Arts 20th Berkshire International Film Festival With Amy Goodman and Karen Allen, May 28–31 For its 20th edition, the Berkshire International Film Festival features Amy Goodman, Karen Allen, and 80-plus films from 27 countries. By Jamie Larson • •
Arts A Play About Women and a Viral Treehouse: "Rooted" by WAM in Lenox WAM Theatre opens "Rooted," a new comedy by Deborah Zoe Laufer running May 1 through 16 at the Elayne P. Bernstein Theater at Shakespeare & Company. 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 •
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 •
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
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 •
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 •
