U.S.-China publishing partnership breaks new ground
Great Barrington — Berkshire Publishing Group has announced that it signed an agreement with the Encyclopedia of China Publishing House in December 2016 to jointly produce an English edition of the shorter version of ECPH’s Encyclopedia of China together with related content on different aspects of Chinese history and culture. The work, consisting of some two million words, will be a digital publication offering American readers a famous work familiar to millions of Chinese students and educators.
The joint project, under the working title “China Encyclopedia USA,” is being developed in parallel with the second edition of Berkshire Publishing’s own Encyclopedia of China. The two works will be available separately or as a package, with articles on the same topics mapped from one work to the other.
This project will also be announced at the London Book Fair in the U.K. on Tuesday, March 14. ECPH and Berkshire are also planning joint product lines, the distribution of Chinese-language books, and an international editorial center based in New York and Beijing.
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Shakespeare & Company announces new managing director
Lenox — Shakespeare & Company has announced that Adam Davis has been named as its new managing director.
A native of Weymouth, Davis has fulfilled leadership roles in theatre management for more than 15 years. He comes to Shakespeare & Company from the Los Angeles County Arts Commission where he was managing director of productions in charge of programming and day-to-day operations for more than 230 events annually. Davis supervised and strategized fundraising for the $67 million renovation of the John Anson Ford Theatre completed in 2016. He produced the L.A. County Holiday Celebration, an annual event at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Music Center of Los Angeles featuring 600 performing artists from the county’s myriad cultural communities, for which he received an Emmy Award in 2013.
Earlier in his career, Davis served as theatre operations manager of the Center for the Arts at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, and company manager at La Jolla Playhouse in La Jolla, California. While on the west coast, he contributed to the work of regional organizations as a board member of California Presenters and as a participant in the Southern California Leadership Network. Davis holds a bachelor’s degree in theatre from Principia College in Illinois. He is in the process of relocating to the Berkshires and will be full-time at Shakespeare & Company as of April.
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Workshop for nonprofits to focus on human resources
Pittsfield — The Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires will offer “HR for Nonprofits,” a workshop for nonprofit organizations and small businesses, at 1Berkshire on Tuesday, Feb. 28, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Led by retired HR executive Bill Tighe, the workshop will offer best practices and practical tips for implementation on subjects such as job descriptions, annual reviews, contracts, policies and more. Handouts will be provided. The cost of the workshop is $25 for NPC members and $35 for nonmembers. For more information or to register, call (413) 645-3151.
–E.E.
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United Way seeks EFSP applications
Pittsfield — Berkshire United Way, the local administrator of the Emergency Food and Shelter Program, is urging qualifying organizations located throughout Berkshire County to submit applications for supplemental emergency food and shelter funding for Phase 34 ESFP assistance.
Local organizations chosen to receive funds must be private, voluntary nonprofits or units of government; have an accounting system; practice nondiscrimination; and have demonstrated the capability to deliver emergency food and/or shelter programs. Applicants must submit eight hard copies of the completed application by noon on Monday, April 3, to Berkshire United Way, c/o Julie Singley, 200 South St., Pittsfield, MA 01201. Late submissions will not be accepted.
The funding award of $61, 848 was made by a national board that is chaired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and consists of representatives from the Salvation Army, American Red Cross, United Jewish Communities, Catholic Charities USA, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA and United Way Worldwide. Funds pass directly from FEMA’s EFSP program to the local agencies that are awarded funding, and a subcommittee of the local board made up of representatives of organizations that are not requesting or receiving funds determines the actual organizations that receive funding.
–E.E.
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Greylock announces promotions
Pittsfield — Greylock Federal Credit Union has announced the promotions of Brad J. Felix to assistant vice president, business banking officer and Mark Kaley to member service contact center manager.
Felix has served in the business banking department since 2008. In his new role, he will be responsible for helping credit union members with business loans and other financial products and services. Kaley was previously contact center supervisor, helping to oversee 70 percent of all incoming calls and contacts to the credit union, including all internet banking inquiries.
After graduating from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, Felix worked in loan services at Greylock for one year, and then moved to business banking. He is a 2012 graduate of Berkshire Leadership Program and a 2013 recipient of the Berkshire Trendsetter award as a Young Professional Making a Difference. He is a former chair of the Berkshire Young Professionals and has been chair of the logistics committee for the Northern Berkshire Relay for Life for eight years. Felix also volunteers as a member of the Pittsfield Rotary Foundation.
Kaley joined Greylock in its contact center in 2008. He is a volunteer coach with the Dalton CRA as well as a member of the town’s baseball board. He also serves as a member of the Robert “Boog” Powell memorial committee, which raises money for the youth of Dalton. Kaley was Greylock’s co-chair for its 2016 internal United Way campaign and a campaign executive for the United Way during its 2012 Work Place campaign. He currently officiates high school soccer and basketball in Berkshire County. A native of Dalton, Kaley resides there with his wife, Nichole, and children, Timothy and Samantha.
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