The best (virtual) things to do in the Berkshires in the summer of 2020.
Tag: Berkshire Museum
Bits & Bytes: ‘Unfinished Business’ at Bernay Fine Art; Berkshire Museum’s ‘Visual Voice’; garden design talk; traditional music concert
The illustrated talk will focus on practical techniques for creating and managing naturalistic plantings at a size that’s feasible for the home gardener in terms of both labor and expense.
Bits & Bytes: ‘Art of the Hills’; virtual Family Fun Day; Theatre Book Club
Mass Audubon educators will go live at 10 a.m., welcoming participants to the event and leading a live animal presentation with native reptiles and amphibians.
Bits & Bytes: Frontline workers video; Mass Audubon Bird-a-thon; Olana Eye skycam
Participants will select bird observation spots such as windows, backyards or green spaces within short walking or biking distance from their homes.
Business Briefs: Berkshire Museum goes digital; library donates to food pantry; Gaherty joins Berkshire Money Management
The Stockbridge Library, Museum & Archives has donated funds to People’s Pantry in Great Barrington.
Bits & Bytes: Restoration for Wally; online theater workshop; virtual yoga
Through simple and fun exercises, participants will speak powerful, theatrical language with confidence.
Bits & Bytes: Architecture opening; Laszlo Gardony concert; ‘Birds in the Berkshires’; Caitlin Reese comedy; Valentine’s Day book giveaway
Nicknamed ‘New Branches on Ten Old Trees,’ the program, devised specifically for Berkshires Jazz, is based in part on Laszlo Gardony’s new album ‘La Marseillaise.’
Bits & Bytes: First Fridays Artswalk; ‘The Organ Masters’; Heart Night; Claiming Williams Day; PAWS Read-A-Thon
Launched by Fairview Hospital’s critical care nurses in an effort to raise awareness of heart disease, Heart Night is designed to give participants their own working plans for heart health and better health in the coming year.
New NPC board members; Belmuth joins VIM; Kirkby named top selling agent; new Jack Miller Contractors hires; Bennington prison initiative art degree
Those who are awarded degrees while in prison and are later released have a reduced rate of return to prison and higher rate of employment.
Bits & Bytes: ‘The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons’; military drone talk; first responders’ support group
Mountainside is hosting free first responders support groups on the last Thursday of every month, offering first responders a safe space to share experiences and receive support.
Business Briefs: Main Street Hospitality, Holiday Inn partner; VIM Berkshires dental grant; Johnson joins CHP; Berkshire Museum appoints Ferrone
Volunteers in Medicine Berkshires in Great Barrington has been awarded $26,500 to help continue providing dental services to uninsured or underinsured income-qualified residents.
Bits & Bytes: Architecture opening; benefit art show; ‘NOW’ one-woman play; student art call; swing dancing at Dewey Hall
Berkshire Museum and Living the Change Berkshires are calling for submissions of student art that respond to the climate crisis.
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: ‘We Hear Freedom Calling’; Rock Voices concert; local history lecture; BSO Concerto Competition
Founded by Tony Lechner in Hadley in 2012, Rock Voices has since expanded around New England and New York.
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.
Bits & Bytes: WordXWord January 2020
WordXWord barges into the new year with three January events in Pittsfield, Mass.
Bits & Bytes: Dance collaboration at Simon’s Rock; ‘The Sequel’ at Mason Library; ‘Every Child Ready to Read’; ‘Art of the Hills: Narrative’ submissions
The four-week series for parents/caregivers with children ages birth through 5 will help children develop pre-reading skills that will assist them in being ready to read in school.
I Publius: A conversation with Murray
“Sure enough, maybe because of your prompting, the previous gloom and doom turned to a more optimistic plan. I’m proud of you, Pops. I think you made it happen.”
Murray, the world’s smartest dog
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: Festival of Trees; Berkshire Natural History Conference; ‘Bedroom Farce’ at BCC; swing dancing at Dewey Hall
Berkshire Natural History Conference presenters will include botanists/historians Maida Goodwin and Allison Bell, who will retrace the steps of 19th-century naturalist Grace Greylock Niles; and evolutionary biology student Jenks Hehmeyer, who will introduce the world of incredible organisms, including the Berkshires’ giant amoeba slime mold.
