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BITS & BYTES November 12, 2026: What’s happening in the Berkshires and beyond!
Fall Festival of Shakespeare at Shakespeare & Company. Lenox— From November 19th through the 22nd, Shakespeare & Company presents the 38th annual Fall Festival of Shakespeare. Since 1988, Shakespeare & Company’s Education Program has brought together high school students from across the region to introduce and nurture a love...
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PREVIEW: TLI presents Grammy-winning Imani Winds Sunday, Nov. 15
Lenox — Imani Winds won the 2024 Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium with the album “Passion for Bach and Coltrane.” They are a daring lot, to say the least, and they will demonstrate their artistic bravery at Tanglewood’s Linde Center on Sunday, November 15, at 3 p.m., when they perform a program that blends works from the standard repertoire with pieces the group has recently commissioned.
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Chicopee honors veterans with annual wreath-laying
Veterans and Chicopee High School Junior Air Force ROTC members laid wreaths at each war monument in Veterans Memorial Plaza. CHICOPEE — A quintessential fall day was the backdrop for Chicopee’s wreath-laying ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Plaza adjacent to 1st Sgt. Kevin A. Dupont Memorial Middle School.
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Hindu families gather in Agawam to celebrate Diwali
AGAWAM, Mass. (WWLP) – Families from across western Massachusetts and Connecticut gathered at a local temple in Agawam to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights and the start of the New Year. The celebration brought together community members dressed in traditional clothing for a holiday that symbolizes the...
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Adams kicks off holiday season with craft fair and tree lighting
ADAMS, Mass. (WWLP) – The town of Adams will begin its official holiday season this weekend with several events leading up to and after the annual Christmas Tree Lighting. The seasonal lineup begins this Saturday, November 14, with the Hoosac Harvest Craft Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Hoosac Valley Middle and High School in Cheshire. The following week, St. Stanislaus Kostka School in Adams will hold its Polish Food and Bake Sale on November 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Why Is Albany the Capital of New York State Instead of New York City?
With New York City being the largest city in the United States, it might seem a little surprising that the capital of New York State is Albany. After all, New York City was once the capital of the entire country. Why, then, did the state government settle in a city roughly 150 miles to the north?
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Film telling story of New York's 19th century Anti-Rent Wars to be screened in Albany
You may not have learned about the 19th century Anti-Rent Wars in your high school history class, but the story of indentured farmers fighting for their land and freedom is well-known in parts of the Catskills and Hudson Valley. Shut out from purchasing their land, upstate New Yorkers who organized...
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The Legacy of the Anti-Rent War, New York’s Second Revolution
Landlords and tenant farmers clashed in rural, upstate regions during New York’s Anti-Rent War between 1839 and 1845. The Anti-Renters declared their independence from the manor system run by patroons, resisted tax collectors and demanded reform. In the aftermath of the rebellion, the antiquated manor system was abandoned in...
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Paul Grondahl's new book is 'Andy Rooney: A Lucky Life'
For more than three decades, Andy Rooney was America's favorite curmudgeon, delivering sharp, funny, and sometimes controversial observations on CBS '60 Minutes.'. But the Albany native was far more than a television personality. He was a World War II correspondent, prolific author, and pioneering broadcast journalist. In his new biography,...