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The Jazz Barn: Author Talk

The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home 2 Plunkett Street, Lenox, MA

In 1950, Philip and Stephanie Barber opened the Music Inn, a groundbreaking home for jazz and blues nestled among the barns and outbuildings of the Wheatleigh estate. This unlikely venue drew legendary Black jazz performers—John Lewis, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Oscar Peterson, Kenny Dorham, and others—many of whom also served as faculty-in-residence at the Lenox School of Jazz, a vital center of the genre’s avant-garde. In The Jazz […]

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    • The Mount and its glorious gardens
    Summer Author Series for August at The Mount

    Summer Author Series for August at The Mount

    The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home 2 Plunkett Street, Lenox, MA

    Since 1993, the Summer Author Series has brought award-winning biographers to The Mount. This year's Series explores lives and ideas that have challenged convention. From unsung heroes to innovators, these talks invite us to reflect on how acts of courage—large and small—have challenged assumptions and expanded our collective imagination. 08/03 from 4-5 pm, 08/04 from 11-12 pm: Jeff […]

    Literature, Lectures, and Talks

    • The Mount and its glorious gardens
    Summer Author Series for August at The Mount

    Summer Author Series for August at The Mount

    The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home 2 Plunkett Street, Lenox, MA

    Since 1993, the Summer Author Series has brought award-winning biographers to The Mount. This year's Series explores lives and ideas that have challenged convention. From unsung heroes to innovators, these talks invite us to reflect on how acts of courage—large and small—have challenged assumptions and expanded our collective imagination. 08/03 from 4-5 pm, 08/04 from 11-12 pm: Jeff […]

    Literature, Lectures, and Talks

    • Ventfort Hall
    Talk and Tea Series at Ventfort Hall

    Talk and Tea Series at Ventfort Hall

    Ventfort Hall Mansion & Gilded Age Museum 104 Walker Street, Lenox, MA
    $45

    07/14 at 4:00 pm: Step back into America’s golden era with acclaimed author, garden designer, and speaker Jana Milbocker as she presents her newest book, Gardens of the Gilded Age. A tea will be served after her presentation. In this richly illustrated talk Jana explores the breathtaking estates and legendary landscapes created for families such as the […]

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    • Summer lecture series
    In Conversation: Series with Andre Bernard at The Mount

    In Conversation: Series with Andre Bernard at The Mount

    The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home 2 Plunkett Street, Lenox, MA
    $35 – $40

    Curated by André Bernard, former Vice President of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, In Conversation features great thinkers and influential voices whose contributions shape our culture today. Crossing the fields of politics, journalism, humanities, and the arts, these conversations will explore fresh perspectives that spark curiosity and ignite new ways of thinking about our […]

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    • Groups of people gather around the reflection pool at The Clark in summer

    Giorgio Griffa: Painting and Materiality

    Clark Art Institute 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA

    Giorgio Griffa is committed to the “material intelligence” of paint on canvas and the luminosity of water-based media. Join Montserrat M.M. Le Mense, senior paintings conservator at the Williamstown + Atlanta Art Conservation Center, and Robert Wiesenberger, exhibition curator, for a hands-on discussion about Griffa’s materials and processes, and the chemistry of painting.

    Literature, Lectures, and Talks

  • ,
    • The Mount and its glorious gardens
    Summer Author Series for August at The Mount

    Summer Author Series for August at The Mount

    The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home 2 Plunkett Street, Lenox, MA

    Since 1993, the Summer Author Series has brought award-winning biographers to The Mount. This year's Series explores lives and ideas that have challenged convention. From unsung heroes to innovators, these talks invite us to reflect on how acts of courage—large and small—have challenged assumptions and expanded our collective imagination. 08/03 from 4-5 pm, 08/04 from 11-12 pm: Jeff […]

    Literature, Lectures, and Talks

    • The Mount and its glorious gardens
    Summer Author Series for August at The Mount

    Summer Author Series for August at The Mount

    The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home 2 Plunkett Street, Lenox, MA

    Since 1993, the Summer Author Series has brought award-winning biographers to The Mount. This year's Series explores lives and ideas that have challenged convention. From unsung heroes to innovators, these talks invite us to reflect on how acts of courage—large and small—have challenged assumptions and expanded our collective imagination. 08/03 from 4-5 pm, 08/04 from 11-12 pm: Jeff […]

    Literature, Lectures, and Talks