Summer is the perfect time to take in all that Stockbridge in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts has to offer. Come soak up the sun, try new adventures, and make memories in this historical destination brimming with culture, visual and performing arts, gilded age cottages, museums, and New England hospitality. The charming main street offers all sorts of shopping, trendy cafes, and restaurants. Its natural beauty which surrounds the downtown offers recreational parks, hiking trails and beautiful lakes for the entire family to enjoy. It’s a destination that serves up a little something for everyone and endless summer fun. There’s so much waiting to be explored this summer in #StockbridgeMA.

LIVE PERFORMANCES GALORE TAKE STAGE THIS SUMMER



BERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP has a variety of live performances lined up at their beloved Colonial and Unicorn Theatre. The first production of the season, The Elephant Man (May 28-June 15 at the Unicorn Theatre) by Bernard Pomerance, directed by Eric Hill is a gripping true story of resilience, dignity and the search for acceptance. It tells the story of Joseph Merrick, a man with severe physical deformities who challenges society's notion of beauty, dignity and humanity. “The Elephant Man is a poignant exploration of…the thin membrane separating humanity’s great cruelty and deep empathy.” –Vanity Fair

Dying is No Excuse (August 7-30 at the Unicorn) Renée Taylor takes the stage in the World Premiere of Dying is No Excuse, a hilarious and heartfelt new play directed by the legendary Elaine May. Known for her quick wit and larger-than-life presence, Taylor—an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning actress, writer and comedian—infuses her signature humor into this deeply personal journey through love, marriage and loss. More than just Taylor’s story, this play is a tribute to her extraordinary partnership with her late husband, Joe Bologna. With warmth, wit and unflinching honesty, she reflects on their whirlwind romance, creative collaborations and the humor that sustained them through life’s highs and lows. From their unconventional TV wedding to Bologna’s rise as a leading man and his final days battling cancer, Taylor paints a portrait of enduring love. Dying is No Excuse is a celebration of a life well-lived, proving that even in loss, love and laughter prevail.

A timeless classic that has kept audiences on edge of their seats for over 70 years, Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap (July 24 – August 17) at The Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield, MA) is the ultimate whodunit. Other highlights, all at the Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge, include Out of Character (June 30 – July 26) and Metamorphoses (September 25 – October 26)

This summer JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL, running June 25-August 24, will produce the 94th season of its premier international dance festival, in a 9-week celebration of some of today’s most groundbreaking artists and dance companies performing locally, nationally, and around the world including the return of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater appearing as a full company at Jacob’s Pillow for the first time in 62 years And the 40th anniversary and final performance of the Stephen Petronio Company.

Companies performing in the Ted Shawn Theatre this summer will travel from across the United States and Canada to perform for one week each, representing a dynamic range of genres including ballet, contemporary, tap, hip hop, Irish step, Afro Latin styles, and more. They are, in chronological order: The Center Will Not Hold (A Dorrance Dance Production), BODYTRAFFIC, Trinity Irish Dance Company, The Sarasota Ballet, Stephen Petronio Company, Sekou McMiller & Friends, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Ballet BC, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Companies performing week-long engagements in the Doris Duke Theatre are, in chronological order: Andrew Schneider, Elle Sofe Company, Eun-Me Ahn, Shamel Pitts | TRIBE, Faye Driscoll, and Huang Yi.

The outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage will feature nine weeks of events, including presentations from the Contemporary Ballet, Contemporary, and Tap Dance Performance Ensembles at The School at Jacob’s Pillow.

SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY'S 48th season begins with the World Premiere of The Victim (June 19-July 20) by Lawrence Goodman featuring Annette Miller. A successful New York doctor whose racial diversity training has gone horribly wrong. A health aide grappling with racism during the COVID-19 pandemic. A Holocaust survivor facing her own horror, and finding her way back to love and healing. The Victim is about identity, our blindness to others, and human capacity for cruelty and compassion.

