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SUMMARY:How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are (and How to End the Cycle) with Renowned Therapy Expert Mark Wolynn (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/how-inherited-family-trauma-shapes-who-we-are-and-how-to-end-the-cycle-with-renowned-therapy-expert-mark-wolynn-virtual/
LOCATION:Virtual Program\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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SUMMARY:Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join the Lenox Library’s book club on Tuesday\, July 7\, 2026 for a discussion of Waking Lions by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen. \nIn order to facilitate discussion in smaller groups\, book club sessions will take place at the following times: \n\n11:00 a.m.\n1:00 p.m.\n3:00 p.m.\n\nParticipants are asked to select one session that is most convenient for them to attend on a regular basis.  To join a session\, or for other questions about book club\, please email info@lenoxlib.org. \nThe Lenox Library book club generally meets on the first Tuesday of the month.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/book-club-2/2026-07-07/3/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Book Club
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SUMMARY:Ballot Ballad: A WAM Theatre Program
DESCRIPTION:WAM (Where Arts and Activism Meet) will hold a five-week program titled “Ballot Ballad” at Lenox Library for middle school students (ages 11-14). The program will focus on women in American History and will explore one of the biggest “what ifs” in our country’s founding—“what if women had been in the room where it happened?” We will also examine the history and current landscape of civic engagement in Massachusetts and the United States. Participants will take part in ensemble-based theater and movement workshops\, taught by a WAM Theatre Teaching Artist\, and craft original performance pieces. Open to all who are interested. Registration required. \nSign up here or stop by the Library youth desk or email Vanessa at vjustice@lenoxlib.org. \nSessions: Tuesdays\, June 30\, July 7\, 14\, 21\, & 28: 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. \nPerformance/Showing: Tuesday\, July 28\, 2026: 6:00 – 6:30 p.m.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/ballot-ballad-a-wam-theatre-program/2026-07-07/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Family & Children,Teen
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260708T103000
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SUMMARY:Baby Circle
DESCRIPTION:Lenox Library is excited to offer a low key and judgement-free group for all families. Join us for songs and bounces followed by play and chatting. Free baby weight checks available. Babies up to 15 months (actual or developmentally) and older siblings are welcome. \nThe first Wednesday of the month will feature a craft for you to keep! \nApril Pitroff Varellas\, IBCLC\, PMH-C from Berkshire Nursing Families will join us every third Wednesday of the month to answer your baby feeding questions. \nGroup Leaders: Sara Jarvie is an early childhood development specialist. Stephanie Storie is a Certified Birth and Postpartum Doula. \nPlease note: If you or your child has any signs of illness\, please stay home. We look forward to seeing you the following week! During the summer months\, this event takes place outside in Roche Reading Park.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/baby-circle-2/2026-07-08/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Family & Children
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260709T110000
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SUMMARY:Story Time
DESCRIPTION:Join Youth Librarian Vanessa Justice for a fun story time each week! We will sing songs\, read books\, and follow up with an open play time. For children ages 15 months and up and their siblings. \nPlease note: If you or your child has any signs of illness\, please stay home. We look forward to seeing you the following week! During the summer months\, this event takes place outside in Roche Reading Park.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/story-time-3/2026-07-09/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Family & Children
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SUMMARY:Tech Help
DESCRIPTION:Update 7/13/2026: All appointments have been filled but please feel free to call us to check for cancellations or to get on the waiting list. \nWe are thrilled to continue our popular Tech Help program this summer with volunteer Dr. Sandra Markus. Dr. Markus will meet one-on-one with patrons who need technology assistance\, including: \n\nComputer basics (including word processing)\nConducting Internet searches\nDownloading and saving information\nEmail basics\nZoom basics\nFaceTime basics\nUsing library resources (including Libby and Kanopy)\nSocial media (including Instagram and Pinterest)\n\nThe Tech Help program will be available from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. on the following Thursdays: \n\n\n\n\n\nJune 4\n\n\n\n\nJuly 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJune 11\n\n\n\n\nJuly 9\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJune 18\n\n\n\n\nJuly 16\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJune 25\n\n\n\n\nAugust 6\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAugust 20\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease call the Library at 413-637-0197 to reserve a ½ hour appointment. This service is free and available on a first-come first-served basis. Please remember to bring any necessary devices\, passwords\, and charging cables to the appointment.  \n \nSandra Markus is a Professor in the Fashion Design department at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City\, where she has taught for over 25 years. She holds a doctorate in technology from Columbia University. During the summer she hosts sewing retreats @inthecompanyofmakers in Massachusetts for makers of all ages.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/tech-help-2/2026-07-09/
