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How well do we know, really know, our dearest beloved — wife, husband, lover, child? What happens when trust is eroded? How do we repair the damage? Those questions go to the heart of playwright Kate Snodgrass’ edgy, sly comedy, “The Art of Burning” which is being given a cannily staged, persuasively acted production at Hartford Stage.
Black Theatre Troupe of New York is producing 'Topdog/Underdog' at theREP’s Capital Repertory Theater.
It is admittedly difficult not to view art through the 24/7 international news cycle. But in our era of climate change, how else should art, particularly in or about the landscape, be understood? February brought torrential downpours to Rheingantz’s city of São Paulo, causing deadly flooding and landslides while Prendergast’s Venice experienced such drought that gondolas were banked, stuck and useless in waterless canals. Nothing suggests the party is over quite like a gondola on its side in the sand.
What does depression look like? Can it look like a 30-something woman from a a privileged past with a mortgage, a husband, a healthy child and a published novel? Berkshire-based writer Courtney Maum's memoir, "The Year of the Horses," newly available in paperback, answers that question with brutal honesty.
The bulk of “Queen of Basel” centers on the provocative give and take between Julie and John, who is torn between his loyalty to Christine on the one hand and the wine emboldened sexual tsunami that seemingly envelops the two.
"Chasing Icebergs: Art and the Disappearing Landscape" is on view through March 26 in the Sharp Family Gallery at Olana State Historic Site, Church's home and estate.
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Three Eagle reporters each set out with a goal in the first ever Berkshire County Thrift Crawl.
It is barely light outside, but as I move from window to window, I can see mountains of snow. Atop the platform bird feeders are giant cubes of snow, like marshmallows for pterodactyls.
Meredith Lynsey Schade, an award-winning non-profit and commercial theater executive, producer and consultant with over two decades of continuous success in the theater industry, joins Barrington Stage Company as its new managing director.
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Dropkick Murphys are bringing their acoustic tour to Mass MoCA in September as part of FreshGrass, the museum's annual three-day bluegrass and roots music festival.
Following a week-long residency, on March 25 prolific international composer Paola Prestini brings a work-in-progress preview of her new opera to the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Arts' Hunter Center for an excerpted performance and conversation with the creative team.
Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina,” an exhibition focusing on the works of 19th-century Black potters from Edgefield, S.C., in dialogue with responses from contemporary artists, on view at the Museum of Fine Arts through July 9.
The freewheeling play about a con man and his daughter will be given a free staged reading at Berkshire Theatre Group’s Unicorn Theatre in collaboration with New York’s Roundabout Theatre Company.
For Geno DiNicola, making maple syrup is a hobby, one that he’s passionately pursued for years. He only makes five gallons every season, but to get there he taps nine trees, six in his yard and three in a neighbor’s yard.
Amateur botanists can satisfy their Indiana Jones fantasies while doing some real good plant conservation by joining the Native Plant Trust’s Plant Conservation Volunteers.
Great Barrington Public Theater artistic director Jim Frangione is betting that less will be more in 2023. Three plays. Five actors.
Krysta Rodriguez, Alysha Umphress and Richard Kline will lead Barrington Stage's cast of "Cabaret."
The Olga Dunn Dance Company launches its 47th season 7:30 p.m. March 24, when the company joins Wanda Houston, Gina Coleman, Maryanne Palermo and more of The Colonial Theatre stage for "Song and Dance! A Live Music and Dance Celebration of Women in the Berkshires."
Memories of the start of the pandemic are quelled with a creamy, comforting bowl of beans alla vodka
This recipe for Beans Alla Vodka is comfort food at its finest. Spicy and creamy, this bowl will give you a warm hug when you need it.
Elizabeth Baer tried many interpretations of General Tso's Chicken — a Chinese American recipe most likely invented in 1970s New York City — before landing on a version that fit her family's liking and home kitchen.
Corned beef and cabbage can be enjoyed whenever you want and the same is true about corned beef hash. But, if you happen to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a meal of corned beef, cabbage and potatoes, making a corned beef hash over the course of the next day or two is a great way to get rid of the leftovers.
Fair or not, St. Patrick's Day has earned a reputation as an alcohol-forward holiday. That doesn't have to be the case. Here are a few non-alcoholic drink options to test out with friends and family on Friday.
In honor of National Pi Day (celebrated on March 14 since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three digits of the mathematical constant known as Pi or π) The Eagle hosted its second-annual pie contest.
With the Academy Awards around the corner, that means melding movies with mixology. A college friend of mine tweets her pun-driven Oscars party snacks each awards season, so why not take the trend to the liquor cabinet?
What does depression look like? Can it look like a 30-something woman from a a privileged past with a mortgage, a husband, a healthy child and a published novel? Berkshire-based writer Courtney Maum's memoir, "The Year of the Horses," newly available in paperback, answers that question with brutal honesty.
In the newly released “Revolutionary Roads: Searching For The War That Made America Independent … And All The Places It Could Have Gone Terribly Wrong,” Bob Thompson brings contemporary context to the war by visiting the sites where it happened.
Margery Metzger, author of "Hidden Demons: Evil Visits A Small New England Town," chronicles the fateful morning of Jan. 7, 1994, when Rebecca Savarese, who, just moments before Lewis Lent Jr. came up behind her, was making her daily trek up West Street toward Park Square, on her way to Notre Dame Middle School.
Taking time to focus on your emotional, mental and physical wellbeing isn't selfish, it's self care. Prioritizing that self care, if even for a few minutes a day can make the difference. And despite what the latest social media influencer is telling you, the path to your "healthiest self" doesn't come in a "one-size-fits-all package."
Celebrate Edith Wharton's birthday on Jan. 24 by joining The Mount's Book Club, or by picking up one of her 40 novels.
“This is an absolute, can’t-put-it-down thriller." Actor Reese Witherspoon, founder and curator of Reese's Book Club, has named Ana Reyes' "The House in the Pines," a new thriller set in Pittsfield, as her first book club selection of the year.
