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Thomas O'Brien, Author of "American Modern" at Hudson Home

August 14 @ 5 - 7 p.m. If there had never been an Aero, Thomas O'Brien's seminal home design store in Soho, there never would have been a—well, just look around. The hip-yet-accessible, clean-lined-yet-un-rigid, look of today's dominant

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Amy Bedik's Photographs at Germain

Now - September 7 In her black-and-white photographs, Amy Bedik seeks the eternal in both landscapes and in man-made things, often classical sculptures and architecture. Using a simple plastic camera, a piece of technological ephemera whose time has already passed, she captures images that speak of the durable

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Review: Trey McIntyre Project at Jacob's Pillow

Is it Basque week in the Berkshires? In the same week that Shakespeare & Company unveiled The Taster, a world premiere by Joan Ackermann that involves an ancient Basque play, Trey McIntyre Project waltzes in to Jacob’s Pillow with a new dance steeped in Basque culture. (And there may

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Review: Yin Mei at Jacob's Pillow

Choreographer Yin Mei demands a lot from her audience. Namely patience, and the same kind of concentration she and her dancers bring to their performance at Jacob’s Pillow of City of Paper, her multimedia work addressing her personal and cultural history. Yin is a native of Luoyang, China, a

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Millbrook Author Reads from Debut Novel

Saturday, August 7 @ 11 a.m & 5 p.m. Jenny Nelson, who lives in Millbrook, will read from and sign her debut novel, Georgia's Kitchen, the story of Georgia Gray, the head chef at a trendy New York restaurant who travels to Tuscany to open a trattoria.

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20/21 Modern Style + Studio Craft

Now - October 17 Catapult Prototype Table, Rob BristowThe newly formed ArtBerkshires collaboration, a partnership including Ferrin Gallery, Sienna Gallery, and The Barn Gallery at Stonover Farm, kicks off this weekend with a series of receptions and events under the umbrella 20/21 Modern Style + Studio Craft, tracing the influence of

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Ida Wyman Opening at Joie de Livres

August 7 -  September 25 Ida Wyman, Girl with Curlers, 1949 When Ida Wyman began taking photographs for magazines in the 1940’s, the field was dominated by men. Starting out in the mailroom at Acme Newspictures (later UPI), Wyman soon began getting assignments from Business Week, This Week, Collier’s,

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Review: CND2 at Jacob’s Pillow

In his final visual feast before stepping down as artistic director of the Madrid-based CND2 (Compañía Nacional de Danza 2), Nacho Duato has cooked up a tasty three-course meal at Jacob’s Pillow, though there seems to be a bit of confusion in the order of the courses.

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Review: Monica Bill Barnes at Jacob’s Pillow

Photos by Kristi Pitsch Pillow gala attendees uproariously laughed during a preview of new work by Monica Bill Barnes & Company that was co-commissioned by the Pillow and created in part during a Creative Development Residency here. In its engagement at the Pillow this week, the company presents three

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"Lombardi" is a Winner!

Through July 28 at The Mahaiwe Football has not always been big business. Eric Simonson's  new play Lombardi, which is having its pre Broadway run at the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington, is set in 1965, when the most famous football coach in the land lived in an ordinary

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Review: Bill T. Jones at Jacob’s Pillow

Photos by Paul B. GoodeChoreographers intending to create a dance about something, especially topics like politics or history, can often be soul-crushingly, boringly literal. Bill T. Jones is too smart, experienced, and talented to fall into that trap. So when you learn that his 2008 piece Serenade/The Proposition

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Marine Combat Artist at Norman Rockwell

Thursday, August 5 @ 5:30 p.m. Chief Warrant Officer Michael Fay, one of two official combat artists currently serving in the Marine Corps, will share stories of his experiences in the field through powerful artworks reflecting personal observations of military life in Iraq and Afghanistan. Norman Rockwell MuseumStocbridge, MA

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