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Air quality alert issued for the Berkshires
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (171+ words) Haze from Canada's wildfires is seen looking East toward the summit of Mount Greylock from August 2025. Canadian wildfire smoke prompted an air quality alert for Berkshire County on Wednesday. If you have heart or lung disease, are an older adult,…...
Connecticut Virtuosi adds Northampton stop to its 'Carmen” tour
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (1154+ words) Rebecca de Almeida rehearses the title role of "Carmen" while the Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, under founder Adrian Sylveen, plays the score. The New Britain, Conn.-based company is taking Georges Bizet's opera on a four-stop tour. Rebecca de Almeida…...
REVIEW: 'Native Gardens' at Hartford Stage is a smart and insightful comedy
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (248+ words) Alina Collins Maldonado, Bradley Tejeda, and Greg Wood in "Native Gardens." Bradley Tejeda and Alina Collins Maldonado in "Native Gardens." HARTFORD, Conn. — The setting for Karen Zacarias’ smart, insightful comedy "Native Gardens” is the side-by-side backyards of two homes in…...
Summer tease comes to a close as typical mid-April weather returns to the Berkshires
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (586+ words) A hen basks in the sunshine recently at Hancock Shaker Village. While the summerlike warmth won't be staying around, there should be plenty of sunshine in the coming week once we get through Sunday, with temperatures more seasonable for mid-April....
REVIEW: Hartford Stage’s ‘The Cottage’ entertains with wit but leans too heavily on style
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (185+ words) From left, Craig Wesley Divino, Jetta Juriansz, and Kate MacCluggage in "The Cottage." Jeffrey Borak is The Eagle's theater critic. "Shadow Visionaries,” at The Clark, explores how 19th-century French artists used mood, shadow and imagination to challenge realism and respond…...