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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Five writers share vibrant works from Berkshire residency
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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Iman Habibi shapes new music (July 28 newsletter)
Bright hot Saturday morning — we’re sitting under a hickory and listening to flute music. The Boston Symphony Orchestra is playing Iman Habibi’s ‘Every Tree Speaks.’
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Hostile Terrain 94 and West Coast artists reflect on immigrants’ lives
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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Theatre and art leaders commit to change
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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The Mastheads’ INSCAPES taps into new Berkshire poets
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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Shaun Leonardo’s ‘You Walk …’ sets quests at Mass MoCA
Two women are talking together, their voices are confident and clear and touched with laughter. The elder woman repeats the word for blue heron in Apsáalooke. I have come to Wendy Red Star’s exhibit many times now, and this is the first time I have heard her language aloud — I have to thank Shaun Leonardo.
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Walking up to the Dome Trail
It’s a hot, bright day up here on the back roads — late spring spilling into summer. I’ve climbed up Henderson Road until the land flattens out, and everywhere I walk I can hear the sound of a brook close by.
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Mindy Lam infuses spring into wearable art
The flowers tangle together like meadow grass in the morning, glinting with dew, and a small bright frog is climbing up the stems. Jewelry artist and fashion designer Mindy Lam opens the summer at Berkshire Botanical Garden.
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Summer is coming in (May 26 newsletter)
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been needing to get out. Spring is new and fresh everywhere. And after a year, live events are stirring again.
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