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
Discover how artificial intelligence is reshaping our world at AI for All, the first session in BCC's new State of Work Summit Signature Series. This dynamic half-day event explores the essential concepts, tools, and real-world applications of AI — making this powerful technology understandable and useful for everyone. Registration begins at 8:30 am.
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Translators Ellen Cassedy and Anita Norich join Lisa Newman to discuss their recently released translation of Rashel Veprinski’s Hand in Hand. This headily bittersweet novel takes readers into the “Jewish tumult” of New York’s early 20th-century Yiddish literary community, where recent immigrants from Eastern Europe toiled as shoemakers and tailors by day while cultivating a vibrant intelligentsia by […]
Diversity and Inclusion, Literature, Lectures, and Talks, Online Event
Though much is known about the famous painter Georgia O’Keeffe, little has been written about her lifelong friend Anita Pollitzer, the Jewish trailblazer of the American suffragist movement. Author Liza Bennett delves into their 50-year friendship. Part of Jewish Literary Voices.
Diversity and Inclusion, History and Heritage, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Join author Megan Litwin as she shares her newest book Gather Grateful! The book heralds the changing of the seasons and follows the transition of animals and humans as they prepare for the coming winter. All animals prepare to gather with each other for warmth, for affection, and for sharing food or stories. A book signing will […]
Family Friendly, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
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
Join author and illustrator AJ Smith for a reading of his new book, Catnip Mouse. The reading is followed by a presentation and discussion about the making of the book, an interactive game that invites kids to be just as silly as the book itself, and a drawing demonstration. Reserve autographed AJ Smith books online!
Family Friendly, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Williamstown Rural Lands is excited to host Michael Hutton-Woodland as he shares the research and experience behind his first novel, Harvesting Legacy. The novel explores the difficult decisions facing a rural family as they handle the succession of their farmland, and the philosophical debates between development and conservation. Michael will share his experience interviewing numerous […]
Literature, Lectures, and Talks
Political philosopher Joy James speaks with Lucius Outlaw, a philosopher concerned with matters of social and political life. Together with Zora J Murff and Terence Washington, they inform and discuss Murff’s artistic examination of the overarching structures that shape Black Americans’ desires and aspirations for the things that only appear to be liberatory. This subject […]
Belong Berkshires, Diversity and Inclusion, Exhibits, Literature, Lectures, and Talks
In partnership with The Mount, the Norman Rockwell Museum presents the Jazz Age Novel, a literary program organized in conjunction with the exhibition Jazz Age Illustration. The Jazz Age Novel will explore the work of three authors who critically examine the enormous cultural shifts that took place in America in the 1920s, including: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Literature, Lectures, and Talks