Brook Farm Inn Blog http://www.brookfarm.com/blog A Lenox Massachusetts Bed and Breakfast Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:15:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Yum, Yum! The Mikado is Performed This Saturday in the Berkshires http://www.brookfarm.com/blog/2010/03/yum-yum-the-mikado-is-performed-this-saturday-in-the-berkshires/ http://www.brookfarm.com/blog/2010/03/yum-yum-the-mikado-is-performed-this-saturday-in-the-berkshires/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:15:22 +0000 brookfarm http://www.brookfarm.com/blog/?p=684  

 The Mikado is a sparkling and lavish comedic operetta written by Gilbert & Sullivan at the height of their creative genius. A Japanese prince will do just about anything to win the hand of the national executioner’s daughter, for she is his one true love. Yum-Yum, Nanki-Poo and other charming and absurd characters will amuse and entertain.

It’s at  the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield,  Saturday.  Performances are at 3:00 and 8:00. At Brook Farm Inn, your Lenox B&B, we can recommend some good Pittsfield restaurants to round out your evening.

“The Mikado” by Gilbert & Sullivan

]]> http://www.brookfarm.com/blog/2010/03/yum-yum-the-mikado-is-performed-this-saturday-in-the-berkshires/feed/ 0 Snow Falling on Brook Farm Inn http://www.brookfarm.com/blog/2010/03/snow-falling-on-brook-farm-inn/ http://www.brookfarm.com/blog/2010/03/snow-falling-on-brook-farm-inn/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:20:01 +0000 brookfarm http://www.brookfarm.com/blog/?p=676 February ended with several snow falls with varying amounts of accumulation.   The attached video was taken in the back yard of Brook Farm Inn during one of the recent storms.  The local towns have done a good job keeping the roads clear and our guests have been enjoying great downhill and cross country ski conditions.  Linda and I have been snowshoeing in Pleasant Valley Wildlife Preserve here in Lenox MA.  It was some of the most beautiful scenery we have seen in years.  There was three feet of snow at the top of Lenox Mountain.  We came back to the inn and sat by the library fireplace.  We love the Berkshires in the winter.

Snow Falling on Brook Farm Inn

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 And all I saw from where I stood
Was three long mountains and a wood.
Over these things I could not see:
These were the things that bounded me…
“Renascence,” 1912

At Brook Farm Inn “there is poetry here,” so we’re proud to be supporters of Steepletop and excited to have the opportunity to take a tour! 

Marking the 60th anniversary of her death, Steepletop, the home poet Edna St. Vincent Millay lived in for the final 25 years of her life (and the building in which she died accidentally at the age of 58) will be opening to the public – as part of the museum dedicated to her and her work – for the first time this year.　

　There are sixteen tours offered each week beginning Friday, May 28, 2010. They will take place at 11:30, 12:30, 2:30 and 3:30 Friday through Monday through October 18. A few of those days may not be available. A maximum of six (6) people may tour at any one time. The price for these tours is $15 per person.

 

 

For advance reservations, call the Steepletop office at 518-392-EDNA (3362). www.millaysociety.org.
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Cherish the Ladies
All-Women Traditional Irish Band

Saturday February 27 at 7PM
$38 / $33 Mahaiwe Members

The all-female collective Cherish the Ladies performs on Saturday, February 27 at 7pm. One of the most sought-after Irish-American groups in Celtic music, they are known for their musicianship, breathtaking singing, and lively step dancing, and they have shared the stage and studio with such performers as Joan Baez, James Taylor, the Clancy Brothers, the Chieftains, Arlo Guthrie, and Pete Seeger.