Tag: Massachusetts

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    Crossing barriers through art

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    MoCA show explores ways to forge links across cultures, media   A detail view of Jimena Sarno’s “taracata trabaja” (2018), shows an image of the hornero, the national bird of Argentina, on ceramic plates. The sound installation, with music by Axel Krygier based on the bird’s song, will be included in “Kissing through a Curtain,” read more

    Crossing barriers through art
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    Advocates push to curb use of herbicide

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    State, towns weigh new limits on glyphosate   Bruce Winn and Elia del Molino of the Berkshire Environmental Action Team stand amid a large patch of hardy kiwi at Burbank Park in Pittsfield. The group has organized a volunteer effort to control the invasive species without the use of herbicides like glyphosate. Hardy kiwi’s vines read more

    Advocates push to curb use of herbicide
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    Building community through art

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    New Berkshires venue offers casual setting for cutting-edge works The Foundry’s Noah Bailey holds up one sample of the many fabric pieces, each quoting a presidential tweet, that form the “Tiny Pricks Project,” a new exhibit opening Dec. 7 at the venue.Susan Sabino photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. On Tuesday nights, read more

    Building community through art
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    Election 2019

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    Here are the results from major local races and ballot issues in the Nov. 5 general elecction in New York and Massachusetts. Winning candidates are in bold type. A brief summary follows the results for each county. The results shown for Rensselaer, Warren and Washington counties are final, official tallies certified by local election officials. read more

    Election 2019
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    Exploring a vibrant arts scene in Los Angeles

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    Williams professor helps reunite works from group of Chicano artists   Mundo Meza’s painting “Merman with Mandolin” (1984) is among the works brought together for the exhibit “Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A.” — now on view at the Williams College Museum of Art. Photo courtesy of Williams College Museum of Art   By read more

    Exploring a vibrant arts scene in Los Angeles
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    Family story behind the music

    Indie rock veterans The New Pornographers set for Mass MoCA show The Canadian indie rock band The New Pornographers will perform Nov. 14 at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams. Courtesy photo   By JOHN SEVENContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. When the New Pornographers take the stage at Mass MoCA on Nov. read more

    Family story behind the music
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    In America, echoes of occupied Europe

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    At Barrington Stage, thriller depicts a new resistance network   Alan H. Green and Natascia Diaz play the roles of Rog and Anna in “American Underground,” a thriller that runs through Oct. 20 at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield. Courtesy photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass. It’s a quiet fall evening, and Rog read more

    In America, echoes of occupied Europe
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    Northern Berkshires’ blue-collar lament

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    Professor’s book tracks region’s labor history, industrial decline Maynard Seider, professor emeritus of sociology at the Massachusetts College of Liberals Arts, views the history of northern Berkshires through a labor lens in his new book, “The Gritty Berkshires.” Susan Sabino photo   By JOHN SEVENContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass. When Maynard Seider arrived in the read more

    Northern Berkshires’ blue-collar lament
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    Lush gardens, growing mission

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    Pact with neighbors allows Berkshire Botanical Garden to expand A winding path is lined by lilies at Berkshire Botanical Garden, which recently expanded its land area for the first time in its nearly 90-year history. Susan Sabino photo   By STACEY MORRISContributing writer STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. Winding trails curve through a peaceful setting where towering pines read more

    Lush gardens, growing mission
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    Ida O’keeffe – Forgotten sister finds new light

    Exhibit is first to gather works of Ida O’Keeffe Ida O’Keeffe’s oil painting “Variations on a Lighthouse: Theme IV” (1933), from the collection of Jeri Woflson, is among the works now on view at the Clark Art Institute. courtesy Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. She is making read more

    Ida O’keeffe – Forgotten sister finds new light