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Triplex Screens Norman Mailer Documentary | 01:00PM / Tuesday, August 06, 2024 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Triplex Cinema announces a special screening of "How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer," a documentary film which looks at Mailer's legacy as a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, speaker, filmmaker and cultural icon. Following the Aug. 9 screening will be a talkback with Mailer's daughter Maggie, who lives in Lenox and Lenox bookstore owner Matt Tannenbaum. Tickets are available at the Triplex Cinema website. According to a press release: Directed by Jeff Zimbalist, the documentary includes frank discussions with some of Mailer's children and ex-wives, and explores the rollercoaster life of one of 0 Comments
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Redware Collections Tour at the Bidwell House Museum| 11:41AM / Monday, August 05, 2024 | |
 MONTEREY, Mass. — On August 8, join redware expert Lorraine German on a private tour of the Bidwell House Museum's collection of redware pottery. Attendees will see some of the unique pieces on display and learn about various styles of redware pottery created throughout the 18th and 19th centuries in the northeastern United States. Lorraine German and her late husband Steve established Mad River Antiques, LLC in 2001, with a concentration on 18th, 19th, and 20th century Americana and decorative arts. She has been a guest speaker at antiques shows, museums, and antiques organizations, where she has covered a variety of topics, including stoneware, redware, 0 Comments
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MassDOT: South County Road Construction| 03:27PM / Sunday, August 04, 2024 | |
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing that crews will be conducting nighttime paving, guardrail work, and bridge repair operations at various locations and times on I-90 eastbound and westbound during the week of Monday, Aug. 5, through Friday, Aug. 9. Lane closures will be in place during the construction operations, and traffic will be able to travel through the work zones. The schedule for the work and lane closures is as follows: Otis/Blandford Paving operations will be conducted on I-90 westbound from mile marker 21.0 to 24.0 on Monday night, Aug. 5, from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. the next morning. The work is 0 Comments
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Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Welcomes Parsons Dance| 01:09PM / Saturday, August 03, 2024 | |
 BECKET, Mass. — Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival welcomes the internationally-touring modern dance company Parsons Dance back to the Ted Shawn Theatre, 25 years after their last engagement with the festival in 1999. Parsons Dance will perform pieces choreographed by founder David Parsons, Robert Battle and Jamar Roberts from Wednesday, Aug. 7, through Sunday, Aug. 11. Tickets start at $65. Also during this week — the seventh of Jacob's Pillow's nine-week festival this summer — contemporary dance company Gibney Company will perform on the outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage from Wednesday, Aug. 7, through Sunday, Aug. 11. Tickets start at $40. All 0 Comments
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Tea And Talk: Artificial Women| 11:01AM / Thursday, August 01, 2024 | |
 LENOX, Mass. — Julie Wosk, Author and Professor Emerita of English, Art History, and Studio Art at State University of New York, Maritime College will speak at Ventfort Hall on Thursday, Aug. 8 at 4 pm. A tea will be served after the presentation. According to a press release In America's Gilded Age and in Europe, clockwork female dolls decorated fashionable parlors. These mechanical wonders came in many guises---from demure women with their parasols to a dying Cleopatra in her harem outfit. Today there is a burst of fascination with simulated females, as seen in films, novels, art, and AI-enhanced dolls. They appear as companions, 0 Comments
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Banjo Pickin' Gals At Bidwell House | 03:50PM / Wednesday, July 31, 2024 | |
 MONTEREY, Mass. — On Aug. 10, Paula Bradley and Marylou Ferrante, going by the name Banjo Blue, will showcase the music of female banjo players from the 1920-1940's, along with their stories, songs and struggles. PAULA BRADLEY: A West Virginia-born multi-instrumentalist (banjo, guitar, banjo-uke, harmonica and piano), Paula has been involved in roots music for many years. Known for her strong, spirited vocals as well as her clogging, she has toured (on banjo) with old-time darlings "Uncle Earl"; with old-time powerhouse Bruce Molsky (on guitar and banjo uke); and recorded and toured with Tony Trischka and Bruce as part of the acoustic roots trio 0 Comments
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The Classical Beat:Great Music at Tanglewood and SevenarsBy Stephen Dankner, Special to iBerkshires
