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. [...]

This session will review climate and atmospheric CO2 changes over Earth’s past 500 million years, the tools we use to identify these changes and the implications of past changes for Earth’s future. This is the second Saturday climate change lecture with Suzanne O’Connell Each presentation will build upon previous presentations, but should be understandable as [...]