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STEPHEN COHEN: Bella Italy

Italians are fascinated by Trump. Tuscany is very liberal, but even my more conservative friends here and in Sicily and Milan cannot understand why he continually changes his policies on a daily basis.

Patricia Maggio, 89, of South Egremont

Pat worked for many years as an interior decorator for the NYC based family firm of J.P. Maggio Design Associates. Her projects ranged from stately brownstones to Manhattan penthouses.

Shakespeare & Company’s Tina Packer honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

Tina Packer is a force of nature," said Guy Roberts, Founding Artistic Director of the Prague Shakespeare Company (PSC). “She has influenced and inspired generations of theatre makers and theatre goers. I can think of a no better ambassador for Shakespeare..." -- Guy Roberts, Founding Artistic Director of the Prague Shakespeare Company.

Overwatch: Confessions of an addict

Maybe you know what I’m talking about. Denial. It’s a very big deal. I told myself: it’s all about education, beginning with PBS and their nature shows and the science shows and then “Frontline” and the “PBS NewsHour.” Nothing wrong with learning, I told myself.

CONNECTIONS: Christmas — as we know it — began in Stockbridge

Christmas as we know it—the trees and wreaths, bells and caroling, gifts and good food—is a 19th-century invention. The authors, literally, of the modern celebration were a Stockbridge spinster and a German immigrant: Catharine Sedgwick and Charles Follen.

Steven Kain, 56, of Sheffield

For many years, he was a master craftsman furniture maker in Shaker and other furniture styles. One of his pieces was showcased in the Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield and, for decades, he taught classes on woodworking in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

David VanDeusen, 91, of Sheffield

He was a talented furniture upholsterer and, together with his wife, Eleanor, owned and operated VanDeusen Custom Upholsterers in New Marlborough.

Pittsburgh: Sign of things to come

In her letter to the editor Tela Zasloff of Williamstown writes: “The Nazis had Hitler and his enablers; we have Trump and the Republicans in Congress and the hate fringe supporting Trump.”

As young as one

Recently, our attention has been split by the plight of the Thai boys trapped in the cave, and the bizarre behavior of President Trump in Brussels, the United Kingdom and Helsinki. And yet there are thousands of parents and children trapped in a kind of hell, waiting to find each other.

PART III: The complicated, controversial politics of W.E.B. Du Bois and his passion for social justice

Certainly Great Barrington can simultaneously recognize his flaws and faults while also finding ways to remember publicly, in a permanent way, his profound contributions to the struggle to push the United States to live up to its founding ideals, particularly regarding the plight of African-Americans.

Gail Whitehead, 55, of Great Barrington

Gail later transitioned to teaching dance full-time and became head of dance at the Elliot School in Putney, West London, where she taught dance and physical education.

Phyllis Kiss, 83, of Lenox

Phyllis worked as a stenographer at General Electric for several years before eventually settling in Lenox and working at Doherty & Stuart PC accounting firm as an office manager prior to her retirement in 1997.

Hellmut Wohl, 89, of Williamsville, professor of art history

His scholarship focused primarily on early Italian Renaissance and early 20th-century European art, and he curated a number of major exhibitions of contemporary Portuguese artists.

Leslie Reiche, 70, of Lenox

Mrs. Reiche was a sales representative for many years for her family’s business, Gordon Brothers Jewelers of Boston.

Francis ‘Ike’ Roraback, 83, of Great Barrington

Ike worked for Pfizer in Canaan, Connecticut, for 40 years before retiring in 1994.

BOOK REVIEW: ‘To Catch a Nazi’ by Kenneth Markel

David Menard’s mission is vengeful and deeply personal and he is finally given every chance to carry it out. The story involves the Israeli Mossad, the CIA and the help of many kindred spirits.

Marianne de Gersdorff, 74, of Alford

In 1993, Marianne fulfilled her long-held dream of becoming an American citizen. Throughout her life, she devoted herself to community activities.
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