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 •
Style Lavender Workshop at Hancock Shaker Village, Where 1800s American Herb Trade Began Make soap, body spray, lip conditioner, and syrup on a farm with the deepest herb-growing history in American Shaker communities. 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 •
Style Twilight Outdoor Float Therapy with Live Sound at Prospect Berkshires Stillwater's twilight Float Camp comes to a Scandinavian-influenced mountain lake resort for an evening of sensory deprivation and sound healing By Jamie Larson •
Wellness Some Expert Help Planting Your Edible Garden This Spring Raised beds, smart placement, and realistic expectations: Kristen Svorka of Sproutwell shares how to build an edible garden that actually produces—and fits your life. By Brian K. Mahoney •
Wellness "The Emotionally Exhausted Woman" — A Retreat with Nancy Colier A three-day retreat led by psychotherapist Nancy Colier takes on a too-often untreated condition: emotional exhaustion. Running March 27–29 By Jamie Larson
Community Lofty Supply: The High Highs and Devastating Lows of Launching a Farm Stand-Style Cannabis Microbusiness After years of red tape and the sudden death of her partner, Owner Erin Moylan looks to grow community, education, and agricultural connection. By Jamie Larson •
Wellness "All Love, Always" Valentine’s Day Celebration The event reimagines Valentine’s beyond romance to include self-love, chosen family, friendships, and inclusivity. By Jamie Larson •
A rendering of a proposed sign by Norm Magnusson. - Norm Magnusson Wellness Artist Proposes Suicide Prevention Signs After Uptick in Deaths at Hudson River Bridge Rhinebeck Norm Magnusson drafts more hopeful and poetic suicide-prevention signs for the Kingston–Rhinecliff Bridge. By Brian K. Mahoney
Pam Ellis performs at the Bercshire South Community Center. Wellness Making a Living Talking to the Dead: The Berkshire Medium Pam Ellis is busy, and booked out for months with clients longing to hear from relatives on the other side. By Jaime Stathis
Alicia Johnson and Catherine Zack preside over a Buried Treasure workshop at Village Yoga. (Photos Provided by Alicia Johnson) Wellness Local Writer Teaches Your Body to Unleash Your Mind Hudson's Rich Volo, aka Trixie Star explores movement and memory with Alicia Johnson. By Rich Volo
Wellness Pretty In Pink: Hudson Valley Holistic Healing Center's Himalayan Salt Cave Halotherapy — detoxifying and rejuvenating in a salt cave — is an experience that is said to have many health benefits. By Amy Krzanik
