Author Talk & Book Signing with Tim Greiving

Join biographer and arts journalist Tim Greiving for a special presentation on his book John Williams: A Composer’s Life. Greiving will discuss the life and legacy of legendary film composer John Williams, whose iconic scores have shaped the sound of modern cinema. The ......More

Join biographer and arts journalist Tim Greiving for a special presentation on his book John Williams: A Composer’s Life. Greiving will discuss the life and legacy of legendary film composer John Williams, whose iconic scores have shaped the sound of modern cinema. The event will take place on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. in the Lenox Library Reading Room and is free and open to the public. Immediately following the talk, the Lenox Library Association will host a limited-ticket fundraiser dinner featuring a Q&A and intimate conversation with the author. For details or to reserve a seat for the dinner, contact [email protected]. Seating is limited.   This program is dedicated to the memory of Margery Steinberg, whose life and legacy continue to inspire us.

Lenox Library, 18 MAIN ST, LENOX, MA, 01240-2310, United States

Story Time

Join Youth Librarian Vanessa Justice for a fun story time each week! We will sing songs, read books, and follow up with an open play time. For children ages 15 months and up and their siblings. Please note: If you or your child has any signs of illness, please stay home......More

Join Youth Librarian Vanessa Justice for a fun story time each week! We will sing songs, read books, and follow up with an open play time. For children ages 15 months and up and their siblings. Please note: If you or your child has any signs of illness, please stay home. We look forward to seeing you the following week! During the summer months, this event takes place outside in Roche Reading Park.

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Tech Help

Update 7/13/2026: All appointments have been filled but please feel free to call us to check for cancellations or to get on the waiting list. We are thrilled to continue our popular Tech Help program this summer with volunteer Dr. Sandra Markus. Dr. Markus will meet one......More

Update 7/13/2026: All appointments have been filled but please feel free to call us to check for cancellations or to get on the waiting list. We are thrilled to continue our popular Tech Help program this summer with volunteer Dr. Sandra Markus. Dr. Markus will meet one-on-one with patrons who need technology assistance, including: Computer basics (including word processing)Conducting Internet searchesDownloading and saving informationEmail basicsZoom basicsFaceTime basicsUsing library resources (including Libby and Kanopy)Social media (including Instagram and Pinterest)The Tech Help program will be available from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. on the following Thursdays: June 4July 2June 11July 9June 18July 16June 25August 6August 20Please call the Library at 413-637-0197 to reserve a ½ hour appointment. This service is free and available on a first-come first-served basis. Please remember to bring any necessary devices, passwords, and charging cables to the appointment.  Sandra Markus is a Professor in the Fashion Design department at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, where she has taught for over 25 years. She holds a doctorate in technology from Columbia University. During the summer she hosts sewing retreats @inthecompanyofmakers in Massachusetts for makers of all ages.

Legacy Room, 18 Main Street, Lenox, MA, 01240, United States

Little Free Library Story Time & Craft

Join Lenox Library at Liston Park, (on Crystal Street in Lenox Dale across from the post office) for a story time and craft for all ages. Take a look at our Little Free Library, take a book, or leave a book. Donations of new or gently used books will be accepted at this......More

Join Lenox Library at Liston Park, (on Crystal Street in Lenox Dale across from the post office) for a story time and craft for all ages. Take a look at our Little Free Library, take a book, or leave a book. Donations of new or gently used books will be accepted at this time.

Liston Park, Crystal Street, Lenox Dale, MA, 01242, United States

Tanglewood Talks 2026 with Jeremy Yudkin

Dr. Jeremy Yudkin is back with the 43rd season of Tanglewood pre-concert talks.  These programs will take place in the Town Hall auditorium, located at 6 Walker Street, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. on Friday afternoons and Sunday mornings from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Sum......More

