What if a library could hold every book that can ever be written? Milne Library will explore Jorge Luis Borges’ story ‘The Library of Babel’ as part of their 150th anniversary celebration …
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You want to know what to do this weekend in the Berkshires. You want to find places only the local people know. You want to meet people who feel the same way? We have color coming with the spring, like Maya Freelon’s artwork at WCMA. Come out and explore …
We live in a rare place in Western Massachusetts. We have minds at work out here in the country, and minds at play too. I live and write here. I’m a local journalist, so I get to walk behind the scenes and talk with people about what they love. We all want connection — we want to laugh, share ideas, dance barefoot and listen to music on a mountain at night. Let’s go see what we can find.
About Town
Want to know what’s happening in town this weekend? From North Adams to Lenox, we’re seeing a new energy in the Berkshires. Wherever we are in the pandemic now, locals are adapting and new voices are coming in. If you’re looking for nightlife or a good cup of coffee, a vintage t-shirt or an artisan fair … take a look through our Berkshire towns.
GO DOWNTOWNTheater and music
We have singer-songwriters, folk and bluegrass legends, emerging composers and Yo-yo Ma … sometimes all of them together. We’re known around the world for the people who come here to play, and they can be global travelers or as local and familiar as the farmer’s market on the corner. Or both. And we can dance to the beat.
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Mystery unveils at the Norman Rockwell Museum
This spring, the Norman Rockwell Museum explores their collection of illustrations, taking a broad look at an artform that appears in daily life and imagines worlds beyond.
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 ARTICLEInterwoven roots of spring holidays — #berkshireweekend
This weekend is named for a woman. In the mind of a man who lived and wrote near the Scots border 1500 years ago … Easter is a woman who dances, a woman shining with the dawn.
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