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.
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Juneteenth celebrates global Black American music — #Berkshireweekend
Guitar and percussion are racing, warm and complex as a river in the rain, and Tendai Muparutsa is singing songs he grew up knowing … laughing, drawing in the audience to clap, playing the rhythms against one another.
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Legends walk when the snow flies — #berkshireweekend
Medusa came into a conversation at Wild Soul River. Walking out of the snow at dusk, I found a group of friends and neighbors talking about stories. …
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Gifts of time and touch can hold warmth
This holiday, I’m looking for gifts like a warm sip of home-made cordial on a cold night — something that takes time and some quiet thinking. And touch.
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Winter holidays return to the Berkshires
A sip tastes like caramel, but deeper and not overpoweringly sweet, and it’s warm in the back of the throat. It’s color is lighter than amber and darker than gold, almost the color of late oak leaves … Holidays are returning in the Berkshires — even in an uncertain year we can find music and storytelling, light in the dark and energy in local places.
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Mohican families connect in the land — across time
Bonney Hartley’s family lived here six generations ago. She is standing in the Stockbridge cemetery, in the sun under the maple trees, where her ancestor, Naunauneekkanuck, stood in 1735.
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Wild Soul River brings healing into Williamstown
On the corner of Cole Ave and Hall Street in Williamstown, the old general store is now a gathering space and an ‘abolitionist herbal shop.’
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