Friday, April 18, 2025

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Monica Bliss

Monica Bliss grew up in the Berkshires and now lives in New Lebanon, N.Y. with her husband, daughters, dog, and cats. She spends her time singing, acting, directing, writing, cooking, baking, and working towards social change.

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BITS & BYTES: ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ at The Mahaiwe and The Clark; ‘Days of Heaven’ at The Clark; Baroque music at Southfield Church;...

Mozart’s timeless comedy returns to cinemas worldwide with a live transmission from the Metropolitan Opera.

A recipe for Easter Bread from the kitchen of Monica Bliss

The recipe card reads “Mom’s Ukrainian Bread.” It was passed on to my mother-in-law from her own mother, my husband’s German immigrant grandmother, but we lovingly call it Easter Bread.

BITS & BYTES: School vacation at MASS MoCA; School vacation at The Carle; School vacation at Norman Rockwell Museum; School vacation at The Clark;...

Inspired by James Turrell, who uses the science of light to create illusions that distort our sense of space, time, and depth, you will learn how to make your own lenticular drawing that changes as you move in front of it.

BITS & BYTES: Old Crow Medicine Show at The Mahaiwe; David Rousséve at MASS MoCA; Berkshire Museum Holocaust exhibit; Bidwell House Museum panel discussion;...

With music that not only honors the traditions of the past but also continues to inspire new generations of fans, Old Crow Medicine Show has become a beloved fixture in the American music landscape.

BITS & BYTES: Kateri Kosek at the Bushnell-Sage; Cuarteto Rotterdam at The Foundry; WAM Fireside Chat; Foraging at The Clark; BEAT Earth Day Clean-Up;...

The Friends of the Bushnell-Sage Library, as part of its Friends’ Artists Talk Series, presents a reading by prize-winning poet Kateri Kosek.

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Berkshire Botanical Garden completes solar project; Hancock Shaker Village announces plans; Berkshire LGBTQ Networking Event; MountainOne welcomes Brenda Petell; LitNet welcomes Susan...

In celebration of its newly installed solar panels, Berkshire Botanical Garden has partnered with the Berkshire International Film Festival to present the 2025 Solar Film Forum. Courtesy Berkshire Botanical Garden.

BITS & BYTES: ‘Open + Shut’ at The Carle; Eric Bibb at American Mural Project; Makin’ Hay at Dottie’s Coffee Lounge; Spottiswoode & His...

"Open + Shut” will explore how endpapers can tell a story within a larger story, frame or comment on the main story, serve as a warm-up act or overture, or provide extra information, almost like a visual introduction or epilogue.

BITS & BYTES: Berkshire Art Association College Fellowship Show; Immersive Van Gogh at Springfield Museums; Elizabeth Freeman Center’s flag installation; Death Café at Wander;...

The Lichtenstein Center of the Arts will host the work of exceptional student artists in the 2025 Berkshire Art Association College Fellowship Show.

BITS & BYTES: Noh Bailey at The Foundry; Passover Seder at Race Brook Lodge; Lapin Contemporary presents ‘An Ode to Spring’; ‘King of Kings’...

Inspired sonically by a kaleidoscope of artists ranging from The Velvet Underground and T-Rex to Nina Simone and Judy Garland, Noh’s music is that of a soulful storyteller that cuts right to the heart.

BITS & BYTES: Charming Disaster at The Foundry; GRRL HAUS CINEMA at Wander; Three Stooges Festival at Dalton United Methodist Church; ‘Working’ at Ghent...

In their critically acclaimed albums, Charming Disaster’s music explores love, death, crime, folklore, mythology, magic, science, and the occult.

BITS & BYTES: Indigenous Drag Story Hour at The Carle; R.B. Schlather’s ‘Giulio Cesare’ at Hudson Hall; BerkChique! First Dibs Party; Berkshire County Historical...

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Art presents Indigenous Drag Story Hour featuring beloved Storytellers Lady Shug and Landa Lakes.

BITS & BYTES: Tanglewood presents legendary hip hop mogul Nas; Berkshire Bach Society presents ‘Dido and Aeneas’; Springfield Museums Festival of Flowers; Berkshire Art...

Tanglewood Popular Artist Series presents legendary hip hop mogul, co-founder of Mass Appeal Records, actor, and executive producer, Nas with the Boston Pops.

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Paula K. Almgren named Super Lawyer; MOLARI welcomes coordinator; Adams Community Bank announces Vice President; NAACP Berkshire County Branch special guest; BCC...

Paula K. Almgren, founder of Berkshire Law Group in Lenox, has been named to the Massachusetts Super Lawyers list, an honor given to less than five percent of attorneys in the Commonwealth.
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