If you enjoy craft fairs — and even if you usually don’t — this one’s for you! The Berkshires Arts Festival is an annual juried arts festival, at the Butternut ski area in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. There are 175 juried artists, and you’ll find a varied selection of pottery, jewelry, everything you can think of, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Lenox’
Clark Art Institute's Stone Hill Center Opens in Berkshire County
June 19th, 2008 by philhalpern
This Sunday, The Clark will open its new Stone Hill center. The famous art museum in Williamstown, Massachusetts has a spectacular collection, and is set on 140 acres of beautiful Berkshires scenery. The new center was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect, Tadao Ando. In his honor, the community open house on Sunday will offer a barbecue, [...]
"The Fifth Annual Lenox Art Walk"
May 14th, 2008 by philhalpern
Take a Walk with Van Gogh More information from Brook Farm Inn about the Art Walk… On Saturday May 24th and Sunday May 25th 11-5, Lenox, Massachusetts will open its art season with a new logo as we all walk along with the cheerful fellow carrying the Van Gogh. We will be walking along [...]
Near Lenox…The Edna St. Vincent Millay Society at Steepletop
May 12th, 2008 by philhalpern
Brook Farm Inn is a short distance from Steepletop, in Austerlitz, NY. Edna St. Vincent Millay lived there, and the home is still as it was in her day. The Society sponsors artists-in-residence, and is restoring her gardens, and hopes to make the home into a museum for visitors. Part of the grounds are available [...]
Art Walk in Lenox, Massachusetts, Memorial Day Weekend
May 10th, 2008 by philhalpern
On Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend, there will be an Art Walk in Lenox, Massachusetts. Our many galleries will be exhibiting and having receptions. One you won’t want to miss is DeVries Fine Art. Andrew DeVries is a wonderful sculptor, and his reception is from 1:00-4:00 on May 24th. We at Brook Farm Inn [...]
Saving The Mount…One Brook Farm Inn Guest at a Time
April 29th, 2008 by philhalpern
You may have been reading or hearing lately about the financial difficulties of The Mount, famed estate of the author, Edith Wharton. Brook Farm Inn is within walking distance of this treasure in Lenox, Massachusetts. A tour of the mansion and gardens are a must for every visitor to the Berkshires, and many wonderful events [...]
There is poetry here…especially for National Poetry Month
April 25th, 2008 by philhalpern
Lenox Massachusetts: To follow up on yesterday’s blog comments about National Poetry Month, we’d like to quote a poem that was written about Brook Farm Inn by an appreciative guest of our bed and breakfast. It says more about the inn, and our Berkshires ambiance, than we could ever say. BROOK FARM There is poetry [...]
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA APPOINTS ANDRIS NELSONS
“On The Town” Comes to the Berkshires in June
Berkshire International Film Festival May 30-June 2