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I WITNESS: Erasing democracy is easier than you think

Donald Trump is a zero-sum kind of a guy. He only feels that he has won if everyone else loses, and in order for everyone to lose, they have to be destroyed.

#MeToo, 58 years later

And what do I and others do with our stories? What do we want from our abusers and the institutions that protected them?

‘Families Belong Together’ rally at Park Square in Pittsfield

When children’s needs for comfort and connection are not addressed, their confusion and desperation can lead to lasting emotional and social deterioration.

‘Tubby the Tuba’ sings in the Berkshire Hills

Berkshire Music School treated children from four Berkshire County primary schools to a performance of the classic, “Tubby the Tuba.”

Business Briefs: Williams College Museum of Art receives gift; new CHP board officers; mobile banking campaign; new agent for Berkshire Property Agents

The collection from Eli and Carolyn Newberger includes works created by more than 15 different cultures including the Ashanti, Bamana, Baule, Bobo, Dogon, Igbo, Mossi, Peul, Senufo and Yoruba people.

Smithsonian curator defends arts as essential to democracy

In his letter to the editor, Eli Newberger writes: “John Hasse gave a daring, arching, and comprehensive examination of the salutary and urgently-needed contributions of the creative arts to our personal and social worlds.”

Buttons for Obama 

How ever could I have imagined that one day I would celebrate in Africa the inauguration of our first African American president?

DANCE: Souleymane Badolo and the spirit of our ancestors

Driving home from Jacob's Pillow, we reflected on our own roots, including those we laid down in Africa, the ways that we are pulled from them, and how we can sustain their truths within the complexity of our own modern realities.

Joey’s Generosity: Three Sweet Memories

Eli and Carolyn Newberger in a tribute to their friend, Joseph Silverstein, former concertmaster and conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, who died this past weekend.

Tanglewood Fellows’ resplendent 75th anniversary festival

We acknowledge with gratitude the elevation, understanding, and joy that the following, selected young artists have brought to us this summer.

AT TANGLEWOOD: Tragedy in Matthais Goerne’s ‘Winter Journey’

The 24 songs comprising Franz Schubert’s 'Winterreise' (Winter Journey) were sung with penetrating intelligence by bass-baritone Matthais Goerne. This masterpiece of Viennese lieder was written as Schubert wasted away from a chronically debilitating illness.

Jazz sensation, Eli & The Hot Six, do Gershwin at Barrington Stage

Pittsfield -- Barrington Stage Company will present Swingin' Gershwin with Eli & The Hot Six + Rebecca Sullivan on the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage, Monday, June...
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