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Isaac Rivera '26, Daisy Rosalez '25 and Lama Tashi Norbu share a moment of ritual and sacred smoke in the courtyard outside WCMA. Press photo courtesy of the Williams College Museum of Art
Williams College Museum of Art
Visual Arts

Lama Tashi Norbu fuses Tibetan mantras and tattoo art

May 3, 2023
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Isaac Rivera, Williams College ’26, honors his Zapotec and Chinantec roots, as Tibetan Lama Tashi Norbu offers him a tattoo drawn from Buddhist iconography and a mantra crafted uniquely for him.

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Noche Flamenca will perform as artists in residence. Press photo courtesy of Williams College
Photo by Peter Graham
Dance

Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca come seeking Goya

April 4, 2023
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Martín Goldin Santangelo and Soledad Barrio are delving deep into the Spanish artist Francisco Goya, translaving the rawness of his dream visions into flamenco.

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Fiddler Matt Cranitch from County Cork, accordionist Dónal Murphy from Limerick and guitarist and vocalist Tommy O’Sullivan from County Kerry perform live as Sliabh Notes.
Sliabh Notes
Music

Close encounters with Irish slides — #Berkshireweekend

March 16, 2023
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Fiddler Matt Cranitch from County Cork, accordionist Dónal Murphy from Limerick and guitarist and vocalist Tommy O’Sullivan from County Kerry perform live as Sliabh Notes.

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Bill and Elaine Markham have been boiling sap at Mill Brook sugar house since 1978.
Photo by Kate Abbott
Farms

Early spring explorations near Stockbridge

March 16, 2023
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Mill Brook Sugarhouse is boiling sap in a spring day around the corner from the Roaring Brook Trail, and Irish musicians are tuning up as I explore the Southern Berkshires.

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Jazz vocalist Suzi Stern performs in an outdoor concert at night. Press photo courtesy of the artist
Photo by Brenda Ladd
Music

Suzi Stern celebrates women’s voices in jazz

March 15, 2023
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As a vocalist, Suzi Stern has a long inside view of a rich and intense jazz scene in Austin, Texas — and from her new home in Lenox she is planning to bring her music to the Berkshires.

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South African dancers and choreographers Thulani Chauke and Albert Fana Tshabalala perform together at the Arts Ability Festival in Cape Town. Press photo courtesy of the artists.
Thulani Chauke
Dance

Spontaneous dance will invoke Eight Elements in Eight Hours

March 6, 2023
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How does a body dance oxygen? How does a body dance trees breathing out and people breathing in — the invisible balance that keeps us alive?

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Q-Mob's hiking group stands on the shore of Lake Benedict in Beartown State Forest.
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Community

Q-Mob explores Berkshire arts with a queer lens

February 21, 2023
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A new community of friends is looking for stories like these and encouraging the telling. Tom Truss and Bart Church have helped to found a new affinity group in Great Barrington, Queer Men of the Berkshires. And among their friendly activities, a group is forming to explore the arts.

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An oil lamp burns along the entrance road at the Mount in NightWood.
Photo by Kate Abbott
Winter holidays

Nightwood grows deeper into the trees

November 29, 2022
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Nightwood has transfigured the Mount again with light and sound and sculpture, and the paths have shifted since last winter.

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Maple trees turn brilliant red and orange and gold at Williamstown Rural Lands on Sheep Hill.
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Farms

Getting out into the warm days of fall color — #berkshireweekend

October 6, 2022
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Walking across the grass, I looked for old friends gathering around the barn. They had a fire going in the fire pit and a pot of cider stat on the stones to keep hot.

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The crowd waves and cheers around the outdoor stage at FreshGrass 2017. Press photo courtesy of Mass MoCA.
FreshGrass
Music

FreshGrass — Fall comes in with festivals #Berkshireweekend

September 22, 2022
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What I remember about FreshGrass festivals in the last 10 years or so is all over the map. It’s a mild fall day and I’m in the courtyard playing Farewell to Whiskey …

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