I walked along the river last night, and it felt like the first nudge of spring — and I can see why writers like Arianna Collins and Lara Tupper think of spring as a good time for Haiku.
Read articleLara Tupper brings poetry to the hills
Lara Tupper, an awardwinning writer and novelist, world-traveling jazz and folk singer and founder of Swift Ink stories, will lead free poetry and writing workshops across the Berkshires.
Read articleRoots and uprooting meet at MCLA
Nationally and internationally acclaimed artists Lorena Molina, Larissa Rogers and Jumana Manna, have come together in Unfortunately It Was Paradise at MCLA’s Gallery 51.
Read articleA certain slant of light — winter afternoons — #berkshireweekends
Sunset over the water on a clear winter day turns the sky a deep blue and a touch of rose. And it turns out so does a rainbow of color on an ice fall at the hairpin bend.
Read articleEluding Capture: Rising light at Mass MoCA — #berkshireweekend
On a sunlit afternoon, I walked into the labyrinth of Eluding Capture, the newest exhibit at Mass MoCA, where Gulnur Mukazhanova, a Berlin-based artist, is telling stories in traditions of cloth from her native Kazakhstan …
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 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 articleMaria Irene Fornés reclaims the stage at MCLA
MCLA opens a festival of events honoring one of the most influential playwrights of the last 75 years — whose name is still new to many people in her own country.
Read articleSurprised by joy in winter holiday walks — #berkshireweekend
This weekend opens the season of downtown celebrations, from a music and horse-drawn wagon rides to wreaths and art and family events …
Read articleThankful for clear and quiet nights — #berkshireweekend
This is the season for spice and texture — evergreens and candlelight and makers gathering to show what they create by hand …
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