Saturday, March 21, 2026

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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: ‘The Cold Waxers’ at Art on Main; WordxWord at The Mount; Alex Mar at North Chatham Free Library; Mary Pope Osborne...

Cold wax medium, or CWM, is an oil painting medium composed mainly of beeswax, with a small amount of solvent to soften it and other ingredients to aid in drying time.

BITS & BYTES: Calliope Café at Stationery Factory; Ismaël Mouaraki at PS21; Carolyn Plummer and Kelly MacFarland at The Foundry; Caitlin Peluffo at Adams...

Calliope Café offers high school students in Berkshire County a free monthly open mic to showcase their talents in music, dance, poetry, and more.

BUSINESS BRIEFS: Berkshire Money Management event; Berkshire Hills Chorus welcomes new music director; Bennington College welcomes Bryn Mooser and Eddie Ubell; MountainOne volunteer awards; 2nd...

The Berkshire Hills Chorus looks forward to a bright future under Sunhwa Reiner’s direction and extends a warm invitation to new members to join the group.

BITS & BYTES: Villalobos Brothers at The Mahaiwe; Mary Gauthier at Spencertown Academy; Berkshire Theatre Group presents ‘The Weir’; ‘Crooklyn’ at The Mahaiwe; Dumas...

The Villalobos Brothers are a violin-wielding and Grammy-winning family band that has been recognized as one of the foremost Contemporary Mexican ensembles in the world.

BITS & BYTES – HAPPENING SOON: Columbia County Players presents ‘The Clan of the MacQuillins’; Arkai at New Marlborough Meeting House; Berkshire Bach Harpsichord...

Columbia County Players presents a staged reading of “The Clan of the MacQuillins’” by local playwright John Paul Porter at the Churchtown Dairy Round Barn.

BITS & BYTES – HAPPENING SOON: Art of Jerry Pinkney at Eric Carle Museum; Jewish Women’s Foundation of the Berkshires presents Sarge; ‘Nature Is...

Jerry Pinkney’s cover for “The Lion & the Mouse” is legendary. Realistically rendered in graphite, watercolor, and colored pencil, the lion’s velvety fur and cascading halo of hair appear soft enough to touch.

BUSINESS BRIEFS: W.E.B. Du Bois Sculpture Project awarded; Ventfort Hall new board members; Bennington College’s appoints David Buckwald; Berkshire Bank promotes Kenneth Seeber; Berkshire Money...

The W.E.B. Du Bois Sculpture Project has been awarded $50,000 for completion of a statue of W.E.B. Du Bois to be sited in front of the Mason Public Library in Great Barrington.

BITS & BYTES – HAPPENING SOON: Alturas Duo at Simon’s Rock; Val-Inc at The Clark; Eli Elkus at Dottie’s; Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum...

Simon's Rock welcomes Alturas Duo kicking off the South Berkshire Concert Series and National Hispanic Heritage Month.

From the kitchen of Monica Bliss

A recipe for Chilean Sea Tofu

BITS & BYTES – HAPPENING SOON: James Holl at TurnPark Art Space; Edwidge Danticat and Kaiama L. Glover at The Clark; Jen Daily at...

TurnPark Art Space presents James Holl’s "From Energy, Matter Emerges,” the final exhibition of its 2024 season.

BITS & BYTES – HAPPENING SOON: American Mural Project honors firefighters; ‘Poetry on the Piazza’ at Chesterwood; West Stockbridge Historical Society presents The Ensemble...

American Mural Project will celebrate the courageous work of firefighters with free admission for firefighters, a special exhibit, family activities, and tours that highlight mural subject and firefighter Melissa Bennett.

BITS & BYTES – HAPPENING SOON: Dr. K. Renee Horton at MCLA; Susan Sabino, Marcelene Mosca, and Thom Lipiczky at Art on Main; Dean...

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) Physics Department presents “Flying on A Rocket: How I Got There,” a guest lecture by NASA Airworthiness Deputy Dr. K. Renee Horton.

BITS & BYTES – HAPPENING SOON: Molly Morgan at Cornwall Library; ‘Materialscape’ at MCLA’s Gallery 51; ‘Unpolished’ at Center for Peace through Culture; Midnight...

Molly Morgan is a psychotherapist who began making art as a way to self-reflect and process her work with psychotherapy clients.
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