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Last Chance to see 'Baseball in the Berkshires' 2025 Exhibit in LeeCommunity submission,
12:47PM / Friday, August 29, 2025 | |
 LEE, Mass. – One weekend remains to see “The Fascinating Story of Baseball in the Berkshires” at the Lee Premium Outlets. The summer 2025 home of the Baseball in the Berkshires museum project has welcomed 3,000 visitors over the past couple of months, including people from more than 23 countries and 30 states. Guides John Belland, John Connolly, Marc Simon, Krysten St. John, Stan Tracy and Larry Moore gave the visitors a “lay of the land” and let them cover the bases which spanned almost 8,000 square feet of a former furniture store. The local stories of more than 40 Major League players were remembered along with two who have been inducted 0 Comments
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Holiday Hours: Labor Day| 11:00AM / Friday, August 29, 2025 | |
Boston-born Labor Secretary Frances Perkins was the first woman to hold a Cabinet position and the architect of Social Security. Labor Day is being celebrated Monday, Sept.1. Labor Day was established as a federal holiday in 1971 by Congress and is held on the first Monday of September. Read a history of Labor Day here. The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. The union encouraged the development of a workingman's holiday and a number of states began setting a day aside. Parades and picnics or similar events were not uncommon in its early days; it is now seen as part of the last
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Elizabeth Freeman Center RISE Together 2025| 07:40AM / Friday, August 29, 2025 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Join Elizabeth Freeman Center in September for RISE Together 2025 - six community walks to end domestic and sexual violence in Berkshire County and beyond. Rise Together brings friends, families, neighbors, and community leaders together to honor survivors, remember those we have lost, and take a stand for a safer, more just future for all. Walks are scheduled for Pittsfield: Thursday Sept. at 5:30 pm; Great Barrington: Wednesday Sept. 17 at 4:30 pm; Lenox: Thursday Sept. 18 at 5:30 pm; Lee: Wednesday Sept. 24 at 5:30 pm; Williamstown: Thursday Sept. 25 at 5:30 pm; and North Adams: Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 5:30 pm. At each walk, after a 0 Comments
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Fine Woodwork Show and Silent Auction | 08:24AM / Wednesday, August 27, 2025 | |
 STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Now in its 25th year, the show will feature designs by 32 woodworkers from the Berkshires and neighboring counties in New York and Connecticut. The show takes place Aug. 30 and Aug. 31 from 9 am to 5 pm. It will be held at the Berkshire Botanical Garden. There will be live woodworking demonstrations including Woodturning, Chinese Joinery and French Polishing. Great Cape Baking Co. will be onsite offering a full breakfast and lunch menu, coffee, drinks and their handmade donuts. At the Berkshire Botanical Garden. The highlight of the show is the Silent Auction and 100 percent of the proceeds goes towards the educational 0 Comments
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MassDOT: Overnight and Daytime Construction on I-90| 10:57AM / Friday, August 22, 2025 | |
WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing it will be performing overnight and daytime line painting, shoulder work, and bridge repair work on I-90 eastbound and westbound in the towns of West Stockbridge, Stockbridge, Lee, Becket, Blandford, Montgomery, and Russell. All work is weather dependent and will take place at the following locations and times: West Stockbridge/Stockbridge: Line painting and shoulder work will be conducted on I-90 eastbound and westbound from mile marker 0.0 to mile marker 7.8 nightly from Monday night, August 25, through Thursday night, August 28, from 7:00 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. the following 0 Comments
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Construct Bids Executive Director Jane Ralph Farewell By Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
12:21PM / Wednesday, August 20, 2025 | |
Board President Betty Farbman speaks of Jane Ralph's efforts toward affordable housing at Ralph's going-away party on Tuesday. GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Jane Ralph received an emotional sendoff before she steps down as executive director of Construct at the end of the month.
There were some tears at the affordable housing nonprofit's main office on Tuesday as staff and board members reflected on Ralph's impact over the last nine years. In this time, Construct has seen projects like the Forest Springs in Great Barrington and The Windflower in Egremont come to fruition, and expanded its housing navigation services.