Shakespeare & Company returns to August Wilson’s American Century Cycle with The Piano Lesson, July 25 through August 24 at the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre. Set against the backdrop of 1936 Pittsburgh during the Great Depression, Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning The Piano Lesson is a testament to the complexities of family, history, and legacy. It’s the fourth in Wilson’s American Century Cycle series of plays, and the second performed at Shakespeare & Company following their award-winning production of Fences in 2023.

Other highlights include:

Shake It Up: A Shakespeare Cabaret (July 1-6) July starts with the reprise of Shake It Up: A Shakespeare Cabaret, co-created by Allyn Burrows and Jacob Ming-Trent and directed by Burros.

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (July 12 – August 10) Directed by Kevin G. Coleman and Jonathan Epstein. Presented under the Berkshires’ summer skies this summer, Romeo and Juliet proves that even the ultimate case of love at first sight can lead to...well, chaos.

Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew (August 14-24) by William Shakespeare Directed by Allyn Burrows and Tina Packer. Step into the world of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew, with its timeless themes of identity, gender roles, and the clash of wills.



MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER presents live performances of music, dance, film and more. Mexican-American rock band Los Lobos will perform at the Mahaiwe on Friday, June 20. Together for over 50 years, Los Lobos have built an impressive legacy. In between 100-plus concerts a year for five decades running – amassing millions of fans in the process – Los Lobos have released 17 studio albums, seven live records, three compilations, two EPs, and two feature videos. Through this output, the band has garnered four Grammys, an Austin City Limits Hall of Fame induction, the ALMA Ritchie Valens Pioneer Award, NEA and Hispanic Heritage Foundation Honors, Congressional recognitions, and numerous “Keys to the City” and “Los Lobos Day” celebrations. Beyond the accolades, and the source of it all, is heart. Los Lobos have dedicated their off-stage time to helping others, working for peace and justice. Their compositions have transformed the hard cries from the East L.A. barrio into songs of hope, tales of common folk finding ways to endure. They were weaned on late-night radio’s soul, R&B, and doo-wop, and cured through the African-American currents of the blues, jazz, and rock ‘n’ roll. As proud Chicanos, their songs have always glistened with the distillation from their Mexican and Latin American roots—nourished by Norteña and rancheras, buoyed by bolero and cumbias, soaring on the rhythms of son huasteco and son jarocho. Los Lobos have helped spread the rich diversity of cultures across every continent, throughout the global community. Kids in Antwerp now know about Aztlán. Residents of Luxor and Ghana are crooning Lalo Guerrero. People from Laos and Bulgaria are belting “La Bamba”—all thanks to Los Lobos as cultural ambassadors. Los Lobos are David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez, Jr., Cesar Rosas, Conrad Lozano, Steve Berlin. 

Also performing this summer is folk artist Steve Earle on June 14; singer-songwriters Shawn Colvin and Rodney Crowell on June 21; country rock outfit Pure Prairie League on July 3; and pop, soul musician Marc Broussard on July 11, country singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash on July 23, comedian Paul Reiser on July 25, Gary Gulman: Misfit Stand Up Tour on July 31 and country singer LeAnn Rimes on August 6.

TANGLEWOOD with its beautiful property in #StockbridgeMA stretching to the entrance in Lenox, has been the famed summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1937, as well as the Tanglewood Music Center, Tanglewood Learning Institute and the Boston Pops. The venue welcomes more than 350,000 visitors to chamber music, recital, and concert opera presentations; and a series of Popular Artist concerts.

Boston Symphony opening Night at Tanglewood features All-Rachmaninoff Program with Daniil Trifonov (July 5, 8pm). On July 6, 2:30pm Beethoven Symphony No. 5 & Piano Concerto No. 3 with Yefim Bronfman. Debussy La Mer and Ravel Piano Concertos with Seong-Jin Cho (July 12, 8pm). Andris Nelsons conducts Toscaf (July 19, 8pm). Mahler Symphony No. 1 and John Williams Piano Concerto with Emanuel Ax (July 26, 8pm), On August 3, 2:30pm, Special Events with Leonidas Kavakos, violin, Antoine Tamestit, viola, Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Emanuel Ax, piano in an ALL-BEETHOVEN program. On August 8, 8pm Joshua Bell returns with Dvořák Symphony No. 9, From the New World playing LALO Symphonie espagnole.

