This link to the Town of Lenox website will bring you to a list of the town’s bylaws.

http://www.townoflenox.com/public_documents/LenoxMA_WebDocs/bylaws

For a print version of the Scenic Mountain Act, please visit our Reference Desk.

Selected for display in addition to the 150 year old ‘current affair’ items is the 10 volume “Photographic History of the Civil War” edited by Francis Trevelyan Miller. It also includes “The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War” narrated by Bruce Catton, as well as his Centennial of the Civil War trilogy.

I have reinstated the library’s subscription. Due to the licensing agreement with ProQuest, we can not offer home access, but I would love to see this resource get some use. So come on in and find your ancestors. It’s great fun!

Children who are beginning to read can find these fascinating and new non-fiction series in our early reader section:

• Amazing Americans
• DK Readers  -  Dinosaurs, Horses, Snowdogs, Volcanoes, etc.
• Dog Breeds
• Mighty Machines
• My First Sports
• National Geographic Wild Animals
• National Geographic Kids  - Mummies, Race Day, Storms, etc.
• National Geographic Readers: Great Migrations
• Oceans Alive
• We Read Phonics 

 We also have new beginning readers for the Indiana Jones and Star Wars fanatics! Come check them out.

Where were you and what were you doing just prior to coming to the Lenox Library?

For the past 12 years I was with Jack Morton Worldwide, an experiential marketing agency.  I started as a producer in their digital department and eventually moved into a management role.  After moving to the Berkshires I remained with Jack Morton for 2 years, commuting part-time to Boston but eventually left to work locally.

How did you get started in Development work?

Development is a great use of my background in a non-profit setting.  Development is about building loyalty to a cause, an idea or an organization and then turning that loyalty into an action that will help sustain the organization.  Here at the Library, we provide access to great services.  You can take out a book, download audio books and attend an event, all at no charge.  Our services build patron loyalty.  Now, it’s my job to translate that loyalty into actionable results.

What made you want to work at the Lenox Library?

This position seemed like the perfect combination of my prior experiences and my future goals.  I went back to school last Fall and started my Masters of Library Science at Simmons College.  I also knew I wanted to transition into the Third sector.  Through talking and meeting with many non-profits in the area, I realized that what mattered most to me was finding a position in my community that would utilize my skills while also challenging me to grow professionally.  This position offers both.

In your opinion what are the greatest challenges in Development today and specifically at the Lenox Library?

Non-profits are facing the challenges of a struggling economy.  There is also an abundance of new nonprofits, increasing the competition for fewer resources. Another challenge for many non-profits is tightly focused government funding.  This puts more emphasis on the individual donor.

Here at the Lenox Library, I think our greatest challenge is communication.  There is confusion regarding the Library’s funding.  As an educational non-profit organization, the Lenox Library Association is responsible for raising approximately 60% of its budget through individual contributions and fundraising events.  Every dollar we raise helps guarantee that everyone in the community can continue to enjoy the Lenox Library.  We are focusing on doing a better job of communicating our fundraising efforts.

What is it that you like about your job?

That I get to work at the Lenox Library!  Even before we relocated to the Berkshires, I had been to children’s events at the Library.  The Library has been a constant for my family.  We check out books, we attend the summer concerts and we have met friends and neighbors here.  That I can make a difference, ensuring that the Library is able to continue being central to the community is very rewarding.

If you have any questions, please contact Rebecka at rmcdougall@lenoxlib.org or at 413-637-2630 ext. 21.

This exciting tale, with just a touch of fantasy and humor, is a winner. Jonell displays pitch-perfect skills in an expertly crafted story that never flags and that includes plenty of heart-stopping situations to keep readers fully engaged. – School Library Journal

Reading with Girls is for girls in grade 4 and a “girl” adult of their choice – mother, aunt, grandmother. The first Reading with Girls discussion group will be held on September 23rd from 6:30 – 8:00.

More Reading with Girls is for girls in grades 5 & 6 and a “girl” adult of their choice – mother, aunt, grandmother. The first More Reading with Girls discussion group will be held on September 29th from 6:30 – 8:00.

Why join our Reading with the Girls discussion group??

It builds:
1. Mother-daughter connections
2. Public Speaking skills
3. Life skills
4. It’s FUN!
5. There’s always dessert!

Registration is required. To register, stop in at the Lenox Library & check out a copy of the first book for discussion, The Secret of Zoom by Lynne Jonell.

For more information, contact Youth Librarian Debby Cuthbert – dcuthbert@lenoxlib.org.

The grand opening at the Library will be on Friday, August 27, from 11am to 6pm ($5 donation until 2pm, then free).  The sale continues on Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 5pm when admission is free all day.  There will be a large collection of gifts to choose from for anyone spending $15 or more on Saturday or Sunday.

