Bill Mangiardi holds a lamb a few days old. She has a twin brother, and their mother has not been feeding them equally, so Mangiardi offers her a bottle of warm milk from a generous nanny goat. ...
Read articlePesach: Going out into a changed world (March 24 newsletter)
On a spring morning a few days before Passover, I remembered sharing seders with old friends. Pesach celebrates a time when everything changes, they told me. Everything is new, and you can’t see ahead.
Read articlePassover brings renewal and a call to action
He remembers the smell of lemon-scented furniture polish. It was the day in spring when his family would open all the windows and rub down the wood. Family was coming for the holiday.
Read articleFestivals of trees move outward in Lenox and Pittsfield
Downtowns and local businesses are looking for breathing space as they navigate a season where traditional holiday walks and pageants and processions have to give way.
Read articleReclaiming Land, Reclaiming the Body: Z Estimé and Roots Rising
Z Estimé reflects on their experience with Roots Rising and the importance of connecting their body’s health with the environment.
Read articleSatire for a post-election season: Larissa FastHorse’s ‘The Thanksgiving Play’
Larissa FastHorse, a member of the Sicangu Lakota Nation and a nationally recognized playwright, asks probing questions in satire as WAM Theatre virtually performs of the acclaimed comedy ‘The Thanksgiving Play.’
Read articleDulye Leadership Experience builds local economy in the pandemic
The Dulye Leadership Experience has moved to the Berkshires, bringing a network that reaches around the world, and young professionals talk with me about the skills and careers and community they are building.
Read articleLiving history adapts in 2020
Robert Crighton planted the gardens here on the ridge. He tended the magnolia and the sweet bay hedge. On a summer day the Madame Colbert white roses would be covered in bees. …
Read articleLive performances revive outdoors in the Berkshires
A woman is singing in a low, strong alto. She is calling for a time of new beginning. A group of people are gathering outside, questioning authority and looking for action rooted in love. In August, Berkshire Theatre Group opens a revival of Godspell set in 2020, in the coronavirus pandemic — and shaped by it.
Read articleThe first Equity theatre in the country re-opens in the Berkshires
Harry Clarke, a one-man comedy thriller at Barrington Stage Company, is one of two live shows in the nation to open with Actors Equity approval in the pandemic. The other is the Tony award-winning musical Godspell with Berkshire Theatre Group — and they are both in Pittsfield.
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