The flame streams sideways in the wind. The bowl of the torch is gleaming copper — it’s an oil lamp, essentially the same as the lamps that burned in Constantinople 2000 years ago, or in the temple of the Macabees ...
Read articleArtWeek Berkshires is here in full colors (Sept 15 newsletter)
Murals and wood-fired ceramics, Japanese Shiburi tie-dyed cloth, graphic novels and living walls — the county is filling up this week with events and shows and painters out in the open, in ArtWeek Berkshires.
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 articleCome out and play? (June 30 newsletter)
Salsa and King Lear, live music and new work … We’re coming to the part of the summer when the music and the photos and the movement can tell the story themselves.
Read articleSculpture takes natural forms at The Mount
He’s a massive figure standing here at the top of the hill … Jamie Burnes’ life-sized bison made from Corten steel and locust wood looks out into the summer sculpture show at the Mount.
Read articleNightWood turns the Mount into a new world
This winter, the Mount will transform Edith Wharton's gardens and grounds with NightWood, a landscape of mystery and fantasy, doors into other worlds, journey and night.
Read articleNightWood transforms the Mount — #berkshireweekend
Torches flicker in a long curve into the darkness — a quarter-mile of oil lamps lighting the road. The Mount is a new place tonight. Firelight lines the path between the pine trees, and a bass beat begins to rise ...
Read articleCoral fountains and pearl pools: Berkshire museums turn outdoors
Stone blocks stand in rough steps, the color of quartz and clam shells … Art OMI has installed new work this summer, as museums are adapting their gardens and grounds, virtual content and outdoor artwork.
Read articleEdith Wharton’s own ‘Age of Innocence’ comes home on its 100th birthday
A hundred years ago, after World War I, Edith Wharton wrote The Age of Innocence. This winter, her own copy of the book has returned to her library at the Mount.
Read articleA writer’s library reveals Edith Wharton at home
On the flyleaf of a book of Japanese poetry translated into French, penciled handwriting tries out haikus. Haiku would have been a less familiar form in the early years of the 20th century, when the owner of the book sat here in an arm chair, playing with ideas. The handwriting is Edith Wharton’s. […]
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