Spending a weekend of culture and nature in the Massachusetts Berkshires is our longstanding family summer tradition. We keep coming back every summer (with friends and kids who are now teens) and sharing our trips with you. Here is our recent three day-two night trip itinerary so you can follow along for your own Summer […]
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Attending Tanglewood concert (summer home of Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops) has been a central part of our summer Berkshires weekend with family and friends for many years. (see my article with all the tips on visiting Tanglewood with family). There is so much diverse musical programming delivered by some of the world’s greatest
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TANGLEWOOD SUMMER 2026: check out full List of Summer 2026 PERFORMANCES. Attending a Tanglewood concert is our family’s beloved summer tradition! Tanglewood, (in its 88th season in the summer of 2026), is summer home of Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops and a center for advanced musical studies that welcomes nation’s leading young artists
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Tanglewood music center in Massachusetts Berkshires has been part of our summer weekends for over 10 years now. This is as long as our younger kid Viv can remember! We love everything about Tanglewood – diverse summer programming, that you can dress up or down, that you can enjoy the concerts while relaxing at the
Our followers must know by now that our summer is not complete without a visit to the Berkshires – a mountainous region in Western Massachusetts (about 2.5-hour drive from our suburb south of Boston) with plenty of beautiful nature to see in any season. Our favorite time to visit is summer because it is the
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We spend a family summer weekend in the Massachusetts Berkshires every year but we haven’t had a chance for a couple’s romantic weekend in the Berkshires weekend in a long time. So we aimed to make the very best of our 24 hours in Lenox last weekend! Here is how it all unraveled. ROMANTIC NIGHT IN
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4th of July “officially” starts a busy summer of concerts and performances within 1-2 hour drive from Boston. Here is my best of summer Open Air Events in and around Boston (many are free to the public). 1. Harborwalk Sounds series brings the city’s most talented young musicians and dancers to Boston waterfront for Institute of Contemporary
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A weekend trip to the Massachusetts Berkshires from our suburb near Boston has become our family’s summer tradition. Last summer I offered you a Two-Day Massachusetts Berkshires itinerary (With or Without the Kids). With four kids (ages 6-8) in our party, KIDS RULED our agenda during our visit this summer! NOTE OF LODGING: There
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The Berkshires region in Western Massachusetts offers access to world class cultural attractions set amidst the gorgeous natural surroundings. My favorite time to visit is summer when renown music, dance and theater festivals, and the Berkshire’s famous historical houses offer majority of their programming, with many events happening in the beautiful outdoors. Here is a
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I might be biased, but there is a hardly a better place to experience everything that 4th of July weekend has to offer than in and around Boston. Here are just some ideas for you on where to take your family next weekend in Boston, Rhode Island and Western Massachusetts. (Photo credit: Angela Tseng of Mommy
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