Ari Jewell is Events Editor of The Berkshire Edge. Ari is a writer, musician, and Great Plains transplant based in Northampton, Massachusetts. They graduated from Smith College in 2022 with a degree in the Study of Women and Gender.
Girls afterschool science programs expand in Pittsfield and across the Berkshires thanks to generous funding for Flying Cloud Institute (FCI) from Massachusetts Afterschool Partnership (MAP) and Mass Cultural Council’s YouthReach.
The 31st season of Close Encounters With Music will open on November 6 with the premiere of One Earth, composed by Tamar Muskal. The opening concert will also feature Schubert’s String Quintet performed by the Borromeo String Quartet.
The Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies will present a virtual symposium called Imprinted: Illustrating Race, which will explore more than three hundred years of racial representation in published art.
A new Head Start program, REACH, was developed to assist and empower Pittsfield preschool children, families and caregivers who have been historically unable to access needed services.
The Berkshire Film and Media Collaborative presents its latest filmmaking workshop on Tuesday, September 20 featuring award-winning filmmaker Diego Ongaro, who will share his experiences making two feature films in the Berkshires.
At The Mahaiwe, headlining acts Deer Tick and Postmodern Jukebox join previously-scheduled appearances by Pink Martini featuring China Forbes, Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Squirrel Nut Zippers, and John Pizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey.
Featuring well-known and up-and-coming artists, Berkshire Botanical Garden’s season-long “Symbiosis” exhibition will open with the third indoor installment on September 16.