LOCATION:Legacy Room\, 18 Main Street\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program
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SUMMARY:Tanglewood Talks 2026 with Jeremy Yudkin
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jeremy Yudkin is back with the 43rd season of Tanglewood pre-concert talks.  These programs will take place in the Town Hall auditorium\, located at 6 Walker Street\, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. on Friday afternoons and Sunday mornings from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. \nThe Summer 2026 schedule will be as follows: \nJULY \nSunday\, July 5. Portraits of Lincoln. \nCelebrating American and Abraham Lincoln with Aaron Copland\, Philip Glass (world premiere!)\, and John Williams. \nFriday\, July 10. Tchaikovsky. \nHis towering Piano Concerto No. 1 and excerpts from the immortal Swan Lake. \nSunday\, July 12. Chopin\, Brahms\, and Jani.\nChopin Piano Concerto No. 2\, Brahms’s Second Symphony\, and “What do flowers do at night?” \nFriday\, July 17. Renée Fleming/Hampson/Wakao.\nSamuel Barber’s Violin Concerto\, Carlos Simon’s Meditations on Grace\, and excerpts from John Adams’s Nixon in China. \nSunday\, July 19. Hayden\, Beethoven\, Shostakovich.\nHaydn’s brilliant Symphony No. 22\, Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1\, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2. \nFriday\, July 24. Mozart and Tchaikovsky.\nMozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 and Tchaikovsky’s experimental Third Symphony (“Polish”). \nSunday\, July 26. Tchaikovsky and Mozart.\nMozart’s Violin Concerto No. 1\, Salonen’s Gambit\, and Tchaikovsky’s celebrated Symphony No. 5. \nFriday\, July 31.Wagner\, Sibelius\, and Beethoven.\nThe Tristan Prelude\, Sibelius’s magnificent Seventh\, and Beethoven’s masterful “Emperor” Concerto. \nAUGUST \nSunday\, August 2. Nelsons/Joshua Bell.\nBruch’s Scottish Fantasy\, Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Marmoris\, and Schumann’s Third Symphony. \nFriday\, August 7. Yo-Yo I.\nFauré\, Cantique de Jean Racine; Brahms\, String Sextet\, Op. 36\, and his Double Concerto for Violin\, Cello\, and Orchestra. \nSunday\, August 9. Yo-Yo II.\nTavener\, Mahámátar\, Kalhor\, Venus in the Mirror\, and Golijob\, Azul. \nFriday\, August 14. Music and Dance.\nDance for Martha Graham\, Copland’s Appalachian Spring\, and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. \nSunday\, August 16. \nBruch\, Violin Concerto\, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 5\, which moves from fatalism to triumph. (Beethoven’s Fifth\, anyone?) \nFriday\, August 21. No lecture. \nSunday\, August 23. Beethoven’s Ninth! \nPhoto by Ben Garver \nAbout the speaker: Jeremy Yudkin is Professor of Music and Co-Director of the Center for Beethoven Research at Boston University.  He has served as Visiting Professor of Music at Oxford\, Harvard\, and the Sorbonne.  He is the author of ten books\, including From Silence to Sound: Beethoven’s Beginnings (2020) and Understanding Music (Prentice Hall\, 1996\, 2016)\, and edited the recently-published 550-page volume The New Beethoven.  He also researched and published the first-ever book on the Lenox School of Jazz (2006).  He has given hundreds of lectures across Europe\, the United States\, and Russia and has won numerous awards\, including an Award for Excellence in Historical Research for his book on Miles Davis (2008).  At Boston University\, where he teaches courses on Beethoven\, Bartók\, Bob Dylan\, and the Beatles – among many others – he has been nominated ten times for Metcalf Awards in Teaching and once as Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year. \nThe pre-concert talks are free thanks to the Lenox Library Association’s Goodwin Fund.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/tanglewood-talks-2026-with-jeremy-yudkin-2/2026-07-10/
LOCATION:Lenox Town Hall\, 6 Walker Street\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,LLA Events
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SUMMARY:Teeny Tiny Book Club
DESCRIPTION:A club for teens ages 13-17 who will read short stories\, novellas\, poems\, and other short writings. Participants will meet three times during the summer to talk about books and stories as a group. Meetings will happen outside in Roche Reading Park; snacks will be provided. Teens may choose selections from a list of suggested materials or pick their own. They may also use these for writing reviews for the Teen Grand Prizes. Visit the youth desk at the Library to learn more. \nFridays\, July 10 & 24\, and August 14\, 2026: 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/teeny-tiny-book-club/2026-07-10/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Teen
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260711T151500
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SUMMARY:Garden Party: Stories and Songs of Gardens and Nature!
DESCRIPTION:P-A-R-T-Y in the G-A-R-D-E-N! From clearing the land to planting seeds to harvesting the crops (yum!)\, Rona will share stories and songs that will have you tapping your feet\, swaying in your seats\, dancing\, singing and laughing as she shares stories from the silly to the serious\, from the mysterious to the monstrous! From cooperating animals to uncooperative giants\, worms and bugs that help the soil\, nocturnal animals\, insects\, finding the sun and more! Come join the fun! Best suited for ages 5+. Takes place in Welles Gallery. Following the 45-minute performance will be time to create a fun craft!
