Tag: Pittsfield

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    Performing artists begin to step out

    Theater, music shows resume with caution, and nearly all outdoors   Cast members rehearse under an outdoor tent in July for Berkshire Th.eatre Group’s upcoming production of “Godspell.” The show runs Aug. 6-Sept. 4 in the tent outside the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield. Courtesy photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass. A woman is read more

    Performing artists begin to step out
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    A menu of constant change

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    Restaurants struggle to navigate pandemic, partial reopening   Railroad Street in Great Barrington is car-free on a Friday night in June, allowing the street’s many restaurants to serve more customers at outdoor tables. Scott Langley photo   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. At the Prairie Whale, strings of lights are gleaming in the read more

    A menu of constant change
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    The art of venturing outside

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    Grounds, gardens become destination for visitors to cultural sites   Atelier Van Lieshout’s “Blast Furnace” is among the works in the sculpture park at Art Omi in Ghent, N.Y. The arts center’s grounds have remained open to visitors during the Covid-19 pandemic even as its indoor galleries have been shuttered. Many other cultural sites across read more

    The art of venturing outside
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    The drama of democracy

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    WAM Theatre’s Suffrage Project explores voting rights, citizenship   Flo Brett, a member of WAM Theatre’s Elder Ensemble, is among those taking part in the theater company’s Suffrage Project, an online work begun in May that explores the ideas of voting and citizenship. Courtesy photo/Amy Brentano   By KATE ABBOTTContributing writer LENOX, Mass. It’s an read more

    The drama of democracy
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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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    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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    Election 2018: A preview of local ballots

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    Here are the candidates and referendum questions on ballots for the Nov. 6 federal and state elections across the region. Because of space limitations, uncontested races are not included. A guide to political party abbreviations is at right. Incumbents are marked with an asterisk (*). Polls are open on Election Day from 7 a.m. to read more

    Election 2018: A preview of local ballots
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    School radio station plans for rebirth

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    Pittsfield’s WTBR, begun as school project, will have broader mission Shawn Serre, the executive director of Pittsfield Community Television, shows off the new home of radio station WTBR-89.7 FM, which temporarily suspended broadcasts in June. Susan Sabino photo   By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass. A local FM radio station that got started in 1969 read more

    School radio station plans for rebirth
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    Strengthening a city in transition

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    Pittsfield project fosters new ties in ‘civic infrastructure’ Alisa Costa is the director of Working Cities Pittsfield, a grant-funded initiative that seeks to bring together local people from a wide range of backgrounds in helping the former industrial city to reinvent itself. Susan Sabino photo   By JOHN TOWNESContributing writer PITTSFIELD, Mass. When researchers for read more

    Strengthening a city in transition
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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