"I know that supporting
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Southern Berkshire Public Health Collaborative Announces Fall Mobile Vaccine Clinics| 12:13PM / Wednesday, August 20, 2025 | |
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The Southern Berkshire Public Health Collaborative (SBPHC) announced the launch of its Fall 2025 Mobile Vaccine Clinic series, offering convenient access to flu and COVID-19 vaccinations at community buildings and schools throughout Southern Berkshire County. These clinics will provide the following vaccines: Regular-dose flu for individuals aged 6 months and older; High-dose flu for individuals aged 65 and older; Updated COVID-19 for individuals aged 65 or older; and Updated COVID-19 for individuals with underlying medical conditions that make them high risk for illness. SBPHC encourages anyone who believes they may be eligible, 0 Comments
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Music in Common Returns to Guthrie Center for Black Legacy Project Album Release Concert| 10:40AM / Tuesday, August 19, 2025 | |
 HOUSATONIC, Mass. — Berkshire-born Music in Common returns to the Guthrie Center for an Album Release concert for the new Black Legacy Project record, Vol. 2. The Aug. 23 show is part of the Guthrie Center's annual summer Troubadour Series. Tickets are available online. Black Legacy Project, Vol. 2 features 12 songs reimagined and written by musicians in the Mississippi Delta, Boise, Atlanta, and the Berkshires. The three Berkshire songs feature Wanda Houston, Billy Keane, Matt Cusson, Rufus Jones, and more than a dozen other local artists. The album's first single, "It's About More", was written and recorded in the 0 Comments
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Opera Meets Hollywood at Ventfort Hall| 03:51PM / Monday, August 18, 2025 | |
 LENOX, Mass. — The Prima Music Foundation's returns to Ventfort Hall with their popular Opera Meets Hollywood concert on Thursday, Aug. 21 at 5:30 pm. This special evening at Ventfort Hall, presented by Anastasia Dedik Prima Music Foundation Artistic Director, features a blend of opera, musical theater, and iconic piano works from film. Anastasia Dedik founded the Prima Music Foundation, Prima Music Academy, and the Prima Music Institute & Festival Summer Camp that is held every summer in Berkshires. Her students have performed at Carnegie Hall and won top national and international awards. She is an internationally acclaimed pianist Dedik
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Bidwell House History Talk: The Battle of Louisbourg| 10:44AM / Monday, August 18, 2025 | |
 MONTEREY, Mass. — Join the Bidwell House Museum on Aug. 23 for their last history talk of the 2025 season with Dr. Amy Watson, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The talk is free for members. Non-members pay $15. Only one registration is required per household. Lecture will be held via Zoom. 11 a.m. According to a press release: In 1745, New England colonists launched a successful expedition to conquer Louisbourg, a port in present-day Nova Scotia, which was then controlled by the French Empire. The original owner of the Bidwell House, Reverend Adonijah Bidwell, was witness to this battle as the Chaplain of the fleet. In this talk, Dr. Amy Watson will explain why New
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Berkshire Pulse Welcomes New Staff and Board Members | 11:16AM / Friday, August 15, 2025 | |
 HOUSATONIC, Mass. — Berkshire Pulse, South County's dance and creative arts education center located in the heart of Housatonic, announced the addition of three new staff and board members. Joan Coombs - Board President - Joan (she/her) has over 40 years of nonprofit leadership experience in executive positions at metropolitan nonprofits, development positions at local and national levels, and volunteer chairs of national and community level boards, committees, and initiatives. Joan capped a 27-year career at Planned Parenthood affiliates in NYC, Boston, and Philadelphia, where she served as President/CEO, by serving as senior vice president at Planned Parenthood Federation 0 Comments
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The Classical Beat: A Profusion of Music at Tanglewood and SevenarsBy Stephen Dankner, iBerkshires Columnist
04:00PM / Wednesday, August 13, 2025 | |
 LENOX, Mass. — Come mid-August, classical aficionados are grateful for the cornucopia of extraordinary musical riches the Boston Symphony bestows to rapt audiences within the incomparably bucolic setting that is Tanglewood. During this busy, penultimate week of the Tanglewood Festival's classical programming, the spotlight will focus on a wide range of audience-favorite orchestral music and solo concertized works by Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann, Sibelius, Liszt and Bartók, where the range of musical expression and stylistic and national diversity is spread far and wide. For a huge, 180-degree contrast, be sure to check out the cool, refreshing change of pace,
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