08:04AM / Wednesday, July 31, 2024 | |
Tanglewood showcases three audience-favorite Festival extravaganzas With the arrival of August, we are at the apex of the music festival season. Programs at Tanglewood offer a diverse and intriguing mix of chamber music by Schubert and Dvorak, as well as by early 20th century and living composers; rare performances of vocal music of Lili Boulanger and Clara Schumann; virtuosic orchestral repertoire, featuring an all-Beethoven program and, for a scintillating contrast, the piquant music of Maurice Ravel, Silvestre Revueltas and Henri Dutilleux. You won't want to miss Tanglewood's annual "John Williams' Film Night," featuring the Boston Pops led by conductors John
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Philanthropy Massachusetts Talks Berkshire County NeedsBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:33AM / Wednesday, July 31, 2024 | |
Philanthropy Mass CEO Mary Skelton Roberts, left, Barr Foundation President Jim Canales and Alexandra Russell, co-chair of the Western Mass Funders Network and moderator of the panel. The networking event was held at the Norman Rockwell Museum on July 12. STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The Norman Rockwell Museum was filled with nonprofit members and philanthropists earlier this month to have a conversation centered around the challenges in Western Massachusetts and how Philanthropy Massachusetts can help. "Part of what I wanted to do was just get out there and meet who is working on behalf of folks in Berkshire County," said the 0 Comments
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Wheeler & Taylor Adds Insurance Agencies| 11:49AM / Tuesday, July 30, 2024 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Mirick Insurance Agency of Shelburne Falls and Albert B. Allen Insurance Agency of Greenfield each recently entered a partnership with Wheeler & Taylor Insurance, a large insurance agency in Berkshire County. The two long-established insurance agencies joined Wheeler & Taylor, Great Barrington, to broaden their insurance offerings locally, regionally and nationally. Both firms retain their name, staff, location, and management. "With this new arrangement, we can provide additional insurance products, offer specialized expertise and represent more insurance companies," Mirick president Patrick Shippee 0 Comments
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CHP ParentChild+ Program Accepting South Berkshire Families| 08:49AM / Monday, July 29, 2024 | |
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — ParentChild+, a CHP Family Services program for school-bound toddlers and their parents/caregivers, is accepting new enrollments in Southern Berkshire. The free home-based program provides peer mentoring for parents/caregivers and their young children, age 16 months to 3.5 years, who will be heading to pre-school or kindergarten in the next year or two. The program runs in parallel with area school calendars. Parent Child+ families meet twice weekly for 30-45 minute with an early learning mentor who shares reading and creative play skills that support child development. Mentors share reading resources and play skills that support 0 Comments
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Rodriguez Leads Millers in Battle for First PlaceBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires.com Sports
01:14PM / Sunday, July 28, 2024 | |
 LENOX, Mass. -- Brian Rodriguez went 3-for-3 with a home run and a double on Sunday to lead the GB Millers to a 3-2 win over the Berkshire Bandits in the Berkshire Adult Baseball League's 20-and-over division. Rodriguez hit a one-out single in the bottom of the sixth and scored on Chip Paul's single to break a 2-2 tie as the Millers swept the regular season series from the Bandits, who came into Sunday's game a half-game behind GB for first place with two weekends left in the regular season. Rodriguez also earned the win on the mound with two innings of relief, striking out four including striking out the side in order in the top of the seventh. Dick Dumas 0 Comments
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MassDot Advisory: South County Construction Operations| 04:10PM / Saturday, July 27, 2024 | |
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing that crews will be conducting nighttime paving, guardrail work, and bridge repair operations at various locations and times on I-90 eastbound and westbound during the week of Sunday, July 28, through Saturday, August 3. Lane closures will be in place during the construction operations, and traffic will be able to travel through the work zones. The schedule for the work and lane closures is as follows: Montgomery/Russell Bridge repair work will be conducted on I-90 westbound from mile marker 35.5 to 36.5 from Sunday night, July 28, through Friday night, August 2, from 7:00 p.m. 0 Comments
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