Exhibition Openings for Berkshire Artist Residency Program| 11:41AM / Thursday, September 12, 2024 | |
 STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. Berkshire Art Center's 2024 Berkshire Artist Residency Program is coming to a close with three exhibition openings this summer and fall at Chesterwood, The Red Lion Inn and Ventfort Hall. This year, local artists, Dai Ban, Grigori Fateyev, Kyle Strack, Kara Smith, and Stacy Scibelli worked at their respective sites for three months using each unique historical setting as inspiration for their art-making. Chesterwood Artists-in-Residence, Dai Ban, Grigori Fateyev and Kyle Strack, will have an opening of their exhibition, "Chesterwood Reimagined: Architecture and Sculpture in Dialogue", on Friday, Aug. 30, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the Morris >> Read More |
Weekend Outlook: First Fridays, Art, and MoreBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
06:33PM / Thursday, September 05, 2024 | |
There are a variety of events this weekend, including First Friday festivities, art, and more. See a list of Farmer's Markets here. Editor’s Pick Polka Picnic 22 Mill Street, Adams Time: noon to 5. The Parish Family of Saint John Paul II is holding it Polka Picnic tradition at the Polanka Grounds. The event features performances by the Eddie Foreman Orchestra, traditional Polish foods, and adult beverages. The Adams Lions Club will sell cookout fare, and Crumb Bakery will sell homemade treats. There will also be free games for children. Admission is $5 for adults and is free for children 12 >> Read More |
Triplex To Screen 'Geraldine Ferraro's Daughter'| 12:25PM / Thursday, September 05, 2024 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Triplex Cinema announced a special election season event featuring a screening of Donna Zaccaro's "Geraldine Ferraro: Paving the Way" on Sunday Sept. 15 at 3:00 pm. Tickets are available for purchase at the Triplex Cinema website. Following the screening there will be a discussion between Zaccaro, Geraldine Ferraro's daughter, and Letty Cottin Pogrebin, a well-known writer, journalist and political activist, and longtime friend of Ferraro. According to a press release: Forty years ago presidential candidate Walter Mondale made the historic selection of New York Congressional Representative Geraldine Ferraro as >> Read More |
Dewey Hall Dahlia Festival| 08:04AM / Friday, August 30, 2024 | |
SHEFFIELD, Mass. — The second annual Dewey Hall Dahlia Festival will be held on Sunday Sept. 15, 2024 from noon-4pm. Attendees can view dahlia displays submitted for the homegrown dahlia contest, view bouquets available for purchase at the bouquet bar, and enjoy floral foods and beverages. There will also be facepainting, an assortment of local vendors, a garden information booth, and a raffle of fabulous horticultural prizes. The workshop room will feature workshops in floral arranging with dahlias, creating biodegradable flower crowns, and overwintering dahlia tubers (the workshops are ticketed and registration in advance is encouraged). Harpist Marie >> Read More |
Berkshire Organizations Awarded Tourism Grants| 08:16AM / Thursday, August 29, 2024 | |
BOSTON—The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced $5.9 million in grants to 61 cultural and tourism projects through the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism's Destination Development Capital (DDC) grant program, which supports projects that expand, construct, restore, or renovate Massachusetts tourism destinations and attractions. "Massachusetts is a world-class destination thanks to our rich culture and iconic landmarks," said Governor Maura Healey. "With these grants, we are supporting small businesses, driving job creation, and investing in local and regional economies across the state. Many of the destinations we are supporting with these grants >> Read More |
Classical Beat: Tanglewood Music Festival Concludes Its Classical Season By Stephen Dankner, Special to iBerkshires
08:00AM / Wednesday, August 21, 2024 | |
This week, Tanglewood concludes its magnificently curated, presented and performed 2024 classical music summer festival season with panache by showcasing several performing soloists and a noted Finnish conductor – all making their Tanglewood debut performances. Orchestral masterworks by Brahms, Beethoven, Elgar and Ravel, as well as stellar concerto performances of works by Mozart and Chopin will take center stage in the Shed. These, in addition to several outstanding Ozawa Hall chamber music programs, leading to the traditional Tanglewood Music Festival season- concluding performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 ('Choral') will enthrall listeners. Read below for the
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Triplex Cinema Environmental Film Series| 08:17AM / Friday, August 16, 2024 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Triplex Cinema and the Dr. Robert C and Tina Sohn Foundation announced the second film in their summer environmental series. "Into the Weeds" is a critically acclaimed documentary about Roundup herbicide and its effects on the environment, and will screen on Aug. 20 at 7:15pm. Free tickets are available at the Triplex website. Prior to the screening, nine-term Massachusetts State Representative Carmen Gentile of Sudbury will introduce the film and speak about House Bill 813, which seeks to govern the use of pesticides container the herbicide substance Glyphosate in the Commonwealth. Gentile serves on the House Environmental >> Read More |
Weekend Outlook: Community Day, Riverfest, Aggie Fair & MoreBy Tammy Daniels, iBerkshires Staff
12:45PM / Thursday, August 15, 2024 | |
 There are a variety of events this weekend, including the annual arts and crafts show in Stockbridge, Riverfest, a community day at Jacob's Pillow, an agricultural fair and more. See a list of Farmer's Markets here. 358 George Carter Road, Becket Time: all day Friday The grounds are open for self-guided tours, with crafts, face painting, games and snacks; from 3 to 4 p.m. there's will be a tea party for kids, drag story hour and interactive demonstrations, and a drum circle is set at 4 followed by a children's movement calse and Cooper the dancing llama. Performances at 6 p.m. on the Henry J. Leir Stage are >> Read More |
Berkshire Pulse Welcomes New Board Members| 11:29AM / Thursday, August 15, 2024 | |
 HOUSATONIC, Mass. — Berkshire Pulse, South County's dance and performing arts education center, announced the recent appointment of 3 new members to its board of directors: Kelly Baxter-Spitz has over 30 years of experience in development and fundraising, and has held leadership positions at Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires, Berkshire Country Day School, Indian Mountain School, Kripalu, and Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation since moving to the Berkshires in 2001. She currently serves as the Director of Development at Community Health & Wellness Center, a federally qualified health center with sites in North Canaan, Winsted and Torrington, CT. Kelly was >> Read More |
The Classical Beat: Tanglewood, Sevenars Offer Culminating ProgramsBy Stephen Dankner, Special to iBerkshires
08:00AM / Wednesday, August 14, 2024 | |
During this penultimate week of the Tanglewood Music Festival, the spotlight will focus on a wide range of standard repertoire in both the concerto and symphony genres: Mozart piano concerti, performed by the stellar Knights chamber orchestra, with the masterful soloist Emanuel Ax; Prokofiev's brilliant Violin Concerto No. 1, with the luminous Midori as soloist; and for fans of Tchaikovsky, the lushly lyrical Symphony No. 5. Later in the week, don't miss out on Prokofiev's alternatively lyrical, boisterous, majestic and thrilling Symphony No. 5; Beethoven (the joyous and heartfelt Seventh Symphony) and Schumann (the extraordinary Cello Concerto, performed by the great master
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