January 10, 2025 — Zine & Diorama Fest on Saturday, February 8, 2025 11-4pm Forbes Library’s resident Zine Club is hosting a Winter-themed/inspired Zine and Diorama Festival. The event will take place from 11-4pm on Saturday, Feb. 8th, in the Reading Room on the main floor of the library. The event will accommodate 20 artist vendors, 12 dioramas, plus…
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Photography & Paper Arts
November 30, 2024 — by Mandana Marsh, Eileen Claveloux, and Margaret Humbert-Droz January 3-30, 2025Reception: Friday, January 10, 5-7 pm Mandana Marshphotography Making photographs has served as solace and a source of satisfaction throughout a life that has presented me with great gifts, losses and everything in between. The black and white prints are moments I want to preserve…
Hosmer Gallery seeks artist applications for 2025-2026
September 14, 2024 — Forbes Library is excited to invite exhibit proposals for the Hosmer Gallery! We’ll be planning exhibits for June 2025 through April 2026. Applications close: November 7, 2024, 6 PM The schedule will be finalized in December. The Hosmer Art Gallery, which opened in 2002, is designed to provide opportunities for local artists to show their…
Keeping Coolidge cool: Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museum launches public fundraising effort
August 27, 2024 — For more information, contact: Julie Bartlett Nelson, coolidge@forbeslibrary.org or 413-587-1014.Make a Gift As the centennial of the presidency of Calvin Coolidge is being marked, the library and museum which bears the name of the 30th U.S. president has launched the first public fundraising campaign in its history. The campaign comes as plans are underway to upgrade the…
Author Andrew Leland in Conversation with Pagan Kennedy
July 30, 2024 — August 8, 20246:30PM in the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museum at Forbes Library Forbes Library welcomes Andrew Leland— writer, audio producer, editor, teacher, and Northampton resident—for a discussion of his book The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight. Country of the Blind was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize…
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