“BIFF is honored to contribute to preserving the future of The Triplex,” said BIFF Board Chair Pat Fili-Krushel. “For two decades, our partnership has been essential to the growth of both organizations, and we’re excited to keep expanding, engaging, and connecting audiences through film.”
I was sure that our two wonderful resident geese would take off with their companions and disappear in one of those formations that we see all the time, but no: They are still with us.
BIC is the only program in Berkshire County that focuses exclusively on meeting the unique challenges of a continuously growing immigrant and refugee population.
A 2018 study conducted by Williams College economics professor Stephen Sheppard concluded that Kripalu directly or indirectly generates $64 million to the total economic output in Massachusetts with $56 million of it concentrated in Berkshire County alone.
It is up to our media presenters, newspapers, television and radio news stations, public broadcasting and the like to remind our citizens of the losses to our economy and to our way of life that the closing down of our theaters brings about.
The announcement was a devastating blow to the region's economy, which is already reeling from the effects of the economic shutdown and the recently announced season cancellations from Jacob's Pillow, Shakespeare & Company and the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
Which is the superior concept of ownership? Which is the better use of land? Who makes the better steward? The tension between the common good and private ownership has never been resolved.
In the Berkshires, the negative impacts on our arts and cultural organizations and the tourism they bring will have ripple effects throughout our local economy.
However, the Berkshires is unique in that everything we open brings in people from other states. It is the essence of Berkshire business that we serve the outlanders.
There is a small cottage in the Dugway section of Glendale that was commonly called the Harriet Beecher Stowe cottage, but was actually owned by Lyman Beecher Stowe, grandson of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Decisions about this year’s Boston Pops fireworks spectacular and the 2020 Tanglewood season will be made "over the next several weeks" as orchestra officials continue to monitor the recommendations of health authorities.
At a moment of considerable gloom, the BSO essentially made its own silver lining - transforming bad news into good and gladdening the hearts of a few thousand surprised Bostonians. It's something the BSO is really good at.
