Audra McDonald is one of many stars to perform in the Berkshires this summer. Photo by Michael Wilson/courtesy Nonesuch records
The diversity of performers on Berkshire stages this summer is matched only by the diversity of their individual talents
A couple builds a modern sanctuary in Chatham, N.Y., to suit their urban roots.
A couple builds a modern sanctuary in Chatham, N.Y., to suit their urban roots
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The rural Connecticut track aspires to be the Tanglewood of the road-racing world
A Salisbury, Conn., executive takes an unconventional path to creating her dream home.
A Salisbury, Conn., executive takes an unconventional path to creating her dream home
Farm-fresh goods from roadside stands. Photo by Jason Houston
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Folk-rock legends Crosby, Stills & Nash offer up a mixture of fan favorites, Woodstock-era covers, and hard rock at Tanglewood on September 1, 2010.

Elizabeth Aspenlieder

I had a real bad date last weekend, and now I'm going to tell you all about it. I was stuck in the new Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre at Shakespeare and Company in Lenox.

In its 17th season in the Berkshires, Close Encounters With Music offers up six innovative and captivating programs of chamber music, forty-five performers, and more than thirty composers at South County’s premier venue, the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago performs a dark and intriguing program to bring down the curtain on the summer season at Jacob's Pillow

Scrolls and ceramics in "Through the Seasons: Japanese Art in Nature," and modernist imagery and ideas in "Dove/O'Keeffe: Circles of Influence." 

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Folk-rock legends Crosby, Stills & Nash offer up a mixture of fan favorites, Woodstock-era covers, and hard rock at Tanglewood on September 1, 2010.

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Songs By Ridiculously Talented Composers and Lyricists You Probably Don't Know But Should 09/03/2010 8:00pm
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