Dr. Jeremy Yudkin is back with the 43rd season of Tanglewood pre-concert talks.  These programs will take place in the Town Hall auditorium, located at 6 Walker Street, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. on Friday afternoons and Sunday mornings from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Summer 2026 schedule will be as follows: JULY Sunday, July 5. Portraits of Lincoln. Celebrating American and Abraham Lincoln with Aaron Copland, Philip Glass (world premiere!), and John Williams. Friday, July 10. Tchaikovsky. His towering Piano Concerto No. 1 and excerpts from the immortal Swan Lake. Sunday, July 12. Chopin, Brahms, and Jani.Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2, Brahms’s Second Symphony, and “What do flowers do at night?” Friday, July 17. Renée Fleming/Hampson/Wakao.Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto, Carlos Simon’s Meditations on Grace, and excerpts from John Adams’s Nixon in China. Sunday, July 19. Hayden, Beethoven, Shostakovich.Haydn’s brilliant Symphony No. 22, Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2. Friday, July 24. Mozart and Tchaikovsky.Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 and Tchaikovsky’s experimental Third Symphony (“Polish”). Sunday, July 26. Tchaikovsky and Mozart.Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 1, Salonen’s Gambit, and Tchaikovsky’s celebrated Symphony No. 5. Friday, July 31.Wagner, Sibelius, and Beethoven.The Tristan Prelude, Sibelius’s magnificent Seventh, and Beethoven’s masterful “Emperor” Concerto. AUGUST Sunday, August 2. Nelsons/Joshua Bell.Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy, Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Marmoris, and Schumann’s Third Symphony. Friday, August 7. Yo-Yo I.Fauré, Cantique de Jean Racine Brahms, String Sextet, Op. 36, and his Double Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra. Sunday, August 9. Yo-Yo II.Tavener, Mahámátar, Kalhor, Venus in the Mirror, and Golijob, Azul. Friday, August 14. Music and Dance.Dance for Martha Graham, Copland’s Appalachian Spring, and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. Sunday, August 16. Bruch, Violin Concerto, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, which moves from fatalism to triumph. (Beethoven’s Fifth, anyone?) Friday, August 21. No lecture. Sunday, August 23. Beethoven’s Ninth! Photo by Ben Garver About the speaker: Jeremy Yudkin is Professor of Music and Co-Director of the Center for Beethoven Research at Boston University.  He has served as Visiting Professor of Music at Oxford, Harvard, and the Sorbonne.  He is the author of ten books, including From Silence to Sound: Beethoven’s Beginnings (2020) and Understanding Music (Prentice Hall, 1996, 2016), and edited the recently-published 550-page volume The New Beethoven.  He also researched and published the first-ever book on the Lenox School of Jazz (2006).  He has given hundreds of lectures across Europe, the United States, and Russia and has won numerous awards, including an Award for Excellence in Historical Research for his book on Miles Davis (2008).  At Boston University, where he teaches courses on Beethoven, Bartók, Bob Dylan, and the Beatles – among many others – he has been nominated ten times for Metcalf Awards in Teaching and once as Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year. The pre-concert talks are free thanks to the Lenox Library Association’s Goodwin Fund.

Lenox Town Hall, 6 Walker Street, Lenox, MA, 01240, United States

Tanglewood Talks 2026 with Jeremy Yudkin

Dr. Jeremy Yudkin is back with the 43rd season of Tanglewood pre-concert talks.  These programs will take place in the Town Hall auditorium, located at 6 Walker Street, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. on Friday afternoons and Sunday mornings from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Sum......More

