Here in the Berkshires, we treasure the Trustees of Reservations. As a conservationist organization, they provide beautifully maintained, scenic hiking trails, historic homes to visit, and lovely gardens. Among our favorite places is Naumkeag in Stockbridge (a gorgeous Stanford White home with gardens), and also Ashintully Gardens in Tyringham. This weekend we’ll have perfect weather for [...]
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Trustees of Reservations Provide Gardens, Hiking Trails, Historic Homes
September 8th, 2009 by philhalpern
South Mountain Concerts Starting Labor Day Weekend!
August 29th, 2009 by philhalpern
Sunday, September 6th, the Muir String Quartet will open the South Mountain Concert series at 3 PM. This chamber concert series runs for 5 Sunday afternoons in September and October. It’s held in a most unusual wooded setting, in a building constructed solely for this purpose. Situtated on a wooded slope in the midst of [...]
Frederic Church's Landscape a Wow!
August 19th, 2009 by philhalpern
Frederic Church was one of America’s most important landscape artists, and his home, Olana, is close enough to the Berkshires for a day trip. A trip there from Brook Farm Inn yesterday took under an hour, and it was worth the trip. Church, a Hudson River School painter, developed Olana as a 3-dimensional work of [...]
Capitol Steps in the Berkshires
July 24th, 2009 by philhalpern
Who put the Mock in Democracy? It’s the Capitol Steps, and they’re performing all summer here in Lenox. We saw their performance a few days ago, and went home with our jaws hurting from laughing nonstop for 90 minutes. The song and dance political satire troupe is very talented, and no one in the news is [...]
Outdoor Sculpture at Chesterwood
July 7th, 2009 by philhalpern
Chesterwood is the house & studio of Daniel Chester French, sculptor of the Lincoln Memorial. It’s a 10-minute ride from Brook Farm Inn, and one of the treasures of the Berkshires. You can tour the house and studio, stroll the gardens, and wander the wooded pathways. A new outdoor contemporary sculpture exhibit has just opened [...]
First Class Millay Opens June 16th
June 14th, 2009 by philhalpern
Glenora Richards is a miniaturist who painted a sizzling miniature portrait of Edna St. Vincent Millay, which was adapted into a postage stamp. At Steepletop (Millay’s home in the Berkshires), beginning June 16th you can view an exhibit which explores the art of this amazing, 100- year old woman. The exhibit will run through September, [...]
Memorial Day Weekend in the Berkshires
May 21st, 2009 by philhalpern
The weather is great, and the hours we’ve spent gardening at Brook Farm Inn, in Lenox Massachusetts, are paying off! So everything looks green — just the right weather for hiking, or relaxing among our flowers and trees. Also, here are some suggestions for theater performances this weekend, to keep you busy every evening. Berkshire [...]
Poetry Event at Brook Farm Inn this Saturday, May 16
May 14th, 2009 by philhalpern
The public is invited to see and hear Peter Bergman, Director of the Edna St. Vincent Millay Society, this Saturday, 3:00 at Brook Farm Inn. This celebration of the poet’s life and work, “The Four Seasons of Edna St. Vincent Millay,” will benefit the Millay Society’s restoration of Steepletop, the poet’s home in the Berkshires. Peter [...]
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