Longtime Shakespeare & Company board member Barry Shapiro is surely looking to provide a classic in inviting renowned stage and screen actor John Douglas Thompson for a retrospective of his life and work at the New Marlborough Meeting House on August 27.
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Berkshire theaters make history: Partial summer season approved
It seems that both Berkshire Theatre Group and Barrington Stage Company are on the right track to restoring our sense of what is beautiful and possible in our lives starting in August.
Bits & Bytes: virtual Wild Thing trail race; BSC Bash; ‘Real People, Real Stories: Redux’; Virtual Act-Athon for Kids
Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary’s Wild Thing trail race Lenox — Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary’s fifth annual Wild Thing 5K/10K trail race and 5K walk Wednesday, June 24, through Sunday, June 28. The format of this year’s race has changed due to COVID-19, making it possible for racers to participate from wherever they are. The 5K
Theater in the time of COVID-19: How area theaters and theater artists are coping during the pandemic
I asked the directors of several area theaters how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting their theaters and their staff in ways that might not be so evident to the lay public.
Bits & Bytes: Juneteenth virtual reading; RYSE in October; ‘Ride for Roots Rising’; virtual staged reading
To help support the market, Roots Rising has launched the socially distant bike ride challenge “Ride for Roots Rising.”
Barrington Stage Company to host queer virtual story slam in celebration of Pride Month
“This is a chance for our community to come together in affinity and hear each other’s stories, listening with support and care.” – Allison Lerman-Gluck, Barrington Stage Company education coordinator
Alan Chartock: I Publius. The wonder of Tanglewood
Tanglewood, of course, is not the whole story. COVID-19 is killing the arts scene in the Berkshires.
Lamentation for stages gone dark
It is up to our media presenters, newspapers, television and radio news stations, public broadcasting and the like to remind our citizens of the losses to our economy and to our way of life that the closing down of our theaters brings about.
Coronavirus Live Local Updates
This page will be updated regularly, including on nights and weekends, to keep Edge readers apprised of the latest information locally on the COVID-19 pandemic.
PERSPECTIVES: Great Barrington Farmers’ Market to kick off 30th anniversary season with changes
Shoppers are asked to arrive with patience, flexibility and face masks as the community makes yet another shift to what will be the season’s “new normal.”
Barrington Stage Company announces special summer season
Julianne Boyd’s company, located in Pittsfield, is the only one of the county’s five principal theater companies to make a move to bring live theater back into play this year.
Musical theater in the age of coronavirus: An American report
The coronavirus pandemic has shut theaters all across America, like the rest of the world, for months at least. What’s beyond that is anyone’s guess.
Business Briefs: Restaurant listings; gift cards for local businesses; COVID-19 strains nonprofits
The results from the survey underscored the enormity of the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on nonprofits’ essential operations, programs and services.
THEATRE REVIEW: Barrington Stage’s 10×10 New Play Festival a lively collection to fight off the cold weather
The evening has something for everyone and someone for everything.
Business Briefs: Women’s health initiative; $1M gift for Barrington Stage; new LitNet executive director; Greylock scholarships; Wheeler joins BMM
Literacy Network of South Berkshire welcomes Diane Rosenthal as executive director.
Business Briefs: Berkshire Museum free for kids; Barrington Stage new play award; Timber Framers Guild acquires Heartwood School; BTCF grant deadlines
The Timber Framers Guild has acquired the Heartwood School for the Homebuilding Crafts to further its educational mission.
Business Briefs: SVNA Sheffield office; BCC nursing program restored; Hed joins Barrington Stage; Berkshire United Way grant; BFAIR promotes Shea
Berkshire Community College has announced that its associate degree in nursing program is in full compliance with the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing requirements and is restored to full approval.
Business Briefs: Holiday tour award for The Mount; new CHP director of operations; Barrington Stage associate artists; Flying Cloud preschool programs; new BCC hires
Community Health Programs has named Christa Gariepy as its director of operations.
Bits & Bytes: Lucky 5 recording; holiday cabaret at Barrington Stage; Eagles Band holiday concert; family felting workshop
On the program are selections including “A Chanukah Celebration,” “Fantasia on A Hymn by Praetorius,” and a medley from “Frozen.”
Bits & Bytes: Festive Frolic; Dana Cowin at Scoville Library; ‘Christmas at Trinity’; Jewish music talk; Lenox Historical Society open house
The Park Square tree lighting ceremony will take place Friday at 6 p.m. and include carols performed by the Taconic High School chorus and hot chocolate provided by Patrick’s Pub.
Bits & Bytes: Community dialogue on racism; Lenox Land Trust conversation; ‘Love Travels Fast’; Berkshire Theatre Awards
During the presentation, Gwendolyn VanSant will address personal identity and bias and their relationship to systemic racism and cultural barriers.
Business Briefs: Thaddeus Clapp House opening; Berkshire Housing Summit; new Becket-Chimney Corners YMCA CEO; downtown Pittsfield trick or treat; BCC staff changes
The Berkshire County Board of Realtors will hold the second annual Berkshire Housing Summit Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 4 p.m. at the Berkshire Hills Country Club.
REVIEW: ‘American Underground’ at Barrington Stage Company sometimes compelling, sometimes wobbly
“American Underground” creates a Trumpian dystopia of horrific proportion and triggers visceral, primitive reactions that are startling.
THEATRE REVIEW: Barrington Stage’s ‘American Underground’ is powerful, important and necessary
The reality it projects is close at hand and I witness its growth every morning on my TV. See it!
CONNECTIONS: Recalling an era of political decency
Ruberto was unconflicted about what his job was. He was an elected official and to him, that meant a servant of the people: a worker for the common good.
Business Briefs: Berkshire Trendsetter Awards; Downtown Pittsfield fall cleanup; cultural council deadline; home-buying seminar; Flying Cloud board members
In accordance with Mass Cultural Council guidelines, a deadline of Tuesday, Oct. 15, has been set for organizations, schools and individuals to apply for grants for 2020 that support cultural activities in the community.
Bits & Bytes: ‘Hold These Truths’; Berkshire Fermentation Festival; Juilliard String Quartet; ‘Inventing the Opera House’
The Berkshire Fermentation Festival will feature hourly demonstrations and talks on such topics as chocolate, cider, the gut microbiome and more.
Bits & Bytes: Stockbridge Art Walk; Berkshire South gala; Art in the Barn; ‘Time After Time’; Greenwoods Puppet Festival
Featuring the theme “Come Fly With Me,” Berkshire South Regional Community Center’s annual gala will honor Bobbie Hallig as this year’s Edwin A. Jaffe Award winner.
Business Briefs: ‘The Barrington Stage Experience’; cannabis certification; RSYP apprenticeships; Salisbury Bank donates to CDC; Place Corps at Hawthorne Valley
Berkshire Community College is launching a one-year cannabis certificate program designed to provide students with skills and knowledge to work professionally in the areas of cannabis cultivation, processing, preparation, retail and outreach.
REVIEW: Barrington Stage’s ‘Fall Springs’ is a cartoon, and not a good one
There is a cautionary environmental tale in ‘Falls Springs,’ and highfalutin moral lessons, too, but it’s all played so broadly, it’s just plain silly.
THEATRE REVIEW: Barrington Stage’s ‘Fall Springs’ is dramatically funny and amusingly serious
Is it worth your time and money? It most certainly is! It will make you think, which is not always the case with a musical show.
REVIEW: Barrington Stage’s ‘If I Forget’ sophisticated but only half way there
With a plot this rich, expectations for what happens run high, but Act 2, set six months later, sadly disappoints.