Find wellness and peace during the stressful holiday season through meditation. Join Dr. Andrew Vidich at the Berkshire Athenaeum to learn a simple yet powerful technique to enrich your life on many levels. There will be a short meditation sitting. Location: Library Auditorium Sponsored by the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum.
Learn to paint a jellyfish in pastels with portraitist and painter Greg Maichack at the Berkshire Athenaeum. Location: Library Auditorium Adults ages 18 and over. Class is limited to 30 participants. Preregistration is required: register with your library card at the Reference Desk or by calling (413) 499-9480 ext. 4 or emailing [email protected] Sponsored by the […]
Join Berkshire Athenaeum staff for a fun comic book club for tweens ages 9-12. Vote in the Children’s Library for which graphic novel we will read next! Children under the age of 10 must be accompanied by an adult 18+ at all times. For more information call the Children's Library: 413-499-9480, ext. 5. Sponsored by […]
Join the Albany Ballet Junior Company and the Cantarella School of Dance in the Berkshire Athenaeum Auditorium for excerpts from The Nutcracker. Children in the audience will listen to the story of The Nutcracker and see selected dances come to life. Children under the age of 10 must be accompanied by an adult 18+ at […]
Join us to discuss Because I Could Not Stop for Death by Amanda Flower. Copies of the book may be requested through the Reference Department. Location: Athenaeum Room (Library 2nd floor), or join on Zoom by registering here! For more information, contact the Reference Desk at (413) 499-9480 ext. 4 or [email protected]
Join us for a Zoom talk by Ted Reinstein, a reporter for Boston’s WCVB-TV’s “Chronicle.” Reinstein will talk about his book Before Brooklyn: The Unsung Heroes Who Helped Break Baseball’s Color Barrier, which tells the story of the little-known heroes who fought segregation in baseball, from communist newspaper reporters to the Pullman car porters . […]
The Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum Spring 2023 Book Sale is scheduled for Thursday, March 9, 3-7 pm*; Friday, March 10, 10 am - 4 pm; and Saturday, March 11, 10 am - 3 pm. Thursday night is open to Friends Members only. Not a member? Join at the door for as little at $10. […]