Hot Plate Community Reads Book Club will read Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead. Named as one of the Top 100 Books of the 21st Century by the New York Times, this literary thriller helped introduce Nobel Prize-winning author Olga Tokarczuk to a larger American audience. With an unforgettable voices, quirky characters, […]
Belong Berkshires, Food and Drinks, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Join us in the R&D Store for an evening with Josh MacPhee and key players of indie publisher Common Notions, in a conversation moderated by MCLA Professor of Art Melanie Mowinski. MacPhee is joined by Kennedy Block, co-author of Strike While the Needle is Hot, and Malav Kanuga, Common Notions’ publisher. Common Notions Press publishes books […]
Literature, Lectures, and Talks
The Carle Honors is just a few weeks away! Honoring individuals and organizations who elevate picture book art. Join us with Host Mac Barnett for an evening of inspiration to celebrate our honorees. Tickets are going fast, but there's still time to sign up or donate.
Benefits and Galas, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Childhood friends in Poland, Chava Rosenfarb and Zenia Larsson lived through the Lodz Ghetto and the death camps together, parting soon after their liberation from Bergen-Belsen. For the next fifty years, Rosenfarb and Larsson continued their friendship through letters as both went on to become distinguished novelists in their respective languages, Yiddish and Swedish. Letters from […]
Diversity and Inclusion, Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Online Event
The Clark Art Institute presents Meet Me at the Clark, a free gallery talk program designed specifically for people living with dementia and their care partners, in the permanent collection galleries. On select Mondays, when the museum is closed to the public, specially trained educators guide open-ended conversations about art and how it celebrates our […]
Exhibits, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
This is a bean to bar fundraiser for rescued animals. Experience how chocolate is made, savor the tastes of real chocolate from around the world, and leave with some of your favorite chocolate bars.
Food and Drinks, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Wharton on Wednesday returns for a five-month run! Join us at the Terrace Café on the first Wednesday of the month, June-October, to hear quintessential Edith Wharton short stories brought to life by local actors. Arrive early to enjoy refreshments from the Café, open 4:00 – 5:30 pm. 07/02: The Reckoning 08/06: The Rembrandt 09/03: […]
Arts and Culture, Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Performing Arts & Entertainment
In late December 1840, adrift in his personal life, 21-year-old Herman Melville arrived in New Bedford, Massachusetts, preparing to embark on a South Seas whaling voyage. His diverse experiences and adventures in the course of the ensuing nearly four years would profoundly shape him and his writings. During this time, young Melville toiled as a […]
Berkshire250, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
TEDx Berkshires is a local, independently organized event that seeks to bring the exciting TED-like experience to the Berkshires by presenting top thinkers who are also amazing speakers. Hear from people with the wisdom, passion, and solutions that are changing our world. Each of these thought leaders will bring their powerful ideas to the stage […]
Literature, Lectures, and Talks
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