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BITS & BYTES: Sondheim at Glimmerglass; Jason Carter at Fisher Center; Erica Feldmann at MASS MoCA; Bill Bowers at Chester Theatre; Third Thursday at...

Nominated for 10 Tony Awards and Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Sondheim’s innovative score explores pointillism in sound before opening out into one of the most glorious choral finales in the repertory.

ART SHOW: Botanically Speaking

The New Marlborough Meeting House Gallery presents “Botanically Speaking,” and art show celebrating the intrinsic beauty and complexity of plant life. Opening reception Friday June...

Foundations of Drawing for Lee Teens and Tweens

Foundations of Drawing (for Teens and Tweens in Lee, MA) With Instructor: Lucie Castaldo from the Berkshire Art Center Day & Time: Fridays, 4:00pm-5:30pm Start Date: May...

ART SHOW: Farm and Table at the Meeting House Gallery

The Meeting House Gallery's second show of the 2024 season is a celebration of the reinvigorated role of farming in the Berkshires and the...

Going online: Embracing new ways

Though there are no Matisses and Joan Mitchells among us, this juried exhibition, titled “Our Berkshires,” with 51 works by 32 artists, offers a wide range of good work.

The historical aesthetics of white

For those who have walked the streets of Athens, Rome or Palmyra — sadly destroyed by zealots — the impact of ancient ruins can raise other, more earthy and colorful questions these days.

Great Barrington artist’s ‘Human Rights’ series shown at Art Basel

There is something refreshing in both the subject and the process Kalish describes; it allows the viewer, regardless of their experience, to interface with the art in the absence of expectations or an answer.

Illuminating the Hidden Forest, Chapter 15: On the femininity of trees

When I encounter a tree in the forest with a gaping hole in its aged trunk or a vine encircling its girth up into the canopy, squeezing out its breath — a tree for one reason or another clinging to life or patiently enduring — that tree, whether it be oak, pine, maple, ash or birch, is always female to me.

Courtney Maum’s new historical novel tackles art, coming-of-age themes

"It was really easy for me to imagine what it would be like for a young woman who wants to be an artist, who is watching her mother cavort with the world’s most famous artists, often talk all day about their art and then ignore her own creative production. So in that way, I identified very much with what that emotional neglect would feel like." --Courtney Maum

Community Access to the Arts breaks ground for new facility

Ninety percent of the workshops in the current CATA studio reached capacity, leaving little if any room for new CATA artists, and no space for artists who want to try new art forms.

LEONARD QUART: Looking at paintings

Rackstraw Downes' paintings would best be described as realist with his sustained, meticulous and intensive outdoor working process, and paintings that draw attention to what is characteristic of the 21st-century cityscape.

QUART: Journey into the past

My wife is a painter enamored with color, so we visited a number of London’s art museums.

Soul Support: LOVE DOUBT

Love is about possibilities; doubt is about resistance.

Pops Peterson: Art as a force for social change

Pops Peterson's critically acclaimed series “Reinventing Rockwell” was driven by his mission not only to update the paintings to reflect modern-day advances, but also to show the evolution of gender roles, sexuality and ethnic diversity. 

COMMENTARY: Saving the Berkshire Museum

The sale of art sets a dangerous precedent for all museums, libraries and historical societies, and is a blow to the very idea of public access to original artworks.

SOUL SUPPORT: YES Please

In Buddhist teachings there is a practice of 'simply' saying 'yes' to whatever arises in our experience. It is a practice of being with things as they are.
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