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Barenaked Ladies will appear at Tanglewood on July 8 with Sugar Ray and Fastball

Archives of the Boston Symphony Orchestra contain no prior record of Barenaked Ladies appearing at Tanglewood or Symphony Hall.

Children’s book ‘Blanket of Stars’ is a collaboration with a purpose

Laiz, the author of eight books, focuses on subjects about which she is passionate—ranging from climate change and refugees to equal rights and friendship—and she does so in an approachable way, not from a proverbial soapbox.

CONNECTIONS: A tour of Berkshire abodes

Berkshire County is particularly interesting as an architectural exhibit. Given New England practicality or parsimony or respect for our history, we didn’t always tear down and build new: We save our old houses.

THEATRE REVIEW: ‘The Almost True and Truly Remarkable Adventures of Israel Potter,’ Melville’s tale dramatized

With my own theatrical background, it was both a lively and invigorating experience to once again watch a show in this format: Storytelling with acting.

Library trustees endorse Du Bois statue, but see trouble ahead

Not only are supporters of the legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois trying to name one of the local public schools after him, but they want to commission a sculptor to come up with a life-sized likeness of him that would be placed on the front lawn of the Mason Library.

Mastheads: Summoning Berkshires’ literary landscape

Founded in 2016 upon the legacy of five American Renaissance authors who wrote in Pittsfield, the Mastheads is at once an urban architectural experiment, a literary research initiative, a writers’ residency and an educational program.

Bits & Bytes: Havana Cuba All-Stars at the Colonial; ‘Melville . . . On the Light Side;’ Stockbridge Library 5K fun run; 350Mass Berkshire...

J. Peter Bergman's new play, “Melville . . . On the Light Side,” takes a different look at novelist, short-story writer and poet Herman Melville, who lived at Arrowhead from 1850 to 1863.

Bits & Bytes: Michael Hannahan at Lenox Library; ‘Is Peace Possible?’; Behold! New Lebanon tours; ‘Ecology and Industry in the Berkshires;’ winemaker dinner at...

'From Iron Ore to Orioles: Industry and Ecology in the Berkshires' will explore the ecological history of the Berkshires via several sites that reveal how the landscape was shaped through human activity.

Bits & Bytes: Shire City Sessions; Stanton Home 30th anniversary; Marko Remec at Chesterwood; ‘Ugly Lies the Bone’ talkback; Behold! New Lebanon July 23...

Stanton Home has been providing care for people with special needs since 1986 and invites the public to tour its grounds, weavery and organic gardens, as well as to meet residents, staff and international volunteers.

Bits & Bytes: Project Native Film Festival; Robert Hass at Williams; ‘Baseball in the Berkshires;’ MiC documentary premiere; juried photo show; ThunderFest update

Pittsfield was the town in which baseball first received legal recognition when, in 1791, the town fathers signed an ordinance banning it from being played in the town square.

Bits & Bytes: Michael Pollan at Williams; ‘Suffragette’ to open FilmColumbia; Artful Hike at Olana; guided property walk in Sheffield; ‘Writers Read’ in Lee;...

From axe murders to botched robberies "Gilded Age Murder and Mayhem" has dredged up the forgotten underbelly of the Berkshires with unforgettable stories of greed, jealousy, and madness.

Bits & Bytes: 5th Annual Rotary Bike ‘N’ Fly; Cannabis research seminar; Berkshire Crafts Fair; ‘I Am Pittsfield’ at Arrowhead; Hebrew poetry talk

Based on actual historical incidents culled from both written and oral history sources, “I Am Pittsfield: The Immigrant Century” explores the struggles and triumphs of immigrants who arrived and settled in Pittsfield between 1840 and 1940.

Bits & Bytes: Pittsfield Ethnic Fair; American Boychoir in Stockbridge; SoCo Creamery ice cream social; Jonathan Baumbach book signing; new science center for Williams...

SoCo Creamery’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social will take place on Saturday, August 8 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. behind the Great Barrington Town Hall at 334 Main St.

Bits & Bytes: Arrowhead poetry reading; CPA open for applications; Rotary Club scholarships

The Community Preservation Act helps fuel public projects in three categories: open space and recreation, community housing and historic preservation.

Bits & Bytes: Muddy Brook’s investors; Barbie’s naked truth; Blechman on ‘Leisureville’; Arrowhead honors Lafayette

Muddy Brook's 'investors' win stock market game award Great Barrington — Muddy Brook Regional Elementary School students Marti Cunningham, Maisy Seckler (first place regional winners) and...

Bits & Bytes: BFWW lean-in and other news; Jana Laiz at Arrowhead writers workshop; ‘Out of the Studio’ show at Lichtenstein

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