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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