“We were, in many ways, prepared for this, and in many ways not,” said maayan nuri héd, executive director of Seeing Rainbows. “You can never fully be prepared, especially when our community in particular was the target of so much vitriol during the campaign."
“Runnin’ to Grace” is a multi-part performance series that relays the experiences, emotions, and strategies of interdisciplinary scholar-performer Braggs as a Black faculty member surviving the double pandemic of systemic racialized violence and COVID-19.
In 1993, Dickens created as his first one-man show, “A Christmas Carol,” inspired by Charles Dickens’ own energetic readings of the 1860s in the United States and elsewhere.
Plotkin studied with ethnobotanist Richard Evans Schultes at Harvard in addition to the Yale School of Forestry, and earned his doctoral degree from Tufts University.
Two large, lit screens will be set up in different locations and participants will collect data to document and identify as many species of moths as they can.
During the workshop, guest choreographers Becky and Jamal Ahamad, Community Works alums and creators of the dance troupe dysFUNK, will show how movement tells a story.
Villages of the Berkshires is launching an effort to provide volunteer services such as friendly visitors or companionship, local transportation, technology support, and basic household repairs and assistance to seniors in the Berkshires.
Zero-interest, forgivable loans and grants will be provided to help farmers adapt to new realities, overcome significant income challenges, and ensure farms remain viable and sustainable and can continue to meet demand for healthy local food.
