“Walking through the snowy forest is one of the most iconic and inspiring ways to enjoy winter in the Berkshires,” says Bart Church, Q-MoB Executive Director and Certified Wilderness First Responder.
To bring light to a holiday season in dark times, after we’ve done everything that we could do, all we have left is defiant joy and celebrations of love: self love, romantic love, love of friends and family, love of community, and love of the arts and nature.
Known for his numerous character portrayals in television, theater, and film, award-winning actor Scott Cohen‘s credits include “The Mambo Kings,” “Kissing Jessica Stein,” and his television work on “Gilmore Girls,” “The 10th Kingdom,” “The Americans,” and “The Penguin.”
The fun, bright, and bold cacti, pasta shapes, dogs and pineapple designs from Molly and Aurel’s Petit Pilou clothing line have become a staple feature of South County fashion for babies, kids, and adults as well.
See, here, deciduous twigs and evergreen needles meticulously painted with white brushstrokes. And, there, a standing, windswept wave on the hood of a car. Sunbeams elicit sparkle.
In 2024, one of Taha Clayton’s paintings was selected for the Lunar Codex “Nova Collection,” sending an image of his work to the surface of the moon as part of a time capsule that will remain there indefinitely.
The Clark Art Institute presents “Justice, Property, and Punishment in 18th century Quebec,” a lecture by Charmaine Nelson, UMass Amherst/Clark/Oakley Humanities Fellow.
Berkshire Theatre Group presents Rev Tor’s 14th Annual Dead of Winter Jam, celebrating the music and enduring spirit of Bob Weir and the Grateful Dead, at the Colonial Theatre.
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo brings its internationally beloved troupe of male dancers to the Mahaiwe to perform a brilliant combination of skillful pointe work and hilarious parodying of classical ballet favorites like “Swan Lake.”
From the 19th century to the present, illustrators have returned repeatedly to the sea as a site of beauty, mystery, danger, humor, and political meaning.
MASS MoCA presents its annual Community Free Day, offering free admission, exhibit activations, tours, art-making, silkscreen printing demos, story time, puppetry, music, Drag Story Hour, a meet-and-greet with community organizations, and more.
