Italians are fascinated by Trump. Tuscany is very liberal, but even my more conservative friends here and in Sicily and Milan cannot understand why he continually changes his policies on a daily basis.
"This is a creative community that thrives with the inspiration and energy of hundreds of concerts, performances and exhibits throughout the year, as well as the educational and thought-provoking programs created through the CPB. All would be jeopardized if the nation no longer celebrated or supported the arts as integral to our democracy.”
--- Beryl Jolly, executive director of the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington
The author of “Cell Block Visions: Prison Art in America,” Phyllis Kornfeld has explored the creative process with incarcerated men and women for more than 30 years.
Mr. Myers, a professor of music, electronic arts, and cultural studies at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, based his piece on nine paintings by Norman Rockwell, including the iconic “Four Freedoms.”
The Mount has announced the recipients of the 2017 Edith Wharton Writers-in-Residence: Christene Barberich, global editor-in-chief and co-founder of the lifestyle media company Refinery29; author and screenwriter Donna M. Lucey; and award-winning novelist Vanessa Manko.
President Roosevelt had to deal with plenty of dissent and resistance in his day. Nevertheless, the values he articulated in his 1941 speech have, until very recently, been recognized as fundamental American values, and there’s never been a more appropriate time to affirm them.
The historic property of Montgomery Place in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, part of Bard College since 2016, encompasses over 300 acres and features notable architecture, richly furnished interiors, exceptional vistas, orchards, woodland trails and gardens.
Maplefest attendees will be able to visit a working sugar house, observe the finishing and bottling of the final product, try their hands at tapping a tree and gathering sap, and taste homemade syrup on pancakes and “sugar on snow.”
James Hansen, a former director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, has more recently focused his research on Earth’s climate, especially human-caused climate change.
“We have all been complicit in the creation of the ‘refugee.’ Just remember the hand we had in the production of that problem, and to even think of another human being in need as a problem.”
-- Asma Abbas, professor of politics and philosophy at Bard College at Simons Rock, Great Barrington
Teams consisting of a Red Cross volunteer and firefighter and will visit pre-registered Great Barrington homes to install smoke and carbon monoxide alarms as well as to educate the homeowners on fire safety and personal preparedness.
Mrs. Andrews worked at the Stockbridge Pharmacy for 27 years prior to her retirement in 1984. Florence was an active member of St. Paul’s Parish, serving on its vestry and alter guild.
In response to a study of Norman Rockwell’s ‘Golden Rule,’ on exhibit at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Maegan Warner’s third grade class at Muddy Brook Elementary School wrote a poem, and marched a print of the illustration through the school.
The Standing Rock benefit will include speakers Jeremy Stanton, who recently fed Thanksgiving dinner to more than 2,000 people at Standing Rock, and spiritual peace activist and filmmaker Fidel Moreno, who is just returning from his second visit to the reservation.
