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 •
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 •
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 •
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 •
