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SUMMARY:Call for Writers! Straw Dog Writers Guild Open Mic & Pop-up Coffee Truck
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an inaugural Open Mic in partnership with the Straw Dog Writers Guild featuring a pop-up coffee truck from Franklin County’s Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee! To celebrate the Guild’s fifteenth anniversary\, Straw Dog invites fifteen writers to read three-minute excerpts from a range of genres\, spanning poetry\, prose\, and fiction. Interested in participating? Writers may sign–up onsite at The Mount between 10:30-10:45 am — readers will be selected at random. Join us for the chance to let your writing ring through the historic grounds of The Mount or simply to attend a dynamic literary event and enjoy a cup of organic coffee!  \n      \n\n\nThis program takes place outdoors on the Dell Stage adjacent to the Stable Auditorium. Consider bringing chairs or a picnic blanket to enjoy this reading from the lawn. Please be mindful of the weather and plan accordingly!\nPlease park in the Upper Lot. Golf carts run throughout the day if you require assistance to the event location.\nDean Beans Coffee Truck will be brewing and open for business at 11:00 am! Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee\, coffee with a conscience.\nIn the event of extreme weather — excessive heat or severe thunderstorms — this program may be moved indoors to The Mount’s Stable Auditorium.\nAccessible seating is available! Please phone us in advance to discuss arrangements: 413-551-5111; ext. #2\n\nQuestions? Email: programs@edithwharton.org
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SUMMARY:What This Place Makes Me | Live Storytelling Event presented by LitNet
DESCRIPTION:The Literacy Network (LitNet) presents a live storytelling event inspired by the theme What This Place Makes Me. Throughout the summer\, the storytellers — all of whom are immigrants working on their English with LitNet — will be coached by Sheela Clary through a series of storytelling workshops. In this culminating event\, each storyteller will take the stage for 5-8 minutes to perform their What This Place Makes Me inspired story.  \nA reception will follow this event! Please join us. \nWhat this Place Makes Me (Restless Books\, 2025) is a collection of seven award-winning plays by rising stars of contemporary theater that herald a profound shift in what it means to be an American\, an immigrant\, and an artist on today’s stage. This trailblazing collection edited by Isaiah Stavchansky includes works by first- and second-generation immigrants to the US\, uniting seven exhilarating new voices of Lebanese\, Nigerian\, Korean\, Bengali\, Polish\, and Mexican descent: Shayok Misha Chowdhury\, Hansol Jung\, Martyna Majok\, Mona Mansour\, Charlie Oh\, Mfoniso Udofia\, and jesús i. valles. Echoing beyond the stage\, their stories draw on common experiences of displacement\, alienation\, and the sense of living in suspension; sometimes torn between two worlds\, sometimes plummeting into the spaces between them.  \nSheela Clary\, story coach for this project\, is a freelance writer and Italian and storytelling teacher\, born and raised in South Berkshire County. She’s a Moth Story Slam winner and Grand Slam participant and organizes storytelling events locally. Her essays\, journalism and humor pieces can be found regularly in the Berkshire Edge and on her newsletter\, Clarity. She lives with her family in West Stockbridge and enjoys hiking\, traveling and cold water plunging. \nThe Literacy Network has been offering free\, one-on-one tutoring sessions for adults since 1991. LitNet’s flexible\, personalized approach to tutoring enables adult learners to succeed in their jobs\, support their families\, and engage with their local communities. The organization began by teaching reading skills\, and LitNet quickly expanded its curriculum with lessons in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)\, citizenship test preparation\, and adult basic education to better serve the large population of immigrants who live and work in the Berkshires. \n\nThe Community Voices Project fosters meaningful collaborations between The Mount and regional community partners. Through discussions\, workshops\, readings\, and events\, the Project aims to nurture and support the development of bold\, new storytelling that strengthens diverse voices and incites cross-cultural exchange. \n \nThe Community Voices Project is supported by a grant awarded by Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation’s Arts Build Community initiative with funding from the Barr Foundation.  \n\nThis event is FREE and open to the public!\nSeating is limited\, registration is recommended: \nREGISTER HERE\n  \nInterested in becoming a Mount Member? Join today. \n\n\nThis one-hour talk takes place in The Mount’s Stable Auditorium\, an indoor\, climate controlled venue adjacent to the parking lot. Limited accessible parking is available in front of the Stable.\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! Please phone us in advance to discuss arrangements: 413-551-5111; ext. #2\n\nQuestions? Email: programs@edithwharton.org \n\nWhat accessibility accommodations does The Mount offer? The Mount is a Massachusetts Cultural Council UP designated organization welcoming participants of all disabilities. Please contact us by phone: 413-551-5100 or by email: info@edithwharton.org to discuss accommodations needed to participate fully in this event. Golf carts will be available to shuttle those with mobility concerns between the parking lot and event venue. View The Mount’s Health and Safety Guidelines.
