Community After Hours Garden Sound Bath for Peace at Innisfree Ben Brown leads an immersive listening experience in a Chinese-inspired landscape, held for the UN International Day of Peace By Jamie Larson •
Community Back to School: SUNY Now Offers Free Community College for New Yorkers 25-55 SUNY Reconnect covers associate degrees in high-demand fields for eligible New Yorkers ages 25 to 55. By Brian K. Mahoney •
Community The Understory Invests $4 Million in Hudson Valley Resilience The Understory’s H.E.R.E. initiative connects local knowledge, grantmaking, and storytelling to strengthen the Hudson Valley. By Brian K. Mahoney •
Community Writing in Focus: Tig Notaro Opens First Rough Notes Festival in Kinderhook August 28 Presented by Kinderhook Books, the three-day event treats stand-up, songwriting, and screenwriting as seriously as it treats novels—with a kids' newsroom built entirely on typewriters. By Jamie Larson •
Community A Night at the Mahaiwe: Inside the 2026 Gala Honoring Margaret Deutsch Grammy-winning countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo took the stage as the Great Barrington theater honored former board chair Margaret Deutsch's years of leadership. By Jamie Larson •
Community Community Day at Jacob's Pillow: A Free Friday of Dance, Classes, and Local Talent Movement classes, kids' activities, and a Berkshire-region performance on the Henry J. Leir Stage cap the 94th season's outreach programming. By Jamie Larson •
Community "Inundated": American Mural Project Marks 70 Years Since Connecticut's Deadliest Flood A documentary screening and talk with historian Hamish Lutris opens History After Hours, alongside a month-long exhibit of photographs and artifacts from six local historical societies. By Jamie Larson •
Community Hillsdale ArtsWalk Celebrates Local Creativity Throughout the Hamlet Hillsdale ArtsWalk returns with dozens of artists, artisans, musicians, and local businesses transforming the hamlet into a daylong celebration of regional creativity. By Jamie Larson •
Community The Berkshire Mushroom Festival Spreads Knowledge of Foraging, Wellness, Psychedelics, and All-Ages Mycology in Sheffield Now in its third year, the festival moves to Sheffield's Dewey Hall for two days of events on foraging, functional mushrooms, and psychedelic integration. By Jamie Larson •
Community Dangerous Algal Blooms: What You Need to Know, at the Cary Institute in Millbrook Scientists and state officials explain the largest bloom recorded in nearly 40 years of monitoring — and how to spot and report the next one. By Jamie Larson •
Community A Fire Pit Gathering preserves Nipmuc Tradition at Jacob's Pillow Andre StrongBearHeart Gaines Jr. leads a community gathering in the Indigenous Garden, part of the dance festival's permanent commitment to Eastern Woodlands culture. By Jamie Larson •
Community Valatie's Village-Wide Tag Sale Turns Main Street Into One Big Yard Sale Antiques, collectibles, and household finds spread across the village, bookended by waterfalls on both ends of Main Street. By Jamie Larson •