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/garden-party-stories-and-songs-of-gardens-and-nature/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Family & Children
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260712T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260712T123000
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SUMMARY:Tanglewood Talks 2026 with Jeremy Yudkin
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jeremy Yudkin is back with the 43rd season of Tanglewood pre-concert talks.  These programs will take place in the Town Hall auditorium\, located at 6 Walker Street\, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. on Friday afternoons and Sunday mornings from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. \nThe Summer 2026 schedule will be as follows: \nJULY \nSunday\, July 5. Portraits of Lincoln. \nCelebrating American and Abraham Lincoln with Aaron Copland\, Philip Glass (world premiere!)\, and John Williams. \nFriday\, July 10. Tchaikovsky. \nHis towering Piano Concerto No. 1 and excerpts from the immortal Swan Lake. \nSunday\, July 12. Chopin\, Brahms\, and Jani.\nChopin Piano Concerto No. 2\, Brahms’s Second Symphony\, and “What do flowers do at night?” \nFriday\, July 17. Renée Fleming/Hampson/Wakao.\nSamuel Barber’s Violin Concerto\, Carlos Simon’s Meditations on Grace\, and excerpts from John Adams’s Nixon in China. \nSunday\, July 19. Hayden\, Beethoven\, Shostakovich.\nHaydn’s brilliant Symphony No. 22\, Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1\, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2. \nFriday\, July 24. Mozart and Tchaikovsky.\nMozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 and Tchaikovsky’s experimental Third Symphony (“Polish”). \nSunday\, July 26. Tchaikovsky and Mozart.\nMozart’s Violin Concerto No. 1\, Salonen’s Gambit\, and Tchaikovsky’s celebrated Symphony No. 5. \nFriday\, July 31.Wagner\, Sibelius\, and Beethoven.\nThe Tristan Prelude\, Sibelius’s magnificent Seventh\, and Beethoven’s masterful “Emperor” Concerto. \nAUGUST \nSunday\, August 2. Nelsons/Joshua Bell.\nBruch’s Scottish Fantasy\, Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Marmoris\, and Schumann’s Third Symphony. \nFriday\, August 7. Yo-Yo I.\nFauré\, Cantique de Jean Racine; Brahms\, String Sextet\, Op. 36\, and his Double Concerto for Violin\, Cello\, and Orchestra. \nSunday\, August 9. Yo-Yo II.\nTavener\, Mahámátar\, Kalhor\, Venus in the Mirror\, and Golijob\, Azul. \nFriday\, August 14. Music and Dance.\nDance for Martha Graham\, Copland’s Appalachian Spring\, and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. \nSunday\, August 16. \nBruch\, Violin Concerto\, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 5\, which moves from fatalism to triumph. (Beethoven’s Fifth\, anyone?) \nFriday\, August 21. No lecture. \nSunday\, August 23. Beethoven’s Ninth! \nPhoto by Ben Garver \nAbout the speaker: Jeremy Yudkin is Professor of Music and Co-Director of the Center for Beethoven Research at Boston University.  He has served as Visiting Professor of Music at Oxford\, Harvard\, and the Sorbonne.  He is the author of ten books\, including From Silence to Sound: Beethoven’s Beginnings (2020) and Understanding Music (Prentice Hall\, 1996\, 2016)\, and edited the recently-published 550-page volume The New Beethoven.  He also researched and published the first-ever book on the Lenox School of Jazz (2006).  He has given hundreds of lectures across Europe\, the United States\, and Russia and has won numerous awards\, including an Award for Excellence in Historical Research for his book on Miles Davis (2008).  At Boston University\, where he teaches courses on Beethoven\, Bartók\, Bob Dylan\, and the Beatles – among many others – he has been nominated ten times for Metcalf Awards in Teaching and once as Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year. \nThe pre-concert talks are free thanks to the Lenox Library Association’s Goodwin Fund.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/tanglewood-talks-2026-with-jeremy-yudkin/2026-07-12/
LOCATION:Lenox Town Hall\, 6 Walker Street\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,LLA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260714T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260714T120000
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SUMMARY:Terry A La Berry and Friends
DESCRIPTION:Musical performers Terry A La Berry and Friends are back for their 18th season! Fun interactive music for our littlest friends. Come join in the fun! This event is held outdoors in Roche Reading Park next to the Library. Please bring a blanket or folding chair. When joining us for an outdoor event\, children under 10 years old who enter the Library building must have their caregiver with them. \nThe 2026 engagement of Terry A La Berry and Friends is generously sponsored by the Nancy F. Brown Memorial Fund.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/terry-a-la-berry-and-friends/2026-07-14/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Family & Children
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260714T190000
DTSTAMP:20260520T172043Z
CREATED:20260520T172043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260520T172043Z
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SUMMARY:Ballot Ballad: A WAM Theatre Program
DESCRIPTION:WAM (Where Arts and Activism Meet) will hold a five-week program titled “Ballot Ballad” at Lenox Library for middle school students (ages 11-14). The program will focus on women in American History and will explore one of the biggest “what ifs” in our country’s founding—“what if women had been in the room where it happened?” We will also examine the history and current landscape of civic engagement in Massachusetts and the United States. Participants will take part in ensemble-based theater and movement workshops\, taught by a WAM Theatre Teaching Artist\, and craft original performance pieces. Open to all who are interested. Registration required. \nSign up here or stop by the Library youth desk or email Vanessa at vjustice@lenoxlib.org. \nSessions: Tuesdays\, June 30\, July 7\, 14\, 21\, & 28: 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. \nPerformance/Showing: Tuesday\, July 28\, 2026: 6:00 – 6:30 p.m.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/ballot-ballad-a-wam-theatre-program/2026-07-14/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Family & Children,Teen
