Community A New Foundation: Habitat for Humanity is Building Something Big Outside Hudson Saturday, May 2, CGHFH is throwing the doors open with "Building on Our Foundation," a community event running from 11am to 2pm at its new headquarters. By Jamie Larson •
Community May Day at Berkshire Waldorf School in Great Barrington May 1 Berkshire Waldorf School opens its campus to the community on May 1 for its annual May Day celebration. By Jamie Larson •
Arts PS21 Summer 2026 Season Preview: Groundtone, Premieres, and Global Voices With 10 premieres, returning festivals, and artists from around the world, PS21’s 2026 season turns its Chatham campus into a living laboratory for contemporary performance. By Brian K. Mahoney •
Arts “ROWDIES IN LOVE,” Queer Bharatanatyam at Jacob’s Pillow InDANCE bring the evening-length work "ROWDIES IN LOVE" to the Duke for four performances May 1 through 3. By Jamie Larson •
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 •
Food Chef Efren Hernandez Opens Pez, a Coastal Mexican Seafood Restaurant in Hudson After establishing Casa Susanna as one of the Hudson Valley’s most distinctive kitchens, Chef Efren Hernandez turns to mariscos at Pez, opening May 14 in Hudson. By Brian K. Mahoney •
Books Francine Prose on “Five Weeks in the Country” and Dickens’s Domestic Drama In “Five Weeks in the Country,” Francine Prose reimagines Charles Dickens’s unraveling household during Hans Christian Andersen’s infamous visit—exploring literary genius, family strain, and the uneasy alchemy between life and art. By Brian K. Mahoney
