The first warm days of the year call some of us out to wander. Even in these complex and troubling times … when the sun comes out and the afternoon touches 70 degrees for a few minutes, I have an urge to take a breath. Walk along the Hoosic River maybe, or check out the new Touchy Coffee popup just opening in North Adams.
On Sunday morning, I wandered south into Berkchique at Ventfort Hall to take a look at their annual gathering of vintage clothing. (They joined WAM Theatre, Berkshire Humane Society, Community Access to the Arts and Berkshire Art Center for the event.)
It felt like a good time of year for color and brightness, natural fiber, a chance to play dress-up — a dark-orange-red paisley silk shirt. Or to talk with Matt Tannenbaum at the Bookstore about Martin Baron’s new memoir, and Baron’s time with the Boston Globe and the Washington Post.
It can be a good day for an impromptu picnic, to pick up a four-cheese pizza from Pizza Boema and savor the salt and basil taste of it at a picnic table at the foot of October mountain. On the ledge trail, the trillium are blooming deep red, and the first trout lilies in vivid yellow, and the fiddleheads are starting to uncurl. …
Ventfort Hall catches the spring sun.
Red trillium bloom on October Mountain.
More events coming up …
You can find more in the BTW arts and events calendar …
