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Photography by Ben James and Anching Lin, Drawings by Amy A. Crawley

October 30, 2024 — November 2-27, 2024 Reception:  Saturday, November 16, 3:00-5:00 p.m. We Will Be Sisters: Stories of Female Textile Workers by Amy Crawley This body of work started in response to feeling disconnected during the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic. I began researching my community and the Poor House Farm down the street from my house. That…

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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