"1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture" is currently playing on the festival circuit. It won last year's DOC NYC Audience Award and this year's Best of Fest at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
I imagine a pop-up book about the Berkshires would do incredibly well. I also have to think paper engineer Bruce Foster might relish the chance to visit the paper-making past and present right in our own backyard.
Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning director Lisa Cortés does a remarkable job letting her star tell his own story, while balancing it nicely with other Black and queer artists who fully appreciate his legacy.
As otherworldly as life on Earth increasingly feels, your groundedness is a gift that keeps giving. I pray for you in my own way, and I pray your papacy will endure for years to come.
The 50-year friendship of Robert Gottlieb, the indefatigable book editor, and Robert Caro, the Pulitzer Prize winning writer, forms the film's core. From there, the story takes the viewer on an intellectual odyssey very much still in progress.
Indeed, March 8 always gives me hope and cause for celebration; it doubles as my girlfriend's birthday. And no matter how politically fraught the day feels, I know Rosemary and many other women and girls born on this day are making wishes for themselves and the world.
As close readers of The Berkshire Edge know, “Woman On The Verge” debuted last fall with a piece about Oktoberfest. A lot has happened since then, beer-wise.
As 2022 draws to a close, I want to say just how much I love the Berkshires. Ours is a creative class, a natural wonder, a moveable feast, and a cultural celebration all year long.
I love words, as all writers do. I like to learn new ones and pronounce things correctly. Spelling errors perplex me, while usage problems hurt my ears. Dictionaries exist to help us figure these things out. Apparently, dictionaries also exist now to weigh in on the word of the year.
Fall festivals that feature beer drinking wait for no one, including me. Fear not: This roadmap will guide you to the best places to swill an Oktoberfest beer now.