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260714T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260714T200000
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SUMMARY:Small Towns and Big Secrets: In Conversation with Bestselling Author Karin Slaughter (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/small-towns-and-big-secrets-in-conversation-with-bestselling-author-karin-slaughter-virtual/
LOCATION:Virtual Program\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260715T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260715T110000
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SUMMARY:Baby Circle
DESCRIPTION:Lenox Library is excited to offer a low key and judgement-free group for all families. Join us for songs and bounces followed by play and chatting. Free baby weight checks available. Babies up to 15 months (actual or developmentally) and older siblings are welcome. \nThe first Wednesday of the month will feature a craft for you to keep! \nApril Pitroff Varellas\, IBCLC\, PMH-C from Berkshire Nursing Families will join us every third Wednesday of the month to answer your baby feeding questions. \nGroup Leaders: Sara Jarvie is an early childhood development specialist. Stephanie Storie is a Certified Birth and Postpartum Doula. \nPlease note: If you or your child has any signs of illness\, please stay home. We look forward to seeing you the following week! During the summer months\, this event takes place outside in Roche Reading Park.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/baby-circle-2/2026-07-15/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Family & Children
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260715T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260715T170000
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SUMMARY:Kids Graphic Novel Club
DESCRIPTION:Join Lenox Library for an exciting club for kids in grades 3 – 6. Come talk about your favorite graphic novels and create your own! Meets once a month. Children under age 10 must have a caregiver with them.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/kids-graphic-novel-club-7/2026-07-15/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Family & Children
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260716T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260716T110000
DTSTAMP:20260422T185904Z
CREATED:20260328T194736Z
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SUMMARY:Story Time
DESCRIPTION:Join Youth Librarian Vanessa Justice for a fun story time each week! We will sing songs\, read books\, and follow up with an open play time. For children ages 15 months and up and their siblings. \nPlease note: If you or your child has any signs of illness\, please stay home. We look forward to seeing you the following week! During the summer months\, this event takes place outside in Roche Reading Park.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/story-time-3/2026-07-16/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Family & Children
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260716T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260716T150000
DTSTAMP:20260518T164727Z
CREATED:20260518T164727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260518T164727Z
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SUMMARY:Migrant Heart: The Hidden Cost of the American Dream and Healing Through Storytelling with Reyna Grande (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/migrant-heart-the-hidden-cost-of-the-american-dream-and-healing-through-storytelling-with-reyna-grande-virtual/
LOCATION:Virtual Program\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260716T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260716T160000
DTSTAMP:20260713T140507Z
CREATED:20260507T160756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260713T140507Z
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SUMMARY:Tech Help
DESCRIPTION:Update 7/13/2026: All appointments have been filled but please feel free to call us to check for cancellations or to get on the waiting list. \nWe are thrilled to continue our popular Tech Help program this summer with volunteer Dr. Sandra Markus. Dr. Markus will meet one-on-one with patrons who need technology assistance\, including: \n\nComputer basics (including word processing)\nConducting Internet searches\nDownloading and saving information\nEmail basics\nZoom basics\nFaceTime basics\nUsing library resources (including Libby and Kanopy)\nSocial media (including Instagram and Pinterest)\n\nThe Tech Help program will be available from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. on the following Thursdays: \n\n\n\n\n\nJune 4\n\n\n\n\nJuly 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJune 11\n\n\n\n\nJuly 9\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJune 18\n\n\n\n\nJuly 16\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJune 25\n\n\n\n\nAugust 6\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAugust 20\n\n\n\n\n\nPlease call the Library at 413-637-0197 to reserve a ½ hour appointment. This service is free and available on a first-come first-served basis. Please remember to bring any necessary devices\, passwords\, and charging cables to the appointment.  \n \nSandra Markus is a Professor in the Fashion Design department at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City\, where she has taught for over 25 years. She holds a doctorate in technology from Columbia University. During the summer she hosts sewing retreats @inthecompanyofmakers in Massachusetts for makers of all ages.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/tech-help-2/2026-07-16/
LOCATION:Legacy Room\, 18 Main Street\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T130000
DTSTAMP:20260708T152312Z
CREATED:20260708T151511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260708T152312Z
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SUMMARY:Handbag Pop-Up
DESCRIPTION:Handbags for a Great Cause! 👜✨ \nFind your next favorite handbag while supporting the Lenox Library Association (LLA)! Join us for a fun pop-up sale featuring stylish bags at great prices. Every purchase helps benefit the LLA\, so you can shop\, give back\, and carry something fabulous home. Starts at 10am!
