In the New York State Museum’s warehouse-sized storage space in Rotterdam, N.Y., the museum keeps Shaker artifacts among its collections, and a double cheese press can rest near a crushed ambulance from 9/11. Lesley Herzberg, curator at Hancock Shaker Village, walked through that vast room with colleagues from local Shaker […]
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Half a dozen young pigs come trotting through the woods to see who has just stepped over the wire fence. They are sleek, fearless, coppery and black. They root against ankles and knees, pushing with firm noses, amiably curious.
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Drum beats and improvisation, bonfires, dance, oil paintings and spoken word ... the city is getting ready. As I revise the poem I'm working on for the WordxWord Project on Friday, Pittsfield is preparing for its annual 10 days of performance and art — with tacos. And chocolate.
Read article‘Losing Afghanistan’ — Bennington professor releases new book
Istalif is a mountain village known for hand-glazed pottery and fruit trees. It sits north of Kabul on the Shomali desert plain in Afghanistan. Ten years ago Noah Coburn came here for the first time.
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