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LOCATION:The Mount\, 2 Plunkett Street\, Lenox\, MA\, United States
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SUMMARY:Wharton On Wednesday | The Rembrandt
DESCRIPTION:Wharton on Wednesday returns for a five-month run! Join us at the Terrace Café on the first Wednesday of the month\, June-October\, to hear quintessential Edith Wharton short stories brought to life by local actors. Arrive early to enjoy refreshments from the Café\, open 4:00 – 5:30 pm. \n\nIn August\, Anne Undeland reads “The Rembrandt\,” a story highlighting the societal pressures and the sometimes-artificial structures within upper class New York at the turn of the twentieth century. \nAnne Undeland is a theater artist who has worked throughout the Northeast. In addition to acting\, Anne has developed living history programs\, run oral history projects\, narrated audiobooks\, puppeteered\, and played roles in productions for BBC radio and WBUR/Boston. Lately she’s branched out into playwriting; her most recent play\, Wharton Between the Sheets\, was produced by Great Barrington Public Theater\, Boston’s Gloucester Stage\, and the Middlebury Acting Company. Her newest work\, Madame Mozart\, makes its debut at Great Barrington Public Theater\, July 2025! \n\nTICKETS ON SALE: \nBook Here!\n  \n$15 / $10* General Admission\nFree for Students \n*Discounted rate for Mount Members!\nInterested in becoming a Member? Join today.\n\n\nThis one-hour reading takes place on The Mount’s Terrace under an open-air shade tent. Please be mindful of the weather and plan accordingly!\nPlease park in the Upper Lot. We recommend arriving 15 minutes early to allow time to enjoy the quarter mile walk down the driveway to the Main House. Golf carts run throughout the day if you require assistance to the event location.\nThe Terrace Cafe bar will be open 4:00 – 5:30 pm.\nIn the event of extreme weather — excessive heat or severe thunderstorms — Wharton on Wednesday may be moved indoors to The Mount’s Stable Auditorium. All ticketholders will be notified via email of a venue change at 2:00 pm the day of the program. Those wishing to cancel their orders will receive full refunds within seven business days. To cancel\, email: programs@edithwharton.org\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! Please phone us in advance to discuss arrangements: 413-551-5111; ext. #2\n\nQuestions? Email: programs@edithwharton.org
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LOCATION:NY
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SUMMARY:Community Day!
DESCRIPTION:Featuring live music\, readings and performances\, a resource fair\, book exchanges\, and food trucks\, Community Day will be the culmination of our summer-long program lineup celebrating the vibrant\, multicultural diversity of the Berkshires. \n\nSCHEDULE OF EVENTS:\n11am: Kicking off the day on the main stage will be Latin Grammy Award-winning children’s book author and musician\, MISTER G\, singing songs and telling stories in English and Spanish. \n1-3pm: Head to the Dell Stage to hear performances and readings from the talented Literacy Network and Drag Story Hour. \n2-5pm: Edith Wharton’s historic mansion is free & open to the public! \nAll day: Explore the offerings of our local organizations at the resource fair\, exchange a book\, grab a bite of authentic food from La Chalupa y La Enchilada or Flavourful Bites\, and picnic! \n3pm: Chilean-born vocalist Natalia Bernal will draw from the songwriting traditions of her homeland to entrance the crowd in her afternoon performance on the Main Stage. \n5pm: The evening will conclude with poetry readings from WordxWord.   \n\nBen Gundersheimer\, a.k.a. MISTER G\, is a Latin GRAMMY Award-winning artist\, author and educator. Hailed as “a bilingual rock star” by The Washington Post\, he was originally dubbed MISTER G by his young students while pursuing a Master of Education degree. His dynamic\, interactive bilingual performances aim to dissolve borders and foster cross-cultural connections.  \nChilean-born vocalist Natalia Bernal hails from Iquique\, a city nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the Atacama Desert. Now based in New York City\, Natalia’s rich and entrancing voice evokes the drama of the natural surroundings of her homeland. Drawing from songwriting traditions of Latin America\, her original compositions and selections from the Great American Songbook surprise with a refreshingly improvisational texture. Featuring: Natalia Bernal\, vocals; Jason Ennis\, guitar; Adam Cote\, bass. \nThe Literacy Network has been offering free\, one-on-one tutoring sessions for adults since 1991. LitNet’s flexible\, personalized approach to tutoring enables adult learners to succeed in their jobs\, support their families\, and engage with their local communities. The organization began by teaching reading skills\, and LitNet quickly expanded its curriculum with lessons in English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)\, citizenship test preparation\, and adult basic education to better serve the large population of immigrants who live and work in the Berkshires. \nDrag Story Hour (DSH) started out in 2015 as drag queens reading stories to children in libraries and grew into a global phenomenon! DSH now offers literary and creative programming for kids and teens of all ages led by drag queens\, kings\, and all other royal beings!  \nWordXWord uses spoken word\, poetry and storytelling in shared space and time to celebrate diversity and creativity\, empower the individual\, foster understanding and empathy\, and make real human connections. \n \n\nThe Community Voices Project fosters meaningful collaborations between The Mount and regional community partners. Through discussions\, workshops\, readings\, and events\, the Project aims to nurture and support the development of bold\, new storytelling that strengthens diverse voices and incites cross-cultural exchange. \n \nThe Community Voices Project is supported by a grant awarded by Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation’s Arts Build Community initiative with funding from the Barr Foundation.  \n\nThis event is FREE and open to the public!\n \nHelp support this event and other free programming at The Mount by becoming a Mount Member! Join today. \nQuestions? Email: programs@edithwharton.org \n\nCALL FOR CHILDREN’S BOOKS!\nThis August\, The Mount is hosting a Children’s Book Swap as part of our Community Day celebration! We’re collecting gently loved children’s books to share the joy of reading with other families in our community. If you have books your kids have outgrown\, this is the perfect chance to give them a second life. All ages\, reading levels\, and languages are welcome! \nPlease drop off your gently loved books at The Mount anytime this summer. We will have a bin in the Stable\, and books will also be accepted at the Ticket Booth and other Youth & Family Programs.  \nJoin us on August 10 for Community Day to explore the Children’s Book Swap and take home new favorites for your family to enjoy! \n\nWhat accessibility accommodations does The Mount offer? The Mount is a Massachusetts Cultural Council UP designated organization welcoming participants of all disabilities. Please contact us by phone: 413-551-5100 or by email: info@edithwharton.org to discuss accommodations needed to participate fully in this event. Golf carts will be available to shuttle those with mobility concerns between the parking lot and event venue. View The Mount’s Health and Safety Guidelines.
URL:https://edithwharton.org/event/community-day/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Music,Readings & Performance,Youth & Family
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SUMMARY:ROOTS: Creating Conversation with WordxWord
DESCRIPTION:Conclude The Mount’s Community Day with a free\, outdoor poetry reading on the Dell stage behind the Stable. Bring your own chair or blanket. Not for the faint of heart\, WordXWord’s Poets Creating Conversation throws out a single word/idea and asks poets to circle around.    \n\nPre-registration is not required for this program.\nWordxWord is an outdoor program. In the event of severe inclement weather\, this program may be cancelled and rescheduled. Updates (cancelling/rescheduling) will be available at WordXWordFestival.com prior to noon on the day of the event.\nWordXWord events are FREE and open to all; however\, some poems may contain content or language best suited for teens and adults. This event is outdoors and B.Y.O.C. – Bring Your Own Chair (or blanket to sit on).\nA golf cart will be available to assist attendees as needed.\n\nQuestions? Email: programs@edithwharton.org \n\nWordXWord uses spoken word\, poetry and storytelling in shared space and time to celebrate diversity and creativity\, empower the individual\, foster understanding and empathy\, and make real human connections. \n\n \nThis event is sponsored by the Amy Clampitt Fund\, a Fund of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation. \n\nWhat accessibility accommodations does The Mount offer? The Mount is a Massachusetts Cultural Council UP designated organization welcoming participants of all disabilities. Please contact us by phone: 413-551-5100 or by email: info@edithwharton.org to discuss accommodations needed to participate fully in this event. Golf carts will be available to shuttle those with mobility concerns between the parking lot and event venue. View The Mount’s Health and Safety Guidelines.
