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Second Homelands PowWow Brings Over 160 Stockbridge-Munsee Mohicans Back to the Berkshires
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Second Homelands PowWow Brings Over 160 Stockbridge-Munsee Mohicans Back to the Berkshires

"Tending the Fire," October 3–4 at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, marks the largest gathering of Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican people on their ancestral homelands since the tribe's removal westward in the 1780s.
By Jamie Larson •
"The Norwegians" Brings Impossibly Polite Hitmen to Shakespeare & Company
Arts

"The Norwegians" Brings Impossibly Polite Hitmen to Shakespeare & Company

C. Denby Swanson's dark comedy about heartbreak, revenge, and Midwestern niceness gets a cast anchored by longtime company veterans
By Jamie Larson •
Cynthia Erivo Defies Expectations and Creates Her Own Gravitational Pull With the Boston Pops at Tanglewood
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Cynthia Erivo Defies Expectations and Creates Her Own Gravitational Pull With the Boston Pops at Tanglewood

In her Tanglewood debut, Erivo turned a night of standards into a happening and put the entire audience under her spell.
By Jamie Larson •
Olga Dunn Dance Company Brings Wharton Inspired Performance to the Mount's Terraced Lawns
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Olga Dunn Dance Company Brings Wharton Inspired Performance to the Mount's Terraced Lawns

A site-responsive performance of choreography, spoken word, and live cello closes with dances honoring the final chapter of the writer's life
By Jamie Larson •
Four Nights with Laurie Anderson: A Career That Refuses to Sit Still at Tanglewood
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Four Nights with Laurie Anderson: A Career That Refuses to Sit Still at Tanglewood

Amelia Earhart, Lou Reed's guitars, and a new work about the Declaration of Independence—the artist's first-ever Tanglewood appearance spans an opera, a conversation with Peter Sellars, a drone piece, and a night of storytelling
By Jamie Larson •
Hugh Jackman Makes His Tanglewood Debut with the Boston Pops
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Hugh Jackman Makes His Tanglewood Debut with the Boston Pops

A career-spanning night in Lenox MA, of Hollywood glamour and Broadway hits—from "The Greatest Showman" to "Les Misérables."
By Jamie Larson •
Big 1915 Brick Colonial on a Full Acre in Lenox
Real Estate

Big 1915 Brick Colonial on a Full Acre in Lenox

Pocket doors, crown moldings, a marble kitchen, 5 bedrooms, and a summer porch—a short walk from Tanglewood.
By Jamie Larson •
Christian McBride Tells Stories with his Stings at Tanglewood
Arts

Christian McBride Tells Stories with his Stings at Tanglewood

The 11-time Grammy-winning bassist brings his TLI Spotlight evening to Ozawa Hall: a personal story, a live performance, and a conversation with Catherine Burns.
By Jamie Larson •
"Fireflies" Brings a Late-Life Romance and Small-Town Gossip to Shakespeare & Company
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"Fireflies" Brings a Late-Life Romance and Small-Town Gossip to Shakespeare & Company

Isabel Keating and Jeb Brown star in Matthew Barber's Texas two-hander, directed by Daniela Varon
By Jamie Larson •
Emanuel Ax Plays Mozart and Mahler with the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood
Arts

Emanuel Ax Plays Mozart and Mahler with the Boston Symphony at Tanglewood

A concert pairing two composers at their most intimate—with Erin Morley as soprano in Mahler's child-like, unsettling Fourth.
By Jamie Larson •
Lenox Summer Art Festival Returns to Lilac Park
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Lenox Summer Art Festival Returns to Lilac Park

50-plus juried artists and artisans take over downtown Lenox for a free weekend of original work, live music, and food.
By Jamie Larson •
The Kemble: A Registered Gilded Age Estate, Turnkey as a Luxury Rental, in Downtown Lenox
Real Estate

The Kemble: A Registered Gilded Age Estate, Turnkey as a Luxury Rental, in Downtown Lenox

Built in 1881 for Frederick Frelinghuysen, secretary of state under Chester A. Arthur, the property has been a private residence, a boys' school dormitory, and an inn—now offered as a 13-bedroom income-producing estate.
By Jamie Larson •

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