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The first time you see a Berkshire Cottage you may wonder, “What is that?” Because the “cottage” may now be a luxury hotel, a house museum, or even a restaurant. Or it may still be what long ago it was built to be—a private home. The Berkshire Cottages are mansions from the gilded age. Many are still available to visit - as hotels, spas or non-profit organizatons.

Beginning with the annual Daffodil and Tulip Festival on Friday, April 22, "ViewEscapes," one of the largest retrospectives of George Rickeys work in the Northeast in 40 years — is

The Flywheel Foundation has chosen Jill Atherton, a veteran local economic-development official, as its executive director effective Monday.

Paulette Chapman Loomis, a former member of Falmouth Cultural Council who served six years as chairwoman and was also named a “Local Treasure” by the Massachusetts Cultural Council for her

Beginning this spring at its annual Daffodil and Tulip Festival on April 22, The Trustees will present ViewEscapes, a curated exhibition featuring the life and work of sculptor, George Warren Rickey (1907-2002) at Naumkeag, a historic Gilded Age Berkshires homestead located in Stockbridge, MA. The exhibition, coordinated in partnership with the George Rickey Foundation and George Rickey Estate, LLC, is one of the largest exhibitions of Rickey’s work at Naumkeag and in the Northeast in 40 ...

As part of Camden's celebration of Olmsted 200, the Camden Public Library plans to host landscape designer and historian Eleanor “Noni” Ames for a