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Reed Foehl, songwriter, musician

FRIDAY, JULY 31st, 2026 6:30PM

32 NEW ASHFORD ROAD, WILLIAMSTOWN, MA

Born in a small country town in New England and into a musical family, Grammy-nominated songwriter Reed Foehl started out as a street singer on the streets of Boston and has gone on to record and release over 11 studio albums that have garnered him national attention with numerous placements in film and television and as a touring singer-songwriter.

Foehl writes songs like postcards from the long way home- Weathered, honest and quietly devastating. Rooted in American folk, his music carries the weight of loss, love and survival, told with a voice that sounds lived-in and unafraid. There’s a grit in the stories, grace in the melodies, and a deep human tenderness running through it all.

​“Foehl places the listener out on a remote stretch of highway, mind-swept in gorgeously emotive sonic landscapes. His arrangements are cinematic, his vocal delivery enrapturing, yet delicate. He delivers lived-in lyrics which conjure picturesque mind movies.” -Relix

​Foehl is set to release his 7th solo studio album in 2026. Recorded in Woodstock, NY, with many special guests lending their talents to the project including Gregory Alan Isakov, Jeffrey Martin, Anna Tivel, Rich Hinman and Jeb Bows.

He was nominated for a Grammy Award for his song “Fly” co-written with Brent Cobb, which was covered by country legend Lee Ann Womack. Foehl now resides in the Green Mountains of Vermont and continues to tour across the globe.

“Families & Freedom: Journeys in the Revolutionary Northeast” Prof. Christine DeLucia

SATURDAY, JULY 18th, 2026 11:00AM

32 NEW ASHFORD ROAD, WILLIAMSTOWN, MA

The American Revolutionary era and its aftermath presented tremendous challenges to families across the Northeast.  Members of diverse communities and sovereign nations contended with rapid upheavals, relocations, food and resource scarcity, and contested allegiances and visions of the future. This presentation illuminates the experiences of Native American, African American, and Euro-colonial families who strategized to protect their needs and goals.  Featuring the intertwined stories of Violet Freeman, Ruth Waukeet, and Mary Stiles, it explores how they envisioned and pursued wellbeing, material security, stability in cherished places, and other priorities.  For each, concepts like “freedom” and “independence” held distinct meanings.  These meanings profoundly shaped their pathways forward, across great distances and disparate forms of power and opportunity.  This presentation also considers methods for approaching Revolutionary stories that are only partially present in conventional written archives, but that invite close reckoning with other sources and forms of memory.