The city in the hills is at play. The annual 10×10 Festival is in town, and you can watch a new play or dance to Afro-Cuban rhythms, try a new microbrew or listen to jazz, or walk in the winter sun ...
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A zing of life and laughter on our stages — #berkshireweekend
Berkshire stages are stirring with life, as WAM welcomes a new artistic director and Williamstown Theatre announces two new leadership roles ... and asks searching questions.
Read articleFinding places where we belong — #berkshireweekend
We have ways of moving in and out of each other’s spaces, a friend tells me. We’re driving back roads through the hilltowns in the dusk, and we’re talking about how people in this country live together.
Read articleBlues music recalls summer plays and family stories
It’s 20 years ago now that Ruben Santiago-Hudson brought Lackawanna Blues to the Williamstown Theatre Festival. He’s gone on to Broadway and the Tonys ... and I remember.
Read articleEnergy stirring in the heartwood of trees — #berkshireweekend
We’re coming up on the full moon at the heart of winter, and on Sunday I sat in a room full of windows, looking out at a vast willow and listening to songs about trees budding.
Read articleWinter in the Berkshires
Explore Western Massachusetts in the cold season — art, music and theater are awake here, and trails beckon us to walk or snowshoe and cross-country ski on the quiet open ridges.
Read articleArt in the Berkshires — Winter 2024
When Raven Chacon composes, he seems to draw the voices of a forest. We haven’t yet had the chance to hear his music in the Berkshires — but we can see him, and artists with him and around him, re-imagining the world.
Read articleLooking for clear vision in the snow — #berkshireweekend
The Hoosic river path is quiet in the snow. Flakes are still falling, and the horizon is hazy enough to hide the mountains. The sky and the land blend together, and the water is running a dark jade green.
Read articleWilliamstown Holiday Walk calls spirits of past and present
When I come downtown this weekend, I’ll be looking for the kind of energy and scents and sounds can give the day a shine. Singing in the cold with the resin of fir trees ...
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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