Music beckons you as you begin your journey, following the red lights that draw you deeper into the woods.
As you follow the torch-lit path, you hear something strange. Are the trees whispering? What do trees have to talk about?
Perhaps it's best to move along the path, to the next beacon of illumination.
Enter the world of "NightWood," an outdoor sound and light experience that immerses visitors in a fantastical winter landscape, now in its third year at The Mount, Edith Wharton's home, in Lenox, a collaboration with designer Chris Bocchiaro of Clerestory Light.
New this year are three new encounters, "The Pool," "The Glass Garden," and "The Heart of the Forest." Bocchiaro also has expanded the experience with revised soundscapes.
If You Go
What: "Nightwood" at The Mount
When: Wednesdays through Sundays, through Jan. 1. Timed entry at every 15 minutes from 5 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Where: The Mount, 2 Plunkett St., Lenox
Cost: $22, adult; $10, kids 6-18; free for children age 5 and under.
Information: edithwharton.org
NightWood, now in its third year at The Mount, Edith Wharton's home in Lenox, has expanded to include three new "encounters."
"The Eternal Garden" is now the last stop on the tour through a refreshed "NightWood."
A view of "The Pond" and "The Conference of Trees" from "The Winter Garden."
The Pond is one of three new installations.
"The Pond" can be seen in the distance during a stop in "The Winter Garden."
The Mount's courtyard not only hosts an installation, but also is now home to "The Forecourt Cafe," where hot beverages and snacks are available.
The Mount's courtyard not only hosts an installation, but also is now home to "The Forecourt Cafe," where hot beverages and snacks are available.
Three archways are illuminated by light on the way out of "The Glass Garden." "NightWood" has been expanded, with a path that takes visitors around The Mount to a new installation.
A view of "The Lane."
The Mount is seen in the distance, illuminated in light, above "The Winter Garden."
Jennifer Huberdeau
Features Editor
Jennifer Huberdeau is The Eagle's features editor. Prior to The Eagle, she worked at The North Adams Transcript. She is a 2021 Rabkin Award Winner, 2020 New England First Amendment Institute Fellow and a 2010 BCBS Health Care Fellow.