Michael Cobb

2 weeks ago | villagevoice.com | Michael Cobb |Kyle Eustice |R.C. Baker |Mary Lyn Maiscott

Photographer Glen E. Friedman’s resume reads like an ’80s alt-kid’s dream. Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, Bad Brains, Minor Threat, and Run-DMC are a mere handful of the bands that have stepped in front of his lens. Add professional skateboarders like Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta, and Jay Adams, and a perfect intersection of subcultures that effortlessly defined an era presents itself.

1 month ago | villagevoice.com | Michael Cobb |Mary Lyn Maiscott |Katherine Turman |R.C. Baker

Laurie Anderson is worried. The revered multidisciplinary artist has recently returned from her first, “sort of spur-of-the-moment” trip to India, and it’s not the alarming (if anticipated) poverty in that country that has her so dismayed, it’s the state of our United States. “I’m just so distracted these days,” she tells me over the phone from her New York City residence. “I’m really very worried about what’s going on.

Dec 7, 2024 | villagevoice.com | Katherine Turman |Michael Cobb |Mary Lyn Maiscott |R.C. Baker

Wearing her signature beret, Rickie Lee Jones performed a moving version of the Sinatra classic “Cycles” and later boogied with Santa Claus to the Ramones’ “Do You Remember Rock ’n’ Roll Radio?” The nearly unrecognizable actor Matt Dillon took the stage — Where’s he been? hundreds of audience members asked each other — to introduce a super-charged Willie Nile.

Feb 5, 2024 | theberkshireedge.com | Michael Cobb

“We’re committed to this land and property. We love it and believe in it. We love that people can come and be immersed in nature; guests can hike and come back, sit by the fire, and have the ultimate relaxing nature experience with sublime dining.

Dec 11, 2023 | theberkshireedge.com | Michael Cobb

“We strive to be a place where people can gather, and ideas can grow.”—Stephen Rudy, co-owner of Familiar Trees / RA GalleryFor those seeking a carefully curated selection of books and objets d’art, Familiar Trees /RA Gallery is anything but familiar. The independent bookstore, gallery, and performance space has carved out its own niche in the Berkshires scene. Proprietor Stephen Rudy has been a collector of unusual printed works for over 40 years.