WAM Theatre sees the year ahead as time of transformation, as Genée Coreno becomes their new artistic director — and their 2024 season opens with nationally acclaimed singer songwriter Tracy Grammar in Be Here Now.
Read articleMelissa Canavan grows roots with Berkshire Immigrant Center
Melissa Canavan, the new director of the Berkshire Immigrants Center, talks with BRIDGE about her work, exploring the diverse experiences and relationships of people who live in the Berkshires.
Read articleKongero weaves close folk counterpoints
A low rhythm rocks warmly, and voices lap together like the tide coming in. Four women are singing in bell-clear in polyrhythms ... A world-touring Swedish Folk'appella group has touched down in West Stockbridge.
Read articleWinterlights shine in early snow
Globes are hanging in green branches. they refract the light, dusted with ice, and I think of mistletoe. I’m walking through Winterlights in the snow.
Read articleLeo Lionni connects gently between worlds …
International artist and children’s book author Leo Lionni can tell complex stories in bright strokes, as his characters question their worlds with open curiosity … and transform them.
Read articleSurprised by joy in winter holiday walks — #berkshireweekend
This weekend opens the season of downtown celebrations, from a music and horse-drawn wagon rides to wreaths and art and family events …
Read articleThankful for clear and quiet nights — #berkshireweekend
This is the season for spice and texture — evergreens and candlelight and makers gathering to show what they create by hand …
Read articleNew forest paths open at Nightwood
A web spreads overhead in the branches like sails. The strands glimmer as though they’re touched by moonlight. I’m walking up the path in Edith Wharton’s forest, in this winter’s Nightwood at the Mount. And this pathway is new. ...
Read articleGathering warmth to carry us through the winter — #berkshireweekend
Winter makers and winter harvests are coming to us this week — as the Norman Rockwell Museum opens a retrospective on internationally known illustrator Leo Leonni, the nights are warming up with music.
Read articleDaydreaming collage meets a native winter garden
On a clear November morning, I was walking through the native plant garden at the Bennington Museum, and I found a mouse telling stories.
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