Restaurant Massacree.” She also was an author and artist with a sharp wit, as you can see by the image here, titled Moral Dilemma II . She might have owned three restaurants in Stockbridge and Lenox, but she never intended it to be a career. She closed up Alice’s at Avaloch, a restaurant/motel that’s now the Appletree Inn, and left for Provincetown in 1979, opening an art studio and creating paintings, prints, and hand-painted beach stones. Alice lived the rest of her life ou

We thought we’d give you some inspiration to step away from your desk or TV, walk outside, and enjoy the Berkshire scenery with the many birds that can be found in your own backyard.

Tableaux vivants, or living pictures, are imitations of paintings created inside a large frame with real people. The parlor game peaked in popularity between 1830 and 1920, and Daniel Chester French’s family home was no exception.

One of the wonderful things that the beautiful boutique hotel in dowtown Pittsfield does is regularly exhibit works by regional artists for all to view. Sally Tiska Rice, a lifelong Berkshire resident, will be Hotel on North’s featured artist from July 1 through September 1.