The Mount offers a variety of programs and events, some are online and some are on-site. Below you can view our full calendar, or filter your results by choosing a category such as online or families. To view past, recorded programs, click here.
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Dr. Rebecca Hall in conversation with Courtney Maum
Feb 24 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Online
Join us in February to celebrate Black History Month and the story of Wake with Dr. Rebecca Hall, a historian, granddaughter of slaves, and a woman haunted by the legacy of[...]
Library Conversations
Mar 3 @ 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm Lectures & Discussions Online
In this conversation, The Mount’s director of interpretation, Anne Schuyler, and librarian, Nynke Dorhout, will be joined by special guest Sheila Liming, author of What a Library Means to a[...]
Annabel Abbs in conversation with Courtney Maum
Mar 22 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Online
“Inspirational.” — Smithsonian, named a Best Travel Book of 2021 “Ms. Abbs’s brief biographies are unfailingly interesting and even revelatory….. Reading about the unfettered freedom to roam enjoyed by these[...]
Library Conversations
Apr 7 @ 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm Lectures & Discussions Online
All her life, Edith Wharton felt what she called a “deep joy of communion with the earth,” from her youthful country rambles to an obsessive love of gardening in later[...]
Arda Collins & Darrel Alejandro Holnes with Courtney Maum
Apr 12 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Online
In April, our craft installment focuses on Ars Poetica. Join our panelists Arda Collins and Darrel Alejandro Holnes–about the elusive and inspired craft of poetry writing. As an author of[...]
Fernando Sdrigotti with Courtney Maum
May 25 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Online
We conclude our virtual craft series in May–short story month–with the writer, translator, and cultural critic Fernando Sdrigotti who writes in Spanish and English. His most recent collection, Jolts, was longlisted for the[...]
The Mount Book Club
Jan 26 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Lectures & Discussions Online
Join us online for lively discussions of Edith Wharton’s acclaimed works. This year we have selected “Bunner Sisters,” Twilight Sleep, and The Buccaneers. Books can be found for free online viewing at Project[...]
The Mount Book Club
Feb 23 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Lectures & Discussions Online
Join us online for lively discussions of Edith Wharton’s acclaimed works. This year we have selected “Bunner Sisters,” Twilight Sleep, and The Buccaneers. Books can be found for free online viewing at Project[...]
The Mount Book Club
Mar 30 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Lectures & Discussions Online
Join us online for lively discussions of Edith Wharton’s acclaimed works. This year we have selected “Bunner Sisters,” Twilight Sleep, and The Buccaneers. Books can be found for free online viewing at Project[...]
Assume Nothing: A Story of Intimate Violence with Tanya Selvaratnam
Apr 13 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Online
In Assume Nothing, award-winning filmmaker Tanya Selvaratnam bravely recounts the intimate abuse she suffered while in a relationship with former NY State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and uses reporting to[...]
Writers-in-Residence Reading
Oct 1 @ 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm Online
Please join us on Sunday, October 1, 4:00-5:15pm on Zoom, for a reading by the nine emerging writers who received residencies in our collaborative program with Edith Wharton’s The Mount[...]
The Mount Book Club
Jan 25 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Lectures & Discussions Online
Join us online for lively discussions of Edith Wharton’s acclaimed works. This year we have selected The Valley of Decision, Ethan Frome, The Reef, and The Children. Books can be[...]
The Mount Book Club
Feb 15 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Lectures & Discussions Online
Join us online for lively discussions of Edith Wharton’s acclaimed works. This year we have selected The Valley of Decision, Ethan Frome, The Reef, and The Children. Books can be[...]
The Mount Book Club
Mar 21 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Lectures & Discussions Online
Join us online for lively discussions of Edith Wharton’s acclaimed works. This year we have selected The Valley of Decision, Ethan Frome, The Reef, and The Children. Books can be[...]
The Mount Book Club
Apr 18 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Lectures & Discussions Online
Join us online for lively discussions of Edith Wharton’s acclaimed works. This year we have selected The Valley of Decision, Ethan Frome, The Reef, and The Children. Books can be[...]
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