Dr. Jeremy Yudkin is back with the 43rd season of Tanglewood pre-concert talks.  These programs will take place in the Town Hall auditorium, located at 6 Walker Street, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. on Friday afternoons and Sunday mornings from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Summer 2026 schedule will be as follows: JULY Sunday, July 5. Portraits of Lincoln. Celebrating American and Abraham Lincoln with Aaron Copland, Philip Glass (world premiere!), and John Williams. Friday, July 10. Tchaikovsky. His towering Piano Concerto No. 1 and excerpts from the immortal Swan Lake. Sunday, July 12. Chopin, Brahms, and Jani.Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2, Brahms’s Second Symphony, and “What do flowers do at night?” Friday, July 17. Renée Fleming/Hampson/Wakao.Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto, Carlos Simon’s Meditations on Grace, and excerpts from John Adams’s Nixon in China. Sunday, July 19. Hayden, Beethoven, Shostakovich.Haydn’s brilliant Symphony No. 22, Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2. Friday, July 24. Mozart and Tchaikovsky.Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 and Tchaikovsky’s experimental Third Symphony (“Polish”). Sunday, July 26. Tchaikovsky and Mozart.Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 1, Salonen’s Gambit, and Tchaikovsky’s celebrated Symphony No. 5. Friday, July 31.Wagner, Sibelius, and Beethoven.The Tristan Prelude, Sibelius’s magnificent Seventh, and Beethoven’s masterful “Emperor” Concerto. AUGUST Sunday, August 2. Nelsons/Joshua Bell.Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy, Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Marmoris, and Schumann’s Third Symphony. Friday, August 7. Yo-Yo I.Fauré, Cantique de Jean Racine Brahms, String Sextet, Op. 36, and his Double Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra. Sunday, August 9. Yo-Yo II.Tavener, Mahámátar, Kalhor, Venus in the Mirror, and Golijob, Azul. Friday, August 14. Music and Dance.Dance for Martha Graham, Copland’s Appalachian Spring, and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. Sunday, August 16. Bruch, Violin Concerto, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, which moves from fatalism to triumph. (Beethoven’s Fifth, anyone?) Friday, August 21. No lecture. Sunday, August 23. Beethoven’s Ninth! Photo by Ben Garver About the speaker: Jeremy Yudkin is Professor of Music and Co-Director of the Center for Beethoven Research at Boston University.  He has served as Visiting Professor of Music at Oxford, Harvard, and the Sorbonne.  He is the author of ten books, including From Silence to Sound: Beethoven’s Beginnings (2020) and Understanding Music (Prentice Hall, 1996, 2016), and edited the recently-published 550-page volume The New Beethoven.  He also researched and published the first-ever book on the Lenox School of Jazz (2006).  He has given hundreds of lectures across Europe, the United States, and Russia and has won numerous awards, including an Award for Excellence in Historical Research for his book on Miles Davis (2008).  At Boston University, where he teaches courses on Beethoven, Bartók, Bob Dylan, and the Beatles – among many others – he has been nominated ten times for Metcalf Awards in Teaching and once as Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year. The pre-concert talks are free thanks to the Lenox Library Association’s Goodwin Fund.

Lenox Town Hall, 6 Walker Street, Lenox, MA, 01240, United States

Terry A La Berry and Friends

Musical performers Terry A La Berry and Friends are back for their 18th season! Fun interactive music for our littlest friends. Come join in the fun! This event is held outdoors in Roche Reading Park next to the Library. Please bring a blanket or folding chair. When joi......More

Musical performers Terry A La Berry and Friends are back for their 18th season! Fun interactive music for our littlest friends. Come join in the fun! This event is held outdoors in Roche Reading Park next to the Library. Please bring a blanket or folding chair. When joining us for an outdoor event, children under 10 years old who enter the Library building must have their caregiver with them. The 2026 engagement of Terry A La Berry and Friends is generously sponsored by the Nancy F. Brown Memorial Fund.

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Baby Circle

Lenox Library is excited to offer a low key and judgement-free group for all families. Join us for songs and bounces followed by play and chatting. Free baby weight checks available. Babies up to 15 months (actual or developmentally) and older siblings are welcome. The ......More

Lenox Library is excited to offer a low key and judgement-free group for all families. Join us for songs and bounces followed by play and chatting. Free baby weight checks available. Babies up to 15 months (actual or developmentally) and older siblings are welcome. The first Wednesday of the month will feature a craft for you to keep! April Pitroff Varellas, IBCLC, PMH-C from Berkshire Nursing Families will join us every third Wednesday of the month to answer your baby feeding questions. Group Leaders: Sara Jarvie is an early childhood development specialist. Stephanie Storie is a Certified Birth and Postpartum Doula. Please note: If you or your child has any signs of illness, please stay home. We look forward to seeing you the following week! During the summer months, this event takes place outside in Roche Reading Park.

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Kids Graphic Novel Club

Join Lenox Library for an exciting club for kids in grades 3 – 6. Come talk about your favorite graphic novels and create your own! Meets once a month. Children under age 10 must have a caregiver with them.

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Story Time

Join Youth Librarian Vanessa Justice for a fun story time each week! We will sing songs, read books, and follow up with an open play time. For children ages 15 months and up and their siblings. Please note: If you or your child has any signs of illness, please stay home......More

Join Youth Librarian Vanessa Justice for a fun story time each week! We will sing songs, read books, and follow up with an open play time. For children ages 15 months and up and their siblings. Please note: If you or your child has any signs of illness, please stay home. We look forward to seeing you the following week! During the summer months, this event takes place outside in Roche Reading Park.

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BUTI Presents Midsummer Music

The Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI) invites you to a free community concert at Lenox Library on August 13, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. Experience outstanding performances by gifted young musicians as they share their passion for music with the Berkshire community. O......More

The Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI) invites you to a free community concert at Lenox Library on August 13, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. Experience outstanding performances by gifted young musicians as they share their passion for music with the Berkshire community. Open to all ages. This event is held outdoors in Roche Reading Park next to the Library. Please bring a blanket or folding chair. We hope to see you there!

