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A sign reading “Americanitis” in neon-script on a red background - with round white marquee lightbulbs as a border is drawing patrons to one end of Building 6 at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts. This particular space at the contemporary art museum, which opened in 1999 and added this building in 2017, is called “The Prow” - and this is the first time it’s held an interactive exhibition. Alison Pebworth’s Cultural Apothecary opened at the end of February and features a tea service and several invitations to reflect on how you are feeling through emotion identification and surveys.

This Sunday, September 24th, the space-folk band Electric Blue Yonder brings MicroPARTY to Conkling Hall in Rensselaerville, New York.MicroPARTY is a celebration of creativity and curiosity in the form of an interactive concert experience for children and adults. This Sunday’s MicroPARTY at Conkling Hall is organized by Velvet Earth Farm Presents.Electric Blue Yonder founders Beth and Johnny Veres join us now to tell us more.

Peter H. Reynolds is an accomplished writer, storyteller and illustrator who has been acclaimed around the globe for his best-selling “stories for all ages” about protecting and nurturing the creative spirit, including the three books in his “Creatrilogy” - "The Dot," "Ish" and "Sky Color." His new book is "Our Table."

Our Falling into Place series spotlights the important work of -and fosters collaboration between- not-for-profit organizations in our communities; allowing us all to fall into place. Falling Into Place is supported by The Seymour Fox Memorial Foundation, Providing a helping hand to turn inspiration into accomplishment. See more possibilities … see more promise… see more progress.

“Cloud Cuckoo Land” is the highly anticipated new novel from Anthony Doerr, who won the Pulitzer Prize for “All the Light We Cannot See.” In his latest, Doerr uses one of humanity’s oldest technologies: the book. to illuminate our abiding opportunities for connection and empathy.

Joe Keohane is a veteran journalist who has held high-level editing positions at Medium, Esquire, Entrepreneur, and Hemispheres.In his new book, "The…

In "Rooted," cutting-edge science supports a truth that poets, artists, mystics, and earth-based cultures across the world have proclaimed over millennia:…

Chang-rae Lee’s new novel “My Year Abroad” is the story about a young American life transformed by an unusual Asian adventure, and about the human…

Human connection has become even more digital in 2020 due to social distancing measures and other pandemic precautions. Despite this major shift: personal…

You might think that perfect harmony is the defining characteristic of healthy relationships, but the truth is that human interactions are messy,…