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 …
Read articleHere be dragons … and fireflies and courage #this weekend
As Ben and Scarlet and I walk out from the opening night of ABCD at Barrington Stage, we’re thinking of the choices the characters have to face, and their strength …
Read articleHow does Iran see Andy Warhol?
The young man at the window turns to the American, the older man on a half-official visit, and says ‘did you learn anything about my country before you came here?’ And the question echoes through the play.
Read articleKids and lambs meet at the Shaker Village
The barn is different on a spring night. Calves lie in the hay like deer in the undergrowth. Lambs sleep on their mother’s backs, and sometimes a chicken will join them for the warmth. …
Read articleFootloose challenges a small town to grow
He’s the minister in a midwestern town where dancing is illegal, and his daughter is becoming friends with the new kid who wants to change the law. Now his wife is looking him in the eye, trying to call out the man she used to recognize.
Read articleSilkscreen printing recalls the pleasure of inky fingers
Three artists spent two days helping students create a batch of silkscreen prints — easing shapes out of cardboard and getting soaked in spray at the set tub … I haven’t gotten to play like this in years.
Read articleWe’re thawing into winter festivals
The crowd was spilling onto the sidewalk, and a young man I’d never met came up to tell me how to say the name of the Polish poet I’d just been reading aloud …
Read articleBerkshire Mountain cafe weathers the winter
Turkey on fresh sourdough bread with sharp cheddar and raspberry jam. Peppery potato chips. Chocolate eclairs with custard and whipped cream …
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