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The Clark Art Institute Unveils "Unearthed"

Fiona Breslin reports from Williamstown.When museums talk of groundbreaking shows, it’s often hyperbole. This is not the case with The Clark’s dazzling summer exhibition, Unearthed: Recent Archaeological Discoveries from Northern China. Museum supporters and staff plus Chinese dignitaries and academics (including Clark director Michael Conforti and photographer

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Empire State of Pride at Hudson Valley Engagement

Dale Stewart reports from Red Hook, NY. The rain ended just in time on Saturday, June 9 for the second annual Hudson Valley Engagement, one of the first of many regional area events celebrating LGBT Pride Month. The festive afternoon was hosted by Harlan Bratcher & Toby Usnik on the

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Gunn Memorial's Library Luminaries a High-Wattage Affair

Fiona Breslin reports from Washington, CT.A constellation of stars – including Academy-Award-winning director James Ivory, television antique appraiser Leslie Keno, and former New York City Ballet principal dancers Heather Watts and Damian Woetzel – lit up the Litchfield Hills on Saturday, June 9, for the the Gunn Memorial Library & Museum’

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Berkshire Playwrights Lab's Annual Celebration of New Works

Bess Hochstein reports from Great Barrington.Berkshire Playwrights Lab mixed things up a bit at the Mahaiwe on Saturday, June 9 during the kick-off to its fifth season; the traditional evening program of new works went multimedia. In place of the expected, gently self-mocking opening number by founders Joe Cacaci,

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Illustration Celebrations in Hillsdale and Stockbridge

On Friday, June 8, the opening reception of an exhibit at the Roeliff-Jansen Community Library in Hillsdale of the work of Ancram resident R.O Blechman, animator, illustrator, children's book author, and New Yorker cartoonist, drew a crowd rife with admiring fellow artists and illustrators.  The show, which

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Local Artists in the Spotlight During 7th Annual BIFF

Bess Hochstein reports from Great Barrington.Two locally based, internationally acclaimed artists were the focus of two nights of screenings and celebrations during the Berkshire International Film Festival, and both artists made rare personal appearances to engage with those who had just been given a behind-the-scenes glimpse at their lives

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Close Encounters With Music's 20th Season Roars to a Close

Fiona Breslin reports from Lenox. Close Encounters With Music closed its 20th season on Saturday, June 2, with a performance at Tanglewood’s Seiji Ozawa Hall called The Roaring Twenties: Berlin, Paris, and New York. This theme carried over into the evening as CEWM supporters gathered at the Gateways Inn

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From Garden Party to Ferrari Party, As Day Turns to Night

Tara Kelly reports from Falls Village and Lime Rock.This quiet corner of Connecticut was humming on Saturday, June 2, with two prominent back-to-back fundraising parties, and a few enthusiastic souls with stamina managed to attend both. An afternoon concert at Music Mountain followed by a garden party led right

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Opening Night of the 7th Berkshire International Film Festival

Bess Hochstein reports from Great Barrington.The Mason Public Library was setting for scene one, act one of the 7th annual Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF), in advance of the opening night screening of Ethel, award-winning filmmaker Rory Kennedy's documentary portrait of her mother, Ethel Kennedy, the widow

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CLC Wraps Up 25th Anniversary Down on the Rockefeller Farm

Dale Stewart reports from Livingston. The calendar may not agree, but the official start of summer in our region was marked on Sunday, May 27, with the Columbia Land Conservancy's annual Country Barbecue. Nearly 1000 revelers flocked to David Rockefeller’s Clum and Patchen Farm, which was dotted

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Oh, Canada: An Artful Canadian Invasion at MASS MoCA

Fiona Breslin reports from North Adams. The opening of Oh, Canada, MASS MoCA’s sweeping survey of Canadian contemporary art, was cause for celebration on Saturday, May 26, as work in all manner of media by more than 60 artists (including Hanz Wendt, with Jackie LaChance of Montreal) filled the

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Annual TriArts Gala Proves Habit-Forming

Bess Hochstein reports from Salisbury.It’s difficult to pinpoint the most charming aspect of this year's gala for the TriArts Sharon Playhouse, held on Saturday, May 26. Certainly the gracious venue, the Salisbury School boathouse, is incomparable, with its lakeside setting which provides stunning views. The items

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