Just got an e-mail from Vivian Dorsel, editor of upstreet literary magazine.
Vivian says:
In her Advocate article on the Berkshire Festival of Women Writers, Kelly Bevan talks about the upstreet-sponsored March 10 reading at Chapters Bookstore in Pittsfield, for which she interviewed Patty Crane and me, and mentions the other readers (Lisken Van Pelt Dus, Rebecca Flowers, Hannah Fries, Courtney Maum, and CD Nelsen). This issue of The Advocate will be on the stands till tomorrow, and you can also read it online here: http://www.advocateweekly.com/ci_17461415
The reading will also be featured in Kate Abbott’s article for the March 10 Berkshires Week, part of The Berkshire Eagle.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Local Authors' Day in Sheffield, Mass.
SHEFFIELD, Mass. -- Enjoy a chat with a local author, get an autograph and even start your holiday shopping the seventh annual Local Authors' Day celebration from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Bushnell-Sage Library, 48 Main St., just south of the village green in Sheffield.
There is great talent in this tri-county corner of Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York, said the event's sponsors, the Library trustees and the Friends of the Bushnell-Sage Library. They added that they feel privileged to sponsor this event honoring our region’s gifted writers and illustrators.
Seventeen new authors will appear at the event in addition to returning favorites.
Children’s authors Barbara Shook Hazen, Michael Citron and Tracy Mack, Doreen Rappaport, Ben Hillman, Sue MacVeety and Cheryl Blackburn will be there. Mumbet is returning to Sheffield, this time through the work of co-authors Jana Laiz and Ann-Elizabeth Barnes and illustrator Jacqueline Rogers.
History, scenery and personalities of the Berkshires are featured in Stephen Donaldson’s photographic essays, Bernie Drew and Gary Leveille’s wonderful histories of our area and Dr. Richard Greene’s mysteries, which take place in Great Barrington. Andrea Scott’s book on the Housatonic, done in conjunction with local artists from the Housatonic Valley Art League, will catch your eye.
If poetry is your bent, the Bushnell-Sage Library is the place to be as Sharon Charde, Michelle Gillett, Irene Willis, David Giannini, and Bob Ronnow will appear. Want a celebrity autograph? Just visit with Roy Blount and Jim Bouton.
For dog lovers, Elizabeth Hess, Brooke Janis and Charles Steinhacker all have animal stories to tell.
Not to be overlooked are our local educators: John Toffey, former English teacher, college counselor and dean of faculty at Berkshire School; Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez from Simon’s Rock, who is the founder of the Berkshire Festival of the Arts; and Emmanuel Dongala, a chemist and novelist who also teaches at Simon’s Rock.
For foodies, Michael Ballon, owner/chef of Castle Street Café, and Miriam Jacobs will provide you with recipes to stimulate the palate.
Biographer Susan Dworkin will share "The Viking in the Wheat Field," which describes the life and achievements of Bent Skovmand, a Danish scientist. Historians Marshall Jon Fisher, Charles Parton, mystery history writer Leslie Wheeler, and Holocaust writers Roselle Chartock and Sonia Pilcer, will all be there -- as will Milton and Ruth Bass, who remind us of who we are and what we can be.
Others attending will be Matt Tannenbaum, owner of The Bookstore in Lenox; David Anderegg; decorative arts writers Gina Hyams and Marlene Hurley Marshall; Karen Berger and musician David Hodge; David Carriere and Richard Wise; mystery writer Jim Ciullo; John Friedman, author of "The History of Lightnin"; Louisa Gilder of quantum physics fame; Rob Robins, artist, raconteur and author of a book on macular degeneration; short-story writer Jessica Treat; columnist Dan Valenti; and novelist Kenneth Markel, who is now writing original ½-hour plays for radio station WBCR-LP at 97.7 FM.
Refreshments will be served all morning. There will be a host of volunteers keeping the
coffee urns filled and the goodie trays passed about. The sponsors say this is always a busy, joyful, noisy event.
At 12:30 p.m., the Friends of the Bushnell-Sage Library host a luncheon for the writers and their guests. Included at the luncheon will be authors from previous celebrations who come to renew friendships, and discuss the process of their craft and the business of getting published.
Information: Bushnell-Sage Library, (413) 229-7004.
There is great talent in this tri-county corner of Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York, said the event's sponsors, the Library trustees and the Friends of the Bushnell-Sage Library. They added that they feel privileged to sponsor this event honoring our region’s gifted writers and illustrators.
