Using original material from the collections of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum, Well presents the daily life and residences of Calvin Coolidge in Northampton, Massachusetts. She uses new…Using original material from the collections of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum, Well presents the daily life and residences of Calvin Coolidge in Northampton, Massachusetts. She uses new sources to document the unique and interesting personal life stories of Coolidge’s landlords and neighbors. Copies are also available to purchase in at the library or in our online store….
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The Summer I Met Jack
Gable (The Book of Summer, 2017) offers an unvarnished fictional view of a maid’s affair with a young Jack Kennedy and its repercussions throughout her life, and possibly for US…ing intermittent contact with Jack until he becomes president. Gable brings her flair for multigenerational stories rooted in New England summers to this inspired-by-a-true-story tale that will appeal to Kennedy watchers, seasonal romantics, and fans of old Hollywood….
Stay On It
Composer Julius Eastman’s (1940 – 1990) music explores his identities as a gay man and Black American. Stay On It was composed in 1973 and combines minimalism with pop music….nce through one of the many organizations involved in its production: The Dream Unfinished. The Dream Unfinished is an activist orchestra based out of New York which uses classical music as a platform to engage audiences in dialogues surrounding social and racial justice….
Complete Local History/Local Novelists Reading and Lecture Series Calendar (with past events)
2014-2015 | 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 logo by Julieta Vasquez Mansilla 2014 – 2015 October 1 Strange Stories of Science! Bugs! Scandal! Fiction! Faith Deering, entomologist, Historic Deerfield Peter Kobel, author, The Strange Case of the Mad Professor Brian Adams, novelist, Love in the Time of Climate Change November 5 Paradise Found: A Walking and Biking Tour of Northampton, Massachusetts through poetry and art. Tom Clark, Lo…
If you liked The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo…
January 13, 2014 — 61 Hours: A Reacher Novel by Lee Child Reacher arrives accidentally in a small South Dakota town, where during a dangerous winter storm he is enlisted to protect a lone…aternity leave to uncover the killer and is drawn into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a vicious murderer. Private by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro Former CIA agent Jack Morgan inherits his father’s elite Los Angeles detective agency and along with it such cases as an NFL gambling scandal, eighteen unsolved schoolgirl slayings, and the murder of his best friend’s wife. Smilla’s Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg When her six-year-old neighbor fal…
Calvin Coolige At Home in Northampton
June 2, 2009 — Calvin Coolidge At Home in Northampton, a new book by local historian and volunteer Susan Well, is now available. Using original material from the collections at the Calvin Coolidge Presidential…life and residences of Calvin Coolidge in Northampton, Massachusetts. Well uses new sources to document the unique and interesting personal life stories of Coolidge’s landlords and neighbors. Most of the Museum’s visitors ask where the former President lived, and now we have a definitive answer for them. Susan Well will give an author talk and book signing at the Coolidge Museum Wednesday, June 17 at 7pm. The book is for sale for $16 at the Forbes…
Emerson & Eros
Emerson is considered to be a man of mythic proportions. His influence on his era was incalculable and extends forward into our own. What made a man who was unremarkable…Emerson is considered to be a man of mythic proportions. His influence on his era was incalculable and extends forward into our own. What made a man who was unremarkable and uninspired into a legend who started a philosophy (Transcendentalism) and spurred others into action on large causes (women’s suffrage, anti-slavery, etc…)? Gougeon explores these tantalizing questions….
Fire & grace
A fantastic collection of new and old Scottish fiddle tunes, with Alasdair Fraser on fiddle and Natalie Haas on cello. Alasdair Fraser is a master and Natalie Haas’s cello playing…ddle and Natalie Haas on cello. Alasdair Fraser is a master and Natalie Haas’s cello playing his perfect complement. Natalie plays beautiful counterpoint, but she has also mastered the fiddler’s “chop”, and uses it effectively in her driving rhythmic accompaniments. Having listened to this recording I find it difficult to understand why the cello is not used more often in this style of music!…
Volunteering in the Northampton Area
Looking for a place to volunteer? Consider volunteering for Forbes Library or check out these pages. Northampton Survival Center (413) 586-6564 or info@northamptonsurvival.org The Northampton Survival Center is dedicated to…m, and on-going opportunities are available. RSVP staff provide ongoing one-on-one support. VolunteerMatch VolunteerMatch is the largest online network of volunteer opportunities. You can search by geographic area and areas of interest. This is a place to post opportunities as well. Massachusetts Service Alliance Massachusetts Service Alliance connects volunteers in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Adult Literacy Hotline 1-800-447-…
La biblioteca Forbes
La biblioteca Forbes está ubicada en 20 West Street cerca del centro de Northampton, MA. Somos una biblioteca pública y todos están bienvenidos a visitar y cualquier persona viviendo en…@forbeslibrary.org, vía mensaje de texto al 413-570-0444, o llámenos al 413-587-1011 ext. 1015. Tenemos libros, revistas, y películas en español tanto como en inglés que puede tomar prestados con su tarjeta de biblioteca. También tenemos libros electrónicos y audiolibros. También ofrecemos computadoras e internet gratuito, y podemos ayudarles con preguntas tecnológicas incluyendo software y lectores electrónicos. Nuestro departamento infantil es u…
The Spear Cuts Through Water
It’s very difficult to recommend this book while trying to keep all of its wonderful secrets and surprises under wraps! At its simplest, The Spear Cuts Through Water is a…enturers, who must learn to trust one another or face certain death. At times violent and grim, it’s certainly not for everyone, but fans of She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan, Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse, and Netflix’s The Untamed will find plenty to enjoy in this romantic and folklore-driven fantasy….
Libraries in the Northampton Area
Forbes Library Northampton, Massachusetts’ public library. Smith College Libraries Links to Neilson Library, Hillyer Arts Library, Josten Performing Arts Library, Young Science Library, Mortimer Rare Book Room, College Archives, and…h Catalog Search the combined catalog of a number of Massachusetts library networks. Created by the Mass. Board of Library Commissioners. Lilly Library The Public Library in Florence, Massachusetts. Library Catalog (CW MARS) A combined catalog for many Northampton area libraries. UMass Amherst Library University of Massachusetts Amherst Library website. American Antiquarian Society National research library in Worcester Ma with materials from pre-…
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