Roche Reading Park, 18 Main Street, Lenox, MA, 01240, United States

Tanglewood Talks 2026 with Jeremy Yudkin

Dr. Jeremy Yudkin is back with the 43rd season of Tanglewood pre-concert talks.  These programs will take place in the Town Hall auditorium, located at 6 Walker Street, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. on Friday afternoons and Sunday mornings from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Sum......More

Dr. Jeremy Yudkin is back with the 43rd season of Tanglewood pre-concert talks.  These programs will take place in the Town Hall auditorium, located at 6 Walker Street, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. on Friday afternoons and Sunday mornings from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The Summer 2026 schedule will be as follows: JULY Sunday, July 5. Portraits of Lincoln. Celebrating American and Abraham Lincoln with Aaron Copland, Philip Glass (world premiere!), and John Williams. Friday, July 10. Tchaikovsky. His towering Piano Concerto No. 1 and excerpts from the immortal Swan Lake. Sunday, July 12. Chopin, Brahms, and Jani.Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2, Brahms’s Second Symphony, and “What do flowers do at night?” Friday, July 17. Renée Fleming/Hampson/Wakao.Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto, Carlos Simon’s Meditations on Grace, and excerpts from John Adams’s Nixon in China. Sunday, July 19. Hayden, Beethoven, Shostakovich.Haydn’s brilliant Symphony No. 22, Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2. Friday, July 24. Mozart and Tchaikovsky.Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 and Tchaikovsky’s experimental Third Symphony (“Polish”). Sunday, July 26. Tchaikovsky and Mozart.Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 1, Salonen’s Gambit, and Tchaikovsky’s celebrated Symphony No. 5. Friday, July 31.Wagner, Sibelius, and Beethoven.The Tristan Prelude, Sibelius’s magnificent Seventh, and Beethoven’s masterful “Emperor” Concerto. AUGUST Sunday, August 2. Nelsons/Joshua Bell.Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy, Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Marmoris, and Schumann’s Third Symphony. Friday, August 7. Yo-Yo I.Fauré, Cantique de Jean Racine Brahms, String Sextet, Op. 36, and his Double Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra. Sunday, August 9. Yo-Yo II.Tavener, Mahámátar, Kalhor, Venus in the Mirror, and Golijob, Azul. Friday, August 14. Music and Dance.Dance for Martha Graham, Copland’s Appalachian Spring, and Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony. Sunday, August 16. Bruch, Violin Concerto, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, which moves from fatalism to triumph. (Beethoven’s Fifth, anyone?) Friday, August 21. No lecture. Sunday, August 23. Beethoven’s Ninth! Photo by Ben Garver About the speaker: Jeremy Yudkin is Professor of Music and Co-Director of the Center for Beethoven Research at Boston University.  He has served as Visiting Professor of Music at Oxford, Harvard, and the Sorbonne.  He is the author of ten books, including From Silence to Sound: Beethoven’s Beginnings (2020) and Understanding Music (Prentice Hall, 1996, 2016), and edited the recently-published 550-page volume The New Beethoven.  He also researched and published the first-ever book on the Lenox School of Jazz (2006).  He has given hundreds of lectures across Europe, the United States, and Russia and has won numerous awards, including an Award for Excellence in Historical Research for his book on Miles Davis (2008).  At Boston University, where he teaches courses on Beethoven, Bartók, Bob Dylan, and the Beatles – among many others – he has been nominated ten times for Metcalf Awards in Teaching and once as Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year. The pre-concert talks are free thanks to the Lenox Library Association’s Goodwin Fund.

Lenox Town Hall, 6 Walker Street, Lenox, MA, 01240, United States

Teeny Tiny Book Club

A club for teens ages 13-17 who will read short stories, novellas, poems, and other short writings. Participants will meet three times during the summer to talk about books and stories as a group. Meetings will happen outside in Roche Reading Park snacks will be provide......More

A club for teens ages 13-17 who will read short stories, novellas, poems, and other short writings. Participants will meet three times during the summer to talk about books and stories as a group. Meetings will happen outside in Roche Reading Park snacks will be provided. Teens may choose selections from a list of suggested materials or pick their own. They may also use these for writing reviews for the Teen Grand Prizes. Visit the youth desk at the Library to learn more. Fridays, July 10 & 24, and August 14, 2026: 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

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