Don Quixote is sitting in a frozen field by a bare rock face, staring into the center of a daisy. I wonder what he dreams at the end of winter …
Read articleMicah Rosegrant imagines new worlds
Micah Rosegrant interweaves prayer and performance and spoken word and creates a form, as they describe it, as close as two people talking at night. They came to the Berkshires this winter as an artist in residence at the Foundry.
Read articleGuild of Berkshire Artists evolves outdoors
Eight tall forms stand in a wide circle like dolmens. They are metal frameworks 8 feet high and bright with color. They are holding glasswork, ceramics, encaustic protected in wax … and all of them will stand up to the weather.
Read articleDon’t Touch the Art — performance moves from pain to healing
Raw, and difficult, and reaching for joy — somewhere trauma is etched in paint as a community breaths towards wholeness, and art offers a space for holding and healing …
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 articleCamp closures affect local businesses in the pandemic
In a normal summer, I would be a counselor at URJ Crane Lake Camp, and right about now, my friends and I would be walking into West Stockbridge on our hour-off for a muffin and iced-tea from No. Six Depot Roastery and Café or a grilled sandwich from the Public […]
Read articleSummer Camp 2020: A different kind of summer
Due to the pandemic, many camps have decided to close for the summer, leaving campers and staff to reimagine what this summer will look like.
Read articleThe Foundry gathers independent and generous souls in West Stockbridge
In its first year, the Foundry has become the kind of place where musicians from Pittsfield High School may play informally on the patio, or a cast of New York and local actors may share a potluck and talk late.
Read articleGuild of Berkshire Artists gathers color in West Stockbridge
The painter caught my eye, standing on the grass outside the old town hall. Straw hat and smock, pallette and easil — a plein air artist made of straw. On the easil, splashes of bright color announced that the Richmond-West Stockbridge Artists Guild has an exhibit running (August and September […]
Read articleTurn Park Art Space sculpture reflects with humor in West Stockbridge
I was sitting on a cliff edge in a rocking chair. Bees were moving in the meadow flowers, even in a light rain, and Don Quixote with rivets in his shoulders held a daisy in his fingers. He was looking at it round-eyed. The new Turn Park Art Space in West Stockbridge […]
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