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Ella Napack

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A mannequin wears a red velvet dress in the Bux Vintage window on Spring Street.
Photo by Kate Abbott
Community

Williams students celebrate the life of Paula Buxbaum

November 30, 2021
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Bux Vintage has been a stop for Williams students on any walk down Spring Street since Paula Buxbaum opened her shop in late spring of 2021.

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Rebecca Guanzon and justin adkins bring unique flavor and remedy in their teas and coffee
Photo by Ari Solomon
Local shops

Wild Soul River brings healing into Williamstown

September 2, 2021
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On the corner of Cole Ave and Hall Street in Williamstown, the old general store is now a gathering space and an ‘abolitionist herbal shop.’

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The Masthead writers in residence gather on the night of the reading.
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Ella Napack

Five writers share vibrant works from Berkshire residency

July 31, 2021
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Mastheads writers, four poets and a playwright, read to an intimate audience at Melville’s Arrowhead on the first evening of clear skies after the rain.

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Trinh Mai creates arrows and draws a lifesized portrait of her husband, Hien, for an art installation in her studio in Southern California. Image courtesy of the artist. Images courtesy of the artist
Trinh Mai
Arts

Hostile Terrain 94 and West Coast artists reflect on immigrants’ lives

July 23, 2021
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After nearly two years of work and a pandemic in the way, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts’ Gallery 51 has finally opened a show that starkly illustrates the violence and peril that exist around the US-Mexico border.

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MaConnia Chesser and Bryce Michael Wood rehearse King Lear at Shakespeare & Company. Press photo courtesy of the theater.
Photo by Katie McKellick
Theater

Theatre and art leaders commit to change

July 15, 2021
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As the theatre season is reopening in the Berkshires, more than 30 arts and theatre organizations gathered with MCLA (in a virtual event) to talk with two nationally renowned theatre makers.

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In a recent community workshop called INSCAPES, The Mastheads partnered with MCLA’s Institute for the Arts and Humanities to launch a yearlong regional campaign with a public short film and text-based art installations of couplets about the Berkshires.
The Mastheads
Writing

The Mastheads’ INSCAPES taps into new Berkshire poets

June 22, 2021
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What defines the Berkshires for those who live here? The Mastheads has partnered with MCLA’s Institute for the Arts and Humanities to launch INSCAPES, a yearlong regional community art project across the Berkshires.

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