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Kate Abbott
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.
Photo by Kate Abbott
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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Allison Brown and Friends play the Music of The Band at FreshGrass 2016. Press photo courtesy of Mass MoCA.
FreshGrass
Music

International musicians enliven FreshGrass — #flashback

September 21, 2022
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Yacouba Sissoko, one of the most sought-after kora musicians in the world, has joined a growing and global group of musicians who have come to the Berkshires for FreshGrass.

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The Del McCoury Band performs during the FreshGrass Bluegrass Festival at Mass MoCA in North Adams.
Mass MoCA
Music

Rana Santacruz brings Mexican folk to FreshGrass — #flashback

September 21, 2022
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The tuning of a banjo blends into the tempo and strum of son jarocho, Mexican folk music from the Gulf coast, as Rana Santacruz sings his own original music.

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Listeners gather around the trees on the Tanglewood lawn. Press photo courtesy of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Photo by Hilary Scott
Music

Kavakos plays Mendelssohn at Tanglewood

August 20, 2022
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Greek violin virtuoso Leonidas Kavakos performs a modernist and French program infused with radical interpretative choices and the harmonic and compositional inventiveness of Debussy and Ravel.

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The courtyard and the clocktower sit at Mass MoCA's entrance.
Mass MoCA
Music

Cafuné’s Noah Yoo speaks on cats, bards and musical politics

August 3, 2022
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Cafuné performs at Mass MoCA, and Noah Yoo talks about nostalgic influences, fan engagement and being a musician in 2022.

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Pick-your-own blueberries ripen in Washington, Mass.
Susan Geller
Music

Breathing space in the heat of summer #this weekend

July 28, 2022
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We’re sharing iced coffee and a palm-sized blueberry pie — my old friend Teresa is here for the weekend, and we have been getting lost at Tanglewood.

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Musicians rehearse with a Boston University Tanglewood Institute harp workshop. Press photo courtesy of BUTI
BU Tanglewood Institute
Music

Composer Valerie Coleman imagines new worlds in music

July 22, 2022
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Acclaimed composer Valerie Coleman considers the expanding future of orchestral music as she honors the musicians and composers who have opened the way.

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Ann Hobson Pilot performs in a BSO Rehearsal for Opening Night. Press photo courtesy of the BSO
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Music

Generations of musicians honor BSO harpist Ann Hobson Pilot

July 22, 2022
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Renowned harpist Ann Hobson Pilot and composer-flutist Valerie Coleman are sitting in a pavilion with windows clear enough for the afternoon sunlight and the sound of classical musicians at practice to stream in …

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