From Monday, July 13, through Thursday, July 16, Democratic delegates from every state in the country will gather at the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to choose the party’s nominee for president of the United States.
Tag: Berkshire Athenaeum
Business Briefs: Local Farmer Awards applications; NAACP meeting, panel discussion; taxation planning workshops; EforAll pitch contest; new Berkshire Taconic board members
Described as “’Shark Tank’ without the teeth,” EforAll’s friendly, free event features a business showcase followed by pitches from six pre-selected contestants and two more who are added the night of the event.
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: Pittsfield CityJAZZ Festival; Rotary Pumpkinfest; ‘True Dreams’ art show; dance workshop at Chesterwood
Pumpkinfest will be a family-friendly event that is considered an opportunity for expanded connections between Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and Columbia County, New York.
Bits & Bytes: Dog Days of Summer; ‘Particularly in the Heartland; Elihu Burritt Day; Extinction Rebellion talks; Monterey Library grand opening
Extinction Rebellion Massachusetts will hold three talks in the area designed to educate the public about climate change.
Bits & Bytes: Gather-In; transportation to hikes; ‘The Magic of VIM’; Housatonic River cleanup
Participants will be picked up at and returned to either the Berkshire Athenaeum or the Berkshire Dream Center and transported to the various hike locations.
Bits & Bytes: Ukulele workshop; BBG plant sale; Howard Cruse at Berkshire Athenaeum; ‘Pleiades’ at Ventfort Hall
New this year at the BBG plant sale is the Plants-and-Answers booth staffed by the Western Massachusetts Master Gardener Association as well as by gardening professionals who will also provide practical advice on growing and caring for plants.
Bits & Bytes: Library mini-golf; ‘Black Citizenship in the age of Jim Crow’; Knosh & Knowledge; women in political office lecture; tree-pruning workshop
Bard College at Simon’s Rock will host the exhibit ‘Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow’ beginning Thursday, March 28, in the college’s Hillman-Jackson Gallery inside the Daniel Arts Center.
Bits & Bytes: Car Seat Headrest at MASS MoCA; Egg Cream Eggstravaganza; John Bonifaz at Berkshire Athenaeum; pajama drive; Valentine’s swing dance
At Hevreh of Southern Berkshire the evening will begin with a screening of the short film “Egg Cream” by Nora Claire Miller, Peter Miller and Amy Linton, a bittersweet look at memory, history, and the enduring meaning of the beloved chocolate soda drink born on the Jewish Lower East Side of New York City.
Bits & Bytes: Public meeting with Andrea Harrington; citizenship scholarship; Barrington Stage New Play Award; Autism Awareness Month call for art; free tax preparation
The Literacy Network of South Berkshire has launched Berkshire County’s first scholarship program to support immigrants in their pursuit of U.S. citizenship.
Business Briefs: Asian market opens in Great Barrington; ‘Giving Back’ guide; new VIM Berkshires board member; Roots Rising becomes nonprofit; grant for Villages in the Berkshires
Roots Rising was launched in 2017 as a farm-based youth development program focused on providing meaningful work to Pittsfield teens.
News Briefs: Transportation plan info session; Mass Pike roadway construction
there will be crews doing roadway construction work and bridge repair operations on the Mass Pike in Becket beginning Monday, Oct. 15, and continuing through Friday, Oct. 19.
Bits & Bytes: ‘Legendary Ladies of Motown’ at Fairview gala; German/Austrian film festival; Uncle Beazley moves to Worcester; new pastor at United Methodist Church of Lenox
Regularly on view as part of Berkshire Museum’s “Dinosaurs and Paleontology” exhibition, Uncle Beazley was loaned to the Berkshire Athenaeumin October 2014 and was on display in a courtyard adjacent to the children’s section of the library.
Bits & Bytes: Five Senses Festival; 45th annual Gather-In; WordXWord Festival; crossword puzzles at Sandisfield Arts Center; Vera Quartet at Southfield Church
The main stage at the Gather-In will feature folksingers Kim and Reggie Harris, a performance of Jacob’s Pillow’s Pittsfield Moves! community engagement initiative, the Soul Steps dance troupe from New Jersey, Youth Alive and Funk Box Studio dancers, and more.
The Mastheads/Tuesdays on the Terrace at the Berkshire Athenaeum
For four Tuesdays in July, the Mastheads will host a literary lecture on the lovely outdoor terrace of the Berkshire Athenaeum.
News Briefs: ‘What a Difference a D.A. Makes’; Rural Health Network strategic plan celebration
The Rural Health Network was created to engage community health and service organizations in identifying the health needs of south Berkshire County residents and anticipating trends in health and health care delivery to effectively assure that residents’ health needs are met.
