Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), the inventor of dynamite, was a chemist, engineer, businessman and, most memorably, philanthropist; he was also a scholar, fluent in Russian, French, English and German. Above all, he loved poetry.
Not only are supporters of the legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois trying to name one of the local public schools after him, but they want to commission a sculptor to come up with a life-sized likeness of him that would be placed on the front lawn of the Mason Library.
Founded in 2016 upon the legacy of five American Renaissance authors who wrote in Pittsfield, the Mastheads is at once an urban architectural experiment, a literary research initiative, a writers’ residency and an educational program.
In celebration of the anniversary of the birth of author Herman Melville, Herman Melville’s Arrowhead will host a marathon reading of the classic Melville novel “Moby-Dick.”
J. Peter Bergman's new play, “Melville . . . On the Light Side,” takes a different look at novelist, short-story writer and poet Herman Melville, who lived at Arrowhead from 1850 to 1863.
The winners of the Stockbridge photo contest are Dana Goedewaagen of Glendale, Stacy McMahon of Great Barrington, John R. Morse of Stockbridge, and Sharon Siter of South Egremont.
Stanton Home has been providing care for people with special needs since 1986 and invites the public to tour its grounds, weavery and organic gardens, as well as to meet residents, staff and international volunteers.
“The future health of the lake is hanging in the balance. If we don’t address these issues soon, the lake will decline and die.”
--- Stockbridge Board of Selectmen Annual Report
Stockbridge — with the accent on “bridge” — has had more bridges over the Housatonic River than any of its neighbors, a remarkable 20 highway, foot, trolley and railroad spans. That’s as many as many as Great Barrington and Sheffield combined. Ten of Stockbridge’s bridges are still in use.
Isaacs created a design for the currency, BerkShares, that was inspired by the Euro, one that was elegant, contemporary, and “looked as good as global, but had a local feel.”
There’s a recreation of the Little Red Cottage in Stockbridge where Nathaniel and Sophia Hawthorne lived for a couple of years on the north slope above Lake Mahkeenac, across from the present Tanglewood.
Muddy Brook's 'investors' win stock market game award
Great Barrington — Muddy Brook Regional Elementary School students Marti Cunningham, Maisy Seckler (first place regional winners) and...
The Trustees of Reservations, the conservation entity that manages 113 properties across the state, recently installed kiosks at five of them. Monument’s has not yet gone live, and in fact, it is still wrapped in its cardboard box. But when it does, parking will cost $5 per car, unless one has a membership.
Want to begin a project but you're terrified? Can't make the time? The minute you sit down to write, you think your ideas are horrible or someone's already written it better than you ever will? Feeling vulnerable? Then you're in the right place.
In 1964, Mount Greylock Tramway Authority planned to transform the highest mountain in Massachusetts into a downhill ski area with a 100-foot tower on the 3,491-foot summit of Mount Greylock for the “world’s largest” aerial tramway.
