Community Berkshire Busk! Courtyard Weekends Draw Serious Acts to the Streets of Great Barrington Free live music and street performance return to downtown Great Barrington — a few weeks after Yo-Yo Ma made a surprise appearance on the same stage. By Jamie Larson •
Arts "Summertime" Brings Four Distinct Visions of the Season to Bernay Fine Art F. Lipari's minimalist barns, Linda Pochesci's Italian hill towns, Janet Rickus's still lifes, and Roxa Smith's colorful interiors share a summer group show. By Jamie Larson •
Real Estate Extravagant Contemporary on 120 Acres Along the Williams River, in Great Barrington 12,968 square feet, 9 bedrooms, a 25-meter saltwater lap pool, a 3,000-square-foot barn, and three-quarters of a mile of Williams River frontage—10 minutes from town. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Mike Lebovitz Brings "Slightly Terrifying" Comedy to the Indigo Room A Chicago-trained standup with roots in six-year-old clowning classes headlines Mahaiwe's late-summer comedy night. 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 •
Arts Lala Tamar and Yacouba Sissoko Bring Morocco and Mali to the Indigo Room Moroccan soul singer Lala Tamar and master kora player Yacouba Sissoko share a bill at two shows in Great Barrington. By Jamie Larson •
Style Berkshire Furniture Maker Launches New Collection with Design Icon Rafael de Cardenas Kump Studio's Ian Geoghegan on sheen, plywood, Pee-wee Herman, and the collection he just launched with one of design's most in-demand names. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Branford Marsalis Quartet at the Mahaiwe One of the most decorated saxophonists in jazz brings his long-running quartet to Great Barrington. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Tab Benoit Brings "Soul of the Swamp" Tour to the Mahaiwe The Cajun bluesman who stopped recording for 13 years to fight for Louisiana's wetlands is back—with a guitar, a cord, and an amp. By Jamie Larson •
"The flying painter" Michael Indorato Arts The Berkshires Arts Festival Returns to Ski Butternut for Its 26th Year 165 juried artists from Maine to Florida bring ceramics, furniture, glass, painting, jewelry, and more to a Fourth of July weekend tradition By Jamie Larson •
Photo by Ruth Orkin. Arts New Intimate Leonard Bernstein Doc Opens at Triplex and Moviehouse Built entirely from archival footage, "Bernstein's Wall" makes Leonard Bernstein argue his own case for art's role in a divided society By Jamie Larson • •
Arts Berkshire Opera Festival 2026 Expands with Tragedy, Comedy, and Residency An 11-year-old opera company that fills the Mahaiwe each summer adds a training program built around a rarely performed Grétry comedy By Jamie Larson • •
