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WAM Theatre present two checks for $4,500 each to Harmony Homestead & Wholeness Center Inc. and the Women of Color Giving Circle after the final Nov. 9 performance of 'Pipeline' at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox.

Business Briefs: WAM Theatre donations; MCLA lauded for gender equality; Business Model Canvas workshop; holiday house tour volunteers; designation for Russo

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By Emily Edelman Wednesday, Nov 13 Trade and Commerce

A report from the Eos Foundation examining gender equality in Massachusetts colleges and universities has identified Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts as the top four-year public institution among only 40% of schools to achieve gender equality. Read More

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Don’t just stand there: Volunteer!

Hannah Van Sickle - Underwritten by AARP Massachusetts, the volunteer fair at St. James Place in Great Barrington will give 35 nonprofits as well as municipalities the opportunity to meet face to face with prospective volunteers. Read More

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CAPITAL IDEAS: Smarter than the average bear

Allen Harris - Overconfidence leads investors to believe that they will be one of the few who succeed. It turns out that people who trade the most, presumably due to misplaced confidence, produce the lowest returns. Read More

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Bits & Bytes: Community dialogue on racism; Lenox Land Trust conversation; ‘Love Travels Fast’; Berkshire Theatre Awards

Emily Edelman - During the presentation, Gwendolyn VanSant will address personal identity and bias and their relationship to systemic racism and cultural barriers. Read More

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CONNECTIONS: The rise and fall of Shadow Brook

Carole Owens - There are many stories, true or apocryphal, about the size of the house. Suffice it to say, it was the largest private house in America on the day it was completed. Read More

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IT’S NOT THAT SIMPLE: Thank you for your service. It IS that simple

Ed Abrahams and Pedro Pachano - We invited two local veterans from different generations of service to help us explore the human experience, not necessarily of combat, but of the act of service itself, the differences between the “society” of the military and that of civilian life. Read More

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City Slicker to Country Girl

Susan Winston - A transplant from Los Angeles deals with zoological adventures now that she lives in the Berkshires. Read More

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Illuminating the Hidden Forest, Chapter 19: Property

Carolyn Newberger - As I walk through the woods along Yokun Brook I can’t tell where one person’s property ends and another’s begins. Yet people kill over property lines. Read More

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Business Briefs: Appeal letter party; Donoyan joins Main Street Hospitality; human resources workshop; Jewish Women’s Foundation grants; Stockbridge Chamber annual meeting

Emily Edelman - Main Street Hospitality Group CEO Sarah Eustis has announced the appointment of H. Jackson Donoyan as vice president of operations. Read More

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Business Briefs: Community Impact Award for Tanglewood; award for Bissell; Brien Center to honor McGraw; Geary joins Balance Rock; Fill-the-Basket campaign

Emily Edelman - Salisbury Bank’s 14 branches in Berkshire, Litchfield, Dutchess, Orange, and Ulster counties will collect nonperishable food items, household supplies and cash donations to be distributed directly to food pantries serving each area. Read More

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Bits & Bytes: ‘A Recovering Racist in America’; Shawn Fields art talk; Neil Simon drama excerpts; Neha Das at Lenox Library

Emily Edelman - As detailed in his memoir, Tim Parrish will discuss his racist upbringing at home and in his church in Louisiana during the 1960s, his involvement in racist violence during high-school desegregation in the 1970s, his ongoing recovery from racism, and the current state of racism in the United States. Read More

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