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Join us today for a thrilling conversation with acclaimed author Lucy Foley as we delve into her brand-new Miss Marple m...
08/27/2026

Join us today for a thrilling conversation with acclaimed author Lucy Foley as we delve into her brand-new Miss Marple mystery, Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel.

High in the Swiss Alps, accessible only by a single, winding railway, stands the luxurious Grand Alpine Hotel. With glorious mountain views and exclusive access to powdery slopes, it draws guests from far and wide.

The notorious actress.

The high-flying politician.

The society wife.

The reckless friend.

The shrewd doctor.

But not everyone is here for a winter holiday. Beneath the champagne and furs, dark histories simmer; old grudges emerge like cracks in the ice. And someone is watching from the shadows. A polite, unassuming woman with an extraordinary mind: Miss Marple. When a body is found and a blizzard cuts off all escape, only Miss Marple can connect the clues before the killer strikes again. Because it isn’t a question of who has a motive, but who’s next…

Brought to you in partnership with Library Speakers Consortium. Sponsored by Lee Bank and Lenox Library Association’s Goodwin Fund.

This program is entirely virtual, please visit our website for registration details and link to join.

Not to be outdone by our young reader friends, grownups read 2,262 hours - over 94 days! - in our first adult summer rea...
08/26/2026

Not to be outdone by our young reader friends, grownups read 2,262 hours - over 94 days! - in our first adult summer reading program! Congratulations to our lucky prize bundle winners. We look forward to an even bigger and better adult summer reading program next year!

Many thanks to our sponsors, Adams Community Bank and the Lenox Library Association, for making this program possible.

The Lenox Library Book Club is adding an evening session! Book Club generally meets on the first Tuesday of the month. S...
08/25/2026

The Lenox Library Book Club is adding an evening session! Book Club generally meets on the first Tuesday of the month. Sessions at 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m., and now 5:30 p.m.

To join a session, or for other questions about book club, please email [email protected].

This past Saturday we celebrated the end of our 2026 Summer Reading Program, "Plant a Seed, Read."We had an amazing 191 ...
08/25/2026

This past Saturday we celebrated the end of our 2026 Summer Reading Program, "Plant a Seed, Read."

We had an amazing 191 young readers turn in 650 tracker sheets, representing 5,458 hours of reading - that's more than 227 days worth of reading packed into one summer! This exceeded our summer reading challenge goal, which means that our friends at BIRCH Properties will donate $600 to the Lenox Ecumenical Food Pantry. Congratulations to all!

We're grateful to all who partnered with us to plant seeds of generosity in our community: summer reading sponsor Lenox Library Association; Selina Lamb, Your Realtor in the Berkshires; and Sugar Magnolia Candy for their donation of extra sweetness for our party.

Lastly, we have drawn the winners for all summer reading prizes - check your voicemail messages to see if you've won!

Join us today for a riveting conversation with award-winning biologist Beronda Montgomery as we discuss her book, When T...
08/25/2026

Join us today for a riveting conversation with award-winning biologist Beronda Montgomery as we discuss her book, When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy.

The histories of trees in America are also the histories of Black Americans. Pecan trees were domesticated by an enslaved African named Antoine; sycamore trees were both havens and signposts for people trying to escape enslavement; poplar trees are historically associated with lynching; and willow bark has offered the gift of medicine. These trees, and others, testify not only to the complexity of the Black American narrative but also to a heritage of Black botanical expertise that, like Native American traditions, predates the United States entirely.

In When Trees Testify, award-winning plant biologist Beronda L. Montgomery explores the ways seven trees, as well as the cotton shrub, are intertwined with Black history and culture. She reveals how knowledge surrounding these trees has shaped America since the very beginning. As Montgomery shows, trees are material witnesses to the lives of enslaved Africans and their descendants.

Combining the wisdom of science and history with stories from her own path to botany, Montgomery talks to majestic trees, and in this unique and compelling narrative, they answer.

Register today for this insightful discussion about Black history and botanical mastery.

Brought to you in partnership with Library Speakers Consortium. Sponsored by Lee Bank and Lenox Library Association’s Goodwin Fund.

This program is entirely virtual, please visit our website for registration details and link to join.

Save the dates for our upcoming virtual author talks in September!Brought to you in partnership with Library Speakers Co...
08/24/2026

Save the dates for our upcoming virtual author talks in September!

Brought to you in partnership with Library Speakers Consortium. Sponsored by Lee Bank and Lenox Library Association’s Goodwin Fund.

These programs are entirely virtual, please visit our website for registration details and link to join.

Join us next week as we chat with award-winning historian David O. Stewart about his newest work, The Democracy We Must ...
08/23/2026

Join us next week as we chat with award-winning historian David O. Stewart about his newest work, The Democracy We Must Keep, and the question he explores throughout the book: What did America's founders say about democracy, and can we remain true to their vision for America?

Two hundred fifty years ago, passionate men attempted to create something the world had never seen before: a nation built not on kings or armies, but on ideas where the people ruled.

In The Democracy We Must Keep, historian David O. Stewart takes readers inside the nine key documents that shaped the formation of the United States—from Patrick Henry's thunderous cry for liberty to the carefully crafted design of a government chosen by the people, with limits on all officials holding power under the Constitution.

Through the words of seven visionary founders—Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Gouverneur Morris, and others—Stewart shows how a fragile experiment in self-government took shape.

These men were not saints. They argued passionately. They worried that the new nation might fall apart. Yet together, they forged the principles that must still define American democracy:

Power must be limited.
Leaders must answer to the people.
Individual rights must be protected by law.
As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, The Democracy We Must Keep urges readers to rediscover core ideas that built the nation—and to consider what it will take to protect them.

Register today to gain a deeper understanding of how American democracy started, why it still matters, and the active role each generation must play to uphold it.

Brought to you in partnership with Library Speakers Consortium. Sponsored by Lee Bank and Lenox Library Association’s Goodwin Fund.

These programs are entirely virtual, please visit our website for registration details and link to join.

Join us tomorrow for an afternoon party as we transform Roche Reading Park into a magical garden filled with fairies, dr...
08/21/2026

Join us tomorrow for an afternoon party as we transform Roche Reading Park into a magical garden filled with fairies, dragons, unicorns, and of course, gnomes!

Celebrate the end of summer and find out if we reached our goal of receiving 600 summer reading tracker sheets! Enjoy crafts, games, food, and don’t forget to say farewell to Gnorbitt!

TODAY is the last day to turn in tracker sheets to help us reach our goal of 600! We're open until 5:00 p.m. tonight to drop them off.

Sponsored by the Lenox Library Association.

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