Tag: Massachusetts

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    To save the museum, call off the auction

    As this issue goes to press, the Berkshire Museum is in court defending its plan to sell off 40 works of art from its collection, beginning with a series of auctions scheduled this month at Sotheby’s in Manhattan. The museum’s opponents in this legal tussle, including three sons of Norman Rockwell and lawyers from the read more

    To save the museum, call off the auction
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    State joins effort to block Berkshire Museum art sale

    The Massachusetts attorney general’s office has joined a court battle to block the start this month of the planned auction of 40 works of art from the Berkshire Museum’s collection. In a legal papers filed last month in Berkshire Superior Court, the office of Attorney General Maura Healey joined an effort by three sons of read more

    State joins effort to block Berkshire Museum art sale
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    Election 2017 — A roundup of area races, ballot questions

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    Voters in N.Y., Mass. to decide local races By FRED DALEYEditor   Mayoral races in North Adams, Saratoga Springs and Glens Falls, a hard-fought contest for Rensselaer County executive, and a proposal to revamp the system of city government in Saratoga Springs are among the major contests voters in Massachusetts and New York will decide read more

    Election 2017 — A roundup of area races, ballot questions
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    Liz Glynn — Tools of progress, past and future

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    MoCA show explores human effects as industry, technology change The artist Liz Glynn’s new installation at Mass MoCA includes three caves fashioned from forklift pallets. Glynn, above, was on hand last month to assemble the show, “The Archaeology of Another Possible Future,” which grapples with the idea of economic progress. Jack Criddle photo   By read more

    Liz Glynn — Tools of progress, past and future
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    Photos for a cause

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    Exhibit benefits center for survivors of domestic violence, sexual abuse Susan Sabino’s photo “Rolling Clouds” is among the works she’ll exhibit this month at Stockbridge Coffee & Tea to benefit the Elizabeth Freeman Center, the Berkshire County organization that aids survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse.  Courtesy Susan Sabino   By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer read more

    Photos for a cause
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    To age in place, it takes a village

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    Volunteer networks planned in Berkshire, Columbia counties Shirley and Howard Shapiro are working to establish a volunteer network in central Berkshire County, affiliated with the national Village to Village nonprofit group, to help seniors live independently. John Townes photo   By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer LENOX, Mass. Two separate efforts are under way in Berkshire and read more

    To age in place, it takes a village
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    Berkshire Museum pushes toward sale of artwork as resistance grows

    Berkshire Museum pushes toward sale of artwork as resistance grows The Berkshire Museum has proposed shifting its focus more to science and natural history — and selling off 40 works of art from its collection to help bolster its endowment and pay for renovations. But art lovers are calling on the museum’s leaders to halt read more

    Berkshire Museum pushes toward sale of artwork as resistance grows
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    Capturing moments of life — Photographer Clemens Kalischer in Vermont

    Exhibit samples Vermont themes in vast oeuvre of photographer Kalischer By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer BENNINGTON, Vt.   Clemens Kalischer’s photo of a one-room school in Peacham, Vt., was one a series he took in 1958 for Vermont Life and is featured in a current exhibit of his work at the Bennington Museum. Copyright 2017 Clemens read more

    Capturing moments of life — Photographer Clemens Kalischer in Vermont
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    Berkshire Museum raises howls with plan to sell off art

    Art lovers in the Berkshires and beyond are in an uproar after the Berkshire Museum revealed plans last month to auction off 40 works from its collection and use the proceeds to stabilize its endowment and renovate its building. The museum’s leaders say the sale is part of a $60 million “reinvention plan” in which read more

    Berkshire Museum raises howls with plan to sell off art
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    At Wild Oats food co-op, testing limits of cooperation

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    Workers at a food co-op form a union, testing limits of collectivism By TRACY FRISCHContributing writer WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.   Erin Merrigan, left, and Karen Kane show off buttons supporting a labor union at Wild Oats Market. Workers at the food co-op in Williamstown voted to unionize in February 2016, but the union and management have read more

    At Wild Oats food co-op, testing limits of cooperation