Watch & Listen! Music of Hope
July 16, 2021
Watch and listen! “Music of Hope” is a gorgeous concert that was filmed at Saint James Place in May. Jazz and Classics for Change wants you to enjoy it too! Click the play arrow below and enjoy musicians are Ashley Bathgate, cello, and Gili Melamed-Lev, piano. JCfC’s mission is to connect and to heal through […]
Live Dance Performance: “Six by One” Olga Dunn Dance Company
April 9, 2021
Six Diverse Dance Pieces in Our Spacious Sanctuary Space The highly regarded and always innovative Olga Dunn Dance Company will perform at Saint James Place on May 15th at 7:00 pm. We’re thrilled to have the company here as the first performance – live dance performance at Saint James Place! – since the shut-down of […]
2021 Wedding Trends in the Berkshires and Beyond
January 19, 2021
What 2021 Wedding Trends Will Make it to the Berkshires? If you’ve been wondering what are the wedding trends for 2021…and what 2021 wedding trends in the Berkshires you’ll see a lot of, this post is for you. These ideas are tailored to the pandemic for the most part: we bet many will continue even […]
Minimony? Micro-Weddings? Plan Alternative Wedding Options During COVID
November 20, 2020
Has the ongoing COVID pandemic put a big kink in your wedding plans? Maybe you assumed that the pandemic would be over by now. Many of us did. But it’s clear that it will continue well into 2021, and if you still want to marry in style, you need to accept that reality and find […]
Saint James Place Now Open for Meetings and Events! Socially-Distanced Meeting Rooms in the Berkshires
October 19, 2020
October 13, 2020 – Saint James Place has opened up our public event spaces in accordance with the COVID-19 safety guidelines provided by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as per Step 2 Phase 3. Our Sanctuary space is 3,400 square feet and available for groups of 104; the Great Hall is 1,140 square feet and open […]
Inspirational Wedding Instagrams!
October 4, 2020
We spend a lot of time on socials…and we follow quite a few cool wedding-related accounts…We want you to too! Read on! Here are a few Instagram accounts from Berkshire-based businesses we really enjoy and think you will too. Some are wedding adjacent – like where you might go for drinks after your wedding reception. […]
Looking at Wedding Venues in the Berkshires During Corona Time?
July 30, 2020
While we’re grounded in our history here at Saint James Place, we’ve created a wedding venue that is for today and the future. If you’re looking for wedding venues in the Berkshires for your 2021 wedding, we may be your perfect place. Everything has gone sideways in 2020 with COVID-19: you may have postponed your […]
Staff Profile: SJP General Manager Seth Keyes
June 23, 2020
Profile of Seth Keyes, Saint James Place’s general manager who oversees the management and booking of all performances and events here in Great Barrington.
We LOVE Great Barrington’s Rainbow Crosswalks for Three Reasons
May 12, 2020
It’s been extremely quiet in the Southern Berkshires, like everywhere in the Northeast and across the United States. Not many people here in Great Barrington walking and none shopping on Main Street; few people going in and out of restaurants. This pandemic time has forced our bodies and minds inside. But on Wednesday, May 6th, […]
Corona Virus Cancelations: Is Your Wedding a Victim of COVID-19?
April 10, 2020
You’ve spent a year planning. Maybe a decade or more dreaming about the perfect wedding in the Berkshires. You’re counting down the days to that once-in-a-lifetime honeymoon trip. And the idea of all of the most important people in your life all in one room? Goosebumps! But all of that planning and dreaming left out […]