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Ventfort Hall Announces New Board Members And Board Of Director Changes| 02:21PM / Wednesday, September 16, 2020 | |
 LENOX, Mass. — The Board of Directors of Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum elected two new officers. The Board of directors voted at their annual meeting on Friday, Aug. 21 to elect two new officers: Susan Moyle Lynch of Troy, N.Y. as Secretary/Clerk and Karen Spies of Lenox as Treasurer. Officers re-elected were Kelly Blau of Pittsfield, President an Holly Dobbins of Lenox, Vice President. Joining the board are new members Kate Baisley of Lee, Geoffrey Brown of Lenox and Helen Charboneau of Pittsfield. Kate Baisley is also a volunteer docent at Ventfort Hall. Helen Charboneau, who recently retired and relocated to Pittsfield, was formerly the IT 0 Comments
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'The Last Hurrah': Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Politics, But Were Told Not to AskBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
01:43PM / Thursday, September 10, 2020 | |
 I wish that I were reviewing one of the half-dozen movies certain to be made when this pox upon our house is no more. But until that glorious return to normality has us resuming all the simple joys of life we take for granted, like going to the movies, I'll be retro-reviewing and thereby sharing with you the films that I've come to treasure over the years, most of which can probably be retrieved from one of the movie streaming services. It is my fondest hope that I've barely put a dent into this trove when they let the likes of me back into the 0 Comments
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Berkshires Beat: Elizabeth Freeman Center's Walk a 'Virtual' Mile Continues| 09:16AM / Thursday, September 10, 2020 | |
 The Elizabeth Freeman Center's 2020 digital Walk a 'Virtual' Mile fundraiser to Stop Rape, Sexual Assault, and Gender Violence continues through September. The following walks have been scheduled throughout the Berkshires. Bring a mask and remember to social distance. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 5:30 p.m.: Join Jane Iredale and EFC staff at 294 Main St., Great Barrington. Thursday, Sept. 10, at 3:30 p.m.: Join District Attorney Andrea Harrington at the District Attorney's Office at 7 North St., Pittsfield Monday, Sept. 14, at 5:30 p.m.: Join North Adams Mayor Thomas Bernard, members of the City Council, and MICinc at MCLA Gallery 51 on 51 Main St., North 0 Comments
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Yo-Yo Ma And Emanuel Ax Surprise Essential Workers With Pop-Up Concerts| 10:53AM / Wednesday, September 09, 2020 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — To thank essential frontline workers in the Berkshires for their work during the pandemic, cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel Ax performed nine surprise pop-up concerts in Lee and Pittsfield last week. In a creative answer to performing live during the public health response to COVID-19, Ma and Ax traveled the county alongside a flatbed truck equipped with a stage, sound system, and strapped down piano from which they performed at each of their stops. With stops at Berkshire Medical Center, two Pittsfield elementary schools, a Pittsfield UPS delivery loading site, school bus transportation center, Pittsfield Fire Department and Health 0 Comments
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'The Last Picture Show': End Credits in a Texas Town By Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
02:20PM / Thursday, September 03, 2020 | |
 I wish that I were reviewing one of the half-dozen movies certain to be made when this pox upon our house is no more. But until that glorious return to normality has us resuming all the simple joys of life we take for granted, like going to the movies, I'll be retro-reviewing and thereby sharing with you the films that I've come to treasure over the years, most of which can probably be retrieved from one of the movie streaming services. It is my fondest hope that I've barely put a dent into this trove when they let the likes of me back into the 0 Comments
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Dewey Sessions Outdoors Concert Series Through September| 09:31AM / Thursday, September 03, 2020 | |
 SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Through the month of September, Dewy Hall will host an outdoor concert series every Friday. There will be four performances at the Dewy Hall Back Yard this month starting with The Mapletones who will play Sept. 4. Moonshine Holler will play Sept. 11, The Moonshells will play Sept. 18, and South Street Swing will play Sept. 25. All shows start at 7 pm, and tickets can be purchased here. Space is limited, and attendees will be sat in 5 foot diameter circles that will be spaced out 6 feet away from each other. Party sizes will be limited to four. Attendees are expected to wear a face mask at all times, and they are encouraged to bring 0 Comments
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CATA Annual Art Show Opens At The Clark Art Institute | 08:55AM / Thursday, September 03, 2020 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Community Access to the Arts (CATA) presents its annual art show "I Am a Part of Art" at the Clark Art Institute featuring more than 50 paintings and drawings by artists with disabilities from across Berkshire County and Columbia County, N.Y. The exhibit hangs at the Clark Art Institute's Lunder Center at Stone Hill from Aug. 29 through Oct. 25. An online, multimedia version of the exhibit will launch in mid-September at CATAarts.org. The virtual component will include behind-the-scenes photos, video commentary from CATA artists, and digital "art talks" from guest curators at the Clark Art Institute and Community 0 Comments
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Barrington Stage To Stream Concert And Play Reading | 01:39PM / Monday, August 31, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Barrington Stage Company will present two virtual performances this week. Jazz vocalist Ann Hampton Callaway will perform two streamed concerts on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1. Callaway’s one-woman show "Diva Power" takes a personal look at the iconic women who were trailblazers in music and whose careers, voices, and songs helped to shape Callaway’s artistry. Callaway celebrates such artists as Barbra Streisand, Linda Ronstadt, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee, Anita O’Day, Edith Piaf, Etta James, Carole King and Joni Mitchell. Musical selections include "Over the 0 Comments
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Clark Art Institute Presents New Podcast Series| 11:04AM / Saturday, August 29, 2020 | |
 WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Clark Art Institute's Research and Academic Program has premiered a new podcast series this summer. "In the Foreground: Conversations on Art & Writing" considers art's role in society, how knowledge is shared, the way histories are made, and the personal stakes of scholarship. Each episode offers a lively, in-depth look into the life and mind of a scholar or artist working with art historical or visual material. Discussions touch on guests’ current research projects, career paths, and significant texts, mentors, and experiences that have shaped their thinking. The first episode was Aug. 25. Ten more are planned for the first
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'Friendly Persuasion': Love, Quaker StyleBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
01:51PM / Friday, August 28, 2020 | |
 I wish that I were reviewing one of the half-dozen movies certain to be made when this pox upon our house is no more. But until that glorious return to normality has us resuming all the simple joys of life we take for granted, like going to the movies, I'll be retro-reviewing and thereby sharing with you the films that I've come to treasure over the years, most of which can probably be retrieved from one of the movie streaming services. It is my fondest hope that I've barely put a dent into this trove when they let the likes of me back into the 0 Comments
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