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The American Museum of Tort Law, 654 Main St., Winsted, CT, www.tortmuseum.org

Audubon Sharon, 325 Cornwall Bridge Rd., Sharon, CT, sharon.audubon.org

Berkshire Botanical Garden, 5 West Stockbridge Rd., Stockbridge, MA. www.berkshirebotanical.org

Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, 2801 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook, NY, www.caryinstitute.org.

The Cornwall Library, 30 Pine St., Cornwall, CT, www.CornwallLibrary.org

David Hunt Library, 63 Main St., Falls Village, CT www.huntlibrary.org

Hotchkiss Library of Sharon at Sharon Town Hall, 63 Main St., Sharon. CT

Five Points Gallery, 33 Main St.  Torrington, CT www.fivepointsgallery.org

The Hotchkiss School, Walker Auditorium, 11 Interlaken Rd., Lakeville, CT

Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, 196 South St., Pittsfield, MA, www.jewishberkshires.org

Kent Art Association, 21 South Main St., Kent, CT, www.kentart.org

Kent Memorial Library,North Main St., Kent  CT, www.kentmemoriallibrary.org

Kent Memorial Library at Kent Town Hall, 41 Kent Green Boulevard, Kent, CT

Litchfield Historical Society, 7 South Street, Litchfield, CT, www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org

 

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

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Noble Horizons, 17 Cobble Rd., Salisbury, CT, www.noblehorizons.org

Salisbury Forum at Housatonic Valley Regional High School, Warren Turnpike Road, Falls Village, CT, www.salisburyforum.org

Salisbury Historical Association Society, Scoville Memorial Library, 38 Main St., Salisbury, CT, www.scovillelibrary.org

Scoville Memorial Library,  38 Main Street  Salisbury, CT

Schumacher Center, Saint James Place, 352 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA

ShowTown at The White Hart inn, On the Green, Salisbury, CT, www.showtown.org

Tremaine Art Gallery at The Hotchkiss School, 11 Interlaken Rd., Lakeville, CT, www.hotchkiss.org/arts

Torrington Historical Society, 192 Main St., Torrington, CT, www.torringtonhistoricalsociety.org

Ventfort Hall, 104 Walker St, Lenox, MA, www.gildedage.org

The White Hart Speaker Series at The White Hart, 15 Undermountain Rd., Salisbury, CT, www.whitehartinn.com/new-events

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