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Hot Plate book club to reach Buckeye

Hot Plate Community Reads Book Club

Hot Plate Brewing Co. 1 School Street, Pittsfield, MA

The debut novel from the author of short story collections Send Me and The Dream Life of Astronauts is a sweeping post-WWII epic about two families set in a fictional midwestern town in Ohio. Both sweeping and intimate, Buckeye not only examines the shifting American landscape following World War II but also investigates the complexities of the human spirit and goodness […]

Belong Berkshires, Food and Drinks, Literature, Lectures, and Talks

    • The reflecting pond behind Clark Art

    Lecture: Julie Harris at The Clark

    Clark Art Institute 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA

    The Clark Art Institute’s Research and Academic Program hosts a talk by Julie Harris (Independent Scholar/Clark Fellow) examining French consul Laurent d’Arvieux’s 1683 discovery of a magnificent Hebrew Bible written and illuminated in medieval Iberia three hundred years earlier. The talk takes places in the Manton Research Center auditorium.

    Arts and Culture, Literature, Lectures, and Talks

    • Ambassador Dennis Ross to give an update online

    Middle East Update: Online

    Online

    Ambassador Dennis Ross, one of America’s foremost Middle East diplomats and policy experts, offers insights and perspective on Israel’s current war with Hamas, the evolving strategies shaping the conflict, and the shifting geopolitics of the region. Drawing on decades of experience advising multiple U.S. administrations, Ross will help us make sense of the fast-moving events […]

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

    • Conversation with Ohan Breiding and Lisa E. Bloom

    Ohan Breiding & Lisa E. Bloom

    MASS MoCA 87 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, MA

    Sharing an interest in artistic representations of climate change, artist Ohan Breiding and Lisa E. Bloom, author of Climate Change and the New Polar Aesthetics: Artists Reimagine the Arctic and Antarctic (Duke University Press, 2022), will discuss Breiding’s multimedia exhibition, Belly of a Glacier, which functions as a moving eulogy for the soon-to-be-extinct Rhône Glacier.

    Exhibits, Literature, Lectures, and Talks

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    • Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook

    Becky Libourel Diamond to Speak at Ventfort Hall

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

    Step back in time with culinary historian Becky Libourel Diamond, as she returns to Ventfort Hall to talk about her newest book, The Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook. A tea featuring some of the treats from her new cookbook will follow her talk. The Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook bridges the past and present, bringing back sugar plums and other […]

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

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    • Rooted in Place BB Symposium

    Rooted in Place: Ecological Symposium

    Berkshire Botanical Garden 5 West Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge, MA

    Berkshire Botanical Garden invites you to Rooted in Place: A Day of Stories, Seeds, and Stewardship — an immersive ecological symposium that celebrates the intimate ties between land, culture and community. Keynote Speaker: Abra Lee — Cultivating the Untold Stories of Black Gardeners and Growers. This gathering welcomes gardeners, farmers, educators, and nature lovers to explore how biodiversity and cultural heritage intertwine and how we […]

    Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Diversity and Inclusion, Health and Wellness, Literature, Lectures, and Talks

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    • Book to be discussed at Arrowhead Seminar
    Talks, Tea, and Toddies Author Series

    Talks, Tea, and Toddies Author Series

    Berkshire County Historical Society at Arrowhead 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield, MA
    $75

    Beginning November 9, the Berkshire County Historical Society will host a special series of fund-raising readings featuring four authors with strong ties to the Berkshires. They take place in Herman Melville’s historic study where he wrote Moby-Dick inspired by his view of Mount Greylock. Following the readings, guests can interact with the authors while enjoying […]

    Benefits and Galas, Literature, Lectures, and Talks

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    • Lecture on the Emamzadeh Yahya Project

    Lecture on the Ememzadeh Yahya Project

    Clark Art Institute 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA

    The Clark Art Institute’s Research and Academic Program hosts a talk with Keelan Overton (Independent Scholar / Clark Fellow) on the Emamzadeh Yahya Project. The talk takes place in the Manton Research Center auditorium. Established in 2021, the aim of the Emamzadeh Yahya Project is to increase awareness and understanding of the Emamzadeh Yahya shrine complex […]

    Arts and Culture, Literature, Lectures, and Talks

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    The Firschein Press : A Legacy Preserved

    Online

    Join us on Zoom for a visual exploration with members of the Firschein family on the history of their family’s legendary Yiddish printing press and how it came to reside at the Yiddish Book Center. For decades, the Firschein Press—a small, family-run printing business—provided the residents of Brooklyn neighborhoods with all their stationery and advertising […]

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

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