry collection. A recipient of fellowships from MacDowell, The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the…
The March monthly Slime Squad will meet on Tuesday, March 7 from 3:45pm to 4:30pm and we’ll be making green shamrock slime. Best for ages 4 and up. Sign-up for slime squad is required every month, email rnicholson@cwmars.org or call 413-298-5501.
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 March Book Club will take place on Thursday, March 9 at 4:00 p.m. Copies of An Immense World are available to borrow at the circulation desk. Our Book Club meeting is a hybrid event, so feel free to zoom in or join us in-person!
This watercolor class with Lexi Weiner will explore some of the basic techniques of working with watercolor. It is all about the process and allowing ourselves to experiment with paint. No prior experience is needed! Lexi Weiner is a painter based in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She studied architecture at Lehigh University and the University of Pennsylvania.…
Barbara Goldberg, award-winning poet, translator and speechwriter, has authored 8 books of poetry, most recently Breaking & Entering: New and Selected Poems. The Royal Baker’s Daughter received the Felix Pollak Poetry Prize and Transformation: The Poetry of Translation received the Valentin Krustev Award. The recipient of two fellowships from the NEA, her work appears in The Paris Review, Gettysburg Review and elsewhere. As Series Editor of International Editions…
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…
Each month we will read a different fairytale or folktale and then complete a hands-on science or art activity based on what we read. For March, we will read a book about leprechauns and our science experiment will be to make fizzing pots of gold out of baking soda, vinegar, and food coloring. Best for…
For thirty-five years, John Perkel was a librarian for various orchestras, most recently for the Boston Symphony and Tanglewood Music Center. In 2016, he retired and initiated the Berkshire Chamber Players series at the Stockbridge Library, Museum & Archives. Before serving as an orchestra librarian, John was a music teacher at the Berkshire Hills Regional School District…
Irene Sipos earned her Master of Arts in the legendary 1970s English Department of SUNY University at Buffalo. She recently retired from SUNY Buffalo State where she taught in the English Department and the College Writing Program and was a co-founder of Buffalo State's Rooftop Poetry Club. Her work has appeared in Lilith Magazine, The Comstock…
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…
Join us on Friday, March 24 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm for some free play with LEGOs.
Join us on Sunday, March 26, at 2:00 p.m. for another lovely afternoon with the Berkshire Chamber Players! We are currently at capacity! If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please email info@stockbridgelibrary.org or call (413) 298-5501 There is no charge to attend the concert. Donations are appreciated. Click here to make a donation.…
David McCann, born in Lewiston ME, grew up in Cambridge MA, graduated from Amherst College, and served in the first Peace Corps group to go to Korea, ROK, 1966-68. He received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University. He taught Classical Japanese language and literature, served as Director of Foundation Relations, then taught Korean literature…
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…
Join us on Saturday, April 1 at 3:00 p.m. for an Author Talk with Phil Goldberg entitled Bookends: How a Writing Career Started—and Will Probably End—in the Berkshires. In 1972, Philip Goldberg spent a few months in Stockbridge testing his dream of becoming a writer. He received memorable advice from Stockbridge resident William Gibson,…
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