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Berkshire Grown Winter Farmers Market Season Begins| 04:28PM / Tuesday, November 15, 2022 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Berkshire Grown kicks off their 2022-2023 indoor Winter Farmers Market season on the weekend before Thanksgiving, in both north and south Berkshire County. In Great Barrington, the first in the season of six indoor Winter Farmers Markets will take place from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm in the Housy Dome (Housatonic is a village of Great Barrington) on Saturday, Nov. 19, and run through Saturday, April 15, 2023. The North Adams/Williamstown Winter Farmers Market will take place at Greylock WORKS on Sunday, Nov 20 and Sunday, Dec. 18, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. The Housy Dome is located at 1064 Main Street in Housatonic and is included on the Berkshire Regional Transit
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CHP Welcomes Family Nurse Practitioners| 10:12AM / Tuesday, November 15, 2022 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Community Health Programs (CHP) has expanded its primary care team in Great Barrington and North Adams with the addition of two family nurse practitioners. Dawn Kohanski, FNP, completed her family nurse practitioner master's degree at the State University of New York (SUNY) Institute of Technology, and she also holds a master of science in nursing and health care administration from the University of Phoenix. She earned her bachelor's degree in nursing from SUNY Institute of Technology. Most recently, she was a hospitalist nurse practitioner at Berkshire Medical Center, where she coordinated adult acute care in the hospital setting. She 0 Comments
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Baseball in the Berkshires, Infield Present Meet the Pros Day on Sunday| 09:40PM / Monday, November 14, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Baseball in the Berkshires museum and The Infield will present a "Meet the Pros" event with six Berkshire County residents who have played in major and minor league professional baseball on Sunday, Nov. 20 from 1 to 3 p.m. at The Infield at 10 Lyman St. Meet and greet former professional baseball players, get autographs and take photos. The lineup includes: John Raifstanger of Great Barrington, an infielder and outfielder in the Red Sox organization from 1994-98. Rafel Luberes of Pittsfield, a pitcher in the Brewers organization from 2004-11. Ryan Cameron of Williamstown, a pitcher in the Rockies, Red Sox and Phillies 0 Comments
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Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires Giving Back Guides | 04:17PM / Monday, November 14, 2022 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON — The Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires (NPC) is distributing 15,000 Giving Back guides in time for the holiday giving season. The Giving Back guide contains a directory of Berkshire nonprofits by category, and over 100 nonprofit profiles that detail ways people can help. 14,000 copies were delivered to Berkshire Eagle subscribers in October, while the remaining 1,500 copies are currently being placed in coffee shops, retail outlets, libraries, and other community gathering places. "We've been producing the Giving Back guide for seven years now," said Liana Toscanini, Executive Director of the Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires. 0 Comments
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The Orchestra Now Returns to Bard College at Simon's Rock| 12:18PM / Monday, November 14, 2022 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Orchestra Now, the orchestra and master's degree program founded by Bard College president, conductor, educator, and music historian Leon Botstein, returns to Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington on Nov. 20 at 3 PM. The free performance is led by assistant conductor Andrés Rivas and marks the Orchestra's fifth visit to Simon's Rock and the first one since 2017. The concert opens with Ukrainian composer Fiodor Yakimenko's lyric poem dedicated to Rimsky-Korsakov; followed by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jacob Druckman's "Prism," and Ives' overture to his never-written opera 0 Comments
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Some Snow Predicted Midweek in the Berkshires | 12:00PM / Monday, November 14, 2022 | |
With cooler winter temperatures moving through the Berkshires this week, some snowfall is predicted Wednesday, Nov. 16. But today, Monday, Nov. 14, temperatures should stay in the low 40s with partly cloudy skies. Expect a cold night with a low of 17, according to Accuweather. Expect the same Tuesday, Nov. 15 with a high of 43 and a low of 26. Accuweather predicts that snowfall could begin overnight, and the Weather Channel predicts a wintery mix overnight. On Wednesday temperatures will likely stay just below 40. There is a high chance of snowfall reports Accuweather. Accuweather predicts that snow will continue to fall throughout 0 Comments
