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. In October, Tod Randolph reads "The Triumph […]
Please 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 the Mount this past spring. Following the reading will be a short Q & A with the writers. Featuring: Lizzy Beck, Darlene Elias, Zite Ezeh, […]
Join 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 […]
In 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 […]
Join us this Veterans Day for a moving performance by Ron Ramsay’s Berkshire Music Salon Series featuring vocalist Samantha Talora! From the Drawing Room of The Mount, Voices of Valor: Songs & Stories from the Front honors the legacy of World War I through a live performance of music that inspired courage, unity, and hope. […]
Join us this Veterans Day for a moving performance by Ron Ramsay’s Berkshire Music Salon Series featuring vocalist Samantha Talora! From the Drawing Room of The Mount, Voices of Valor: Songs & Stories from the Front honors the legacy of World War I through a live performance of music that inspired courage, unity, and hope. […]
A collaboration with the Norman Rockwell Museum! The Mount is partnering with the Norman Rockwell Museum to present three staged readings in the spirit of Wharton on Wednesday. This exciting series, Readings at Rockwell | The Jazz Age Novel, was organized in tandem with Jazz Age Illustration, a major exhibition exploring the art of popular illustration […]
A collaboration with the Norman Rockwell Museum! The Mount is partnering with the Norman Rockwell Museum to present three staged readings in the spirit of Wharton on Wednesday. This exciting series, Readings at Rockwell | The Jazz Age Novel, was organized in tandem with Jazz Age Illustration, a major exhibition exploring the art of popular illustration […]
A collaboration with the Norman Rockwell Museum! The Mount is partnering with the Norman Rockwell Museum to present three staged readings in the spirit of Wharton on Wednesday. This exciting […]
In a landmark collaboration, The Mount and Grace Church (New York City) will celebrate the life and legacy of Edith Wharton in the very place of her baptism on Easter […]