Imagine fresh coffee, or tea and honey, coming to you as a gentle surprise. Oskar Hallig and his husband, Michael Zippel, have evolved Only in My Dreams in the pandemic to offer locally sourced gift boxes and care packages.
Read articleLocal artisans are working in studios in the hills, some with national and international followings. You’ll find forges and lathes, ceramics, glass, metalwork and woodwork, painting and sculpture …
A holiday artist co-op forms in Great Barrington
In a year when Covid has cancelled in-person markets across the region, makers from the Great Barrington Arts Market and their friends are forming a popup holiday co-op.
Read articleFestival of Holidays in Sheffield turns up the lights
In Sheffield, the historical society is creating its own new tradition in lights. In the grounds of the historic Dan Raymond House, 20 lighted Frasier firs will glimmer.
Read articleCome out and meet the elves
Around me now, in many workshops smelling of new wood, many artists are whittling and sanding and wedging clay and cleaning paint brushes.
Read articleArts Night Out gets hands-on in the studio
Around me, a dozen people are shaping clay with stamps and imprints and molds and drinking local brew. It’s a winter night at Berkshire Art Center, and I’ve finally made it to an Arts Night Out.
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