Arts The Big Tuna Press Comes to Torrington for the Five Points Arts Print Festival A legendary traveling woodcut press, an international juried exhibition, and demonstrations across six printmaking disciplines make for a free two-day festival By Jamie Larson •
Arts The Nields Play a Back Porch Concert and Cookout at Hancock Shaker Village The western Massachusetts folk-rock sisters bring 35 years of sibling harmonies to a summer evening on the village grounds. By Jamie Larson •
Community Mexican Consulate on Wheels Rolls back into Poughkeepsie The Consulate General of Mexico brings its mobile consular services to the Mid-Hudson Library System auditorium. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Tab Benoit Brings "Soul of the Swamp" Tour to the Mahaiwe The Cajun bluesman who stopped recording for 13 years to fight for Louisiana's wetlands is back—with a guitar, a cord, and an amp. By Jamie Larson •
Community 10 Local Independent Bookstores With Stories Worth Knowing From Lakeville to Kinderhook, here are 10 of our favorite Indies, packed with books and personality too. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Emanuel Ax Plays Mozart and Mahler with the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood A concert pairing two composers at their most intimate—with Erin Morley as soprano in Mahler's child-like, unsettling Fourth. By Jamie Larson •
Arts "Bada Swing!": Two Aging Lounge Lizards at the Stissing Center "Bada Swing!" brings its New York Comedy Festival-tested musical comedy to Pine Plains for a night of nostalgia, ego, and slow unraveling. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Lenox Summer Art Festival Returns to Lilac Park 50-plus juried artists and artisans take over downtown Lenox for a free weekend of original work, live music, and food. By Jamie Larson •
Community Sherman Artists Association Raises Funds for a Permanent Home A summer evening at White Silo Farm and Winery kicks off the campaign for a Sherman Art Center. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Navajo Weaving Meets Computer Chip design at Bard The first full survey of Marilou Schultz traces the unexpected territory between Diné weaving tradition and computer chip design, now on view at CCS Bard's Hessel Museum. By Jamie Larson •
Location: West Stockbridge, MA "The Van Gogh Shogh" Makes Its Berkshire Premiere at The Foundry Donna Oblongata's award-winning solo clown show uses Van Gogh's life and legacy to ask what art is worth, and why we keep making it. By Jamie Larson •
Food A Local Guide to the World's Best Farmers’ Markets There is an argument to be made—and I’m not afraid to say it—that the RI region farms some of the best food in the world. Here's where to get it at its freshest. By Jamie Larson •
