Location: Pittsfield, MA "Soulful Creatures": Mummified Animals Take Over the Berkshire Museum Thirty preserved mummies and dozens of related artifacts on loan from the Brooklyn Museum explore why ancient Egyptians mummified birds, cats, dogs, and snakes by the millions. By Jamie Larson •
Community Hancock Shaker Village Country Fair: Antique Cars, Timber Framing, and Chicken Races A weekend of craft vendors, farm animals, and a Sunday back-porch set from local band The Housie Shakers By Jamie Larson •
Arts Eisenhower Resurrected By Barrington Stage Tony winner John Rubinstein and Broadway veteran David Sitler split a nine-day run playing a president who put country over party By Jamie Larson •
Arts Still the Ones: Orleans Brings Farewell Tour to the Colonial Theatre The band behind "Still the One" and "Dance with Me" closes out five decades of touring, founded by a guitarist who later became a U.S. Congressman By Jamie Larson •
Food A Farm Table Dinner Debuts Hancock Shaker Village Textile Collaboration Michelin-starred chef David Israelow cooks beneath the late summer stars, with tables dressed in a new print collection reimagining Shaker gift drawings By Jamie Larson •
Community The Truth Behind Amanda Seyfried's "The Testament of Ann Lee" at Hancock Shaker Village A 90-minute guided tour visits the real buildings used in Mona Fastvold's Shaker musical, filmed in part at the Village By Jamie Larson •
Arts Mean Girls-Meets-Agatha Christie Mystery: "Dead Girl's Quinceañera" Opens at Barrington Stage The world premiere of Phanésia Pharel's dark comedy, co-produced with Goodman Theatre and Hartford Stage. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Review: Barrington Stage's "A Chorus Line" Recaptures the Magic in Final Weeks RI founder, theater reviewer, and child of the 70's, Dan Shaw was moved to tears by a production as powerful as ever. By Dan Shaw •
Arts The Nields Play a Back Porch Concert and Cookout at Hancock Shaker Village The western Massachusetts folk-rock sisters bring 35 years of sibling harmonies to a summer evening on the village grounds. By Jamie Larson •
Arts "The Zionists": Barrington Stage Opens Most Timely Play of the Summer Next Week S. Asher Gelman's "The Zionists: A Family Storm" arrives in Pittsfield after a sold-out world premiere in Miami By Jamie Larson •
Community NAACP Berkshire County Brings Juneteenth Celebration to Pittsfield June 21 From City Hall to Durant Park, holiday events fill Pittsfield June 21. By Jamie Larson •
Arts Review: Debra Jo Rupp Shines in BSC's "Driving Miss Daisy" All June Long Debra Jo Rupp and Ray Anthony Thomas lead a heartfelt, finely crafted production of Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic through July 5. By Dan Shaw •