Seventeen new authors will appear at the event in addition to returning favorites.
Children’s authors Barbara Shook Hazen, Michael Citron and Tracy Mack, Doreen Rappaport, Ben Hillman, Sue MacVeety and Cheryl Blackburn will be there. Mumbet is returning to Sheffield, this time through the work of co-authors Jana Laiz and Ann-Elizabeth Barnes and illustrator Jacqueline Rogers.
History, scenery and personalities of the Berkshires are featured in Stephen Donaldson’s photographic essays, Bernie Drew and Gary Leveille’s wonderful histories of our area and Dr. Richard Greene’s mysteries, which take place in Great Barrington. Andrea Scott’s book on the Housatonic, done in conjunction with local artists from the Housatonic Valley Art League, will catch your eye.
If poetry is your bent, the Bushnell-Sage Library is the place to be as Sharon Charde, Michelle Gillett, Irene Willis, David Giannini, and Bob Ronnow will appear. Want a celebrity autograph? Just visit with Roy Blount and Jim Bouton.
For dog lovers, Elizabeth Hess, Brooke Janis and Charles Steinhacker all have animal stories to tell.
Not to be overlooked are our local educators: John Toffey, former English teacher, college counselor and dean of faculty at Berkshire School; Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez from Simon’s Rock, who is the founder of the Berkshire Festival of the Arts; and Emmanuel Dongala, a chemist and novelist who also teaches at Simon’s Rock.
For foodies, Michael Ballon, owner/chef of Castle Street Café, and Miriam Jacobs will provide you with recipes to stimulate the palate.
Biographer Susan Dworkin will share "The Viking in the Wheat Field," which describes the life and achievements of Bent Skovmand, a Danish scientist. Historians Marshall Jon Fisher, Charles Parton, mystery history writer Leslie Wheeler, and Holocaust writers Roselle Chartock and Sonia Pilcer, will all be there -- as will Milton and Ruth Bass, who remind us of who we are and what we can be.
Others attending will be Matt Tannenbaum, owner of The Bookstore in Lenox; David Anderegg; decorative arts writers Gina Hyams and Marlene Hurley Marshall; Karen Berger and musician David Hodge; David Carriere and Richard Wise; mystery writer Jim Ciullo; John Friedman, author of "The History of Lightnin"; Louisa Gilder of quantum physics fame; Rob Robins, artist, raconteur and author of a book on macular degeneration; short-story writer Jessica Treat; columnist Dan Valenti; and novelist Kenneth Markel, who is now writing original ½-hour plays for radio station WBCR-LP at 97.7 FM.
Refreshments will be served all morning. There will be a host of volunteers keeping the
coffee urns filled and the goodie trays passed about. The sponsors say this is always a busy, joyful, noisy event.
At 12:30 p.m., the Friends of the Bushnell-Sage Library host a luncheon for the writers and their guests. Included at the luncheon will be authors from previous celebrations who come to renew friendships, and discuss the process of their craft and the business of getting published.
Information: Bushnell-Sage Library, (413) 229-7004.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
special event in december - tix on sale sept. 1
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2
Author event with Stephen King
When: 7 PM
Where: Manchester Elementary-Middle School, Manchester, Vt.
Admission: $50 (includes a signed copy of Under the Dome and preferred seating, or $5 (general admission)
TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE SEPT. 1 AT 10 AM. They will be available in-store at Northshire Bookstore, 4869 Main St., Manchester, Vt., or by phone only. A special phone number will be set up for ticket sales, and will be announced on the bookstore's website at a future date.
upcoming literary events
ONGOING
Berkshire Playwrights Lab
When: 8 PM, Wednesdays -- Aug. 12, Aug. 26, Sept. 16
Where: Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, Great Barrington
Cost: Free
Free staged reading series. Play titles and casts TBA. Contact: (413) 528-0100. http://www.berkshireplaywrightslab.org/
Berkshire Writers Room workshops
* Writing For Children & Young Adults on second Mondays from 7 to 9 p.m. in Meville Hall, Room 217, Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield
* Fiction/Creative Non-Fiction meets the first Wednesday of the month from 7 to 9 p.m. in Meville Hall, Room 217, Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield
* Poetry meets on second Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. at Wild Sage, 333 North St., Pittsfield
* The All-Genre Workshop is held on third Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m. at Mason Public Library, Main Street, Great Barrington
Workshops are free to members of the Berkshire Writers Room. Interested non-members may attend two workshops before joining. Membership is $20 per year. Contact: (413) 236-2191, theberkshirewritersroom@yahoo.com.
