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Berkshires Beat: Buddy Walk of the Berkshires Set for Sept. 24
12:31PM / Monday, September 19, 2016
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All proceeds from the Buddy Walk will help to provide services and support for children, adults and families of people with Down syndrome living in Berkshire County.

Bring a buddy: Berkshire County Arc’s Down Syndrome Family Group will host the 10th Annual Buddy Walk of the Berkshires on Saturday, Sept. 24. The goal of the walk, which is affiliated with the National Down Syndrome Society, is to promote awareness and inclusion of people with Down syndrome and to fundraise for those with Down syndrome who reside in Berkshire County.

The event will begin with registration at Craneville Elementary School in Dalton at 10 a.m. Registration will end at approximately 11 a.m., with the walk to follow. Walkers will return to Craneville Elementary School, where there will be a family barbecue, a raffle, live music and other fun activities. This event draws more than 1,000 participants annually.

The Berkshire County Arc Down Syndrome Family Group supports 40 families living in Berkshire County who have a family member with Down syndrome.  All proceeds from the Buddy Walk will help to provide services and support for children, adults and families of people with Down syndrome living in Berkshire County.

Registration for the walk is free for all who would like to participate. Walkers should submit their registration forms by Friday, Sept. 2, to be guaranteed a t-shirt. For additional information about registration, donations, sponsorships and volunteer opportunities, contact Chris at 413-464-7262, ext. 11, or visit www.bcarc.org/dsfg.



Funding deadline: Becket Cultural Council has announced the next cycle for local cultural council funding applications with a deadline of Oct. 17 for proposals for community-oriented arts, humanities, and science programs that benefit the Becket community. All applications should be submitted online.
 
The Becket Cultural Council gives priority to projects and programs that benefit local organizations and local citizens of all ages. Grants are awarded to projects and programs that support community-oriented arts, humanities and science projects in and for the Becket community. The Council will entertain funding proposals from schools and youth groups through field trip applications and a ticket subsidy program for school-aged children. Priority will be given to applications that support local youth and senior programs, new applicants or projects, projects that emphasize cultural diversity, and projects that take place in a local venue and show local community support.
 
Programs must be specifically described with the names, artist fees, and the qualifications of the individual leading the activity. Applications from individuals outside the community must include a local venue, with date and time, as well as a local contact who is sponsoring the activity. Out-of-town applicants without local sponsors will be rejected.



Artists sought: Regional visual artists, working in any and all medias are invited to apply for inclusion in the upcoming CROP | New Works from the Berkshires, which will be presented as part of the Berkshire Theatre Group's sixth annual Made in the Berkshires festival, Nov. 11-13 at The Colonial Theater in Pittsfield.

Co-curated by Carrie Wright and Rebecca Weinman, CROP aims to highlight the diversity, breadth and depth of artists working in the region. Emerging, mid-career and established artists who reside, work or otherwise have strong ties to the Berkshires and adjacent areas are invited to submit. Works may be in any medium, and are not limited to a particular style or genre.

The deadline for submission is Monday, Sept. 26. Artists will be notified by Monday, October 3 if their works have been selected for inclusion. To apply, please email the following items to MITBVISUAL@gmail.com by midnight of Sept. 26: three to five works as JPGS (300 DPI and no larger than 1200px in width or height); an artist statement; an email; website (if applicable); and address.



Never forget: The documentary film "Forgotten Farms" by Berkshire filmmakers Dave Simonds (director) and Sarah Gardner (producer) will screen at GlobeDocs, a documentary film festival curated by the Boston Globe, at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Mass., on Sunday, Oct. 2, at noon. Tickets and info can be found online.

"Forgotten Farms" profiles New England dairy farmers and examines the class divides in New England's farm and food communities. New England has lost over 10,000 conventional dairy farms in the past 50 years; about 2,000 farms remain. Collectively, they tend 1.2 million acres of farmland and produce almost all of the milk consumed in New England.

Gardner (producer) teaches environmental planning and is the associate director of the Center for Environmental Studies at Williams College. Her areas of research include land use, climate change, agriculture and food systems.  She was a leader of the North Berkshire Keep Farming project, a three-year research initiative. She is the co-chair of the Williamstown Agricultural Commission and a Berkshire Grown board member.



Promoting Pittsfield: The Pittsfield Public School Committee is producing a television program in conjunction with PCTV.  The program, called "Our Schools, Our Future," will be hosted by the various members of the school committee.  The committee would like to better inform the community of all that the Pittsfield Public Schools have to offer.

The program is scheduled to air regularly at 5:30 p.m., right before school committee meetings on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month.  Airing on ETV,  Channel 17 or 116-1 on Time Warner Cable in Pittsfield, Richmond, and Dalton, "Our Schools, Our Future" will also be shown at various other times during the month.  

The first show, titled "Why Pittsfield?," features School Committee Chair Katherine Yon and Vice Chair Daniel Elias interviewing Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jason "Jake" McCandless on the subject of "Why Pittsfield?"  This show is scheduled to air on Sept. 21 at 5:30 and 9:30 p.m.; Sept. 22 at 12:30 and 6:30 a.m.; Sept. 24 at 11:30 a.m. and 4:30 and 9:30 p.m.; and Sept. 25 at midnight. The second show, for which air times have yet to be determined, will feature Shirley Edgerton, Cultural Proficiency coach for the Pittsfield Publuc Schools, and Marie Richardson, case worker at Taconic High School, discussing their work to further cultural competency in the district.

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