A cooperative of women storytellers with the 2nd Street program in Pittsfield share their strength, their pain and their dreams in a new work of theater.
Read articleMapping wonder in West Stockbridge — #berkshireexperience
I’m looking at the bin of old maps at Shaker Mill Books in West Stockbridge and thinking, how would I draw a map of these hills, and what would I put in? When you have an afternoon in West Stockbridge to explore, how do you find unexpected places?
Read articleChoreographers plumb the Blue Hour @ the Foundry
The blue hour is dusk in a high summer day — it’s the light in the sky before it goes dark, says Moscelyne ParkeHarrison — and in that transforming time, four dancers are imagining four separate worlds.
Read articleLive music returns to the Berkshires
Low strings move below warm chords and a rhythm like rain. Vicento Garcia is singing ‘Amor Arrayano’ with Yasser Tejeda and his band, Palotré. Live music is returning to the Berkshires, bringing performers from many genres and many places.
Read articleThe Foundry gathers independent and generous souls in West Stockbridge
In its first year, the Foundry has become the kind of place where musicians from Pittsfield High School may play informally on the patio, or a cast of New York and local actors may share a potluck and talk late.
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