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NATURE’S TURN: Blizzard paints the high country

Every branch, twig, and evergreen leaf sported a white brushstroke before snow changed to freezing rain.

Bits & Bytes: Berkshire Earth Expo; Katherine Bernhardt at Art Omi; volunteer singers sought

The goal of the Cooler Communities Challenge is to reduce a community’s carbon footprint and improve its resilience by showcasing students’ research and activities on climate, energy and environment to inspire people to take action.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Celebrating Freedom: Democracy in Action’; Stefan Jackiw, Conrad Tao at Simon’s Rock; memoir lecture; wildlife tracking workshop

The program will include works by Stravinsky, Lutoslawski, Saariaho and Brahms, and will be preceded by a pre-concert conversation with Stefan Jackiw and Conrad Tao.

Business Briefs: Flying Deer passes capital campaign goal; BerkShares accounting seminar; grants for Shake & Co.; Darrow selected as innovation lab school; BCC Awards...

Current and prospective BerkShares businesses are invited attend the June 27 accounting seminar in order to learn more about handling BerkShares at their businesses.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Art of the Hills’; Mary Berry on supporting farmers; ‘Laudate Pueri Dominum’; Berkshire Pride Festival; Mass Audubon Family Fun Day

In her talk at St. James Place, Mary Berry will address the topics of what it will take for farmers to be able to afford to farm well, and how to become a culture that supports good farming and land use.

Business Briefs: Fairview welcomes Dr. Nykiel; ‘5 Reasons to Visit Great Barrington’; Lenox 250th committee distributes excess funds; Flying Deer offers programs at new...

Since several initiatives raised more funds than were necessary to accomplish its goals, the Lenox 250th Anniversary Committee decided to donate the excess to organizations that will directly assist Lenox residents.

Bits & Bytes: 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival; Community Voices Collection; immigration workshop; Sue Morse wildlife presentations; Berkshire South Swim-a-thon

'We believe that our immigrant population is an essential and rich part of our Berkshire community...' -- Berkshire Immigrant Center Executive Director Brooke Mead

Business Briefs: Flying Deer Nature Center’s new home; Jacob’s Pillow dance presenters forum; new dentist at CHP; Lenox Cultural Council grants; Miss Hall’s School...

The National Dance Presenters Forum was first established at Jacob’s Pillow in August 1996 and was held annually through 2006.

Bits & Bytes: Puerto Rico fundraiser; Berkshire Earth Expo seeks vendors; handmade Valentine swap; animal tracking intensive; BCC fall 2017 dean’s list

The Berkshire Earth Expo showcases and celebrates environmental activism and activists’ achievements; helps people engage with their neighbors; educates the public about renewable energy solutions; and features businesses, artisans and scientists who work in harmony with nature.

Bits & Bytes: OLLI University Day; ‘SKYLARK’ at Infinity Hall; Music in Common at Kimball Farms; bow drill workshop; November blood drives

The OLLI University Day speakers will include Sen. Adam Hinds; Ben Forman, research director at MassINC; Christine Rudd, director of Roca in Springfield; Berkshire County Sheriff Tom Bowler; and Kate Byrne of the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative in Albany, New York. 

STEAM Team summer camp: Art, dance, science take flight for elementary school kids

It’s unusual, if not unheard of, for four distinct organizations to join forces on such a long-term, time and manpower-intensive venture, especially on a shoestring budget.

Bits & Bytes: Active shooter training; ‘Awakening Wild;’ Women Artists Writing group presentation; antique furniture talk; ‘Growing Up in the 50’s’

The goal of the ALICE program is to provide individuals with survival-enhancing options for critical moments in the gap between when a violent situation begins and when law enforcement arrives on the scene.

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.

Flying Deer Nature Day: A celebration of nurturing all life

I will be at Flying Deer Nature Day, as the proud Mama to one of 13 girls in Moon Tribe, the rites-of-passage program for girls between the ages of 11-13, designed to support girls as they move through early adolescence, learning about themselves and the world and discerning their identities as young women.

The joys and burdens of summer: Finding the right (affordable) summer camp

“The kids come home filthy dirty and falling asleep at the dinner table, and that is what summer camp should be.” -- Kim Hamberg Wilder, mother of two boys and a sales associate at Barnbrook Realty

Bits & Bytes: Steep Canyon Rangers at Mahaiwe; Flying Deer dance party; chicken keeping talk; call for mural art; conflict workshop

Pittsfield's Tyler Street has been undergoing a yearlong planning process in which community input from investors, residents, property owners and businesses has resulted in a plan to make incremental street improvements.

Bits & Bytes: Simon’s Rock gospel concert; Reese Erlich at Stockbridge Library; animal tracking workshops; Williams planetarium schedule; Documentary Filmmakers Series

Based on numerous reporting trips, Reese Erlich will discuss the growth of Syrian extremist rebel groups, the status of the Assad regime, foreign intervention and the failure of U.S. policy.
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