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.
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.
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.
“Berkshire Reads”, a new feature in our online Magazine Section, introduces you to wonderful local writers whose books can transport you to new places and new ideas.
The story of being Black in the Berkshires is largely untold. It’s a legacy of injustices endured, freedom attained, of human hatred and human kindness, of lasting yet dissipating segregation...