Read the Original Article Here. Lenox, MA Lenox is a multi-cultural town located within The Berkshires in Western Massachusetts. The entire region has over a hundred cultural locations, and Lenox holds many of them. People come from all over to attend the festivals, restaurants, perfect weather and scenery, unique places to shop, and local businesses…
Summer evenings in the Berkshires were made for outdoor music, dining al fresco, and enjoying nature. The Lilac Park Concert Series was created in Lenox to offer just such an opportunity, and this year, will welcome more musical acts than ever before. Lilac Park, in the center of Lenox Village, was gifted to the town…
Resorts like Blantyre pushed Lenox to the top of the pack. Bora Bora. Cancun. St. Moritz. Lenox. The Berkshire town that's home to Tanglewood and several other cultural attractions has been named to a list of the 26 most extravagant vacation destinations around the world by the travel company, Expedia. From Expedia: "If performing arts…
An invitation to everyone in the Berkshires from Laurie Donovan! A collection of Denny Wong's fabulous jewelry for one weekend only, June 26-28! The paintings of Julio Granda will be on display for the summer. Enter our raffle to win a gift certificate at the end of the weekend. You can learn more at www.lauriedonovan.com.…
You are cordially invited to "The Tanglewood Picnic" Book Launch Party on Saturday, June 20 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00p.m. at MacKimmie Co. (67 Church Street in Lenox). Gina Hyams, Writer will be on hand to sign copies of this new gift book that celebrates the eight-decade tradition of picnicking on the lawn at Tanglewood.…
Want fancy? Try Mass. appeal By CINDY ADAMS Last Updated: 11:55 PM, April 28, 2013 Posted: 11:40 PM, April 28, 2013 Cindy Adams Airlines are having it tough. Economy’s tough. You want to visit the Galapagos, the Outback, the Gobi, the Alps? Looking to freeze your tickets off in Siberia? Save your baht. Stuff your drachmas. Shove your…
Love in Lenox: LGBT-Friendly Wedding Venues in the Berkshires | Equally Wed - A gay and lesbian wedding magazine.. We traveled to Lenox, Mass., to experience the LGBT-friendly venue offerings that this quaint Berkshire town has to offer. By Brittny Drye What was once a fall getaway for urban dwellers fleeing the city, as evidenced…
Fabulous Magazine likes the Berkshires and highlights the Apple Tree Inn - how great is that! <<< Mass. Appeal by Kate Wills October 22, 2012in LifestyleTags: Boston,Massachusetts,travel Massachusetts might just be the artiest US state you’ve never heard of. From Boston to The Berkshires, it’s a Mecca for culture and cracking seafood…. Boston For red-brick buildings, cobbled streets and…
The Berkshires on a budget THIS STORY APPEARED IN September 30, 2012 “Wow, this is totally amazing,” we said, gazing in wonder at the kaleidoscope of color in the valley below us, as Route 2 zigzagged toward North Adams. “I wouldn’t know,” our friend in the driver’s seat replied, “I’m kind of busy right now,…
Vogue Magazine presents "Custom of the Country", an 18-page spread with photos by Annie Leibovitz, styled by legendary VOGUE Creative Director Grace Coddington, in the September 2012 issue of VOGUE. The feature includes an essay by award-winning novelist Colm Toibin about Edith Wharton and her complicated love triangle with Morton Fullerton and Henry James. The sixteen-page fashion…
The Berkshires: The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home in the Berkshires by Sue Katz (Staff), Aug-04-12 Travel The Pulitzer Prize winning author Edith Wharton came from a privileged background and made a bob or two from her writing – enough to build this wonderful home, The Mount; but despite being rich and successful, she was always…
By Tony Dobrowolski, Berkshire Eagle Staff Posted: 07/17/2012 12:07:11 AM EDT Renovations to the Kemble Inn in Lenox include new windows and bathrooms, and subtler overhauls like raising the ceilings 18 inches. (Photos by Stephanie Zollshan / Berkshire Eagle Staff) Tuesday July 17, 2012LENOX -- Scott Shortt owns an historic inn, but he doesn't want…
From the LA Times: By Mark Vanhoenacker, Special to the Los Angeles Times July 12, 2012, 1:24 p.m. Lenox, Mass. — Travelers come to the Berkshires in western Massachusetts for the mountains and the museums, the camping and the theater, the just-off-the-boil summer days that fade into cool evenings and single-blanket nights. But most of all they…
ABSTRACT: THE THEATRE SCENE about actor John Douglas Thompson. John Douglas Thompson, who is forty-eight and regarded by some people as the best classical actor in America, has been acting for twenty years, responding to an epiphany he had as a travelling salesman of computers, A.T.M.s, and check-sorting machines. Thompson is known for playing Othello…
Spend a sunny spring weekend in nearby Lenox, Massachusetts. Relaxation, Rockwell and delicious restaurants await. STAY Blantyre Luxury Country House Hotel 16 Blantyre Road Lenox, Mass. Blantyre, a charming, Tudor-style country house and estate, is located on 117 sprawling acres in the Western Massachusetts town of Lenox. This small luxury resort’s exquisite service, lavish rooms and…
Monday May 7, 2012 LENOX -- (From the Berkshire Eagle) - As the starter's gun went off on a normally sleepy early Sunday morning downtown, 287 riders competing in the first annual Berkshire Cycling Classic shot out of the gate in a swarm of colorful blue, yellow, black and white riding outfits. The event, organized…
Edith Wharton in 1905 (LENOX, Mass.) – In its programming for the coming year – the 150th anniversary of author Edith Wharton’s birth – The Mount will pay tribute to Wharton by highlighting her life, work, and achievements under the umbrella theme of Edith Wharton: 21st Century Muse. The Mount’s official opening day is this…
via massvacation.com Think music, museums, and mountains. On the western border of Massachusetts, the Berkshires provide an unbeatable array of visual and performing arts experiences and outdoor adventures in a magnificent rural setting. CHECK IT OUT Summer in the Berkshire is synonymous with Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a venue for…
Lenox, MA: Tanglewood Picnic Menu ideas for lawn party at Tanglewood by Annie B. Copps Book excerpt: Tanglewood: A Group Memoir For music lovers, there's no more enchanting venue than Tanglewood in the summer. For more than seven decades, the members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (and a host of friends) have been switching to…
Traditionally, early September brings a frosty curtain down on this fair-weather communion of art and land. The region’s snowy scenes may have inspired some notable James Taylor lyrics and the color of American literature’s most famous whale. But by midwinter, Arrowhead, Herman Melville’s former home, is open by appointment only, and Mr. Taylor’s beloved Tanglewood…
Five Must-Go Classical and Jazz Music Festivals this Summer | Travel News from Fodor’s Travel Guides
By Alyssa Kim While the official, indoor symphony season may soon be winding down, the annual bevy of revered summer music festivals, all set in the great outdoors, are just a few short months away. So get your picnic baskets ready, dust off those bottles of wine, and throw some bug repellant in your bag.…
An elite retreat Arts, culture, and luxury are surrounded by beauty of Berkshire The Museum of the Gilded Age is housed in the 19th-century Ventfort Hall. (Jonathan Wiggs/ Globe Staff) Globe Staff / December 26, 2007 In the mid-19th century, Lenox became a summer haunt for the elite of Boston and New York, but it…
JOURNEYS; 36 Hours | Lenox, Mass. By MICHELLE GREEN Published: February 21, 2003 UNDER a storybook blanket of snow, Lenox, Mass., may look like just another well-groomed New England town. In fact, this hamlet in the southern Berkshires is a retreat where world-weary types seek sustenance for body and soul. Home to the Canyon Ranch…