Imagine fresh coffee, or tea and honey, coming to you as a gentle surprise. Oskar Hallig and his husband, Michael Zippel, have evolved Only in My Dreams in the pandemic to offer locally sourced gift boxes and care packages.
Read articlePeace and passion: Holy Week in a Latina community
Maria Soria from Ambato in Ecuador, Lucia Quizhpi from Deleg in Ecuador, and Gabriela Cruz from Oaxaca in Mexico, came to Multicultural Bridge in Housatonic to talk about La Semana Santa, Holy Week, in the places where they were born.
Read articleBerkshire Mosaics: Storytellers draw the world together
Eight years ago, Gwendolyn VanSant, executive director of Multicultural Bridge, and writer and journalist Roberta McCulloch-Dews and I began a new series of community stories, and they feel timely now.
Read articleIn Bridge’s Happiness Toolbox, youth celebrate their own stories
On a sunny morning, a group of young people stood in the meadow below an open ridge, reading a poem that Theresa (Miller) Beaudieu, a member of the Stockbridge Munsee Community Band of the Mohicans, wrote and set here in 1997 …
Read articleBridge sustainability program brings a generous harvest
Berkshire families are connecting with local farms and harvesting their own gardens, in a new food sustainability program Multicultural Bridge has grown in the the pandemic.
Read articleA gift of story and song: W.E.B. DuBois on his home ground
W.E.B. DuBois traveled the world in his lifetime. He helped to shape ideals of independence in Africa and freedom and democracy in America. And I have begun to get to know him in the Berkshires, where he was born.
Read articleBerkshire arts evolve in the wake of national protest
In wake of the murder of George Floyd and increased national focus on the Black Lives Matter movement, Berkshire arts organizations are re-imagining how to tell stories in the most diverse and equitable way possible.
Read articleZaccho Dance Theatre honors W.E.B. DuBois
Joanna Haigood’s Zaccho Dance Theatre performs her immersive work Between Me and the Other World, rooted in DuBois’ book, Souls of Black Folk, drawing on it in the 21st century.
Read articleA mother fights for her son in a tough contemporary world in ‘Pipeline’ at WAM Theatre
Dominique Morisseau’s new play, Pipeline, is one of the top 10 most produced plays in the country this year and an Obie winner in 2018, and WAM Theatre and Multicultural Bridge are partnering to bring it to the Berkshires.
Read articleNick Cave’s ‘Until’ opens in glimmering light at Mass MoCA
International singer songwriter Benjamin Clementine Performs at the opening of Nick Cave’s vast glittering installation Until at Mass MoCA in North Adams in fall 2016.
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