WEST STOCKBRIDGE — One recent afternoon, a group of actors met the women whose stories inspired their newest work of art. The group, 14 strong, sat in a circle at The…
Prior to his performance on Sunday, Yevgeny Kutik spoke to our writer about fleeing Belarus as a child, and how we can help those currently on the ground in Ukraine.…
WEST STOCKBRIDGE — Celebrating Valentine’s Day isn’t all chocolates and roses — not according to Dust Bowl Faeries leader Ryder Cooley. On Saturday Feb. 12, the Hudson Valley, N.Y.-based band takes to…
After a 10-year hiatus, a new and improved Scotti has been described by colleagues and press as, among other things, “a comedy chainsaw flying through the room.” Julia Scotti will make…
“Hey Yolk Bath — Can We Dance?!”: Emerging Artist Series at The Foundry Q. How do you pack the dance floor on a summer Tuesday in West Stockbridge? A. Based…
In their voice, words flex, as lithe as a curve of bamboo, as supple as flying at night. ‘… we strangers and sky-walkers and time-travelers before the rest; and this…
West Stockbridge — Amy Brentano’s belief in the power of live performance to bring people together is what ultimately led her to fling the doors of The Foundry open to the…
Start-up ventures thrust into uncharted territory by COVID crisis. The process of starting a new business can be exhilarating, exhausting and expensive – with entrepreneurs tapping every bit of their…
WEST STOCKBRIDGE — Since first opening in March 2019, performing and visual arts space The Foundry has been busy with a full calendar of unique events. Events have included everything…
This was meant to be a fairly brief conversation with Amy Brentano of The Foundry about what’s coming up in the new year for West Stockbridge’s newest Exhibit A for hipness. I’m…
Hannah Lynn Cohen is coming home to the Berkshires and she wants to invite you to listen to her life’s journey. As a Monument Mountain Regional High School senior, the…
Berkshire County’s home-grown drag star Boxxa Vine will debut a fully-staged three-act holiday spectacular, “Dragged Through the Holidays,” Friday, Dec. 13, complete with creative cardboard sets, 20-plus costumes ripped from a super-charged…
Diana Weymar’s first piece for the “Tiny Prick Project.” President Donald Trump got a wall after all — at The Foundry in West Stockbridge. Gallery walls are covered with Trump…
On Tuesday nights, the bar will be open, with a SoMa food truck by the door. On Thursday nights, Tom Truss, a choreographer with Berkshire Pulse, emcees a regular open…
PHOTO PROVIDED BY EMILIE DRUSS AND MATT LOWBER WEST STOCKBRIDGE — Boulder was just too sunny for Great Barrington newcomers Justin Badger and Stephanie Dodd. When the husband-wife team behind…
All good things come to those who wait. Amy Brentano, a theatre professional who has worked as an actress, director, producer and teaching artist, has long had a dream of…
WEST STOCKBRIDGE — McQueen himself isn’t quite sure what you’d call him. The one-man multimedia comedian was once described as “a digital puppet show,” but often, he’s just called “a…
Poet and essayist Jayne Benjulian will present two writing workshops, both programs of the Berkshire Writers Project, at The Foundry this fall. The Foundry (profiled in our May 2019 issue)…
Podcast / Interview with Amy Brentano discussing The Foundry’s goals and mission statement. https://thefoundryws.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Radio2Women20190808-1.mp3
WEST STOCKBRIDGE — In “Particularly in the Heartland,” an alien inhabiting the body of a deceased pregnant teenager suddenly arrives at a Kansas farm where three siblings are reckoning with…