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/handbag-pop-up-2/
LOCATION:Under The Tent\, 11-17 Housatonic Street\, LENOX\, MA\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community,Fundraising,LLA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T160000
DTSTAMP:20260520T174646Z
CREATED:20260520T173749Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260520T174646Z
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SUMMARY:Create Your Own Paper! With Crane Museum of Papermaking
DESCRIPTION:Join Crane Museum staff and Lenox Library for a hands-on papermaking demonstration and an opportunity to make your own! Choose standard paper or seed paper (which can be planted to grow your own flowers!). All ages are welcome. This event is free of charge and will be held outdoors in Roche Reading Park\, weather permitting.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/create-your-own-paper-with-crane-museum-of-papermaking/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Family & Children
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260717T160000
DTSTAMP:20260622T204125Z
CREATED:20260622T204125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T204125Z
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SUMMARY:Tanglewood Talks 2026 with Jeremy Yudkin
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jeremy Yudkin is back with the 43rd season of Tanglewood pre-concert talks.  These programs will take place in the Town Hall auditorium\, located at 6 Walker Street\, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. on Friday afternoons and Sunday mornings from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. \nThe Summer 2026 schedule will be as follows: \nJULY \nSunday\, July 5. Portraits of Lincoln. \nCelebrating American and Abraham Lincoln with Aaron Copland\, Philip Glass (world premiere!)\, and John Williams. \nFriday\, July 10. Tchaikovsky. \nHis towering Piano Concerto No. 1 and excerpts from the immortal Swan Lake. \nSunday\, July 12. Chopin\, Brahms\, and Jani.\nChopin Piano Concerto No. 2\, Brahms’s Second Symphony\, and “What do flowers do at night?” \nFriday\, July 17. Renée Fleming/Hampson/Wakao.\nSamuel Barber’s Violin Concerto\, Carlos Simon’s Meditations on Grace\, and excerpts from John Adams’s Nixon in China. \nSunday\, July 19. Hayden\, Beethoven\, Shostakovich.\nHaydn’s brilliant Symphony No. 22\, Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1\, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2. \nFriday\, July 24. Mozart and Tchaikovsky.\nMozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 and Tchaikovsky’s experimental Third Symphony (“Polish”). \nSunday\, July 26. Tchaikovsky and Mozart.\nMozart’s Violin Concerto No. 1\, Salonen’s Gambit\, and Tchaikovsky’s celebrated Symphony No. 5. \nFriday\, July 31.Wagner\, Sibelius\, and Beethoven.\nThe Tristan Prelude\, Sibelius’s magnificent Seventh\, and Beethoven’s masterful “Emperor” Concerto. \nAUGUST \nSunday\, August 2. Nelsons/Joshua Bell.\nBruch’s Scottish Fantasy\, Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Marmoris\, and Schumann’s Third Symphony. \nFriday\, August 7. Yo-Yo I.\nFauré\, Cantique de Jean Racine; Brahms\, String Sextet\, Op. 36\, and his Double Concerto for Violin\, Cello\, and Orchestra. \nSunday\, August 9. Yo-Yo II.\nTavener\, Mahámátar\, Kalhor\, Venus in the Mirror\, and Golijob\, Azul. \nFriday\, August 14. Music and Dance.\nDance for Martha Graham\, Copland’s Appalachian Spring\, and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. \nSunday\, August 16. \nBruch\, Violin Concerto\, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 5\, which moves from fatalism to triumph. (Beethoven’s Fifth\, anyone?) \nFriday\, August 21. No lecture. \nSunday\, August 23. Beethoven’s Ninth! \nPhoto by Ben Garver \nAbout the speaker: Jeremy Yudkin is Professor of Music and Co-Director of the Center for Beethoven Research at Boston University.  He has served as Visiting Professor of Music at Oxford\, Harvard\, and the Sorbonne.  He is the author of ten books\, including From Silence to Sound: Beethoven’s Beginnings (2020) and Understanding Music (Prentice Hall\, 1996\, 2016)\, and edited the recently-published 550-page volume The New Beethoven.  He also researched and published the first-ever book on the Lenox School of Jazz (2006).  He has given hundreds of lectures across Europe\, the United States\, and Russia and has won numerous awards\, including an Award for Excellence in Historical Research for his book on Miles Davis (2008).  At Boston University\, where he teaches courses on Beethoven\, Bartók\, Bob Dylan\, and the Beatles – among many others – he has been nominated ten times for Metcalf Awards in Teaching and once as Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year. \nThe pre-concert talks are free thanks to the Lenox Library Association’s Goodwin Fund.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/tanglewood-talks-2026-with-jeremy-yudkin-2/2026-07-17/
LOCATION:Lenox Town Hall\, 6 Walker Street\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,LLA Events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260718
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260719
