This live performance of Geoffrey Hudson A Passion for the Planet was recorded in Northampton, at Smith College’s Sweeney hall, and performed by the Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble with the…Ensemble with the Hampshire Young People’s Chorus and a 12-piece orchestra. A Passion for the Planet is an oratorio on the subject of climate change with words drawn from a number of sources. The work is moving and important, and the performance is exceptional. We can’t hear live music right now, but I am grateful to be able to experience this now, in my own home. And I take comfort in the words of Geoffrey Hudson, the composer, which seem applic…
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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…etween 1921 and 1924, Pershing was Chief of Staff of the United States Army. . On November 1, 1921, Pershing and Vice President Coolidge were in Kansas City, Missouri at the groundbreaking ceremony for a large World War I monument, the Liberty Memorial. On that day, more than 100,000 people assembled to hear the supreme Allied commanders, who were together for the only times in their lives: General John J. Pershing of the United States Lieutenant…
Judd Manuscript Collection
Judd Manuscript Collection Digitized materials from the Judd Manuscript Collection available on archive.org The Judd Manuscript Collection consists of 70 bound volumes of handwritten accounts and transcriptions of documents, letters,…journer Truth speaking and singing at his grandson’s funeral. October, 1845. In 2023, Forbes Library was able to digitize 73 volumes of the Judd as part of an Internet Archive administered grant from the National Historical Publications & Records Commission for Collaborative Access to Diverse Public Library Local History Collections. The library has been an active participant in the Internet Archive’s Community Webs program since 2017, and this gr…
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…d from 1898 to 1901. He immediately ran for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator from Illinois in 1902, but lost to Albert J. Hopkins (R), the eventual winner, who was backed by the new president, Theodore Roosevelt. Dawes then returned to banking until World War I when he was head of supply procurement for the American Expeditionary Force in France and became a brigadier general. He received a nickname when testifying in front of a congres…
If you liked The Help…
January 13, 2014 — The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines Miss Jane Pittman is 110 when she recalls her childhood and the arrival of both Union and Confederate troops on…ns a grocery store in a poor African-American neighborhood in Washington, D.C., where he reflects on his past and the differences between his prospects and the life he imagined. Black Girl, White Girl by Joyce Carol Oates Genna, investigating the mysterious death of her former roommate Minette Swift, a 19-year-old African-American girl, at their mostly white liberal arts college, reconstructs their tumultuous freshman year in race-torn 1960s Phila…
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…ebsite will be updated daily as new information becomes available: https://www.masshirefhcareers.org/ We are monitoring the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation closely and will resume normal operations once it is safe to do so. Thank you for your patience. Our priority is continuing to serve you as best we can during this temporary closure. Unemployment Insurance: We are currently awaiting information from the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment…
Our Community Sing 2018
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…rmation 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. This program is funded in part by a grant from the Northampton Arts Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a sta…
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Housing and Utilities Assistance
Shelters and housing assistance in the Northampton Area. Shelters Hampshire County Interfaith Shelter 43 Center Street, Northampton. Follow signs to the entrance in back. 413-586-6750 An emergency overflow shelter for…stem Repair Program, Weatherization Program, or Electric Efficiency Program. Internet Essentials Inexpensive broadband and computers available to eligible households with at least one child receiving free or reduced-price lunch under the National School Lunch program. Lifeline Lifeline is a federal program that helps eligible individuals pay for wireless or home telephone service. Most telephone companies lower the phone bill each month. Some comp…
Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board – Minutes for March 3, 2021
Minutes Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board 19 March 2021 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM This meeting was held over Zoom Present Benjamin Kalish, Reference Library Molly Moss, Assistant Director Brian…de: Concerns about the effect of the library’s recently strengthened Wi-Fi network. The possibility and potential difficulties of using signage to label EMF hotspots on library property. EMF on library grounds and their sources, including sources on neighboring properties. Whether or not it would be possible to shield parts of the library such as the entrance from EMF. The conversation was very speculative as no measurement of EMF at the library h…
History of the Edible Book
The Edible Book Event began in 1999, when co-founder Judith Holmberg, of Santa Monica, California, got the idea during a Thanksgiving dinner with book artists. Since that time it has…places where a LIBRARY hosted the event! For more information, see http://www.books2eat.beatricecoron.com/. The Edible Book in Northampton Walking Dead, created by Cassidy Seaver: *Scariest* For our first five years we held the Edible Book event alternating between Forbes and Lilly Libraries, but have recently gotten so big that we now use a separate venue. Every year the entries are amazing and the ideas so varied. Judges give awards to all entr…
Access the library’s wifi
Free wireless Internet access is available on all floors of the library as well as most of the library grounds. Just connect to the network Forbes Library Guest. The network…Free wireless Internet access is available on all floors of the library as well as most of the library grounds. Just connect to the network Forbes Library Guest. The network is unencrypted and no password is required. Signal strength varies and is strongest near to the library building. Use of the network is subject to the library’s Wireless Internet Policy….
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