Thursday, January 23, 2025

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Amy Krzanik

Amy serves as assistant managing editor for The Berkshire Edge. She lives in Adams, Massachusetts and holds a BFA in Writing, Literature, and Publishing from Emerson College.

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BITS & BYTES: ‘Imprinted’ at Norman Rockwell Museum; Lenox Art Walk; Berkshire Bounty food drive; two new exhibits at The Mount; IS183 rebranded as...

The Lenox Spring Art Walk will be held Saturday, June 11 from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. and Sunday, June 12 from 11 a.m.–4 p.m., along the Main Street sidewalk and in Lilac Park.

BITS & BYTES: First Friday Artswalk; Westside Block Party; The Lucky 5 in Spencertown; Berkshire Lyric at Tanglewood; ‘Grief, the Musical …a Comedy’; Crandell...

Berkshire Lyric will present the Mozart Requiem on Sunday, May 29 at 3 p.m., at Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood. The 80-voice chorus will be accompanied by a full orchestra and joined by a solo vocal quartet.

BITS & BYTES: Roy Boutard Day, plant sale at BBG; Lola Jaffe celebration; Skills Share virtual auction; Hoffmann Bird Club events

A celebration of the Mahaiwe Performing Art Center’s founder Lola Jaffe will be held at the theater on Sunday, April 24 at 5 p.m. The event will include live performances by the Paul Taylor Dance Company and Deborah Grausman.

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Trainer Thompson leaves HSV; BAV launches Market Match Fund; BCC professor wins award; Greylock re-elects board members; Tyer appoints four to Workforce...

Berkshire Agricultural Ventures has launched the Market Match Fund, an economic development and food access initiative to support local farmers markets with consistent funding to match customer SNAP benefits.

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Great Barrington Dispensary debuts; Marketplace opens new Great Barrington specialty shop; new Berkshire Co-op GM: WAM adds to board; Delta S Performance...

Delta S Performance has opened a Functional Neurology/Concussion Clinic, on Church Street in Lenox, to serve patients with autoimmune, neurological, and concussion issues, and children dealing with neurodevelopmental disorders.

BITS & BYTES: GardenFit premiere; GB Public Theater season; Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award recipient; BCC ServSafe workshops; Jewish Federation joins campaign for Ukrainian Jews

Great Barrington Public Theater announces a 10-week season of new plays to be held at Simon's Rock. From early June to mid-August, GB Public Theater will present four solo plays and two ensemble plays that run the gamut from laugh-out-loud to riveting drama.

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Camp Arrow Wood re-opens; BIC hosts crypto currency panel; Faber named CHP Chief Medical Officer; BMM adds two to team; Pittsfield Goodwill...

The Berkshire Innovation Center will host a free panel discussion, Rise of Crypto Currency: Crypto, Blockchain, and NFTs, on Thursday, March 31, from 5–8 p.m. The event will be held in-person with a livestream option.

BITS & BYTES: Clarion Concerts spring season; Berkshire Museum suspends COVID restrictions; GB Public Theater casting call; Slavic egg decorating workshops; MCLA summer sessions

Great Barrington Public Theater will hold two days of auditions, via Zoom, for its 2022 Mainstage season. Auditions will be held Friday, March 18 and Saturday, March 19. Actors may also submit a link to a pre-recorded audition or reel.

BITS & BYTES: Helen Gillet concert, master class; Berkshire Botanical Bulb Show; Bidwell House virtual talk, screening; Green Drinks with Zach Adams

Berkshire Botanical Garden’s annual Bulb Show opens today in the Garden's Fitzpatrick Conservatory. Set to run March 3–13, the show will feature an evolving collection of approximately 1,400 blooming bulbs over a two-week period.

BITS & BYTES: Warm Up the Winter; Ventfort Hall puppet shows, ghost tour; Ted Rosenthal Trio at Berkshire Museum; Riordan completes conservation training program

The Ted Rosenthal Trio will appear in concert Saturday, Feb. 26 at the Berkshire Museum as part of Pittsfield’s 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival. The concert, "Ten by Tin Pan Alley,” will focus on music about New York.

BITS & BYTES: W.E.B. Du Bois Legacy Festival; Eagles Band concert; Berkshire Botanical Garden Winter Lecture; Big Chill at Hancock Shaker Village; Market 32...

Landscape designer Edwina von Gal, best known for her emphasis on natural, sustainable garden designs, will be this year’s presenter at Berkshire Botanical Garden’s 25th annual Winter Lecture, held online Saturday, Feb. 19.

BUSINESS BRIEFS: BAV awarded almost $1M; Charles Bashara new Lee Bank CFO; LitNet adds to board; new BCC faculty, staff; Greylock announces bonus donations

In the final days of 2021, Greylock Federal Credit Union surprised 13 area non-profit organizations with unsolicited gifts totaling $125,000.

BITS & BYTES: SculptureNow 2022 seeks art; Bernard Drew book launch; Holiday Shindy; Stockbridge Festival Chorus concert; ‘Christmas at Pemberley’

The Great Barrington Historical Commission will host a book launch and signing party for local historian Bernard A. Drew’s “Great Barrington Here & Gone,” December 10 at Saint James Place.

BITS & BYTES: Holiday train rides; Ted Rosenthal Trio; Kevin O’Hara Christmas reading; intergenerational playwriting workshop

The Ted Rosenthal Trio and special guests including vocalist Karrin Allyson will perform jazz versions of holiday favorites during two shows this weekend at the Gateways Inn in Lenox.
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