Anna Sokolow was a Jewish cultural icon, daughter of immigrants and social activist whose powerful theatrical choreography shaped American modern dance over the course of a 70-year choreographic career.
Teens can spark their imaginations and creative thinking this summer with art workshops run by IS183 Art School of the Berkshires on the first Friday of the month from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts.
As interim executive director Lucie Castaldo leads IS183 Art School into the future, she continues to be guided by her belief that “we can and should be making.”
'Challenging Stigma' will touch on topics such as why society stigmatizes certain individuals, groups and conditions; and how stigma is used to marginalize and silence difference and dissent.
At 11:30 a.m., prizes will be awarded to the top entries in the Spencertown (N.Y.) Academy Festival of Books Young Writers’ Contest, as judged by authors and publishing professionals.
James Hansen, a former director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, has more recently focused his research on Earth’s climate, especially human-caused climate change.
Shakespeare & Company Founding Artistic Director Tina Packer and Company actor Jonathan Epstein will give a talk entitled “Shakespeare and the Jews,” which will explore Shakespeare’s controversial play “The Merchant of Venice.”
State Senator Benjamin B. Downing announced that the House and Senate have overridden approximately 87 vetoes by Gov. Charlie Baker, restoring $5.17 million in cuts to the Office of Travel and Tourism and $2.37 million to the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
