Agenda Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board 4 November 2021 4:00 PM The possibility of formalizing the advisory boards structure—do we want a formal membership list? a community co-chair? Fragrances and…Agenda Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board 4 November 2021 4:00 PM The possibility of formalizing the advisory boards structure—do we want a formal membership list? a community co-chair? Fragrances and chemical sensitivities Curbcuts – new additions and future possibilities…
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Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board – Minutes for July 15th 2021
Minutes Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board 15 July 2021 4:00 PM This meeting was on Zoom. Present: Ben Kalish, Reference Librarian Molly Moss, Assistant Director Brian Tabor, Borrower Services Supervisor/note taker MaryJo Stanley Changes to curbside service. Appointments are no longer required but patrons are asked to give staff 15 minutes notice so bags may be processed. Curbside service may be requested for any reason by any patron. Expan…
Hosmer Gallery
In Memory of Jean Elizabeth Hosmer (1954-1999) Upcoming Exhibits 2024-25 | Exhibit History | Information for Artists | Información para Artistas | Hours | Mailing List Virtual Hosmer Gallery Community…er. An opening reception will be held Saturday, June 8, 2–4:30 pm. The exhibit will include Sherer’s early photographs on the streets of New York City and later photographs of Northampton’s shopkeepers, Massachusetts farmers, and the Northampton State Hospital. It will also include images from Albania, China, France, Israel, the Philippines, Russia, and West Africa, showing how Sherer has depicted daily life in varied cultures. Sherer is an indepe…
Virtual Hosmer Gallery
Welcome to the Virtual Hosmer Gallery Community Art Exhibition! From April 2020 through March 2024, we invited the community to participate in an online art exhibit. The original inspiration was…a Barrett screw the timing, analog collage by Carson McGrath website slightly bitter, analog collage by Carson McGrath website ode to western mass, analog collage by Carson McGrath website Bryant Park, Photography by Denise M. Riggs website Boca Abstract, Photography by Denise M. Riggs website Portland Museum, Photography by Denise M. Riggs website Texture Painting, acrylic on canvas by Carl Bowlby website Texture Painting No. 2, acrylic on canvas…
Day For Night
La Nuit Américaine, or Day for Night, is one of my favorite films. This 1973 film by French director François Truffaut shows the cast and crew of a dramatic film…hts, etc.—we also see these men and women as they make friends, suffer nervous breakdowns, fall in love, gossip, run away, return, and otherwise live rather complicated lives. The film stars Jacqueline Bisset and Jean-Pierre Léaud as the film within the film’s young stars, but the film truly has an ensemble cast, with many talented actors portraying a wide array of interesting and memorable characters. Truffaut himself is part of the cast, as he n…
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…
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All Hamptons Read 2021
March 25, 2021 — Five communities are coming together during March, April and May in a partnership called All Hamptons Read. The inspiration for this multi-community initiative is the book Station Eleven by Emily…ation for this multi-community initiative is the book Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, an ALA Notable Book and Arthur C. Clarke Award winner. Spearheaded by the public libraries in Northampton, Florence, Easthampton, Southampton, Westhampton, and Williamsburg, All Hamptons Read is partnering with the Big Read Pocumtuck Valley, the Libraries in the Woods, New England Public Media, and other local organizations to give readers throughout our…
All Hamptons Read 2018
This program ran in 2018. It is archived here for those who are interested Four communities are coming together during October and November in a partnership called All Hamptons Read….events exploring slavery and the underground railroad, nationally and locally, through discussion, walking tours, art, film and lecture. We are thrilled to have the author speaking at a culminating event, Escaping Slavery, Envisioning Freedom, on November 27 with Barbara Krauthamer (UMass) at the new Northampton Center for the Arts at 33 Hawley Street. Community partners for this project are wide reaching including: Historic Northampton, UMass Amh…
Home : 2022 virtual exhibit of visual and performing arts and writing
January 11, 2022 — Submissions Closed: February 11, 2022 at 6 PM Online Virtual Exhibit: March 1 – April 30, 2022 Forbes Library invites western Mass. creatives to submit recent work for a Virtual…exhibitions and BIPOC artists, LGBTQIA artists and women artists are strongly encouraged to apply. Eligibility: creators must reside in one of the four counties of western Massachusetts: Hampshire, Hampden, Franklin, Berkshire. Work must have been created in the last 2 years (since January 1, 2020). Formats: Visual Art, Writing, Video, Music and Dance (in video format) Limit: 3 item submissions per person Written submissions (poetry, essays, stori…
Summer Exhibit in Plymouth Notch
June 4, 2008 — Check out the Summer Exhibit at Plymouth Notch, Vermont!CCPLM has loaned a Northampton ballot box, 3 badges and 1 ticket from the 1924 convention and some reproduction photographs to this…time. This exhibition examines the “Keep Cool-idge” phenomenon and the competition’s efforts to unseat this popular, but enigmatic Yankee politician. May 24 – October 19. Located at the Coolidge Visitor Center Museum, President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site, Plymouth Notch, VT. The exhibition features objects from the site’s permanent collection, as well as rare campaign memorabilia and images from private and public collections including t…
Film at Forbes
Film screenings are presented for children, teens and adults as part of our regular programming. We partner with Cinema Northampton for outdoor summer movies. The Far Out Film Discussion Group…hampton for outdoor summer movies. The Far Out Film Discussion Group is formatted like a book club: check out the film, watch it at home, and attend the meeting to discuss it. (We don’t screen the film at the program.) Discussing Far Out Films in the Forbes Library Basement, article by Dave Eisenstadter in the Valley Advocate, August 2017 Upcoming Film Screenings…
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