Boston Pops performances feature a Popular Artist Series performance with timeless poet and rhyme master Nas, who makes his Tanglewood debut alongside Emmy-winning conductor Troy Quinn (June 27, 7 p.m.) One Night Only: An Evening with Sutton Foster & Kelli O’Hara conducted by Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart and featuring favorites from Foster and O’Hara’s Tony Award winning and nominated shows (July 18, 8 p.m.) Tanglewood on Parade, which features the Pops alongside the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, conducted by Lockhart and Elim Chan (August 5, 8 p.m.) The ever-popular John Williams’ Film Night, conducted by Lockhart and curated by Williams, his predecessor as Pops conductor (August 9, 8 p.m.) The Keith Lockhart 30th Anniversary Concert, which brings a cavalcade of special guests, including Bernadette Peters, Ben Folds, Lynn Ahrens, Jason Danieley, Time for Three, and Brian Stokes Mitchell, to the Shed to celebrate with Lockhart (August 22, 8 p.m.) Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in Concert with composer John Williams’ venerated score performed live to the film, conducted by Damon Gupton (August 1, 8 p.m.)

The Popular Artists series kicks off in the Shed with Top Gun: Maverick in Concert, featuring music by Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga and Hans Zimmer, with the score produced by Lorne Balfe. The Boston Pops will perform the score live to picture, conducted by Constantine Kitsopoulous (Friday, June 20, 8 pm).  Returning after highly successful Tanglewood performances in 2021 and 2024, GRAMMY, Oscar, and Golden Globe-winning performer and composer Jon Batiste performs on June 28 (7 pm). John Mulaney, the celebrated comedian will make his Tanglewood debut on Sunday, June 29 at 6 pm, presenting this summer’s only solo comedy show. James Taylor and his All-Star Band perform with special guest Tiny Habits on July 3 and 4 (8 pm). The six-time GRAMMY-winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee is marking his 51st season at the festival. The beloved quartet Barenaked Ladies, comprised of Ed Robertson, Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, and Tyler Stewart, has sold over 15 million records worldwide and built up an arsenal of hits. Their July 8 performance will be their second at Tanglewood, where they made their debut in 2013. Joining as special guests are two ever-popular hitmakers, Sugar Ray (“Every Morning,” “Fly-Fly” and “Someday”) and Fastball (“The Way,” and “Out of My Head”) (7 pm). Emmylou Harris and Graham Nash, two of popular music's most beloved icons, share the stage for A Very Special Evening on July 29. Both artists first performed at Tanglewood in 1975 and will bring their respective complete shows to the historic venue this summer (7 pm). Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band behind “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Free Bird”, will make their Tanglewood debut on August 5 (7 pm). At the end of the season, Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!, NPR’s popular news quiz program returns live with host Peter Sagal, judge-scorekeeper Bill Kurtis, and a to-be-named celebrity guest on August 28 (8 pm). Thirteen-time GRAMMY winner Bonnie Raitt performs on August 31 (7 pm). Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000, Raitt was also named one of Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” and “100 Greatest Singers of All Time.”  Joining Raitt is special guest Jimmie Vaughan & The Tilt-A-Whirl Band. The summer closes with multiplatinum artist and EGOT winner John Legend (September 5, 7 pm), whose long-awaited Tanglewood debut in summer 2023 was described as “a forceful finale for the venue's summer season—a soulful coda made sweeter by anticipation.” 

CHESTERWOOD: Don’t miss the summer season of celebrating the arts in the studio and gardens of Daniel Chester French, sculptor of the Minute Man and Lincoln Memorial Abraham Lincoln statues and a leading artist of his era. This season, French’s renovated residence will offer three new exhibition rooms that celebrate French’s art, alongside the works of two female artists active at Chesterwood: Evelyn Beatrice Longman and Margaret French Cresson.

