A thief in a tree casts the illusion of a giant serpent. A wave breaks on Miho beach, and sails fill in the wind in the distance. They show as flecks of light against the foothills of Mount Fuji.
Read articleLate fall surprises at Williams College
Students are out with jump ropes in front of Chapin Hall — double dutch, supple as dancing. They are relaxing in the late afternoon sunlight, and I am glad. The sun has come out for the second time in six weeks, and I’m walking in circles around the music building, […]
Read articleBerkshire Natural Resources Council preserves trails in the hills over Lenox
Berkshire naturalist Thom Smith and his family explore three BNRC trails in Lenox — a view, a marsh and a waterfall — on a fall afternoon.
Read articleGentle fall walks explore the Williamstown hills
Field Farm, Cricket Creek Farm, Stone Hill, Mountain Meadow Preserve and Sheep Hill — slopes and gentle trails lie just up the road from The Clark, Williams College and the Williamstown Theater Festival. And many visitors and locals alike may have driven past without ever driving in. Field Farm Barely […]
Read articleSpectrum exhibit unfolds images of gender at MCLA’s Gallery 51
A father sits at his desk, holding his infant child and offering milk in a bottle. An older child stands near him with drawing paper spread out on a chair. They are resting together in a drawing in pencil or ink on a warmly lit background, touched here and there […]
Read articleEcophilia exhibit blooms in the winter at Berkshire Botanical Garden
Flat stepping stones hang in the air. A small boy sits in the shadow of vast objects above him. The image looks impossible, out of scale, and out of gravity. And then the perspective shifts into place, and the image is a reflection — the stones sit at the edge […]
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