Sheila Myers To Speak at Ventfort Hall
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LENOX, Mass. — Author and college professor Sheila Myers will talk about how historical homes shape cultural memory on Tuesday, July 21, at 4 pm.
A tea will be served after her presentation.
She will share the research behind her five historical novels, exploring how historic homes—both grand and unassuming—shape our cultural memory.
According to a press release:
Sheila Myers is an award winning author and college professor who lives in Upstate, NY. When she's not writing, she likes to venture out into the wilderness, swim in lakes, and make the occasional trip to a cemetery to find inspiration. Human failures and passions are always good starting points for a plot and there is plenty of that to go around. Her favorite thing to do when she's bored is binge watch the Antiques Roadshow.
She's been a featured guest on the History Channel, numerous podcasts, and has published essays and short stories in Adirondack Life Magazine, Appalachia Journal, Great Lakes Review and Stone Canoe literary magazine. Her trilogy on the infamous Durant family of the Adirondacks received the Adirondack Center for Writing Best Book of Fiction Award and her most recent novel, The Painting was a finalist for the Daphne Du Maurier Award for Mystery and Suspense.
Tickets are $45. Members receive a discount code for $5 off all ticket prices. Students 22 and under are $22. Ticket pricing includes access to the mansion throughout the day of this event from 10 am to 4 pm. Reservations are strongly encouraged as seats are limited. Walk-ins accommodated as space allows. For reservations visit https://fareharbor.com/embeds/
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated by the Massachusetts Cultural Council as an important partner of the Lenox Cultural District, one of the five such Berkshire County districts, Ventfort Hall Gilded Age Mansion & Museum was built in 1893 for George and Sarah Morgan, the sister of legendary financier J. Pierpont Morgan.
