Shays’ Rebellion is viewed as an agrarian revolt pitting impoverished farmers in western Massachusetts against the wealthy merchant class of the coastal eastern part of the state.
Tag: Leo Mazzeo
Bits & Bytes: Berkshire Botanical Garden Harvest Festival; Morgan Bulkeley at Berkshire Museum; ‘Don’t Wait, Do Tell Me;’ Barbara Takenaga at WCMA; NUArts reunion show
“I try to make paintings that are beautiful, frightening, and funny all at once, similar to the Theater of the Absurd, which assumes things are so bad that you can only laugh.” –artist Morgan Bulkeley
Bits & Bytes: First Fridays Artswalk; MOMIX at the Mahaiwe; Solarize Mass program grants; ‘Swords Through the Ages;’ Berkshire Rainbow Seniors meeting; clown workshop at Berkshire Pulse
Since its launch in 2011, 51 cities and towns have participated in Solarize Mass, which has led to the contracting of more than 2,600 new small-scale installations at homes and businesses and resulted in 18 megawatts of contracted solar capacity.
Bits & Bytes: Adam Ezra Group; First Fridays Artswalk; Joe Goodwin solo show; ‘Sembene!’; ‘A Mitzvah for Berkshire County Kids’ Place;’ 5k run/walk; bird walk
The feature-length documentary “Sembene!” tells the story of the “father of African cinema,” self-taught novelist and filmmaker Ousmane Sembéne, who fought a 50-year battle to give African stories to Africans.
Bits & Bytes: ‘Facing Our Truth’; Healthy Heart Night; First Fridays Artswalk; ‘Behind Closed Doors;’ ‘A Mitzvah for the Berkshire Kids Place’
“Facing Our Truth”: Reflecting on race relations in the United States, this collection of one-acts was inspired by events surrounding the Trayvon Martin case.