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BUSINESS MONDAY: Spotlight on Heirloom Lodge in Housatonic—an urbane food journey in a country setting

The chef-driven, community-oriented restaurant is "devoted to serving fresh, delicious food by using as many local Berkshire County ingredients as possible, in concert with brilliant wines from many of the greatest family-run wineries in the world."

Bits & Bytes: ‘The Lincoln Family Album’ at Chesterwood; ‘hop tha A’ at the Mahaiwe; art, music collaboration conversation; Hudson Jazzworks concert; waste oil...

Lauren Clark Fine Art will host a reading and conversation about collaboration featuring artist Jim Youngerman, poet David Keplinger and musician Johnny Irion Saturday, Aug. 11, from 2 to 3 p.m.

Bits & Bytes: ‘The Art of Fugue’ at the Mahaiwe; Posh Picnic at Tanglewood; wild foods at Green Drinks; Ascher on Russian Jewish immigrants;...

Along with Elizabeth Orenstein, Rosemary Wessel will lead an interactive conversation and demonstration of how to use invasive plant species and common weeds as food.

Bits & Bytes: Paul Taylor Dance Company at the Mahaiwe; First Fridays Artswalk; ‘Louisa May Alcott and Concord’s Literary Luminaries’; waste oil & paint...

The Lichtenstein Center for the Arts will host Community Access to the Arts’ annual art show, “I Am a Part of Art,” featuring a collection of paintings and drawings by artists with disabilities during the month of July.

Bits & Bytes: Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend; Grizzly Bear at MASS MoCA; ‘A Novel Night Out’; HVA Stream Teams; waste oil & paint collection

Inspired by the recent inclusion of Lenox as one of Expedia’s must-see literary destinations, 'A Novel Night Out' will benefit the programs and activities of the Lenox Library.

Bits & Bytes: Shepard to discuss new book; ‘Honoring Du Bois’; ‘Alison Larkin LIVE!’; waste oil & paint collection; Berkshire School student wins songwriting...

The W.E.B. Du Bois Educational Series will offer “Honoring Du Bois,” which will feature a presentation by Rep. William “Smitty” Pignatelli, D-Lenox, of the State House resolution honoring Du Bois on the 150th anniversary of his Feb. 23, 1868, birth in Great Barrington.

Egremont Green News: Join the push for renewable energy

Fighting climate change can mean everything from sealing up drafty houses and driving an electric vehicle to keeping up with a fossil-free push that is gaining steam worldwide.

Bits & Bytes: BHS’ 25th birthday bash; ‘The Titans’ at the Mahaiwe; ‘Real Talk Time for Parents;’ Berkshire opioid prayer pilgrimage and Narcan training;...

The faith communities of Berkshire County will gather for a public training on the opioid overdose reversal medication Narcan (naloxone) Tuesday, Oct. 17, at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Church in Lenox.

Bits & Bytes: House tour to benefit scholarship fund; food security talks; ‘Dear White People’ at Mason Library; college fair at BCC; waste oil...

Authors Andy Fisher and Brian Donahue are prominent leaders in the national and regional food and farming landscapes.

Bits & Bytes: Rock, Rattle & Drum Pow Wow; VIM Berkshires gala; bird language workshop; Thelonious Monk tribute; waste oil & paint collection

Workshop participants will learn about bird language theory and put the ideas into practice during an observation and mapping activity.

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.

Bits & Bytes: First Fridays Artswalk; Old Mill Trail work party; ‘Really’ staged reading; waste oil & paint collection; local poet at Mass. Poetry...

Volunteers are needed to help clean the trail of winter debris, rake leaves, pick up trash, replace lost markers and hand-pull invasive plants such as garlic mustard, celandine and winged euonymous.

Bits & Bytes: David Simon at Williams; Monument Cup; Multicultural BRIDGE to honor Rev. Natalie Shiras; ‘CROP’ calls for artists; Maggie Mailer’s ‘Floating World’...

Co-curated by Carrie Wright and Rebecca Weinman, “CROP | New Works from the Berkshires” aims to highlight the diversity, breadth and depth of artists working in the region.

Bits & Bytes: Berkshire Baby Box fundraiser; Guatemala education talk; Phyllis Kornfeld talk; waste oil & paint collection; ‘Henry VI.six’ at Shake & Co.;...

Newly launched nonprofit Berkshire Baby Box offers a welcome gift for new moms: a box filled with supplies that aid in the care of newborns. The box doubles as a safe sleeping place for the baby.

Bits & Bytes: First Fridays Artswalk; ‘Constellations;’ Housatonic River cleanup; Lee Library art exhibit; paint and oil collection; AT Community Day

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.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Stars in the Orchard;’ ‘Jennifer’s Birth;’ NRBQ at Club Helsinki Hudson; Berkshire Summer Strings benefit concert; firefly hike at Olana; household...

“Jennifer’s Birth” tells the story a 57-year-old woman who goes back to the time of her birth and witnesses events that shake up her views about her parents and about herself.

Bits & Bytes: Behold! New Lebanon tours; ‘The Nature of Glass’ at Chesterwood; Heeyeon Chi piano concert; ‘Mar Vista, Part IV;’ Bidwell House history...

'The Nature of Glass' is curated by Jim Schantz of Schantz Galleries and features a diverse range of media and styles, with some created in response to sources of inspiration found by the artists at Chesterwood.
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