Books
Albany Book Festival, Albany, N.Y. www.albanybookfestival.com
Albany Book Festival 2023, Sept. 23.
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
AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS, Oct. 1, 7 p.m.
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
Poetry in Place, Oct. 20, 6 p.m.
Berkshire Museum, 39 South St. (Route 7), Pittsfield, Mass. www.berkshiremuseum.org
Berkshire Theatre Group, www.berkshiretheatregroup.org
Bushnell-Sage Library, 48 Main St., Sheffield, Mass. www.bushnellsagelibrary.org
BSL Book Club - Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America by Leila Philip, Sept. 26, 4 to 5 p.m.
Square Pegs, Round Tables: Four Early Arthurian Romances A Literary Seminar By Mark Scarbrough, Wednesdays Sept. 27 to Nov. 15, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors with Tory Stephens (virtual), Sept. 27, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. (online).
BSL Book Club - The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz, Oct. 24, 4 to 5 p.m.
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, N.Y. www.caryinstitute.org
The Clark Art Museum, 225 South St., Williamstown, Mass. www.clarkart.edu
WRITING ON STONE HILL: A POETRY WORKSHOP, Sept. 23, 2 to 4 p.m.
BOOK TALK: WILD BY DESIGN, Oct. 18, 6 to 7 p.m.
Claverack Free Library, 629 NY-23B, Claverack, N.Y. www.claveracklibrary.org
Copake Grange, 628 Empire Road, Copake, N.Y. www.copakegrange.org
My Journey Inside the PBS NewsHour, Sept. 30, 4 to 6 p.m.
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.
$5 a bag book sale, Sept. 23, 10 a.m. to 1 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
Adult Sci-Fi Book Club, every second Saturday of the month, 11 a.m.
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
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
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
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
A WRITER AND A ROBOT WALK INTO A BAR: Writing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Oct. 7, 4:30 p.m.
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).
Traveling Through History in Contemporary America, Oct. 1 at 11 a.m.
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
Tom Shachtman, ECHOES: A Novel @ Scoville Memorial Library, Sept. 26, 6 p.m.
Mona Awad, ROUGE: A Novel, in conversation with Bill Clegg, Sept. 28, 6:30 p.m.
Pine Plains Free Library, 7775 South Main, Pine Plains, N.Y. www.pineplainslibrary.org
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.
The Salisbury Forum, Salisbury, Conn. www.salisburyforum.org
Scoville Memorial Library, 38 Main St., Salisbury, Conn. www.scovillelibrary.org
Shakespeare & Company, 70 Kemble St., Lenox, Mass. www.shakespeare.org
Spencertown Academy Arts, 790 State Route 203, Spencertown, N.Y. www.spencertownacademy.org
Spencertown Academy Presents Fiction Writers Conference, Nov. 9 to 12, application deadline Sept. 22.
Stanford Free Library, 6035 Route 82, Stanfordville, N.Y. www.stanfordlibrary.org
Oct. Hybrid Book Club, TBA, noon (in person and online).
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