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.
Read articleLife 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.
Happy New Year! — #berkshireweekend
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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Rare local flavors converge at Moon in the Pond Farm
Dominic Palumbo raises Highland cattle, Jersey geese and Dorset sheep, as he grows vegetables and forages for local flavors.
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Joyful holidays from all across the Berkshires — #berkshireweekend
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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La Navidadeña honors Mary’s travels
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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Starseed sanctuary in Savoy sows light
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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Bennington Museum holds unexpected discoveries — #berkshireweekend
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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Jane Austen meets the spirit of Christmas yet to come
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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Winterlights glow on full-moon nights — #berkshireweekend
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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Festivals of lights
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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