In 1918 when thousands gathered on the Forbes Library lawn for a community sing, a sole photographer documented the event. On Sunday September 23, 100 years later, those gathering on…and comments to Faith Kaufmann, Forbes Library Arts & Music Librarian, 413-587-1013 or arts@forbeslibrary.org. This page will be updated with more information about Our Community Sing as it develops. This event is presented by Northampton Senior Services and Forbes Library with support from Historic Northampton, Northampton Senior Services, Northampton Community Arts Trust, A.P.E. Ltd., Northampton Community Music Center, and Smith College. Th…
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Hindugrass
What could you find in common between the classical and folk music of Northern India, and old time and bluegrass music of the Southeastern United States? Quite a lot actually,…ng part in the polyrhythm, tihai, and other rhythmic devices that are responsible for much of the excitement of Indian music. This is an exciting recording for lovers of Appalachian and Indian music alike. You can get a preview of their music at http://www.hindugrass.net/, or borrow the CD from the library to hear the whole thing!…
Regional News and Media
Local Newspapers Daily Hampshire Gazette https://www.gazettenet.com/ News and Information for Northampton by the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Forbes Library patrons can find articles from 1994 to the present in NewsBank. For index…News, arts and entertainment for the Pioneer Valley. The Recorder https://www.recorder.com/ Greenfield’s online information source. The Boston Globe https://www.boston.com/ Index and archive of the Globe articles are available from NewsBank. La Pueblo Latino https://www.masslive.com/elpueblolatino/ Spanish language newspaper that covers news in Western Massachusetts both in print and online. Local Radio 88.5 FM WFCR Public Radio 89.3 FM WAMH Amhe…
Franklin Hampshire Career Center Partners with Forbes Library for Satellite Services
August 21, 2017 — The Franklin Hampshire Career Center and Forbes Library announce a partnership to provide Career Center satellite services at the Library. The Career Center will out-station staff on a weekly basis…ices offered at Forbes Library can be found on the Franklin Hampshire Career Center website at: https://www.masshirefhcareers.org or by calling the Career Center at 413-774-4361. Event information will be posted on the Forbes Library website at: https://forbeslibrary.org/events…
Talking Tabla
Talking Tabla is an exciting recording showing off the work of a masterful tabla player. The tabla is a popular Indian percussion instrument, and is ubiquitous in the classical music…hands to create the sounds known as bols, these are the syllables of North Indian drumming and can be spoken as well as played; well performed, they sound very much like language, hence the title of this album, Talking Tabla. On Talking Tabla Bikram Ghosh plays a variety of compositions, fixed and improvised, in a variety of styles, including a piece in the less familiar Carnatic style of South India. Although Bikram Ghosh’s tabla is the focus of…
The Mighty Uke
Given the scores of people who have borrowed ukuleles from this library, it was time for me to watch a documentary on the uke. According to filmmakers Tony Coleman and…is ukulelista word?) would be hitting the pop charts? This is a delightful movie about people having fun making music for themselves and with their friends. The archival footage of musicians and hula dancers alone is worth the price of admission (which is free, but who’s counting?). The joy is catching and you may next find yourself borrowing Jim Beloff’s books or a Jake Shimabukuro CD, or looking up the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain on youtu…
Trustees’ Award
Each year the Trustees honor a community member who has given exceptional volunteer service to Forbes Library. Congratulations to Marjorie Hess, the Forbes Library Gertrude P. Smith Trustees Award winner…ll, Elinor Dole 2008 David Bloomberg, Anne Keppler 2007 Diana Martin Gordon 2006 Elliot Offner 2005 Joseph Donohue 2004 Stephen A. Callahan 2003 Mary Ann P. Cofrin 2002 Alan Dayno, Sally M. Griggs 1999 Dilman J. Doland, Kathryn A. Gabriel 1998 Electa Johnson, David W. Shearer 1997 Donna Kenny 1996 Janet M. Hemminger, Patricia B. Keating 1995 Allison Lockwood 1993 John H. Detmold 1992 Richard C. Garvey 1989 Lawrence E. Wikander 1988 Silvio O. Conte…
Charles Ammi Cutter
Library systematizer extraordinaire by Pip Stromgren [ Originally published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette on Saturday, June 26, 2004 ] Hanging over the reference librarians’ desk in Northampton’s Forbes Library is a…d a month later. His father remarried and when his new wife had a baby, two-year-old Charles Ammi was sent to live with his grandfather and his three maiden aunts in West Cambridge. The aunts, who were independently wealthy, raised Cutter as their own, including later paying his tuition at Harvard College. One of the aunts was the town librarian so Cutter was exposed to books from an early age. Slight in build, of somewhat frail health and very ne…
Community Events Seek to Facilitate Conversations about End-of-Life Care, Planning
This program ran in 2016. It is archived here for those who are interested Hampshire & Franklin Counties – More than 25 libraries throughout the region and medical professionals from…begin to have meaningful, sustained dialogue about our wishes regarding end-of-life care.” Lisa Downing, assistant director/patron services librarian at Forbes Library and an event organizer, echoes Zesiger’s wish for conversations about end-of-life care. “As librarians, we believe in the power of books to spark discussion and dialogue. We are very excited to have so many public libraries partnering with Cooley Dickinson.” She adds that the book t…
General Pershing and President Coolidge
October 4, 2012 — Two powerful men of the early twentieth century met and interacted. General of the Armies John Joseph ‘Black Jack’ Pershing, (1860-1948) and President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933). Pershing, the most illustrious…Liberty Memorial in 2004. For more information on the Liberty Memorial see www.theworldwar.org. The General appears on a guest list for a White House Garden Party in May 1924. On his 64th birthday in September 1924, Pershing retired from active military service as required by army regulations.Tragedy affected both men’s lives. Pershing’s wife and three daughters had perished in a fire at the Presidio, San Francisco in 1915. His son survived. Many…
Library Cards
A library card is required to borrow most library materials and to place holds for those materials. When you get a library card you also get a library account you…pired for more than four years it may be deleted. Renew your account. Replacement cards The first replacement for a lost card is free. Additional replacements cost $1. For help contact the Circulation Department, 413-587-1011 ext2 or circulation@forbeslibrary.org. Notes 1 Any resident of a Massachusetts community which is certified by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners is entitled to a free library card….
A House, a Street, a City : the Story of 17 Summer
Published as part of Northampton’s 350th Anniversary Chapbook Series, Lu Stone’s remarkable history of the house and street she called home is a fascinating portrait of the many interwoven stories…ay mere yards from 7-Eleven and Dunkin’ Donuts, around the corner from the generic strip that is present-day King St., stood on the edge between a neighborhood of working class families and the stately homes and towering trees of 19th century King St. The book provides a priceless snapshot of local history, illuminating lives forgotten, reviving cherished memories and in the process helping us to understand the town’s history as a whole. This book…
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