Fiddler Matt Cranitch from County Cork, accordionist Dónal Murphy from Limerick and guitarist and vocalist Tommy O’Sullivan from County Kerry perform live as Sliabh Notes.
Read articleLooking for something to do on Friday night? You can sit on a blanket in a high meadow, sharing blueberries while you’re waiting for a new play to begin. You can dance to live bluegrass and African blues.
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This is a rich place, even in deep winter. Even in a pandemic. I’ve lived here 20 years, and I find new places and people every day. Doors are open when you know where to look. Let me show you some of the ones that stand out to me.
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The Housatonic River reflects overhanging branches in the golden hour in Stockbridge.
Albert Park and Shirley Chen cross swords in Man of God by Anna Ouyang Moench. Press photo courtesy of Williamstown Theatre Festival
Rose B. Simpson's ceramic sculptures look out from the meadow below the Taconic Crest in Counterculture at Field Farm. Photo by Kate Abbott
Young welders create new forms at Salem Art Works. Press photo courtesy of SAW
Brandon St Clair as Davon appears in ABCD at Barrington Stage Company. Press photo courtesy of the theater
Tunnel City Coffee in the Mass MoCA courtyard serves local ice cream from High Lawn Farm in Lee.
the Bistro Box in Great Barrington serves homemade roadside fare under the white pine trees.
L. James and Tamara Hickey as Beatrice and Benedick clasp hands in Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare & Co.
Photo by Jamie Kraus
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Sap and music rise on the edge of spring — #Berkshireweekend
By the scuffed ground around the bowl, I’m not the only small person who has found this magic circle. I’m out in the golden hour, walking on the lower loop through Hopkins Forest.
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Tibetan art and tacos in the snow — #Berkshireweekend
It must be March. One day I’m braving the wind on North Street for tacos from Placita Latina, and the next I’m walking across a hayfield in the snow …
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Curing cabin fever with bright color — #Berkshireweekend
I’ve walked into the Plant Connector on a winter night, whenNorth Adams is quiet, and Meg Bantle and Laura Tupper-Palches from Full Well Farm are teaching a workshop on how to make flower crowns.
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Raise a glass to freedom and friendship — #Berkshireweekend
On the eve of the first 10×10 Festival, 11 years ago, I wrote a question — with a Smartphone and inside knowledge, what kind of film would I make about Pittsfield?
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But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? — #Berkshireweekend
In the middle of February, a new friend is leaning on the counter and talking about theater games. We’re thinking about building trust and how to make something vast and wild out of almost nothing …
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Cinnamon rolls and soul music — #Berkshireweekend
What does comfort look like this week? We may have some real cold coming, and some fires need fuel. Even a small thing can add tinder …
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Legends walk when the snow flies — #berkshireweekend
Medusa came into a conversation at Wild Soul River. Walking out of the snow at dusk, I found a group of friends and neighbors talking about stories. …
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A hot drink to keep out the sleet — #berkshireweekend
Today I walked out of the cold drizzle into Dottie’s Coffee Lounge and thought it must be about the warmest place in Pittsfield.
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Riding the crest of a wave — #berkshireweekend
The wave arcs upward, jade green and gleaming. British photographer Rachael Talibart has caught the water at the height of the movement.
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