On Sunday, February 13, The Lenox Library will host a lecture with local history author Carole Owens.
Dr. Carole Owens is a Stockbridge resident and Executive Director of the historic Allen House in Pittsfield, which was built in 1886 and added to the National Historic Register in 1980. Dr. Owens has taught at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Elderhostel, the Smithsonian Institution and many other places of learning. She is the author of a dozen books, many of them on the history of the Berkshires, has served as a consultant to many television channels, and is a regular columnist for the Berkshire Eagle on the history of our area. She will be speaking on the research and writing of local history.
This is the fifth installment of the 2010-11 Distinguished Lecture series. All programs in this series are free and open to the public thanks to donor contributions.
The Distinguished Lecture series is organized and hosted by Professor Jeremy Yudkin of Lenox. Lectures are held monthly in the Lenox Library Association’s Sedgwick Reading Room at 18 Main Street Lenox, MA. No reservations are required. For information about future lectures in the series, please visit the Library’s “Calendar of Events” at www.witty-salamander.flywheelstaging.com .