Stockbridge-Munsee Community People's Day Workshop | 12:08PM / Tuesday, October 03, 2023 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — To honor Indigenous Peoples' Day, the Stockbridge-Munsee Community's Tribal Historic Preservation Office presents a workshop led by Kim Hoffman, a descendant of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, entitled, "Healing Within the Community." The event is offered on Monday, Oct. 9 (Indigenous Peoples' Day) at 11 am, outdoors at the Mission House Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The Clark Art Institute co-sponsors the event with the Trustees of the Reservation and Housatonic Heritage. The workshop is part of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community's exhibit, Our Lands, Our Home, Our Heart. In this workshop, >> Read More |
Housatonic Heritage Walk: Monterey Mills| 12:00PM / Wednesday, September 20, 2023 | |
 MONTEREY, Mass. — On Sept. 23 at 1 p.m. the Bidwell House Museum will host its final Housatonic Heritage Walk of the 2023 season at the Monterey Library with Rob Hoogs. According to a press release: Today, the village of Monterey is small and quaint, but from the 1740s through the late 1800s it was bustling with saw mills, grist mills, carding and fulling mills and a paper mill, as well as stores and other businesses. Join Rob Hoogs, a Trustee at both the Bidwell House Museum and the Monterey Historical Society, for an illustrated talk and walk to explore the remains and history of these water-powered mills. The presentation will start inside the Monterey >> Read More |
Berkshire Art Center Welcomes Community Engagement Director, New Board Members| 08:00AM / Friday, September 08, 2023 | |
 STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Berkshire Art Center (formerly IS183 Art School) welcomes longtime faculty member, Kristin Grippo, as the new Community Engagement Director and announce the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors this fall, which includes Milena Cerna, David Gilbert and Cheryl Mirer. Having taught children for over twenty years, Grippo has been a faculty educator with Berkshire Art Center for nearly a decade. She has degrees in Elementary Education, Literacy, and Art History; and has pursued infinite creative endeavors from a young age, whether it be crafting Barbie clothes from tissues and tape or selling origami sculptures to fellow neighborhood >> Read More |
Exhibit Opens at the Hillman Jackson Gallery at Simon's Rock| 08:05AM / Monday, September 04, 2023 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Simon's Rock would like to invite the public to a new artistic experience by Zohar Lazar being held at the Hillman Jackson Gallery at the Daniel Arts Center on campus. Lazar's showcase of drawings and paintings, entitled "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" will open with an in-person reception on Sept. 4, 2023, at 5 p.m. Curator Jacob Fossum describes the show as: "Steeped in the nostalgia of Saturday morning cartoons, particularly the indelible imprint of Tex Avery, Lazar's visual narratives delve into a realm where exaggerated mayhem and the pliancy of characters kindle his distinct approach to corporeal >> Read More |
Housatonic Heritage Walk at Bidwell House| 12:00PM / Wednesday, August 30, 2023 | |
 MONTEREY, Mass. — Join the Bidwell House Museum for our 2nd Housatonic Heritage Walk of 2023, Forest Ecology and Tree Identification on Sept. 9 at 10 am. During this walk visitors will explore the woodland trails of the Bidwell House Museum with Tom Ryan, DCR state forester. Participants are encouraged to ask questions and will learn about tree and plant identification, carbon sequestration, effect of climate on the forest, and wildlife habitat adaptive forestry. Tom Ryan is a Forester with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. He is a Board Member and volunteer at the Bidwell House Museum and resides with his family in >> Read More |
Becket Athenaeum Book Sale | 08:00AM / Wednesday, August 30, 2023 | |
 BECKET, Mass. The Becket Athenaeum, located at 3367 Main Street in Becket, is holding a two-day book "sale" on Sept. 2 and 3 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on its front lawn. A wide variety of books will be available for readers of all ages and interests (fiction, non-fiction, art, gardening, cooking, etc.). Anyone taking one or more books is simply asked to donate any amount they choose to support the library's operations. >> Read More |
Norman Rockwell Museum Director Appointed to American Alliance of Museums| 08:01AM / Tuesday, August 29, 2023 | |
 STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Norman Rockwell Museum announced the appointment of Director/CEO Laurie Norton Moffatt to the Accreditation Commission of the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). According to a press release, the AAM Accreditation Program—considered the gold standard for museum excellence for over 50 years—relies on the dedication and collective experience of the Accreditation Commission. These volunteers make decisions regarding a museum's accreditation status and provide leadership to the field to ensure that museums are aligned with their own missions, changing communities, and the environment in which they operate and serve the >> Read More |
Mahaiwe to screen Disney's 'Up' in Spanish| 12:16PM / Thursday, August 24, 2023 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center will screen Disney's "Up" from 2009, in Spanish with English subtitles, on Sunday, Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. Attendance is free but registration is required. Visit mahaiwe.org or call or visit the Box Office, 413-528-0100, during open hours — Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. The film is coordinated in part by the Mahaiwe's Spanish-language Community Advisory Network (SCAN). SCAN is a partnership between the theater and Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires (VIM). SCAN is funded in part by the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation's Arts Build Communities Initiative, Charles >> Read More |
2023 Book One Lecture At Simon's Rock | 11:58AM / Wednesday, August 23, 2023 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. —Simon's Rock welcomes novelist, memoirist, illustrator, and cultural critic Mira Jacob for a talk reflecting on her award-winning graphic memoir and this year's Book One selection, "Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations" at the end of the month. The lecture and Q&A will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at 7 p.m. in the McConnell Theater on the Simon's Rock campus. The event is open to the public and free of charge, and will be available on livestream. Jacob's graphic memoir "Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations" was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, longlisted for the PEN Open Book >> Read More |
The Classical Beat: Tanglewood Concludes; Berkshire Opera, South Mountain Next By Stephen Dankner, Special to iBerkshires
08:00AM / Wednesday, August 23, 2023 | |
 This week, Tanglewood concludes its magnificently curated, presented and performed 2023 classical music summer festival season with panache by showcasing two live film concert blockbusters: "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" on Saturday evening, Aug. 26, and on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 27, John Williams' "Star Wars: The Story in Music" – both performed by the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra under the direction of conductor Keith Lockhart. Added to this will be the violin, cello and piano trio of stellar performers Kavakos, Ax and Ma performing Beethoven. Each of these performances will be in the Shed. Read below for the details, including end-of-season
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