By donation (cash or check). All proceeds support the services & programs at the Becket Athenaeum! 2026 Book Sale Fundraisers: July 4 & 5 August 29 & 30. Selections vary month-to-month. Please visit our Materials Donation Policy if you are interesting in donating items. The library will be closed but bathroom is still accessible. Register to volunteer: booksale@bwlibrary.org

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Free with admission, Outdoor public reading & Outdoor Music is free for those not entering the Museum

In collaboration with W. E. B. Du Bois Freedom Center, Norman Rockwell Museum will celebrate American independence and democracy with a special day of programming. Listen to a public recitation of the Declaration of Independence read by Berkshire County community residents and civic leaders. Reading will be introduced by Roberta McCulloch-Dews, Vice Chair, Norman Rockwell Board of Trustees and Marcus P. Smith, Du Bois Freedom Center, History and Interpretive Fellow.

Spotlight Gallery Talks: 10:15 am, 11:00 am, 11:45 am, 12:15 pm (Spanish), 3 pm, and 3:30 pm.

For more information, visit https://www.nrm.org/events/we-hold-these-truths-july-4th-at-norman-rockwell-museum/

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Becket Athenaeum hosts a storytime from 10:30 to 11 followed by an hour of stay and play with toys, games, puzzles, and snacks for the kids, along with coffee, tea, snacks, and time for connection for the caregivers. Stop by for either or both.

RSVP appreciated.

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Shakespeare & Company Presents: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, Directed by Kate Kohler Amory

July 4-July 26 at 7 pm outdoors at the Arthur S. Waldstein Amphitheatre

Shipwrecks, disguises, and mistaken identities spark the joyful chaos of Twelfth Night, Shakespeare’s most playful romantic comedy. Love runs amok, wit flies, and nothing is quite what it seems in this sun-soaked tale of music and mischief. Performed outdoors July 4–26 at one of Newsweek’s Top 10 Outdoor Theater Venues in the U.S., this summer production invites audiences to relax, laugh, and revel in Shakespeare under the open sky.

Tickets are $40-$99 and on sale now at shakespeare.org, or by calling the Box Office at (413) 637-3353

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