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SUMMARY:Writing Zen with Reverend Eileen Mahoney
DESCRIPTION:Spend a morning experiencing how nourishing everyday life can be\, even amid the pace and unpredictability of change. In this half-day workshop\, mindfulness meditation and reflective writing will serve as gateways to present-moment awareness\, cultivating greater calm\, increased focus\, and enhanced emotional balance. \nRooted in an inclusive\, non-denominational approach\, this workshop is open to all. Please join us for this refreshing\, revitalizing practice—no prior experience necessary. \n  \nIMPORTANT EVENT INFORMATION: \n\nThis three-hour workshop takes place in The Mount’s Stable Auditorium\, a climate-controlled auditorium and classroom adjacent to the Main Parking Lot. Registrants may be asked to participate in some outdoor activities\, so please dress accordingly!\nRegistration includes self-guided admission to The Mount\, Edith Wharton Cultural Center.\nAccessible seating is available. To discuss arrangements\, please get in touch with us by phone: 413-551-5111 x5; or email: programs@edithwharton.org. For more information about accessibility\, review The Mount’s accessibility webpage.\nQuestions? Email: eileen@greeningofthesoul.com\n\n  \n\n  \nRev. Eileen Mahoney is an Interfaith Interspiritual minister who offers workshops and counseling regionally and internationally. She is ordained in Thich Nhat Hanh’s Order of Engaged Buddhism and an initiate of the Sufi Order Inayatiaya. She is also a Certified Trauma Informed Expressive Arts Therapist and Mindfulness Teacher. Eileen’s forthcoming book\, Viriditas\, the Greening of the Soul\, outlines a process combining meditation and the arts with spiritual exploration to refresh and enliven our souls in the face of today’s challenges. She believes that we are meant to live from this “Green” dimension of our being\, living fully in our True Selves. 
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LOCATION:The Mount\, 2 Plunkett Street\, Lenox\, MA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Glorious Country: How the Artist Frederic Church Brought the World to America and America to the World with author Victoria Johnson
DESCRIPTION:Published in honor of Frederic Church’s bicentennial\, Glorious Country: How the Artist Frederic Church Brought the World to America and America to the World\, presents a richly crafted and deeply researched portrait of the renowned 19th-century American artist whose breathtaking depictions of distant lands captivated audiences and helped establish the United States as a cultural and creative force. As biographer Victoria Johnson observes: Church brought the world to America\, and America into the world. Drawing on Church’s letters\, sketches\, paintings\, and diaries\, Johnson guides readers in the artist’s footsteps—from his New York studio to Egypt\, the Andes\, Petra\, Jamaica\, Jerusalem\, and across the wonders of America—a young nation in the midst of sweeping and vertiginous change.   \nThis illustrated artist talk will be introduced by Sean Sawyer\, Ph.D\, Washburn and Susan Oberwager President of The Olana Partnership\, Hudson\, NY.  \n  \nIMPORTANT EVENT INFORMATION: \n\nThis one-hour talk takes place in The Mount’s Stable Auditorium\, a 140-seat\, climate-controlled\, indoor venue adjacent to the parking lot.\nSeating for all programs at The Mount is first-come\, first-served. If you have seating preferences\, we recommend arriving fifteen minutes early.\nAccessible seating is available. To discuss arrangements\, please contact us by phone: 413-551-5111 x5; or email: programs@edithwharton.org. For more information about accessibility\, review The Mount’s accessibility webpage.\nA book signing will follow this talk. Books can be purchased at the event from The Mount Gift & Bookstore or in advance via Bookshop.org\nQuestions? Email: programs@edithwharton.org; or phone: 413-551-5111 x2\n\n  \n\n  \nVictoria Johnson is a writer and professor of urban policy and planning at Hunter College in New York City\, where she teaches on the history of philanthropy\, nonprofits\, and New York City. She is the author of American Eden: David Hosack\, Botany\, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic\, which was a finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction\, the Pulitzer Prize for History\, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Biography. The book was also a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and was shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize. Johnson holds a doctorate in sociology from Columbia University\, as well as an undergraduate degree in philosophy from Yale.  
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LOCATION:The Mount\, 2 Plunkett Street\, Lenox\, MA\, United States
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