Come to Saint James Place for a festive December in Great Barrington! We are offering seven holiday season concerts and events before the end of 2021! We are thrilled to welcome back several of our arts partners, including Clarion Concerts, Vocalis Youth Choir, Berkshire Lyric, and Aston Magna. And we have to admit, we’re thrilled […]

We recently chatted with Jim Frangione of Great Barrington Public Theater.  Jim is the founder of this new and exciting theater company, which has its administrative office on the second floor here at Saint James Place. (Read about Great Barrington Public Theater’s upcoming reading: “Walking Evil–How Man’s Best Friend Became Man’s Worst Enemy” on November 28.) […]

Almost two years into the COVID-19 pandemic and we still have to adjust our lives to accommodate this altered reality. Socializing, traveling, eating out, shopping, movies, dropping the kids at school: all our habits and rituals have been transformed. And no ritual has been more affected than weddings. Even now, every detail of the wedding has […]

Saint James Place hosts Festival Latino of the Berkshires on Saturday, September 25th from 12:00pm to 6:00pm. The festivities will take please here and at the Great Barrington Town Hall. The festival will celebrate 25 years in the Berkshires! Liliana Ortiz- Bermudez, one of the founders, took a moment to answer a few questions for […]

Did you know that approximately 69% of the town of Great Barrington is forested? Another 10% is farm land and pasture. And we all know about our Berkshire Mountains. No wonder there are so many gorgeous spots to appreciate the beauty of nature in and around our small town. Check out some of these walking trails […]

Saint James Place in Great Barrington was the site of a truly beautiful sunny-summer wedding ceremony.  Victoria and Dan chose Saint James Place for their wedding after the first visit. They fell in love with the stunning stained glass and elegance of Saint James Place and found it the perfect location for their summer wedding in the Berkshires. […]

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 […]

History surrounds us here at Saint James Place. The newest old elements at our arts and culture center are two restored sedilia. They’re gorgeous! What ARE sedilia, you may ask? (We have two seats, so to be correct in Latin we should write sedile…but we’re going to stick with sedilia for this post, if you […]

If the pandemic has taught us anything here in the Berkshires, it’s that the traditions we hold dear are strong, resilient, and adaptable. Who knew a micro wedding could rival the most elaborate gala in beauty, elegance, and joy? As we have been forced to adapt to changes in traditions that we once viewed as […]

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 […]