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Chesterwood’s outdoor sculpture exhibit brings climate change into focus

This year, Chesterwood’s 47th annual outdoor sculpture show, “Global Warming/Global Warning,” asks viewers to consider such themes amid the threats that climate change poses to Chesterwood’s own old-growth forest. 

Bits & Bytes: Filmmaker Fidel Moreno at Scoville Library; ‘Aging; A Lifelong Process’; W. Stockbridge Chamber Players play up a storm

Filmmaker Fidel Moreno has been to the protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation several times and witnessed the gathering of people to form a community united by the commitment to protect water resources and the Missouri River

Bits & Bytes: Chris Moore at the Triplex; Austen Riggs community forum; senior nutrition workshop; New Year’s Eve guided ski

In addition to his work on “Manchester by the Sea,”Chris Moore co-produced “Good Will Hunting” and the television series “Project Greenlight” with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.

Bits & Bytes: Social justice workshop; Joanna Slater at Richmond Library; ‘Home of the Brave;’ holiday farmers’ markets

Canadian journalists Joanna Slater followed Syrian refugees on a train across Hungary last year and, for her coverage, was named 2015 Journalist of the Year at the Canadian National Newspaper Awards.

Community Make Day; new greenhouse will help FoodNet; Hannah Lash in Hudson; ‘The Wit and Wisdom of Jewish Humor’

FoodNet has provided up to 21,000 pounds per year of fresh produce to food pantries and meal sites in Berkshire County.

Bits & Bytes: Firefighters graduate from state academy; Molsky’s Mountain Drifters CD release; ‘Once on This Island;’ Election 2016 discussion at Williams; wellness and...

Over the past four months, firefighters Morell, Dezieck, and Powell attended class in Lee two nights per week, learning about fire behavior, building construction, hazardous materials, and safely sizing up incidents.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Love Letters’ at Barrington Stage; Concert Across America; ‘What’s in Our Water?’; fall festival & 5K; Victor Borge talk; Stockbridge Planning...

The 'What’s in Our Water?' forum will explore current challenges to the environment, the effects and potential risks to human health, and ways in which information is disseminated.

Bits & Bytes: Renovations at BCC; GBLC Hullabaloo; ‘Song of the Earth;’ Tara Lai Quinlan & ‘Mariam;’ Mama Doni concert; Behold! New Lebanon tours

Hullabaloo aims to raise awareness of GBLC’s work caring for and conserving Great Barrington’s natural resources, preserving prime agricultural land, and protecting open spaces for public recreation and conservation.

Bits & Bytes: Year-round dance studio at Jacob’s Pillow; Kinderland Arts & Activism Festival; the Boom Room; Leonard Quart on small business

The Perles Family Studio will be the new home for the School at Jacob’s Pillow and its pre-professional training programs.

Bits & Bytes: Howard Dean in Pittsfield; Grillsdale 2016; BPL to present ‘War Stories’; Discover Tyler Street; Writers Read; Annette Miller on acting

Former DNC chairman, presidential candidate, six-term governor and physician Howard Dean currently serves as a senior strategic advisor and independent consultant focusing on the areas of healthcare and energy issues.

Bits & Bytes: Farmer Olympics; farmstead picnic; Kindergarten Night; Lenox Library book sale; bird language workshop; ‘Halachah, Sex, Lies, and Darwin’

“Song of the Forest,” taught by educators from Mass Audubon and Flying Deer Nature Center, will explore the world of bird language through storytelling, lectures, slideshows, outdoor activities, field exercises, and more.

Bits & Bytes: New minister for Christ Trinity Church; Ghent Playhouse auditions; Stonover Farm art exhibition; Jonathan Epstein performance & talk; Sharon Church at...

Ordained a Lutheran with graduate degrees and training from Episcopal, Methodist, Baptist and Congregational institutions including Harvard Divinity School, Rev. Dr. Randall K. Wilburn also received training from the Sisters of Mercy and is a Spiritual Director.

Bits & Bytes: Dog Film Festival; ‘Displaced Persons’ talk; ‘Jazz for Justice;’ ‘Horses and Hikers for Healing;’ Patrick Stolfo exhibit

Nw York Times reporter Joseph Berger was born in Russia in 1945, spent the postwar years in displaced persons camps in Germany and, after immigrating to the U.S., grew up in Manhattan and the Bronx.

Business Briefs: ‘Fiorello!’ to move to off-Broadway; Jewish Women’s Foundation seeks proposals; 2016 Erikson Institute Prize for Excellence in Mental Health Media; Shred Day...

BTG's production of the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning musical “Fiorello!” is moving to New York City, the first time a BTG production has moved to off-Broadway.

Bits & Bytes: Joshua Redman Quartet at the Mahaiwe; Museum & Archives reopening; Berkshire Blues Benefit Jam; Eugenia Zukerman & Jasper Quartet; stamp...

Following the ribbon-cutting ceremony, members of the Stockbridge community who have donated items to the Stockbridge Library's Museum & Archives will be present to chat with visitors about their contributions to the collection, the town, and its history.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Women and Their Olive Trees;’ TEDx Berkshires; ‘Splendor, Myth, and Vision’ at Ventfort Hall; Christine Canning meet-and-greet

Drawn from the collection of one of the world’s great museums, “Splendor, Myth, and Vision: Nudes from the Prado” will present 28 exceptional paintings of the nude from the royal collections of the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, Spain.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Lost Highway’ exhibit; Mud Day at Muddy Brook; Wildflower Full Moon Music & Arts Fest; swing dancing at Shire City Sanctuary;...

At the Muddy Brook Elementary "Mud Day" there will also, of course, be lots and lots of mud: kids can play muddy tug-o-war, build mud castles, and get all-around messy in a giant mud field.
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