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A Trip to the Moon on Gossamer Wings

The moon has been an important subject in English poetry dating back to Chaucer in the 14th century, who was an astronomer as well as a poet. There is a crater on the far side of the moon named for Chaucer.

Business Briefs: Asian market opens in Great Barrington; ‘Giving Back’ guide; new VIM Berkshires board member; Roots Rising becomes nonprofit; grant for Villages in...

Roots Rising was launched in 2017 as a farm-based youth development program focused on providing meaningful work to Pittsfield teens.

Bits & Bytes: Handmade Holiday Festival; the Wiyos at Club Helsinki Hudson; Hawthorne Valley Yuletide Fair; ‘Christmas at Trinity’

The concert will include Russian sacred music for Christmas by Tchaikovsky; traditional carols; and some new settings of old favorites by Ola Gjeilo and Stephen Paulus for chorus, harp and oboe.

Business Briefs: Lenox seeks cultural district designation; Jewish Women’s Foundation grants; new Barrington Stage board member; William Pitt Sotheby’s names brokerage manager; BTCF grant...

A cultural district must be a walkable, compact area centered on existing amenities, but the benefits of the designation extend beyond formal downtown borders.

Business Briefs: Berkshire Nonprofit Awards; Mickey to manage Red Lion Inn; CHP welcomes new physician; new phase for Roots Rising; Williams gains directors of...

Robert Mickey has joined Main Street Hospitality Group as senior director of regional operations and general manager of the Red Lion Inn.

Business Briefs: Mahaiwe to receive NEA grant; Garden Club of America award for Lenox Garden Club; BCC at Framework; Decumanus Green to participate in...

The Lenox Garden Club's $10,000 award will be used to launch a nonprofit, teen-run food truck in coordination with Roots Rising.

Business Briefs: Freeman Center financial class; Jewish Women’s Foundation awards grants; healthcare sign-up seminar; ‘Time Abundance for Driven Women’

Money School is an award-winning financial independence initiative designed to create long-term safety and economic security for survivors of domestic or sexual violence

Bits & Bytes: Clinton Church Restoration completes church purchase; unpublished Wharton play discovered; Jackson receives arts award; Morningside Up fundraising dinner

Planning for the ultimate use of the historic A.M.E. Zion Church and a sustainable future for the property is also underway.

Business Briefs: Roots Rising meets goal; MNN meeting; GBRSS announces development director; Artist’s Resource Trust Fund awards grants; artist-in-residence sought

A number of emerging public policy issues at the state and federal level will have an immediate impact on Massachusetts nonprofits and span across subsector, budget size and region.

Bits & Bytes: Lecture by audio expert Edgar Choueiri; ‘From the Garden: Still Life’ art exhibit; cellist David Gibson at Camphill Ghent; Pittsfield Repair...

Children attending Berkshire Museum’s summer programs and activities will learn about growing and harvesting vegetables.

Bits & Bytes: BTG presents The Weight; Handmade Holiday Festival; ‘Dear Mandela’ at Williams; open call for iPhone art; ‘Christmas at Trinity’

The Sohn Fine Art Gallery in Lenox has issued an open call for submissions to iMotif, an iPhone photography exhibition.

Bits & Bytes: W. E. B. Du Bois guided walking tours; “The Unexpected Man” in Lenox; Double Value Program at the Pittsfield Farmers’ Market

The Downtown Pittsfield Farmers Market has the potential to serve more low-income residents than any other market in the Berkshires because of its location in Pittsfield.
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