Books and Authors, 2009 Lecture Series
When: 4 PM, Mondays, June 13 - Aug. 31
Where: The Mount's Stable Theater, 2 Plunkett Street (just off route 7), Lenox
Cost: $18 in advance (by noon), $20 at the door; students with valid ID receive a $5 discount. Contact: (413) 551-5111. www.edithwharton.org.
All lectures will be followed by a book-signing and tea.
* Aug. 3: "The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal" by Lily Koppel
* Aug. 10: "Toward the Celestial Country: The Alcotts as a Transcendental Family" by author John Matteson
* Aug. 17: "The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family" by author Annette Gordon-Reed
* Aug. 24: "Banquet at Delmonico’s: Great Minds, the Gilded Age, and the Triumph of Evolution in America" by author Barry Werth
* Aug. 31: "Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Theater, His Dance" by author, dancer, choreographer, dance critic and teacher, Deborah Jowitt
Inkberry workshops
* Community Critique Group
When: 7:30 PM, first and third Wednesdays
Where: Inkberry, Western Gateway Heritage State Park, 115 State St., building 1, second floor, North Adams
Cost: Free
Want feedback on your stories or poems? Looking for an alternative to a class? Share your work with local writers in this welcoming community-based workshop. Members submit their writings and receive feedback on a rotating basis. Feel free to drop in and observe. Open to writers of all levels and styles. Contact: (413) 664-0775. www.inkberry.org
* "Finding Meaning and Values in Poetry"
When: 7 PM, first Monday of the month
Where: Inkberry, Western Gateway Heritage State Park, 115 State St., building 1, second floor, North Adams
Cost: $3
This is a lively, informal monthly gathering of writers and readers. World poetry, from ancient to modern times, is the most complete, succinct and elegant record available to us of human wisdom, experience and ethics. Discover personal meaning and values by discussing exceptional poems with Berkshire writers and readers. Bring your own refreshments. Contact: (413) 664-0775. www.inkberry.org
"Wharton on Wednesdays"
When: 5 p.m., Wednesdays, July 8 - Aug. 26
Where: The Mount, 104 Walker St., Lenox, outside (library for rain)
Cost: Free with estate admission
The works of Edith Wharton will be read every Wednesday throughout the summer season. This year readings will be presented by members of the Berkshire Theatre Festival, and a different work by Edith Wharton will be read each week. Admission is free, and the Terrace Café will be open until the reading starts for refreshments. Contact: (413) 637-3206. http://www.edithwharton.org/
Wordplay
When: 7 PM, second Saturday of the month
Where: Papyri Books, 45 Eagle St., North Adams
Cost: Free
Local authors read from their published works followed by an open mic session. Refreshments.
* Aug. 8: "The Coming of the Train: The Hoosic Tunnel & Wilmington and Deerfield River Railroads and The Industries They Served, Volume I - 1870-1910" by Brian Donelson
* Sept. 12: Local poets Karen Chase and Trudy Ames will read from recent publications
* Oct. 10: "Deadly Quarrels," latest in the Anne Cartier Mystery Series by Charles O'Brien
* Nov. 14: Members of the Slate Roof Collective will read from their poetry, including Susie Patlove reading from "Quickening", featured on NPR's Writer's Almanac
* Dec. 12: Authors from local literary journal upstreet will read their work from volume 5
LOCAL EVENTS CALENDAR
SATURDAY, AUG. 1
William Spiegelman: "Seven Pleasures"
When: 2 PM
Where: The Bookstore, 11 Housatonic St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Author William Spiegelman will read from and sign his book, "Seven Pleasures: Essays on Ordinary Happiness."
Contact: (413) 637-3390. http://www.bookstoreinlenox.com/
TUESDAY, AUG. 4
Toddler Story Time
When: 11 - 11:30 AM
Where: Youth Department, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Toddler Story Time is for children age 18 months to 3 years. Children and their caregivers sing songs, learn finger plays and listen to a story. Participants are invited to stay after the structured program so that the children can play together. Contact: Debby Cuthbert 637-0197, ext. 105.