URL:https://edithwharton.org/event/roots-creating-conversation-with-wordxword/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Readings & Performance
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SUMMARY:CIRCLE ROUND Musical Picture Book Readings with Rebecca Sheir and Eric Shimelonis
DESCRIPTION:Featuring A Taste of Honey and The Great Ball Game (Storey Publishing\, 2022)\nJoin Rebecca Sheir\, host of WBUR’s Circle Round\, for a live reading of two colorfully illustrated folktales adapted from the award-winning public-radio podcast. She’ll be accompanied by live music played by Circle Round composer Eric Shimelonis. The reading will be followed by a book signing and craft activity. Circle ‘round and join the fun!   \n\n This program will take place in The Mount’s Event Tent\, adjacent to the Upper Lot.\nThis program is designed for kids of all ages accompanied by their grownups.\nPre-registration is not required for this program. We recommend arriving 15 minutes early to allow time to find your preferred seat under the Tent!\nAfter the reading\, purchase a Circle Round book and complete a craft activity to take home!\n\nQuestions? Email: programs@edithwharton.org \n\nRebecca Sheir is the host and writer of Circle Round\, the internationally-acclaimed folktales podcast distributed by Boston’s NPR station\, WBUR. A former public radio reporter and host\, Rebecca has brought thousands of stories to life on such national programs as Morning Edition\, All Things Considered\, Here & Now\, The Splendid Table and Marketplace. She’s hosted several weekly news shows on public radio\, including AK (Alaska Public Media) and Metro Connection (WAMU 88.5)\, along with podcasts for the Folger Shakespeare Library and Slate Magazine. Her first book\, Onions and Garlic\, was adapted from a Circle Round episode of the same name and published by PJ Library. She’s also the author of the Circle Round picture books series\, published by Storey Publishing. Rebecca holds a B.A. from Columbia University and an MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing from the University of Iowa. She lives in the Berkshires with her husband\, composer Eric Shimelonis\, and their nine-year-old son. \nEric Shimelonis is a composer\, musician and audio producer whose work has wowed audiences on stage\, screen and over the airwaves. Audiences have enjoyed his classical compositions at the Juilliard School\, the Rattlestick New Music Series\, the Kennedy Center and at a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall starring Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham. With more than 300 sound designs in the theater\, Eric has won a Helen Hayes Award and been nominated for Drama Desk\, Lucille Lortel\, Big Easy and Henry Hewes Design Awards. Film highlights include the features International Falls and Winter Passing\, for which he performed a duet with Will Ferrell. To date\, he has contributed nearly 300 original scores\, using hundreds of different world instruments\, to Circle Round: the internationally-acclaimed folktales podcast he co-produces with his wife\, Rebecca Sheir.  \n\nCALL FOR CHILDREN’S BOOKS!\nThis August\, The Mount is hosting a Children’s Book Swap as part of our Community Day celebration! We’re collecting gently loved children’s books to share the joy of reading with other families in our community. If you have books your kids have outgrown\, this is the perfect chance to give them a second life. All ages\, reading levels\, and languages are welcome! \nPlease drop off your gently loved books at The Mount anytime this summer. We will have a bin in the Stable\, and books will also be accepted at the Ticket Booth and other Youth & Family Programs.  \nJoin us on August 10 for Community Day to explore the Children’s Book Swap and take home new favorites for your family to enjoy! \n\nWhat accessibility accommodations does The Mount offer? The Mount is a Massachusetts Cultural Council UP designated organization welcoming participants of all disabilities. Please contact us by phone: 413-551-5100 or by email: info@edithwharton.org to discuss accommodations needed to participate fully in this event. Golf carts will be available to shuttle those with mobility concerns between the parking lot and event venue. View The Mount’s Health and Safety Guidelines.
