Join Samantha Geracht, artistic director of the Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble, to learn about Anna Sokolow, a modern dance pioneer and a Jewish voice for justice. This Jewish Federation of the Berkshires program will be presented via Zoom. This presentation will trace Anna Sokolow’s (1910-2000) life and art from New York City’s Lower East Side […]
Diversity and Inclusion, Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Online Event
This month we’ll be discussing the topic of: Theater on the Edge, How Do We Meet the Moment? The discussion will be moderated by our dynamic Artistic Director team, Judy Braha and Jim Frangione. Our panelists will be Jim Petosa and James Nicola. Producing theater in a dynamic and meaningful way has never been easy. Particularly […]
Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Performing Arts & Entertainment
Join the Lee Chamber of Commerce for our January Business Breakfast, featuring Jeffrey Cohen and representatives from the Eagle Mill project, as they share updates and what’s next as the project moves toward initial rentals this spring. This special breakfast will kick off our 2026 Business Breakfast series and offer insight into one of the […]
Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts’ (MCLA) popular Green Living Seminar series returns this spring with Nature and Spirituality, a 12-week exploration of how faith, religion, and spiritual traditions shape our relationship with the natural world.
Literature, Lectures, and Talks
In September 2022, Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa Jina Amini was killed by Iran's morality police in Tehran for allegedly wearing her hijab too loosely. Award-winning British-Iranian journalist Jonathan Harounoff demystifies the context leading up to the historic protests to this crime inside Iran and abroad and examines the potential future ramifications. He will be joined in […]
Diversity and Inclusion, Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Online Event
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
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts’ (MCLA) popular Green Living Seminar series returns this spring with Nature and Spirituality, a 12-week exploration of how faith, religion, and spiritual traditions shape our relationship with the natural world.
Literature, Lectures, and Talks
The Clark Art Institute’s Research and Academic Program hosts a talk by Charmaine Nelson (UMass Amherst / Clark/Oakley Humanities Fellow) exploring how transatlantic slavery was grounded in violence and systems of control imposed by enslavers and their surrogates in eighteenth-century Montreal Quebec, Canada. The talk takes place in the Manton Research Center auditorium.
Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts’ (MCLA) popular Green Living Seminar series returns this spring with Nature and Spirituality, a 12-week exploration of how faith, religion, and spiritual traditions shape our relationship with the natural world.
Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Psychology-of-peace expert, author, and Quaker Dr. Rachel M. MacNair will be speak at the annual birthday celebration for Susan. B. Anthony. Hosted by the Susan B. Anthony Birthday Museum in Adams, Mass., the event will take place in G.A.R. Memorial Hall at the Adams Free Library, 92 Park Street. Dr. MacNair is a nationally recognized psychologist, sociologist, author, and peace scholar […]
Exhibits, History and Heritage, Literature, Lectures, and Talks