On March 21, 2020, Sandi Toksvig posted a video on a new YouTube, Vox Tox. It opens with the calming sound of a slow piano rag and a view of…ed to find the positive in this enforced separation from the world and the bit I’m finding is how lovely to have the time to dip in and out of some ancient volume I haven’t looked at for ages. I struggled a great deal with loneliness when I was a child and it was always books which kept me company. Vox Tox is “a daily amble through the library of Sandi Toksvig”. It’s also a wonderful amble through the mind of Sandi Toksvig, whose interests are wid…
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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…992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Hosmer Gallery exhibit by Karl Knapp…
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….ach community. Ebooks and eaudio are also available through Overdrive. Exhibits Concurrent with All Hamptons Read, there will be a series of exhibits in the community focused on the themes of the Underground Railroad and enslaved peoples. From Nov. 2nd-30th, the traveling exhibit Lewis Hayden and the Underground Railroad is coming to Northampton at Forbes Library. An opening reception and talk about Lewis Hayden will be held Monday November 5th fr…
Coolidge and Al Smith: After Retirement
October 7, 2013 — Even if opposing politicians do not forge a political bond, they seem to have a personal bond – common stresses, family issues and experiences. Coolidge and Al Smith lunching with…is quoted as saying that Coolidge was “distinguished for character more than for heroic achievement. His great task was to restore the dignity and prestige of the Presidency when it had reached the lowest ebb in our history…” (1) (1). www. WhiteHouse.gov from “The Presidents of the United States of America,” Copyright 2006 by the White House Historical Association….
The Homemade Pantry
The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying and Start Making, written by Great Barrington’s Alana Chernila is a practical guide to becoming more self sufficient in the kitchen….r myself but usually the product is blatantly inferior to the local bakery or even the grocery store version. The instructions had the bread slowly rise in the fridge for up to three days so after nervously waiting, I finally baked my bread yesterday and was delighted to find that it was a success! If you just can’t get enough of Alana, she also has a blog, Eating From the Ground Up….
MassHire Franklin Hampshire Career Center Update
March 18, 2020 — MassHire Franklin Hampshire Career Centers are temporarily closed to the public for in-person services in an effort to protect our customers and staff from potential exposure to Coronavirus (Covid-19). Forbes…ent benefits online at: (This is the quickest option at this time) https://www.mass.gov/how-to/apply-for-unemployment-benefits or at the TeleClaim Call Center phone 877-626-6800 Monday-Friday 8:30 am – 4:30pm. Please note the Department of Unemployment Assistance is creating a virtual call center which is expected to be up and running on Monday, March 23 – until then the Call Center is not available. If you are unable to apply for Unemployment Ben…
Local Authors
Local authors and illustrators in western Mass. libraries. Children’s authors are in blue. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Janet Aalfs Unmi Abkin John Allen Anna Alter Edgar C. Alward Louise Appell Margot Apple…istopher Benfey Eric Bennett Dick Bentley Deborah Bernhardt Jedediah Berry Lynne Bertrand Jeanne Birdsall Holly Black Madeleine Blais Melinda Blau Andrew D. Blechman Rita Bleiman Shira Block Sanford Bloomberg Roy Blount Jr. Nicole Blum Christopher Boucher Annie Boutelle John Bowman Jan Brett Kathryn Brown Preston M. Browning David Brule Richard Brunswick Jane Buchanan Serena Burdick Augusten Burroughs Rob Buyea C James Francis Cahillane Tony Cape…
Forbes Library Seeks Assistant Director
November 24, 2016 — Assistant Director/Patron Services Librarian posted November 23, 2016 Assistant Director Job Description Forbes Library, the public library in Northampton, MA seeks candidates for the position of Assistant Director/ Patron Services…nd work within budget; assess work priorities and work independently; aptitude and experience with social media and technology savvy; analytical skills. SALARY: Full time benefited position, $66,000 annually To apply, please submit cover letter, resume and names of three references to Director, Forbes Library, via email at jobs@forbeslibrary.org — Deadline to apply is December 19, 2016….
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…ng had to build an army almost from scratch, organizing, training, and supplying an inexperienced force that eventually numbered two million. Then, he had to fight a war on two fronts: one against the Germans, the other against his Allies, who sought to fill their depleted ranks with his fresh troops. But after months of reinforcing the British and French, Pershing’s Army started operating on its own in the summer of 1918, and played a decisive ro…
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… for a library card online Residents of Massachusetts may apply for a card online. Online applicants will receive a temporary Forbes Library card by email. You can use your card number as soon as you receive it. The process is not automated so please allow a few days for staff to process your request. Children under 12 Library Card Application for Children Under 12. A parent or legal guardian must fill out this form. Adults and Teens Register for…
Vice President Dawes
June 16, 2014 — Illustrious ancestors, a profitable business career, and remarkable civilian and military government service does not guarantee successful electoral office. In Calvin Coolidge’s world, no one better demonstrates this than his…. When a member of the committee asked Dawes if it was true that excessive prices were paid for mules in France, he replied, “Hell and Maria, I’d have paid horse prices for sheep, if the sheep could have pulled artillery to the front!” Thus he was ‘Hell and Maria’ Dawes or ‘Helen Maria’ Dawes, as he always insisted. Dawes was appointed the first Director of the Bureau of the Budget in 1921 by President Harding. He served on the Allied Reparations…
Coolidge Museum News and Articles
Coolidge Museum Endorses Statement on Civility in Politics September 25, 2023 Press Release – For immediate release Contact: Lisa Downing, Library Director, director@forbeslibrary.org or 413-587-1016 The Calvin Coolidge Standing Committee of the…et of singers began the simple service of prayers and hymns and it reportedly took only twenty minutes to complete it. The Coolidges then left by the side door and returned to the Beeches. The president, Mrs. Hoover and the vice-president followed them there and made a short courtesy call on Mrs. Coolidge to express their condolences. They then joined the Washington entourage at the depot and, shortly after twelve, the train pulled out of the stat…
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