Tanglewood Pre-Concert Talks by Jeremy Yudkin
Welles Gallery 18 Main Street, Lenox, MA, United StatesSPECIAL TALK: "Inside the Orchestra: The Classical Orchestra through the Ages"
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Book discussion: “Summer” by Edith Wharton
18 Main Street, Lenox, United StatesFor the 100th anniversary of "Summer", join members of the Mount interpretative team for a lively discussion of what Wharton called her “hot Ethan Frome.”
“Let Us Watch Richard Wilbur: A Biographical Study” and “Richard Wilbur and the Things of This World”
Welles Gallery 18 Main Street, Lenox, MA, United StatesPulitzer Prize–winning poet Richard Wilbur (b. 1921) is part of a notable literary cohort, American poets who came to prominence in the mid-twentieth century. "Let Us Watch Richard Wilbur: A Biographical Study" by Robert Bagg (professor [...]
The Distinguished Lecture Series – Bill Morgan, “The Beat Generation”
Sedgwick Reading Room 18 Main Street, Lenox, MA, United StatesBill Morgan is a painter and archival consultant working in New York City. He is the author of numerous books about Beat Generation history and its writers. Professor Jeremy Yudkin of Lenox conceived the idea [...]
The Distinguished Lecture Series – Jeffrey Diamond, “Producing Barbara Walters…”
Sedgwick Reading Room 18 Main Street, Lenox, MA, United StatesJeffrey L. Diamond is an award-winning journalist with four decades in television news. His body of work includes breaking news and investigative reports, major interviews and profiles, stories about the human condition, and dozens of [...]
A SOFA Presentation: Understanding Your Social Security Benefit Options
Welles Gallery 18 Main Street, Lenox, MA, United StatesSocial Security is one of the most valuable and least understood benefits available to retirees today. This class will provide you with much needed information to help you understand the system, coordinate spousal and survivor [...]
The Distinguished Lecture Series – Laura Smalarz, “The Psychology of Criminal Injustice.”
18 Main Street, Lenox, United StatesLaura Smalarz, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Williams College, teaches a course on Psychology and Law which examines the legal system in light of psychological research findings, Supreme Court rulings, wrongful conviction cases and illustrative [...]
The Distinguished Lecture Series – David Scribner, “Newspapers in the Digital Age.”
Sedgwick Reading Room 18 Main Street, Lenox, MA, United StatesDavid Scribner has worked for 36 years in newspapers and publications, most of that time at the highest editorial level of his organization. Currently the editor-in-chief of the Berkshire Edge, he served as editor-in-chief for [...]
Artists home and studios lecture by Dr. Karen Zukowski
Sedgwick Reading Room and Welles Gallery 18 Main Street, Lenox, MA, United StatesThere will be a free, public, illustrated lecture by Dr. Karen Zukowski the evening of Thursday, June 7, 2018 from 6:30 to 8 at the Lenox Library in the Reading Room. The subject of the [...]
Sunday Morning Tanglewood Talks with Jeremy Yudkin
Virtual Program Lenox, MA, United StatesWith live performances off the menu at Tanglewood this summer, the Tanglewood Online Festival instead is streaming several concert series. On Sunday afternoons at 2:30 they will stream BSO ENCORE PERFORMANCES from historic Tanglewood performances [...]
Sunday Morning Tanglewood Talks with Jeremy Yudkin
Virtual Program Lenox, MA, United StatesWith live performances off the menu at Tanglewood this summer, the Tanglewood Online Festival instead is streaming several concert series. On Sunday afternoons at 2:30 they will stream BSO ENCORE PERFORMANCES from historic Tanglewood performances [...]
Distinguished Lecture Series: Martin Baron, Washington Post
Virtual Program Lenox, MA, United StatesWe are pleased to continue our Distinguished Lecture Series with virtual talks this season. Our first speaker of the 2020-2021 season is Martin Baron, executive editor of The Washington Post. His talk is entitled "The [...]
Distinguished Lecture Series: Michael Hannahan
Virtual Program Lenox, MA, United StatesWe are pleased to continue our Distinguished Lecture Series with virtual talks this season. Michael Hannahan, Director of the University of Massachusetts Civic Initiative, will be the featured speaker on Sunday, October 18, 2020 at [...]
Distinguished Lecture Series: Tony Cenicola
Virtual Program Lenox, MA, United StatesWe are pleased to continue our Distinguished Lecture Series with virtual talks this season. Tony Cenicola, photojournalist for the New York Times, will be the featured speaker on Sunday, November 15, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. His [...]
