Writers-in-residence at the Mount
Lenox – The Mount’s 2016 Edith Wharton Writers-in-Residence will participate in a program called Writers in the House, co-sponsored by the Berkshire Festival of Women Writers, at the Mount on Monday, March 14, at 3:30 p.m. The panel discussion will focus on the writers’ current projects and careers, and Edith Wharton’s continuing influence on writers in the 21st century.
The 2016 writers-in-residence are Claire McMillan, author of the Simon & Schuster-published “Gilded Age;” Yvonne Puig, whose first novel, “A Wife of Noble Character,” is forthcoming from Henry Holt; and Koren Zailckas, whose memoir, “Smashed,” spent 20 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers list.
The three finalists were selected from a pool of over 40 applicants. The Mount has informally offered the use of the house to writers for the past two years and 2016 is the first year the Mount posted the residency and accepted applications. Based on the success of this year, The Mount plans to continue offering a residency each year.
–E.E.
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Benefit film screening at the Nature Institute
Ghent, N.Y. – The Nature Institute will host a screening of the documentary film “Even Though the Whole World Is Burning” on Tuesday, March 15, at 7:30 p.m.
“Even Though the Whole World Is Burning” is about the life and work of two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner, environmental activist, and former United States Poet Laureate W. S. Merwin. The 82-minute festival edit draws upon over 200 hours of footage shot with Merwin in Hawaii, at his farmhouse in France, and on several reading tours.
The film’s director, Stefan Schaefer, will be on hand to introduce it. Refreshments will follow the screening. Free-will donations will be accepted at the door to benefit the Institute. Contact the Institute for more information at (518) 672-0116.
–E.E.
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Sociologist Ellen Berrey to present lecture at Williams College
Williamstown — Cultural sociologist Ellen Berrey will present a lecture titled “The Enigma of Diversity: The Language of Race and the Limits of Social Justice” at Williams College on Wednesday, March 16, at 7 p.m. in Griffin Hall, room 3. The event is free and open to the public.
Berrey’s work focuses on three major themes: the symbolic politics of diversity, employment discrimination law, and decision-making and race in college admissions. She is the author of “The Enigma of Diversity: The Language of Race and the Limits of Racial Justice.” She is co-authoring a second book titled “Rights on Trial: Employment Civil Rights at Work and in Court.” Berrey’s other work includes studies on holistic admissions in public higher education; university and college responses to the fall 2015 anti-racism student protests; and benefit corporations, social entrepreneurship, and the politics of sustainability. Berrey is an affiliated scholar of the American Bar Foundation, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Denver, and will join the faculty of the University of Toronto in summer 2016. She received her A.B. from Brown University and her Ph.D. from Northwestern University.
For building locations on the Williams campus, consult the online map or call the Office of Communications at (413) 597-4277.
–E.E.
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Panorama summer program at Olana
Hudson, N.Y. — The Panorama Summer Program will take place in three one-week increments in July at Olana State Historic Site. The program is for young people between the ages of 6 and 13 and will be delivered by certified teachers and museum educators and will include activities and hands-on content. The offerings are titled “Sci-Arts for Inventors,” “Environ-Science for Discoverers,” and “Time Travel for Historians.”
Families can choose to participate in one week or all weeks. Discounts are available for multiple siblings, for more than one week of camp, and for early registration. The base cost is $160/week before Tuesday, March 15, and $210/week after March 15. Registration for all camps will close June 12. Registration forms are available online. Contact Director of Education Amy Hufnagel at (518) 828-1872 x105 or ahufnagel@olana.org for more information.
–E.E.
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Anna Rogovoy dance performance
New York City – “West,” a new dance by Brooklyn, N.Y.-based choreographer and performer Anna Rogovoy, will receive an informal showing via a Movement Research Open Performance at Eden’s Expressway on Tuesday, March 15, at 7 p.m.
Rogovoy is a 2009 graduate of Monument Mountain Regional High School. “West” is a technically demanding peek at effort, fame, and tumbleweeds, created in part during a residency at Bennington College. The piece features performances by Rebecca Hadley, Benny Olk, and Rogovoy.
The performance is free and will include a question-and-answer session.
–E.E.