The annual outdoor sculpture exhibition, themed Global Warming/ Global Warning!, opens June 7. The exhibit explores how the natural and designed landscapes at Chesterwood are being impacted by global warming, climate change, invasive species, pollution and the aging out of a mature forest. It is curated by architect and preservationist Michael F. Lynch, with works by artists Kathleen Jacobs, Ann Jon, Harold Grinspoon, Natalie Tyler, and DeWitt Godfrey. Chesterwood will also feature a retrospective exhibition of celebrated Berkshires sculptor Ann Jon from August – September. 

Chesterwood’s performing arts and speakers’ series ArtsAlive! and WordsAlive! run from June through September. Highlights include collaborations with the Tanglewood Music Center and Berkshire Pulse, a conversation with Richard Blake, sculptor of the new W.E.B. DuBois figurative monument, and numerous programs in dance, literature, and theater.

Chesterwood will also present four resident artists throughout the season: sculptor Heidi Wastweet, musicians the Bel Canto Duo, poet Jessica Jacobs, and an artist through the Berkshire Art Center’s residency program.

On July 12, Chesterwood will host a new fundraising event, the Chesterwood Garden Tea Party, to support the institution’s growing initiatives for children, including a young person’s sculpture camp, monthly ice cream socials, and a holiday program in December.

CHECK OUT THE LINEUP OF NEW SUMMER EXHIBITIONS

NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM presents I Spy: Walter Wick’s Hidden Wonders, June 7 through October 26, 2025

This major exhibition celebrates the visionary work of beloved photographic illustrator and author Walter Wick. Renowned worldwide for his iconic I SPY series; Wick’s award-winning books have captivated generations of audiences. The exhibition will showcase more than 50 years of Wick’s innovative artistry, featuring his iconic photographic illustrations, miniature worlds, optical illusions, and puzzle challenges. Themes that have long fascinated Wick and his multigenerational sleuths, including Miniature Worlds; Craft-Built Worlds; Optical Illusions; I Spy Games; Puzzle Challenges; Wonders of Science and Nature; and Curiosity Shop, will be presented in both two and three-dimensional forms.“Walter Wick’s work exemplifies the universal appeal and magic of creating imaginary worlds,” said Laurie Norton Moffatt, Director/CEO of the Norman Rockwell Museum. “Through his lens, everyday objects become portals to imagined landscapes, inviting viewers of all ages into intricate visual stories that transcend age and time. This exhibition of photographic illustration broadens our tradition of presenting the many genres of illustration art, providing a welcoming and fun gathering space for generations of visitors.” 

In addition to the main exhibition, the museum will host a series of themed programs and events, including a special Family Festival “I SPY a PARTY!” to mark the exhibition’s opening on Saturday, June 7, from 4–7 pm, with a festive picnic, engaging discoveries and activities (inside and out) for all ages. Additional programming, including an event with the artist, are planned for the summer. 

A juried outdoor sculpture exhibition, Hidden Worlds & Wonders, will open July 12-October 26, bringing the spirit of the exhibition out of doors, on view throughout the Museum’s beautiful 36-acre campus.  

Another summer tradition is the museum’s Art of Brewing Festival with regional craft beers and other brewed products together with the creative illustration art that brings beer cans and bottles, and other brewed product packaging to life (August 16 1-4pm). 

The CLARK ART INSITUTE is featuring a robust program of exhibitions, events, and activities. “Summer 2025 promises to be a dynamic season with an exciting line-up of exhibitions that will bring our galleries and our grounds to life,” said Olivier Meslay, Hardymon Director of the Clark. “Outdoors, we are looking forward to bringing the second presentation of our Ground/work exhibition to our campus and to introducing our visitors to six remarkable contemporary artists. Indoors, we are offering a rich program that will offer a wide array of exhibitions featuring many artists whose works will be shown here for the first time.” The Clark’s summer exhibitions open on a staggered schedule, beginning in May. 

Paginations—Bold by Design: Mid-century Modern Graphic Art (May 20–Sept 21), is part of a series of year-round public installations in the Manton Research Center.

A Room of Her Own: Women Artist-Activists in Britain, 1875–1945 (June 14–September 14), explores the spaces women claimed as their own-rooms, homes, studios, art schools, clubs, which furthered their artistic ambitions.

Ground/work 2025 (June 28, 2025–Oct 12, 2026) features works by six artists the focus on global conceptions of craft, the physical process by which artists transform the world around them.