Beethoven’s Birthday
Virtual Program Lenox, MA, United StatesClick here to join the lecture at 5:30 p.m. Beethoven was born on December 16, 1770. On the actual anniversary date of December 16 this year, Jeremy Yudkin will celebrate Beethoven's 250th birthday with our [...]
Distinguished Lecture Series: Adam Hochschild
Virtual Program Lenox, MA, United StatesWe are pleased to continue our Distinguished Lecture Series with virtual talks this season. Adam Hochschild, author of Rebel Cinderella: From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes, will be [...]
Botanical Drawing & Painting with Susan Pettee
Virtual Program Lenox, MA, United StatesJoin us via Zoom on Tuesday, January 26, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. for a talk and demonstration on botanical drawing and painting with local artist Susan Pettee. Susan will discuss her work illustrating the book [...]
Presidential Connections to the Library’s Collections
Virtual Program Lenox, MA, United StatesGeorge Washington may not have slept here, but did you know that the Lenox Library has several items which bear his signature? Join Local History Librarian Amy Lafave as she makes the presidential connections to [...]
Distinguished Lecture Series: Alan Weisman, “World Without Us, World With Us”
Virtual Program Lenox, MA, United StatesWe are pleased to continue our Distinguished Lecture Series with virtual talks this season. Alan Weisman, author of Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth? and The World Without Us, will be [...]
Distinguished Lecture Series: Gregory Crewdson
Virtual Program Lenox, MA, United StatesWe are pleased to continue our Distinguished Lecture Series with virtual talks this season. Award winning photographer Gregory Crewdson will be the featured speaker on Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. The lecture will [...]
The Building at 18 Main
Virtual Program Lenox, MA, United StatesThe activities at the National Historic Register Building at 18 Main St., Lenox MA have ranged from courthouse activity to library services, with ballroom entertainment in between. Join Local History Librarian Amy Lafave as she [...]
Distinguished Lecture Series: Emily Bernard
Virtual Program Lenox, MA, United StatesWe are pleased to continue our Distinguished Lecture Series with virtual talks this season. Emily Bernard, author of Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine, will be the [...]
Marion Grant: 100 Years of Mixed Media & Collage
Virtual Program Lenox, MA, United StatesThe Lenox Library is pleased to partner with the Guild of Berkshire Artists to present a seminar with artist Marion Grant on "100 Years of Mixed Media & Collage" on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at [...]
Mary Cornelia Sears and the “Other” Lenox
Virtual Program Lenox, MA, United StatesFrom Indian Territory and Back Again: Mary Cornelia Sears and the “Other” Lenox Join us remotely to learn about one of Lenox's daughters, Mary Cordelia Sears. Born in 1828, Mary traveled farther than many women [...]
Some Gave All
Virtual Program Lenox, MA, United StatesIn his 1864 Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln spoke of the "honored dead" who "gave the last full measure of devotion" in giving up their lives for their country. From Antietam to the Argonne, Local [...]
Alec MacGillis, Author of Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America
Roche Reading Park 18 Main Street, Lenox, MA, United StatesThe Lenox Library is pleased to partner with The Bookstore to host an event with Alec MacGillis, author of Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America, in conversation with William Everhart, retired Editorial Page Editor [...]
Tanglewood Pre-Concert Talks with Jeremy Yudkin
Roche Reading Park 18 Main Street, Lenox, MA, United StatesThe Lenox Library is pleased to welcome back Dr. Jeremy Yudkin for another season of Tanglewood pre-concert talks from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday afternoons in Roche Reading Park. Some chairs will be provided [...]
Tanglewood Pre-Concert Talks with Jeremy Yudkin
Roche Reading Park 18 Main Street, Lenox, MA, United StatesThe Lenox Library is pleased to welcome back Dr. Jeremy Yudkin for another season of Tanglewood pre-concert talks from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday afternoons in Roche Reading Park. Some chairs will be provided [...]
Barry Meier, Author of Spooked: The Trump Dossier, Black Cube, and the Rise of Private Spies
18 Main Street, Lenox, MA, United StatesThe Lenox Library is pleased to welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Barry Meier to talk about his new book Spooked: The Trump Dossier, Black Cube, and the Rise of Private Spies at 4:00 p.m. on August [...]
Distinguished Lecture Series: Mark Oppenheimer
Virtual Program Lenox, MA, United StatesWe are pleased to continue our Distinguished Lecture Series, now in its 15th season. Mark Oppenheimer, author of Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood, will be the [...]