URL:https://edithwharton.org/event/circle-round-musical-picture-book-readings-with-rebecca-sheir-and-eric-shimelonis-2/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Readings & Performance,Youth & Family
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SUMMARY:Walkin' with WordxWord
DESCRIPTION:Follow along as poets offer an exploration of The Mount’s grounds and selected works in the Sculpture at The Mount exhibition. Using a sculpture and the environment as prompts\, poets offer new ways of “seeing” what is before us.  \n\nPre-registration is not required for this program.\nMeet at the bistro tables behind the Stable. The Stable is located beside the Ticket booth.\nWordxWord is an outdoor program. In the event of inclement weather\, this program may be cancelled and rescheduled TBD. Updates (cancelling/rescheduling) will be available at WordXWordFestival.com prior to noon on the day of the event.\nWordXWord events are FREE and open to all; however\, some poems may contain content or language best suited for teens and adults. This event is outdoors and B.Y.O.C. – Bring Your Own Chair (or blanket to sit on).\nA golf cart will be available to assist attendees as needed.\n\nQuestions? Email: programs@edithwharton.org \n\nWordXWord uses spoken word\, poetry and storytelling in shared space and time to celebrate diversity and creativity\, empower the individual\, foster understanding and empathy\, and make real human connections. \n\nWhat accessibility accommodations does The Mount offer? The Mount is a Massachusetts Cultural Council UP designated organization welcoming participants of all disabilities. Please contact us by phone: 413-551-5100 or by email: info@edithwharton.org to discuss accommodations needed to participate fully in this event. Golf carts will be available to shuttle those with mobility concerns between the parking lot and event venue. View The Mount’s Health and Safety Guidelines.
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LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Art,Readings & Performance
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SUMMARY:The Amy Clampitt Fund presents Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carl Phillips
DESCRIPTION:Join us to experience the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carl Phillips\, who will read from his latest poetry collection\, Scattered Snows\, to the North (Farrar\, Straus and Giroux\, 2024)\, a collection about distortion and revelation\, about knowing and the unreliability of a knowing that’s based on human memory.  \nThis reading is presented by the Amy Clampitt Fund\, a Fund of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation\, that seeks to advance poetry and the literary arts. Poet Ama Codjoe will provide an introduction.  \n\nCarl Phillips’s latest book of poems is Scattered Snows\, to the North (Farrar\, Straus & Giroux\, 2024). His Then the War: And Selected Poems 2007-2020 (Farrar\, Straus & Giroux\, 2022) won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize. Other honors include the Jackson Poetry Prize\, the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award\, the Los Angeles Times Book Award\, the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry\, and awards and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation\, the Academy of American Poets\, the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, and the Library of Congress. Phillips has also written three prose books\, most recently My Trade Is Mystery: Seven Meditations from a Life in Writing (Yale University Press\, 2022). He lives on Cape Cod\, in Massachusetts.  \nPhoto: Reston Allen\nAmy Clampitt\, born in New Providence\, Iowa\, emerged as one of America’s most celebrated poets later in life\, following careers in publishing and environmental work. Educated at Grinnell College\, Columbia University\, and the New School\, she turned seriously to poetry in the 1960s\, achieving widespread acclaim with the publication of The Kingfisher in 1983. Her richly textured\, allusion-laden verse—praised for its baroque vocabulary\, intricate syntax\, and sensuous imagery—drew comparisons to literary giants like Emily Dickinson\, Wallace Stevens\, and Marianne Moore. Critics highlighted her virtuoso command of language and her ability to weave metaphor with musicality and wit. Clampitt’s notable collections include What the Light Was Like (1985)\, Archaic Figure (1987)\, and A Silence Opens (1994). A recipient of prestigious fellowships and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters\, she also taught at institutions such as Amherst and Smith Colleges. She died in Lenox\, Massachusetts\, in 1994\, leaving behind a body of work both intellectually dazzling and emotionally resonant. \n\nTickets to this event are free\, registration is required! \nREGISTER HERE\n  \nInterested in becoming a Mount Member? Join today.\n\n\nThis one-hour reading takes place on The Mount’s Terrace under an open-air shade tent. Please be mindful of the weather and plan accordingly!\nPlease park in the Upper Lot. We recommend arriving 15 minutes early to allow time to enjoy the quarter mile walk down the driveway to the Main House. Golf carts run throughout the day if you require assistance to the event location.\nThe Terrace Cafe bar will be open 4:00 – 5:30 pm.\nIn the event of extreme weather — excessive heat or severe thunderstorms — this reading may be moved indoors to The Mount’s Stable Auditorium. All ticketholders will be notified via email of a venue change at 2:00 pm the day of the program.\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! Please phone us in advance to discuss arrangements: 413-551-5111; ext. #2\n\nQuestions? Email: programs@edithwharton.org \n\n \nThis event is sponsored by the Amy Clampitt Fund\, a Fund of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.
URL:https://edithwharton.org/event/the-amy-clampitt-fund-presents-pulitzer-prize-winning-poet-carl-phillips/
LOCATION:NY
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