Journalists are reporting on the constant chaos, but they are not featuring the Congresspeople who are speaking up. Here are a few; there are many more.
Families will be able to “shop” for free baby and children’s clothing, outerwear, shoes and diapers, and staff will be on-hand to collect donations of clean children’s clothing and disposable and cloth diapers.
Whitney Battle-Baptiste, director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Center and associate professor of anthropology at UMass Amherst, will be the keynote speaker at the fourth annual NAACP - Berkshire County Branch Freedom Awards dinner.
The staged reading of 'Visiting Mr. Green' reunites director and Edge columnist Dan Dwyer with Berkshire actor Ralph Petillo and newcomer and Berkshire student Evan Silverstein.
“Hawthorne & Melville” follows the friendship between the two American authors from August 1850 through November 1851 when both men were working on their new novels.
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.
In “Earning the Rockies,” author Robert D. Kaplan undertakes a cross-country journey to recapture an appreciation of American geography often lost in the jet age.
A story slam is a friendly competition in which storytellers share five-minute stories relevant to the event’s theme. Stories are scored by volunteer judges from the audience.
For a century, the Big E – the largest fair in the Northeast and the only multi-state fair in the nation – has served as the key venue for the New England states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont to showcase their respective livestock, agricultural, commercial, industrial, and artistic developments.
“My vision for Pittsfield reflects a place where small businesses thrive, strategic collaborations are nurtured, and the creative economy flourishes."
-- Pittsfield Mayor Linda Tyer
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.
The College Internship Program presentation will focus on simple strategies that can make navigating life a bit easier for young adults with autism, ADHD, and other learning differences.
The Writers Read monthly reading series at the Lee Library will continue on Tuesday, February 23, at 5:30 p.m. with guest host Frances Roth and poets Hilary Russell and Jan Hutchinson.
The West Stockbridge Chamber Players will perform a harvest concert Nov. 1. Led by clarinetist and artistic director Catherine Hudgins, the West Stockbridge Chamber Players is an ensemble made up of Boston- and Berkshire-based musicians. The concert will feature works by Beethoven, Martinů, and Mozart.
