Thursday, September 17, 2026

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Kateri Kosek

Kateri Kosek grew up in the Hudson Valley but has lived in or near the Berkshires for over a decade. She is the author of American Eclipse, winner of the Three Mile Harbor Press Poetry Book Award, and a chapbook, Vernal. Her poetry and essays have appeared in Orion, Creative Nonfiction, Northern Woodlands Magazine, Berkshire Magazine, and many literary journals. She teaches college English, and as a lifelong birder, has worked locally surveying bird populations for Green Berkshires and Aton Forest. More at katerikosek.com.

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Mass Humanities grant supports community read of Frederick Douglass at lively Juneteenth celebration

NAACP Berkshires invited elected government and school officials, BCC and Miss Hall’s School students, local high school ROPE (Rites of Passage and Empowerment) scholars, and other community leaders to take part in the reading.

Martha Graham, the San Francisco Ballet, and a spotlight on pioneering women in dance mark upcoming season at Jacob’s Pillow

In a nod to the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Jacob’s Pillow is shining a particular light on groundbreaking women who have shaped dance in the U.S., in honor of the role that women have played in defining our nation and its arts.

Sheffield Land Trust teams up with Greenagers and local funders to create accessible trail in Ashley Falls

Now, those confined to a wheelchair can venture down the 0.3-mile trail past meadows and into lush woods, ending amid some dramatic limestone outcroppings that make this area of Sheffield a hotspot of biodiversity for rare ferns and plants.

Benedict Pond transforms into a winter village for the Fourth Annual Berkshire Pond Hockey Classic

“It’s amazing to see how many people are here,” said Dani Galietti during her first time at the Berkshire Pond Hockey Classic. “I just keep taking moments and looking around. There’s no better way to spend a Saturday.”

To protest Home Depot’s silence on ICE raids, demonstrators peacefully disrupt Pittsfield store before being asked to leave

In a letter to the CEO and president of Home Depot, organizers urged the corporation to live up to its stated core values, which include “Doing the right thing,” “Taking care of our people,” and “Respect for all people.”

Jacob’s Pillow unveils first-ever spring performance season and online classes for dance enthusiasts

For the first time in its 94-year history, Jacob's Pillow will operate as a year-round public venue for dance audiences, launching an inaugural spring season with two weekends of performances and online courses drawing on the institution's extensive archives.

Romance at the Ranch will support Berkshire HorseWorks’ therapy herd of rescue horses, ponies, and donkeys

Couples and families alike will be able to dress up the animals—and themselves—at different stations filled with Valentine-themed scarves, glasses, or coats for the equine participants.

With Race Brook Lodge set to close, Día de los Muertos: The Final Fandango will also mourn a beloved community space

Unlike in the past, when festivities were spread out over several days, this year’s event will take place on one day only, promising an even more vivid and intense experience of this cultural tradition that has flourished in Mexico since pre-European times.

State and local reps offer advice on youth civic engagement at October meeting of South Berkshire Community Health Coalition

How youth can engage with their communities and civic leaders to make their voices heard was the focus of the October 2 meeting of South Berkshire Community Health Coalition, a program of Railroad Street Youth Project.

State Rep. Leigh Davis brings the Massachusetts Climate Action and Sustainability Committee to the Berkshires

State Rep. Leigh Davis organized the day of southern Berkshire site visits on September 29 “to spotlight the wonderful initiatives going on in the Berkshires,” she said in her opening remarks.

Chesterwood hosted its first painter in rewarding artist-in-residence program for Berkshire residents

Two oil paintings of French’s Lincoln sculpture loomed large in artist Kasha Cooper’s exhibit. When she applied to the artist-in-residence program at Chesterwood, she thought, “Maybe I’ll sculpt through painting.”

The Literacy Network celebrates immigrant stories at second annual Moth-style storytelling event

The theme, “What This Place Makes Me,” resonated with events held there earlier this summer around a collection of immigrant plays of the same name.

A dog from the Berkshire Humane Society inspires art show in New York City gallery

You often find yourself alone in gallery spaces. Often, just as used bookstores have cats, galleries have dogs, Supa said.

Chesterwood’s outdoor sculpture exhibit brings climate change into focus

This year, Chesterwood’s 47th annual outdoor sculpture show, “Global Warming/Global Warning,” asks viewers to consider such themes amid the threats that climate change poses to Chesterwood’s own old-growth forest. 

‘Landscapes for the Anthropocene’ artists to give a poetry reading at Child & Clark Gallery on June 28

The two Berkshire County based artists and poets will be reading at the Child & Clark Gallery in Great Barrington on Saturday, June 28 at 5 p.m.

Great Barrington Land Conservancy fundraiser celebrates Lake Mansfield improvements and community collaboration

The Great Barrington Land Conservancy, which stewards the town-owned Lake Mansfield Recreation Area, was celebrating the completion of years of improvements to the tranquil public space, which feels much more removed than it is from the bustle of downtown.
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