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5.29.11
This is an Archival Site
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5.18.11
Weekend Preview May 19-24
Bob Dylan tributes, Deborah Voigt, Tom Paxton, Bill Kirchen, John Kirk and Trish Miller



5.18.11
Celebrating Bob Dylan's 70th Birthday in Style
Paying tribute to the greatest rock songwriter ever



5.17.11
FILM REVIEW: In a Better World and Of Gods and Men
Review by Seth Rogovoy



5.17.11
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5.12.11
Deborah Voigt Headlines Mahaiwe Gala
Opera star to sing arias, show tunes on Saturday, May 21



5.15.11
Famed Spiritual Teacher to Speak on Nonviolence
Mother Maya in free talk at Sruti Yoga in Great Barrington, Mass., on Friday May 20 at 7pm



5.12.11
Special Effects Wizard to Be Honored by Film Festival
Doug Trumbull to be Feted by BIFF



5.11.11
Weekend Preview May 12-16
Cultural Highlights of the Berkshire Weekend



6.4.09
Talk about a small world
Elaine and I grew up together, but only just recently met....



5.8.11
Berkshire Living to Cease Publication
A Farewell from Publisher Michael Zivyak



5.8.11
twiGs Branches Out
Lenox boutique launches new e-tail site



5.8.11
[MUSIC REVIEW] Avalon Quartet in Close Encounters at Mahaiwe
Review by Seth Rogovoy



5.8.11
[MUSIC REVIEW] Avalon Quartet in Close Encounters at Mahaiwe
Review by Seth Rogovoy



5.7.11
[FILM REVIEW] Bill Cunningham New York
Review by Seth Rogovoy



5.7.11
[FILM REVIEW] Bill Cunningham New York
Review by Seth Rogovoy





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New BERKSHIRE LIVING hits newsstands

4.27.06
FromTheEditor


No matter how far back you trace your Berkshire roots—even if you’re a Mahican—at some point your family came here from somewhere else. That’s not just true of the Berkshires: it’s the story of America, and it’s one of the greatest stories in history. We’re a nation of immigrants, and our patchwork of different races and ethnicities has built one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever known.


This isn’t just history, either. It’s a dynamic that continues to this very day, and one that we can see playing itself out all around us. Being only a second-generation American myself, and feeling a strong connection to my Old World roots through my grandparents, I love immigrant stories. Perhaps that’s why I knew from day one that at some point Berkshire Living would chronicle some of these stories, as we’ve done in this issue with our look at the growing influx of Indians to these environs.


They come from a truly amazing place—one of the world’s most populous nations; the largest democracy in history by far; a country of stark contrasts, yet one that embraces even more diversity than our own. They are also representatives of a proud, ancient civilization full of bold stories, brash colors, enticing flavors, and mystical traditions, all of which they’ve brought with them to the Berkshires. Undoubtedly their unique culture and experience will blend with the one we have already forged through so many different influences, making us all the richer for it along the way. I, for one, am glad they’re here, if only as a daily reminder that the same American dream that enticed my grandparents to leave behind the poverty and oppression of their world in search of something better still exists.


Meanwhile, back at the ranch, it gives me great pleasure to welcome a few new contributors to the fold starting with this issue. I had the great pleasure of striking up a friendship with Boston Globe theater critic Ed Siegel last summer. Over dinner at Verdura Cucina Rustica in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, we tried to figure out how Ed could possibly get around his primary obligation to the Globe in order to write for Berkshire Living. As it turned out, the timing could not have been better, as within a few months of our dinner, Ed, like a number of his colleagues at the Globe, accepted the offer of an early-retirement buyout, thus freeing him up to write for us. Ed makes his Berkshire Living debut in this issue with “A Bostonian’s Berkshire Idyll” (p. 42), an essay recounting his introduction to and ongoing love affair with the Berkshires. In upcoming issues, he’ll profile the region’s theater scene and turn his attention toward other areas of cultural interest, too.


This issue also marks the debut of “Trail Mix” (p. 83), a new hiking column geared to the novice hiker (read: me) written by Tad Ames and illustrated by Alison Kolesar—both of Williamstown, Massachusetts—that will appear in each issue from May through October. We also welcome two new writers aboard, Avi Dresner (“Curry Power,” p. 60) and Anne Horrigan Geary (“Chip Off the Old Paint Block,” p. 66), and we are thrilled to be featuring Adam Mastoon’s photographic vision of our new Indian neighbors throughout this issue.



Happy reading.


Seth Rogovoy
Editor-in-Chief
Berkshire Living






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