The wellsprings of desire and the impediments to love come brilliantly into focus in Evelyn Waugh's masterpiece -- a novel that immerses us in the glittering and seductive world of English aristocracy in the waning days of the empire. Through the story of Charles Ryder's entanglement with the Flytes, a great Catholic family, Evelyn Waugh charts the passing of the privileged world he knew in his own youth and vividly recalls the sensuous pleasures denied him by wartime austerities. At once romantic, sensuous, comic, and somber, Brideshead Revisited transcends Waugh's early satiric explorations and reveals him to be an elegiac, lyrical novelist of the utmost feeling and lucidity.
"A genuine literary masterpiece." --Time
"Heartbreakingly beautiful...The twentieth century's finest English novel." --Los Angeles Times
Reserve a copy of the book through a patron account or call the Beekley at 860-379-7235. The Beekley Book Club is a book discussion group that meets on the third Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to join in.
"A genuine literary masterpiece." --Time
"Heartbreakingly beautiful...The twentieth century's finest English novel." --Los Angeles Times
Reserve a copy of the book through a patron account or call the Beekley at 860-379-7235. The Beekley Book Club is a book discussion group that meets on the third Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to join in.
Presented by Miranda Procko of Owl Ridge Homestead
• Introduction to the Soil Food Web: Understanding the roles of bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes, and micro-arthropods in the soil biome.
• Soil Chemistry & Nutrient Cycling: How microorganisms break down organic matter to make nutrients plant-available, eliminating the need for synthetic fertilizers.
• Soil Structure & Health: Improving soil aggregation and water infiltration to fight compaction and erosion.
• Regenerative Practices: Implementing low or no-till farming, cover cropping, mulch, and rotational practices to protect soil life.
• Biologically Complete Compost (BCC):Techniques for making, managing, and testing high-quality, biologically active compost.
• Microscopy and microbe identification : view microorganisms in real time using a compound microscope
Miranda Procko is a graduate with distinction from the Soil Food Web School foundational courses and consultant training program as well as a permaculture design consultant. She has been studying and working with soil and ecological growing principles on her small regenerative farm in CT for almost 2 decades. Miranda serves as a consultant for local farmers and gardeners on restoring soil, and implementing whole systems design.
• Introduction to the Soil Food Web: Understanding the roles of bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes, and micro-arthropods in the soil biome.
• Soil Chemistry & Nutrient Cycling: How microorganisms break down organic matter to make nutrients plant-available, eliminating the need for synthetic fertilizers.
• Soil Structure & Health: Improving soil aggregation and water infiltration to fight compaction and erosion.
• Regenerative Practices: Implementing low or no-till farming, cover cropping, mulch, and rotational practices to protect soil life.
• Biologically Complete Compost (BCC):Techniques for making, managing, and testing high-quality, biologically active compost.
• Microscopy and microbe identification : view microorganisms in real time using a compound microscope
Miranda Procko is a graduate with distinction from the Soil Food Web School foundational courses and consultant training program as well as a permaculture design consultant. She has been studying and working with soil and ecological growing principles on her small regenerative farm in CT for almost 2 decades. Miranda serves as a consultant for local farmers and gardeners on restoring soil, and implementing whole systems design.
Between the Stacks
March 28, 2026: Pamela Means
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Back at the Beekley! A favorite of Nights at the Beekley, Pamela Means is coming back to join our Between the Stacks lineup for 2026.
Pamela Means, singer-songwriter with a penchant for protest songs, guitarist, vocalist, educator and social activist, is an Out and proud queer artist that cannot be musically contained. A conservatory-trained musician, Means also fronts her own jazz quartet, breathing life into classics once sung by Billie Holiday, Chet Baker and the like; performs the entirety of the album, The Beatles Abbey Road, solo acoustic, in celebration of its 50th anniversary, and now releases her tenth album, “Live at Northfire,” the first with new empowered trio, Pamela Means and The Reparations. |
Homebound Delivery Service Available
The Beekley Library offers Homebound Delivery Service to New Hartford residents who are unable to come to the Library due to restricted mobility or illness. This service is free and based on volunteers' availability. Library Circulation Assistants will select materials for you at your request and can include a variety of fiction, non-fiction, DVDs, audiobooks, magazines, CDs, and Large Print items. Materials will circulate for an extended period of time. When you finish your materials and need another delivery, just call the Library and let us know. We will be in touch with a volunteer to schedule a dropoff or pickup. Library items will be delivered in a bag to your door. Returns can be placed on your doorknob ahead of time for a contactless experience.
Call the Beekley, 860-379-7235, for more information or to schedule a delivery.
Call the Beekley, 860-379-7235, for more information or to schedule a delivery.