Seeing that this is most likely my last post of the year 2010, the natural thing to do would be to compile a best of scroll displaying my favorite things…sense) rubs elbows with the likes of John Shaft, B.J. Hammer and Dolemite films. Younge, composer/multi-instrumentalist/film editor, hearkens back to the music of these 70’s classics by working with vintage equipment and recording straight onto analog tape. While retaining the spirit of something like Mayfield’s Superfly with chilling vocals by many guest artists and tapping into haunting arrangements reminiscent of Ennio Morricone, Younge someho…
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Twentieth Century
John Barrymore and Carole Lombard star in, what some site as the first screwball comedy, Twentieth Century. The film’s director, Howard Hawks, who delivered several box office smashes in the…nd”. Once Garland has attained fame and fortune, she no longer needs the temperamental Oscar Jaffe in her life. As a result, the producer soon falls on hard times. Not only does he realize that he needs Garland back in his life for professional reasons, he discovers that he’s madly in love with the starlet! His crusade, at times devious, to win back her favor knows no bounds. Barrymore’s portrayal of Jaffe, which is grandiose in one instant and hi…
Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board – Agenda for 2019-01-18
Agenda Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board Fri January 18 2019 3:00 PM Announcements Forbes Library will host two screenings of Going Blind in March. On March 8th there will be…calendar. In order to spread the word Ben and Lisa will reach out to Northampton Neighbors, Valley Eye Radio, the Northampton Senior Center, Prime Magazine, senior living centers in Northampton, and will use the library’s social media and email broadcast tools to spread the word. We will also revise the language used to make it clear that classes are open to all, including educators, family members, and allies, and not just folks who identify as h…
A&M Video (Shelving Location)
The A&M Video shelving location is on the 2nd floor, on the west side of the library near the Arts and Music desk. It consists of two disjoint, non-adjacent regions…The A&M Video shelving location is on the 2nd floor, on the west side of the library near the Arts and Music desk. It consists of two disjoint, non-adjacent regions separated by the A&M Video Foreign shelving location. Feature films are in the northern region (towards the front of the library) and other films (documentaries, instructional videos, etc.) are in the region just past the foreign language feature films….
Forbes Library Eliminating Late Fees for All Patrons
May 19, 2021 — Forbes Library eliminated late fees for children and young adults in 2019 and has now stopped charging adults late fees as well. The Trustees of Forbes Library unanimously approved this…es of Forbes Library unanimously approved this policy change at their April 2021 meeting upon the recommendation of the library’s Racial & Social Justice Committee. Research shows that rather than encourage people to return library materials in a timely manner, overdue fines often instead result in patrons not returning items at all because they are discouraged by the fees or unable to afford them. This means that the library does not get these it…
Judd Manuscript Collection
Judd Manuscript Collection Digitized materials from the Judd Manuscript Collection available on archive.org The Judd Manuscript Collection consists of 70 bound volumes of handwritten accounts and transcriptions of documents, letters,…ical erasure of the region’s Native inhabitants. Entry on Slaves in Northampton. Judd Manuscript, Northampton Prices and Account Books, page 305. Recently, the collection has been used extensively in Historic Northampton’s Slavery Research Project and the “Documenting Early Black Lives in the Connecticut River Valley” project, allowing researchers and historians to identify numerous enslaved and free Black people from the area and recover details…
Scholarships for Northampton Area Students
This list includes scholarships which target students from Western Massachusetts and Massachusetts generally. The Ad Club of Western Massachusetts The Ad Club of Western Massachusetts offers a merit based scholarship…l Scholarship provides financial assistance to a current Cooley Dickinson employee who is either currently accepted or currently enrolled full time in an accredited school of nursing, working to complete an associate’s degree, a three-year diploma, a bachelor’s degree or a master’s degree in nursing. The Therese Connor Nursing Education Fund provides financial assistance is available on an annual basis to registered nurses at Cooley Dickinson. The…
Art Middleton
Art MiddletonArt Middleton, Writer-In-Residence Emeritus, served from 2018-2020. He is a writer, educator, and parent interested in exploring the experience of work, time, care, and community, themes that have shown…opian longing in politics and literature. You can read a June 2018 Daily Hampshire Gazette article, “Forbes Library’s new Writer in Residence took a winding path back home,”. Our Work and Why We Do it The Our Work and Why We Do It Podcast hosted by Art Middleton Our Work and Why We Do It was the Art Middleton’s writer in residence reading series. This series is interested in exploring the ways in which the written word may create and sustain socia…
Meeting Rooms and Grounds Use Policy
To reserve a meeting room, see: Reservations | Meeting Room Scheduler | Meeting Room Fee Schedule Forbes Library offers three meeting rooms: the Friends of Forbes Community Room, the Watson Room, and…that The event features a guest speaker on a theme or topic and is not a campaign rally The event is open to the public An admission fee is not charged It is held during open hours and staff are available and present No fundraising or collecting of money can take place in the building or on the property No distribution of campaign or party/group related buttons, flyers, posters, etc. in the building or on the property The event must be advertised…
Descriptive language notes
Details on our use of controlled vocabulary, reparative language efforts, descriptive terms, and content warnings in Special Collections Records in our online special collections were migrated from an older system…Abbie Benfield, Smith College class of 2023, for leading this research. In 2021 in anticipation of migrating our database to a new system, Forbes Library staff began a review of subject words, search terms and descriptions for use of racist, sexist, oppressive, offensive language. Forbes Library is committed to continually reviewing the past and current cataloging practices. Specific projects, grants, virtual exhibits, and collections have and wi…
Exhibit History
2002–present: Hosmer Gallery 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Virtual Exhibits 2021 2022 2023 Up to 2001…009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Virtual Exhibits 2021 2022 2023 Up to 2001 The Library hosted exhibitions of art by local artists in the Gallery space on the second floor, which was renovated in 2001-2002 to become the Hosmer Gallery. 1973-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1984-85 1985-86 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Hosmer Gallery exhibit by Karl Kna…
Celebrate New Art Works in Forbes Library’s Collection, February 4
January 18, 2023 — Reception Saturday, February 4, 2-3:30 PM The public is invited to a reception spotlighting the new art works by local and regional BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) artists which…, People of Color) artists which we have acquired in the last two years. In 2021, Forbes Library received a $10,000 anonymous donation with the express intent of supporting the library in its desire to diversify its permanent art collection. The Trustees of Forbes Library then matched the gift and appointed a committee to identify potential artists and recommend works of art to acquire for the permanent collection. Committee members reached out to…
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