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8 10 Minutes with Soprano Dawn Upshaw, director of TMC’ s vocal arts program. By Dr. Joshua Sherman
12 Gifts of Art & Humanity The life and legacy of
philanthropist Aso Tavitian. By Anastasia Stanmeyer
24 Poetic Sweat Bill T. Jones and his company return to Jacob’ s Pillow. By Scott Edward Anderson
30 Bonnie Raitt Returns A dialogue with the genrespanning singer and guitarist. Plus a bonus talk with James Taylor.
By Anastasia Stanmeyer
64 Roles that Resonate Shakespeare & Company honors local legend Annette Miller. By Laura Mars
COURTESY OF MASS MOCA
24 stories
2 Scribbled Note
6 Shout Out
This, that, and the other things
28 Saul Williams
Poet, rapper, actor, writer, and filmmaker
37 The Naked Truth
Barenaked Ladies drummer Tyler Stewart
38 Small Stages, Big Sound
Intimate music venues in the Berkshires
43 Giving Back
Arlo Guthrie’ s Garbage Trail Walk for HD
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48 Why and What If?
This summer’ s sizzling live theater scene
60 The Great John Rubinstein
The celebrated actor takes the stage as Ike
66( R) Evolution
Williamstown Theatre Festival’ s Jeremy O. Harris & Raphael Picciarelli
68 A Summer at the Museum
All about the season’ s exhibitions
76 Modern Lens
Berenice Abbott’ s extraordinary photos
82 Arrival Art Fair
A reimagined art fair debuts at Tourists
99 LGBTQ + Guide 2025 Pride, Wander, Mass LGBT Chamber’ s Alexandria Eberhardt, Berkshire Queer History Project.
By Taylor Staubach and Liam Gorman
86 The Dance Keeper
Norton Owen and 50 seasons at the Pillow
92 Tanglewood Season
The best of classical and pop music
96 Authors Guild Foundation
Aracelis Girmay’ s An Experiment in Voices
108 Seed Libraries
Seeds of knowledge & growth in libraries
112 Art of It
Couture inspired by the Shakers
ON THE COVER Bonnie Raitt, photo by Shervin Lainez / Courtesy of Redwing Records, page 30