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! Rylee Ferin is a Certified Breastfeeding Specialist from Berkshire Nursing Families who 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.

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.

Tech Help

We are thrilled to continue our popular Tech Help program with volunteer Jeff Doughty. Jeff will meet one-on-one with patrons who need technology assistance, including: Smart phone and computer basicsEmail and messagingZoom and FaceTimeSocial media, including Facebook a......More

We are thrilled to continue our popular Tech Help program with volunteer Jeff Doughty. Jeff will meet one-on-one with patrons who need technology assistance, including: Smart phone and computer basicsEmail and messagingZoom and FaceTimeSocial media, including Facebook and InstagramConducting Internet searchesDownloading and saving informationUsing library resources, including Libby and KanopyPlease call the Library at 413-637-0197 to reserve a ½ hour appointment. Please bring any necessary devices, passwords, and charging cables. This service is free and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Jeff Doughty had a long career as a software engineer, most recently with Apple and Nvidia. Jeff is now retired and resides in Lenox with his wife Carol and two Chihuahuas. He has a B.S. from Virginia Tech and a M.S. from Stanford University, both in Computer Science. Jeff has returned to college at BCC to study art and music history.

Arts & Crafts Supply Swap

Arts & Crafts Supply Swap with a Celebration of the Library Handicraft Exhibition in Welles Gallery! Join fellow artists and crafters for an evening of connection and sharing supplies! Enjoy the artwork on display created by Library staff and patrons and some light refr......More

Arts & Crafts Supply Swap with a Celebration of the Library Handicraft Exhibition in Welles Gallery! Join fellow artists and crafters for an evening of connection and sharing supplies! Enjoy the artwork on display created by Library staff and patrons and some light refreshments. All Ages Welcome! Kids under 10 must be accompanied by a caregiver. Unclaimed items may be donated to Lenox Library for future programming. For questions about the Handicraft Exhibition, please email Amy Lafave at [email protected]. For questions about the Supply Swap, please email Vanessa Justice at [email protected]. 

Kurt Andersen, Author of The Breakup

Join Lenox Library and The Bookstore as we welcome bestselling author Kurt Andersen to talk about his new book, The Breakup, in conversation with Brooke Allen. Natalie and Asher’s 23-year marriage has long-standing fault lines over what they think of their fellow Americ......More

Join Lenox Library and The Bookstore as we welcome bestselling author Kurt Andersen to talk about his new book, The Breakup, in conversation with Brooke Allen. Natalie and Asher’s 23-year marriage has long-standing fault lines over what they think of their fellow Americans and of AI-saturated modern life. In 2045, having survived the two-year civil war together, they’re living separately for the first time since they met. Millennial Asher is in San Francisco with their daughter Gen-Z Natalie has retreated to her home state of Tennessee in the Free American Republic. The couple’s relationship mirrors America’s own unraveling—confused, messy, painful, ambivalent, and impossibly intimate. Brought back together for a sprawling college tour with their 17-year-old, they find themselves on a road trip through a strange, uncertain new carved-up America, all while dealing with the flux—and resilience—in their own family. With the hovering question: What differences are irreconcilable, and when is something broken worth saving? Ranging from tragic to comic to suspenseful, and brimming with imagination, The Breakup is a sweeping tale of the personal and sociopolitical intersecting—bracingly plausible, keenly insightful, and surprisingly hopeful. Photo: Nina Subin Kurt Andersen is the author of Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America, A Recent History, a companion volume to Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire, A 500-Year History, both of which were New York Times bestsellers. He’s also the author of the acclaimed bestselling novels You Can’t Spell America Without Me, True Believers, Heyday, and Turn of the Century. He appears regularly as a commentator on MSNOW, and contributes to The Atlantic and New York Times. He co-created and hosted the weekly public radio program Studio 360 for twenty years, co-founded Spy magazine, edited New York, and was a columnist and critic for The New Yorker and Time. Born and raised in Nebraska, Kurt lives in New York City and rural Connecticut. Brooke Allen holds a BA from the University of Virginia and a PhD in English Literature from Columbia University. Her essays and reviews have appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, The New Criterion, The Hudson Review, The Nation, New York Magazine, Time Out New York, and many other publications. She is the author of three collections of literary essays as well as several other books, including Moral Minority: Our Skeptical Founding Fathers. She was on the Literature faculty at Bennington College and taught classes in the History of Thought at Bennington’s Prison Education Initiative. She is married to photographer Peter Aaron and lives in Hudson, New York.  

Sedgwick Reading Room, 18 Main Street, Lenox, MA, 01240, United States

A City on Mars: The Science and Absurdities of Space Settlement with Kelly and Zach Weinersmith (Virtual)

Virtual Program, Lenox, MA, 01240, United States

Closed in Observance of Veterans Day

The Library will be closed on Wednesday, November 11, 2026 in observance of Veterans Day.

How Money Became God: Rethinking Wealth and Greed in Modern Society with Paul Vigna (Virtual)

Virtual Program, Lenox, MA, 01240, 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.

Trinket Trading

Bring in your own trinkets or create miniature sculptures out of air dry clay and other craft supplies. Trade with others or keep them for yourself! Decorate a wooden trinket box to take home, while supplies last. Best for ages 10 and up. Kids under 10 must have a careg......More

Bring in your own trinkets or create miniature sculptures out of air dry clay and other craft supplies. Trade with others or keep them for yourself! Decorate a wooden trinket box to take home, while supplies last. Best for ages 10 and up. Kids under 10 must have a caregiver with them. LPS early release school day.

