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Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Welcomes Parsons Dance| 01:09PM / Saturday, August 03, 2024 | |
 BECKET, Mass. — Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival welcomes the internationally-touring modern dance company Parsons Dance back to the Ted Shawn Theatre, 25 years after their last engagement with the festival in 1999. Parsons Dance will perform pieces choreographed by founder David Parsons, Robert Battle and Jamar Roberts from Wednesday, Aug. 7, through Sunday, Aug. 11. Tickets start at $65. Also during this week — the seventh of Jacob's Pillow's nine-week festival this summer — contemporary dance company Gibney Company will perform on the outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage from Wednesday, Aug. 7, through Sunday, Aug. 11. Tickets start at $40. All 0 Comments
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Tea And Talk: Artificial Women| 11:01AM / Thursday, August 01, 2024 | |
 LENOX, Mass. — Julie Wosk, Author and Professor Emerita of English, Art History, and Studio Art at State University of New York, Maritime College will speak at Ventfort Hall on Thursday, Aug. 8 at 4 pm. A tea will be served after the presentation. According to a press release In America's Gilded Age and in Europe, clockwork female dolls decorated fashionable parlors. These mechanical wonders came in many guises---from demure women with their parasols to a dying Cleopatra in her harem outfit. Today there is a burst of fascination with simulated females, as seen in films, novels, art, and AI-enhanced dolls. They appear as companions, 0 Comments
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Banjo Pickin' Gals At Bidwell House | 03:50PM / Wednesday, July 31, 2024 | |
 MONTEREY, Mass. — On Aug. 10, Paula Bradley and Marylou Ferrante, going by the name Banjo Blue, will showcase the music of female banjo players from the 1920-1940's, along with their stories, songs and struggles. PAULA BRADLEY: A West Virginia-born multi-instrumentalist (banjo, guitar, banjo-uke, harmonica and piano), Paula has been involved in roots music for many years. Known for her strong, spirited vocals as well as her clogging, she has toured (on banjo) with old-time darlings "Uncle Earl"; with old-time powerhouse Bruce Molsky (on guitar and banjo uke); and recorded and toured with Tony Trischka and Bruce as part of the acoustic roots trio 0 Comments
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The Classical Beat:Great Music at Tanglewood and SevenarsBy Stephen Dankner, Special to iBerkshires
08:04AM / Wednesday, July 31, 2024 | |
Tanglewood showcases three audience-favorite Festival extravaganzas With the arrival of August, we are at the apex of the music festival season. Programs at Tanglewood offer a diverse and intriguing mix of chamber music by Schubert and Dvorak, as well as by early 20th century and living composers; rare performances of vocal music of Lili Boulanger and Clara Schumann; virtuosic orchestral repertoire, featuring an all-Beethoven program and, for a scintillating contrast, the piquant music of Maurice Ravel, Silvestre Revueltas and Henri Dutilleux. You won't want to miss Tanglewood's annual "John Williams' Film Night," featuring the Boston Pops led by conductors John
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Philanthropy Massachusetts Talks Berkshire County NeedsBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:33AM / Wednesday, July 31, 2024 | |
Philanthropy Mass CEO Mary Skelton Roberts, left, Barr Foundation President Jim Canales and Alexandra Russell, co-chair of the Western Mass Funders Network and moderator of the panel. The networking event was held at the Norman Rockwell Museum on July 12. STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The Norman Rockwell Museum was filled with nonprofit members and philanthropists earlier this month to have a conversation centered around the challenges in Western Massachusetts and how Philanthropy Massachusetts can help. "Part of what I wanted to do was just get out there and meet who is working on behalf of folks in Berkshire County," said the 0 Comments
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Wheeler & Taylor Adds Insurance Agencies| 11:49AM / Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Mirick Insurance Agency of Shelburne Falls and Albert B. Allen Insurance Agency of Greenfield each recently entered a partnership with Wheeler & Taylor Insurance, a large insurance agency in Berkshire County. The two long-established insurance agencies joined Wheeler & Taylor, Great Barrington, to broaden their insurance offerings locally, regionally and nationally. Both firms retain their name, staff, location, and management. "With this new arrangement, we can provide additional insurance products, offer specialized expertise and represent more insurance companies," Mirick president Patrick Shippee 0 Comments