When: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM: Berkshires Writers Group
Where: Legacy Room, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Contact: Danna Paglino, (413) 637-3017
THURSDAY, AUG. 6
Discussion and book signing with Marshall Jon Fisher
When: 6 PM
Where: Chapters Bookstore, 78 North St., Pittsfield
Cost: Free
Chapters and upstreet present Marshall Jon Fisher, author of "A Terrible Splendor: Three Extraordinary Men, a World Poised for War, and the Greatest Tennis Match Ever Played."
SATURDAY, AUG. 8
Script writing et al., a workshop with Jeff Brace
When: 2 PM
Where: Chapters Bookstore, 78 North St., Pittsfield
Cost: Free
TUESDAY, AUG. 11
Toddler Story Time
When: 11 - 11:30 AM
Where: Youth Department, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Toddler Story Time is for children age 18 months to 3 years. Children and their caregivers sing songs, learn finger plays and listen to a story. Participants are invited to stay after the structured program so that the children can play together. Contact: Debby Cuthbert 637-0197, ext. 105.
When: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM: Berkshires Writers Group
Where: Legacy Room, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Contact: Danna Paglino, (413) 637-3017
THURSDAY, AUG. 13
Preschool Story Craft
When: 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Where: Youth Department, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Preschool Story Craft is for children 3 to 5 years of age. The program features stories, songs and follow-along activities followed by a craft related to stories. Contact: Debby Cuthbert, (413) 637-0197, ext. 105.
TUESDAY, AUG. 18
Toddler Story Time
When: 11 - 11:30 AM
Where: Youth Department, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Toddler Story Time is for children age 18 months to 3 years. Children and their caregivers sing songs, learn finger plays and listen to a story. Participants are invited to stay after the structured program so that the children can play together. Contact: Debby Cuthbert 637-0197, ext. 105.
When: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM: Berkshires Writers Group
Where: Legacy Room, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Contact: Danna Paglino, (413) 637-3017
When: 2 PM - 3:00 PM: Annual Ice Cream Social & Summer Reading Program Finale
Where: Roche Reading Park
Cost: Free
This celebration is sponsored by SOCO, and everyone is invited to enjoy a dish of ice cream, meet a few out-of-this-world special guests and see who wins the Summer Reading Program raffle. All Starship Adventurers will be awarded a prize.
Contact: Debby Cuthbert, (413) 637-0197, ext. 105, or dcuthbert@lenoxlib.org
THURSDAY, AUG. 20
Preschool Story Craft
When: 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Where: Youth Department, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Preschool Story Craft is for children 3 to 5 years of age. The program features stories, songs and follow-along activities followed by a craft related to stories. Contact: Debby Cuthbert, (413) 637-0197, ext. 105.
SATURDAY, AUG. 22
Gerald Elias reads from 'Devil's Trill'
When: 1 PM
Where: The Bookloft, 332 Stockbridge Road, Barrington Plaza, Route 7, Great Barrington
Cost: Free
Local author Gerald Elias will read from his new book, "Devil's Trill," a mystery novel set in the classical world which he knows so well. Elias is a composer and has been a member of the Boston Symphony, associate concertmaster of the Utah Symphony since 1988, first violinist of the Abramyan String Quartet and adjunct professor of music at the University of Utah. The Deseret News wrote, "[Elias] is an exceptionally talented and sublime musician. His musicality is impressive, and his technical skill is unsurpassed." Contact: (413) 528-1521.
TUESDAY, AUG. 25
When: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM: Berkshires Writers Group
Where: Legacy Room, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Contact: Danna Paglino, (413) 637-3017
FRIDAY, AUG. 28
When: 11 AM - 6 PM: Annual Book Sale
Where: Welles Gallery, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Contact: Ilse Browner
SATURDAY, AUG. 29
When: 10 AM - 5 PM: Annual Book Sale
Where: Welles Gallery, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Contact: Ilse Browner
SUNDAY, AUG. 30
When: 10 AM - 5 PM: Annual Book Sale
Where: Welles Gallery, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Contact: Ilse Browner
SATURDAY, AUG. 29
John Katz reads from 'Soul of a Dog'
When: 1 PM
Where: The Bookloft, 332 Stockbridge Road, Barrington Plaza, Route 7, Great Barrington
Cost: Free
Jon Katz will read from his new book, "Soul of a Dog." Katz has written six novels and 10 works of nonfiction including "A Dog Year," "The Dogs of Bedlam Farm," "The New Work of Dogs," "Katz on Dogs" and "A Good Dog." A two-time finalist for the National Magazine Award, he writes columns about dogs and rural life for the online magazine Slate, and has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, GQ and the AKC Gazette. He co-hosts an award-winning show, "Dog Talk," on Northeast Public Radio. Katz lives on Bedlam Farm in upstate New York with his wife, Paula Span, and his dogs, sheep, steers and cow, donkeys, barn cat, irritable rooster Winston, and three hens. Contact: (413) 528-1521.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 1
Toddler Story Time
When: 11 - 11:30 AM
Where: Youth Department, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Toddler Story Time is for children age 18 months to 3 years. Children and their caregivers sing songs, learn finger plays and listen to a story. Participants are invited to stay after the structured program so that the children can play together. Contact: Debby Cuthbert 637-0197, ext. 105.