All proceeds from the book sale, which is staffed entirely by volunteers, will benefit the Library’s many educational programs and activities offered to the public year-round free of charge.

To send yourself a reminder via email, visit our Calendar of Events, go to the Book Sale event listing on the 27th of August and click “remind me”.

Call 413-445-5679 or 413-637-0704 or email ibrowner@roadrunner.com for information.

Ms. Debby just finished putting together several book lists of new books and books related to going green. Click here to view all the book lists online or visit our Youth Department to get them in handout form.

New Youth Book Lists:

• Going Green Booklist
  LC (Picture Books), Youth Fiction, Youth Non-Fiction
• New Picture Books Spring 2010
• New Fiction Spring 2010
  Youth Series, Youth Fiction
• Young Adult New Fiction 2010
• New Graphic Novels Spring 2010
  Youth Graphic Novels, Young Adult Graphic Novels
• New Non-Fiction Spring 2010

THE LENOX LIBRARY and THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PRESENT

Jeremy Yudkin’s

PRE-CONCERT LECTURES

FOR THE TANGLEWOOD SEASON

“All you need are willing ears and a love of music.” So says Jeremy Yudkin, the Tanglewood pre-concert lecturer, who will once again be presenting his series of lectures about the Tanglewood concerts at the Library every weekend during the summer season. Participants rave about the experience: “He really brings the music alive,” says one. “He is entertaining, warm, and brilliant, all at the same time!” says another. Come to the free opening lecture on Saturday July 3 at 2:30 and see for yourself!

All lectures take place on Friday and Saturday afternoons from 2:30 to 4 in the Welles Gallery of the Lenox Library.

$25 Per Day, $40 for the weekend
$245 for the entire season
(Season passes entitle you to a 20% discount on all Tanglewood concert tickets!)

For more information or to sign up now, email:
yudkinjaf@gmail.com
or visit
www.summermusicseminars.org

The 2010 Tanglewood Pre-Concert Lecture schedule is below

JEREMY YUDKIN has been teaching at Tanglewood every summer since 1983. He is Professor of Music at Boston and Oxford universities, and his interests are wide and varied, including everything from medieval music to the music of the Beatles. Jeremy has written 8 books: on medieval music and manuscripts, on a sixteenth-century music primer, and on jazz. His most recent publications include The Lenox School of Jazz and Miles Smiles, Miles Davis, and the Invention of Post Bop. He is also the author of one of the most successful music-appreciation textbooks. It is entitled simply Understanding Music. Helping all people understand music is one of his greatest passions. He founded the Pre-Concert Lecture Series to create a place for music listeners to learn. Every year his lectures illuminate all the concerts played at Tanglewood. He is a compelling, lively, and friendly speaker. Participants rave about the experience.

2010 TANGLEWOOD PRE-CONCERT LECTURE SCHEDULE

Sat. July 3 “A Tanglewood Preview” FREE

Weekend No. 1

Fri. July 9 “Opening Night at Tanglewood: Mahler’s Magnificent Symphony No. 2(“Resurrection”)”

Sat. July 10 “Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Third Piano Concerto: The Secrets of What Makes Them Great

Weekend No. 2

Fri. July 16 “Mozart’s Requiem: His Last Great Work. But Who Was it Written For?”

Sat. July 17 “The Great Mahler Third Symphony: Music for the Creation of the World”

Weekend No. 3

Fri. July 23 “Mozart’s Wonderful Comic Opera: The Abduction from the Seraglio”

Sat. July 24 “All Brahms: The First Piano Concerto and the Second Symphony”

Weekend No. 4

Fri. July 30 “The Russians are Coming!: Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, and Glinka ”

Sat. July 31 “Richard Strauss and His Greatest Masterpiece: The Four Last Songs, Plus Elgar’s Gorgeous Cello Concerto”

Weekend No. 5

Fri. August 6 “Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony (“Pathetique”), Together with Mendelssohn and Mozart”

Sat. August 7 “Two Violin Concertos, Two Violinists, Two Composers: Beethoven and Sibelius”

Weekend No. 6

Fri. August 13 “Music for the Incas: Robles, Frank, and Golijov”

Sat. August 14 “A Little Jazz Music: Concert Jazz by Gershwin, Bernstein, and Schuller”

Weekend No. 7

Fri. August 20 “Mozart, Morlot, and Mother Goose!”

Sat. August 21 “A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Beethoven and Mendelssohn”

Weekend No. 8

Fri. August 27 “Music of the Spheres: Holst’s the Planets”

Sat. August 28 “Music from the New World: Dvorak’s ‘New World’ Symphony”

For more details go to:

www.SummerMusicSeminars.org