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Reknowned authors to offer class on documenting a life or event

The Art of Documenting an Event or Life Story

Berkshire County Historical Society at Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA
$15 – $20

The Berkshire County Historical Society welcomes authors Laurie Gwen Shapiro and Debby Applegate to Arrowhead on October 15 for a conversation about the art of documenting an event or person’s life, whether in film or in print. Laurie Gwen Shapiro is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist whose writing has appeared in The New Yorker, […]

Arts and Culture, History and Heritage, Literature, Lectures, and Talks

Hear from Jimena Sarno about her exhibit

In Conversation: Jimena Sarno & Alexandra Foradas

MASS MoCA 87 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA

Artist Jimena Sarno speaks with guest curator Alexandra Foradas about her first solo museum exhibition, Rhapsody. They will discuss how Sarno engages contemporary and traditional craft practices and over 20 collaborators to illuminate how sharing time, space, and resources can deepen solidarity within a global context of extreme violence, fragmentation, and destruction.

Arts and Culture, Diversity and Inclusion, Literature, Lectures, and Talks

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Book Talk on Muscle at the Clark

Book Talk with Bonnie Tsui

Clark Art Institute 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA

The Clark Art Institute hosts a book talk with author Bonnie Tsui. Tsui discusses her 2025 book On Muscle, in which she brings her signature blend of science, culture, immersive reporting, and personal narrative to examine not just what muscles are but what they mean to us. The free event takes place in the Clark’s […]

Arts and Culture, Literature, Lectures, and Talks

Sarah Ellen Zarrow to speak about her book

Displays of Belonging

Online

In her book Displays of Belonging: Polish Jewish Collecting and Museums, 1891–1941 author Sarah Ellen Zarrow illuminates the lives and work of Polish Jewish collectors and museologists who sought to preserve the treasures of the Jewish past while demonstrating Jewish belonging on Polish soil. Her talk will offer a nuanced understanding of the multiplicity of ways in which […]

Diversity and Inclusion, Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Online Event

MASS MoCA hosts gallery visits with Anais Duplan
Gallery Visits with Anais Duplan

Gallery Visits with Anais Duplan

MASS MoCA 87 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA
$60 – $200

Join writer Anaїs Duplan for a multi-session, seminar-style series in our galleries to explore the concepts of privilege and power in contemporary art through reading short texts, writing in response to exhibitions, and discussion. This series focuses on exhibitions by Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) identifying artists at MASS MoCA, who explore the […]

Arts and Culture, Diversity and Inclusion, Literature, Lectures, and Talks

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Jason Fulford discusses Jason Polan The Post Office at MASS MoCA

Book Talk: Jason Fulford on Jason Polan

MASS MoCA 87 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA

Jason Polan (1982–2020), famous for his ink sketches in the cult favorite collection Every Person in New York, also had a robust exchange of artwork through the mail with friends, fans, and pen pals (Marcel Dzama, Stefan Marx, Richard McGuire, Rich Jacobs, Alec Soth, Barry McGee, and others). These whimsical drawings and short text works […]

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Enjoy this book launch with the Yiddish Book Center

Book Launch: Adventures of Max Spitzkopf – the Yiddish Sherlock Holmes

Online

Celebrate the launch of a new translation of Jonas Kreppel’s Adventures of Max Spitzkopf, the complete series of 15 mysteries starring the Viennese “king of detectives,” Max Spitzkopf. Translator Mikhl Yashinsky will share insights into the origins of these stories, how they captivated readers and achieved pulp fiction status, and why they were beloved by figures such as […]

Diversity and Inclusion, Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Online Event

Clark Art to host lecturer on communication the visually impaired

Clark Art Hosts Jeong Han Kim

Clark Art Institute 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA

The Clark Art Institute’s Research and Academic Program (RAP) hosts a lecture by Jeong Han Kim on The Eye and Mind project and research, which reimagines art appreciation for the visually impaired by developing multisensory methods beyond sight. The talk takes place in the Manton Research Center auditorium.

Arts and Culture, Literature, Lectures, and Talks

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