Bits & Bytes: Wray Gunn at Dewey Hall; ‘Sweet Berkshire’ dessert auction; ‘Using Theatre to Extend Community and Deepen Empathy’; tree care workshop; Williamstown Repair Cafe
Attendees of the Sweet Berkshire fundraiser will be able to bid on desserts donated by Dottie’s Coffee Lounge, Haven Cafe and Bakery, Wheatleigh, Canyon Ranch, Patisserie Lenox, Barrington Brewery, Taft Farms and other area food producers.
CONNECTIONS: All the news that fits — on a broadsheet
The Berkshire history broadsheets are well laid out, richly illustrated and bursting with “news.” The first broadsheet covers 39 years, 1761–1800. The next covered 25 years, 1800–25.
Lyme disease: ‘Public health time bomb’ in the Berkshires environment
In her book, ‘Lyme: The First Epidemic of Climate Change,’ Mary Beth Pfeiffer presents evidence from all viewpoints, but her narrative sides with those who distrust the Lyme disease tests, seek more expansive – and expensive — therapies, and believe Lyme is a tragic long-term problem for thousands of victims. She argues government underfunding of Lyme research is a scandal and current treatment flawed.
Springfield attorney challenges U.S. Rep. Neal from the left, points to ‘open secrets’ about his donors
There is a reason Amatul-Wadud cares so much about people. It’s because, as a lawyer specializing in probate, families, custody and visitation rights, “I get to see people in their most intimate spaces.”
Bits & Bytes: First Fridays Artswalk; ‘Dying to Know’ at Mason Library; school readiness fairs; water quality monitoring training
Berkshire United Way will hold two events Saturday, April 7, to enable preschoolers to get ready to begin school.
Bits & Bytes: First Fridays Artswalk; Waldorf teacher awarded NASA internship; ‘Colors for Peace’; ‘East Rock Is Falling’
Berkshire Waldorf High School teacher Lee Magadini will work directly with NASA scientists, lead research teams and develop STEM curricula.
Bits & Bytes: Snow trains at Thunderfest; ‘STOP Killing TRANS People!’ rally and march; Vinyl Night at Tunnel City Coffee; library mini-golf
The golf course features 10 holes, utilizes the geography of long rows between book stacks on all three of the library’s floors, and takes roughly one hour to play through.
Bits & Bytes: Joshi to address area educators; elder activist TV programs; pajama drive; art awards for Monument students
Through Thursday, March 15, the Mason and Ramsdell libraries will be collecting new pairs of pajamas for babies, children and teens.
Bits & Bytes: 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival; Community Voices Collection; immigration workshop; Sue Morse wildlife presentations; Berkshire South Swim-a-thon
‘We believe that our immigrant population is an essential and rich part of our Berkshire community…’
— Berkshire Immigrant Center Executive Director Brooke Mead
Bits & Bytes: Wynonna Judd at the Mahaiwe; education forum; Michelle Cuevas at The Bookloft; winter clothing collection; Red Cross blood drives
Participants in the public education forum will include Massachusetts Jobs with Justice, United Educators of Pittsfield, the Massachusetts Teachers Association, NAACP Berkshire County Branch, Berkshire Democratic Brigades and the Four Freedoms Coalition.
Bits & Bytes: Farmer Olympics; Lyme disease talk; Berkshire Crafts Fair; Lenox Dale tour
The disparity between the reality and seriousness of tick-borne infections has led to Lyme and its related diseases being underreported and misdiagnosed.
Bits & Bytes: Boston Early Music Festival; ‘Out in the Berkshires’ panel discussion; ‘Children of a Lesser God;’ ‘Citizen Jane’ screening; Open Days garden tours
In 1960, Jane Jacobs’ book “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” sent shockwaves through the architecture and planning worlds
News Brief: Hinds to host Senate President Rosenberg in Pittsfield
Hinds and Rosenberg will co-host a community forum from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the large meeting room of the Berkshire Athenaeum, which will be open to the public.
Bits & Bytes: John McWhorter at Simon’s Rock; ‘Be River Smart;’ Lenox Peep Show; Monologue Night at Fuel; Arbor Day art contest
In honor of Arbor Day on Friday, April 28, the Great Barrington Tree Committee and Ward’s Nursery have announced the Arbor Day tree art contest.
Bits & Bytes: 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival; ‘The Intimate Bach;’ ‘Spamalot’ at Berkshire School; ‘Lovers’ Spat’ at Shakespeare & Co.; Talk & Listen group
“Lovers’ Spat: Shakespeare’s Famous Couples’ Encounters” will include scenes between Shakespearean characters Beatrice and Benedict, Oberon and Titania, Romeo and Juliet, Hermia and Lysander, Kate and Hotspur, Kate and Petruchio, Richard and Lady Anne and more.
Bits & Bytes: Heart Night; Mastheads Writers’ Residency; Howard Cruse slideshow; photo, sculpture call for art; Stockbridge Library mobile app
Each year five writers across disciplines will be awarded residencies for the Mastheads program that will include a $900 stipend, housing, daily lunch and exclusive use of one of five studios located throughout Pittsfield.