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It is the job of newspapers to explain the events of the world, and to help put them into context. It’s fitting, then, that there is a new exhibit at the Salisbury Association that celebrates the 125th anniversary of the Northwest Corner’s own newspaper, The Lakeville Journal, and that offers history and context.
It’s not surprising that the Tri-state region book launch for “Growing Up Getty: The Story of America’s Most Unconventional Dynasty” took place last month at Tent, the sumptuous home furnishings shop that opened in Amenia, N.Y., in late 2020.
Chairs are such an essential part of our lives that we rarely think of where they came from and how they developed. A show at the Kent Historical Society offers some enlightenment. Photo submitted
“Put It Down Over There: Musings on Early Chairs” is this summer’s exhibit at the Historical Society in Kent, Conn., headquartered at the historic Seven Hearths Museum. The show opened July 30 and will be open on weekends from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Sept. 5.
Nationally known artists such as Philip Taaffe and beloved local painters, ceramic artists and photographers gather together each year for a show and sale of their work in Cornwall, Conn. This photo is from 2021. Photo by Lazlo Gyorsok
The Rose Algrant Art Show started as a sort of salon, with works on show by Algrant and her friends. James Thurber, for example, was an early participant and FOA, or Friend of Algrant.
Berkshire Opera Festival wraps up its second full season since the COVID-19 pandemic with a fully staged “Don Giovanni,” with Andre Courville as the insatiable seducer, Christian Zaremba as the comic sidekick Leporello, Laura Wilde as Donna Anna and John Cheek as the commendatore.
The final of four concerts by the New Baroque Soloists will be held in Gordon Hall at Music Mountain in Falls Village, Conn., on Wednesday, Aug. 10, at 5 p.m.
Sidewalk Sale Days return to Kent, Conn., from Aug. 4 to 7. This photo is from last summer’s sales. Photo by Lans Christensen
Life in our region has been changed by COVID-19 and by the advent of many new homeowners, some of whom bring new traditions and customs to a part of the world that loves Doing Things the Old-Fashioned Way.
“Pentimento Paintings,” work by Cornwall, Conn., and NYC painter Greg Goldberg, remain at the Cornwall Library until Sept. 4. Photo by Greg Goldberg
A show of work by Greg Goldberg called “Pentimento Paintings” remains on display at the Cornwall Library in Cornwall, Conn., until Sept. 4.
Ryan and Tatum O’Neal bicker their way across Kansas and Missouri in the 1973 film, “Paper Moon.” Photo from IMDB
The Boondocks Film Society (BFS) is a curious little family, one that has no apparent roots but has enormous love — for the diverse members of its film-fan community and for the cult films that those members love to watch, together.
Lakeville’s village center was once more bustling and thriving than the sleepy village we see today. Learn its history on July 30. Photo courtesy SHS
Lakeville was a center of industry and commerce from the 1730s through the 1970s. Walk with historian Lou Bucceri as he tells stories about places from Porter Street to the Furnace Neighborhood.
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