New Marlborough to Celebrate Elihu Burritt Day| 12:10PM / Friday, August 11, 2023 | |
 NEW MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — New Marlborough will host its 47th annual Elihu Burritt Day on Saturday, Aug. 19 from 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The event will take place on the Village Green (Route 57) in New Marlborough. The free town fair offers fun and entertainment for all ages, including live music, local arts and crafts vendors, food, and a live pet parade, with domesticated and farm animals. Hot sausage and pepper sandwiches, tacos, hamburgers and hot dogs, baked goods, ice pops, lemonade, vegetarian fare, and other delectable treats will be available from food vendors. Local crafters will sell their wares in Individual booths featuring antiques, artwork, >> Read More |
Mount Everett Artists Featured in Exhibit| 11:24AM / Wednesday, August 09, 2023 | |
SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Seven student artists from Mount Everett Regional School were selected to have their artwork featured in the "How Shall We Live" exhibit at the Berkshire Art Center. Students created their artwork as a response to the climate crisis, presented by Living the Change Berkshires, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to address climate change and climate justice with urgency, creativity, hope, and optimism on a local level. The student artwork will be displayed on Friday, Aug. 4, for First Friday in Pittsfield, until Wednesday, Aug. 30. "We have some very talented students at Mount Everett who have spent time researching the >> Read More |
W.E.B. Du Bois Sculpture Project Selects ArtistStaff Reports ,
05:39PM / Tuesday, August 08, 2023 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The W.E.B. Du Bois Sculpture Project has selected artist Richard Blake to create a monument to W.E.B. Du Bois that will be placed in front of the town's Mason Public Library. Blake was one of three finalists who presented models of their proposed statues to the Sculpture Project jury. The models were displayed to the public at the Mason Library in Great Barrington and at the Berkshire Athenaeum in Pittsfield. "All three of our applicants were talented, highly regarded sculptors, each with a unique vision of Du Bois," said jury leader and board member Lauren Clark, a gallerist. She was joined on that panel by painter/sculptor >> Read More |
Tenth Year of Berkshire Pottery Tour| 12:20PM / Friday, August 04, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Berkshire Pottery Tour which highlights potters in their studios. The Berkshire Pottery Tour was founded by a group of pottery friends who met at the Berkshire Art Center (then IS 183) in 2013. "Berkshire Pottery Tour offers a glimpse into each potter's creative process and an intimate time to understand the work behind the final product," said Lucie Castaldo, executive director of the Berkshire Art Center. Visitors will be invited to look inside seven very different working pottery studios with a wide range of price points for those interested in purchasing pieces. Lorimer >> Read More |
West African Artist Brings New Perspective to Lincoln at ChesterwoodBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
08:01AM / Sunday, July 30, 2023 | |
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Chesterwood is having a singular artist's exhibition on display alongside Daniel Chester French's work for the first time in the museum's history. West African artist Georges Adéagbo's evolving exhibit "Create To Free Yourselves: Abraham Lincoln and the History of Freeing Slaves in America" opened Saturday and runs through Sept. 4. The exhibit encourages people to see how they are limiting themselves because of external influences but it also about not letting these influences prevent them from doing something important, said Adéagbo. "No one can make your life work. You are the only >> Read More |
State Officials Promote Act for Accessible Creative Economy By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
05:38PM / Saturday, July 29, 2023 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Local lawmakers and the cultural leaders on Friday called for the inclusion of people of all abilities in the creative economy.
The proposed Accessibility in the Creative Economy Act would would provide grants to organizations focused on arts, culture, humanities, and interpretive sciences that remove barriers for people with disabilities.
Community Access to Arts Executive Director Margaret Keller emphasized that art is for everyone. "We are missing out as a community, as a culture, and as a commonwealth when we fail to include everyone," she said during a press conference at CATA on Friday. "We're missing out on the
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The Classical Beat: Tanglewood + Sevenars = Classical Music HeavenBy Stephen Dankner, iBerkshires columnist
11:54AM / Wednesday, July 19, 2023 | |
 Tanglewood enters its third week, and the highlights are many; indeed, every concert will be memorable. Two beloved masterworks, "Appalachian Spring" and the "New World" Symphony by Aaron Copland and Antonín Dvo?ák, respectively, top this week's listing of stellar performances of great and amazingly diverse musical offerings. Wait … there's more: a Handel opera in concert, a regional Americana classic by Duke Ellington, Richard Wagner's poignant "Siegfried Idyll" and a sampling of Mozart's mature symphonies and piano concerto masterworks amply demonstrate that at Tanglewood, the spectrum of musical offerings is both
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Bidwell House Museum Presents 'Lawyering for Loyalists' Talk | 10:35AM / Wednesday, July 19, 2023 | |
 MONTEREY, Mass. — Bidwell House Museum presents its fourth history talk of the season with Western Michigan University history professor Sally Hadden, who will present "Lawyering for Loyalists." The talk is available via Zoom on Saturday, July 29, at 11 a.m. In the wake of the American Revolution, recovering property lost (or confiscated) in the former colonies provided some lawyers with a new type of client. Individuals such as Christopher Gore and Harrison Gray Otis, John Lowell and William Tudor, lawyers of Boston, became adept at working with displaced loyalists and family members located in many parts of the Atlantic, assisting them in efforts to >> Read More |
Let Your Mind Wander with Guild of Berkshire Artists New Exhibit By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
04:55AM / Saturday, July 15, 2023 | |
WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.—Guild of Berkshire Artists will be opened its new exhibit "Where Our Minds Wander" Thursday. The gallery, located at 38 Main St., is open Thursday through Monday from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. and features work by figurative artist Mollie Kellogg and abstract artist Shany Porras. According to the artists, the exhibition encourages the artists and gallery visitors to let their minds wander and go beyond pressures and societal restrictions. During this collaboration, Porras created pieces that look completely different from what she has done in the past. Porras said in an effort to create environments that >> Read More |
Weekend Outlook: Dalton Day, Live Music, and MoreBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:25PM / Thursday, July 13, 2023 | |
 There will be a variety of events in the Berkshires this weekend including community events, concerts, an animation showing, and more. *Do you want your market or event included in the outlook? Email info@iberkshires.com. Senior Center, Dalton Time: 1 to 5 p.m The Dalton Cultural Council will be hosting its first "Dalton Day" event on Saturday, July 15 to celebrate the town's culture and community. During the event there will be around five or six town committees with tables to demonstrate the volunteer opportunities available. In addition, the Senior Center's lawn will be filled with local vendors, >> Read More |
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