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PREVIEW: Berkshire Bach Society to screen ‘In the Key of Bach’ at Linde Center on March 21

Following the screening, filmmaker Hilan Warshaw joins BBS artistic director and violinist Eugene Drucker for a conversation about Bach’s life, music, and the ideas behind the documentary.

Bits & Bytes: Emmanuel Ceysson at Music & More; theater critics’ panel; ‘Restoration: Anti-Semitism in France’; Berkshire Feile; conflict workshop

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire Community College will present a panel discussion of the 2019 Berkshire summer theater season featuring Edge contributors J. Peter Bergman and Dan Dwyer Friday, Sept. 13, at the Berkshire Museum.

Bits & Bytes: Nona Hendryx at MASS MoCA; ‘The Meaning of Michelle;’ ‘Devil’s Trill’ celebration; ‘Created Equal’ at Temple Anshe Amunim; ‘Two Worlds’ at...

In 'The Meaning of Michelle,' author Veronica Chambers solicited, collected and edited essays by a variety of authors offering varied perspectives on Michelle Obama and her time in the White House.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Selected Shorts’ at the Mahaiwe; ‘Billi’ at St. Francis Gallery; Pete Seeger tribute; letter-writing talk; Artful Hike at Olana; poetry at...

Katherine Grandjean's research explores early English colonization and the encounter with Native peoples, as well as the origins of American violence.

Bits & Bytes: ‘PASSAGE’’ in Pittsfield; British aristocracy talk; HVA paddle trip; artist talk and wine dinner; ‘Georgia, Justice and Jews’

'PASSAGE' incorporates such elements as sea otters on Razor scooters, a TED talk given by an ill-fated naval commander, several appearances by a prestigious self-help guru, and lots of trudging.

Connections: The Ten Commandments on trial

By asking a modern jury to judge a Biblical character, the underlying question that "The Trial of Aaron" asks is: In the 21st century, what is our connection to the Bible.

Review: ‘Mum Bett’s Minute,’ and the passion for freedom

"If one minute's freedom had been offered to me, and I had been told I must die at the end of that minute, I would have taken it — just to stand one minute on God's Earth a free woman." -- Mum Bett, in Jesse Waldinger's "Mum Bett's Minute"

Notes, footnotes & queries

Why is it that Wheeler and Taylor has chained off its big parking lot that for so many years was available on weekends?
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