Berenice Abbott’s Modern Lens, Eugene V. Thaw Gallery for Works on Paper (July 12–October 5), celebrates Abbott’s pioneering documentary style, unpretentious compositions, and technical innovations and the 100-year anniversary of her first photographs.

Isamu Noguchi: Landscapes of Time, Michael Conforti Pavilion (July 19–October 13) is a non-chronological survey of acclaimed Japanese American artist Isamu Noguchi’s work across media, presenting some of his most compelling engagements with time.

The Clark also holds outdoor concerts on five Wednesdays starting July 2 with a special Sunday, August 30 performance by The Knights Orchestra. Concerts are free and open to the public.

BERKSHIRE BOTANICAL GARDEN featured summer art exhibition, DayDream, will be on display in the Leonhardt Art Galleries June 6-August 11. Curated by James Salomon, the Garden will transform into a haven for artistic reverie with "DayDream," a new exhibition featuring works by some of the most renowned names in contemporary and modern art. The exhibition’s lineup includes legendary figures such as Salvador Dalí, Annie Leibovitz, Yoko Ono, and Jamie Wyeth, alongside a diverse array of contemporary artists like Roz Chast, Will Cotton, Ellsworth Kelly, and Kenny Scharf. Spanning painting, photography, sculpture, and mixed media, "DayDream" promises to be a stunning and thought-provoking journey into the artistic subconscious. Saturday, June 14, opening reception.

In conjunction with "DayDream," this summer, visitors to Berkshire Botanical Garden will be invited to slow down, lean back — and daydream outdoors. Nestled quietly among the trees and pathways from June 6 through August 11, Sleepwalkers, a new outdoor exhibit by renowned sculptor Mark Mennin, will offer a place to do just that. Three monumental stone sculptures, each weighing more than 6,000 pounds, will rest in the landscape like ancient relics crossed with soft clouds. Mennin, a master of monumental stone carving, has shaped these massive blocks into forms that suggest cushions or beds — tactile, inviting and unmistakably human in scale and presence.

This season the Garden is hosting a brand-new Monday Farmer's Market before their traditional Music Mondays concert series. Come dance and picnic! It's a perfect way to start the week. Highlights include regional artists The Rejuvenators with Wanda Houston (June 30),The Nate Martel Band (July 14), The BTUs (August 4) and Rounders Revival (August 25) and more.

Their annual fundraiser, 2025 Fete des Fleurs: A Midsummer Night's Dream takes place on July 19. You can expect a truly enchanting evening, where you will be transported into Shakespeare’s play with captivating theatrical performances, interactive activities, and an atmosphere that immerses you in the magic of the season.

AUSTEN RIGGS CENTER presents Making Meaning: Growth and Artistic Expression in the Activities Program at the Austen Riggs Center exhibition at the Corner House Community Exhibition Space on 48 Main St, Stockbridge (June 6-October 12, 10am-4pm). In honor of Joan Erikson’s reimagining of the Activities Program and founding of the Austen Riggs Center Nursery School 75 years ago, the exhibition opening in June will look at the ways the activities program has shaped the patient experience at the Austen Riggs Center for over 100 years. The exhibition will showcase art of former patients and staff, and in August will host the Alumni Art exhibition in collaboration with an exhibition of current patient work in the Lavender Door. Visitors are invited to stop by during regular exhibition hours.

POPULAR TALK/LECTURE SERIES RETURN THIS SUMMER

THE MOUNT'S 2025 Summer Season, Where Stories Come Alive, has expanded Author Talks, Writing Workshops, and the Return of Wharton Readings, Live Music, a Sculpture Exhibition, and Free Youth & Family Programs.

Their Summer Author Series runs July 7 – August 26. Talks are Mondays at 4pm and Tuesdays at 11am. Since 1993, the Summer Author Series has brought award-winning authors to The Mount. This year’s theme is trailblazers. The eight-week series will highlight the stories of groundbreaking visionaries—scientists, activists, thought leaders, and artists who have broken barriers and reshaped the world.  

