The Meeting House season ends with our annual literary event hosted by Simon Winchester. This year Simon will talk to art historian Alice Sedgwick Wohl about her new book As It Turns Out: Thinking About Edie and Andy. The book grew out of a dialogue with her brother Bobby that Alice began to have in her head in 1965, after he died in a motorcycle accident and their sister Edie met Andy Warhol and was catapulted into superstardom. Alice failed to perceive Edie’s power and Warhol’s genius, and in 1971 Edie died of an overdose. It was not until 2016, upon seeing Edie in Andy’s film Outer and Inner Space, that she finally understood. In conversation with Simon, Alice will discuss family life on a California cattle ranch, Edie’s association with Warhol, and changes in our society that Andy anticipated and he and Edie so famously represented.

Pianist Wael Farouk commands an extensive repertoire ranging from Bach to contemporary American masters.

The Neave Trio – violinist Anna Williams, cellist Mikhail Veselov, and pianist Eri Nakamura – has earned enormous praise for its engaging, cutting-edge performances. (photo by RT Moeller)

Join renowned and multiple award-winning actor, John Douglas Thompson, for an interactive afternoon as he takes us through his incredible journey from a childhood in the United Kingdom and Canada, to traveling computer salesman, to “one of the most compelling classical stage actors of his generation,” according a New York Times reviewer.

Comprised of violin, two guitars and double bass, this group opened our series in 2019 and carried away the audience with their lively, infectious rhythms and melodic improvisations.

The Kimballs will discuss their farm, food and diet, the rising awareness of the benefits of organic food and sustainable farming, new systems of distribution, and what they have in store for the future.

Begins 4:30pm
A conversation with Simon Winchester on his latest book, “Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World,” with guests Kathleen Brown-Perez, Heather Bruegl, and Setsuko Sato Winchester.

Begins 4:30pm
In a staged reading of Joan Ackermann’s “Ice Glen.”

A discussion about two of the most pressing issues of our times: technology and climate change: “The Future You Can Have” and “The Future You Don’t Want.”

ARTICLE: Journalists Bill McKibben, Sue Halpern to speak in New Marlborough on Saturday
By Danny Jin, The Berkshire Eagle