- Field is open: it was opening night at Field that an appreciative audience roared and applauded when Satchmo and Danny Kaye ripped up the screen. It was Maira Kalman, in her inimitable style introducing utter joy – not overlooking regret, remorse, fear, and death.
Over the three days, it was where an entire audience of approximately 180 gasped in surprise when Annette Gordon Reed and Brent Staples told them Martha Wayles Jefferson, the wife of Thomas Jefferson, and Sally Hemmings, his mistress, were half-sisters. A new way of looking at American history, slavery, and demographics, opened at their feet.
It was where Kai Bird and Susan Goldmark told us about their book: American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn’s Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump. The behaviors of a narcissist were laid bare – their unique nature, destructiveness, and longterm impact. Suggesting that, from the Rosenberg trial to McCarthy to Donald Trump, we are still living in Roy Cohen’s America.
There was so much more. Jonathan Alter and Shaniqua Mc Clendon tackling the maze of modern American politics with the bifurcated Republican and Democratic parties and the ever-growing independents or politically homeless.
To picture it, Field is not unlike the Author’s Guild annual WIT program – WIT stands for “Words, Ideas, and Thinkers.” WIT begun in 2022, aimed “to foster discussions around critical issues and celebrate literary culture.” It may be that Field picked up where WIT dropped off as there were WIT programs from 2022- 2025 but not in 2026. Field promised to open again in 2027.
- Trustees of Reservations announces a position available – Major Gift Officer – full time, 40 hours per week, Salary Rate: $122,500-$143,500 (Senior Major Gift Officer), $96,250-$123,750 (Major Gift Officer) $96,250-$110,000 serving Boston, Stockbridge, Ipswich, and Dover. Founded in 1891, The Trustees of Reservations (The Trustees) is Massachusetts’ premier conservation and preservation organization. The Trustees pre serves, for public use and enjoyment, properties of exceptional scenic, historic, and ecological value in Massachusetts. Our properties are open to all, and we thrive by involving as many people as possible in all that we do. We aim to protect special places for future generations to enjoy in perpetuity, and have helped protect more than 50,000 acres, including 27,000+ acres on more than 120 reservations that are open to the public. As a non-profit conservation organization, we are funded and supported entirely by our visitors, supporters, volunteers, and our 85,000 Member households. We encourage you to learn more at www.thetrustees.org
- STOCKBRIDGE 250 REVISES ELIGIBILITY TO WIN PASSPORT 250 PRIZES
Stockbridge 250 participants who have attended a minimum of FIVE of the eight events listed in the PASSPORT 250 are now eligible to win one of the prizes. The five events replace the eight events previously required to win. The prizes are:
1st place – A statue of the Standing Lincoln donated by Chesterwood. This replica of an American Hero is valued at $400.
2nd place – Tickets to admit two adults donated by the Norman Rockwell Museum. (Tickets have no cash value and cannot be exchanged for a refund, credit or cash equivalent).
Runners Up – A copy of the “Stockbridge Story 1739-1989”. This history of the town was written by town residents. (There will be multiple prizes in this category.)
Stockbridge Updates will announce the winners when they are selected.
- For Love of T is a suicide prevention program. For Love of T. If you are feeling sad, hopeless, trapped, or having no reason to live – reach out. The people at For Love of T understand and know how to help. Click here to learn more: www.lveoft.org