Michelle Young, The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland chronicles the brave actions of Rose Valland, a key Resistance spy embedded within the Nazi’s Parisian art looting headquarters (July 7 and 8). Andrew Lipman, Squanto: A Native Odessey, July 14 and 15. Susan Morrison, LORNE: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live, takes readers behind the scenes of Lorne Michaels’ relentless, 50-year journey to build and sustain Saturday Night Live—a cultural institution that has come to define American comedy (July 21 and 22.) Tess Chakkalakal, A Matter of Complexion: The Life and Fictions of Charles W. Chestnutt (July 28 and 29). Dava Sobel, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit the Path for Women in Science (August 4 and 5.) Megan Marshall presents After Lives: On biography and the mysteries of the human heart (August 11 and 12). Amy Reading, The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker, is a rare and deeply intimate portrait exploring the ways that White nurtured a momentous amount of literary talent that propelled writers to great literary heights. (August 18 and 19). Elyse Graham, Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II (August 25 and 26).

In Conversation with André Bernard (June 26 –August 21 all at 5:00pm) In its third year, In Conversation brings together seasoned interviewer Andre Bernard, former Vice President of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, with innovative thinkers and influential voices whose contributions shape our culture today. Adam Gopnik, New Yorker staff writer and author of All That Happiness is a slim volume exploring society's obsession with achievement (June 26). Robert A. Caro, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of The Years of Lyndon Johnson and The Power Broker (July 10). Danzy Senna, author of the bestselling novel Colored Television (July 17). Jayne Anne Philips, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist of Night Watch (July 31). Judy Collins, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and author of Sometimes It’s Heaven: Poems of Love, Loss, and Redemption (August 21). Justice Stephen G.Breyer, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1994-2022) and author of Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism (August 1). Susan Glasser and Peter Baker, journalists and co-authors of The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021 (August 7).

NEW Building Old New York (July 9, July 16, July 30, August 20 all at 5pm) Join us for a captivating series of talks delving into the history and legacy of some of New York City’s most iconic institutions, spaces, and landmarks. 

Anthony C. Wood, Servant of Beauty: Landmarks, Secret Love, and the Unimagined Life of an Unsung New York Hero (July 9). Jonathan Conlin, The MET: A History of a Museum and its People (July 16). Henry Wiencek, Stan and Gus: Art, Ardor, and the Friendship that Built the Gilded Age (July 30). Sara Cedar Miller, Before Central Park (August 20).

Wharton on Wednesdays returns June – October

Live Music: The grounds and gardens will be alive with music this summer! The popular Sounds of Summer Concerts, curated by jazz musician Michael Junkins, return in full force. These free concerts will include Standard Edition on June 24, Gato 6 with Suzi Stern on July 24, Natalia Bernal Community Day Concert on August 10, and George Schuller Quintet on August 28. They will also host a free kid’s concert series Under the Tent for Kids: Little Roots, on June 15, Wintergreen Trio, on July 13, and Mister G. on August 10.

Sculpture at the Mount runs May 24 –October 19 and feature works of contemporary outdoor sculpture in a range of media throughout the woods, gardens, and grounds of The Mount.

Enjoy Tea & Talk, at VENTFORT HALL MANSION AND GILDED AGE MUSUEM held each Tuesdays June through September at 4pm, offering lectures followed by a decadent English Teatime gathering in the den and dining room. Titles include "Real Clothes, Real Lives: 200 years of what women wore" Kiki Smith using illustrations from her book, will speak about the Historic Clothing Collection at Smith College (June 17). The Story of Festival House: The story of culture and inclusive community during the Festival House era at Ventfort Hall 1950 – 1961, presented by Chelsea Gaia, Director of Programming and Events at Ventfort Hall (June 24). Fun & Games in the Gilded Age: Louise Levy, a lifelong student of American history, will talk about games and activities that brought communities together in the Gilded Age (July 1). Portrait of an Unseen Woman: A novel of Annie Shaw with Roberta Harold (July 8), Building the Berkshire Carousel with Stephanie Talanian (July 15), An Elegant Revolution The Conference of Great Women with James Capuzzi: James, Capuzi, Executive Director of the Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum, tells the story of how tea shaped the womens suffrage movement (July 29). Devil in the Berkshires with Elita Galvin and Karen Briggs (August 5), Playhouses and Privilege The Architecture of Elite Childhood with Abigail A. Van Slyck (Aug 12) Paranormal Investigations at Ventfort Hall with David Raby. Years of evidence and stories will be revealed in daylight with Ventfort Hall’s only Paranormal Investigator (August 19), Rose Valland WWII Resistance Spy and Art Historian with Michelle Young. The life of Rose Valland as a resistance spy while working under the noses of Herman Gooring’s art looting ring (August 26).

