Lenox Community Organizations

World-class music and theater, a Gilded Age turned into museums, one of the finest small libraries in the state, and neighbors who feed neighbors. Several of these organizations take volunteers, and a few are how a resident with no title at all ends up part of the town.

Community & Cultural Organizations

Organization	What they do
Tanglewood	The summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1937, and one of the best known music festivals in the country. Its grounds lie partly in Lenox.
The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home	The estate the novelist Edith Wharton designed and built in Lenox, now a house museum and cultural center open to the public.
Shakespeare and Company	A professional theater company on Kemble Street, staging classic and new plays and running training and education programs.
Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum	A restored Gilded Age cottage that tells the story of the Berkshire summer resort era, open for tours and programs.
Lenox Library	The town’s public library, in the former county courthouse at 18 Main Street. Its Library Trustees are one of the boards Lenox residents can serve on.

Neighbors Helping Neighbors

Organization	What they do & contact
Lenox Ecumenical Food Pantry	Serves Lenox and Lenox Dale residents every other Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the United Methodist Church of Lenox, 6 Holmes Road. Contact Jeanmarie Milne at (413) 822-8673.
Lenox Meal Delivery Hotline	Volunteers deliver one free meal a day to any Lenox resident in need. Call (413) 637-4787.
Council on Aging	Outreach and programs for older residents at the Lenox Community Center. Senior Services Coordinator Elizabeth Maturevich. (413) 637-5535.
Parks and Recreation	Youth programs and the town’s parks and fields, run out of the Lenox Community Center. Director Shannon O’Brien. (413) 637-5530.

For current hours and a fuller list, see the town’s own staff directory at townoflenox.com.

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