Readings/Signings

Kripalu Center, 297 West St., Lenox, Mass. 2/6, 7:30 PM: Novelist Dani Shapiro will discuss her memoir Devotion. (413) 448-3142.

New York State Writers Institute, Assembly Hall, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany. 2/4, 8PM: Novelist Francine Prose will discuss her new book, Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife. 442-5620.

Discussions / Workshops

Albany Public Library, 161 Washington Ave., Albany. 2/9, 12:15 PM: Susan Holland and Bill Brandow of the Historic Albany Foundation will discuss Architects in Albany by Diane S. Waite. 427-4333.

Clark Art Institute, 225 South St., Williamstown, Mass. 2/10, 7 PM: “Controversies in Art” reading group. (413) 458-2303.

Dionondehowa Wildlife Sanctuary & School, 148 Stanton Road, Shushan. Tuesdays, 5-7 PM: Dionondehowa Writers Group workshop. $15. 854-7764.

New York State Writers Institute, Assembly Hall, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany. 2/4, 4:15 PM: Seminar with Francine Prose. 442-4224.