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SUMMARY:Memoir Writing: What’s Your Story?
DESCRIPTION:We all have stories to tell. Pick up the pen and get started in this guided workshop with simple writing prompts led by Lara Tupper. Learn practical tips for sustaining a writing habit you can stick with and enjoy. No prior writing experience necessary. All adults are welcome to attend. Please bring a notebook and a pen. \nThis workshop is free to attend but space is limited. Please register in advance by sending a message through Lara Tupper’s website: https://www.laratupper.com/contact.  \n\nAbout the presenter: Lara Tupper is an award-winning author/teacher who is committed to creative expression. A graduate of the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College (MFA Creative Writing)\, she is founder of Swift Ink Stories\, which offers book coaching and classes\, and the author of four books: At the Center (2027)\, Amphibians\, Off Island\, and A Thousand and One Nights. When not writing and teaching\, Lara performs with her husband\, singer-songwriter Bobby Sweet. \nThis program is supported in part by a grant from the Lenox Cultural Council\, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council\, a state agency. \n 
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/memoir-writing-whats-your-story/
LOCATION:Welles Gallery\, 18 Main Street\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program
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SUMMARY:Velcro Dodgeball for Tweens
DESCRIPTION:Kids ages 8 – 12 can play a friendly\, yet competitive\, game of Velcro dodgeball! Enjoy playing one-on-one or as a team (up to six players per team at one time). Takes place in Roche Reading Park. Aggressive or unsportsman-like behavior will not be tolerated. Kids under age 10 must have a caregiver with them.
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/velcro-dodgeball-for-tweens/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Family & Children,Teen
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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/2026-07-26/
LOCATION:Lenox Town Hall\, 6 Walker Street\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,LLA Events
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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/2026-07-28/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Family & Children
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SUMMARY:The Power of Connection: Creating Lasting Friendships in an Increasingly Lonely World with Dr. Marisa Franco (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/the-power-of-connection-creating-lasting-friendships-in-an-increasingly-lonely-world-with-dr-marisa-franco-virtual/
LOCATION:Virtual Program\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,Author Talk
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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/2026-07-28/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Family & Children,Teen
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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-2/2026-07-29/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Family & Children
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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-3/2026-07-30/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Family & Children
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260731T110000
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SUMMARY:Seed Globes
DESCRIPTION:Everyone is welcome to join us for an outdoor activity where we will make seed globes using clay\, soil\, and seeds! Take your seed globes\, filled with native wildflower seeds\, with you to plant wherever you go!
URL:https://lenoxlib.org/event/seed-globes/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Family & Children,Teen
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260731T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260731T160000
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-2/2026-07-31/
LOCATION:Lenox Town Hall\, 6 Walker Street\, Lenox\, MA\, 01240\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult Program,LLA Events
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