Stockbridge Mass
admin on Oct 19 2008 | Filed under: Activities, History, New England, Stockbridge
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James Levine at Tanglewood
admin on Oct 19 2008 | Filed under: Activities, Opera, Summer, Tangelwood
Jacob’s Pillow – From Farm to Festival
admin on Nov 11 2007 | Filed under: Activities, Culture, Dance
1790-1933: From Farm to Festival Jacob’s Pillow began in 1790 as a hard-scrabble mountaintop farm at the crest of a twisting, climbing stagecoach road between Boston and Albany. Local folk viewing the zig-zagging road from the bottom of the hill thought it resembled the rungs of a ladder, so these biblically minded New Englanders dubbed [...]
Begged, Borrowed and Stolen — Secrets from Gardeners
admin on Nov 11 2007 | Filed under: Activities, Culture
Begged, Borrowed and Stolen — Secrets from the Country’s Foremost Gardeners
Saturday, November 3
2 — 4 p.m.
Slide-illustrated lecture
Members $16; Non-members $21
All levels
Join author, photographer and horticulturalist, Tovah Martin for a closer look at just what makes a garden great. With her astute observations of gardens and gardeners, Tovah will take participants on a visually beautiful [...]
Herman Melville’s Arrowhead
admin on Nov 11 2007 | Filed under: Activities, Culture
Melville’s associations with Berkshire County began in his childhood. The grandson of two Revolutionary War heroes, Melville was born in New York City in 1819. His mother, Maria Gansevoort Melville, was the daughter of General Peter Gansevoort of Albany, who was called the “Hero of Fort Stanwix” due to his role in the defense [...]
The Berkshire Museum
admin on Nov 11 2007 | Filed under: Activities, Berkshires, Culture
The Berkshire Museum was founded in 1903 by Zenas Crane, the grandson of the founder of Crane & Company. When he built the museum, his vision was to create an inviting environment for everyone, not just the elite. He sought to use the museum’s varied collection to enrich, educate and delight the county’s citizens of [...]