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BUSINESS MONDAY: Spotlight on Shaker Mill Books—a haven for bibliophiles in West Stockbridge

The independent bookstore is known for offering an eclectic collection of new, used, rare, antiquarian, and out-of-print books, complemented by clever displays.

Bits & Bytes: Hidden Gardens tour; Northeast Fiddlers’ Convention; Hopped Up for Health; ‘Art for a Fragile Planet’

Adhering to the concept of 'participation is preservation,' the Northeast Fiddlers’ Convention will feature the Down Hill Strugglers with John Cohen as the host musicians

Business Briefs: Catherine’s Chocolates changes hands; GoodWorks acquires Infinity Hall; educational enrichment grants; Velez is Latina Leader; grants for Oldtone Productions; Smith joins Berkshire...

The Eagle Fund, in partnership with its sister endowment, Janet's Fund, recently awarded more than $54,000 in grants to programs benefiting students in the Southern Berkshire Regional School District.

Bits & Bytes: Young Choreographers Initiative; Yuletide Festival; Estes at Salisbury Forum; swing dancing at Dewey Hall

The Young Choreographers Initiative performance explores issues that matter most to the students, including sexual assault, consent and explorations of gender.

Bits & Bytes: Berkshire Pulse at Kimball Farms; ‘Music Changes the Brain’; Lenox house tour; Northeast Fiddlers’ Convention; ‘One Night Stand’ at Sandisfield Arts...

According to neuroscientist Paul Lennard, playing an instrument or listening to music can morphologically and functionally change the brains, both in the short and long terms.

Bits & Bytes: Cocek! Brass Band at Dewey Hall; ‘March for Our Lives’ solidarity rally; VITA taxathon; ‘GI Jews’ documentary; ‘Telling Your Story in...

Indivisible Pittsfield urges the community to join a student-led March for Our Lives solidarity rally in support of common-sense gun law reforms Saturday, March 24, from noon to 1 p.m. at Park Square in Pittsfield.

Bits & Bytes: Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn at the Mahaiwe; Taylor Mali at Club Helsinki Hudson; Upright Citizens Brigade at the Colonial; swing...

Author-poet Taylor Mali is one of the few genuine celebrities to emerge from the competitive slam-poetry scene.

Bits & Bytes: Sunday library programming; folk music series in Monterey; children tour Fairview; Easy Ridin’ Papas at Dewey Hall; Community ReStart fundraiser

Karl Finger will trace the origins of folk music from its value as a window into the various periods in history, its effect on social and political movements.

Bits & Bytes: Oldtone Roots Music Festival; John S. Hall at Club Helsinki Hudson; Helen Epstein at Knosh & Knowledge; ‘Sad Stories’ at Austen...

In January, John S. Hall’s new band, Unusual Squirrel, released its debut album featuring songs concerning many of Hall’s longstanding obsessions.

Bits & Bytes: Family Day at 37 Interlaken; SuperTone Music Festival; Glenn Miller Orchestra at MMRHS; Jewish Festival of Books; ‘Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman’ at...

On Thursday, July 20, at 7:30 p.m., Berkshire Bash will present “A Legend Lives On,” featuring the Glenn Miller Orchestra at Monument Mountain Regional High School. Special guests: the MMRHS Jazz Band All Stars.

Bits & Bytes: Lee Greener Gateway Cleanup; youth poetry festival finale; Bill and the Belles at Dewey Hall; ‘Straight Answers to Gay Questions;’ Emma...

The Outspoken poetry festival includes workshops, peer-led open mics and competitive poetry slams for youth ages 15–24, and the finale is a celebration that includes performances by the top finishers of the poetry slams and a feature set by poet Mariah Barber.

Bits & Bytes: ‘The Messenger’ screening; touch football game; Berkshire Music School benefit; Golden Dragon Acrobats; swing dance night

This weekend the JFK Library Foundation is coordinating 35 touch football games across Massachusetts in recognition of President Kennedy’s love of the sport and commitment to physical fitness.

Bits & Bytes: Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas; Standing Rock benefit; Elwood H. Smith at Lenox Library; ‘World’s Greatest Christmas Carols’

The Standing Rock benefit will include speakers Jeremy Stanton, who recently fed Thanksgiving dinner to more than 2,000 people at Standing Rock, and spiritual peace activist and filmmaker Fidel Moreno, who is just returning from his second visit to the reservation.
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