Andris Nelsons and his wife Kristine Opolais May 16, 2013 – Andris Nelsons has been appointed the 15th Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since its founding in 1881. The announcement was made today by Chairman of the BSO Board of Trustees Ted Kelly, BSO Board of Trustees Vice Chairs Stephen B. Kay and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘brook farm inn’
Robert Jacob former owner of Brook Farm Inn
March 13th, 2013 by philhalpern
We are sad to hear of the passing away of our friend Bob Jacob. Bob and his wife Betty are former owners of Brook Farm Inn. Bob and Betty came by the inn about a year after we bought the inn and introduced themselves. Pictured above Bob is reading some of his poetry at [...]
Two new popular artist performances just announced at Tanglewood!
February 8th, 2013 by philhalpern
An Evening with Steve Miller Band Monday, July 29, 7pm, Shed One of rock music’s all-time greats, the Steve Miller Band has sold more than 30 million records in a career spanning more than 40 years. In the mid-1970s the Steve Miller Band broke through to worldwide success as an arena rock attraction with a [...]
Tanglewood Ticket Sales Start Sunday
January 26th, 2013 by philhalpern
Starting at 10:00AM tomorrow tickets for the summer program at the Tanglewood Music Center will be open to the general public. The season stats on June 21st and runs through Labor Day. Some of the highlights of the schedule this year are: June 1st Melissa Etheridge in concert June 22nd Keith Lockhart and the Boston [...]
The Lenox Tub Parade September 15
September 6th, 2012 by philhalpern
The 21st Annual Tub Parade. The carriages (tubs) will start from Shakespeare & Co and will proceed up Kemble street to Walker and to Main Street then right on to Franklin and Church and to Main Street again. They will go around twice and then return to Kemble street and Shakespeare & Co. where there will [...]
Leonard Bernstein and Brook Farm Inn
July 25th, 2012 by philhalpern
Brook Farm Inn was recently honored by a visit from Seth Gopin, a descendant of Lena and Max Rosenberg. The Rosenbergs are important in the history of our inn for having the vision to buy it as a private home in 1949, and turn it into an inn. (The full history can be viewed at [...]
Shakespeare & Company: Parasite Drag
July 11th, 2012 by philhalpern
This summer Shakespeare & Company, located in Lenox MA, is rotating three plays at the Bernstein Theater. They are Parasite Drag, Cassandra Speaks, and The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife. Guests who have seen Cassandra Speaks have been giving it rave reviews. We plan on seeing it next week [...]
Tickets on sale for Shakespeare & Co. 2012 Summer Season
February 15th, 2012 by philhalpern
Shakespeare & Company’s 35th Anniversary Season will include Academy Award-winner Olympia Dukakis as Prospero in The Tempest, Dennis Krausnick in the title role of King Lear, and OBIE Award-winner John Douglas Thompson in a new one-man play about Louis Armstrong, Satchmo at the Waldorf written by Wall Street Journal drama critic, author and librettist Terry [...]
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA APPOINTS ANDRIS NELSONS
“On The Town” Comes to the Berkshires in June
Berkshire International Film Festival May 30-June 2