All Entries Tagged With: "Berkshires"
Museum Exhibit Marks Tornado Anniversary
Museum Exhibit Marks Tornado Anniversary SPRINGFIELD – Storm Stories: Path of Fury, a multi-media exhibition that looks back at the June 1, 2011 tornado, will be on view from June 1 through October 28 at the Lyman & Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History at the Quadrangle in Springfield. Admission to the history museum will [...]
Summer Line Up for Berkshire Theatre Group
May 2012 Greater Tuna May 05–06 At The Unicorn Theatre, Stockbridge,prices and times tbd Dark Star Orchestra May22 at 7:30pm At The Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield, Tickets • A: $35B: $25 June 2012 Raekwon June 13 at 7:30pm At The Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield, Tickets• A: $55 B: $35 C: $20 (limited balcony) The Chinese Golden Dragon [...]
thru 3/4-review-Forever Kings
Forever Kings CityStage, Springfield, MA www.citystage.symphonyhall.com through March 4, 2012 by Eric Sutter What a lucky day to view not one but two tributes to popular music with the bravado of Matt Lewis in tribute to Elvis Presley and the soul of Edward Moss with tribute to Michael Jackson. Phenomenal dancers superbly complimented both performers. [...]
1/21-6/17- Audubon and the World of Flight! Berkshire Museum
Taking Flight: Audubon and the World of Birds January 21 – June 17, 2012 http://berkshiremuseum.org Berkshire Museum’s exhibition Taking Flight: Audubon and the World of Birds centers on John James Audubon and his passion for birds, which drove him to create The Birds of America, a revolutionary work of science and art. More than thirty [...]
Christmas in Stockbridge!
Christmas in Stockbridge Stockbridge, Massachusetts reader submitted stockbridgechamber.org If you are looking for a chance to go back in time with the family in order to create a wonderful Christmas memory, then Stockbridge, Mass is for you. We took the kiddies (ages 9 and 13) to the final event of their Holiday weekend. The streets [...]
Shrine of the Divine Mercy
Shrine of the Divine Mercy http://www.marian.org/shrine/ The Shrine of the Divine Mercy is an absolutely tranquil and stunning place located in Stockbridge. This is a Holy place, but it is also a place where people from all religions can come, if for an hour, or two, or more, for peace, tranquilitiy and spiritualism. The grounds [...]
THE ASHUWILLTICOOK RAIL TRAIL
THE ASHUWILLTICOOK RAIL TRAIL Yes, the name of this trail is certainly a tongue-twister, but it’s worth the hour trip from Albany to walk, run, bike or blade along this 11-mile rail trail. The rail trail starts right outside Pittsfield, MA near the Berkshire Mall and continues to Adams. Along the way, the scenery is [...]
The Berkshires!
How I spent my Summer in 2010…And It’s Going to Be a Really Good Habit! Shera Cohen In the Spotlight www.inthespotlightinc.org Several towns and a couple of cities are The Berkshires. It’s a space of beauty, culture, diversity, and tourist (like me). National Geographic Society has ranked The Berkshires as a top ten worldwide destination. [...]
The Edith Wharton House- The Mount
Inside the estate of America’s most famous early American female author. http://www.edithwharton.org/ 2 Plunkett Street • Lenox, Massachusetts 01240-0974 General Info call 413-551-5111 | Open May through October 31st Edith Wharton (1862-1937) was a pioneer in early American woman’s authorship. She was the first woman to win the fiction Pulitzer Prize, the first to win [...]
The Berkshire Museum
Berkshire Children’s Museum www.berkshiremuseum.org The Berkshire Children’s Museum is a great little museum that sits about 10 minutes north of Lenox, Massachusetts, Exit 2 off of the Mass Turnpike. The main attraction isn’t featured here: They have a huge–yes, huge–room filled with sculptures and rare art work that couldn’t really be photographed. Also, every year [...]
Mountain Greylock State Reservation
Mountain Greylock State Reservation Jennifer Mayne You might think, like many other people, that the Berkshires are only a vacation spot for the elite.Unless you’re going to Canyon Ranch Resort to rub elbows with the likes of Paul Newman, or to see the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood, why make the drive out to western [...]