When: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM: Berkshires Writers Group
Where: Legacy Room, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Contact: Danna Paglino, (413) 637-3017
THURSDAY, SEPT. 3
Preschool Story Craft
When: 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Where: Youth Department, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Preschool Story Craft is for children 3 to 5 years of age. The program features stories, songs and follow-along activities followed by a craft related to stories. Contact: Debby Cuthbert, (413) 637-0197, ext. 105.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 8
Toddler Story Time
When: 11 - 11:30 AM
Where: Youth Department, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Toddler Story Time is for children age 18 months to 3 years. Children and their caregivers sing songs, learn finger plays and listen to a story. Participants are invited to stay after the structured program so that the children can play together. Contact: Debby Cuthbert 637-0197, ext. 105.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 10
Preschool Story Craft
When: 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Where: Youth Department, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Preschool Story Craft is for children 3 to 5 years of age. The program features stories, songs and follow-along activities followed by a craft related to stories. Contact: Debby Cuthbert, (413) 637-0197, ext. 105.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 15
Toddler Story Time
When: 11 - 11:30 AM
Where: Youth Department, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Toddler Story Time is for children age 18 months to 3 years. Children and their caregivers sing songs, learn finger plays and listen to a story. Participants are invited to stay after the structured program so that the children can play together. Contact: Debby Cuthbert 637-0197, ext. 105.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 17
Preschool Story Craft
When: 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Where: Youth Department, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Preschool Story Craft is for children 3 to 5 years of age. The program features stories, songs and follow-along activities followed by a craft related to stories. Contact: Debby Cuthbert, (413) 637-0197, ext. 105.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 20
Distinguished Lecture Series: "Clara's War: A Miraculous Story of One Girl's Survival Under the Nazis"
When: 4 PM - 6 PM
Where: Sedgwick Reading Room, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Contact: Denis J. Lesieur, (413) 637-2630 or dlesieur@lenoxlib.org
TUESDAY, SEPT. 22
Toddler Story Time
When: 11 - 11:30 AM
Where: Youth Department, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Toddler Story Time is for children age 18 months to 3 years. Children and their caregivers sing songs, learn finger plays and listen to a story. Participants are invited to stay after the structured program so that the children can play together. Contact: Debby Cuthbert 637-0197, ext. 105.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 24
Preschool Story Craft
When: 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Where: Youth Department, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Preschool Story Craft is for children 3 to 5 years of age. The program features stories, songs and follow-along activities followed by a craft related to stories. Contact: Debby Cuthbert, (413) 637-0197, ext. 105.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 29
Toddler Story Time
When: 11 - 11:30 AM
Where: Youth Department, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Toddler Story Time is for children age 18 months to 3 years. Children and their caregivers sing songs, learn finger plays and listen to a story. Participants are invited to stay after the structured program so that the children can play together. Contact: Debby Cuthbert 637-0197, ext. 105.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30
An Evening with David Sedaris
When: 7:30 PM
Where: The Colonial Theatre, 111 South St., Pittsfield
Cost: $65/$45
NPR humorist and best-selling author of "Me Talk Pretty One Day" and "When You Are Engulfed in Flames" David Sedaris is one of America's pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today. Contact: (413)997-4444. Box office hours: Monday-Friday 10 AM - 5 PM; Saturday 10 AM - 2 PM.
THURSDAY, OCT. 1
Preschool Story Craft
When: 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Where: Youth Department, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Preschool Story Craft is for children 3 to 5 years of age. The program features stories, songs and follow-along activities followed by a craft related to stories. Contact: Debby Cuthbert, (413) 637-0197, ext. 105.
