Supervisor: Head of Children’s and Young Adult Services Salary and benefits: Grade 5 37.5 hrs/week ($31,863-$39,167) including evenings and some Saturdays Benefits including health insurance, sick time, vacation time If…ace with lighter materials. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally; or up to 10 pounds of force frequently. Ability to work around dust, mold, adhesives and other potential allergens. Closing date: August 25, 2021 To Apply: Please submit cover letter, resume and names of three references to Sarah Johnson, Head of Children’s and Young Adult Services, via email at sjohnson@forbeslibrary.org. Revision Date: 7/2021…
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Welcoming Week
August 18, 2021 — Forbes Library is partnering with the Center for New Americans and the International Language Institute (ILI) to recognize “Welcoming Week”, September 10-19, 2021 in Northampton. Welcoming Week is an initiative…communities in our belief that all people, from long-time residents to newly-arrived immigrants, are valued contributors and are vital to the success of our communities and the creation of a shared future of prosperity. For Welcoming Week 2021 we will showcase the people and work of Center for New Americans and ILI. The Center welcomes and serves immigrants, refugees, migrants, and asylum-seekers in Western Massachusetts. They offer free classes…
Kes
Film recommendations certainly play a role in a day’s work at the Arts & Music department. It’s often my favorite task to help someone find a film that fits their…ices a nest on a neighbor’s property. He studies the science of training birds and eventually develops trust with a kestrel he appropriately christens “Kes”. His dedication and care earns him the respect from a group of classmates and a caring English teacher (who is possibly the only kind adult in the film). Kes, which is heartbreaking and desolate feeling at times, is a remarkable work. Loach’s nonjudgmental camera style, the simple and lyrical…
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…d the viewer can’t help but feel connected to this extraordinarily personal, politically relevant and remarkably timely film….
Forbes Seeks Status Quo
June 1, 2016 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Trustees of Forbes Library value a productive relationship with Northampton’s City government. The current unfortunate dispute resulted from the Trustees’ receipt of a January 28, 2016…dispute has reached the point of litigation. But we also recognize that only the Probate Court can definitively interpret the provisions of Judge Forbes’ Will and Trust. Judge Forbes charged the Trustees with managing, preserving, and overseeing Forbes Library. We take that task very seriously, as we do our role in preserving the fundamental notion that a free public library must be independent of governmental control and political influence. Wer…
Grateful Dawg
This film celebrates the musical collaborations of Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. The film, by David’s daughter Gillian, is an affectionate tribute to the music created when these two musical…re focused, and each took on some of the best qualities of the other. This film isn’t particularly rich in storytelling, and it is nothing special to look at, but it contains some good interviews with Grisman, Garcia, and their many collaborators, including Vassar Clements and Peter Rowan of Old and in the Way. The real focus of the film, however, is the music, and the camaraderie between these great musicians, and that is how it should be. The fi…
Wheel of Time
Werner Herzog, director of Fitzcarraldo, Aguirre: the Wrath of God and Stroszek, has almost become equally as famous for his non-fiction work in recent years thanks to the success of…ur travelers’ journey and the vibrant colors of the dyed sand are brilliantly captured by the film’s gorgeous cinematography. There is also a personal interview Herzog conducts with the Dalai Lama. Wheel of Time, along with many of his documentaries, is certainly as interesting and entertaining as his classic fiction films. In both mediums, we are often supplied with adventure, drama, social commentary, humor and taken to exotic locales. Whether g…
Under the Volcano
Albert Finney stars in one the last films by the prolific American director, John Huston. Under the Volcano is based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Malcolm Lowry. Delusions and alcoholism…this personal drama with the beauty of the Mexican village and also a strange wallpaper of supporting characters (including the director/writer/actor Emilio Fernández). This Criterion Collection dvd has a painstakingly assembled bonus disc that profiles John Huston, provides behind the scenes footage and includes the film Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry (narrated by the late Richard Burton)….
Hamptons + Holyoke Read: Orange is the New Black
February 22, 2017 — For Immediate release. February 22, 2017 – Five communities are coming together during March and April in a new partnership called Hamptons + Holyoke Read. The inspiration for this multi-community…tion. “The topics raised by this year’s community reading event are extremely timely and important. Participants will have the opportunity to increase understanding and foster conversation about the past, present and future of prison and its impact on our society,” said Lisa Downing, Hamptons + Holyoke Read Co-Chair. Copies of Orange is the New Black are available to borrow from the participating libraries. For a complete list of events and exhibi…
Special Collections Policy
Forbes Library Special Collections Collection Development Policy Forbes Library is the public library for Northampton, Massachusetts. Its Mission Statement applies to all collections and services. Special Collections are also…the original collecting mission; two- and three-dimensional works by locally and nationally known artists. Most works are on display in the building for public viewing. Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museum at Forbes Library is the largest source of primary material on Calvin and Grace Coolidge. The collection consists of manuscripts, speeches, letters, videos, recordings, microfilm…
Art Middleton
Art MiddletonArt Middleton, Writer-In-Residence Emeritus, served from 2018-2020. He is a writer, educator, and parent interested in exploring the experience of work, time, care, and community, themes that have shown…ustain social worlds through inquiry, practice, experimentation, story and lyric. The dynamic of the public library, open and variegated in its uses, is the ideal space for these questions, as it can so directly reflect the desires of a community that contributes to it’s thriving, operating as an archive of those needs. Regardless of genre, this series believes in the potential for deliberation that writing may produce, a space within the informat…
A Prophet
A brutal, raw and riveting look at the progression and growth of a young convict in the harsh environment of a French prison. Nineteen year-old Franco-Arab Malik El Djebena is…scenes with excruciating anticipation before moments of shocking violence. Frequently compared with the Godfather, this French Language film received the 2009 London Film critics “Best Feature Film” Award and was nominated for a 2009 Oscar for Best Foreign language Film….
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