Berkshire Immigrant Center's One World Celebration Lights The Way
Musicians Wanda Houston, Natalia Bernal, and Jason Ennis helped entertain the crowd at BIC's 4th annual gala.
BIC board member Ahmed Ismail with Barbara Hochberg, Joe Zlatnik, Andy Hochberg, and Jessica Hochberg
Some of the guests who attend the Berkshire Immigrant Center’s annual One World Celebration are immigrants, some are supporters, and some are both. Held Sunday evening, June 4 outside Shakespeare & Company’s Tina Packer Playhouse, this year’s gala was hosted by James Warwick. The actor/director was born in England and became a United States citizen in 2013. He introduced the night’s first performers, Berkshire County-based musical duo Natalia Bernal and Jason Ennis. Bernal, a native of Chile, is not only a BIC supporter, but she and her mother are also clients. A performance by Wanda Houston and her band followed, and the evening wrapped up with a live paddle raise led by State Rep. William "Smitty" Pignatelli. The well-attended community gathering was a more than fitting start to National Immigrant Heritage Month.
The Berkshire Immigrant Center, located in Pittsfield, offers affordable legal services, local resources, and education to the county’s more than 10,000 immigrants.
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Matteline deVries-Dilling, founder of Lite Brite Neon, one of the evening's honoree of this year's Upstate Benefit adresses the gala from the Caboose's caboose.
- Karen Pearson. Courtesy Art Omi.
Olana senior vice president and landscape curatorMark Prezorski, president Sean Sawyer, The evenings honoree Kristin Gamble and New York State Assemblymember Didi Barrett.
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