Business Briefs: Kapteyn Prize for Lee Middle & High School’s McEvoy; Prado de Lana grand opening; EforAll pitch contest winners; Austen Riggs researcher in NIMH study; certification for Mancivalano
Prado de Lana Sheep Farm Yarn & Wool Shop will celebrate the opening of its new store at the back of the Seven Arts building Saturday, Oct. 26, and Sunday, Oct. 27.
Business Briefs: EforAll pitch contest; Shake & Co. appoints Dibble; workshops for nonprofits; grant for Riverbrook; recognition for Noble Horizons
The Nonprofit Center of the Berkshires will host two regional organizations to connect Berkshire nonprofits with additional resources to support their missions.
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: ‘She Shapes History’ at Berkshire Museum; Shays’ Rebellion lecture; CATA art exhibit; ‘Pollock’ at PS21; ‘Early Epitaphs’ talk
John ‘Sean’ Condon will explore how Shays’ Rebellion influenced the division of power between state and federal governments set out by the U.S. Constitution and how it shaped the form of public protests today.
Bits & Bytes: Berkshire Short Film Festival; Berkshire Children’s Chorus concert; ‘Hi, I’m Norman’; ‘Caring for the Caregiver’; area writers honored
Sarah Miller MSW, LCSW will address the topic of caregiver burnout and share tips on how to avoid it and promote positive relationships with those being cared for.
Bits & Bytes: Emmanuel Ceysson at Music & More; theater critics’ panel; ‘Restoration: Anti-Semitism in France’; Berkshire Feile; conflict workshop
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire Community College will present a panel discussion of the 2019 Berkshire summer theater season featuring Edge contributors J. Peter Bergman and Dan Dwyer Friday, Sept. 13, at the Berkshire Museum.
Bits & Bytes: Roomful of Teeth at MASS MoCA; ‘Green Inspiration’ art talk; ‘A New Mexico?’; ‘discontent’ at the Whit; Jayne Benjulian writing workshops
Led by veteran gallerist Geoffrey Young and joined by other artists featured in the exhibition, ‘It’s not easy being Green!’ will deal with subjects such as how the Berkshires’ environmental features impact the artists’ work
Bits & Bytes: Stockbridge Art Walk; ‘Thinking About Today’s Supreme Court’; ‘Showdown’ at Berkshire Museum; ‘BubbleMania!’ at Lenox Library; ‘Songs and Sayings’ at Bascom Lodge
Linda Greenhouse is the Knight Distinguished Journalist in Residence and Joseph M. Goldstein Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut, and writes a biweekly opinion column for the New York Times on the Court and the law.
Bits & Bytes: ‘One Impulse from a Vernal Wood’; ‘Papa Haydn’ lecture; ‘The Human Voice’ at the Whit; PS21 Opening Night Revue; ‘Twilight Time’ book launch
Jeremy Yudkin’s lecture will explore the life and music of Joseph Haydn, without whom there would be no Mozart or Beethoven.
Bits & Bytes: ‘The Constitution Under Stress’; classical piano concerts; ‘Time Poetry’ at 250 Long Pond; ‘Pippin’ at BCC; Dewey Hall gala
Pianist YeeJin Yuk will present two concerts featuring the work of Debussy, Ravel, Faure, Chopin and Dutilleux.
Bits & Bytes: First Fridays Artswalk; TheatreFest@SaintJamesPlace; Special Olympics Monument Games
TheatreFest@SaintJamesPlace will feature staged readings of eight original plays from presenting companies including Berkshire Playwrights Lab’s Berkshire Voices writers’ group, GhostLit Repertory Theatre and New Stage Performing Arts.
Bits & Bytes: ‘Great Barrington Citizens’ Show & Tell’; ‘Successful Aging’ talk; photography workshop; May Day celebration; Roe Jan Library community conversations
In the talk, Dr. Benjamin Liptzin will describe ways to successfully age physically, emotionally, socially and spiritually, and will review the latest science behind living longer and better.