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.
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.
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
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.
To help support the market, Roots Rising has launched the socially distant bike ride challenge “Ride for Roots Rising.”
“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
Tanglewood, of course, is not the whole story. COVID-19 is killing the arts scene in the Berkshires.
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.
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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.”
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.
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.
The results from the survey underscored the enormity of the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on nonprofits’ essential operations, programs and services.
The evening has something for everyone and someone for everything.
Literacy Network of South Berkshire welcomes Diane Rosenthal as executive director.
The Timber Framers Guild has acquired the Heartwood School for the Homebuilding Crafts to further its educational mission.
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.
Community Health Programs has named Christa Gariepy as its director of operations.
On the program are selections including “A Chanukah Celebration,” “Fantasia on A Hymn by Praetorius,” and a medley from “Frozen.”
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.
During the presentation, Gwendolyn VanSant will address personal identity and bias and their relationship to systemic racism and cultural barriers.
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.
“American Underground” creates a Trumpian dystopia of horrific proportion and triggers visceral, primitive reactions that are startling.
The reality it projects is close at hand and I witness its growth every morning on my TV. See it!
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.
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.
The Berkshire Fermentation Festival will feature hourly demonstrations and talks on such topics as chocolate, cider, the gut microbiome and more.
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.
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.
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.
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.
With a plot this rich, expectations for what happens run high, but Act 2, set six months later, sadly disappoints.
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