‘And there was distant music, simple and somehow sublime’ … and getting closer. This weekend, Ragtime takes Barrington Stage Company back to the turn of the 20th century, as a stifled housewife, an immigrant father and a musician from Harlem fight for their own real American dreams. It’s July in […]
Read articleNewly re-discovered Edith Wharton play comes to The Mount
Kate and John Derwent are newly married and in love, and she is warmly close to his 13-year-old daughter. After the early death of his first wife, they have slowly rebuilt a family. And their trust is about to face a radical test. Kate was the nurse who cared for […]
Read articleCatching Azaleas in full blow at Pittsfield State Forest — BTW column
I haven’t caught the time exactly right in years, but on Friday the whole hillside was in bloom. The azaleas are open in Pittsfield State Forest, where the Taconic Crest Trail crosses the ridge above berry pond. You can walk through, but I drove up in the afternoon. You wind up […]
Read articleTaking a walk in Edith Wharton’s garden with outdoor sculpture — BTW column
The French lilac are blooming in wide arcs in the gardens at The Mount, at the end of the lime walk. Standing in the circle of bushes, I watched two swallowtail butterflies touch down for a drink. In the woods yellow iris still show in marshy places, and around the […]
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