Arts "The Urmetazoan," a Play About Two Sisters and a Move to Mars Premieres at Barrington Stage Alex Rugman's drama stages its North American premiere in Pittsfield. By Jamie Larson •
Real Estate The Papachristou House: A Famed Architect's Own Home, on 70 Acres in Sheffield Tician Papachristou designed this three-level modernist compound for his family in 1998. Breuer's own desk lived here until it was donated to Syracuse University. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Skye Consort and Emma Björling Bring Swedish Songs, Irish Reels, and Canadian Dance Tunes to the Stissing Center A Canadian chamber-folk ensemble and a Swedish singer, who formed a band after a storm grounded her flight, play four-part harmonies on fiddle, nyckelharpa, cello, and bouzouki. By Jamie Larson •
Arts "Women Inspiring Women" Opens at Childs + Clark Gallery A two-painter show dedicated to women who inspire, with glass and porcelain from six more artists. By Jamie Larson •
Community Hawthorne Valley's Harvest Festival Adds a Creature Parade and a New Biodiversity Trail Walk The free, 25-year-old farm festival keeps its marionettes, cider pressing, and pie contest, and this year highlights the farm's wild residents By Jamie Larson •
Food Hawthorne Valley Farm Buys Otto's Market, Reopens Next Monday The Ghent-based Biodynamic farm and Waldorf school is taking on stewardship of the Main Street market ahead of its 2027 centennial, the third ownership change for the space in less than two decades. By Jamie Larson •
Arts FilmColumbia 2026: 10 Must-See Films in Chatham Awards contenders, discoveries, and cinematic curveballs. By Brian K. Mahoney •
Arts Lena Dunham Discusses "Famesick" With Robert Becker in Cornwall The Cornwall resident, whose memoir topped the New York Times bestseller list this spring, sits down with the writer and former Interview editor at the United Church of Christ By Jamie Larson •
Arts Kiki Smith's "Visiting" Opens at Shaker Museum's Outpost in Chatham The Hudson Valley artist's show, the third at Shaker Museum's downtown pop-up, runs through December 20 alongside Maira Kalman's General Store. By Jamie Larson •
Michaela Carpenter. Photo by Rachel Bock. Style She's Reimagining the Rhinecliff Hotel With Art, Style, and Historic Care, One Room at a Time The business’s new owner Michaela Carpenter is commissioning original work from regional artists for every room, then designing around it—and building a communal gathering space downstairs meant to turn the historic hotel into a home base for local makers. By Jamie Larson •
Food Actor Luca Calvani Talks New Vegetarian Tuscan Cookbook at Talbott & Arding Calvani, who runs a Tuscan guesthouse with his husband, joins olive oil importer Walter Pogliani for a conversation, an Italian wine reception, and three dishes from "A Tuscan Table" By Jamie Larson •
Arts Harry Belafonte Biographer Screens 1959 Hudson NY Noir "Odds Against Tomorrow," Saturday in Chatham Biographer Joshua Jelly-Schapiro introduces the 1959 heist film and signs "Daylight Come," his new book on Belafonte. By Jamie Larson •
