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Bidwell House Museum Online: Mohican Medicine for the Winter Months| 01:27PM / Monday, January 16, 2023 | |
 MONTEREY, Mass.— The Bidwell House Museum presents its 3rd annual winter Zoom lecture series, and the topic for the lectures in 2023 will be life in winter for the early residents of the Berkshires. There will be one lecture each in January, February and March. In this first lecture on Jan. 18, Misty Cook, a member of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohicans, will discuss the history of Medicines throughout the Tribe's history. She will focus on #6 Wild Bergamot, Mullein, and Sumac. She will also talk about gathering, drying and preserving herbs and will discuss the usage of herbs through stories of the Tribe. Misty Cook (Davids) MS has studied herbal 0 Comments
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BRPC to Receive $50K National Endowment for the Arts Grant| 01:35PM / Wednesday, January 11, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (BRPC) announced it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to receive a Grants for Arts Projects award of $50,000. This grant will support the Creative Compact for Collaborative and Collective Impact (C4) Initiative. This grant is one of 1,251 Grants for Arts Projects awards totaling nearly $28.8 million that were announced by the NEA as part of its first round of fiscal year 2023 grants. "The National Endowment for the Arts is proud to support arts projects in communities nationwide," said NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD. "Projects such as this one strengthen 0 Comments
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Weekend Outlook: Hikes, Music, and DancesBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
12:00PM / Thursday, December 29, 2022 | |
 The year is coming to an end so it is time to celebrate new beginnings with these Berkshire County events this weekend including hikes, music, and dances. Award-winning, Boston Based magician George Saterial will be performing at the Berkshire Museum this Saturday, Dec. 31, at 11 a.m. Watch as he demonstrates magic and illusions for audiences of all ages. Tickets range from $5 to $17 and include museum admission. Children 3 and under are free. More information here. If you can't stay up till midnight, that's okay. The Italian American Club is having an early party this Saturday, Dec. 31. Doors open at 4:30 and dinner will be served at 5:30. Then dance to the music
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Dewey Hall Announces Dewey Drop-In Wednesday Night | 12:00PM / Thursday, December 22, 2022 | |
 SHEFFIELD, Mass. — A new series of Wednesday evening events will premiere at Dewey Memorial Hall starting in January 2023. The Dewey Drop-In (DDI) series will feature readings, jazz jams, music and art soireés, and game nights on a rotating schedule. The first Wednesday of each month, Dewey Hall will offer "Use Your Words," which encompasses writing, readings, and storytelling. An array of local writers will take turns hosting the evenings, including Hannah van Sickle with Beth Robbins and Simon Winchester, Laura Didyk, Suzi Baum, Evelyn Battaglia, Maria Black, Melanie Greenberg, Barbara Newman, Sheela Clary, and Peter Murkett with 0 Comments
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Robert Cray Band, Joan Osborne to Play at Mahaiwe| 12:00PM / Wednesday, December 21, 2022 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center announces the addition of two live concerts to its winter-spring schedule. Blues guitarist Robert Cray will perform with his band on Saturday, March 4 at 8 p.m., and singer-songwriter Joan Osborne will headline an evening also featuring the classic rock-aligned duo Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams on Friday, April 14 at 8 p.m. These acts join swing ensemble and internet-sensation Postmodern Jukebox on Friday, March 17, in the theater's early 2023 lineup. "These performers pull us into 0 Comments
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Simon's Rock Dance Program to Perform Concert With Berkshire Children's Chorus| 12:00PM / Wednesday, December 07, 2022 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Bard College at Simon's Rock's Dance Program will perform their fall concert this Friday, Dec. 9 and Saturday Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the McConnell Theater at the Daniel Arts Center. They will perform "A Story for the Season: The Ballerina and the Clown." The concert includes choreography by students, alumni, faculty, and staff including: Anna Cha, Liam Coote, Zoe Coote, Izzy Filkins, Kati Garcia-Renart, Lydia Helmstadter, Fiona Scruggs, Roshni Sharma, and Rowan Truman. Seats are first come, first served. Reservations are encouraged here: 0 Comments
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Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas Returns By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:24PM / Thursday, December 01, 2022 | |
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The community's beloved recreation of the Norman Rockwell painting "Home for Christmas" returns after a two year hiatus due to the pandemic. "We're looking forward to having it back. We've had had two year hiatus because of COVID. So it's very exciting that we're going to have the tradition continuing considering it's our 33rd year," Stockbridge Chamber Executive Director Barbara J. Zanetti said. Stockbridge is offering a variety of family activities to replicate the cozy, holiday cheer that was depicted in the painting from Friday, Dec. 2, until Sunday, Dec. 4. "We're recreating what 0 Comments
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The Berkshire Bach Society Messiah Community Sing| 12:05PM / Wednesday, November 23, 2022 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Berkshire Bach Society announced the return of the Messiah Sing The free community event will be held for the first time in three years on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022 at 4pm at the First Congregational Church in Great Barrington. Choral conductor James Bagwell invites any singers who want to participate in popular choruses from Handel's oratorio Messiah, including Hallelujah!, accompanied by The Berkshire Bach Players. Participants should bring their own score, buy, or borrow one. 0 Comments
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Shakespeare & Company Presents Kevin Bartini & Friends| 08:19AM / Wednesday, November 23, 2022 | |
 LENOX, Mass. — Shakespeare & Company and the Berkshire Mountain Comedy Arts Festival present Kevin Bartini & Friends, an evening of comedy featuring Bartini as Master of Ceremonies and two other headlining acts: comedians Jim Mendrinos and Carole Montgomery. A comedian, actor, and writer, Bartini has been seen most recently as the recurring character Billy Jones in The "Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," and has appeared on NBC's "Today Show," ABC's "What Would You Do," Discovery Channel's "Cash Cab," and NBC's "Saturday Night Live," among many other credits. With more than two dozen television credits to her 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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