Tech Help

We are thrilled to continue our popular Tech Help program with volunteer Jeff Doughty. Jeff will meet one-on-one with patrons who need technology assistance, including: Smart phone and computer basicsEmail and messagingZoom and FaceTimeSocial media, including Facebook a......More

We are thrilled to continue our popular Tech Help program with volunteer Jeff Doughty. Jeff will meet one-on-one with patrons who need technology assistance, including: Smart phone and computer basicsEmail and messagingZoom and FaceTimeSocial media, including Facebook and InstagramConducting Internet searchesDownloading and saving informationUsing library resources, including Libby and KanopyPlease call the Library at 413-637-0197 to reserve a ½ hour appointment. Please bring any necessary devices, passwords, and charging cables. This service is free and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Jeff Doughty had a long career as a software engineer, most recently with Apple and Nvidia. Jeff is now retired and resides in Lenox with his wife Carol and two Chihuahuas. He has a B.S. from Virginia Tech and a M.S. from Stanford University, both in Computer Science. Jeff has returned to college at BCC to study art and music history.

From the Sea to the Wilderness: Revolution in Two Small Towns

Historian James B. Conroy joins Local History Librarian Amy Lafave to discuss his new book, Hingham in the Revolution: Not the Gift of Kings. What was the experience of a small town in the colony of Massachusetts Bay during the American Revolution?  Location plays a rol......More

Historian James B. Conroy joins Local History Librarian Amy Lafave to discuss his new book, Hingham in the Revolution: Not the Gift of Kings. What was the experience of a small town in the colony of Massachusetts Bay during the American Revolution?  Location plays a role. Hingham, located on the South Shore near Boston, was settled in 1633, one hundred years before the first European settlement in the Berkshires. Lenox, founded in 1767, was just establishing itself as a community.  Still, some similarities may be found in the response of each community when the first shots fired at Lexington. Join us for a conversation illuminating revolution in two small Massachusetts towns, from the sea to the wilderness. Photo by David Welch James B. Conroy is an award-winning author of narrative history and an honorary fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society.  His books include Our One Common Country: Abraham Lincoln and the Hampton Roads Peace Conference of 1865  Lincoln’s White House: The People’s House in Wartime Jefferson’s White House: Monticello on the Potomac The Devils Will Get No Rest: FDR, Churchill, and the Plan that Won the War  and, most recently, Hingham in the American Revolution: Not the Gift of Kings, a character-driven story of the coastal Massachusetts town and its people in the Revolutionary War and the rebellion that preceded it. Conroy has spoken at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York the National Archives in Washington, D.C. The Boston Athenaeum The World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana Renaissance Weekend in Jackson Hole, Wyoming the Sir Winston Churchill Society of Ottawa, and many other venues in the United States and Canada. He lives with his wife of 53 years, Lynn Fitzgerald Conroy, in Hingham, Massachusetts, where he is Town Historian.

Sedgwick Reading Room, 18 Main Street, Lenox, MA, 01240, United States

Bad Luck, Bad Art

Join us for an afternoon of art-making on Friday the 13th! Try something new, celebrate mistakes, make bad art that makes you happy! Various supplies will be available to choose from and to be inspired by. Best for ages 10 and up. Kids under 10 must have a caregiver wit......More

Join us for an afternoon of art-making on Friday the 13th! Try something new, celebrate mistakes, make bad art that makes you happy! Various supplies will be available to choose from and to be inspired by. Best for ages 10 and up. Kids under 10 must have a caregiver with them. LPS early release school day.

No Country for Mothers: Documentary Film Screening & Discussion

Join us for a free screening of No Country for Mothers, a documentary exploring the culture wars surrounding American motherhood and why both the “girl boss” and “trad wife” labels ultimately distract us from the real issue: the lack of support for American families. Fo......More

Join us for a free screening of No Country for Mothers, a documentary exploring the culture wars surrounding American motherhood and why both the “girl boss” and “trad wife” labels ultimately distract us from the real issue: the lack of support for American families. Following activist Reshma Saujani, the film charts a growing national movement to reunite moms across divisions and win the kind of historic support families actually need. After the screening, share in a candid conversation led by mothers: Nannina Gilder, film researcher and screenwriterLeah Mansback, a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) specializing in trauma, anxiety, depression, attachment, and maternal mental health. She supports women through pregnancy, the postpartum period, and the transition into motherhood.  Before entering private practice, Leah worked at Montefiore in the Bronx with mothers and young children to support and increase their attachment to one another. Leah is level one trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS) and uses this and a trauma focused lens with her clients.Molly Rivest, DNP, FNP, a doctorally prepared Family Nurse Practitioner with extensive expertise in women’s health. She is the founder of BodyWise Health Collaborative, a private practice located in Pittsfield, where she provides compassionate, evidence-based care for women of all ages. Molly specializes in addressing sensitive and frequently overlooked areas of care, including sexual health, contraceptive management, perimenopausal care, and pelvic floor dysfunction.Stephanie Storie, a Certified Birth and Postpartum DoulaThe culture wars have divided us — this is how we come back together.

Welles Gallery, 18 Main Street, Lenox, MA, 01240, United States