Gail Gerber’s memoir recalls her time spent with the famous novelist and screenwriter Terry Southern (Dr. Strangelove, the Magic Christian, Blue Movie, Candy, etc.). Despite the title, the book is…trait of a couple’s life together through a thirty year period. It also focuses on Southern’s idiosyncrasies, humor and career highs and lows. Gerber, a stage actress and ballet dancer, also shares several of her professional and personal experiences ranging from early 60’s appearances in Beach Ball, The Loved One and a couple of Elvis Presley films to life as a casual farmer. Trippin’ with Terry Southern is an interesting memoir and is certainly…
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Fossil Fuel Divestment
November 26, 2018 — The Trustees of Forbes Library have divested their investments from companies involved in extracting fossil fuels. This move was made in an attempt to reduce climate change by tackling its…’s investment parameters and a handful of other municipalities across the state….
Schedule a Group Tour or Librarian Visit
With advance notice, we can give your group a library tour, or a librarian can make an outreach visit to your local school or organization. Visit from a school group…eum or Hampshire Room for Local History Contact: Julie Bartlett Nelson, 587-1014, archives@forbeslibrary.org Please let us know the following: How will your group be arriving to the library? Do you need parking passes for cars? how many? Do you want a speaker/presentation? Please note: Oversize vehicles and buses do not fit in our driveway and parking lot and prior arrangements need to be made. Jonathan Edwards visit See materials of Edwards, Stod…
The Art of the Steal
The Art of the Steal is a documentary that addresses the issue of public ownership of artwork. Don Argott’s film focuses on a much heated conflict in the state of…ned art collector, acquired one of the most stunning Impressionist and Post-Impressionist collections in the world. He housed this uniquely curated collection along with a school as the Barnes Foundation in Lower Merion, PA. After his death in 1951, it was made clear by his will that the collection would not move nor would any of the work be sold under any circumstances. Here’s where it gets interesting… Barnes’s wishes were not shared with many o…
Sensation: The Story of Tommy
I first heard the Who’s Tommy as a teen or pre-teen after borrowing a copy from the Russell Library in Middletown, CT. That’s really the age to delve into both…of a band in a state of transition. It is evident we have a “pre” & “post”-Tommy Who for the history books. Tommy, an album many consider as the first “rock opera”, legitimized Pete Townshend as a true composer, gave Roger Daltry the confidence to stand out front as the powerful lead singer (often in fringe), took the Who to opera houses around the world and turned the band into a stadium rock monster. The film features interviews with Pete Towns…
Being Mortal
As the title implies, this book is for everyone, everyone who is mortal. With the subject matter, one might expect a very depressing tome. Gawande, a surgeon at Brigham and…pital in Boston, and a staff writer for the New Yorker, is an amazing story-teller. In the end, there is hope for making the world, and the end of life, better. He frankly addresses the failings of a medical system that tries to fix everything, when that might not be the right choice. He takes us through the very personal lives, and deaths, of many people, including the very personal story of his own father, as well as sharing his research into ho…
How To Wreck A Nice Beach
The vocoder is one of the strangest devices in the music world. One only has to listen to the recent trend of “Auto-Tune” (an offspring of the vocoder) to begin…rough the invention of this vocal transmission synthesizer and its initial uses. We learn that Winston Churchill and later John F. Kennedy spoke into early modules before the vocoder was even considered to be used as a musical instrument. Tompkins gives us plenty of military, political, scientific and Cold War history side by side with the then nascent hip-hop and electro movements with tales of the Jonzun Crew, Roger Troutman and Kraftwerk to nam…
Lives Worth Living
When I went to the Northampton Senior Center for a special Northampton Commission on Disability screening of Lives Worth Living I didn’t know anything about the film or its subject the disability…santly surprised to find that the film was not just informative, but a well-crafted and incredibly moving introduction to the subject that left me eager to learn more. At just 54 minutes in length, Lives Worth Living is too short to be more than an introduction to the story of disability rights (which it traces from the polio epidemics of the early twentieth century and the treatment of disabled veterans up to the passage of the Americans With Dis…
Genealogy Research at Forbes
Girls in tobacco field, photograph by Elbridge Kingsley Forbes Library has extensive resources for the genealogist. Online resources Recommended genealogy resources and databases Ancestry Library Edition Heritage Quest Resources in…, maps, and manuscripts in this collection. To make an appointment with a librarian who can assist you with your genealogy research please sign up on the online calendar, or call 413-587-1014 or email us at archives@forbeslibrary.org to make an appointment. We can also help connect you with local researchers for hire….
Invisibilia
Bernie Krause was a successful musician as a young man, playing with rock stars like Jim Morrison and George Harrison in the 1960s and ’70s. But then one day, Bernie…ing it all over the earth. If this description of a recent episode intrigues you, you will want to check out a podcast called Invisibilia. Produced by National Public Radio, Invisibilia explores the underlying forces that influence our behavior, ideas, and assumptions. Topics are wide-ranging and are told in an engaging and narrative fashion. One recent episode discussed a city councilor candidate who insists he is black, while his opponent accuse…
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…cludes (but is not limited to) failure to allow staff to follow normal lock-up procedures, excessive noise which causes complaints from other Library users, or failure to make a reasonable effort to clean up after serving refreshments. All events, including cleanup, must conclude 15 minutes before the library’s closing time. Should extra cleaning be required after an event due to unusual wear and tear, the event sponsor will be charged the actual…
Bak Study Room
The Bak Study Room is approximately 12′ x 11′ and contains a round table and 4 chairs. The Bak Study Room is intended for small group study and tutoring. It…can be made online (pending confirmation by the library), by phone (413-587-1013), or in person at the Arts & Music desk. You can reserve up to a 3-hour block of time. Patrons are limited to 5 outstanding reservations at any time Please be on time; if you are 15 minutes late or if you vacate the room for over 15 minutes, the room may be given to another group. Only the library’s dry-erase markers may be used on the white boards. Please ask for mar…
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