One day when I had a story interview in the Southern Berkshires, I came early to wander through downtown Great Barrington, looking for locally made gifts.
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.
Nightwood grows deeper into the trees
Nightwood has transfigured the Mount again with light and sound and sculpture, and the paths have shifted since last winter.
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Thankful for the mountains — #berkshireweekend
Windy Hill Orchard grows rows of winterberry bushes every year. You can walk into a sea of scarlet higher than your head, and they’re bright even on cold, cloudy afternoons.
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Hilary Knight reveals hidden worlds in New York
Hilary Knight has explored New York as an artist for more than 70 years — and at 96, he still explores the city today in his drawings and paintings. Though he is often known as the illustrator of the Eloise books, he has wandered over a wild field.
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Eloise in the Berkshires — A book behind the scenes
Eloise has come to the Norman Rockwell Museum with visions of New York — a look into the mind of the artist who brought her to life.
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Fresh bread on rainy mornings – #berkshireweekend
Ice Glen feels like its own world. You walk through a gap in the rock, and the land changes — steps and caves, boulders covered with moss and fern.
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Bohemian Nouveaux Bakery branches out
After two years of growing connections in the community, Dede Weber is planning to open her own BoHo Café on Eagle Street, tapping into deep local roots.
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Sweet Sam Bakes with brio
On a winter morning in Williamstown, Berkshire actor and theater artist Tara Franklin sees herself in the kitchen with her mother and husband and son, baking spritz cookies.
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Riding a brand new roller coaster — #berkshireweekend
The sun is setting early outside the long mill windows at Mass MoCA, and the ridges turn the color of E.J. Hill’s roller coaster tracks.
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The Ancient Beauty of the Hoosic and the Housatonic
Tricia De Souza’s North Adams podcast continues with an in-depth look at the life, history and future of the Hoosic River.
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