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September 2019
Fascism and Racial Laws in Mussolini’s Italy
In his talk and slide presentation, historian and part-time Sandisfield resident Dr. Robert A. Maryks will tell a story of the impact of the racial laws on the Jews (and those who were considered Jews) under the Mussolini regime. This story is based on 139 letters that were exchanged between the victims of those laws (and their relatives and friends) and the Jesuit priest Pietro Tacchi Venturi (1861–1956) who interceded within the Fascist government in order to circumvent or alleviate…
Find out more »October 2019
Val Coleman on “The Constitution Alive”
Val Coleman will argue that the American constitution is alive and well, despite the assaults on its tenets throughout the history of this country. Val Coleman, known as the poet laureate of Sandisfield, is also a citizen-scholar. His previous presentations on the history of poetry, the rise and persistence of fascism in the 20th century, and Abraham Lincoln provided a long view on these subjects, and encouraged a vigorous discussion with members of the audience. This subject is sure to…
Find out more »Suzanne O’Connell presents A Report from Antarctica/Postponed to 2020
This event has been postponed to 2020 - Please check back next spring when our 2020 schedule is posted. If you bought tickets, you'll receive a refund - sorry for the inconvenience. About the event: This lecture will focus on the results of O'Connell's research conducted in Antarctica on the continuing effects of climate change on the seventh continent. Suzanne O'Connell is a professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Wesleyan University and researches paleoclimate. She is the recipient of…
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