Arts Mike Lebovitz Brings "Slightly Terrifying" Comedy to the Indigo Room A Chicago-trained standup with roots in six-year-old clowning classes headlines Mahaiwe's late-summer comedy night. By Jamie Larson •
Style Mother-Daughter Designers Launch Interiors Pop-Up in Stockbridge Pryor & Peacock reupholster antique furniture in fabric printed from 17th-century illustrations—and argues that furniture has gotten unforgivably boring. By Jamie Larson •
Food Acclaimed West Coast Chef's Chef Walker Stern Cooks One-Night-Only at Nines in Germantown A former Battersby, Dover, and Le Rock chef, now based in San Francisco, comes east for a single meal built around a whole lamb, guinea hens, and a 20-year friendship. By Jamie Larson •
Real Estate A Renovated 1800 Eyebrow Colonial With a Barn and Pond, on 15 Acres in Canaan Original exterior, updated kitchen and baths, a two-story barn with workshop, and wetlands you can explore by canoe—10 minutes from the Berkshires. By Jamie Larson •
Community Writing in Focus: Tig Notaro Opens First Rough Notes Festival in Kinderhook August 28 Presented by Kinderhook Books, the three-day event treats stand-up, songwriting, and screenwriting as seriously as it treats novels—with a kids' newsroom built entirely on typewriters. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Bring Your Boombox: Phil Kline's "Force of Nature" Takes Over Chatham Park A living sound sculpture where the audience is the orchestra, from the composer behind "Unsilent Night," on Crellin Park Day. By Jamie Larson •
Community A Night at the Mahaiwe: Inside the 2026 Gala Honoring Margaret Deutsch Grammy-winning countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo took the stage as the Great Barrington theater honored former board chair Margaret Deutsch's years of leadership. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Four Nights with Laurie Anderson: A Career That Refuses to Sit Still at Tanglewood Amelia Earhart, Lou Reed's guitars, and a new work about the Declaration of Independence—the artist's first-ever Tanglewood appearance spans an opera, a conversation with Peter Sellars, a drone piece, and a night of storytelling By Jamie Larson •
Community Community Day at Jacob's Pillow: A Free Friday of Dance, Classes, and Local Talent Movement classes, kids' activities, and a Berkshire-region performance on the Henry J. Leir Stage cap the 94th season's outreach programming. By Jamie Larson •
Community "Inundated": American Mural Project Marks 70 Years Since Connecticut's Deadliest Flood A documentary screening and talk with historian Hamish Lutris opens History After Hours, alongside a month-long exhibit of photographs and artifacts from six local historical societies. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Mean Girls-Meets-Agatha Christie Mystery: "Dead Girl's Quinceañera" Opens at Barrington Stage The world premiere of Phanésia Pharel's dark comedy, co-produced with Goodman Theatre and Hartford Stage. By Jamie Larson •
Arts MacArthur Genius of Cabaret, Justin Vivian Bond at Spiegeltent "Heated Revelry" pairs songs from the Heated Rivalry soundtrack with Broadway, punk cabaret, and the Vienna Staatsoper. By Jamie Larson •
