Artist Elizabeth Atterbury links past and present at the Clark Art Institute with sculpture in wood, metal and stone, and abstract prints in bright color.
Read articleWinterlights shine in early snow
Globes are hanging in green branches. they refract the light, dusted with ice, and I think of mistletoe. I’m walking through Winterlights in the snow.
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 articleStories open portals on winter nights — #berkshireweekend
On an afternoon when the sun seems to set by 4, it can help to find a group of people talking about stories and sharing experiences, weaving myth and imagery.
Read articleLeo Lionni connects gently between worlds …
International artist and children’s book author Leo Lionni can tell complex stories in bright strokes, as his characters question their worlds with open curiosity … and transform them.
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 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 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 …
Read articleNew forest paths open at Nightwood
A web spreads overhead in the branches like sails. The strands glimmer as though they’re touched by moonlight. I’m walking up the path in Edith Wharton’s forest, in this winter’s Nightwood at the Mount. And this pathway is new. ...
Read articleGathering warmth to carry us through the winter — #berkshireweekend
Winter makers and winter harvests are coming to us this week — as the Norman Rockwell Museum opens a retrospective on internationally known illustrator Leo Leonni, the nights are warming up with music.
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