Berkshire WordFest coming to The Mount
LENOX – This weekend, writers and poets will use The Mount as a sounding board. The second Berkshire WordFest kicks off on Friday at 5 p.m. with “Literary Laughs,” a…
MCLA Presents! starts new season
NORTH ADAMS – The Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) has announced the 2012-13 schedule for its annual performance series. “MCLA Presents!” kicks off this Saturday at 3 p.m. at…
Lawless comes up with less
Lawless has a lot of good things going for it, including many elements I generally like, but I wasn’t really able to get into it. The film was adapted from…
Locals on stage in Pittsfield
PITTSFIELD – This weekend, 219 performers of all ages from The Berkshires will hit the stage at The Colonial Theatre. The performers make up the cast of writer Lionel Bart’s…
Quilt designer turns hobby into business
PITTSFIELD – By day, Karen Pratt works full-time as a software engineer for General Dynamics. For the past 10 years, she has spent much of her spare time working on…
Marionettes end summer season
STOCKBRIDGE – The Robbins-Zust Family Marionettes last week performed Jack and the Beanstalk, the last show of their summer season, at St. Paul’s Church. The well-known family has been entertaining…
Jubilant end to Tanglewood’s 75th season
LENOX – Michael Feinstein’s “Great American Songbook” brought his two favorite women, Betty Buckley and Christine Ebersole, along with guest conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Thomas Wilkins, onstage for…
Artist Eileen Riello loses self in canvas
PITTSFIELD – More than a dozen birthday cards line the mantel in the home of Eileen Riello, an artist who has been doing her craft since the early 1980s. She…
Satchmo premieres at Shakespeare & Co.
LENOX – When playing an internationally-recognized figure, the line between caricature and fully embodying the character can be fairly thin. In Satchmo at the Waldorf, award-winning actor John Douglas Thompson…
Lenox Children’s Center holds craft fair
LENOX – Lilac Park (on Main Street in town) drew the curious, the tourists, the natives and craft-loving crowds on Sunday during the 23rd annual Lenox Children’s Center Crafts Fair.…