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Tag: Jane Austen

Arts & Entertainment

AMPLIFICATIONS: Alison Larkin, Part 1

The party is meant to launch Alison Larkin’s two latest ventures in which the genders of the main characters were switched in these “freely adapted” versions of two of Dickens’ classics, “A Christmas Carol” and “Great Expectations.”

by Rochelle O'Gorman
Posted on December 11, 2019
Life In the Berkshires

Bits & Bytes: Holiday Shop, Sip & Stroll; ‘Sense & Sensibility’ at Shake & Co.; ‘Unborn Sun’ at Berkshire Botanical Garden; Tony Trischka at Dewey Hall; ‘On the Razzle’ at Austen Riggs

New York City-based John Gordon Gauld holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with honors from the Rhode Island School of Design and is a recent recipient of the Martha Boschen Porter Grant from the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.

by Emily Edelman
Posted on December 9, 2019
Arts & Entertainment

AUDIOBOOKS: British-narrated classics

Looking back on the classics we found four recent audiobooks, all narrated by Brits who bring new life to titles that should not be forgotten.

by Rochelle O'Gorman
Posted on August 18, 2019
Arts & Entertainment

THEATRE REVIEW: Town Players of Pittsfield’s ‘New and Used,’ a promise premiere

The play needs a few nips and tucks, some cuts and some improvements, but the show’s concept is delicious and the flow of the piece is right on.

by J. Peter Bergman
Posted on February 11, 2019
Life In the Berkshires

Bits & Bytes: Holiday farmers’ markets; ‘Pride and Prejudice’ at Shake & Co.; Unsilent Night; ‘Real People, Real Stories’; ‘The Supernatural World in the 1700s’

‘Real People, Real Stories’ draws storytellers from the local community and is performed twice each year.

by Emily Edelman
Posted on December 11, 2018
Arts & Entertainment

THEATRE REVIEW: ‘Miss Bennet’ at the REP is a witty, delightful Christmas gift

Even in those few moments when the play is still and motionless, there is a sense of time slipping away and urgency prompting action.

by J. Peter Bergman
Posted on December 6, 2018
Arts & Entertainment

THEATRE REVIEW: DTF’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ fills the stage with delicious portraits of classic romance-novel characters

As good as the script is, the bulk of the awarding here must go to the director for directing this comedy romance in such a clever, swift, well-timed fashion.

by J. Peter Bergman
Posted on August 14, 2018
Home & Garden

The Self-Taught Gardener: Water lilies, two ways

What intrigued me most about two water lily sightings was how the setting influenced my response to this wonderful aquatic.

by Lee Buttala
Posted on September 14, 2017
Arts & Entertainment

THEATRE: Bells are ringing in ‘Pride & Prejudice’

This P&P is blissful mirth — a special potion of affectionate, bemused cynicism and realistic optimism about human nature.

by Dan Dwyer
Posted on July 21, 2017
Arts & Entertainment

News Brief: Alison Larkin named ambassador in U.S. by Jane Austen Literacy Foundation

Money donated from the purchase of Larkin’s Jane Austen audiobooks will be directed to support the Literacy Network of South Berkshire,

by Edge Staff
Posted on December 2, 2016
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