A low rhythm rocks warmly, and voices lap together like the tide coming in. Four women are singing in bell-clear in polyrhythms ... A world-touring Swedish Folk'appella group has touched down in West Stockbridge.
Read articleIf music be the food of love, play on — #berkshireweekend
It’s the season for holiday music. At night, by firelight, people who care about each other are feeling our way through the words with a familiar integrity, like a conversation at home …
Read articleOracle Bones hold family through time
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 articleWinter holidays in the Berkshires
Holidays return in the Berkshires — even in an uncertain year, we can find music and storytelling and lights in the dark, and an energy in local places ...
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