If conventional museums are boxes, MASS MoCA is an open platform – a welcoming place that encourages dynamic interchange between making and presenting art, between the visual and performing arts, and between our extraordinary historic factory campus and the patrons, workers and tenants who again inhabit it. We at MASS MoCA work hard to make the whole cloth of art-making, presentation and participation a seamless continuum. Performing arts residencies offer well-equipped and professionally staffed technical facilities and stages, and a sophisticated, diverse and sympathetic audience for new work – especially technically complex work that requires... More >>>

Founded in 1969 with the help of Norman and Molly Rockwell, Norman Rockwell Museum is dedicated to the enjoyment and study of Rockwell's work and his contributions to society, popular culture, and social commentary. The Museum, which is accredited by the American Association of Museums, is the most popular year-round cultural attraction in the Berkshires. The Museum houses the world's largest and most significant collection of Rockwell's work, including 574 original paintings and drawings. Rockwell lived in Stockbridge for the last 25 years of his life. Rockwell's Stockbridge studio, moved to the Museum site, is open to the public from May through October, and features original art materials, his library, furnishings, and personal items. The Museum also... More >>>

One of the finest college art museums in the country, the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) houses 12,000 works that span the history of art. Within the broad range of time periods and cultures represented, the collection emphasizes modern and contemporary art, American art from the late 18th century to present, and the art of world cultures. Admission to the museum is always FREE as are a host of educational programs that are available to the public. Expansion of the facilities and programming has gained the museum a national reputation as one of the finest college art museums in the country. In 2001, on the occasion of its 75th anniversary, the museum commissioned Eyes, 2001 a permanent outdoor sculpture by renowned artist Louise Bourgeois. For the museum, the work symbolizes an ongoing dedication to the best of contemporary art and living artists while providing students and visitors a unique outdoor meeting place and central artery to the museum’s front entrance. Open Tuesday through Saturday 10-5, Sunday 1-5 Free admission and wheelchair accessible... More >>>

On Sunday, February 14, tickets go on sale for the 2010 Tanglewood season, including the annual Labor Day Weekend Tanglewood Jazz Festival, to take place September 4-5. Jazz greats highlighting this year’s festival include Kurt Elling. John Pizzarelli, The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra, Eddie Daniels, Bob James, Donal Fox, Julian Lage, Jessica Molaskey, and the Laurence Hobgood Trio. All shows will be held in Seiji Ozawa Hall. Now in its 74th season, Tanglewood is the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, located in the Berkshire Hills in Lenox, Massachusetts ... More >>>

The Clark’s mission and its geographical location define three essential, interrelated aspects of its character and identity: the quality of its art, the beauty of its pastoral setting, and the depth of its commitment to the generation of ideas. At the core of the Institute is its collections, centered on an extraordinary legacy of Impressionist and Old Master paintings whose refinement and appeal reflects the fact that it has grown from a core group of works carefully and personally chosen by the founders. The domestic and human scale of the galleries, the views out to the pond, surrounding fields, and distant mountains all foster the contemplation and enjoyment of works of art in an intimate and warm setting: an unhurried experience with real works of art... More >>>

Jacob's Pillow, the home of America's longest-running dance festival, celebrates its 76th anniversary in 2008. The only dance institution to be named a National Historic Landmark, it encompasses—beyond the world-class performances by leading companies — a professional school, rare and extensive archives open to the public free of charge, an Intern program, year-round Community Programs, and a Creative Development Residency program. The historic site includes 163 acres, 31 buildings, three unique stages (including the first theater in the U.S. built specifically for dance), three dance studios, exhibition spaces, restaurants, the Pillow Store, residential housing, administrative offices, a health center, gardens, trails, and woodlands... More >>>

Located in downtown Pittsfield, Massachusetts the Colonial Theatre is a Gilded Age architectural gem brought back to life as a performing arts center in the “heart of the Berkshires”. Kept safe behind the temporary wall and ceiling partitions of a retail store for more than 50 years, the ornately appointed and now fully restored Colonial emerged in August, 2006 as a cultural and economic development force in the Berkshires. We invite you to be a part of the on-going movement to maintain this magnificent part of our history and our future. Come tour this architectural icon of another age. Come and enjoy the contemporary entertainment that gives it new life. The theater and lobby facilities are available... More >>>