Franz Joseph HAYDN String Quartet in D Minor, Opus 76/2, "Quinten"
Hugo KAUDER String Sextet
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet in D Major, Opus 70
Tickets: $30-65, Under 19 Free
Musicmountain.org or 860-824-7126 for tickets and more information
Come early for a free pre-concert talk at 2PM
Hugo Kauder and the Gordon String Quartet
Pre-Concert Talk with Barbara von Bechtolsheim. Three great refugee artists meet at a remote college – Hugo Kauder, Josef Albers, Walter Gropius – while the Gordon String Quartet travels from Music Mountain to Black Mountain College to give six concerts.
Music Mountain Summer Festival: Euclid Quartet
Join us for Story Time on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 for new books, free play, and fun crafts!
Story Time
Join Judi Jones aka ENERGIZER for a musical and interactive hula-hooping program! Participants will learn how to use hula-hoops for dance, exercise, creative movement, and play. One custom hula-hoop will be given away at the end of the program.
Please register here or contact the library via phone, email, or in-person.
Dancin' With Hoops: Hula Hooping Workshop
All Honor to the Ladies: Litchfield County Women and the Civil War
with Peter Vermilyea
First Tuesday at Seven
Join artist Erika Crofut at the library as every kid designs and paints their own plywood bug to decorate the library garden! Materials and artistic inspiration provided. Please register here or contact us at the library via phone, email, or in-person.
Plywood Bug Art with Erika Crofut
Join us for Story Time on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 for new books, free play, and fun crafts!
Story Time
Out in the Corner and the David M. Hunt Library are partnering for a LGBTQIA+ game night on the first Thursday of the month, from 5:30-7 pm. Bring your own games, play those provided, or just hang out. Snacks are provided!
LGBTQIA+ Game Night
Join the Friends of the David M. Hunt Library for their monthly book sale on the first Saturday of every month from 10 am to 1 pm. New, used, cds, dvds, coffee table books, recent fiction and mystery, children's books- there is something for everyone! All proceeds benefit the library.
Book Sale
BOB PARKER’S JIVE BY FIVE
Tickets: $35-50, Under 19 Free
Musicmountain.org or 860-824-7126 for tickets and more information
Music Mountain Summer Festival: BOB PARKER’S JIVE BY FIVE
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN String Quartet in F Major, Opus 18/1
Joan TOWER Night Fields
Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD Piano Quintet in E Major, Opus 15
Tickets: $30-65, Under 19 Free
Musicmountain.org or 860-824-7126 for tickets and more information
Come early for a free pre-concert talk at 2PM
From Music Mountain to the Himalayas
Pre-Concert Talk with Judith Glyde, former cellist of the Manhattan String Quartet (in residence at Music Mountain 1981-88) and author of “Under the Goddess of the Sky – A Journey Through Isolation, Bach and the Himalayas.”
Music Mountain Summer Festival: Arianna String Quartet & Judith Gordon, Piano
Join us for Story Time on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 for new books, free play, and fun crafts!
Story Time
Ready to learn some magic?
Join magician Tom O’Brien in this fun, fantastic “Wizard School” magic workshop and learn four new magic tricks to stun your family and amaze your friends!
Please register here (or contact the library) before the spaces – alakazam – disappear!
"The Wizard's School of Magic " Workshop
On Wednesday July 9th at 1 pm the David M. Hunt Library and the Falls Village Equity Project will host a Banned Book Club. This month we will be discussing the book "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie. Copies of the book are available at the library. This group is open to anyone high school aged and older.
Banned Book Club: The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian
Join us for Story Time on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 for new books, free play, and fun crafts!
Story Time
Multigenerational event for artists, amateurs, and beginners to paint while listening to live music. Event guided by Vincent Inconiglios and Music Mountain Artistic Director Oskar Espina Ruiz. Materials provided. Rain or Shine. Indoors.
TICKETS: Adults $20; Student / Teacher / Veteran $10; Under 19 y.o. Free (don't forget to sign up for tickets so that we may provide enough materials for everyone. Thank you!)
Music Mountain Summer Festival: Painting Music
We’re bringing the dig to the library! Experience paleontology for yourself at our mini fossil dig with REAL fossils to find and identify.
Become a paleontologist: Fossil Hunt!
The David M. Hunt Library and the Falls Village Recreation Committee are excited to offer a summer concert series on the lawn of the David M. Hunt Library. On July 11th at 6 pm the library will host Jonny Grusauskas. Jonny is a founder of the Music Cellar in Millerton, NY, a space dedicated to music education. He performs solo and as part of the band lespecial. Pack a picnic, bring chairs or a blanket, and join us on the library lawn for music this summer! These events are free and open to the public.
Concerts on the library lawn: Jonny Grusauskas
The David M. Hunt Library is pleased to announce COLLAGE REDUX!, a vibrant exhibition showcasing the innovative work of artist Ingrid Freidenbergs. The show will run throughout the month of July, with a special artist reception on Saturday, July 12, from 5 to 7 PM and an artist’s talk on Thursday July 24 at 5:30PM.
Freidenbergs’ exhibition is packed with both collages and box constructions that run riot with the intricate layering of found images and objects, textures, and colors – red is prominent in the artist’s visual language. Her approach transforms disparate elements into compelling therapeutic visual storytelling.
Ingrid Freidenbergs: COLLAGE REDUX! Reception
THE CURTIS BROTHERS
Tickets: $35-50, Under 19 Free
Musicmountain.org or 860-824-7126 for tickets and more information
Music Mountain Summer Festival: THE CURTIS BROTHERS
Johannes BRAHMS String Quartet in B flat Major, Opus 67
Dinuk WIJERATNE A Letter from the Afterlife
Franz SCHUBERT Cello Quintet in C Major, Opus 163, D. 956
Tickets: $30-65, Under 19 Free
Musicmountain.org or 860-824-7126 for tickets and more information
Music Mountain Summer Festival: Penderecki String Quartet & Paul Marleyn, Cello
Join us for Story Time on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 for new books, free play, and fun crafts!
Story Time
The David M. Hunt Library is pleased to announce COLLAGE REDUX!, a vibrant exhibition showcasing the innovative work of artist Ingrid Freidenbergs. The show will run throughout the month of July, with a special artist reception on Saturday, July 12, from 5 to 7 PM and an artist’s talk on Thursday July 24 at 5:30PM.
Freidenbergs’ exhibition is packed with both collages and box constructions that run riot with the intricate layering of found images and objects, textures, and colors – red is prominent in the artist’s visual language. Her approach transforms disparate elements into compelling therapeutic visual storytelling.
Ingrid Freidenbergs: COLLAGE REDUX Exhibition
The David M. Hunt Library is pleased to announce COLLAGE REDUX!, a vibrant exhibition showcasing the innovative work of artist Ingrid Freidenbergs. The show will run throughout the month of July, with a special artist reception on Saturday, July 12, from 5 to 7 PM and an artist’s talk on Thursday July 24 at 5:30PM.
Freidenbergs’ exhibition is packed with both collages and box constructions that run riot with the intricate layering of found images and objects, textures, and colors – red is prominent in the artist’s visual language. Her approach transforms disparate elements into compelling therapeutic visual storytelling.