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Great Mountain Forest to host Nature Writing Retreat at Historic Yale Camp in Falls Village, Conn., Aug. 7 to 9

“The retreat brings people together, builds community in the forest, gets participants outside and off their screens, and uses nature sustainably to heal and inspire minds and souls,” stated Great Mountain Forest Executive Director Michael Zafros. Retreat registration closes on July 30.

BOOK REVIEW: Klein and Cathcart explore the meaning of cartoons — and find philosophy

Philosophy isn't generally considered a laughing matter. But to these practitioners, joking is serious business, not only because laughter eases suffering, but also because the deepest meaning of esoteric ideas is often inaccessible without the aid of a few chuckles.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Women and Their Olive Trees;’ TEDx Berkshires; ‘Splendor, Myth, and Vision’ at Ventfort Hall; Christine Canning meet-and-greet

Drawn from the collection of one of the world’s great museums, “Splendor, Myth, and Vision: Nudes from the Prado” will present 28 exceptional paintings of the nude from the royal collections of the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, Spain.

Bits & Bytes: Daniel Klein in Lenox; Sunday activities at Ramsdell Library; MLK & Jewish civil rights talk

Rabbi Israel Dresner was the first rabbi arrested in the freedom struggle in 1961 in an interfaith clergy Freedom Ride.
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