The Lehrer Report: Aug. 2, 2024
| Published: 08-01-2024 8:59 PM |
Garden report: I bought two begonia plants, one red and one red and white striped. It’s late in the season, but they were on sale. Now the decision — to keep them in pots or plant them, then dig up in the fall to bring inside?
The dahlias are so tall they need to be staked. My one eggplant should be ready this week. I have two others starting. They are slow for me this year.
My shallots are ready to be harvested.
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Melissa Ludtke sent me an email noting that she will be in town Aug. 3 for her 55th ARHS reunion. She will be in town in September and October to talk about her book, “Locker Room Talk: A Woman’s Struggle to get Inside.”
Some may remember that she successfully sued the baseball commissioner to have women be able to access team clubhouses. Women sports writers were not allowed entry. The case was in 1978.
She played basketball at ARHS. Details of her talks in future issues.
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Gina Kauffman, an Orchard Valley neighbor, sent me an email about the final Silverthorne Theater production, “Smart People,” a satiric comedy by Lydia Diamond.
It will be performed at Hawks and Reed in Greenfield on Aug. 2, 3, 8, 9 and 10 at 7:30 p.m., and Aug. 3, 4 and 10 at 3 p.m.
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Steve Telega, Amherst’s solid waste supervisor, sent me an email about the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day, which will be held Sept. 7 at the Wildwood Elementary School. Why mention it so far ahead? Registration is required and the registration deadline is Aug. 27. If you want to guarantee a slot, better sign up now. Visit amherstma.gov/recycling.
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Kathy Lanza sent me a email about the future exhibits at the Jones Library Burnett Gallery. She wrote, “The library is hosting an in-person sample of the future exhibits scheduled to be on the website from August to December.”
The future monthly exhibits of individual artists can be viewed online at joneslibrary.org/204/Burnett-Gallery.
The artists include Nancy Carroll, Ann Cloutier, Steve Eagle, Michael Gilbert, Stephen Gingold, Tatiana Harshbarger, Maureen Manning, Matthew Mattingly, Rebecca Reid, Lee Sproull and Roberta Warshaw.
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