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.
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
Berkshire Playwrights Lab
When: 8 PM, Wednesdays, July 15, July 29, 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.
* July 6: "White Heat: The Friendship of Emily Dickinson and Thomas Wentworth Higginson," lecture by author Brenda Wineapple
* July 13: "Money, Mansion, Misery: A Portrait of Harbor Hill, America's Fanciest Home" by architectural historian Richard Guy Wilson
* July 20: "Reversing the Image: Mrs. Lincoln in 2009" by author Catherine Clinton
* July 27: "Walking Backward: The Life of Flannery O'Connor" by author Brad Gooch
* August 3: "The Red Leather Diary: Reclaiming a Life Through the Pages of a Lost Journal" by Lily Koppel
* August 10: "Toward the Celestial Country: The Alcotts as a Transcendental Family" by author John Matteson
* August 17: "The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family" by author Annette Gordon-Reed
* August 24: "Banquet at Delmonico’s: Great Minds, the Gilded Age, and the Triumph of Evolution in America" by author Barry Werth
* August 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/
LOCAL EVENTS CALENDAR
THURSDAY, JULY 2
Local author readings
When: 7 PM
Where: Bennington Museum, Bennington, Vt.
Cost: Free
Local writers Tony Eprile and Judith Schwartz read their work as part of this weekly local authors series.
"The Ever-Blooming Flower Garden"
When: 7 PM
Where: Northshire Bookstore, Manchester Center, Vt.
Cost: Free
Author Lee Schneller to present "The Ever-Blooming Flower Garden," second in her "Get Gardening" series. Contact: (802) 362-3565, ext. 128.
TUESDAY, JULY 7
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 637-3017
THURSDAY, JULY 9
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.
Creating Work from Scratch
When: 1 PM
Where: Congregation Knesset Israel, 16 Colt Road, Pittsfield
Cost: Free
The Jewish Federation of the Berkshires will sponsor this program tracing the founding and growth of the Art Times with the literary journal's publisher Cornelia Seckel. Seckel will also address how information is best gotten into print and what people can do to realize their own dreams and visions. Contact: Nancy, 442-4360, ext. 15.
SATURDAY, JULY 11
"Mr. Lincoln's Chair: The Shakers and Their Quest for Peace" lecture and book signing with author Anita Sanchez
When: 2 PM
Where: Hancock Shaker Village, 24 Lebanon Mountain Road, Hancock
Cost: Free with park admission
"Mr. Lincoln's Chair" presents the Shakers against the backdrop of the Civil War, contrasting their peaceful lives with the carnage of America's bloodiest battles. The Shakers' struggle to obtain conscientious-objector status led them all the way to the White House for an audience with President Abraham Lincoln. Contact: (413) 443-0188.
This event is part of Lincoln Trail in the Berkshires, a collaboration of 14 historic sights and museums organized by Chesterwood. See www.lincolntrailintheberkshires.com for more details.
SUNDAY, JULY 12
Jim Lynch reads from 'Border Songs'
When: 1 PM
Where: The Bookloft, 332 Stockbridge Road, Barrington Plaza, Route 7, Great Barrington
Cost: Free
Jim Lynch will read from his new book, "Border Songs" (cover art by Berkshire's own Walton Ford). Lynch lives with his wife and their daughter in Olympia, Wash. As a journalist, he has received the Livingston Award for Young Journalists, among other national honors. His first novel, "The Highest Tide," won the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award, appeared on several bestsellers lists, was adapted for the stage and has been published in 11 foreign markets. Contact: (413) 528-1521.
TUESDAY, JULY 14
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 637-3017
THURSDAY, JULY 16
Storyteller Davis Bates and Musician Roger Tincknell
When: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Where: Sedgwick Reading Room, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Hear how the stars came to be in the sky and sing, move and dance with these two Parents Choice Award-winning performers who play the spoons, guitar, banjo, mandolin, bazouki and more. This program is funded in part by the Lenox Cultural Council, a local agency, supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Dean Olsher: "From Square One"
When: 7 PM
Where: The Bookstore, 11 Housatonic St., Lenox.
Cost: Free
Author Dean Olsher will read from and sign his book, "From Square One: A Meditation, With Digression, on Crosswords." Contact: (413) 637-3390. www.bookstoreinlenox.com
TUESDAY, JULY 21
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 637-3017
THURSDAY, JULY 23
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, JULY 25
Dennis Drabelle: "Mile-High Fever"
When: 2 PM
Where: The Bookstore, 11 Housatonic St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Author Dennis Drabelle will read from and sign his book, "Mile-High Fever: Silver Mines, Boom Towns and High Living on the Comstock Lode." Contact: (413) 637-3390. www.bookstoreinlenox.com
TUESDAY, JULY 28
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 637-3017
THURSDAY, JULY 30
Children's illustrator Marc Rosenthal
When: 2 PM - 3 PM
Location: Sedgwick Reading Room, Lenox Library, 18 Main St., Lenox
Cost: Free
Marc Rosenthal will demonstrate his artistry for families and give them a sneak peek at his upcoming September release, "Archie and the Pirates." Rosenthal is the award-winning author of "Phooey," illustrator of "Dig!" and other acclaimed picture books. No registration is required. This program is most appropriate for ages 5 to 12. Contact: Debby Cuthbert, (413) 637-1097, ext. 105, dcuthbert@lenoxlib.org.
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. www.bookstoreinlenox.com
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.
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.
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.
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.
