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+
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,…
A 2016 Pushcart nominee, Mike’s poetry and music reviews have been published globally but with little reportable income. Full length collections include mooncussers, (Luchador Press 2022); AmericanMental, (Luchador Press 2020). Blue Fan Whirring (Nirala Press, 2018) Anthologies: Calling All Poets 20th Anniversary Anthology, (CAPS Press); Reflecting Pool: Poets & the Creative Process (Codhill Press, 2018); Like Light: 25 Years of Poetry & Prose (Bright Hill…
The April monthly Slime Squad will meet on Tuesday, April 4 from 3:45pm to 4:30pm and we’ll be making bug themed 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…
Stop by the Stockbridge Library between 10:30 to 11:30 to make a robot out of a toilet paper roll, tin foil, and more! Best for youth ages 3+
Brittany Perham's most recent book, Double Portrait (W.W. Norton, 2017), was selected by Claudia Rankine for the Barnard Women Poets Prize and was a finalist for the Northern California Book Award. She is also the author of The Curiosities (Free Verse Editions, 2012); and, with Kim Addonizio, the collaborative chapbook The Night Could Go in…
LitNet's Community Conversations series, in partnership with the Berkshire Immigrant Center, presents... The ABC's of Immigration with Lorena Dus, Berkshire Immigrant Center Interim Director/ Director of Client and Community Services & LitNet Board member Come learn more about 1. Obtaining legal status in the US; who can become a legal citizen? How does it work? 2.…
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…
Stop by the library to paint and decorate a paper plate rainbow! Best for youth 3+
Our April Cookbook Club will meet on Thursday, April 13 at 12:00 p.m. Copies of The Woks of Life will be available at the circulation desk. The Cookbook Club is a hybrid event, so attendees are welcome to Zoom in or attend in-person. In-person attendees are encouraged to bring a dish from the cookbook…
Our April Book Club will feature In the Upper Country: A Novel by Kai Thomas. This book club is a hybrid event and will meet on Thursday, April 13 at 4:00 p.m. Copies of In the Upper Country will be available to borrow at the circulation desk. Please feel free to call us at…
Join us on Saturday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m. for the third concert of our Berkshire Chamber Players Concert Series! Space is limited! Please email info@stockbridgelibrary.org or call (413) 298-5501 to reserve your spot! CURRENTLY AT CAPACITY. There is no charge to attend the concert. Donations are appreciated. Click here to make a donation. Berkshire Chamber…
About Andrea Deeken: I am a writer in Portland, Oregon where I live with my wife and daughter. I was born in rural Missouri. My writing has appeared in journals such as The Bear Deluxe, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Beyond Queer Words, The Blue Mountain Review, Ran Off With the Star Bassoon, Spoon River Poetry Review, Valley Voices, and elsewhere. Awards include Arts and Letters Creative…
Stop by the Stockbridge Library to create some pom pom friends! Best for youth ages 3+
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…
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+
Join us on April 19 at 6:00 p.m. for this collaborative event! Shannon Huneycutt of Spark Joy® Charlotte will be bringing the life-changing magic of tidying to you in this inspiring presentation on what it means to lead a life that Sparks Joy®. You will learn the KonMari® philosophy and guiding principles needed to…
Stop by the Stockbridge Library to decorate a spring blossom branch with tissue paper! Best for youth age 3+
This month we will read The Three Billy Goats Gruff and children will try to build a boat that doesn't sink! 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
Inspired Berkshires at the Stockbridge Library cosponsored by Arts Alive at Chesterwood Celebrating Poetry Month Twelve Berkshire Poets on the Berkshires Join us on Saturday, April 22 at 4:00 p.m. at the Stockbridge Library to celebrate the Berkshires and Poetry Month! Each of these poets will read for about five minutes with a Q…
Join us on Sunday, April 23 at 3:00 p.m. for an Author Talk with S.T. Haggerty about his book Norman Rockwell's Models In and Out of the Studio! Visit S.T. Haggerty's website here. About the author: "My father was a musician for lively Broadway musicals. Enchanted by the stories as a small boy,…
An American poet living in Jersey, UK, Traci O'Dea is the author of two poetry collections: Waving (Assure Press, 2021) and Restricted Movement (Scotland Street Press, 2021) for which she received a Seed Funding Grant from Arthouse Jersey. The audiobook for Restricted Movement was released in November 2022. Her poems appear in the following places: BBC Radio…
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, April 28 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm for some free play with LEGOs.
Join us on Sunday, April 30 at 4:00 p.m. for a discussion with Sarah Maslin Nir, Courtney Maum and Jim Brooke about horses, writing and journalism! Sarah Maslin Nir has been a staff reporter for The New York Times since August 2011. She currently covers breaking news for the paper’s Metro section. Before that,…
Joshua Michael Stewart's first full-length collection of poetry, Break Every String, was published by Hedgerow Books in April 2016. His most recent full-length collection is The Bastard Children of Dharma Bums, published by Human Error Publishing in 2020. He has two chapbooks, Vintage Gray, published by Pudding House Publications in 2007, and Sink Your Teeth into the Light, published by Finishing Line Press…
The May monthly Slime Squad will meet on Tuesday, May 2 from 3:45pm to 4:30pm and we’ll be making bumblebee 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 Slime…
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 May Cookbook Club will feature My America: Recipes from a Young Black Chef by Kwame Onwuachi. Copies of the book will be available at the circulation desk. People attending Cookbook Club in person are encouraged to bring a dish to share. Please feel free to call or email with any questions! (413) 298-5501…
Due to the House G.O.P subpoenaing Mark Pomerantz, this event is currently postponed. Please check back for a reschedule date. For more information about the subpoena, check out this NYT article. People vs. Donald Trump is a fascinating inside account of the attempt to prosecute former president Donald Trump, written by one of the lawyers…
Philip Larkin at 100: A Poetry Reading in Celebration of the Life and Work of Philip Larkin (1922 - 1985) Poems to be read by Bruce Coffin and Christopher Sweeney include: At Grass, Next, Please, The Explosion, A Study of Reading Habits, The Trees, Aubade, We met at the end of the party..., An…
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