(LENOX, Mass.) – On Wednesday, June 13, 2012, The Mount will host debut novelist Francesca Segal for a reading and discussion of her debut novel, The Innocents, a modern-day recasting of Edith Wharton’s 1921 Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Age of Innocence. The reading, discussion and book-signing will take place at 5pm. The event is…
(LENOX, Mass.) – In its programming for the coming year – the 150th anniversary of author Edith Wharton’s birth – The Mount will pay tribute to Wharton by highlighting her life, work, and achievements under the umbrella theme of Edith Wharton: 21st Century Muse. The Mount’s official opening day is this Saturday, May 5. Highlights…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Filmmaker Martin Scorsese, folk-rock star James Taylor, National Book Award-winner Joyce Carol Oates, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jennifer Egan, Governor Deval L. Patrick and Senator John Kerry are among those who have signed on as members of The Mount’s National Committee, chaired by former First Lady Laura Bush, in honor of the 150th…
(LENOX, Mass.) – The Mount, Edith Wharton’s 1902 estate and gardens in Lenox, has recently received two major grants to assist in the necessary structural renovations to the exterior of the property’s historic Stable and to finish renovations to the property’s Gatehouse roof. The Massachusetts Culture Council has awarded $137,000 to The Mount, which is…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Charles Coe and Berkshire poets Michelle Gillett and Leslie Harrison will read their poetry at The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Estate and Gardens, on Saturday, November 12, 2011, at 4 p.m., in “Picnic with Poets,” a co-presentation by Close Encounters With Music and The Mount. Recognized by Boston Magazine as “one of the…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Edith Wharton’s century-old story, “Autres Temps…,” about divorce American-style, is being given a new staging in a different time – the Mad Men year of 1962 – by the Wharton Salon theater company at Wharton’s old estate, The Mount. This Autre Temps includes real-life mother and daughter Diane Prusha and Rory Hammond…
(LENOX, Mass.) – National Book Award finalist Kevin Young will read from his poetry at The Mount, Edith Wharton’s historic estate, on Saturday, July 9. The event includes a reading, reception, and book signing and will begin at 4. A 1992 graduate of Harvard College, a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University (1992-1994) and the recipient…
