Country all-star Tanya Tucker, blues legend Taj Mahal, bluegrass' past and present The Del McCoury Band, Bob Marley's grandson Skip Marley, the twang-filled Miko Marks, and Billy Keane of the Berkshires-based The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow have been added to the FreshGrass lineup.
Johnny Irion will debut three songs, "Abandoned Monsters," "Shine Like Butterflies" and "Meet Me at Ramen Park," written with Pittsfield Public Schools students at a Community Concert at Kellogg Park, 4 to 6 p.m., Thursday, May 19.
The Cantilena Chamber Choir is holding a benefit concert for Ukraine on May 21 and will donate a portion of the proceeds to International Rescue Committee to support victims of the war.
Jazz singer/songwriter Madeleine Peyroux's Careless Love Forever Tour stops at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on May 27.
As cultural venues step cautiously back into the pandemic-interrupted waters of live indoor performance, this month the Stationery Factory is powering full steam ahead with a full lineup of bands.
Hundreds of music enthusiasts on Sunday picked through crates and cardboard boxes of vinyl records at the first ever Central Berkshire Record Show.
Berkshire Botanical Garden is offering free admission form 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, May 1, as it kicks off its 88th outdoor season with its annual Roy Boutard Day, a community celebration honoring one of its influential past directors.
Berkshirecat Record store owner Andrew Garcia is organizing Berkshire County's first and largest vinyl record show.
Once Upon a Table in Stockbridge continues serving "New England comfort food" with some special pop-ups like Caribbean Night, Italian Night and Asian Night.
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'Hunt Country' featuring the works of Hunt Slonem is on view in the Berkshire Botanical Garden's Leonhardt Galleries through June 5.
The Cantilena Chamber Choir is holding a benefit concert for Ukraine on May 21 and will donate a portion of the proceeds to International Rescue Committee to support victims of the war.
Jazz singer/songwriter Madeleine Peyroux's Careless Love Forever Tour stops at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on May 27.
'Hunt Country' is on view in the Berkshire Botanical Garden's Leonhardt Galleries through June 5.
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Although the most traditional combination would be strawberry-rhubarb, feel free to mix different combinations of fruits for this cobbler.
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Home and Garden
Weeds in gardens are competitors, vying for light, nutrients, and space with the desirable plants. As such, the weeds must be removed.
This week's NatureWatch is all about the birds! Thom Smith answers questions about woodpeckers, the best foods to attract Baltimore orioles and why we're probably not recognizing the indigo bunting at our feeders.
For those who may be self-conscious about being perceived as being neglectful or lazy due to a lack of lawn maintenance, No Mow does not mean No Mow Forever.
Invasive garlic mustard, turtle crossing season and humming bird sightings are all topics of this week's NatureWatch.
A Sheffield arborist will be in the national spotlight in an upcoming episode of the CBS series "Mission Unstoppable."'
There are many ways for gardeners to make compost. You could spend money on elaborate compost tumblers and bins. However, there are far less expensive ways to create this valuable organic material.
NatureWatch's Thom Smith answers questions about woodpeckers, black vultures and rose-breasted grosbeaks and suggests that local bird lovers join the Hoffman Bird Club.
“Broad spectrum” insecticides that killed indiscriminately promoted the general attitude that a garden devoid of insects was best. Thomas Christopher interviews an author who is working hard to change attitudes toward insects.
Thom Smith answers readers' questions about mourning dove sounds, when bird feeders can be put out again and where bats go during the colder months.
If you have a patio, a doorstep, or just a windowsill, you can have a vegetable garden. The solution is to grow vegetables in containers. All that is needed to get a garden underway are some containers, soil and seeds or transplants.
Garden columnist Ron Kujawski explains how to keep your forsythia shrub flowering and vibrant.
This week, NatureWatch columnist Thom Smith answers questions about chipping sparrows, the connections between shadbush blooms and shad fish, and gives advice on how to attract butterflies to your yard.
