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In a remarkable 50 year literary career, Joyce Carol Oates has given readers incisive explorations of violence, race, class, sex, and gender in…
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Dinaw Mengestu’s work, including his first two novels, have earned him incredible critical acclaim as well as a MacArthur Foundation genius grant and…
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Psychiatrist Stephen Seager was no stranger to locked psych wards when he accepted a job at California’s Gorman State hospital, known locally as…
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Former President Jimmy Carter has written his 28th book: A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence and Power.He writes about his concern that for…
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A few weeks ago, we were in Manchester Center, VT taping an episode of The Book Show with Eve Ensler - Tony Award winning playwright, performer, and…
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Friday February 14th at 9:30 am as part of One Billion Rising Ulster County, Natalie Merchant will introduce the premiere public screening of: Shelter: A…
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On June 2 at 7pm, singer Natalie Merchant and the Kalmia String Quartet share the stage of The Bard Fisher Center with local women singers Amy Helm, Simi…
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Mahatma Gandhi once said, “…truth cannot be found by violent means.” That idea is currently the topic of the course Ideas that Changed the World at the…
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A group of concerned citizens is organizing an event this week to address the subject of reducing violent crime in Berkshire County.The group called…
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Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra plans to meet with the city's acting police chief to discuss a weekend of violence in which 10 people were shot and two of…