Led by veteran gallerist Geoffrey Young and joined by other artists featured in the exhibition, ‘It’s not easy being Green!’ will deal with subjects such as how the Berkshires’ environmental features impact the artists’ work
Tag: Jayne Benjulian
‘Sister event’ to Women’s March planned in Pittsfield
On the one-year anniversary of the iconic movement, Indivisible Pittsfield has organized another sister event to this year’s march – what it calls a “March into Action Resource Fair and Community Forum” at the Colonial Theatre on South Street.
Poets Live! Poet Jayne Benjulian, editor David Scribner on The Live Poets Society salon
Poets are interested primarily in death and commas.
— Carolyn Kizer
Take The Live Poets Society quiz: One day left
Top scoring quiz takers will be eligible to win an autographed book of poems by one of our salon authors.
The Live Poets Society quiz
Top scoring quiz takers will be eligible to win an autographed book of poems by one of our salon authors.
Take the Live Poets Society quiz; join us for a literary salon
Live Poets Society and the Berkshire Edge will be hosting a literary salon Friday, December 8, at Lauren Clark Fine Art on Stockbridge Road. Take the quiz to be eligible for an autographed book of poems by one of our authors.
WRITING LIFE: Interview with poet and teacher Jayne Benjulian
“The writer is in the business of making discoveries, and whatever we can do to help her make those discoveries is fruitful. But the writer must surprise herself.”
— Poet Jayne Benjulian
Bits & Bytes: John McWhorter at Simon’s Rock; ‘Be River Smart;’ Lenox Peep Show; Monologue Night at Fuel; Arbor Day art contest
In honor of Arbor Day on Friday, April 28, the Great Barrington Tree Committee and Ward’s Nursery have announced the Arbor Day tree art contest.
Bits & Bytes: Jayne Benjulian monologue workshop; new teachers at Steiner school; Neumann at the Millbrook Library; ‘Share Our Wisdom/Harvest Our Lives;’ preparing for Aug. 21 eclipse
Benjulian was director of new play development at Magic Theatre in San Francisco and chief speechwriter at Apple. She is the author of the new poetry collection “Five Sextillion Atoms.”
The Berkshires gear up for Women’s March on Washington and local solidarity events
In Berkshire County, we have a free indoor sister event in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington at the Colonial Theatre on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event was organized by a local steering committee that includes Kristen van Ginhoven of Lenox-based WAM Theatre, which focuses on work by female theater artists and stories for women and girls, and volunteers Jayne Benjulian, Lynn Festa and Mary Lincoln.
Bits & Bytes: Women’s March on Washington solidarity event; James B. Conroy at Stockbridge Library; Coffee Hour Speaking Series; BCC spring workshops
Thanks to a collaboration with the Women’s March on Washington-national team and the Women’s March on Washington-Massachusetts Chapter, rally coverage from Washington will be live-streamed throughout the event at the Colonial.
Bits & Bytes: Hevreh Ensemble at Simon’s Rock; Ace Frehley at the Colonial; GBFD open house; Julia Ain-Krupa at the Bookstore; geology hike at Olana; poets’ reading at Lee Library
The Great Barrington Fire Department’s open house will include a rope rescue demonstration and a fully simulated extrication of a patient from a motor vehicle using the Jaws of Life.