Tag: Massachusetts

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    Antiques that challenge assumptions

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    Boston artist plans local installation with a Berkshires theme Pat Falco’s “Campaign Headquarters,” set up in Boston’s Faneuil Hall in 2016, established the artist’s reputation for immersive installations that mess with viewers’ sense of reality. Falco will bring his taste for mischief to North Adams this month with a new show, “Antiquitacky,” at Installation Space.… read more

    Antiques that challenge assumptions
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    Primary elections near in Vermont and Mass.

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    Primary elections on Aug. 14 in Vermont and Sept. 4 in Massachusetts will set the stage for statewide races this fall — and will effectively determine the winner of several local positions that only one major party is contesting. In Vermont, the most crowded contest locally is the five-way Republican race for three seats representing… read more

    Primary elections near in Vermont and Mass.
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    Pianos take to the streets — and parks

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    Outdoor art project invites music making, raises funds for school Enrique Paredes stops to plunk out a tune on a piano as he walks his dog through The Common in Pittsfield. The brightly painted piano is one of 16 that have been positioned throughout Berkshire County this month in an outdoor art project that will… read more

    Pianos take to the streets — and parks
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    Restoring an American giant

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    Pittsfield project advances efforts to develop blight-free chestnut trees Local arborist Robert Presutti shows off the chestnut tree orchard at Springside Park in Pittsfield. The orchard, which Presutti was instrumental in starting, contains 3,000 tree seedlings and is part of a much broader effort to develop a blight-resistant variety of the once common American chestnut.… read more

    Restoring an American giant
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    Paris of Impressionism through women’s eyes, hands

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    At the Clark, exhibit traces struggles, triumphs as artists sought equality Rosa Bonheur’s “Plowing in Nivernais” (1850) is among more than 80 paintings featured in the exhibition “Women Artists in Paris, 1850-1900,” whichs runs through Labor Day at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown. Courtesy American Federation of the Arts   By… read more

    Paris of Impressionism through women’s eyes, hands
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    To fix immigration, try making it easier

    On June 20, President Trump changed course, in the face of a growing public outcry, and signed an executive order halting his administration’s policy of separating children and parents when families are detained crossing the U.S. border. By then, the government had shipped off more than 2,000 children, even infants and toddlers, to holding facilities… read more

    To fix immigration, try making it easier
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    Berkshire Museum plans more art sales as director leaves

    After the auction of more than a dozen works of art from its collection failed to raise as much cash as expected, the Berkshire Museum announced in late June that it plans to sell off nine more pieces in the coming months. Within days of that announcement, the museum also revealed that its executive director,… read more

    Berkshire Museum plans more art sales as director leaves
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    In green gesture, town bans plastic water bottles

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    Great Barrington voters pass new law easily; critics push for new vote Retailers in Great Barrington would be prohibited from selling plastic water bottles like these starting in May 2019 under a local law approved by voters at last month’s annual town meeting. Susan Sabino photo   By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. Supporters… read more

    In green gesture, town bans plastic water bottles
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    Changing pace as roads shifted from horses to cars

    The diversification of J.E. Sawyer & Co. in 1918 was a sign of changing times.The Glens Falls company, which supplied retailers throughout New York, Vermont and Massachusetts, became a distributor of the Marathon brand of “hand-made” automotive tires, The Post-Star reported on April 6, 1918. The tires came with a 5,000-mile warranty. At the time,… read more

    Changing pace as roads shifted from horses to cars
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    Filling a need for film

    Founder celebrates successes as Berkshire festival marks 13th year Kelley Vickery organized the first Berkshire International Film Festival in 2006 on a hunch that the region had enough film buffs to sustain it. This year’s festival, the 13th annual, will offer 80 films from 28 countries, with screenings and events scheduled May 31- June 3… read more

    Filling a need for film