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I WITNESS: Bozo does Davos

I think there are few people who would disagree with the only true thing he said during the entire press conference. No one in this country has ever seen anything like the year we have just endured.

Bits & Bytes: Elizabeth Kolbert at Williams; The Whitdiots improv; Craig Harris at Lee Library; ‘Costume and Culture;’ BFMC film workshop

Elizabeth Kolbert's book "The Sixth Extinction" investigates the future of Earth and the possibility of human extinction, based on natural history and Kolbert’s own reporting in the field.

Bits & Bytes: First Fridays Artswalk; Festival of Books; Vishtèn at the Guthrie Center; Crescendo auditions; cemetery walk

The Festival of Books will feature a giant used book sale, two days of author discussions and readings, and a children’s program.

Bits & Bytes: Columbia County Fair poultry exhibit; ‘Message to Billy;’ WordxWord writing workshops; Christy Butler at Lee Library; Edison and Tiffany talk; Harry...

Besides photographs, “Rockachusetts” includes the lore and history of Massachusetts boulders as well as descriptions, directions, and GPS coordinates.

Bits & Bytes: First Fridays Artswalk; ‘Constellations;’ Housatonic River cleanup; Lee Library art exhibit; paint and oil collection; AT Community Day

Acceptable materials for the paint and oil collection are oil-based paint, stains, paint thinners, spray paint and turpentine, as well as waste motor oil.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Chronicles of Human Presence;’ Township No. 1 Day; Robbins-Zust marionette shows; Mongiardo exhibition; Pastore named parade marshal

Tony Pastore is a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), a member of Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and American Legion Post 68, and has been a frequent Fourth of July parade participant as a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran.

Bits & Bytes: First Fridays Artswalk; MOMIX at the Mahaiwe; Solarize Mass program grants; ‘Swords Through the Ages;’ Berkshire Rainbow Seniors meeting; clown workshop...

Since its launch in 2011, 51 cities and towns have participated in Solarize Mass, which has led to the contracting of more than 2,600 new small-scale installations at homes and businesses and resulted in 18 megawatts of contracted solar capacity.

Bits & Bytes: First Fridays Artswalk; Behold! New Lebanon opening day; Summer Celebration of Jewish Music; D.R.E.A.M. Ring dance; Harrington qualifies for ballot; South...

Andrea Harrington, candidate for state Senate, submitted well over the required 300 certified signatures to the Massachusetts Secretary of State's office and will appear on the ballot in the Democratic primary on Thursday, September 8.

Bits & Bytes: Mahaiwe programs; Lenox logo contest; Salim Abu Jabal at Williams; Mocktoberfest at BCD; Outspoken poetry festival; Eclipse Mill book launch; pipeline...

There are rumors that the long-anticipated energy omnibus bill could contain language supporting the pipeline tax that would subsidize new gas pipelines through a charge added to the monthly bills of electric ratepayers.

Bits & Bytes: Stockbridge Library reopens; prescription drug take-back; Big BOOM Bash; birdsong workshop; paint and oil collection; Hotchkiss dance performance

The county-wide biannual prescription drug take-back day will take place on Saturday, April 30, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at eight locations across the county.

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: Adam Ezra Group; First Fridays Artswalk; Joe Goodwin solo show; ‘Sembene!’; ‘A Mitzvah for Berkshire County Kids’ Place;’ 5k run/walk; bird...

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.

Bits & Bytes: First Fridays Artswalk; DCSC March line-up; Ethan Frome talk; Jonathan Weiner at Williams; dementia, Alzheimer’s talk

The Down County Social Club (DCSC) will present area performers in its March line-up of events, beginning with the acoustic ensemble Quiet in the Head on Thursday March 3.

Bits & Bytes: Fifth annual 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival; Chinese New Year celebration; Ramsdell Library Sundays; Williams diversity series; EP from Oakes and Smith

Week Five of winter Sunday afternoons at Ramsdell Public Library, the focus will be on the suffragette movement in the United States and Great Britain.

Bits & Bytes: ‘Facing Our Truth’; Healthy Heart Night; First Fridays Artswalk; ‘Behind Closed Doors;’ ‘A Mitzvah for the Berkshire Kids Place’

"Facing Our Truth": Reflecting on race relations in the United States, this collection of one-acts was inspired by events surrounding the Trayvon Martin case.

Bits & Bytes: WordXWord’s Rockwell Project; OLLI classes to begin; Dan Barry at Williams; balance workshop in Pittsfield

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire Community College (OLLI) will offer over a dozen courses this winter in Pittsfield, Lenox, and Great Barrington.

Bits & Bytes: David Grover at the Whit; Ghent Playhouse auditions

David Grover, former guitarist for Arlo Guthrie, has been performing for children for over 30 years and is often called “the Jerry Garcia of the elementary school set."
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