In a normal summer, I would be a counselor at URJ Crane Lake Camp, and right about now, my friends and I would be walking into West Stockbridge on our hour-off for a muffin and iced-tea from No. Six Depot Roastery and Café or a grilled sandwich from the Public […]
Read articleMass Audubon nature camp adapts in a Covid-19 summer
Mass Audubon’s Berkshire Nature Camp has returned to Pleasant Valley Sanctuary this summer with new guidelines in the pandemic, and children have been getting comfortable outside, spotting the vivid orange of an Oriole or turning nature into crafts.
Read articleComposer Jacob Kerzner shapes music from Broadway to Edinburgh to COVID-19
In a rapidly changing world, in the midst of Covid-19 and political unrest, music and musical theater is evolving quickly — and musician and composer Jacob Kerzner is experiencing the evolution firsthand.
Read articleAvery Sharpe’s 400 explores African American history
“Can you imagine 400 years of your history, 400 years of you – where you come from?” composer Avery Sharpe’s niece, Sofia Rivera, speaks her own words aloud in Sharpe’s newest album 400: An African American Musical Portrait. “I can only go back to 1619 in America. As a Black […]
Read articleSummer Camp 2020: A different kind of summer
Due to the pandemic, many camps have decided to close for the summer, leaving campers and staff to reimagine what this summer will look like.
Read articleSong and Survival: Bernice and Mariah Lewis perform in national folk festival
Berkshire singer/songwriter Bernice Lewis has performed nationwide since she first came to the Kerrville Folk Festival four decades ago. This year, in Covid-19, she and her daughter Mariah have returned to festival — online.
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