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Kateri Kosek

Kateri Kosek grew up in the Hudson Valley but has lived in or near the Berkshires for over a decade. She is the author of American Eclipse, winner of the Three Mile Harbor Press Poetry Book Award, and a chapbook, Vernal. Her poetry and essays have appeared in Orion, Creative Nonfiction, Northern Woodlands Magazine, Berkshire Magazine, and many literary journals. She teaches college English, and as a lifelong birder, has worked locally surveying bird populations for Green Berkshires and Aton Forest. More at katerikosek.com.

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With Race Brook Lodge set to close, Día de los Muertos: The Final Fandango will also mourn a beloved community space

Unlike in the past, when festivities were spread out over several days, this year’s event will take place on one day only, promising an even more vivid and intense experience of this cultural tradition that has flourished in Mexico since pre-European times.

State and local reps offer advice on youth civic engagement at October meeting of South Berkshire Community Health Coalition

How youth can engage with their communities and civic leaders to make their voices heard was the focus of the October 2 meeting of South Berkshire Community Health Coalition, a program of Railroad Street Youth Project.

State Rep. Leigh Davis brings the Massachusetts Climate Action and Sustainability Committee to the Berkshires

State Rep. Leigh Davis organized the day of southern Berkshire site visits on September 29 “to spotlight the wonderful initiatives going on in the Berkshires,” she said in her opening remarks.

Chesterwood hosted its first painter in rewarding artist-in-residence program for Berkshire residents

Two oil paintings of French’s Lincoln sculpture loomed large in artist Kasha Cooper’s exhibit. When she applied to the artist-in-residence program at Chesterwood, she thought, “Maybe I’ll sculpt through painting.”

The Literacy Network celebrates immigrant stories at second annual Moth-style storytelling event

The theme, “What This Place Makes Me,” resonated with events held there earlier this summer around a collection of immigrant plays of the same name.

A dog from the Berkshire Humane Society inspires art show in New York City gallery

You often find yourself alone in gallery spaces. Often, just as used bookstores have cats, galleries have dogs, Supa said.

Chesterwood’s outdoor sculpture exhibit brings climate change into focus

This year, Chesterwood’s 47th annual outdoor sculpture show, “Global Warming/Global Warning,” asks viewers to consider such themes amid the threats that climate change poses to Chesterwood’s own old-growth forest. 

‘Landscapes for the Anthropocene’ artists to give a poetry reading at Child & Clark Gallery on June 28

The two Berkshire County based artists and poets will be reading at the Child & Clark Gallery in Great Barrington on Saturday, June 28 at 5 p.m.

Great Barrington Land Conservancy fundraiser celebrates Lake Mansfield improvements and community collaboration

The Great Barrington Land Conservancy, which stewards the town-owned Lake Mansfield Recreation Area, was celebrating the completion of years of improvements to the tranquil public space, which feels much more removed than it is from the bustle of downtown.

Ian Spencer Bell dances an homage to Chesterwood with Japanese-inspired debut alongside Isadora Duncan

As in previous years, Ian Spencer Bell will dance Isadora Duncan, who performed in the gardens for the sculptor French and his wife in 1898.

Trischka, Molsky & Daves headline this year’s Down County Jump

Eleven acts bridging folk, roots, jazz, and global traditions will convene at Race Brook Lodge for a raucous and magical two-day festival on June 13 and 14.

Ventfort Hall gears up for the season, now boasting replicas of Sarah Morgan’s original awnings

“One of the things that we consciously try to do is make this place that was once exclusive inclusive,” said Ventfort Hall Executive Director Wendy Healey, “to highlight all of the stories, not just those of the rich and famous Morgans."

The Egremont Barn storms back, with new owners and big plans

"This is a community place, and that’s why we bought it, because we believe in community and we believe in providing that," said new co-owner of The Barn Heather Thompson. "We’re really, really excited.”

Free soil analysis workshop at Indian Line Farm aims for more resilient foodscapes in the age of climate change

Rubén Parrilla, who studied Environmental Design at the University of Puerto Rico and has worked with many beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers, is passionate about soil health as a basis for not only environmental health but for growing foods that are free of toxins and good for us.

Great Barrington joins national movement in Hands Off! protest

A peaceful crowd of several hundred protesters filled the lawn and the streets in front of Great Barrington's Town Hall on April 5, part of the nationwide movement of Hands Off! protests against the Trump administration's policies.

Protesters take to the streets of Pittsfield to oppose a wide range of new federal policies

“It's crisis time; we're teetering on the end of democracy,” said protester Lisa Tisdale Wolf. “It's not about party at all.”
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