Join Us in Celebrating Our 30th Anniversary in 2025
Ron Bernard and Gary Leveille team up to review and read newly published histories of southeastern Berkshire County. Legendary Locals of the Southern Berkshires, by Gary Leveille features some 150 biographies of fascinating Berkshire personalities -- past and present -- who have made a lasting impact on their communities, the nation and the world. Sandisfield’s [...]
GAIL LEVIN is a scholar, curator and artist whose work on twentieth century and contemporary art has won her international acclaim. Her writings have been published in more than fifteen countries and her exhibitions have been shown throughout Europe, Australia, and Japan. The author of many books and numerous articles, she is the acknowledged authority on the [...]
An intimate story of the American civil rights movement from the point of view of one of its early activists. Val Coleman will try to bring some balance to the Sixties era that has been both celebrated and savaged by history. Beginning with Coleman’s stumbling start on the staff of the Congress of Racial Equality [...]
Our Berkshire wildflowers are as beautiful around the home as in the woods and meadows and provide many benefits to pollinators and wildlife as well. Thomas Christopher and Ruth Clausen, co-authors of Essential Perennials, will introduce a selection of New England’s very best native perennials, along with all the information you will need to make them [...]
Bill Cohn, Trinity College Visiting Professor of History and American Studies, will mark the 100th anniversary of The Great War 1914-1918 (World War I) and the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II (1945) with a discussion of the propaganda techniques used in each war that regimented the public mind. During World War [...]
With pickling, canning, and other traditional techniques enjoying a surge of popularity, Barrow, a D.C.-based food writer who chronicles her kitchen adventures in a popular blog, offers a guide to all kinds of food preservation in her new book Mrs. Wheelbarrow’s Practical Pantry (WW Norton & Company). Canning, smoking, brining, and curing are among the [...]
The Roosevelt family has long fascinated Americans, but many people are unaware that one branch lived quietly in Sandisfield for many years. Now, author Jo (Johanna) Garfield, will read from her memoir about her former neighbors--Teddy’s grandson Willard, his wife Carol, their children, and the many other friends and relatives that comprised “the mysterious, ever-intriguing [...]
Join us for two literary launches—a new poetry book from Sandisfield poet Hilde Weisert and the new journal Stone Walls II, with arts, history and culture of the Hilltowns of Western Massachusetts, co-edited by Worthington’s poet Antonia Lake. Weisert will read from her first poetry collection, The Scheme of Things. Lake and others will read [...]
Meet state forester Tom Ryan and learn about the woodlands of Sandisfield and surrounding areas. Some of the topics covered will include land use history, current forestry programs, grant opportunities and related state laws and examples of forest management. Learn what you can do to be more proactive with your woodland. A Q&A will follow. [...]
