Issue: May 2018
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Saving a shantytown?
In old fishing shacks, links to Hudson’s past and an unclear future State officials have concluded that a group of 17 fishing shacks along the Hudson River are historically significant, but city officials in Hudson, N.Y., have yet to decide whether to preserve any of the structures as part of a proposal for a new read more
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Filling a need for film
Founder celebrates successes as Berkshire festival marks 13th year Kelley Vickery organized the first Berkshire International Film Festival in 2006 on a hunch that the region had enough film buffs to sustain it. This year’s festival, the 13th annual, will offer 80 films from 28 countries, with screenings and events scheduled May 31- June 3 read more
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Proposal sparks debate over early voting in N.Y.
Vermont, Mass. show potential benefits, but some in region are skeptical Voters in Chatham, N.Y., cast ballots last month in a special election for state Assembly. A proposal by Gov. Cuomo to allow early voting in New York has set off a debate among area officials and legislators. Scott Langley photo By EVAN LAWRENCEContributing read more
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Rockwell Kent returns home
Twin shows at The Hyde explore two sides of artist’s work Rockwell Kent’s painting “And This My Child, Is Where Your Mother Was Born” (1930, reworked 1950) is among the paintings now on view at The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls in one of two complementary exhibitions of Kent’s work. Courtesy Plattsburgh State Art Museum read more
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Ross Gay gathers fruits of joy and sorrow in verse
Poet Ross Gay to read works in Bennington Ross Gay’s third and most recent book of poetry, “Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude,” was a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. He’ll read his works on Wednesday, May 16, at Bennington College. Courtesy photo By KATE ABBOTTContributing read more
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Plan for Berkshires train falls far short of need
By next summer, the dream of direct train service from New York City to the Berkshires could finally be realized — but only barely. Over the past dozen years or more, we’ve reported periodically on efforts to restore southern Berkshire County’s long-lost rail link to New York. For most of that time, the goal of read more
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Judge clears the way for museum to sell art
The Berkshire Museum has cleared the last legal hurdle in its quest to sell off $55 million worth of artwork from its collection. A justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court signed off April 5 on a deal reached in February by the museum and the state attorney general’s office allowing the sales to proceed. read more