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The Tanglewood Music Center (TMC) is the Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer academy for young professionals pursuing advanced musical study. Performances are by Fellows of the TMC. The Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI) is in residence at Tanglewood. It's educational programs are geared primarily toward gifted musicians of high school age. http://www.bso.org/#

Ski Butternut is regarded as the number one Massachusetts Ski Resort. This MA ski area is located on East Mountain and provides 110 acres of skiing, spread across 22 trails. All ski trails are covered with snowmaking. A family oriented ski area that is ideal for those just learning to ski or learning to snowboard. http://www.skibutternut.com/

Enjoy the world's largest collection of original Norman Rockwell Art, including beloved works for The Saturday Evening Post; the iconic Four Freedoms; and inspiring later work, which explored social issues of the day. As the leading museum of American illustration, Norman Rockwell Museum is the place to learn more about this important and far-reaching art form. http://www.nrm.org/

Catamount park is an exciting, self-guided aerial forest adventure that provides the Northeast's greatest veriety of courses for all abillity levels. With 12 courses of varying difficulties (yellow, green, blue, black and double black; think ski trails) you are challenged to cross bridges, climb ladderrs, maneuver through obstacles and cruise on zip lines. www.CatamountTrees.com

Jacob's Pillow is home to America's longest-running dance festival, a recipient of the prestigious National Medal of Arts, and a National Historic Landmark. Nestled in the town of Becket in the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts, "the Pillow" presents extraordinary dance companies from around the world and more than 200 free performances, talks, tours, exhibits, and evernts every summer. jacobspillow.org

Founded in 1978, Shakespeare & Company aspires to create a theatre of unprecedented excellence rooted in the classical ideals of inquiry, balance and harmony; a company that performs as the Elizabethans did — in love with poetry, physical prowess and the mysteries of the universe. With a core of over 150 artists, the company performs Shakespeare, generating opportunities for collaboration between actors, directors and designers of all races, nationalities and backgrounds. shakespeare.org

The Berkshire Botanical Garden is 15 acres of serene beauty, horticulture and education set in the heart of the Berkshires. It is an intimate landscape with seasonal tapestries of colorful, fragrant perennials and annuals, ornamental grasses, shrubs, trees and great people who are here to show you the best of what the Berskshires has to offer. www.BerkshireBotanical.org

The Appalachian Trail is one of the most famous hiking trails in the United States, and it passes right through the heart of the Berkshires. It traverses countless environments from Georgia to Maine, and those who dare to hike the entire trail will have a life-changing experience. An access point to the Appalachian Trail on Monterey Road in Great Barrington provides a window into this experience so that anyone, regardless of hiking ability, can enjoy the trail.

Monument Mountain is the name of a popular 503-acre open space reservation located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts on the southeast side of Monument Mountain. The reservation is centered on the 1,642 feet subordinate summit of Squaw Peak.

Naumkeag is the former country estate of noted New York City lawyer Joseph Hodges Choate located at 5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The estate's centerpiece is a 44-room, Shingle Style country house designed principally by Stanford White of McKim, Mead & White, and constructed in 1886 and 1887.

The Mount is a country house in Lenox, Massachusetts, the home of noted American author Edith Wharton, who designed the house and its grounds and considered it her "first real home." The estate, located in The Berkshires, is open to the public. The property was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971.

Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum is a historic, Jacobean-style mansion and museum located at 104 Walker Street, Lenox, Massachusetts. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health is a non-profit organization that operates a health and yoga retreat in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Its 160,000-square-foot facility is a former Jesuit novitiate and juniorate seminary built in 1957. it had a traditional guru-disciple structure.

Founded by Arlo Guthrie to honor the legacy of his parents, Woody Guthrie and Marjorie Mazia-Guthrie, The Guthrie Center seeks to cultivate cultural preservation, promote educational achievement and foster community outreach to meet the ongoing needs of the community.

Fountain Pond State Park Start at Berkshire South Regional Community Center parking lot. There?s a kiosk and trailhead toward the treeline that leads up a series of stone steps. The first pine forest hides a ropes course owned and operated by Berkshire South Regional Community Center?be sure to ask permission before using any of their equipment.

Lime Rock Park is a natural-terrain motorsport road racing venue located in Lakeville, Connecticut, United States, a hamlet in the town of Salisbury, in the state's northwest corner.

A living Shaker history museum with restored buildings, crafts & activities plus a cafe & shop.