On Saturday, April 28, guests of Brook Farm Inn in Lenox, MA can attend a special musical event. Jeremy Yudkin, BU Professor, will talk about two of Bach’s most wonderful works — The Orchestral Suite No. 3 and the “Wedding” Cantata — and what makes them such superb examples of Bach’s styles. In this special interactive lecture, you’ll [...]
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Close Encounters With Music, March 24th!
February 26th, 2012 by philhalpern
In the Berkshires we’re glad to have concerts all year long. Here’s one coming up soon, that we at Brook Farm Inn in Lenox don’t want to miss. Close Encounters With Music presents Grand Piano Quartets Saturday, March 24 at 6 PM The MAHAIWE Performing Arts Center Explore the complex relationships between [...]
Berkshires Concert for New Year’s Eve
December 28th, 2011 by philhalpern
For New Year’s Eve in the Berkshires, there’s still limited availability at Brook Farm Inn and at this concert.If you have already made your reservations, congrats! You’ve beaten the crowd at the door.There are still seats left at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center at this writing but tickets are selling fast! Reserve your tickets now [...]
Come to the the 32nd Annual Apple Squeeze in Lenox MA.
September 21st, 2011 by philhalpern
For the 32nd annual Apple Squeeze, the Lenox Chamber of Commerce is pulling out all the stops for its extravaganza Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 5. The annual street fair is a celebration that marks the beginning of the apple harvest and the beginning of the fall foliage season. Local crafters set up [...]
Move Over Victor Borge, It’s “Ludwig Live!”
July 1st, 2011 by philhalpern
Ludwig Live! We attended this show, in Lenox, MA, on Monday. Today is Friday and we’re still laughing. It was written just for the Berkshires audience, and at Brook Farm Inn, the guests who’ve seen it have loved it. Holding court at the grand piano once played by Leonard Bernstein (who did stay at Seven [...]
Tanglewood Pre-Concert Lectures
June 14th, 2011 by philhalpern
Once again Jeremy Yudkin, Chair and Professor of Musicology at Boston University, will be doing Pre-Concert lectures at the Lenox Library. All lectures take place in the Lenox Library, Fridays and Saturdays 2:30-4 pm. $40 per weekend, $25 per day. The Library is located on Main Street a short walk from Brook Farm Inn, our Lenox [...]
Fiesta! Latin Music & Dance at Tanglewood, June 4
May 27th, 2011 by philhalpern
FIESTA! A Latin Splash of Music and Dance Lenox, MA Saturday, June 4 6 pm Let the 20th anniversary CEWM Berkshires celebration begin with a Mariachi fanfare and the sizzling rhythms of Cuba, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Spain! It’s at Tanglewood, less than a mile from Brook Farm Inn, our Berkshires bed and breakfast. Link [...]
Berkshires Memorial Day Weekend Concert
March 19th, 2011 by philhalpern
Berkshire Bach, one of the Berkshires’ premier organizations for presenting baroque music, will present Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus on Sunday, May 29th. It will be a great opportunity to attend a concert in Pittsfield’s Colonial Theatre, a gorgeously renovated historical theater. In the wake of recent national and international events, the concert will be dedicated to the universal quest for [...]
Berkshires Chamber Music Ensemble Performs March 12
March 10th, 2011 by philhalpern
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH MUSIC presents A Cultural Voyage to the East THUS SPAKE GERMAN ROMANTICISM Saturday, March 12 at 6 PM JENNIFER RIVERA, mezzo-soprano WALTER PONCE, piano; YEHUDA HANANI, cello After Glow Reception following the performance on stage by Allium NOW OFFERING $5 DISCOUNT TO GUESTS OF BROOK FARM INN IN THE BERKSHIRES! Please [...]
The British are coming, The British are coming… to the Berkshires
March 2nd, 2011 by philhalpern
British Motor Car Festival June 17th to 19th The British are invading Lenox Massachusetts, not Boston. They are bringing British motorcars (New and Classic for show and/or purchase), British automobilia and fashion, and British food and beverages. The event will take place at Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. There are also [...]
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