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Allowing children to be children again: Monterey’s Kimama Halfmoon camp hosts children of Israeli hostages

"[S]lowly but surely, you could see them dancing on the basketball court, and their smiles eventually came back to them while they enjoyed the summer," Camp Director Yael Skikne recounted about the campers.

Illuminating the Hidden Forest, Chapter 5: City on a Hill

Oh, no—keep her off my mushroom city. My adored little dog has become a Godzilla threatening Gotham.

REVIEW: Chanteuse Lady Rizo’s ‘Red, White and Indigo’ reinterprets patriotism

Lady Rizo works a song portfolio from Nina Simone to Leonard Cohen with a set of pipes that would make both Janis Joplin and Donna Summer be sure she never opened for them — she’d be too good.

‘This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land’

On this Fourth of July -- especially on this Fourth of July -- Woody Guthrie reminds us of the true spirit of America. Here's Woody singing his ballad, as well as Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie with a recent rendition.

Bits & Bytes: Independence Day at Shakespeare & Company; Terry a la Berry at Lenox Library; blood drive at Camphill Ghent

Shakespeare & Company artists and special guests from the community including U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield; Rep. William “Smitty” Pignatelli​, D-Lenox; and Sen. Adam Hinds, D-Pittsfield, will read the Declaration of Independence as part of Shakespeare & Company's Fourth of July celebration.

A Pittsfield Fourth of July Parade

We were part of a parade that seemed to stretch for miles, embracing Pittsfield leaders, programs, and players large and small.

POEM: The world is on fire

A poem for Independence Day, 2016.

Lulu ‘n’ Hershey

Things are getting a bit testy at the Cafe Perspectivo as the staff prepares costumes for the Fourth of July Parade and Lulu continues her memorization of the Declaration of Independence.
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