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Laurie Platt Winfrey Shnayerson, 83, of Hillsdale, N.Y.

The family plans a private memorial and asks that donations in lieu of flowers be made to the Roeliff Jansen Community Library.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Fiddlefest;’ ‘Mapping the Heavens;’ Pasachoff to deliver Sigma Xi lectures; Myanmar photography exhibit

‘Fiddlefest’ at Saint James Place Great Barrington -- “Fiddlefest,” a showcase for the Curtis Institute of Music’s violin students designed by internationally acclaimed violinist Ida...

Bits & Bytes: ‘What a Heart Loves;’ more than 300 attend legislative breakfast; Bach’s birthday dinner party; ‘As Time Goes By;’ James P. Cousins...

The legislators who attended the breakfast expressed their understanding of a tough road ahead due to new legislation and budget cuts, said they will continue to fight for the rights of individuals with disabilities in Berkshire County and in Washington, and expressed that voices will be heard through their representation.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Mothers and Sons;’ Lino Taglipietra exhibit; student art show; ‘Montgomery Place: An American Arcadia;’ 350Mass Berkshires meeting

The historic property of Montgomery Place in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, part of Bard College since 2016, encompasses over 300 acres and features notable architecture, richly furnished interiors, exceptional vistas, orchards, woodland trails and gardens.

Bits & Bytes: Simon’s Rock gospel concert; Reese Erlich at Stockbridge Library; animal tracking workshops; Williams planetarium schedule; Documentary Filmmakers Series

Based on numerous reporting trips, Reese Erlich will discuss the growth of Syrian extremist rebel groups, the status of the Assad regime, foreign intervention and the failure of U.S. policy.

Bits & Bytes: Radius Playwrights Festival; journalism symposium; Leonel Morales at Hotchkiss; Balkan food stories; ‘Thanks for the Fish’

The purpose of Radius Playwrights Festival is to cultivate and celebrate local talent, explains Ann Garner, managing director of the Berkshire Playwrights Lab.

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: Monument students selected for music festival; climate change talk; Williams graduate named Rhodes Scholar; ‘Tis the Season’ art exhibit

In her work at Vassar College, Dr. Kristen Menking, uses pollen, charcoal and other materials contained within lake sediments to reconstruct the history of climatic change over the last million years.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Witches of Litchfield County;’ Writers Read; harvest concert; hawks and owls program; FilmColumbia 2016

FilmColumbia 2016 will get underway with a special James Ivory tribute and kick-off celebration on Saturday, Oct. 22, benefiting FilmColumbia and the nonprofit Chatham Film Club.

Bits & Bytes: Albert Cummings to record live album; ‘A Christmas Carol’ auditions; ‘Clay Politics’ discussion; Egremont FD steak dinner; ‘The Effects of Music”...

During her talk, Crescendo founder Christine Gevert will present an overview of the latest scientific findings about music and choral singing.

Bits & Bytes: Spencertown Academy painting, photo exhibit; the Sebastians at Music & More; BCC welcomes former ITT Tech students; Berkshire Walk to End...

ITT Tech’s locations included two in Massachusetts and three in New York and the closure has impacted 35,000 students nationwide. BCC urges all displaced ITT Tech students to contact its admissions office.

Bits & Bytes: ‘The Stone Witch’; Ralph Nader at the Scoville Library; ‘Mysterious and Unexpected’ at Spencertown Academy; HVA trains River Stewards of Tomorrow;...

Three young adults have joined the Housatonic Valley Association (HVA) for the summer in its River Stewards of Tomorrow internship program.

Bits & Bytes: Senior center art opening; ‘Mirror, Mirror’; swing dancing; race documentary screening; ‘Two Years of Song;’ landscaping talk

"My hope is that Mirror, Mirror can serve as a model for future student-run productions and can show the community the full power of collaboration between self-motivated and artistically ambitious high school students.” --Caroline Sprague

Bits & Bytes: Barney Frank at Williams; ‘Chicago’ at Mt. Everett; Andrea Wulf in Hudson; fracking documentary screening; ‘Recursive Threads’ at the Tremaine Gallery;...

"Our ancestors knew what we’re only starting to understand: tending to our world is closely linked to caring for ourselves." --Rabbi Josh Breindel

Bits & Bytes: Arcadia Viols at Simon’s Rock; painting exhibition call for artists; ‘Real Talk on Race;’ ‘Baseball’ book release; Lenox church partnership; GB...

The course, "Real Talk on Race," is interactive, and will require participants to confront racism explicitly on individual and systemic levels.
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