Ye Trodden Path: A History of the Knox Trail

Picture above shows a section of the trail including Sandisfield and Otis. 

In this new book, published by the Berkshire County Historical Society and the Knox Trail 250th Committee, a panel of local history authors traces the history and of the trail that Col. Henry Knox took to bring captured [...]

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The Intellectual Origins of American Slavery

Saturday morning: Ticket sales have closed but there is room for walk-ins.

A conversation with historian John Harpham about his new book, The Intellectual Origins of American Slavery, hailed as a “landmark account of the origins of American slavery showing how ancient Roman ideas were used to [...]

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Simon Reads – Free!

Join us for a reading by Simon Winchester and a discussion of his 2023 book, Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge from Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic.

“A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter . . . . Simon Winchester [...]

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Crossword Puzzle Fun with Michelle Arnot – Watch the replay!

Among the many world experts residing in Sandisfield is Michelle Arnot, the Crossword Maven, author of Crossword Puzzles for Dummies and many other books for Acrossionados (a delightful term Michelle has coined).

If you missed her live in-person crossword puzzle workshops at the Sandisfield Arts [...]

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Bill Cohn on “Combating the Enemy Within”

Early in the Depression, on February 2, 1931, Silas H. Strawn, Chairman of the United States Chamber of Commerce, warned,  “in a condition of this kind, the thing to be feared most is fear itself.” In March 1933 President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt echoed this same sentiment in his inaugural [...]

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