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The Other Side: When the protectors won't protect:
07/13/2025

The Other Side: When the protectors won't protect:

If I have sounded like a broken record these past months, it is because these developments in American public health are as important as they are horrifying.

Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob's Pillow rises from the ashes:
07/13/2025

Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob's Pillow rises from the ashes:

The first official week of the season for the new, reimagined Duke Theatre begins next Wednesday, July 16, with performances by Andrew Schneider, and both this summer and the future look very bright indeed for this jewel of a theater.

"All Shook Up" playing at The Goodspeed:
07/13/2025

"All Shook Up" playing at The Goodspeed:

Though not a big fan of Presley, this barrage of hit tunes makes the examination and transformation of Shakespeare’s original play into a grand, entertaining evening. I confess I was glad to see it.

Review: "A Bronx Tale" at the Mac-Haydn:
07/13/2025

Review: "A Bronx Tale" at the Mac-Haydn:

The Mac has scored again, and the show is definitely worth your time and money.

I Witness:
07/12/2025

I Witness:

Here is exactly what the Democratic Party has done, writ large—or perhaps writ small—to oppose the Trump presidency and the Trump agenda: nothing.

Then & Now: Great Barrington Savings Bank
07/12/2025

Then & Now: Great Barrington Savings Bank

Great Barrington Savings Bank merged with Berkshire County Savings Bank in the 1990s to become Berkshire Bank.

Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall opens in Lenox to a hero’s welcome.
07/11/2025

Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall opens in Lenox to a hero’s welcome.

Weekend visitors to this traveling tribute were encouraged to honor our nation’s fallen soldiers.

A dog from the Berkshire Humane Society inspires art show in New York City gallery.
07/11/2025

A dog from the Berkshire Humane Society inspires art show in New York City gallery.

You often find yourself alone in gallery spaces. Often, just as used bookstores have cats, galleries have dogs, Supa said.

REVIEW: Opening nights for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra — two orchestras, thr...
07/11/2025

REVIEW: Opening nights for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra — two orchestras, three conductors.

Along comes the piano phenom of our age, Daniil Trifonov, in a performance that could also be described as overly dramatic except that it was rendered so powerfully and with so much rhetorical conviction and perfect ex*****on, to such a rousing reception, that it is hard to argue with it.

A mother, an Oscar-winning movie, and a legacy: Filming begins on ‘You Haunt Me’ starring Tony-winning actress Maryann P...
07/11/2025

A mother, an Oscar-winning movie, and a legacy: Filming begins on ‘You Haunt Me’ starring Tony-winning actress Maryann Plunkett.

“We are filming at the house in Great Barrington where [my mother] lived and died," Joe Symons said of the short film. "It will be a hard experience for me. But it will also be very healing. It will be a final send-off for her, making peace with both her life and death."

Welcome to Real Estate Friday: Latest transactions recorded in the Berkshires; property of the week; gardening articles;...
07/11/2025

Welcome to Real Estate Friday: Latest transactions recorded in the Berkshires; property of the week; gardening articles; and more;

Karen Climo of William Pitt Sotheby's International Realty offers a newly constructed residence in a perfect location, designed for the ultimate in sophistication and convenience. See how architect Pamela Sandler transformed a lake house on the shores of Lake Onota. A report on real estate sales in....

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