Thursday, February 6, 2025

News and Ideas Worth Sharing

HomeTagsOrleton Farm

Tag: Orleton Farm

THE LAZY BERKSHIRE GARDENER: Week of February 6, 2025

Take photos and review what you do from year to year to learn more about your landscape. That record will make it easier to make pruning, planting, and pest-prevention decisions in the future.

Daniel’s Art Party at Simon’s Rock: Love letter to Rikke Borge, star of ‘Smasharoo’ and ‘Bedtime Stories’

It only took a few minutes of bubbly and hilarious conversation, and a listen to Rikke Borge's great singing voice, to know we’d found our irreverent “Mama” in “Orange Star Smasharoo.”

Bits & Bytes: Rogovoy Salon at Club Helsinki Hudson; community day at Jacob’s Pillow; pleasure driving show; Teresa Broadwell Sextet

Jacob's Pillow's community day will include free, family friendly events such as performances by Berkshire area companies and studios, dance classes in varying styles, children’s activities, historic tours and more.

Bits & Bytes: Finn Wittrock in ‘Hamlet;’ Pittsfield CityJazz Festival; Berkshire Coaching Weekend; Plein Air event at Olana; college fair at BCC; rain garden...

Most recently Finn Wittrock, who grew up in Shakespeare & Company, was seen in the Oscar-nominated film “The Big Short” opposite Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale and Steve Carell.

Berkshires mourn a death, wondering how it could happen

A police officer is still a man, a woman, a person; one capable of error, of fun, of love, of joy, and also susceptible to heartbreak just as Ryan Storti’s brothers at the Great Barrington Police Department are now.

Finally, there’s snow for the sleigh rally at Orleton Farm

It is always a thrill to break out your sleigh. An authentic Currier and Ives moment if ever there was one.

Bits and Bytes: Gilded Age in coaches; Waldorf changes its name

One could count on the Astors, Vanderbilts, Fields, Morgans, Carnegies and Westinghouses to strut their stuff near their opulent “cottages,” giving the Berkshires a reputation as the "Inland Newport.”
spot_img

The Edge Is Free To Read.

But Not To Produce.