Paris 1890 – Unlaced!  is the title for Ventfort Hall’s summer theater.  Ventfort Hall, here in Lenox just a few minutes’ walk from Brook Farm Inn, is also known as the Museum of the Gilded Age.  This mansion is a great setting for the one-woman show, which provides a humorous yet poignant glimpse into Parisian society of the Belle Epoque.  Anne Undeland plays five different women, in an intriguing mystery.

Saturday, March 28, 4 PM

Four Millionaires and their Berkshire Mountains

Slide Lecture by Berkshire historian, author and columnist Bernard Drew.  Followed by Victorian Tea with the speaker.

The fascinating Gilded Age stories behind David Dudley Field Jr. of Stockbridge (Ice Glen and the north face of Monument Mountain), William C. Whitney of Lenox (October Mountain), Fred Pearson of Great Barrington (Bear Mountain and Austerlitz Ridge) and Arthur D. Budd of Windsor (Judge’s Hill and Notchview).

Here’s our new special, at Brook Farm Inn, Lenox Massachusetts.  It’s for the month of March.  If you stay for at least 2 nights, you’ll receive complimentary museum tickets.  Choose between the Norman Rockwell Museum, and the Museum of the Gilded Age at Ventfort Hall.  These are among the premier attractions of the Berkshires.

Colors of War:

A Story of Love and Courage

produced by Ventfort Hall in cooperation with Shakespeare & Company

Written and Directed by Mary Guzzy

Susannah Melone returns as Annie Haggerty

June 26 – Aug 31, Thurs & Fri 7:30pm, Sat 4pm, Sun 10am

Tickets $25

Reservations 413-637-3206

The moving story of Civil War hero Col. Robert Gould Shaw (subject of the film Gloryand leader of the first all-African American regiment in the North) lovingly told by his wife Annie Haggerty of the original Vent Fort.

VENTFORT HALL

MANSION AND GILDED AGE MUSEUM

104 Walker Street

Lenox, MA  01240

413-637-3206

www.GildedAge.org

Ventfort Hall is a short walk from Brook Farm Inn and we highly recommend this production.

Ventfort Hall, in Lenox Massachusetts, is one of the Berkshires’ gems.  It’s a mansion and Gilded Age Museum.  Guests can enjoy, in addition to tours and exhibits, lectures and picnics on the porch, and special events.  This weekend we recommend the play, “They Called Me Lizzy…from Slavery to the White House.” See it Friday and Saturday, June 13 and 14. It’s the true life story of ELizabeth Keckly and her rise from slavery to entrepreneurial freedom, then scandal and decline.  She was dressmaker & confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln.  You can walk to Ventfort Hall from Brook Farm Inn!

The public and is invited to a Library Restoration Sneak Preview and Ribbon-Cutting Saturday, May 24, 2008 – 4pm – 8pm .  A Wine Reception, Victorian Tea, Sweets and Savories will follow the ceremonies.  The cost of the event is $35 per person.   RSVP to Ventfort Hall at 413-637-3206
Ventfort Hall is located a short walk from Brook Farm Inn in Lenox Village. 

Here in Lenox, Massachusetts, one of the local treasures is Ventfort Hall, an 1893 Gilded Age “cottage,” built by the sister of J.P. Morgan. You can take tours, and also enjoy historic exhibits and events there. During the month of May, there are a number of events, and it’s within walking distance of the Brook Farm Inn bed and breakfast. On Saturday, May 10 there’s a Mother’s Day Celebration, and on Saturday, May 17, the New England Baroque Soloists will perform. So, a Berkshires getaway is a great idea for Mother’s Day.