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Boys & Girls Club closed today

The Boys & Girls Club of the Berkshires will be closed Monday, January 20, 2025.

Town offices will be closed Thursday, November 28 and Friday, November 29

There are several convenient options for bill payments and delivery of correspondence to town departments.

Season of Light

Transforming Darkness With a Cozy Glow

Day Trip: Olana & Thomas Cole Historic Sites

Hudson Valley History, Connected by Art, a Scenic Skywalk, and Towns Between

Show and Sell: Antique fairs and festivals

Editor's Note: This Resource Guide is a companion to our article "The Thrill of the HUNT", from the August-October, 2022, issue of Out &...

The Thrill of the HUNT

Vintage shops for every age and era in the greater Berkshires

Resource Guide: Vintage and antique shops

A good list of places to shop for Vintage and Antiques in the Berkshires.

Good Local Grub

Where to go for burgers, tacos, and other “fan foods”

From Gilded to Grounded: Berkshire Cottages, then & now

The first time you see a Berkshire Cottage you may wonder, “What is that?” Because the “cottage” may now be a luxury hotel, a house museum, or even a restaurant. Or it may still be what long ago it was built to be—a private home.

Day Trip: Rhinebeck, N.Y.

Rhinebeck to the Future—chilling amid a village's retro indie charm

Gardening in the 413: Growing with the Flow

Nurseries and garden centers are fertile ground for unearthing new plants and tapping into the staff’s expertise. Here's a directory of what's available and where.

Entertaining 2.0

Another holiday season is here—and with it a palpable (and pent-up) desire to gather with family and friends. Time to dust off the cookbooks, stock the larder, and brush up on your hosting skills. It is also an opportune moment, after a protracted hiatus, to rethink what entertaining looks like now.

The Bennington Museum mounts ‘Robert Frost: At Present in Vermont’

Visitors should expect a close encounter with the poet, beginning with a 9-foot-high image of the 47-year-old Frost, looking more like a farmer than a man of letters.

Road trip? ‘Guide to Historic Artists’ Homes & Studios’ is the perfect companion

We are all creative when we are young, whether we dance or we finger paint. A visit to these homes and studios, some right in our back yard, might just get those creative juices flowing again.

Day Trip: Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts

Here's our suggestion for a delightfully quirky day trip, should you want to travel out of the Berkshires.

Art in Public Places

Want to feel COVID-safe while enjoying good art outside? Here are places throughout the Berkshires that will welcome you this summer.

Berkshire Reads, May 2021

Five books with Berkshires connections for your spring and summer reading pleasure.