Walkin’ with WordxWord
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 […]
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The Amy Clampitt Fund presents Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carl Phillips
FeaturedJoin 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), […]
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Wharton On Wednesday | The House of the Dead Hand – SOLD OUT
Featured Wharton on WednesdayWharton 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. In September, Ryan Winkles reads "The House […]
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DWELL: Poets Creating Conversation with WordxWord
FeaturedJoin us for 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 respond. This month we're asking poets to linger, loiter, or perhaps even reside in DWELL. […]
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A Cultivated Friendship: A Staged Reading with playwrights John Dennis Anderson and Karen Vuranch
FeaturedThe Mount 2 Plunkett Street, Lenox, MA, United StatesIn 1930s Paris, American novelists Edith Wharton and Louis Bromfield were unlikely friends. She was 34 years his senior, he was a Midwestern farmer, and both were vocal about their […]
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Straw Dog Writers Guild 15th Anniversary Celebration & Reading
FeaturedJoin the Straw Dog Writers Guild to celebrate their 15th anniversary with a lively panel discussion featuring Guild co-founders and members. Highlighted are readings by novelist Michael Jerome Plunkett and […]
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A Reading of CATA Poetry & Prose
FeaturedJoin Community Access to the Arts at The Mount for a reading of poetry and prose from the CATA Writers’ Workshop. Through heartfelt, thought-provoking, and humorous work, CATA writers with […]
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RED HERRING: Poets Creating Conversation with WordxWord
FeaturedJoin us for a free, outdoor poetry reading at the bistro area behind the Stable. The theme is RED HERRING. WordXWord’s Poets Creating Conversation throws out a single word/idea and asks […]
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Wharton On Wednesday | The Triumph of Night
Featured Wharton on WednesdayWharton 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 […]
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Virtual Reading | 2025 Edith Wharton & Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers-in-Residence
FeaturedPlease join us for a virtual reading featuring the 2025 Edith Wharton-Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers-in-Residence! Featured writers will share short excerpts from their work developed while in residence at […]
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SOLD OUT | Among the Primeval Shadows: Exploring the Strange Magic of Edith Wharton’s Ghost Stories with Robert Oakes
FeaturedJoin us this Halloween for a ghostly talk and tour of The Mount with author Robert Oakes! After reading her first ghost story, Edith Wharton was plunged into “a world haunted by formless horrors,” and felt that a “dark undefinable menace forever dogging steps, lurking and threatening.” Some mysterious magic contained in this particular kind […]
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Heart-Work | A Reading and Conversation with Author Roberta Silman
FeaturedIn her second compelling collection of stories, Heart-Work, Great Barrington-based author Roberta Silman explores the intricacies of love, the infinite surprises that exist within families, and the yearning for guidance that can result in great leaps of the imagination. As she did in her first prize-winning collection, Blood Relations, Silman has created a group of unforgettable […]
