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PREVIEW: Close Encounters with Music presents all-Russian program at Mahaiwe on Sunday, March 23

In addition to performing as a soloist, Chertock serves as principal keyboardist of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and has been a professor of piano at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

From the Berkshires Jeff Wallman preserves Tibetan culture — digitally

“Tibetan is no longer an endangered language thanks to some of our efforts. You have to understand the works we are preserving are literature; they are like the dialogues of Plato.” --- Jeff Wallman, executive director of the Buddhist Digital Resource Center in Cambridge

Bits & Bytes: ‘NOCA in the Berkshires;’ Chuck Collins at Oblong Books; Posh Picnic at Tanglewood; household hazardous waste collection

Born into the 1 percent, Chuck Collins gave away his inheritance at the age of 26 and spent the next three decades mobilizing against inequality.

News Brief: Pipeline cost balloons to double original price tag

The $3.2 billion pipeline construction cost, cited frequently by the proponents, excludes other significant costs such as operations, maintenance, depreciation and return on equity, making the full cost $6.6 billion.

Bits & Bytes: Octoberfeast; ‘Forgotten Farms’ at GlobeDocs; Paul Green at Music & More; dementia caregivers workshop; CAS High Holy Days services; VCCA fellowship...

“Forgotten Farms” profiles New England dairy farmers and examines the class divides in New England’s farm and food communities.

News Brief: 30 candidates sign ‘Clean Money for Climate Pledge’

The Climate Pledge calls on candidates running for office in Massachusetts to refuse campaign contributions from executives, lobbyists, and others employed by 10 major fossil fuel and utility companies.

The Self-Taught Gardener: Flowers and fruits

I have been shocked by how little gardeners often know about the structure of plants and flowers. A visit to the Harvard Museum of Natural History has made me look at plants in a new manner.

Theatre: ‘An Iliad’ is a tour de force

Haas is wonderful in the role of the Poet. She has no specific gender and no particular age. She is not from the present but, as the character, knows about it. She is neither in control of the story, nor unable to avoid its telling. She is part seer, part mesmerizer. She is weary of the tale, yet wed to it without the possibility of reprieve.

Fossil fuel divestment movement attempts to gain steam – at Harvard, Williams  

“In the face of the climate crisis Harvard is profiting from the same companies that are actively undermining the scientific knowledge being generated from within the Harvard community.” -- Kelsey Wirth, co-founder of the group Mothers Out Front

Review: Molière’s ‘Tartuffe,’ at Hubbard Hall, is a pure delight  

Director John Hadden has delivered a perfectly delectable version. He has obviously had a wonderful time working on this show. He has a handle on this period stuff and it pays off in a big way. It makes the trip to Cambridge, N.Y., worthwhile.

‘True’ story of Barrington Bigfoot

The first printed account of a sighting of a Berkshire County “creature” was published in 1765. It took place at a particular spot in Great Barrington, near what is now Town Hall.
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