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Local couple successfully builds a pair of brick-and-mortar businesses from the ground up by meeting the community where they are.

“The selection committee was invigorated by the depth and originality of the applications,” said Patricia Pin, residency lead and public programs director at The Mount, as she pointed out the scope of this year’s residents, which includes a disability advocate, a Stanford lecturer, and a Signet Society poet.

On Saturday, November 11, the nonprofit’s annual fundraising exhibition—showcasing the work of more than a dozen Berkshire artists, including Engel—opens at “The Little Gallery,” located at 137 Front Street, the former studio of the late artist and Housatonic resident Deb Koffman.

"I let my psyche loose and my imagination run wild and what came out is [this show],” says Tom Truss of an incredibly dark comedy that sheds light on life—but mostly not his. “I got tired of creating dances and theatre pieces about my [lived experience].”

Using her eponymous nonprofit as a fundraising platform, Soumya has endeavored to assist her village in meeting goals that run the gamut from supplying critical medical care and basic necessities to securing access to clean water and rebuilding the village of Armed.

The effects of a chance meeting have sent reciprocal ripples through their respective lives and the lives of countless others, a profound and ongoing experience about which Boutin will speak at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 26 at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire Community College.

“Second chances are a way of life, and composting is great because it’s the end and it’s the beginning … and that’s the beautiful thing,” says North Adams-native John Pitroff, who founded Second Chance Composting—the only community-based compost operation in North County.

The timing is serendipitous for a trio of upstate artists who—having taken inspiration from the beauty of the Hudson Valley to create unique works of art that embody the complexity of the natural world—are part of a joint exhibition at Hudson Hall.

Fern Katz will take to the stage in her hometown—on the grounds of TurnPark Art Space in West Stockbridge—where she will present CHASM, an immersive dance, theater, and sound event (including two contemporary dance pieces, one accompanied by live original violin composition) on Saturday, August 27 at 1:30 p.m.

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"As racially-charged events like the 2020 murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the 2022 mass shooting at a Tops grocery store in Buffalo accumulate, this opportunity for dialogue—between those helping to fund Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation’s ABC initiative and those testing new ways to make their organizations, and by extension programming, more inclusive—is both timely and necessary."

"Thematically, music and education are two, if not the, essential items of most importance to me,” said Wrba who, in his work moving forward, hopes to see more live music in the Berkshires, year ‘round; more community engagement and community collaborations through the avenues of music and the arts.

Smart merchandising, adaptability and customer service keep the family retail tradition flourishing into the second generation.

A dedicated advocate of underrepresented composers and new music, Chelsea Randall seeks to create fresh dialogues between the old, new, and undiscovered as a performer and collaborator in the program she brings to The Foundry on Friday, June 25 for the launch of "American Mavericks."

The nuts and bolts of a successful family business spanning six decades

Now going on four decades, the Mahaiwe Tent mission has remained unchanged: To deliver on what they promise.