Monica Bliss grew up in the Berkshires and now lives in New Lebanon, N.Y. with her husband, daughters, dog, and cats. She spends her time singing, acting, directing, writing, cooking, baking, and working towards social change.
Where does your imagination go when it wanders? Mollie Kellogg and Shany Porras step into new worlds of mist and magick in search of an answer in “Where Our Minds Wander”.
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss’ return to the road, which included sold-out shows at NYC’s Beacon Theatre and LA’s Greek Theatre as well as headline slots at major music festivals, has been heralded by “Variety” as “a collaboration that should last for ‘Evermore’".
Beth Dolan joins BCC as Executive Director of Human Resources. Raised in the Berkshires, Dolan earned a bachelor of arts degree from Mount Holyoke College and a master’s degree in administration from Boston University. She and her husband Kevin currently reside in Bennington.
The exhibition progresses with a survey of video, performance, sculpture, painting, drawing, and beadwork that at once pay homage to the legacy of innovative Native aesthetic traditions and this continuing tradition of experimentation and performativity.
Often referred to as the "Hendrix of the Sahara”, Mali-born guitarist and impresario Vieux Farka Touré has clearly established himself as one of the world’s rare musical talents and virtuosos with a distinct style that always pays homage to the past while looking towards the future.
Mr. LaBoy and the entire concert choir welcomes the public to participate in a community 'Summer Sing' to be held at Zion Lutheran Church on First Street in Pittsfield on Tuesday, June 20th from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The landscape unfolds in a series of garden rooms. Evocative names add to the atmosphere, including the Golden Path, the Grotto, the Iris Garden, the Spirit Walk, the Perennial Long Border Garden, the Pebble Terrace, and the Woodland Walk. There are buildings and follies, also with storybook names, including the Celestial Pavilion, the Barn, the Limonaia, the Chinese Pavilion, and the Cat Maze.
‘‘Killers of the Flower Moon' is powerful and riveting, detailing a horribly tragic dark chapter in the history of American Indians and Indigenous people and cultures in North America. The thought of an Indigenous Black Lives Matter movement across this nation might allow for healing the historical and contemporary divide that exists between Native America and the United States as a society and address the generational trauma and multi-generational grief that tribal communities and families are carrying for the last 500+ years.’ – Fidel Moreno
Led by one of the world’s foremost Indigenous artists, Ya Tseen delivers an irrepressible and profound experience of liberation through feeling and connection. Their debut release, Indian Yard, explores love, desire, frustration, pain, revolution, and connection through the magnetic expressions of an Indigenous mind, rich with emotional range and sharp awareness.
'The decades ahead will require a deep sense of urgency and dedicated work to bring people together to protect our environment and implement solutions for a changing climate’ said Theoharides. 'The Trustees have long understood that by connecting people to nature through culture and belonging we can build a love and passion for stewarding our natural world and in so doing improve human health, enhance quality of life, foster social justice, and build resilient communities.'
Vollmer creates an optical illusion elevating the spherical form and dynamic texture that epitomize our planet, which is paired with von Falken’s unique ability to discover beauty in the functional and transform it into visually striking pieces.
