“All [kayak rental] transactions occur at the Arcadian Shop,” Arcadian Shop co-owner Chris Calvert told The Berkshire Edge during a July 9 phone interview.
The Hello It’s Me Project shines a spotlight on these tender new relationships, investing resources around the birth of a baby with the long-term goal of building a healthy community from the bottom up. While the project will serve the entire community, it is particularly well-suited to support parent-infant relationships impacted by the growing opioid crisis.
In addition to his long professional career at Austen Riggs, Dr. Eric Plakun is also a leader in organized psychiatry and psychoanalysis, the author of more than 50 publications, a member of several journal editorial boards, and a past member of the Harvard clinical faculty.
A Lee resident, Knight has, since 2006, been in private practice in Great Barrington. About 80 percent of her practice has been in criminal defense, with most of the remainder of her practice in mediation.
Artists and curators Julie Torres and Ellen Letcher will take over the reins of LABspace from artist Susan Jennings, who founded the art gallery and directed it since 2014.
During her tenure on the Clark Art Institute board beginning in 1992, she was deeply involved at the museum and was an early supporter of the institute’s major expansion that included two buildings by architect Tadao Ando.
The “Embrace Your Voice, Reclaim Your Power: Changing the Dialogue Surrounding Sexual Assault” series will provide the community with an opportunity to talk about and understand sexual violence.
The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center has received support from the Feigenbaum Foundation and Berkshire Bank to fund its 2018 season, youth programs and capital projects.
'This structure means families, school and health care staff work together and support for children is aligned at home, school and in the community.'
--Muddy Brook Regional Elementary School Principal Mary Berle
He worked as a commercial cabinetmaker until 1995, when he joined the staff of the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, as woodworking instructor in the activities program.
Through the lens of national security and global stability, “Age of Consequences” looks at the impacts of climate change on increased resource scarcity and migration.
'Challenging Stigma' will touch on topics such as why society stigmatizes certain individuals, groups and conditions; and how stigma is used to marginalize and silence difference and dissent.
An increase from last year’s gift, the combined support provides funding to ensure that all children will benefit from Berkshire South’s summer excursions regardless of their ability to pay for them.
According to BNRC president Tad Ames, the High Road will aim to conserve and connect unprotected lands that have important ecological, agricultural, scenic and recreational attributes.