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CHP ParentChild+ Program Accepting South Berkshire Families| 08:49AM / Monday, July 29, 2024 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — ParentChild+, a CHP Family Services program for school-bound toddlers and their parents/caregivers, is accepting new enrollments in Southern Berkshire. The free home-based program provides peer mentoring for parents/caregivers and their young children, age 16 months to 3.5 years, who will be heading to pre-school or kindergarten in the next year or two. The program runs in parallel with area school calendars. Parent Child+ families meet twice weekly for 30-45 minute with an early learning mentor who shares reading and creative play skills that support child development. Mentors share reading resources and play skills that support 0 Comments
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Rodriguez Leads Millers in Battle for First PlaceBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
01:14PM / Sunday, July 28, 2024 | |
 LENOX, Mass. -- Brian Rodriguez went 3-for-3 with a home run and a double on Sunday to lead the GB Millers to a 3-2 win over the Berkshire Bandits in the Berkshire Adult Baseball League's 20-and-over division. Rodriguez hit a one-out single in the bottom of the sixth and scored on Chip Paul's single to break a 2-2 tie as the Millers swept the regular season series from the Bandits, who came into Sunday's game a half-game behind GB for first place with two weekends left in the regular season. Rodriguez also earned the win on the mound with two innings of relief, striking out four including striking out the side in order in the top of the seventh. Dick Dumas 0 Comments
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MassDot Advisory: South County Construction Operations| 04:10PM / Saturday, July 27, 2024 | |
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing that crews will be conducting nighttime paving, guardrail work, and bridge repair operations at various locations and times on I-90 eastbound and westbound during the week of Sunday, July 28, through Saturday, August 3. Lane closures will be in place during the construction operations, and traffic will be able to travel through the work zones. The schedule for the work and lane closures is as follows: Montgomery/Russell Bridge repair work will be conducted on I-90 westbound from mile marker 35.5 to 36.5 from Sunday night, July 28, through Friday night, August 2, from 7:00 p.m. 0 Comments
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Daniel Manacher Prize for Young Artists Winners Announced| 11:34AM / Saturday, July 27, 2024 | |
SANDISFIELD, Mass. — The Sandisfield Arts Center announced the winners of the 3rd Annual Daniel Manacher Prize for Young Artists. Aidan White, Mico Aldmar Mendoza, and Warwick Willow were selected by Juror Josephine Halvorson, an accomplished artist and the Chair of the MFA Program in Painting at Boston University's College of Fine Art. Each winner receives $400 in support of their art practice, as well as a group show of their work at the Sandisfield Arts Center. Their work will be featured in an Opening Reception on Sept. 15 from 4 to 6 p.m. The gallery show will run through Oct. 6. The prize was created by Adam Manacher and Carol Birnbaum in memory of their 0 Comments
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Meeting on Potential Purchase of Housatonic Water Works| 11:57AM / Friday, July 26, 2024 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The town will set an October outreach meeting to gain residents' feedback on draft findings from an investigation into the feasibility of the town acquiring and operating Housatonic Water Works. The decision over a town acquisition of HWW would ultimately be made by voters at a town meeting. The outreach discussion will follow several years of legal and financial study into the town's possible acquisition of the water company, due to water quality issues for many HWW customers. The town hired DPC Engineering from Longmeadow and Harwich Port to evaluate the potential operation and acquisition of HWW. Town Manager Mark 0 Comments
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Triplex Cinema Celebrates One Year Anniversary| 11:59AM / Tuesday, July 23, 2024 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Triplex Cinema will celebrate its one year anniversary with a party on Saturday, July 27, at 5 p.m. on the Triplex terrace. Free wine and hors d'oeuvres will be served, courtesy of Guido's Market, and Triplex board members and staff will be on hand to celebrate the many successes of the first year of the community-owned Triplex. The event will also kick off the Triplex seat naming campaign. The seat naming campaign offers cinema patrons the opportunity to purchase a seat and have a specially made brass plaque affixed to the seat, in perpetuity, honoring the donor. As part of the campaign, the Triplex will be offering a raffle 0 Comments
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