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If you liked ‘Lee,’ you will also like ‘Blitz’

Saoirse Ronan shines in “Blitz."

Bits & Bytes: Walk a Mile in Her Shoes; ‘Being Black in the Berkshires;’ Joachim Frank at Lenox Library; ‘Having Difficult Conversations’ workshop; Amanda...

A discussion of African-Americans’ Berkshires history and culture as well as the stories and voices not being told or heard, 'Being Black in the Berkshires' will remember the past, assess the present and plan for the future.

Du Bois’ environmental legacy celebrated at River Walk, by his ‘golden river’

“His love of rivers and his dedication to environmental justice play a very small part, but can be a lens through which to understand his fuller achievements. There is no better place in the world to tell this part of the story, at the very spot where he was ‘born by a golden river.’ ” -- Rachel Fletcher, founder of River Walk

Business Briefs: Emergency grant for Clinton Church; ‘Entry to Entrepreneurship’; rail museum acquires new locomotive; report highlights nonprofit tax changes; Greylock promotes three

The Clinton A.M.E. Zion Church is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is part of the Upper Housatonic Valley African American Heritage Trail.

Business Briefs: Clinton Church signs with Clark & Green; GBLC land donation; money-management skills course; SNAP at Lenox Farmers’ Market

Comprised of two parts, the historic structure report will provide a detailed assessment of the physical condition of the building, recommendations for immediate actions needed to stabilize the building and a catalog of specific elements of architectural or historic value.

Clinton Church Restoration surpasses goal of $100,000 before March 31 deadline

“We made it. We have reached the first step on the ladder. We have raised enough to purchase and secure the building.” -- Wray Gunn, longtime member of the Clinton Church and chair of Clinton Church Restoration (CCR)

Historic Clinton A.M.E. Zion Church celebrates 130th anniversary, looks forward to renewal

“The historic and cultural value of the Clinton A.M.E. Zion Church cannot be overstated.” -- Dan Bolognani, executive director of Housatonic Heritage

At Clinton A.M.E. Zion Church fundraising session, sobering racial tension emerges

The concept of an auction to get the fundraising rolling salted some deep historic wounds when one African-American attendee felt the auction process harkened back to the auction blocks of slavery.

Preservation effort underway for A.M.E. Zion Church, first African-American church in the Berkshires

Great Barrington native and African-American author, scholar and civil rights leader W.E.B. Du Bois attended the church as a child. The church is registered as an important site on the Upper Housatonic Valley African American Heritage Trail and on the National Register of Historic Places.

Walk In the Footsteps of Du Bois July 12

Walking tour, interpretive trail, and public talk illuminate Du Bois in Great Barrington.
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