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PETER MOST: Lies, damn lies, and Housatonic Water Works’ valuation

In HWW management, we have true visionaries who chose an unconventional path to personal prosperity. HWW management said, when no one else would consider thinking it, “let’s run HWW into the ground for profit.”

Bits & Bytes: Bach at New Year’s; Max Creek at the Colonial; Gedney Farm New Year’s dance party; Felice Brothers at Club Helsinki Hudson

Max Creek sculpts lengthy shows on the fly from their catalog of more than 200 songs with rockers, ballads, deep jams and crowd sing-alongs.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Gratitude’ at Race Brook Lodge; ‘Messiah’ sing-in; Sprague/Jaffe/Ennis trio with Claire Daly; ‘Little Women’ reading; Rock & Soul Holiday Show

The Sprague/Jaffe/Ennis Trio is a new ensemble featuring long time collaborators with strong Berkshires roots: Miro Sprague on piano, Marty Jaffe on bass and Jason Ennis on guitar.

Bits & Bytes: Berkshire Bach season opener; public charge rule workshop; ‘Mankiller’ at Mason Library; Adam Foss at Williams; Jamie Laval at Dewey Hall

On Wednesday, Oct. 30, from 6 to 8 p.m., the Berkshire Immigrant Center will host a workshop on the federal government’s new changes to the public charge rule.

Amplifications: Q&A with Dining for Women’s Leslye Heilig

The organization formed in 2002 when retired nurse Marsha Wallace, a mother of four from Greenville, North Carolina, read an article about friends who met for potluck dinners and donated the money that would have been spent on restaurant meals.

Bits & Bytes: ‘The Organ Masters’; ‘ESCAPE’ art talk; antique restoration lecture; BCArc scholarships

Davis Gregory Art will present artist Alexander Ross in an informal talk about his work Friday, Feb. 8, at 3 p.m. at the Geoffrey Young Gallery

Bits & Bytes: Bach at New Year’s; marionettes at Ventfort Hall; Berkshire Art Association call for art

The 'Bach at New Year's' program celebrates friendship and Auld Lang Syne in the music of five Baroque masters who defined the style and created the rich heritage of Western music enjoyed today.

Bits & Bytes: Invasive species topic at Green Drinks; ‘Messiah’ sing-in; Simon Winchester at Sandisfield Arts Center; Red Cross blood drives

Simon Winchester's 'The Perfectionists' traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement—precision—in a history that is both an homage and a warning for our future.

Bits & Bytes: First Fridays Artswalk; ‘Bach and More’; artist Neumann at Berkshire School; Kapteyn Prize for Mount Greylock teacher

The 'Bach and More' concert will feature James Bagwell conducting an ensemble of 12 a cappella voices in sacred and secular music from the early Baroque period.

Bits & Bytes: Mud Day at Muddy Brook; Children’s Attic consignment sale; ‘Go for B’roque!’; chestnut orchard work parties; community garden beds for Egremont...

At Springside Park work days are expected to complete the plantings needed to begin the countdown toward harvesting blight-resistant American chestnut seeds as part of a reforestation effort.

Robert L. Lichter, 76, of Alford, educator and scientist

His later work focused on programs directed to broadening the participation of women, underrepresented minorities, and persons with disabilities in STEM fields.

Bits & Bytes: Great Barrington Kennel Club Dog Show; ‘Visiting Mr. Green’; Berkshire County High School Art Show; Peter Sykes organ concert; ‘Jazzing Up...

The staged reading of 'Visiting Mr. Green' reunites director and Edge columnist Dan Dwyer with Berkshire actor Ralph Petillo and newcomer and Berkshire student Evan Silverstein.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Bach at New Year’s’; West Stockbridge Chamber Players concert; Camp Humane; GB resident to judge dog show; marionettes at Ventfort Hall

Carl Sprague will return to Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum for two marionette performances of the classic fairytale “The Emperor’s New Clothes."

Please return ‘Messiah’ scores

In his letter to the editor John Lynn Jones writes: “A purloined Messiah score won't be an E-ZPass at the Pearly Gates."

Bits & Bytes: Parade of Lights; ‘Messiah’ sing-in; ‘A Day in the Life of a Girl and Boy’ family day; ‘The Little Mermaid;’ Monica...

At the Norman Rockwell Museum family day author Will Lach will hold a reading and talk about the books, and have a conversation with model Mary Whalen Leonard, who posed for several of Rockwell’s most beloved paintings.

Bits & Bytes: Bach cantata concert; ‘The Politics of Opera;’ Mae Jemison at Williams; Holiday Handcraft Fair

Mitchell Cohen's talk 'The Politics of Opera' will underscore the political dimensions of libretti and ideological elements of opera.
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