SUNDAY, OCT. 11
Lecture and Book Signing: "The Mannahatta Project: The Natural History of Manhattan Island" by Eric Sanderson
When: 5:30 - 7 PM
Where: The Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield
Cost: Free
Using historic accounts and the latest GIS technology, Wildlife Conservation Society landscape ecologist Eric Sanderson reconstructs the original, primeval natural areas of Manhattan Island before your eyes. Afterwards Sanderson will sign his latest book, "Mannahatta," and birthday cake will be offered to celebrate the 400th year of colonization of Manhattan Island. Contact: (413)443-7171.
TUESDAY, OCT. 6
Toddler Story Time
When: 11 - 11:30 AM
Where: Youth Department, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Toddler Story Time is for children age 18 months to 3 years. Children and their caregivers sing songs, learn finger plays and listen to a story. Participants are invited to stay after the structured program so that the children can play together. Contact: Debby Cuthbert 637-0197, ext. 105.
TUESDAY, OCT. 13
Toddler Story Time
When: 11 - 11:30 AM
Where: Youth Department, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Toddler Story Time is for children age 18 months to 3 years. Children and their caregivers sing songs, learn finger plays and listen to a story. Participants are invited to stay after the structured program so that the children can play together. Contact: Debby Cuthbert 637-0197, ext. 105.
SUNDAY, OCT. 18
Distinguished Lecture Series: "Can Poetry Save the Earth? A Field Guide to Nature Poems"
When: 4 PM - 6 PM
Where: Sedgwick Reading Room, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Contact: Denis J. Lesieur, (413) 637-2630 or dlesieur@lenoxlib.org
Thursday, July 16, 2009
3rd thursdays poetry slam - tonight in pittsfield, mass.
As part of the 3rd Thursdays activities in Pittsfield, four-time national slam poet champion Taylor Mali will host a poetry slam at 8:30 tonight at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, 28 Renne Ave. Admission is $10.
For more information on Mali, visit: http://www.taylormali.com/
For more information on tonight's 3rd Thursdays events, visit: http://www.pittsfield.com/images/downloads/web3rd_Thursday_july09%20-1.pdf
For more information on Mali, visit: http://www.taylormali.com/
For more information on tonight's 3rd Thursdays events, visit: http://www.pittsfield.com/images/downloads/web3rd_Thursday_july09%20-1.pdf
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
area events
Feeling wordy in Western Mass. and wondering about local poetry events?
Check out the Poetry News Calendar at http://www.poetrynewscalendar.com/ for weekly poetry events listings covering Western Masschusetts, the Pioneer Valley and the greater Springfield/Worcester/Hartford area.
And if you don't consider Albany to be too much of a trek, check out Albany Poets at
http://www.albanypoets.com/ for events in the Capital District.
Check out the Poetry News Calendar at http://www.poetrynewscalendar.com/ for weekly poetry events listings covering Western Masschusetts, the Pioneer Valley and the greater Springfield/Worcester/Hartford area.
And if you don't consider Albany to be too much of a trek, check out Albany Poets at
http://www.albanypoets.com/ for events in the Capital District.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
finding mary oliver
This weekend, a New York Times travel piece wanders Provincetown, Mass., in the footsteps of poet Mary Oliver.
Oliver, who has won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, writes nature poetry, which in lesser hands than hers I sometimes call "sparrow poetry." She was influenced in her work by other great nature poets, Whitman, Thoreau and Millay (in whose home, Steepletop, she briefly lived while a teen, after Millay's death; she helped the family sort through Millay's papers).
But while Oliver writes about nature, her poems are conversations with life, more about truths than imagery itself. I find that lots of poets today can't make that distinction; they seem to write earth imagery because it sounds poetic, not because it speaks truth.
Though Oliver is still living, still in Provincetown with her partner, she declined to be interviewed for the NYT piece; she wanted her work to speak for itself. It does.
Oliver, who has won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, writes nature poetry, which in lesser hands than hers I sometimes call "sparrow poetry." She was influenced in her work by other great nature poets, Whitman, Thoreau and Millay (in whose home, Steepletop, she briefly lived while a teen, after Millay's death; she helped the family sort through Millay's papers).
But while Oliver writes about nature, her poems are conversations with life, more about truths than imagery itself. I find that lots of poets today can't make that distinction; they seem to write earth imagery because it sounds poetic, not because it speaks truth.
Though Oliver is still living, still in Provincetown with her partner, she declined to be interviewed for the NYT piece; she wanted her work to speak for itself. It does.
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