The best (virtual) things to do in the Berkshires in the summer of 2020.
Tag: Kate Maguire
Berkshire theaters make history: Partial summer season approved
It seems that both Berkshire Theatre Group and Barrington Stage Company are on the right track to restoring our sense of what is beautiful and possible in our lives starting in August.
Theater in the time of COVID-19: How area theaters and theater artists are coping during the pandemic
I asked the directors of several area theaters how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting their theaters and their staff in ways that might not be so evident to the lay public.
Alan Chartock: I Publius. The wonder of Tanglewood
Tanglewood, of course, is not the whole story. COVID-19 is killing the arts scene in the Berkshires.
Bits & Bytes: ‘We Hear Freedom Calling’; Rock Voices concert; local history lecture; BSO Concerto Competition
Founded by Tony Lechner in Hadley in 2012, Rock Voices has since expanded around New England and New York.
REVIEW: ‘Billy Budd in the Breadbox,’ Herman Melville as seen by his granddaughter
As the audiobook unfolds, the reader quickly learns of the central tension: Eleanor, a self-proclaimed “great reader,” aspires to devour the books her grandfather has written, despite her mother’s estimation that “a nine-year-old girl wouldn’t understand them yet.”
Bits & Bytes: Stockbridge Summer Arts & Crafts Show; dinner with Hershey Felder; ‘The Spirit Behind the Spirit of St. Louis’
Berkshire Theatre Group will host a backstage dinner with ‘George Gershwin Alone’ star Hershey Felder and BTG artistic director Kate Maguire Friday, Aug. 30, at the Colonial Theatre.
Theater in the Round
Berkshires actor, writer and director Jim Frangione shows us around the Berkshires theater scene.
Bits & Bytes: ‘Berkshire Theatre Through the Eras’; birding program with Darryl McGrath; scholarship aid from BCC Foundation; GhostLit Repertory Theatre auditions
In the late 1970s, the bald eagle and peregrine falcon were heading toward extinction as victims of the combined threats of DDT, habitat loss and lax regulation.
Business Briefs: Paleologos named BTG executive director; CORE Plan information sessions; new Roe Jan Library director; ‘Build It, Sell It, Profit’
Paleologos served for 14 years as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives where his primary focus was education and the arts.
Business Briefs: Fairview announces awards; Jacob’s Pillow, Greenagers partnership; excellence award for Berkshire Baby Box; Lee Bank relieves employee student loan debt; grant for BTG
Lee Bank has announced its partnership with Gradifi to offer student loan debt relief as part of its employee benefits package.
Business Briefs: Haddad Subaru donates to BHS; new executive director for Bidwell House Museum; Earth Day patio party; grant for BTG; Singer receives leadership award
Effective Monday, May 1, Heather Kowalski will take over for Barbara Palmer, who has served as the Bidwell House Museum’s executive director for the past seven and a half years.
Bits & Bytes: ‘High School Musical’ at MMRHS; CATA at Good Purpose Gallery; ‘Fill the Pantry’ dance party; OLLI open house; jazz night at Herberg
On Friday, March 31, from 7 to 9 p.m., the Lenox Community Center will host a Fill the Pantry dance party to benefit Project Milk, an emergency food fund of Community Health Programs’ Women, Infants and Children program.
No Boundaries in Art, Episode 3: Hanna Koczela
“The power of theatre lies in its ability to transform our understanding of all human experience. There cannot be boundaries in the arts. We do not discriminate. Our buildings are sanctuaries for everyone to tell their stories.”
— Kate Maguire, artistic director, Berkshire Theatre Group
VIDEO: No Boundaries in Art, Episode 2: What would Henry do?
Berkshire Theatre Group Artistic Associate David Adkins reads from Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience.”
“We do not discriminate. Our buildings are sanctuaries for everyone to tell their stories. We do not discriminate in which stories we will tell, which culture we may seek to know.”
— BTG Artistic Director Kate Maguire
Berkshire Theatre Group season reformatted for 2017
Looking at this ambitious season it is clear that rather than expanding they are doing just a differently formatted season filled with the potential of excellent and fascinating presentations.
VIDEO: ‘No Boundaries in Art,’ from Berkshire Theatre Group
We do not discriminate. Our buildings are sanctuaries for everyone to tell their stories. We do not discriminate in which stories we will tell, which culture we may seek to know.
Berkshire Theatre Group supports Four Freedoms Coalition protests
In her letter to the editor, Kate Maguire of the Berkshire Theatre Group writes: “There cannot be boundaries in the arts. We do not discriminate. Our buildings are sanctuaries for everyone to tell their stories. We do not discriminate in which stories we will tell, which culture we may seek to know.”
Business Briefs: New board members for CHP; BTG receives grant; grant for Olana’s kitchen garden; real estate licensing course; Cross Insurance acquires second Pittsfield agency
Under terms of the acquisition, Colt Insurance becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Cross Insurance and will continue to operate under the same name.
REVIEW: Made in the Berkshires: Film, poetry, drama music and dangerous dance
Jurian Hughes’ reading of a well-chosen selection from Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” was especially gripping. Yes, it’s definitely time to re-read this Pre-Civil-War classic.
Business Briefs: Becket Cultural Council seeks proposals; grant for BTG; ‘Giving Back’ launch; Annie Selke meet and greet; Shred Day at Salisbury Bank
Five thousand copies of “Giving Back: Your Guide to Charitable Opportunities in the Berkshires” will be distributed in November at Berkshire County schools, banks, real estate offices, and businesses.
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 at Salisbury Bank
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: Source-to-Sound River Festival; Pleasant Valley Volunteer Day; BTG auditions; Crane Paper Mills talk; Simon’s Rock joins Common Application
The Common Application allows prospective college students to submit just one application in total rather than one application per school.
Review: David Adkins brings ‘POE’ to life
To NOT see David Adkins in this role as Edgar Allen Poe, if you are a fan of good theater or of Poe or of the arts in general, would be a crime against nature. This is a magical conjoining of talents, the sort that comes along rarely.