Millay's Steepletop Announces Final 2026 Open Days

03:09PM / Wednesday, September 23, 2026Print Story | Email Story

AUSTERLITZ, N.Y. — The last days for visiting poet Edna St. Vincent Millay's home Steepletop are the weekend Oct. 10 and 11.

Visitors are invited to explore the 200-acre property's fields, trails, and gardens, including the Poetry Trail that leads to the family gravesites, and to bring a picnic to enjoy on the grounds.

Grounds & Picnic passes are available for $10 per person per day, in advance or on site. Tickets for 60-minute docent-led tours of the Millay House are sold out for Saturday, but a limited number are still available for Sunday. House tour tickets are $25 each; purchasing in advance is strongly encouraged.

Typewriter poet Jess Bowe will be in Millay's writing cabin from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day, composing customized poems for visitors for no additional charge.

The exhibition "Edna St. Vincent Millay: Life at Steepletop 1925-1950," which presents artifacts from Millay's 25 years at Steepletop, will be on view at the Jackson Gallery in the Tamarack Visitors Center. The Steepletop gift shop will be open.

The Edna St. Vincent Millay Society is based at the poet's home at Steepletop, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1972 and a Literary Landmark in 2016. The mission of the society and the Friends of Millay supporter program is to illuminate Millay's life and writing and to preserve and interpret the character of her Steepletop home and gardens, places where nature inspires the creative spirit.

Learn more at millay.org.

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Reverend: Christian Nationalists Make Jesus Victim of 'Identity Theft'

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
08:08AM / Sunday, October 04, 2026

David Langston introduces the Rev. Darrell Goodwin on Wednesday morning.

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Rev. Darrell Goodwin told attendees at Wednesday's "PrayAction Breakfast" that they need more action to make their prayer effective.

"Sometimes prayer causes us to be in deep reflection," Goodwin told the group gathered at the Williamstown Meetinghouse. "And years and years and years pass, and we've actually done nothing about it.

"Our physical belief system is somehow: Say the words to God, and it becomes God's responsibility, and we've done our part because we've told God exactly what to do."

Goodwin, the president of the United Church of Christ's Southern New England Conference, was invited to Williamstown by First Congregational Church to speak on "The Challenge of Christian Nationalism."

And Goodwin challenged his listeners to take meaningful action to confront and address the ideology in their daily lives.

Christian Nationalism, which Goodwin referred to as White Christian Nationalism, is a perversion of Christ's teachings, he said.

"What does it mean to be spiritually grounded but practically committed?" Goodwin asked rhetorically. "This morning I've been asked to come here to talk about Christian Nationalism, but I think it would be remiss if I didn't say White Christian Nationalism. I want to name all three of these words because each tells us something that we must do.

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