Selina lamb of BIRCH Properties offers an elegantly expanded brick Federal in the heart of the Berkshires—an opportunity to own a masterfully designed estate that balances history, artistry, and nature. See how architect Pamela Sandler transformed a lake house on the shores of Lake Onota. A report on real estate sales in the first quarter of 2025. Plus, recent sales and gardening columns and a home-cooking recipe.
The Video Playground is an interactive installation that allows participants to create their own video magic by playing with time, scale, juxtaposition and shadow.
'We believe that our immigrant population is an essential and rich part of our Berkshire community...'
-- Berkshire Immigrant Center Executive Director Brooke Mead
Sandra Steingraber's 1997 book “Living Downstream: An Ecologist’s Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment” changed the way many people think about toxic chemicals and their connections to cancer.
Pittsfield's Tyler Street has been undergoing a yearlong planning process in which community input from investors, residents, property owners and businesses has resulted in a plan to make incremental street improvements.
“Lovers' Spat: Shakespeare's Famous Couples’ Encounters” will include scenes between Shakespearean characters Beatrice and Benedict, Oberon and Titania, Romeo and Juliet, Hermia and Lysander, Kate and Hotspur, Kate and Petruchio, Richard and Lady Anne and more.
Each year five writers across disciplines will be awarded residencies for the Mastheads program that will include a $900 stipend, housing, daily lunch and exclusive use of one of five studios located throughout Pittsfield.
The intent of the "Visual Poetry of Suburban Pittsfield" exhibit is to demonstrate the fact that one's neighborhood can be as suitable a subject matter for paintings as any of the more classic views of the Berkshires.
