Reviewer Joan Embree calls Owen Lewis’s “Field Light” “an exquisitely rendered portrait of the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts” in poetry and prose.
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Bits & Bytes: Annual Monument Mountain hike; Community feast in Housatonic; StoryCorps at the Mahaiwe; New Lebanon animal-centered group
Berkshire community members are invited to record their own conversations with a family member, friend, or colleague. A trained team of StoryCorps facilitators will be in Great Barrington to formally record up to 18 stories.
Monument Mountain preserve, trails extended to village of Housatonic
“Open space is the industry. It promotes wellness, provides community, and lends itself to a happy, healthy society.”
— Ethan Culleton, who sold 45 acres on the western slope of Monument Mountain, including Flag Rock, to the Trustees of Rserversations.
Connections: How the Berkshires became a cultural center
Author’s Note about ‘Connections’: Love it or hate it, history is a map. Those who hate history think it irrelevant; many who love history treat it as escapism. In truth, history is the clearest road map to how we got here: America 2014. Far removed and sparsely populated, the Berkshires has a disproportionate number of artists