Judge Michael Ponsor, mystery author Susan Kelly, and Smith professor Dean Flower read and discuss crime fiction and film including the hard-boiled mysteries of American literature. Video by Bonnie Burnham
We interview photogram artist Ed Los at the Forbes Library in Northampton.
Lesléa Newman, poet, I Carry My Mother Mark Hart, poet, Boy Singing to Cattle Two accomplished poets — Lesléa Newman and Mark Hart — read from books written in memory of a parent who has died. Boy Singing to Cattle…
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FlipCam spotted a van with NY plates in the Forbes parking lot, and camera equipment being hauled down the drive. Turns out the group is from Spain–and they’re making a movie about Antonio Garrido Monteagrido, a Spanish-born, Northampton-raised, Hollywood Silent…
26 secs of one of the most spectacular sunsets of September–take from the entry of the Forbes Library–while people o and ahhh over it. Video by Alicia Ralph
Part of the LOCAL HISTORY/LOCAL NOVELISTS READING SERIES at Forbes Library. A tiny insect secretes a resin that makes things shine. A brilliant scientist, convicted at the peak of his career of making illegal drugs in his campus laboratory, attempts…
Who knew there was a Chestnut Hill Meat CSA? Lots, look at all those coolers making up this month’s meat share! There’s a wait list, so check in with them in December to see if you can get in next…
A short 4 minute movie about the Forbes Library Summer Reading Program. Video by Jason Mazzotta
Annual Edible Book Festival sponsored by the Friends of the Forbes Library in Northampton, Massachusetts. Every April first libraries all over the world celebrate the birthday of Brillat Savarin the author of “The Physiology of Taste, a Transcendent Gastronomy” by…