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SUMMARY:Lenox Declaration 250 Project
DESCRIPTION:The initial airing of a videorecording of the Declaration of Independence\, conducted by members of the Lenox Community\, will take place on Saturday\, July 18 in the Welles Gallery. On that date 250 years ago\, the Declaration was officially proclaimed from the Old State House in Boston. \nThe ten-minute video will feature voices of those who live and or work in Lenox\, paired with stunning footage of Lenox provided by CTSB\, and images from the Library’s Local History collection. It will be shown at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. The Library will also host a “Write Your Own Declaration” activity in the Gallery\, where viewers may peruse photographs of the 1976 parade held in Lenox\, taken by noted photographer Art Marasco\, on loan from the Lenox Historical Society. \nThe video will be posted for future viewing on the Library’s YouTube channel\, the Lenox Town Hall website\, and CTSB.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/lenox-declaration-250-project/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Community,Film Screening,Local History
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ORGANIZER;CN="Amy Lafave":MAILTO:alafave@lenoxlib.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260719T123000
DTSTAMP:20260622T203851Z
CREATED:20260622T203851Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260622T203851Z
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SUMMARY:Tanglewood Talks 2026 with Jeremy Yudkin
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jeremy Yudkin is back with the 43rd season of Tanglewood pre-concert talks.  These programs will take place in the Town Hall auditorium\, located at 6 Walker Street\, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. on Friday afternoons and Sunday mornings from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. \nThe Summer 2026 schedule will be as follows: \nJULY \nSunday\, July 5. Portraits of Lincoln. \nCelebrating American and Abraham Lincoln with Aaron Copland\, Philip Glass (world premiere!)\, and John Williams. \nFriday\, July 10. Tchaikovsky. \nHis towering Piano Concerto No. 1 and excerpts from the immortal Swan Lake. \nSunday\, July 12. Chopin\, Brahms\, and Jani.\nChopin Piano Concerto No. 2\, Brahms’s Second Symphony\, and “What do flowers do at night?” \nFriday\, July 17. Renée Fleming/Hampson/Wakao.\nSamuel Barber’s Violin Concerto\, Carlos Simon’s Meditations on Grace\, and excerpts from John Adams’s Nixon in China. \nSunday\, July 19. Hayden\, Beethoven\, Shostakovich.\nHaydn’s brilliant Symphony No. 22\, Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1\, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2. \nFriday\, July 24. Mozart and Tchaikovsky.\nMozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 and Tchaikovsky’s experimental Third Symphony (“Polish”). \nSunday\, July 26. Tchaikovsky and Mozart.\nMozart’s Violin Concerto No. 1\, Salonen’s Gambit\, and Tchaikovsky’s celebrated Symphony No. 5. \nFriday\, July 31.Wagner\, Sibelius\, and Beethoven.\nThe Tristan Prelude\, Sibelius’s magnificent Seventh\, and Beethoven’s masterful “Emperor” Concerto. \nAUGUST \nSunday\, August 2. Nelsons/Joshua Bell.\nBruch’s Scottish Fantasy\, Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Marmoris\, and Schumann’s Third Symphony. \nFriday\, August 7. Yo-Yo I.\nFauré\, Cantique de Jean Racine; Brahms\, String Sextet\, Op. 36\, and his Double Concerto for Violin\, Cello\, and Orchestra. \nSunday\, August 9. Yo-Yo II.\nTavener\, Mahámátar\, Kalhor\, Venus in the Mirror\, and Golijob\, Azul. \nFriday\, August 14. Music and Dance.\nDance for Martha Graham\, Copland’s Appalachian Spring\, and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. \nSunday\, August 16. \nBruch\, Violin Concerto\, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 5\, which moves from fatalism to triumph. (Beethoven’s Fifth\, anyone?) \nFriday\, August 21. No lecture. \nSunday\, August 23. Beethoven’s Ninth! \nPhoto by Ben Garver \nAbout the speaker: Jeremy Yudkin is Professor of Music and Co-Director of the Center for Beethoven Research at Boston University.  He has served as Visiting Professor of Music at Oxford\, Harvard\, and the Sorbonne.  He is the author of ten books\, including From Silence to Sound: Beethoven’s Beginnings (2020) and Understanding Music (Prentice Hall\, 1996\, 2016)\, and edited the recently-published 550-page volume The New Beethoven.  He also researched and published the first-ever book on the Lenox School of Jazz (2006).  He has given hundreds of lectures across Europe\, the United States\, and Russia and has won numerous awards\, including an Award for Excellence in Historical Research for his book on Miles Davis (2008).  At Boston University\, where he teaches courses on Beethoven\, Bartók\, Bob Dylan\, and the Beatles – among many others – he has been nominated ten times for Metcalf Awards in Teaching and once as Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year. \nThe pre-concert talks are free thanks to the Lenox Library Association’s Goodwin Fund.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/tanglewood-talks-2026-with-jeremy-yudkin/2026-07-19/