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Guild of Berkshire Artists Opening New Exhibit By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
04:47PM / Saturday, November 12, 2022 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Guild of Berkshire Artists will be hosting its new exhibit "Color, Texture & Form" in their Art on Main gallery, located at 38 Main St, and will run for three Friday, Saturday, Sunday weekends. The exhibit will open Saturday, Nov. 18, and feature work from three local artists specializing in different mediums and utilizing different views on color, texture, and form. Artists Sarah Morrison, Sally Lebwohl and Margie Skaggs all focus on different mediums of art but all emphasized that sharing their work with fellow artists gives them the courage to try new things and look at their own work with a different 0 Comments
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Simon's Rock Theater Program to Perform 'RIOT'| 12:27PM / Thursday, November 10, 2022 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Bard College at Simon's Rock's Theater Program will perform "RIOT" on Thursday, Nov. 10 through Saturday, Nov. 12. "RIOT" is directed by Assistant Professor of Theater and alumna Sara Katzoff '97. According to a press release, originally created and devised by the Wardrobe Ensemble from Bristol (United Kingdom), "RIOT" is a tale of violence, greed and cheap sofas. Set in a lamp-lit showroom, "RIOT" integrates live music, early 2000's nostalgia and eyewitness accounts to reimagine the story of an actual riot that broke out during the grand opening of an infamous Swedish furniture store 2 Comments
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Housatonic Water to Hold Meeting on Manganese Pilot Study| 04:17PM / Wednesday, November 09, 2022 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Housatonic Water Works (HWW) invites customers to join an informational Zoom meeting on Nov. 15 at 6 p.m. to hear an update on HWW's manganese removal pilot study. The meeting will also include information about issues affecting levels of haloacetic acid that have been detected in the HWW water system. The meeting link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88339634831. To join by phone: (929) 205-6099 The webinar ID is 883 3963 4831. The meeting can also be accessed on the HWW website here. The town has also posted the event on the town calendar with live links to log-in information. According to HWW, the company's 0 Comments
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Bidwell House Candlelight Tours | 12:03PM / Wednesday, November 09, 2022 | |
 Monterey, Mass. — This November, the Bidwell House Museum staff and Board of Directors will offer their members and friends an opportunity to take a special Candlelight Tour of the Museum. The Museum is offering two of these tours: on Friday, Nov. 11, and on Thursday, Nov. 17. The event begins at 4 pm, on both nights. Led by local antiques experts, Sam Herrup (Nov. 11) and Charlie Flint (Nov. 17), these tours will focus on the furniture and decorative arts, with each tour providing a fresh look at the house and the Museum's collection. And at the conclusion of each tour, participants will be invited to a wine and cheese reception. The tour and reception 0 Comments
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BRTA Services Free From Nov. 25 to Dec. 31| 02:11PM / Tuesday, November 08, 2022 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Regional Transit Authority (BRTA) announced that beginning Nov. 25 through Dec. 31, 2022, all BRTA bus and paratransit services will be free through the state's "Try Transit" initiative. This Try Transit initiative is supported through the state budget and awarded by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The state grant was awarded to all 15 Commonwealth regional transit authorities who worked together to submit a joint application and implementation plan. In a press release, the Advisory Board of the Berkshire Regional Transit Authority noted that they are enthusiastic about this opportunity to offer free transit 0 Comments
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CHP Health Insurance Team Accepting Appointments for Open Enrollment Assistance| 09:35AM / Tuesday, November 08, 2022 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — It's time to renew health insurance coverage for 2023, and the Community Health Programs insurance team is available to help Berkshire region residents with updating their MA Health Connector insurance plan. The Open Enrollment period runs Nov. 1, 2022-Jan. 23, 2023. Anyone wishing to make an appointment with a CHP Patient Navigator can call 413-854-2816 or email enrollment@chpberkshires.org. Appointments take place online or in person, and there is no cost. Anyone can enroll or update their plan online with the MA Health Connector, but CHP's insurance team can often navigate this process more quickly and easily. William Cruz, 0 Comments
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