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"The Faces of Lincoln" on Display at Heritage Park

North Adams, MA - Now on view at the Visitors Center at Western Gateway Heritage State Park, “The Faces of Lincoln”, a photographic tribute to Lincoln’s 200th Birthday. Other programs at the park include “Animals of the Chinese Zodiac,” premiering Saturday, February 7 at 2 pm. Call 663.6312.

"Strange Fruit" Performs at MASS MoCA August 15-17

North Adams, MA - MASS MoCA hosts Australia 's Strange Fruit. Perched atop swaying poles the troupe performs Swoon - a spectacular story of love, loss, joy and freedom in the air. Shows held each day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 15 -17. Galleries will be open until 7 PM. Call 413-662-2111.

Susan Quinn WPA Booksigning July 26 at the Kolok Gallery

North Adams, MA - On Saturday, July 26, there will be a reception and book signing at the Kolok Gallery for renowned author Susan Quinn in celebration of her recently published book, Furious Improvisation: How the WPA and a cast of thousands made high art out of desperate times. 

Please join us for refreshments as Ms. Quinn introduces us to her critically acclaimed history of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Theatre Project. 

What:    Book Signing and Author Reception
When:    Saturday, July 26 from 4pm - 7pm
Where:   Kolok Gallery, Windsor Mill, 121 Union Street (Rt. 2), North Adams, MA
Tel: +1 413 664 7381
[email protected]

"...Quinn is careful to do justice to the project's vast scope."
-- Mary Smith, LA Times

"Susan Quinn has gifted us with a key moment in the history of F.D.R.'s New Deal..." --Studs Terkel, Author, Historian, Actor, Broadcaster

Books will be made available for purchase.

Jennifer Trainer Thompson Booksigning June 7

Williamstown, MA - There will be a booksigning with Jennifer Trainer Thompson, author of THE JOY OF FAMILY TRADITIONS, on Saturday, June 7, at Water Street Books in Williamstown from 2-4 pm.  Website with more info: www.joyoffamilytraditions.com

WordPlay Features Eileen Gloster January 12

North Adams, MA - Inkberry and Papyri Books sponsor Wordplay this Saturday, January 12 at 7:00 pm.  Guest reader is Eileen Gloster. Refreshments and open mic will follow.  Papyri Books is on 45 Eagle Street. Call 662.2099 for more information. The Papyri Gallery features the work of Gillian Jones in January and February, and open Monday through Friday from 12:00 – 6:00 PM, Saturday 10-6 and Sunday 12-4 pm.

Fiction Writer Bill Belcher to Read at WordPlay November 10

NORTH ADAMS, MA‹ Saturday, November 10, at 7:00 p.m. WordPlay, a monthly reading series co-sponsored by Inkberry and Papyri Books, will be held at Papyri Books, 45 Eagle Street.

November¹s WordPlay will highlight the work of fiction writer Bill Belcher, who will read from, Galesville Rag, his novel-in-progress about a young man who wins, then betrays, the confidence of a musician who was once the voice of a generation.

Belcher received his MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College. He has taught fiction writing at the Saratoga County Arts Center, and he has served as the Workshop Facilitator of Inkberry¹s Thursday Night Critique group since 2006.

Gail Burns of Williamstown will host the event for Inkberry.

After the reading, there will be a brief intermission, followed by the popular WordPlay open mic. Refreshments will be available, and admission is free and open to the public.

For additional information regarding Inkberry or these readings, contact Inkberry by phone at (413) 664-0775 or visit www.inkberry.org.

About Inkberry ­ Inkberry promotes the literary arts in the Berkshires with events and community partnerships that celebrate and support writing and reading. Inkberry is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Seth Brown Reading & Booksigning at Papyri September 15

North Adams, MA - Local writer Seth Brown has recently published a new book - "Rhode Island Curiosities:  Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff."  A reading/signing/refreshments event at Papyri Books (45 Eagle Street, NA) will celebrate the occasion on  Saturday, September 15th  from 2:00-4:00 pm.

LOCAL MURDER MYSTERY NOVELIST TO ADDRESS INCOMING MCLA FRESHMEN

NORTH ADAMS, MA – Over the summer, incoming freshmen to Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) read “Don’t I Know You?” a murder mystery by Williamstown author Karen Shepard, who will be on campus Monday, Sept. 3, to discuss her book  from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the Church Street Center. The event, which is free and open to the public, will include a musical performance by alt-country band Gloria Deluxe. A book signing reception will follow in the Church Street Center social hall, from 2:30 to 4 p.m.

First-year students at MCLA are asked to participate in a summer reading project that allows them to read a common book during the summer and then come to campus to discuss it and the issues that it raises.

A Chinese-American born and raised in New York City who teaches writing and literature at Williams College, Shepard is the author of three novels, “An Empire of Women,” “The Bad Boy’s Wife,” and, most recently, “Don’t I Know You?” – a murder mystery set in 1976 New York City. The psychological drama is divided into three parts, with each narrative giving the reader a different angle on the crime.

According to Publisher’s Weekly, “Shepard’s vision of how a murder’s effect reverberates outward inspires us to understand the limitations of intimate knowledge and the extraordinary capacities of the people we think we know best, even as it shows us how we repair those bonds and prepare ourselves to go on.”

The New York Times Book Review called the book, “Darkly tantalizing. … It succeeds brilliantly.” O. The Oprah Magazine said, “Shepard has found a voice here that is as strong and confident and full of wise observation as any in recent American fiction.” And author Tim O’Brien wrote that, “Don’t I Know You?” is “Among the most suspenseful and moving novels I’ve read in many years.”

Shepard has received the William Goyen-Doris Roberts Fellowship for Fiction from the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, won honorable mentions in Best American Short Stories in 1995, 2002 and 2004, was a National Magazine Award Finalist in 2002, and a recipient of a Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant in 2002.

For more information, go to http://reading.mcla.edu.

Learn About Edible Plants June 9 at NAPL

North Adams, MA - Edible Wild Plants of the Northeast will be presented on Saturday, June 9 from 2:00 – 3:30 PM at the North Adams Public Library. Admission is free and all ages are welcome. The program is sponsored by the North Adams Public Library and is presented by Naturalist/Educator John Root. Call 413-662-3133 for more information.

Charles O'Brien to Read at WordPlay June 9

North Adams, MA - On June 9, 2007, at 7:00 PM, Papyri Books and Inkberry sponsor WordPlay as host Gail Burns welcomes Charles O'Brien, author of the Anne Cartier mystery series, reading from his most recent book, Cruel Choices. Refreshments and open mic to follow. Papyri Books is at 45 Eagle Street, and holds WordPlay on the second Saturday of each month.