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Residents Concerned About Injured Bear in Northwest Pittsfield
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Community members have rallied in concern over an injured bear wandering northwest Pittsfield into Lanesborough the last few days. Since late last week, Ward 7 Councilor Rhonda Serre has received several calls about what appears to be a mama bear with a broken leg traveling near St. Joseph Cemetery to outer Hancock Road and Churchill Road with her cub.
Triplex Celebrates 80th Anniversary of D-Day
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Triplex Cinema commemorates the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion with free screenings of William Wyler's classic 1946 film "The Best Years of Our Lives" and Steven Spielberg's iconic D-Day film "Saving Private Ryan." on June 6. "The Best Years of Our Lives" will...
PREVIEW: Folk/pop artist Namoli Brennet comes to the Foundry Saturday, June 8
West Stockbridge — In “We Belong,” a catchy, evocative, and brilliantly produced single from the EP of the same title, Namoli Brennet proclaims the fundamental worth of all human persons: “Here’s to all the tough girls,” she sings, “And here’s to all the sensitive boys … Here’s to all the outspoken minorities. And here’s to those who chose diversity … We belong.” The Foundry exists for artists like Brennet, a four-time Outmusic award nominee who will appear at the venue Saturday, June 8.
Arts Beat: Chamber Players to take classical, film music outdoors this month
Awards Season: Ali Louis Bourzgui, the Pittsfield actor in the title role of “The Who’s Tommy,” will receive the 2024 Theatre World Award for his Broadway debut. The tour of “Beetlejuice,” which just played The Bushnell, won the Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for best tour, and Barrington Stage Artistic Associate Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer won “best diva performance” for “Spamalot.”
Book Picks - The Bookloft and Northshire Bookstore
This morning, we have two booksellers from two bookstores joining us with books we should pay attention to. This week we welcome Giovanni Boivin from The Bookloft in Great Barrington, MA and Jericha A. Harriman from of Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, Vermont and Saratoga, New York. Giovanni:. You Like it...
Great Barrington Public Theater Plans Benefit for Berkshire Voices
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Great Barrington Public Theater (GBPT) plans June 7 festive evening under the stars to benefit Berkshire Voices, and give a sneak-peek preview of Night at the Speakeasy cabaret starring Janelle Farias Sando, premiering this summer in the McConnell Theater. Great Barrington Public partners with Berkshire...
PREVIEW: West Stockbridge Historical Society presents jazz guitarist Peter Einhorn at the Old Town Hall on Saturday, June 8
West Stockbridge — The SpiderCapo lets you capo and fine-tune each individual string on your guitar. And the reason you should care is that its inventor, Peter Einhorn, will appear at West Stockbridge’s Old Town Hall on Saturday, June 8. It is not just a chance to hear someone play a guitar that is perfectly in tune; it is a chance to hear the musicianship of a man obsessed with perfection. And when someone like that plays jazz, they tend to do so at a very high level.
PREVIEW: Lich Gate Concerts presents a program of Handel, Mozart, and Beethoven Saturday, June 8, at Sheffield Town Park
HANDEL — Concerto Grosso No. 3 in E minor for String Quartet. BEETHOVEN — String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 74, the “Harp. Guest Artist William R. Hudgins, Principal Clarinet, Boston Symphony Orchestra. Sheffield resident Jorge Ávila won the Omar del Carlo Fellowship at the Tanglewood Music...
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