"This is a community place, and that’s why we bought it, because we believe in community and we believe in providing that," said new co-owner of The Barn Heather Thompson. "We’re really, really excited.”
Although there will be celebrations all weekend long at the Race Brook, most events will be held Saturday, with storytelling, live music, memorabilia and the reuniting of all friends from the Berkshires' counterculture past.
"In some ways the Briarcliff is a great alternative to an Airbnb. It's a motel, but it's warm and welcoming. It's a hip, chic environment but not expensive."
-- Main Street Hospitality CEO Sarah Eustis
"Market forces increasingly favor big box stores and large online retailers who can offer less expensive product, free or low-cost shipping and a broader array of home goods for one-stop shopping."
--- Country Curtains Marketing Director Shane Wirta
"This is terrible, tragic news for you and our community. It really is the end of an era."
--- Nancy Fitzpatrick, board chairperson of Country Curtains, in a letter to employees
Raga is a central feature of the classical Indian music tradition, but has no direct translation to concepts in the classical European music tradition.
Cousins Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth were born eight months and 20 blocks apart in New York City and spent much of their childhoods together, but their politics and personalities were very distinct.
Bertha Madras, Ph.D., professor of psychobiology in the department of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School will speak about the myths vs. reality of marijuana at the Berkshire Community College forum.
"Remarkable Women of New England" also includes the story of Anna Dix Orton Bingham, the Widow Bingham who fought to become the first woman to have a tavern license in Berkshire County on the site of the present-day Red Lion Inn.
The Monument Mountain Regional High School concert at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center is part of the bands' celebration of national Music in Our Schools Month.
Bohemia of the Berkshires: The Down County Social Club at the Stagecoach Tavern is a sort gypsy-rustic-styled hybrid of speakeasy, salon, and cabaret that holds a variety of performance art, poetry readings and film screenings.
The Ramsdell Public Library at 1087 Main St. in Housatonic, Mass., will host a Star Wars movie marathon featuring the three original Star Wars films on Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. 30 and 31.
