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 articleBellamy Richardson is an intern at BTW Berkshires this summer. She is from New York City but thinks of the Berkshires as home. She spent her summers from 2010-2019 at Crane Lake Camp in West Stockbridge, MA and is a rising sophomore at Williams College in Williamstown, MA planning to major in English and music. During the school year, she is a Features Editor at the Williams Record, plays trumpet in the Williams Jazz Repertory Ensemble and serves on the board of the Williams College Jewish Association. This summer, she plans to write about local Berkshire musicians and the effects of the closure of Berkshire summer camps.
Mass 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.
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Composer 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.
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Avery 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 […]
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Summer 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.
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Song 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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