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Albany Book Festival, Albany, N.Y. www.albanybookfestival.com 

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, 258 Main St., Ridgefield, Conn. www.thealdrich.org 

Amenia Free Library, 3309 Route 343, Amenia, N.Y. www.amenialibrary.org

Bardavon, 35 Market St., Poughkeepsie, N.Y. www.bardavon.org 

Bard College at Simon's Rock, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, Mass. www.simons-rock.edu 

Beardsley Library, 40 Munro Place, Winsted, Conn. www.beardsleylibrary.org 

Berkshire Botanical Garden, 5 West Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge, Mass. www.berkshirebotanical.org

Berkshire Museum, 39 South St. (Route 7), Pittsfield, Mass. www.berkshiremuseum.org 

Berkshire Theatre Groupwww.berkshiretheatregroup.org 

Bushnell-Sage Library, 48 Main St., Sheffield, Mass. www.bushnellsagelibrary.org

Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, N.Y. www.caryinstitute.org 

The Clark Art Museum, 225 South St., Williamstown, Mass. www.clarkart.edu

Claverack Free Library, 629 NY-23B, Claverack, N.Y. www.claveracklibrary.org

Copake Grange, 628 Empire Road, Copake, N.Y. www.copakegrange.org

Cornwall Conservation Trust, Cornwall, Conn. www.cornwallconservationtrust.org 

The Cornwall Library, 30 Pine St., Cornwall, Conn. www.cornwalllibrary.org 

D. M. Hunt Library, 63 Main Street, Falls Village, Conn. www.huntlibrary.org

Douglas Library, 108 Main St., Canaan, Conn. www.douglaslibrarycanaan.org 
Douglas Library Book Group!, last Wednesday of the month, 2 p.m.

Fisher Center at Bard, Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. fishercenter.bard.edu

Gallery 25 and Creative Arts Studio, 11 Railroad St., New Milford, Conn. www.gallery25ct.com 

Great Barrington Libraries, Great Barrington, Mass. www.gblibraries.org 

Hancock Shaker Village, 1843 West Housatonic St., Pittsfield, Mass. www.hancockshakervillage.org 

The Hickory Stick Bookshop, 2 Green Hill Road, Washington Depot, Conn. www.hickorystickbookshop.com

Hotchkiss Library of Sharon, 10 Upper Main St., Sharon, Conn. www.hotchkisslibrary.org

House of Books, 4 N. Main St., Kent, Conn. www.houseofbooksct.com

Hudson Hall, 327 Warren St, Hudson, N.Y. www.hudsonhall.org 

Innisfree Garden, 362 Tyrrel Road, Millbrook, N.Y. www.innisfreegarden.org 

The Institute for American Indian Studies Museum & Research Center, 38 Curtis Road, Washington, Conn. www.iaismuseum.org
December Virtual Book Club – Gather: Richard Van Camp on the Joy of Storytelling, Dec. 27, 7 to 9 p.m. (online).

Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, Pittsfield, Mass. www.jewishberkshires.org 

The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens, 1 Green Hill Road, Washington, Conn. www.thejudyblackparkandgardens.org 

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, 120 Broadway, Tivoli, N.Y. www.kaatsbaan.org

Kent Memorial Library, 32 N. Main St., Kent, Conn. www.kentmemoriallibrary.org

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St., Great Barrington, Mass. www.mahaiwe.org 

MASS MoCA, 1320 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams, Mass. www.massmoca.org

Merritt Bookstore, 57 Front St., Millbrook N.Y. www.merrittbooks.com

Millbrook Free Library, 3 Friendly Lane, Millbrook, N.Y. www.millbrooklibrary.org
Come Write In, Dec. 18, 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Author Talk: Logan S. Kline, Dec. 16, 2 to 3:30 p.m.

The Mount, 2 Plunkett St., Lenox, Mass. www.edithwharton.org

Music Mountain, 225 Music Mountain Road, Falls Village, Conn. www.musicmountain.org 

New Marlborough Meeting House, 154 Hartsville-New Marlborough Road, New Marlborough, Mass. www.nmmeetinghouse.org

Noble Horizons, 17 Cobble Road, Salisbury, Conn. www.noblehorizons.org 

Norfolk Hub, 2 Station Place, Norfolk, Conn. www.norfolkfoundation.net/norfolk-hub 

Norfolk Library, 9 Greenwoods Road East, Norfolk, Conn. www.norfolklibrary.org 
Norfolk Library Book Club, every other Thursday, 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. (online).

Great Reads Discussion Group, First Wednesdays of the month, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. (online).

Norman Rockwell Museum, 9 Glendale Road, Stockbridge, Mass. www.nrm.org 

NorthEast-Millerton Library, 75 Main St., Millerton N.Y. www.nemillertonlibrary.org 
Book Sale Room Open, Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Oblong Books & Music, 26 Main St., Millerton, N.Y. www.oblongbooks.com

Pine Plains Free Library, 7775 South Main, Pine Plains, N.Y. www.pineplainslibrary.org
Cookbook Group with Lenny, Dec. 27, 6 to 7 p.m.

Roeliff Jansen Library, 9091 Route 22, Hillsdale, N.Y. www.roejanlibrary.org 
Poetry Group Meeting, 3rd Tuesdays of each month, noon to 1 p.m.

Cookbook Club, Dec. 16, 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Book Marks Book Club, Dec. 21, 1 to 2 p.m.

The Salisbury Forum, Salisbury, Conn. www.salisburyforum.org

Scoville Memorial Library, 38 Main St., Salisbury, Conn. www.scovillelibrary.org
Poetry Workshop with Sally Van Doren In-Person, Dec. 15, 2 to 4 p.m.

Shakespeare & Company, 70 Kemble St., Lenox, Mass. www.shakespeare.org 

Sharon Historical Society, 18 Main St., Sharon, Conn. www.sharonhist.org

Spencertown Academy Arts, 790 State Route 203, Spencertown, N.Y. www.spencertownacademy.org

Stanford Free Library, 6035 Route 82, Stanfordville, N.Y. www.stanfordlibrary.org

The Stissing Center, 2950 Church St., Pine Plains, N.Y. www.thestissingcenter.org 

Upstate Films, Rhinebeck, N.Y. and Saugerties, N.Y. www.upstatefilms.org 

Ventfort Hall Mansion and Guilded Age Museum, 104 Walker St., Lenox, Mass. www.gildedage.org 

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main St., Hartford, Conn. www.thewadsworth.org 

Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, 28 Tinker St., Woodstock, N.Y. www.woodstockart.org 

The Workshop Experience, Hillsdale, N.Y. www.theworkshopexperience.org 

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