Tag: Massachusetts

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    Japanese prints in the 20th century – Tradition reshaped in a changing world

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    Exhibit traces evolution of Japanese prints in the 20th century   Kawase Hasui’s “Rain in Uchiyamashita, Okayama District” (1923) is among the works included in the exhibit “Competing Currents: 20th Century Japanese Prints,” which opens Nov. 30 at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass. Courtesy of Sterling and Francine Clark Art read more

    Japanese prints in the 20th century – Tradition reshaped in a changing world
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    Election 2021

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    Here are the major local candidates and referendum questions on ballots for the Nov. 2 election in New York and Massachusetts. A guide to political party abbreviations is in the box at right. Incumbents are marked with an asterisk (*). A brief summary follows the candidate listings for each county. Because of space limitations, municipal-level read more

    Election 2021
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    At MCLA and Williams, new works by contemporary artists

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    At MCLA and Williams, new works by contemporary artists   Joshua Ross, the artist in residence this fall at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, is working on a series of drawings in colored pencil in the Art Lab at Gallery 51, the college’s exhibition space in downtown North Adams. Susan Sabino photo   By KATE read more

    At MCLA and Williams, new works by contemporary artists
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    A season of prose and poetry

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    Events across region celebrate writers and their words   Matt Tannenbaum, the proprietor of The Bookstore in Lenox, Mass., for the past 45 years, stands behind the counter at the store’s wine bar. The store is the focus of a new documentary that will debut this month at the Berkshire International Film Festival. Susan Sabino read more

    A season of prose and poetry
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    Rewriting the rules for egg farms

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    Mass. legislators move to change voter-backed law   Cartons of eggs fill a refrigerated display at Guido’s Fresh Marketplace in Pittsfield. Large-scale egg producers are pushing Massachusetts to revise its pending rules for humane treatment of laying hens, though the smaller-scale suppliers of Guido’s aren’t affected by the changes. Susan Sabino photo.   By CRAIG read more

    Rewriting the rules for egg farms
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    Space to dream with music in the air – Brian Raphael Nabors at Tanglewood

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    At Tanglewood, a young composer finds recognition, inspiration   Brian Raphael Nabors is among the contemporary composers whose works are being performed at this summer’s Tanglewood festival. His orchestral work “Iubilo” will be presented Monday, Aug. 16. Courtesy photo.   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer LENOX, Mass. The musicians open fast and light, in held strings read more

    Space to dream with music in the air – Brian Raphael Nabors at Tanglewood
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    The return of live music

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      A performance by Robanic with the Caribbean Sounds, held in late June, is part of a Friday evening Concerts in the Courtyard series at the Bennington Museum. George Bouret photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer   Low strings move below warm chords and a rhythm like rain: In a quiet tenor with a catch read more

    The return of live music
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    A season of sculpture

    From the Berkshires to Vermont, outdoor shows return and expand   The artist Peter Gerakaris has created a series of Byzantine-style paintings of owls. This spring, he has been working the mosaic artist Stephen Miotto to scale up one of his images for an outdoor installation at the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge. Courtesy photo read more

    A season of sculpture
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    Les Lalanne make playful twists on a natural world

    Sculptors’ studios south of Paris hold bronze shapes like the veined cup of a giant cabbage — now at the Clark Art Institute. By Kate Abbott read more

    Les Lalanne make playful twists on a natural world
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    Analysis tracks pandemic flight to local counties

    Columbia and Berkshire counties are among the top destinations in the United States for people who relocated in the pandemic. By Fred Daley read more

    Analysis tracks pandemic flight to local counties