The Mount & Straw Dog Writers Guild Invite Applications for 2026 Writers Residency

The Mount and Straw Dog Writers Guild Invite Emerging Writers to Apply for the 2026 Writers Residency Hosted at The Mount in Lenox, MA. The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home, is once again collaborating with Western Massachusetts’ Straw Dog Writers Guild to offer a unique residency experience for nine emerging writers.…

The Mount Presents a Staged Reading Exploring Edith Wharton’s Bond with Louis Bromfield

The Mount Presents A Cultivated Friendship, A Staged Reading of a New Play Exploring Edith Wharton’s Unlikely Bond with Louis Bromfield The Mount, Edith Wharton’s Home, will present A Cultivated Friendship, a staged reading that explores the complex relationship between Edith Wharton and Louis Bromfield, on Wednesday, September 10 at 5:00 PM in the…

Literacy Network Presents ‘The Village Cidiot’ at The Mount

Lenox— On Friday, June 6th at 5 p.m., Literacy Network presents Lauren Letellier’s one-woman show, “The Village Cidiot” at The Mount In “The Village Cidiot,” a dyed-in-the-wool Manhattanite loses her big corporate job and moves, reluctantly, to a tiny upstate town where her city skills are no match for rural reality. The show details…

Benefit Performance of “The Village Cidiot” at The Mount

Lauren Letelier will perform THE VILLAGE CIDIOT at The Mount, on the historic Edith Wharton estate in Lenox MA, June 6 at 5:00pm.  In THE VILLAGE CIDIOT, a dyed-in-the-wool Manhattanite loses her big corporate job and moves, reluctantly, to a tiny upstate town where her city skills are no match…

Berkshires/Columbia Counties Pay Equity Coalition Hosts Second Pay Equity Summit at the Mahaiwe

Great Barrington, Mass.—The Berkshires/Columbia Counties Pay Equity Coalition will hold a FREE event on Wednesday, September 25, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center to release their second report showcasing progress made and remaining barriers, according to employers and workers themselves.  The Berkshire/Columbia County Pay Equity coalition is…

Berkshire/Columbia Counties Pay Equity Project Announces New Cultural Sector Surveys and September 25th Pay Equity Summit

Passion Doesn’t Pay the Rent:Berkshire/Columbia Counties Pay Equity Project AnnouncesNew Cultural Sector Surveys and September 25th Pay Equity SummitSave the Date Entry- and mid-level arts and culture workers in this region struggle to put gas in their cars, find decent housing, access basic healthcare, feed their families, and as a…

WAM Theatre Announces Cast and Creative Team for “fragments of Outside”

LENOX, MA (June 25, 2024)— WAM Theatre is proud to announce an incredible ensemble of performers and designers who are collaborating to create the site-specific performance fragments of Outside. This special, one-time-only performance, conceived and directed by new Artistic Director Genée Coreno, is a celebration of WAM’s 15th Anniversary. It will be…

WAM Theatre’s 15th Anniversary Benefit to include “Fragments of Outside by new Artistic Director Genée Coreno 

LENOX, MA (June 12, 2024) — Join WAM Theatre at The Mount (Edith Wharton’s Home) on August 18, 2024 for a special 15th Anniversary Celebration featuring a one-night-only performance of Fragments of Outside, created and directed by WAM’s new Artistic Director Genée Coreno. Heralding the arrival of WAM’s new Artistic Director, Fragments of Outside both…