Arts Puppet Slam in Pine Plains The Stissing Center hosts the Hudson Valley Puppet Slam on April 25, bringing together eight local puppeteers for an evening of short works. By Jamie Larson •
Wood Thrush. Photo: Lisette Tsi/Audubon Photography Awards Community Birding for Beginners with CT Audubon The Sharon Audubon Center is offering a Birding for Beginners course on April 25, combining a learning session with an outdoor walk on the property. By Jamie Larson
Arts OtherWords Series Brings Acclaimed Poets to Great Barrington The OtherWords reading series at the Mason Library presents a reading from poets Kate Colby and Ann Lauterbach on April 25 from 4 to 6pm. By Jamie Larson •
Arts New State Poet Laureate brings "Massachusetts: A Song of Itself " to Stockbridge Regie Gibson's performance uses poetry, music, and storytelling to move through the history of the Commonwealth, giving voice to the range of people and struggles that shaped it. By Jamie Larson •
Arts from Russian Ghettos to 1930's Hollywood: "Beyond the Pale" Exhibition at TSL Hudson Painter Jenny Snider's homage to the life and art of filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein. By Jamie Larson •
Community Inaugural Berkshire Book Con in Pittsfield The Berkshire Athenaeum is launching its first-ever Berkshire Book Con on April 18 By Jamie Larson •
Arts Cutting-Edge and Timeless: Jacob’s Pillow Reveals Dance Festival Schedule A centennial, a 70-year homecoming, a final show, and more. The Pillow’s 94th summer season is worth planning your summer around. By Jamie Larson •
Food Chatham's Trinity Mouzon Wofford on Cooking as a Wellness Practice Chatham resident Trinity Mouzon Wofford discusses her new book “Eating at Home” and why cooking can be less chore, more ritual. By Brian K. Mahoney •
Real Estate Custom Ranch With Pool, Lake Access, and Indoor Hot Tub in Salisbury A distinctive 1950 house tucked into three wooded acres off the western shore of Lake Washinee. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Ancram Center’s 2026 Season Opens with Heather Christian and Taylor Mac Collaboration With new works by Heather Christian and Taylor Mac, Sarah Ruhl, and Caryl Churchill, Ancram Center’s 2026 season leans into big questions—grief, love, identity, and the search for empathy in fractured times. By Jamie Larson •
Real Estate A Cube in the Corner of the Sky in Canaan A spare, well-considered house on Mercer Mountain, where the windows face west and the views go on for miles. By Jamie Larson
Arts Ancient Flutes on an Eight-Channel Sound System at Basilica Hudson Basilica Hudson hosts "The Days Pass Quickly Immersed in the Shadow of Eternity," a new composition by experimental musician Lea Bertucci performed with early music flutist Norbert Rodenkirchen, with an opening set from composer and media artist Olivia Block. By Jamie Larson
