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CONNECTIONS: Part One — We have everything we need to prevail if we can find the will

Redefining is a central piece of any autocratic takeover.

Bits & Bytes: Tarbox Ramblers at Helsinki Hudson; ‘Deep AIR’ at Olana; ‘Peep Show’ at Ventfort Hall; Ramsdell Library Sundays; lecture on boosting memory

Neuroscientist Christina Williams will discuss her research on nutrition, including the nutrient choline, a critical factor in brain development. Lecture at Williams College.

Bits & Bytes: Dust Bowl Faeries at Club Helsinki Hudson; flutist Diva Goodfriend-Koven at Simon’s Rock; Mahaiwe March programming; Ramsdell Library Sundays; family snowshoe...

In addition to her solo career as a chamber music recitalist, Diva Goodfriend-Koven plays the flute and piccolo worldwide with major orchestras.

Bits & Bytes: Swing dancing at Shire City Sanctuary; W.E.B. Du Bois talk at Race Brook Lodge; Sheffield Land Trust bird walks & panel...

The Lucky 5 blends swing and gypsy jazz to create a unique, foot-stomping blend of music that appeals to a wide range of music lovers.

Bits & Bytes: Dar Williams at Club Helsinki Hudson; ‘Deep AIR’ at Olana; Nadia Sirota at Williams; ‘The Hebrew Priestess;’ Berkshire School online course

The Berkshire School online course will explore the connections between math and music through video lectures and activities.

Bits & Bytes: Marc Cohn at Colonial; healing foods discussion; Olana art for kids; food pantry benefit concert; ‘Small Steps to a Healthier You’

Berkshire Music School teacher Tari Wheeler Roosa (flute), Joshua Birns-Sprague (piano, organ, and flute) and special guest Daniel Broad (double bass) will give a concert Feb. 25 at First United Methodist Church to benefit local food pantries.

Bits & Bytes: Fuel assistance concert; BTCF application deadline; Wintergreen at Berkshire Museum; Williams to support Mt. Greylock; Eugene Drucker at Camphill Ghent

Williams College has announced that it will form a $5 million fund to support the Mount Greylock Regional School District’s capital needs.

Bits & Bytes: ‘(T)ERROR’ screening at Simon’s Rock; iMotif at Hotel on North; Charles Busch at Club Helsinki Hudson; faculty lecture at Williams; ‘Measure...

"T(ERROR)" is the first film in which filmmakers had access to an active FBI informant in a domestic counterterrorism investigation.

Fundacion Juanita: Scholarship project for girls in Nicaragua

The program enables girls from low-income families to attend high school. Customarily, boys’ education is prioritized, and girls from large families are often denied the opportunity to attend high school.

Bits & Bytes: ‘In the Heights’ at Berkshire School; Dr. Bernard Lafayette Jr. at Simon’s Rock; Dorian Warren at Williams; ‘e-birding’ in Lenox; Stitch...

Bard College at Simon’s Rock’s 20th annual W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial Lecture will feature Dr. Bernard Lafayette, Jr., Distinguished-Senior-Scholar-in-Residence at Emory University.

Bits & Bytes: BCC dog show; Playhouse seeks directors; watercolors at Camphill Ghent; ‘RE” at Ferrin Contemporary; Crossroads gallery hop

The Ghent Playhouse is seeking proposals from directors interested in directing a musical as part of its 2016-2017 theater season.

Bits & Bytes: Historical letter found at Lenox Library; Jacob’s Pillow, Mass MoCA partnership; family snowshoe hike; Youth Leadership Program; Winds in the Wilderness

Big Dance Theatre's interactive work at Mass MoCA aims to change the experience of a museum by reinventing the ways in which art is seen.

Bits & Bytes: New CHP pediatrician; Rainbow Seniors Pittsfield meetings; Susan Morse on cougars; Armchair Travel Series; ‘Lee Loves a Parade’

"The Cougar returns to the East" features information about the big cats attempting to recolonize their former habitats, which include a growing list of eastern states and Canadian provinces.

NATURE’S TURN: Winter to spring – look back, leap ahead

In the absence of protective and nourishing snow and sustained freezing weather, it seems arbitrary to proceed as if there’s been winter and to accept that we are halfway to spring.
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