A fascinating combined biography of a place, the Villa Cimbrone on a hill above the Italian village of Ravello, and the people connected to it throughout different time periods. The…eads like a detective story and features such characters as Alice Keppel, the mistress of both the second Lord Grimthorpe and the Prince of Wales; to Eve Fairfax, a muse of Auguste Rodin; to the novelist Violet Trefusis, the lover of Vita Sackville-West and daughter of Alice Keppel. Having read extensively about some of these people already because of my interest in Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group, this book was a wonderful way to fill in…
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Last Train Home
There are 130 million migrant workers in China, many of whom only journey home to see their families once a year on Chinese New Year. Lixin Fan’s 2009 award winning…conflict and struggle of one such family and is a film of remarkable impact. To its western audiences, the film is an eye opening look into the arduous lives of the thousands of low wage workers who produce assemble and manufacture many of our imported goods. While the film exposes the insidious impact of globalization and the poor working conditions of Chinese low wage workers, it is equally successful in capturing universal family conflicts and…
Forbes Library’s Valley Gives Day Challenge Grant
April 21, 2017 — Forbes Library offers free educational and life enriching programs to people of all ages. Last year alone, over 1800 programs were held at the library and attended by over 30,000…online starting on April 25, http://forbeslibrary.org/vgd/, call us at 413-587-1011, or visit in person. “Forbes library is truly one of the joys of my life, and I cannot imagine how much less my life would be without it!” “Forbes Library is a beautiful, spacious sanctuary for me. I enjoy checking out books & DVDs, have borrowed a musical instrument there, & learned important info from the wonderful staff. It’s a place where everyone is welcome &…
Nilsson Sings Newman
1970’s Nilsson Sings Newman is an example of the potential for beauty in popular music. Randy Newman, not then a household name, was approached by tenor extraordinaire Harry Nilsson about…ast. Lyrically, Nilsson Sings Newman feels like a truly American experience. Songs about cowboys, the Midwest and leaving home fill the record. As expected from Randy Newman, humor plays a large part as well. Nilsson, always a fan of silliness and inside jokes, contributes to the humor by insisting that certain off mic instructions by Newman be left on the final version. Nilsson Sings Newman is an album that is graceful, funny and technologically…
Down the Nile: alone in a fisherman’s skiff
I liked this independent, determined woman. In the late 1990s, Mahoney, an American writer and experienced recreational rower, got the idea of rowing herself down the Nile. This is not allowed…hen she set out to buy a small rowboat in Egypt, she was met with disbelief. Women, even western women, did not travel alone. To a fisherman, rowing was work, so why would she want to do it herself? Felucca captains and boat owners assumed a woman couldn’t know how to row. Eventually she succeeds in her adventure, and it’s both more and less than expected but always fascinating. Mahoney is empathetic and eloquent. She engages in conversations with…
The Third Eye Centre
The Scottish pop group Belle & Sebastian are rather prolific. Along with releasing several albums over the course of their nearly two decade career, the band has also put out…f their nearly two decade career, the band has also put out several ep’s (i.e. short albums) and non-album track singles. The compilation The Third Eye Centre gathers up interesting ep tracks and b-sides spanning 2003 to 2010. In this collection, we see the wide range of influence and also the musical versatility Belle & Sebastian possesses. They bounce from perfect pop song to ballad to Bossa Nova to disco to country & western and then back to pe…
Heritage Hub, formerly America’s Obituaries & Death Notices, is a large and comprehensive collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices. An easy-to-use interface allows searching by name, dates, or text keywords such as workplace, schools attended, towns lived in, social clubs, churches attended or charities.
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Applications available for Hosmer Gallery 2016 season
September 3, 2015 — Exhibit Opportunity for Western Mass. Artists in All Media From September 3 through October 10, 2015, artists may apply to exhibit their work in the Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library next…application or for the use of the space. Details and applications can be found at http://forbeslibrary.org/gallery/info-for-artists/….
Free Technology Classes: Accessibility Focus
January 29, 2016 — Northampton’s Forbes Library is offering a series of free technology classes for people with vision loss. Taught by Dr. Rick Ely, the classes will be held from 3:30-5 PM on the second Monday of the…s requested: contact Lisa Downing at 413‑587‑1017 or ldowning@forbeslibrary.org. This series of classes is brought to you with federal funds provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. They are free of charge and open to the public. Classes will be held at the Forbes Library, 20 West Street, Northampton, MA 01060. Forbes Library is committed to providing universal a…
Crosstalk
Crosstalk is a near-future science-fiction romance which explores our always-connected, always-on culture, and like so many of Connie Willis’s stories it is almost-but-not-quite too complicated, a bit neurotic, and wonderfully entertaining….always-on culture, and like so many of Connie Willis’s stories it is almost-but-not-quite too complicated, a bit neurotic, and wonderfully entertaining. The story centers on a couple of employees at a small smartphone company that is trying to outdo Apple, but one of them has a secret and fears that they might succeed all too well. Connie Willis is great at witty dialogue, improbable situations, and fun, unexpected plots. She’s one of our favorite…
Molly Moss is appointed new Assistant Director/Patron Services Librarian
February 17, 2017 — Please welcome our new Assistant Director, Molly Moss! Molly Moss, Assistant Director Head of Reference at Forbes Library since 2010, Molly is excited to take on this new role at…ears as an academic science librarian before making the move to public libraries in 2003. Since starting at Forbes, she has led an LSTA grant for Readers Advisory services, remodeled the Doland Reference Room, and co-founded the Readers Advisory Round Table for Western Massachusetts. Molly has also served as a library trustee, both in Illinois and currently in Shutesbury, Massachusetts. In her new role at Forbes, she looks forward to continuing he…
Forbes Library Accessibility Advisory Board – Agenda for 22 May 2024
Agenda Forbes Library Accessibility Advisory BoardDate 22 May 2024Time 4PM Public Comment Announcements / updates Stipend for meeting attendees Bathroom accessibility and ventilation work Crosswalk across West St at corner…Agenda Forbes Library Accessibility Advisory Board Date 22 May 2024 Time 4PM Public Comment Announcements / updates Stipend for meeting attendees Bathroom accessibility and ventilation work Crosswalk across West St at corner of Green Street Staff core competencies – seeking feedback Guide for program presenters at the library – seeking feedback Display of selections from advisory board members? Selection of Advisory Board co-chair…
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