HomeArts & EntertainmentPOEM: Face-off in... POEM: Face-off in the Nursery Ward! little, tiny hands balled into fists -- a pair of pygmy pugilists! Written by Jon Swan August 11, 2017 Two big babies howling in their facing cribs, little, tiny hands balled into fists — a pair of pygmy pugilists! — the whole ward waiting for nurse to change the scrappy babies’ soiled nappies. FacebookBlueskyEmailPrintCopy Link Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. Explore tags ⟶Kim Jong-unmissilesNorth Koreannuclear warPresident Donald TrumpTrump Arts & Entertainment AT THE TRIPLEX: Here Comes ‘The Bride!’ Ben Elliott - Arts & Entertainment Berkshire Lyric presents ‘Celebrating America’s Musical Roots at 250’ David Noel Edwards - Arts & Entertainment FILM REVIEW: A retrospective look at Satyajit Ray’s ‘Days and Nights in the Forest’ Leonard Quart - Arts & Entertainment PREVIEW: Clarion Concerts presents Amir ElSaffar New Quartet at the Stissing Center on Sunday, March 8 David Noel Edwards - Arts & Entertainment PREVIEW: Crescendo presents ‘La Cecchina — The Songbird’ March 7 and 8 in Lakeville and Great Barrington David Noel Edwards - Arts & Entertainment INTERVIEW: BSO hornist Rachel Childers reflects on chamber music and change David Noel Edwards - Arts & Entertainment Poet of the Jazz Age . . . Langston Hughes William P. Perry - Arts & Entertainment Berkshire Opera Festival presents Schubert’s ‘Winterreise’ on March 7 at Tanglewood’s Linde Center David Noel Edwards - Arts & Entertainment Adams Theater sets 2026 lineup with dance, music, and literature David Noel Edwards - Arts & Entertainment AT THE TRIPLEX: Elvis Lives in ‘EPiC’ Ben Elliott - Arts & Entertainment BOOK REVIEW: “Sometimes an Island” by Ellen Meeropol Jean Moore - Arts & Entertainment FILM REVIEW: Fatih Akin’s ‘Amrum’ Leonard Quart - Load more Get FREE Daily Updates From The Berkshire Edge! CAPTCHA Mar 7 Featured 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Camille Thomas, cello; Julien Brocal, piano (Valley Classical Concerts) Mar 7 Featured 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm The Schumacher Center presents UNNAMED: A Conversation at the Edge of Sense Mar 8 Featured 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Crescendo Presents: La Cecchina—The Songbird Mar 15 Featured 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Close Encounters With Music Presents: Mostly Amadeus — Meet the Mozarts! View Calendar The Edge Is Free To Read. But Not To Produce. Support The Edge Today ⟶ Continue reading Arts & EntertainmentAT THE TRIPLEX: Here Comes ‘The Bride!’The truth cannot be buried when the dead don’t die, and "The Bride!" is here to ask how we will live with it. Arts & EntertainmentBerkshire Lyric presents ‘Celebrating America’s Musical Roots at 250’Jack Brown leads The Berkshire Lyric Chorus, the Lyric Children’s Chorus, and Melodious Accord, with accompaniment from Joe Rose. Arts & EntertainmentFILM REVIEW: A retrospective look at Satyajit Ray’s ‘Days and Nights in the Forest’The delicate, quiet, unaffected "Days and Nights in the Forest" follows four worldly, middle-class men from Calcutta on holiday together in the countryside, where the unfamiliar environment reveals uneasy truths about each of them. The Edge Is Free To Read. But Not To Produce. Support The Edge ⟶Enjoy the benefits of exclusive reading
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