Berkshire singer/songwriter Bernice Lewis has performed nationwide since she first came to the Kerrville Folk Festival four decades ago. This year, in Covid-19, she and her daughter Mariah have returned to festival — online.
Read articleThere are virtual Berkshire multimedia resources online in art and performance, food and the outdoors, local shops and events, programs and more.
MCLA and Berkshire museums bring energy in hard times
This spring, museums in the Berkshires are moving online. Cultural and creative places have faced abrupt disruption, and they are cutting back, but at the same time they are reaching out.
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Berkshire shops and locals rally in the pandemic
As the coronavirus pandemic has taken hold this spring, people across the Berkshires are finding ways to help — from a distiller making hand sanitizer to restaurants to farmers markets.
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Berkshire creative places are adapting to a virtual world
I’ve been talking with Berkshire creative places as they try to navigate in the physically distanced world coronavirus has created and reconnect online.
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How do we garden in the pandemic?
“… For example, snapdragon flowers will only open if stepped on by a bee of just the right weight.” Wing and a Prayer native plant nursery offers thoughts on gardening, even in the pandemic, and I’m looking for local places where I can find seedlings.
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Local shops and makers are moving online
At the holidays, my sister and I were talking about the challenges of finding local businesses online— but we didn’t expect this kind of trial by fire. The coronavirus pandemic has suspended local shops in the Berkshires, but they are adapting.
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Jacob’s Pillow adapts to the coronavirus pandemic
Jacob’s Pillow has had to adapt to the coronavirus, like many creative places who are doing what they can to care for their artists, staff and communities.
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Mass MoCA cuts back to weather the pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic is putting a strain on many artists and museums and creative spaces. Last week Mass MoCA laid off 120 of their 160 staff. It shakes me as a writer in the Berkshires, and I’ve been thinking about why.
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Holding on in a time of coronavirus
Why am I remembering those afternoons, baking in the old kitchen and singing along to Hair — why am I remembering that tonight, in a pandemic, when I and everyone around me are stunned and scared?
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While we’re at home: Berkshire food
Berkshire restaurants, co-ops, markets and farms are adapting to the changing world, and many will deliver. Here is a running list of resources for takeout, groceries and more.
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