Women worked here. Women lived here. When I walk through the Shaker kitchen, looking for Pinaree Sanpitak’s sculptures, I feel that in new ways.
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Three days to chase the end of summer – #berkshireweekend
A long weekend of quiet days … what should we do? I may explore the Taconics, or the book festivals, or spiderwebs of art at PS21 and Hancock Shaker Village.
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You were only waiting for this moment to be free — #Berkshireweekend
In the heart of a Shaker garden, Pinaree Sanpitak has made an affirmation of life and force in a woman’s body and a Buddhist sacred space.
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International artists on Shaker land — Exploring central Berkshires
We're looking for three international summer artists at Hancock Shaker Village on a summer day and exploring the center of the Berkshires around them.
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Kids and lambs meet at the Shaker Village
The barn is different on a spring night. Calves lie in the hay like deer in the undergrowth. Lambs sleep on their mother’s backs, and sometimes a chicken will join them for the warmth. …
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Chestnuts are roasting — over the river and through the woods
I’ve never cracked a hard-boiled egg on my dashboard before … The whole day has been like this, zany and surprising. We’re picnicking in my car in unexpected sun, eating with our fingers, in the middle of an expedition.
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Walk across time in hiking boots (Sept 29 newsletter)
Abigail Haynes-Lennox is directing us — a soprano in the extended company of Roomful of Teeth, up here on a mountain leading a damp and sweaty bunch of hikers in Shaker hymns.
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Climbing Holy Hill revives a Shaker pilgrimage
Two music ensembles, Our Native Daughters and Roomfull of Teeth, and artist Allison Smith transform a walk in the woods into an experience of art and music in Climbing Holy Hill at Hancock Shaker Village.
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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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Reggie Wilson’s Fist and Heel Performance Group invokes black Shaker dance
Voices call and respond, as men and women move in a circle in a tresillo pulsing rhythm, keeping a beat with their hands and feet, and singing. They are moving together in an ecstatic ritual, a ring shout.
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