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Brook Farm Innkeepers visit Steepletop

June 9th, 2010 by philhalpern

Here we are, Linda and Phil, your Lenox B&B innkeepers, visiting Steepletop.  It was Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Berkshires home from 1925 until her death in 1950.  Originally an 1892 farmhouse, with 700 acres,  it’s open to the public  for the first time.  The gardens are in the process of restoration, but are lovely to [...]

EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY’S STEEPLETOP TO OPEN DOORS 

February 27th, 2010 by philhalpern

 And all I saw from where I stood Was three long mountains and a wood. Over these things I could not see: These were the things that bounded me… “Renascence,” 1912 At Brook Farm Inn “there is poetry here,” so we’re proud to be supporters of Steepletop and excited to have the opportunity to take a [...]

New Millay Website

September 29th, 2009 by philhalpern

There is poetry here….   And one of our most memorable poetry readings was the one given by Peter Bergman, Executive Director of the Millay Society.  We’re glad to share the Millay Society’s new website www.millay.org.  You can go there to find out about the progress at Steepletop,  Edna St. Vincent Millay’s home in the Berkshires.  [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]