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CONNECTIONS: In this fraught time, focus locally

It is important for us to feel relevant at a time when it is easy to feel small and impotent.

‘Sanctuary City’? No, but Great Barrington acting like one

"I want to express my gratitude to our Selectmen and our Police Department for creating and unanimously passing the ‘Sanctuary’ resolution at their last meeting. You made me proud to be a citizen of Great Barrington." --- Local author Daniel Klein, addressing the Selectboard

Explaining Donald Trump: Ten ‘expert’ theories

It seems Trump has enabled the Big Thinkers to make fools of themselves by creating one questionable theory after another to account for his unexpected rise in popularity.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Women and Their Olive Trees;’ TEDx Berkshires; ‘Splendor, Myth, and Vision’ at Ventfort Hall; Christine Canning meet-and-greet

Drawn from the collection of one of the world’s great museums, “Splendor, Myth, and Vision: Nudes from the Prado” will present 28 exceptional paintings of the nude from the royal collections of the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, Spain.

Bits & Bytes: TMC anniversary concert; Kids 4 Harmony; Daniel Klein at Stockbridge Library; piano concert in Lee; Age of Disruption tour; BCC students...

Kids 4 Harmony is inspired by Venezuela’s El Sistema, an intensive, values driven, ensemble-based approach to teaching classical music to effect social change.

BOOK REVIEW: A sagacious guide to the meaning of life

Dan Klein has written a serious philosophical treatise that employs judicious bits of humor to make serious points about life’s biggest questions.

Bits & Bytes: Daniel Klein in Lenox; Sunday activities at Ramsdell Library; MLK & Jewish civil rights talk

Rabbi Israel Dresner was the first rabbi arrested in the freedom struggle in 1961 in an interfaith clergy Freedom Ride.

‘Evil: A matter of intent,’ an exhibit at Hebrew Union College. Interview with curator, Laura Kruger

"I personally feel that the Holocaust must be told as history and not as interpretation. It was very real. The scars are very real. And it’s too close." -- Laura Kruger, curator of the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion Museum

‘A Chef’s Life’: Cooking up farm-to-table recipes

Over the past decade or so, Great Barrington has emerged as a mini-culinary capital in New England. Michael Ballon has been at the forefront of our growing culinary awareness, appreciation and practices.
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