The fledgling group that was conceived of seven years ago has grown from about a dozen people each week to 35-40 people singing three- and four-part harmony.
“I try to make paintings that are beautiful, frightening, and funny all at once, similar to the Theater of the Absurd, which assumes things are so bad that you can only laugh.” --artist Morgan Bulkeley
The first Jewish families who came from New York City in the early 20th century were part of a plan by the Jewish Agricultural and Industrial Aid Society to settle an agricultural colony in the Berkshires.
The rededication event will celebrate the recent conservation treatment that restored the physical and historical integrity of Great Barrington's Newsboy Statue and will include a public viewing of the monument and working fountain.
Acceptable materials for the paint and oil collection are oil-based paint, stains, paint thinners, spray paint and turpentine, as well as waste motor oil.
