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BLK FMNNST book club brings radical discussion to MASS MoCA

BLK FMNNST book club brings radical discussion to MASS MoCA

Lily Goldberg September 25, 2019

IMAGES COURTESY OF MASS MOCA. Cauleen Smith’s “BLK FMNNST Loaner Library 1989 – 2019” features 30 new drawings of books that inspire the artist’s practice. “I realize I don’t know very...

HiLo North Adams: A music venue for colleges, community

HiLo North Adams: A music venue for colleges, community

Lily Goldberg September 18, 2019

HiLo takes its name from a supplier for Quinn’s Paint and Wallpaper Stores, the original business at 55 Union St. in North Adams.  Photo Courtesy of Brian Miksic. Recently in “Statistics 101”...

‘Summer’s Soldier’ puts Berkshire stories onstage at WTF

‘Summer’s Soldier’ puts Berkshire stories onstage at WTF

Lily Goldberg September 11, 2019

PHOTO COURTESY OF JOSEPH J. O'MALLEY/ WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL. The cast of Summer’s Soldier gathers for an early rehearsal. Summer’s Soldier featured more than 70 cast members, mainly Berkshire...

Ben Weber ’21 directs spring musical, explores post-apocalyptic possibilities

Ben Weber ’21 directs spring musical, explores post-apocalyptic possibilities

Lily Goldberg May 8, 2019

Ben Weber ’21 directed this spring’s Cap & Bells musical, Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play. Photo by the author Ben Weber ’21 is a math and theatre major who has appeared in a variety of...

eva henderson ’19, whose hand tattoo art is shown above, works in a variety of art mediums at the College. Photo courtesy of eva henderson.

eva henderson talks tattoo art

Lily Goldberg May 1, 2019

eva henderson ’19, whose hand tattoo art is shown above, works in a variety of art mediums at the College. Photo courtesy of eva henderson. Even if you’ve never spoken to eva henderson ’19,...

Photo box: QSU Drag Show

Lily Goldberg and Sabrine Brismeur April 24, 2019

Interviews by Lily Goldberg, Arts Editor, and photos by Sabrine Brismeur, Photo Editor. El Alfa & Bad Bunny   Hometown El Alfa: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Bad Bunny: Vega Baja,...

At MASS MoCA, myth collides with memory in “Mind of the Mound”

At MASS MoCA, myth collides with memory in “Mind of the Mound”

Lily Goldberg April 17, 2019

PHOTO COURTESY OF JAMES COHAN GALLERY.  “Mound Museum,” one of the structures in “Mind of the Mound: Critical Mass”, houses objects from the artist’s personal collection. “Grandma’s...

Step: a rhythmic history

Step: a rhythmic history

Lily Goldberg March 13, 2019

A rhythm swells in the ‘62 Center. Stomp. Clap. Tap. The rhythm spreads from one body to the next, a contagion that built until it exploded into synchronicity. This is the art of Sankofa, the College’s...

North Berkshire Artists Group promotes creativity in North Adams

North Berkshire Artists Group promotes creativity in North Adams

Lily Goldberg February 20, 2019

At the Artists Town Hall in August 2018, more than 100 local artists gathered at MASS MoCA to share resources and network.  Photo courtesy of Assets for Artists. Ashley...

Gina Coleman ’90 brings blues to the folk-saturated Berkshires

Gina Coleman ’90 brings blues to the folk-saturated Berkshires

Lily Goldberg February 13, 2019

Gina Coleman ’90 strums her cigar box guitar at the International Blues Challenge final. (PHOTO COURTESY OF ROGER STEPHENSON) “The last time I was here was for my grandmother’s funeral service,”...

600 Highwaymen to perform participatory work at ’62 Center

600 Highwaymen to perform participatory work at ’62 Center

Lily Goldberg February 6, 2019

Formed in 2009, 600 Highwaymen is the stage name of theatre artists Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone. Their participatory theatre experience, The Fever, will be performed at the ’62 Center...

Members of the Sawyer Thoughts team include (from left) Grace Dailey ’22, Annie Miklas ’22, Sydney Pope ’22, Hannah Jackson ’22 and Sam Schraver ’22. Leslie Garcia/Staff Photographer.

Sawyer Thoughts blog encourages student musings

Lily Goldberg January 23, 2019

Members of the Sawyer Thoughts team include (from left) Grace Dailey ’22, Annie Miklas ’22, Sydney Pope ’22, Hannah Jackson ’22 and Sam Schraver ’22. Leslie Garcia/Staff Photographer. “I...

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