June 28 - The world renowned cellist Wendy Sutter peforms with pianists Paul Posnak and Anita Castiglione
October 13 – November 9 Illuminated: Women in Photography UPDATE: Continues, Saturday, October 19, 11-3pm, Sunday, October 27, 11-3pm , Saturday, November 2, 11-3pm, or by appointment [email protected] Closing reception Saturday November 9 at 5pm with a talk by Mariah Robertson at 6:15pm. Mariah Robertson www.mariahrobertson.com , an artist known primarily for her work experimenting with darkroom techniques and materials, [...]
Talk by Diane Meier, MD, Director Emerita and Strategic Advisor of the Center to Advance Palliative Care. From the Center to Advance Palliative Care website: The Center to Advance Palliative Care is a national organization devoted to increasing access to quality health care in the United States for people living with serious illness. Under her leadership [...]
Singer-songwriter Bobby Sweet is an engaging storyteller, dynamic performer, and a longtime favorite of Sandisfield Arts Center audiences. The Berkshire native and sixth generation musician has received praise for his Country-Americana style and story songs about real life. Stylistically, Bobby’s music resides somewhere between John Prine, Jackson Browne, and a countryfied Bruce Springsteen, with a [...]
Above photograph: River Dream by Linda Mironti Show opens Friday May 30 5 - 7 pm with a reception and closes July 6. After the opening reception, Gallery hours are 11 am to 3 pm weekends. Celebrating the 30th anniversary and long anticipated renovations of the Arts Center, this exhibition pays tribute to Sandisfield—the topography, [...]
Join local historian Ron Bernard, author of Sandisfield Then and Now 1762-2012 and The Little Brown Church of New Boston, Mass., and the Lives of Its Pastors, for a book talk and slide presentation on his third book, From Church to Synagogue to Arts Center: Celebrating 185 Years of Community and Culture. The book tells the [...]
Above: Memories of Stone by Teresa Bills. From May 30 (opening reception) through July 6. Open 11 to 3 most weekends. Celebrating the 30th anniversary and long anticipated renovations of the Arts Center, this exhibition pays tribute to Sandisfield—the topography, trees, totems, rocks, rivers, animals, and artists who call it home. We have invited each [...]
Photo above, Hannah Fries, by Susan Quinn. Award-winning local poets Hannah Fries and Hilde Weisert read poems and lyrical essays inspired by "the landscape we live" -- whether it be spring ephemerals, wandering cows, turkey families, birch trees, creeks running and creeks dry, mud, or mountainsides. Hannah Fries is a poet, writer, and editor. She [...]
An event, with music, to recognize and honor a few of the people who quietly keep our community thriving. For 2025, we are pleased to recognize Mary Bredenfoerder, Zoë Marinelli Nelson, Linda Riiska, and Bill Price, and one surprise announcement, who each in their own way help make Sandisfield a great town. Please come and [...]
Animal communication researcher Kari Weil, University Professor of Letters at Wesleyan University, shares insights on the language between humans and horses. To learn to ride a horse is to learn a language we don’t realize we are already speaking. In this talk Kari Weil, a professor at Wesleyan University and part-time resident of Monterey, will [...]
Panel discussion led by acclaimed author Courtney Maum with award-winning local authors of books on the relationship of horses and humans. Courtney, author of the memoir, The Year of the Horses, will be talking with Donnaldson Brown, author of Because I Loved You, and Barbara Newman, author of The Dreamcatcher Codes, about their stories and [...]