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ENJOY GOOD BOOKS & GOOD COMPANY
BOOKLOFT
Celebrating our 40th year as an independent bookstore. Thank you!
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he Bookloft in Great Barrington, MA, hosts a few book groups at our store monthly. See www.thebookloft.com/book-groups for more information. Give us a call or stop in to put your name down for a brand-new book club. Read books and learn a thing or two; meet people and make a friend or two; maybe have a glass of wine and eat a snack or two. Get out and enjoy great books! Do you have your own book group already? Order your group�s books and receive a 10% discount on all copies of book group picks.
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fun activities
A wonderful, well-rounded collection of books for all ages and interests, plus friendly, respectful library services with a fine “listening ear” to patron suggestions!
ADD THESE ACTIVITIES TO YOUR SUMMER CALENDAR
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he Ramsdell Public Library in Housatonic, MA, is pleased to offer the following events. For more information and to register online go to www.gblibraries.org.
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Public Computers and a computer game station for kids Unique world & traditional crafts for all ages Live music from local & distant musicians Professionally led history, science, animal and earth programs for families ... and so much more!
Wed, Aug 6, 3-4pm: Experiment - Kandinsky Citric Fizz Sat, Aug 9, 10:30-11:30am: Animal Tracks Cootie Catcher Wed, Aug 13, 3-4pm: Optical Illusion Drawing and Refreshments Sat, Aug 16, 12-1pm: Blue’s Enchanted Adventures
your child's full potential
(413) 274-3738
1087 Main Street in the • Village of Housatonic, MA
Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School
RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOL & WALDORF HIGH SCHOOL
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ince 1971, the Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School in Great Barrington, MA, provides a warm, developmentally appropriate, experiential approach to learning for students from preschool through eighth grade, on a 32acre campus surrounded by gardens, fields, and woods. One of more than 1,000 Waldorf schools worldwide, the school�s curriculum integrates fine and practical arts with the sciences, mathematics, literature, and cultural heritage, to foster in students a lifelong love of learning, clear and precise thinking, a rich and healthy emotional life, and a developed power of will, preparing students for their choice of high school and college, and to reach their full potential. www.gbrss.org
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ow in its 13th year and located around the corner from Norman Rockwell’s famous Main Street in Stockbridge, MA, the Great Barrington Waldorf High School is a coeducational college preparatory school for 9th through 12th graders providing education that seeks truth, develops imagination, nurtures growth, fosters responsibility, and honors inner freedom. A 2:1 ratio of students to faculty creates an atmosphere of academic excellence, artistic fulfillment, openness, and mutual respect, with a mission to be affordable to all admitted students, including home-schoolers. www.waldorfhigh.org
Parent-Baby • Pre-K • Kindergarten 1st-8th Grade • Summer Program Waldor f Education in the Berkshires for over 40 years We educate our students to meet life with courage, impart meaning and purpose to their lives, and respond with creativity and integrity to the needs of the world. Our well-rounded, hands-on education prepares students for their choice of high school and college – and to reach their full potential.
(413) 528-4015
www.gbrss.org
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Great Barrington, MA
August | September 2014
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