Some of us picked up bags of apples from Lakeview Orchard — Macouns, Honeycrisps, Cortlands — and some were setting up in a friend’s kitchen …
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On a sunny Saturday when the afternoon stretched clear ahead of me, I headed up to Lakeview Orchards when apple season was just coming in …
Read articleArt in the Berkshires — Fall 2022
This fall, sculpture finds organic forms at WCMA and Hancock Shaker Village, and Norman Rockwell Museum explores freedom and representation in vivid and contemporary images.
Read articleHow many native wildflowers bloom in the fall? – #berkshireweekend
Walking through wildflowers taller than I am makes me want to laugh and lie back and watch the sky … they give perspective.
Read articleGlobal artists imagine Shaker sisters’ lives
Women worked here. Women lived here. When I walk through the Shaker kitchen, looking for Pinaree Sanpitak’s sculptures, I feel that in new ways.
Read articleCatching the golden hours of summer – #Berkshireweekend
Sweet corn and peaches … the flavors mean late summer. We have a good month more of warm weather, but we feel the year begin to turn when the golden rod shows in the meadows.
Read articleYou were only waiting for this moment to be free — #Berkshireweekend
In the heart of a Shaker garden, Pinaree Sanpitak has made an affirmation of life and force in a woman’s body and a Buddhist sacred space.
Read articleInternational artists on Shaker land — Exploring central Berkshires
We're looking for three international summer artists at Hancock Shaker Village on a summer day and exploring the center of the Berkshires around them.
Read articleABCD — glimpsing the wires of broken school systems
What are the ethics of cheating in school? Harder: what about the ethics of cheating for the sake of a school which is being threatened by closure?
Read articleOnce — Finding the courage to act #this weekend
The actors are holding an Irish music jam — E.J. Zimmerman is singing Red-haired Mary, buoyant with the syncopated swing of the reel …
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