Arts Art in the Berkshires Opens Gallery in Great Barrington Art in the Berkshires opens its first physical space in Great Barrington. By Jamie Larson •
Arts "André Is an Idiot" Screening with the Director in Chatham Director Tony Benna joins the Crandell this Saturday. The film project began when André Ricciardi, a San Francisco ad man was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer—because he didn't get a colonoscopy. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Last Chance: Dan Ladd's "The Birdhouses" Closes in Tivoli This Weekend This weekend, Tivoli gets a closing look at "The Birdhouses," a solo presentation of Ladd’s expressive assemblages, on view Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5pm at Available Items, at 64 Broadway. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Spring Break Family Days: “Art with a Job to Do” at NRM Saturday’s Spring Break Family Days at the Norman Rockwell Museum takes a look at the history of the artist's commercial work. By Jamie Larson •
Real Estate An 85-Acre Contemporary Compound on Bald Mountain, in Austerlitz Four buildings, a mountaintop, two ponds, and views of three mountain ranges — on one of Columbia County's more elevated sites. By Jamie Larson •
Arts David Sedaris Book Signing in Rhinebeck May 27 David Sedaris comes to Oblong Books for an already sold out reading and an open book signing in support of his new collection, The Land and Its People. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Wilco, Big Thief, Laurie Anderson: MASS MoCA 2026 Season Gets Loud in North Adams Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival returns for its 9th year. And a pep rally for two trees. By Jamie Larson •
Real Estate 1740 Greek Revival With Mid-Century Modern Addition, in Valatie Nearly three centuries of Columbia County history on eight acres, with a silo-inspired great room, a spring-fed pond, and views across six hundred acres of surrounding farmland. By Jamie Larson •
Community Mini Horses at the Firefighters Museum The FASNY Museum of Firefighting is bringing miniature horses to its Harry Howard Avenue campus on April 25 for Mighty Mini Horses, a free family event running from 10 am until noon. By Jamie Larson •
Photos by Medea Giordano for Chronogram. Books "Surrender" by Jennifer Acker: Familiar Berkshire Settings, Feelings, Characters, and Goats One city-dwelling friend told Acker the novel worked as "a prophylactic for anyone thinking about country life." By Jamie Larson •
Community The Troutbeck Symposium Turns Five Students spend the school year in archives, interviewing community members, and working with local historical societies, then come to Troutbeck to present films, artworks, and research to a live audience. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Songwriters Lawrence and Harley at Monterey Meeting House Will Lawrence, who has been the drummer for the Felice Brothers since 2016, and Noah B. Harley, who writes what he describes as heartfelt and slightly sinister songs out of a former chicken farm in Catskill perform. By Jamie Larson •
