“In a polycrisis world, big changes are coming, but out of chaos comes opportunity,” commencement speaker and 2001 Simon's Rock graduate Chloe Demrovsky told the graduates. “It is essential to stay curious, keep learning, and figure out how to be useful."
In 1972, the social studies department at Monument Mountain Regional High School created the very first Holocaust curriculum in the country for high school students.
Co-curated by New York art world veteran Hope Davis and painter and musician Sharon Gregory, “ESCAPE” is multi-dimensional, exploring a wide range of visual expressions and media including paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture.
Participants of 'An Old-Fashioned Christmas' will be able to trace the history of the Christmas tree from the Colonial period to the Victorian era, the 1950s and on to the modern day.
Berkshire Dance Party and Cabaret attendees will be able to walk the pink carpet, sing along in the piano bar, send and receive messages at Berkshire Flirt’s post office, dance to music spun by DJ BFG, and enjoy visual projections by Joe Wheaton.
Sheffield Police Chief Eric Munson Munson said responding officers did not perform a field sobriety test because the driver showed no signs of intoxication. And there is no indication that the driver was distracted by technology.
Jack Spencer was chair of the Monument Social Studies department from its inception in 1967. The department created the first Holocaust curriculum for high school students in the country.
On Monday, Feb. 13, at 6 p.m., State Sen. Adam Hinds, Pittsfield Mayor Linda Tyer and State Rep. Tricia Farley-Bouvier will hold a community meeting about refugee resettlement in the Berkshires at Herberg Middle School.
