Tag: Massachusetts

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    Election 2023

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    Here are the results of major races in the Nov. 7 local elections in New York and Massachusetts. Winning candidates are in bold type. A brief summary follows the results for each county. Vote totals shown for Berkshire, Warren and Washington counties are final, official tallies that include absentee or mail-in ballots. The results for read more

    Election 2023
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    A giant of American theater — MCLA celebrates Irene Fornes

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    College helps to celebrate the work of Irene Fornes By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer NORTH ADAMS, Mass.   The wildness comes from despair?… Sometimes it comes because something has changed inside. A light has gone out, … something that makes us feel joy, feel compassion, feel for others.   A group of friends are keeping a read more

    A giant of American theater — MCLA celebrates Irene Fornes
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    Downtown revival with a social mission — Pittsfield project aims for cooperative ownership

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    Pittsfield project aims for cooperative ownership of businesses, real estate   A coalition of nonprofit groups aims to transform a block of buildings opposite Pittsfield City Hall into a revitalized urban hub, starting with the reopening of the King Kone ice cream shop as an employee-owned cooperative. Susan Sabino photo   By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer read more

    Downtown revival with a social mission — Pittsfield project aims for cooperative ownership
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    Artists at Mass MoCA find refuge in magic

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    In new MoCA show, artists summon the power of talismans, rituals   In Gelare Khoshgozaran’s “U.S. Customs Demands to Know,” packages from the artist’s parents in Tehran become illuminated lanterns. The work is part of the new “Like Magic” show at Mass MoCA. Photo courtesy of Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art   By KATE ABBOTTContributing read more

    Artists at Mass MoCA find refuge in magic
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    Election 2023

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    Voters in N.Y., Mass. to decide local races By FRED DALEYEditor   Mayoral races in Pittsfield, North Adams, Troy and Saratoga Springs are headlining a host of local contests as voters cast ballots for a Nov. 7 general election across New York and in the cities of Massachusetts. Voters in Columbia County will be choosing read more

    Election 2023
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    Pulitzer-winning ‘English’ explores dreams, fears inside Iran

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    Pulitzer-winning ‘English’ explores dreams, fears inside Iran   The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sanaz Toossi is playing one of the parts in Barrington Stage’s production of “English,” which runs through Oct. 15. Courtesy photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass. Four students walk into a classroom in a city in the mountains. Tonight, they’ve come read more

    Pulitzer-winning ‘English’ explores dreams, fears inside Iran
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    High culture, low pay — Local arts groups push for change

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    Local arts groups shine light on their own workplaces in push for change       By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. Guitars strum and fireflies gleam in the meadow. Actors are falling in love every night, and stages large and small are alive with dance and music. It’s summer in the Berkshires. But read more

    High culture, low pay — Local arts groups push for change
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    Group organizes to save Triplex Cinema

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    Great Barrington’s Triplex Cinema to reopen as nonprofit operation   Nicki Wilson, board president of the new nonprofit Triplex Cinema Inc., says strong local support enabled the group to act quickly to acquire the downtown Great Barrington movie theater. Susan Sabino photo   By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. The Triplex Cinema, an independent read more

    Group organizes to save Triplex Cinema
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    Julia Bullock gives voice to pain and hope at Tanglewood

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    Composer, soprano shape a song cycle inspired by Black spirituals   The classical soprano Julia Bullock has been working with the composer Jessie Montgomery for seven years on a cycle of songs inspired by Black spirituals. She’ll perform Montgomery’s “Freedom Songs” on July 8 and 9 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood. Courtesy photo read more

    Julia Bullock gives voice to pain and hope at Tanglewood
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    Reimagining a river

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    Flood-control update offers chance to revive North Adams’ links to the Hoosic   Seen from the Brown Street bridge, the north and south branches of the Hoosic River converge just west of downtown North Adams, each contained within massive concrete chutes built in the 1950s. Joan K. Lentini photo.   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer NORTH read more

    Reimagining a river