All Entries Tagged With: "Massachusetts"
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 [...]
Ozawa Hall Concerts, Tanglewood 2011
Ozawa Hall Concerts Tanglewood, Lenox, MA www.bso.org July & August, 2011 by Michael J. Moran The largest audiences at Tanglewood attend the weekend programs by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the Koussevitzsky Music Shed. But comparable pleasures await listeners who attend the many smaller-scale concerts presented, usually on weeknights, in the more intimate setting [...]
The Buttonwood Zoo, South of Boston
The Buttonwood Zoo bpzoo.org 425 Hawthorn Street New Bedford, MA Yes, there’s Boston,but there’s also South of Boston. South of Boston has the small town feel to it, and is host to some wonderful things to do. One of our favorites is Battleship Cove (featured under Massachusetts), the largest battleship museum in the country. [...]
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 [...]
Chappaquiddick
Chappaquiddick Island: Many of us may never have heard about Chappaquiddick if it wasn’t for an accident in July 1969 involving Senator Ted Kennedy. However despite this incident, Chappaquiddick has a lot to offer to its visitors. It is an island that is separated from Martha’s Vineyard by a small channel which makes it accessible [...]
South Brace Mountain/Rattlesnakes in NY
We got a bit of a late start for our Brace Mountain hike. We were at the trail head at about noon and there was a threat of afternoon thunderstorms. I was running a little blind on this hike as my wife had picked it out, so I wasn’t sure what to expect other than [...]
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 [...]
Monument Mountain
by Kurt reader submitted We weren’t sure what to expect when we decided to hike Monument Mountain. We were looking for a place that would offer both a fairly easy hike as well as a more challenging one. The trail head which is on the right side of route 7 coming from Stockbridge, offered just [...]
Bash Bish Falls
Bash Bish Falls Reader Submitted by Kurt This is a good hike for families and people of all ages. We saw young children as well as a woman who looked to be in her 60′s. The path is wide the grade is usually gradual and a round trip hike is only about 1 1\2 miles. [...]
Scenes From Battleship Cove
http://www.battleshipcove.org Battleship Cove is one of the largest naval museums in the United States. Located about an house south of Boston, the cove is home to the gigantic USS Massachusetts, along with the submarine Lionfish, the Kennedy, PT Boats, landing craft, and more. And the best part–you’re allowed to go everywhere, from inside the gun [...]
The Lionfish at Battleship Cove
http://www.battleshipcove.org/ss298-history.htm I’m not going to get into the history of the Lionfish, an incredibly cool submarine docked at Battleship Cove. Just check out the pics and click on the link. Way cool!
Christmas at the Berkshire Museum
Berkshire Children’s Museum Pittsfield, MA Every year, from November through Christmas, the Berkshire Children’s Museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts has a Festival of Trees. We love this museum, and so do children. It has a comfortable atmosphere, a very warm welcoming. And when bathed in the light of hundreds of trees, Christmas is everywhere. The festival [...]
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 [...]
The Boston Aquarium
The Boston Aquarium The Boston Aquarium is one of the most incredible aquariums we’ve ever been to. It sits on the Boston Harbor, with a full view of the wonderful Boston Skyline. And it is within walking distance to so much: Quincy market, Boston Children’s Museum, Little Italy, and great harbor cruises. In the Summer, [...]
October in Salem!
Saturday, October 9, 2010 09:30am – 10:30am Jim McAllister’s “Salem Secrets and Treasures” Walking Tour For the first time since he started Derby Square Tours in 1983, Jim is offering regularly scheduled public walking tours during the tourist season. Jim’s one-hour “Tour du Jour” will meet outside the Salem Visitor Center on Friday, Saturday, Sunday [...]
Salem, MA
SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS By Arlene DeAngelus October, Halloween and Salem, MA are synonymous. This is the time when the streets of Salem open up to vendors, costumes, music and fun. The most popular costume seen on the streets is that of a witch and a vast array of large pointed witch hats. The witch phenomena traces [...]
Oak Bluffs at Martha’s Vineyard
MARTHA’S VINEYARD THE GINGERBREAD COTTAGES AT OAK BLUFFS By Arlene DeAngelus The Gingerbread Cottages at Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard are absolutely fascinating, but so is their origin and history. Oak Bluffs was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 and declared a National Historic Landmark in 2005. Today, it is a [...]
Southern New England Wine Trail
coastal wine trail of southern new England www.coastalwinetrail.com Greenvale Vineyards 582 Wapping Road Portsmouth, RI 02871 www.greenvale.com 401-847-3777 Located along the Sakonnet River, featuring 100% estate grown fruit and award winning wines. Owned by the same family since 1863. Sakonnet Vineyards 162 West Main Road Little Compton, RI 02837 401-635-8486 www.sakonnetwine.com Estate grown grapes featuring [...]
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 [...]
The Lizzy Borden Bed and Breakfast
http://www.lizzie-borden.com/ Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast 92 Second Street, Fall River, MA 02721. Lizzy Borden–we al know the words to that infamous rhyme! Let’s skip the graphic testimony and get right to the chase: Lizzy Borden lived in a small house but a mile or so from Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts (See related [...]