LOCATION:Lenox Town Hall\, 6 Walker Street\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,LLA Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260721T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260721T120000
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SUMMARY:Terry A La Berry and Friends
DESCRIPTION:Musical performers Terry A La Berry and Friends are back for their 18th season! Fun interactive music for our littlest friends. Come join in the fun! This event is held outdoors in Roche Reading Park next to the Library. Please bring a blanket or folding chair. When joining us for an outdoor event\, children under 10 years old who enter the Library building must have their caregiver with them. \nThe 2026 engagement of Terry A La Berry and Friends is generously sponsored by the Nancy F. Brown Memorial Fund.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/terry-a-la-berry-and-friends/2026-07-21/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Family & Children
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260721T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260721T190000
DTSTAMP:20260520T172043Z
CREATED:20260520T172043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260520T172043Z
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SUMMARY:Ballot Ballad: A WAM Theatre Program
DESCRIPTION:WAM (Where Arts and Activism Meet) will hold a five-week program titled “Ballot Ballad” at Lenox Library for middle school students (ages 11-14). The program will focus on women in American History and will explore one of the biggest “what ifs” in our country’s founding—“what if women had been in the room where it happened?” We will also examine the history and current landscape of civic engagement in Massachusetts and the United States. Participants will take part in ensemble-based theater and movement workshops\, taught by a WAM Theatre Teaching Artist\, and craft original performance pieces. Open to all who are interested. Registration required. \nSign up here or stop by the Library youth desk or email Vanessa at vjustice@lenoxlib.org. \nSessions: Tuesdays\, June 30\, July 7\, 14\, 21\, & 28: 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. \nPerformance/Showing: Tuesday\, July 28\, 2026: 6:00 – 6:30 p.m.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/ballot-ballad-a-wam-theatre-program/2026-07-21/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Family & Children,Teen
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260722T110000
DTSTAMP:20260328T194814Z
CREATED:20260328T194245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260328T194814Z
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SUMMARY:Baby Circle
DESCRIPTION:Lenox Library is excited to offer a low key and judgement-free group for all families. Join us for songs and bounces followed by play and chatting. Free baby weight checks available. Babies up to 15 months (actual or developmentally) and older siblings are welcome. \nThe first Wednesday of the month will feature a craft for you to keep! \nApril Pitroff Varellas\, IBCLC\, PMH-C from Berkshire Nursing Families will join us every third Wednesday of the month to answer your baby feeding questions. \nGroup Leaders: Sara Jarvie is an early childhood development specialist. Stephanie Storie is a Certified Birth and Postpartum Doula. \nPlease note: If you or your child has any signs of illness\, please stay home. We look forward to seeing you the following week! During the summer months\, this event takes place outside in Roche Reading Park.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/baby-circle-2/2026-07-22/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Family & Children
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T110000
DTSTAMP:20260422T185904Z
CREATED:20260328T194736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T185904Z
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SUMMARY:Story Time
DESCRIPTION:Join Youth Librarian Vanessa Justice for a fun story time each week! We will sing songs\, read books\, and follow up with an open play time. For children ages 15 months and up and their siblings. \nPlease note: If you or your child has any signs of illness\, please stay home. We look forward to seeing you the following week! During the summer months\, this event takes place outside in Roche Reading Park.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/story-time-3/2026-07-23/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Family & Children
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T163000
DTSTAMP:20260709T165731Z
CREATED:20260626T182533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260709T165731Z
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SUMMARY:BUTI Presents Midsummer Music
DESCRIPTION:The Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI) invites you to a free community concert at Lenox Library on July 23\, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. Experience outstanding performances by gifted young musicians as they share their passion for music with the Berkshire community. \nOpen to all ages. This event is held outdoors in Roche Reading Park next to the Library. Please bring a blanket or folding chair. \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/buti-community-concert/
