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Maples turn golden along the Hoosic River in Williamstown.

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History

Photo by Kate Abbott

Life in these hills goes back thousands of years in wide spirals of stories. Here we honor human stories, from the Mohican people who live and return here today to Elizabeth Freeman and W.E.B. DuBois, people who have come from many parts of the world to work here in the mills, and to live in the cities and the hills today, and many more.

A workshop throws clay on pottery wheels at Berkshire Arts Center. Press image courtesy of the BAC
Berkshire Arts Center
Visual Arts

Hands-on celebrations for Valentine week

February 15, 2023
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Imagine sitting side by side with a quiet man in a slip-spattered t-shirt, in front of an electric pottery wheel. He is teaching you to center a lump of clay.

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Mountain Meadow gleams in the sun after an early snowfall.
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Happy New Year! — #berkshireweekend

January 5, 2023
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I’m southeast of the Berkshires this week with my family for the holidays — we’re taking a walk to the pond to look for the beaver lodges or sitting by the fireplace …

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Heritage breed chickens come out for some sun on a winter day at Moon in the Pond Farm.
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Farms

Rare local flavors converge at Moon in the Pond Farm

December 24, 2022
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Dominic Palumbo raises Highland cattle, Jersey geese and Dorset sheep, as he grows vegetables and forages for local flavors.

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A holiday bulb glows in evergreen branches as part of LumiNAMA in North Adams.
Photo by Kate Abbott
Winter holidays

Joyful holidays from all across the Berkshires — #berkshireweekend

December 22, 2022
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We were talking about music and finding beauty even when it isn’t easy, and translations and the layers of meaning you only hear when you know the original words … and I thought, gifts can come in many forms.

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Poinsettias glow in the greenhouse at Naumkeag in Winterlights.
Photo by Kate Abbott
Berkshire Mosaic

La Navidadeña honors Mary’s travels

December 21, 2022
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For nine days before Christmas, throughout Latin America, families are celebrating la novena navidadeña — the travels of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem.

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Satyana Ananda stands in the wintr fields beside a stone cairn at Starseed, her sanctuary in Savoy.
Photo by Siobhan Connally
Berkshire Mosaic

Starseed sanctuary in Savoy sows light

December 16, 2022
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Satyana Ananda knows that sometimes after destruction, light returns. Sometimes a terrible thing can end in a miracle. Transformation is part of her mission as director of the Starseed Sanctuary.

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A horse sculpture made of scarlet vines canters at the foot of the hill at the Bennington Museum.
Photo by Kate Abbott
Winter holidays

Bennington Museum holds unexpected discoveries — #berkshireweekend

December 15, 2022
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I’ve come looking for ghosts and spirits and mysteries. I’m here to see the new show ‘In the Shadow of the Hills,’ just open now in time for the holidays.

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Caroline Fairweather and Devante Owens appear at Ventfort Hall as they will in Miss Bennet Christmas at Pemberley 2022 at Shakespeare & Company.
Photo by Katie McKellick
Winter holidays

Jane Austen meets the spirit of Christmas yet to come

December 14, 2022
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Two years past the end of ‘Pride and Prejudice,’ the Bennet family are gathering for the holidays, and Mary, the awkward, bookish middle sister, is about to take center stage for the first time in her life.

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Cyclamen bloom in the greenhouse at Naumkeag in Winterlights.
Photo by Kate Abbott
Winter holidays

Winterlights glow on full-moon nights — #berkshireweekend

December 8, 2022
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Coming up the hill, you can see the house gleaming in the distance and the birches shining like candy canes all along the Blue Stairs. Naumkeag is decked out again in Winterlights.

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Paperwhites fill the greenhouse with petals and scent at Winterlights at Naumkeag.
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Winter holidays

Festivals of lights

December 7, 2022
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Holidays return in the Berkshires — even in an uncertain year, we can find music and storytelling and lights in the dark, and an energy in local places …

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