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"Local" Self Portraits at the Opera House

Now - August 14 Lynn Davis, "Meroë, Sudan, 1998" toned silver gelatin print The words "local artist" can cast a pall over an exhibition, implying, as they usually do, artists whose reach does not exceed their own neighborhood.  But the current show at the Hudson Opera

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The Art Soldier Takes on BP at Ferrin Gallery

Now - July 8 Michael Boroniec, the sculptor we reported about in April  ("Portrait of the Pittsfield Artist As A Young Man"), wasn't scheduled to have another show at the Ferrin Gallery so soon.  But Boroniec's visceral response to the massive oil spill in

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Lauren Ambrose Goes Hog Wild on Father's Day

You probably know that we're big fans of actress Lauren Ambrose's jazz singing with The Leisure Class. Now we're psyched to hear her sing Willie Nelson and Patsy Cline tunes on Sunday, June 20, at Lester Blumenthal's Route 7 Grill in Great

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Sally Helgesen Signs "The Female Vision"

June 19, 4 - 7 p.m Sally Helgesen , an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and consultant, is one of the world’s brand-name experts on women’s leadership.  Her latest book, The Female Vision: Women’s Real Power at Work, co-authored with executive coach Julie Johnson, explores the strategic nature

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Ben Hewitt's "The Town That Food Saved"

Wednesday, June 16 @ 7:30 p.m. Ben Hewitt's The Town That Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food now rivals Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma as the must read for locavores. Hewitt chronicles how Hardwick, VT, leanred to feed itself

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The Summer of Steig at the NRM

Now - October 31 Newsweek once called him the "King of Cartoons" for his brilliant work in the New Yorker, but William Steig (1907-2003) is just as famous to several generations of children and their parents for his endearing children's book characters—Sylvester, Dr. DeSoto, Farmer

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Crandell Theatre Set to Re-open July 9; Chatham Film Club Prevails

It was assumed.  For years The Chatham Film Club had been raising funds so that one day they would be able to buy the Crandell Theatre, whenever second-generation owner Tony Quirino decided to retire.  Then last January, with his retirement date fast approaching, Quirino died suddenly, leaving no will.  His

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Berkshire WordFest Bows at The Mount

A New Festival in Lenox: July 23 - 25 Once again, words will prevail at The Mount.  For the past thirty years, actors, directors, gardeners and decorators have lovingly put their stamp on Edith Wharton's 1902 estate and gardens in Lenox.  But the literary community is taking it

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Review: "The Whipping Man" Wows

Barrington Stage Company Stage 2 through June 17 Why is this play different than all other plays? Certainly, it's the premise. Have you ever before seen a drama about three Jewish men—two of whom happen to be newly freed slaves—who share a house at the end

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Broadway Bound in the Berkshires

The out-of-town tryout is a tried-and-true Broadway convention, and in the good old days shows played Philadelphia or New Haven before heading to New York City.  This summer, Great Barrington is getting to play that part. The Broadway bound production of Lombardi—a play about the fabled Green Bay Packers

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Michael Perry's "Coop: A Family, a Farm, and the Pursuit of One Good Egg"

Wednesday, June 16 @ 7:30 p.m. From the acclaimed author of Truck: A Love Story comes this humorous, heartfelt memoir. Living in a ramshackle Wisconsin farmhouse, faced with thirty-seven acres of fallen fences and overgrown fields, and recently informed by his pregnant wife that she intends to deliver their

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Books: Millbrook Festival, Storytime for All

Everyone has long known the value of reading aloud to young children.  Now there is mounting evidence—the growing popularity of books on CD and entertainments such as staged play readings and, of course, NPR's beloved "Selected Shorts"—that adults want and perhaps need to be

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