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EDITOR'S PICKS

I Am a Noise: A Visual Memoir

The making of the Joan Baez documentary film

Anastasia Stanmeyer

Sep 8, 2025

Ocean of Wisdom

A meeting with the Dalai Lama resonates years later

Anastasia Stanmeyer

Sep 8, 2025

The American Revolution and Ken Burns

The renowned documentarian says the 12-hour series on the Founding of America is the most important film he's made.

Anastasia Stanmeyer

Aug 25, 2025

Long Live the King

Jackson Ducharme brings the songs and spirit of Elvis Presley to the next generation

Benjamin Lerner

Nov 25, 2025

10 minutes with...Stella Cole

The JazzTok Star brings her holiday magic to the Linde Center

Benjamin Lerner

Nov 24, 2025

Paul Winter’s Earth Music

At 23, he performed the first-ever jazz concert at the White House for Jackie Kennedy. In his 30s, he played saxophone to whales off Canada’s coast. Astronauts took a cassette of his album to the moon. The seven-time Grammy® winner is our neighbor and will be performing in Great Barrington this December.

Anastasia Stanmeyer

Nov 19, 2025

10 minutes with...Stella Cole

The JazzTok Star brings her holiday magic to the Linde Center

Benjamin Lerner

Nov 24, 2025

10 Minutes with The Bacon Brothers

For three decades, Kevin and Michael Bacon have performed together as The Bacon Brothers. In a recent conversation with the prolific duo, I began with what I thought was a straightforward question: Have they started their latest tour?

Anastasia Stanmeyer

Sep 8, 2025

10 minutes with Laurie Norton Moffatt

Under the leadership of Laurie Norton Moffatt, the museum is a world-class institution that houses not only Rockwell’s monumental works, but also works by other prominent illustrators.

Anastasia Stanmeyer

Jul 24, 2025

10 Minutes With...

Driving Community

Berkshire auto dealerships are expanding, thriving, and stayingtrue to their roots.

Scott Edward Anderson

Nov 24, 2025

The Arrival of Arrival

A reimagined art fair debuts in North Adams

Liam Gorman

Jun 4, 2025

More of a GOOD Thing

Culinary establishments break down walls to create new spaces.

Laura Mars

Mar 10, 2025

BIZ413

It Literally Takes a Village

The WIT Literary Festival's community connection continues to strengthen and deepen

Michael Borden

Sep 19, 2025

The Power of Words

The WIT Literary Festival returns with a bold call for civic engagement through literature

Scott Edward Anderson

Jul 24, 2025

Paul Elie on Literature, Faith, and the Culture of Encounter

A PREVIEW OF HIS WIT LITERARY FESTIVAL CONVERSATION THIS SEPTEMBER By Scott Edward Anderson AS THE ANNUAL Author’s Guild WIT (Words, Ideas, and Thinkers) Literary Festival approaches, anticipation builds for a thought-provoking dialogue featuring three distinguished voices: Marilynne Robinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of over a dozen books of fiction and nonfiction; Bishop Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, D.C., perhaps best known for her bold sermon at

Scott Edward Anderson

Jun 30, 2025