May 7, 2015 — Susan Stinson, photo by Jeep Wheat The Trustees of Forbes Library will present Susan Stinson with the Twenty-Eighth Annual Trustees Award on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at 2 PM. The…e public is cordially invited to attend the award ceremony. Each year the Trustees of Forbes Library honor a community member who has given exceptional volunteer service to Forbes Library with the Trustees Award. This year the recipient in Susan Stinson who has served as Writer in Residence at the library for the past five years. She has given countless hours of service in this role developing programming, engaging with writers and readers in our…
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The Cellist of Sarajevo
A haunting and memorable novel of hope, courage, and the daily struggle to survive that takes place during the 1992 siege of Sarajevo. After a mortar shell kills 22 people who were lined up in the town square to buy bread, a once famous cellist who viewed this from his window vows to pay tribute to each one during the next 22 days. Every afternoon he brings his chair to the spot where the shell had fallen, and plays a beautiful rendition of Albin…
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
The National Humanities Medal-winning author of The Poisonwood Bible follows the author’s family’s efforts to live on locally and home-grown foods, an endeavor through which they learned lighthearted truths about…The National Humanities Medal-winning author of The Poisonwood Bible follows the author’s family’s efforts to live on locally and home-grown foods, an endeavor through which they learned lighthearted truths about food production and the connection between health and diet….
Out of the Silent Planet
In this early work of science fiction (Out of the Silent Planet was first published in 1938) C.S. Lewis tells the story of a philology professor, much reminiscent of Lewis’s…inhabitants, but even more about his own home, the Earth, and the place of human kind in the universe. This is an engaging tale, characterized by a sense of wonder and enthusiasm which is too often lacking in newer works of speculative fiction. It is as much a fantasy story as it is science fiction, and with its exploration of the nature of good and evil and its Christian inspired themes it has some resemblance to Lewis’s more familiar Chronicles…
Doctor Who: The Awakening
Peter Davison stars as the Doctor with the cricket inspired get up and celery stalk fastened to his lapel. You’ll have to wait until Davison’s last appearance however to learn…that they have actually landed in a time parallel between the years 1643 and 1984 due to an underground beast who is also warping the minds of Little Hodcombe’s citizens and projecting humans from the 17th century in their reality. Confused yet? Check it out for yourself and enjoy this entertaining two-part Doctor Who adventure….
The Magicians
What if Harry Potter and his friends were older and lived in New York instead of England? Despite its references to Narnia and other fantasy classics, The Magicians is not…. The protagonist is neither hero nor anti-hero — he’s more like an actual human being (granted, with magical gifts) looking for meaning in the world and generally failing to find it. He and his classmates graduate from a secret, elite college for wizards and don’t know what to do with the rest of their lives. (Here’s where the existential literary fiction comes in.) Everything is open to question — was that a quest we were given, or are we just p…
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…us’ of Chinese workers home for the Spring Festival is the world’s largest human migration. The arduous journey of the Zhang family from their urban factory and cramped living conditions back to their poor rural village vividly illustrates the dramatic changes Chinese society has undergone as a result of its economic role in the global marketplace. The film is shot in a cinema-verite, fly on the wall style and the viewer is confronted not only by…
Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board – Minutes for May 25, 2018
Minutes Forbes Library Disability Advisory Board Friday May 25 2018, 3:30 PM Present Ben Kalish, Barbara Black, Brian Tabor, Lisa Downing, Rick Ely, Joel Dansky, MaryJo Stanley, Dorothy Baker, Marie…ed the following program ideas: Barbara said the library could do more instruction with regards to the National Library Services Talking Book Players Screen Going Blind, a documentary film that increases public awareness of sight loss and low vision The American Federation for the Blind has a series of short videos about vision loss The Worcester Talking Book Library has many programs some of which might be good to offer at Forbes Library Chemical…
Forbes and Lilly launch Neighborhood Book Boxes
September 16, 2021 — In collaboration with Lilly Library, we are designing our own version of Little Free Libraries. Neighborhood Book Boxes, made from refurbished newspaper vending machines, will be placed around Northampton, Leeds and Florence to supplement the Little Free Libraries in our community with a goal of increasing access to books in underserved neighborhoods. We plan to keep them filled with books for children, teens and adults. Want to get involved? Kno…
Information for Artists
Español The Hosmer Art Gallery is designed to provide opportunities for local artists to show their work to the public. Exhibits include a wide range of media and content reflecting…clusivity in our gallery exhibitions. Facts and policies in brief Exhibits run for one month. Groups of four or more artists may use the entire space; individual artists generally use one-quarter to one-half the space, with two to four exhibits shown simultaneously. The total wall space is 160 linear feet (usually 40′-80′ for each artist). The floor space is approximately 900 square feet. View floor plan The library can provide up to 7 sculpture p…
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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…th of Massachusetts has resources available for individuals and families struggling to make rent or mortgage payments due to COVID-19. The availability and type of help may change over time. In addition to the website you also call 2-1-1 from any phone for more information. Northampton Housing Authority The Northampton Housing Authority (NHA) is a quasi-public agency maintaining public housing at the McDonald House, Forsander and Cahill Apartments…
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