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Mahaiwe to screen Disney's 'Up' in Spanish| 12:16PM / Thursday, August 24, 2023 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center will screen Disney's "Up" from 2009, in Spanish with English subtitles, on Sunday, Sept. 3 at 7 p.m. Attendance is free but registration is required. Visit mahaiwe.org or call or visit the Box Office, 413-528-0100, during open hours — Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. The film is coordinated in part by the Mahaiwe's Spanish-language Community Advisory Network (SCAN). SCAN is a partnership between the theater and Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires (VIM). SCAN is funded in part by the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation's Arts Build Communities Initiative, Charles 0 Comments
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Berkshire Communities Get Culvert Replacement Grants| 03:35PM / Wednesday, August 23, 2023 | |
BOSTON — The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced over $6.4 million in grants to strengthen community preparedness for large storms, improve climate-ready infrastructure, restore flood storage capacities, and protect fisheries, wildlife, and river habitat. The Culvert Replacement Municipal Assistance (CRMA) Grant Program is one of the many resources the administration utilizes to help municipalities replace undersized and deteriorating culverts with crossings that meet improved design standards. The grants target culverts whose replacement brings significant ecological and resilience benefits and helps municipalities deal with the increasing aging road infrastructure 0 Comments
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2023 Book One Lecture At Simon's Rock | 11:58AM / Wednesday, August 23, 2023 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. —Simon's Rock welcomes novelist, memoirist, illustrator, and cultural critic Mira Jacob for a talk reflecting on her award-winning graphic memoir and this year's Book One selection, "Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations" at the end of the month. The lecture and Q&A will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at 7 p.m. in the McConnell Theater on the Simon's Rock campus. The event is open to the public and free of charge, and will be available on livestream. Jacob's graphic memoir "Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations" was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, longlisted for the PEN Open Book 0 Comments
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South County Overnight Construction | 08:21AM / Wednesday, August 23, 2023 | |
 LEE, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) announced that crews will be conducting overnight hour pavement marking, slope repair, guardrail, and bridge repair operations on I-90 eastbound and westbound in Lee, Becket, West Stockbridge and Stockbridge. The work will be conducted at various times and locations from Monday, Aug. 21, through Friday, Aug. 25. Lane closures will be in place during repair operations and traffic will be able to travel through the work zones. The schedule for the work and lane closures will be as follows: Lee/Becket Pavement marking and slope repair operations will be conducted nightly on I-90 eastbound and 0 Comments
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The Classical Beat: Tanglewood Concludes; Berkshire Opera, South Mountain Next By Stephen Dankner, Special to iBerkshires
08:00AM / Wednesday, August 23, 2023 | |
 This week, Tanglewood concludes its magnificently curated, presented and performed 2023 classical music summer festival season with panache by showcasing two live film concert blockbusters: "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" on Saturday evening, Aug. 26, and on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 27, John Williams' "Star Wars: The Story in Music" – both performed by the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra under the direction of conductor Keith Lockhart. Added to this will be the violin, cello and piano trio of stellar performers Kavakos, Ax and Ma performing Beethoven. Each of these performances will be in the Shed. Read below for the details, including end-of-season
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Title Match-Ups Set in Giorgi Summer LeagueBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
09:35AM / Tuesday, August 22, 2023 | |
 NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Keiland Cross scored 38 points on Monday to lead Giardina and Bresett PC to a 91-80 win over Cold Hearts in the A Division semi-finals of the John Giorgi Summer Basketball League. Giardina and Bresett pulled away in the second half in the final of the league’s four semi-final matchups. The stage is set for the league finals this week, where Team DB will take on Giardina Bresett fo the A Division crown and Field and Field General Contracting will meet Central Radio for the B Division title. In Monday’s finale, Cold Hearts trailed by as many as 16 before rallying to get within seven when Tank Roberson (team-high 25 points) drove to 0 Comments
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Thunder Three-Peat, Kraken Win Title in Debut Season in BABLBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
04:52PM / Sunday, August 20, 2023 | |
 A back-and-forth championship series in the Berkshire Adult Baseball League’s 20-and-over division swung toward the Kraken on a big third-inning swing. In the 33-and-over division, the league’s best team continued to show why they earned that title by holding on late to take a 3-2 win and a series sweep. Seamus Morrison struck out five on Sunday morning in Dalton to lead the Berkshire Thunder to a 3-2 win over Tunnel City Freight as the Thunder finished the spring/summer season with a record of 18-0 and the program’s third straight BABL title. At Hoosac Valley High School, a three-run bomb by Corey Meczywor propelled the Northern Berkshire Kraken 0 Comments
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