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THE LAZY BERKSHIRE GARDENER: Week of February 6, 2025

Take photos and review what you do from year to year to learn more about your landscape. That record will make it easier to make pruning, planting, and pest-prevention decisions in the future.

MUSE building in Housatonic: A haven for art and artists

“I think we have a great variety of artists in Berkshire County, and this is a great area to create art in,” said MUSE Building Manager and artist Huckleberry Elling. “The long winters keep us indoors and tinkering away at projects. There is a lot to be inspired by around here, including the scenery. Having the river outside of the building helps us to create.”

Arts, relationships can rebuild America’s social infrastructure

In a letter to the editor, Anita Walker writes, "The arts and culture are the antidote to what ails us as a nation. In fact, they can both prevent and cure."

Smithsonian curator defends arts as essential to democracy

In his letter to the editor, Eli Newberger writes: “John Hasse gave a daring, arching, and comprehensive examination of the salutary and urgently-needed contributions of the creative arts to our personal and social worlds.”

Berkshire cultural institutions fear impact of Trump’s budget axe

"This is a creative community that thrives with the inspiration and energy of hundreds of concerts, performances and exhibits throughout the year, as well as the educational and thought-provoking programs created through the CPB. All would be jeopardized if the nation no longer celebrated or supported the arts as integral to our democracy.” --- Beryl Jolly, executive director of the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington

BCD breaks ground on new library, music performance complex

“The library learning commons and the music performance spaces will spark a different kind of education and become perhaps a model for other institutions.” --- BCD Head of School Paul Lindenmaier

Parents, students to School Committee: Don’t cut arts, music, 2nd grade teacher

“For the past 49 years the BHRSD community has expected and supported an active and outstanding band program … I don’t think the music department can continue to provide that along with everything else they are doing with only four positions.” -- Music instructor Jeff Stevens, who is retiring this year

EDGEWISE: Arts activism can change the world

It was no accident that the realization of equality for gay Americans was preceded by a good decade of arts activism.

Dr. Marvin I. Shapiro, 76, of South Egremont

Marv enjoyed a long and fruitful career as a psychologist and professor at Kingsborough Community College; he was a specialist in family therapy and a published author.

Digby: Berkshire Hills budget subcommittee last week — and this

Digby comments on the "political" behavior behind the budgeting process at Berkshire Hills Regional School District when it proposed cutting programs from next year's school budget. "Political" means one thing one week, another thing the next.
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