Art Ames was a longtime Berkshire County resident and the general manager of Berkshire Co-op Market, a natural foods cooperative in Great Barrington. An avid fan of all things cultural, Art also writes music reviews and articles for Elmore Magazine, and was a former music show host on local radio station WBCR as well as WXOJ in Northampton. An advocate for community engagement, civility, and good old-fashioned common sense, he still manages to inexplicably be a slightly fanatical Red Sox fan, and for better or worse, has an opinion on just about everything.