LOCATION:Roche Reading Park\, 18 Main Street\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Family & Children
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T184500
DTSTAMP:20260625T152807Z
CREATED:20260429T160308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260625T152807Z
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SUMMARY:Adult Craft Night: Paint-By-Number
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a relaxing evening of book-themed paint-by-number.  For adults 18+. \nSpace is limited and registration is required.  Please register for this program by emailing vdion@lenoxlib.org. \nIf you’re participating in the Adult Summer Reading program\, make sure to claim your raffle ticket from the main circulation desk on your way out! \nSponsored by Adams Community Bank and the Lenox Library Association.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/adult-craft-night-paint-by-number/
LOCATION:Welles Gallery\, 18 Main Street\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260724T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260724T160000
DTSTAMP:20260622T204125Z
CREATED:20260622T204125Z
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SUMMARY:Tanglewood Talks 2026 with Jeremy Yudkin
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jeremy Yudkin is back with the 43rd season of Tanglewood pre-concert talks.  These programs will take place in the Town Hall auditorium\, located at 6 Walker Street\, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. on Friday afternoons and Sunday mornings from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. \nThe Summer 2026 schedule will be as follows: \nJULY \nSunday\, July 5. Portraits of Lincoln. \nCelebrating American and Abraham Lincoln with Aaron Copland\, Philip Glass (world premiere!)\, and John Williams. \nFriday\, July 10. Tchaikovsky. \nHis towering Piano Concerto No. 1 and excerpts from the immortal Swan Lake. \nSunday\, July 12. Chopin\, Brahms\, and Jani.\nChopin Piano Concerto No. 2\, Brahms’s Second Symphony\, and “What do flowers do at night?” \nFriday\, July 17. Renée Fleming/Hampson/Wakao.\nSamuel Barber’s Violin Concerto\, Carlos Simon’s Meditations on Grace\, and excerpts from John Adams’s Nixon in China. \nSunday\, July 19. Hayden\, Beethoven\, Shostakovich.\nHaydn’s brilliant Symphony No. 22\, Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1\, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2. \nFriday\, July 24. Mozart and Tchaikovsky.\nMozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 and Tchaikovsky’s experimental Third Symphony (“Polish”). \nSunday\, July 26. Tchaikovsky and Mozart.\nMozart’s Violin Concerto No. 1\, Salonen’s Gambit\, and Tchaikovsky’s celebrated Symphony No. 5. \nFriday\, July 31.Wagner\, Sibelius\, and Beethoven.\nThe Tristan Prelude\, Sibelius’s magnificent Seventh\, and Beethoven’s masterful “Emperor” Concerto. \nAUGUST \nSunday\, August 2. Nelsons/Joshua Bell.\nBruch’s Scottish Fantasy\, Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Marmoris\, and Schumann’s Third Symphony. \nFriday\, August 7. Yo-Yo I.\nFauré\, Cantique de Jean Racine; Brahms\, String Sextet\, Op. 36\, and his Double Concerto for Violin\, Cello\, and Orchestra. \nSunday\, August 9. Yo-Yo II.\nTavener\, Mahámátar\, Kalhor\, Venus in the Mirror\, and Golijob\, Azul. \nFriday\, August 14. Music and Dance.\nDance for Martha Graham\, Copland’s Appalachian Spring\, and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. \nSunday\, August 16. \nBruch\, Violin Concerto\, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 5\, which moves from fatalism to triumph. (Beethoven’s Fifth\, anyone?) \nFriday\, August 21. No lecture. \nSunday\, August 23. Beethoven’s Ninth! \nPhoto by Ben Garver \nAbout the speaker: Jeremy Yudkin is Professor of Music and Co-Director of the Center for Beethoven Research at Boston University.  He has served as Visiting Professor of Music at Oxford\, Harvard\, and the Sorbonne.  He is the author of ten books\, including From Silence to Sound: Beethoven’s Beginnings (2020) and Understanding Music (Prentice Hall\, 1996\, 2016)\, and edited the recently-published 550-page volume The New Beethoven.  He also researched and published the first-ever book on the Lenox School of Jazz (2006).  He has given hundreds of lectures across Europe\, the United States\, and Russia and has won numerous awards\, including an Award for Excellence in Historical Research for his book on Miles Davis (2008).  At Boston University\, where he teaches courses on Beethoven\, Bartók\, Bob Dylan\, and the Beatles – among many others – he has been nominated ten times for Metcalf Awards in Teaching and once as Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year. \nThe pre-concert talks are free thanks to the Lenox Library Association’s Goodwin Fund.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/tanglewood-talks-2026-with-jeremy-yudkin-2/2026-07-24/
LOCATION:Lenox Town Hall\, 6 Walker Street\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,LLA Events
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