The Mansion is open for tours daily and is an imposing Jacobean Revival-style mansion built in 1893 for Sarah Morgan, the sister of J. P. Morgan. Designed by the architects Rotch & Tilden. 

BIDWELL HOUSE MUSEUM official season of guided tours begins on Memorial Day, May 26.  Authentically restored & located on 192 acres, the Bidwell House Museum tells the story of life in the 18th C Berkshires via seasonal programs and guided tours of the elegant c.1760 Georgian saltbox home. Programs include Sandy Spector’s Portrayal of Martha Washington on May 17, and talks about traditional trades in 18th and early 19th centuries, including architecture and masonry. There are also talks about Tavern life and The Battle of Lewisburg, in which Bidwell fought. The big annual event is the Living History Revolutionary War Reenactment from October 3 to 5, which connects to America’s 250th birthday in 2026.



STOCKBRIDGE LIBRARY, MUSEUM & ARCHIVES offers numerous events and programs for adults and children. This summer’s Author Talks features Heather Campbell author of Good Is Amazing: Stop Over-striving and Celebrate Being Enough! The book empowers readers to take a deep sigh as their minds ignite with possibility on how to actively cultivate good in their lives every day (June 7). Don't miss the Annual Community Dog Show on August 2. They invite patrons to bring their favorite pup to participate in several awesome activities throughout the day including a red carpet arrival.  In the lower level of the library is the Museum & Archives, where you can meet with the curator, look at local artifacts and learn about the marvelous history of Stockbridge.

SUSAN B. ATHONY BIRTHPLACE MUSEUM is brining back their Afternoon Tea series outside in their beautiful garden this year complete with finger sandwiches, desserts and a range of arts and cultural conversations beginning in April and running through September. 

Join the Stockbridge Chamber of Commerce for its 33rd Annual SUMMER ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW Saturday, August 16, and Sunday, August 17. This is a rain or shine event boasting over 80 artisans and craftspeople from across New England. Original works in paintings, ceramics, jewelry, sculpture, photography, wood, mixed media, fashion and more will be on display for sale. The show is located at 50 Main Street, Stockbridge on the beautiful grounds of the Town Offices and Bidwell Park and open Free to the public.



TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS' NAUMKEAG offers a variety of summer activities including Berkshire Pride Tea Dance, Sunset Yoga, Mindfulness meditations. Backstairs tours of the house run June 1 through the first week of Sept., every Sat. & Sun. The historic home and gardens are open Thursday-Sunday, for self-guided and guided tours and is a 48-acre architectural masterpiece designed in 1885 by the firm of McKim, Mead, and White for Joseph Hodges Choate and his family.

FRELINGHUYSEN MORRIS HOUSE & STUDIO Open June 19 to Labor Day, the historic home and studio of two famous American Abstract Artists George L.K. Morris and Suzy Frelinghuysen has been preserved as it was during their lifetime. Director’s Corner with Artist/Director Kinney Frelinghuysen Thursdays and Saturdays, 11:15am, highlights paintings on view and from the collection. Painting Demonstrations with professional artists every Friday 11am, free with admission. Artists will demonstrate their techniques with mediums from watercolor to woodcut printing.

Exercise Your Creativity, Sundays from 11am – 1pm is a free-flowing art “happy hours” with no rules, no special plans to follow and no judgement. A variety of mediums and some examples are provided.

It's all here, in the Stockbridge, MA area, for your perfect summer getaway. Book your stay and tickets now and start planning here. 

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