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Barrington Stage Celebrates the Playwright Mentoring Project

There's more than meets the eye when you really pay attention to the cultural institutions that are the backbone of the Rural Intelligence region. They all offer educational programs to children who might not otherwise participate in the arts, which is why Barrington Stage Company is so proud

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Berkshire Grown's March Maple Dinner 2011

It's the Berkshire food community's version of March Madness: Berkshire Grown's five-course March Maple dinner that is held annually to showcase local food and chefs. Hosted this year by Gala Restaurant & Bar at the Orchards Hotel in Williamstown, the evening began with dazzling

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International Women’s Day Global Dance Gala

Cultural correspondent Bess J.M. Hochstein reports from Pittsfield: The dance floor was so lively and the crowd so enthusiastic that it was difficult to find anyone willing to stand still long enough for a photographer to snap a picture at the Global Dance Gala to celebrate the 100th anniversary

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Boffo night at the Beacon for BIFF’s Academy Awards party

Cultural correspondent Bess J.M. Hochstein reports from Pittsfield: It's much easier for Hollywood types to doll up for the Academy Awards in the warmth of Los Angeles, where down jackets and other wardrobe-busting winter layers are unnecessary, but a glittery crowd managed to shine quite well, thank

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Saturday Night Fever at Hunter Bee in Millerton

When Jonathan Bee (left with librarian Rita Delgado) and Kent Hunter opened their Hunter Bee antiques shop two-and-a-half years ago, they brought a much-appreciated party-boy spirit to Main Street in Millerton. They helped bring together merchants to create the Enjoy Millerton campaign.  On Saturday night, they turned their store into

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Pittsfield's South Street Heats Up

Cultural correspondent Bess J.M. Hochstein reports: While sports enthusiasts took their places on the couch to enjoy chips, dips, drinks and other pre-game Super Bowl shenanigans, artists and other community members stopped at 31 South Street to take a gander and shop at the new space shared by Storefront

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BIFF's "White Irish Drinkers" Screening at the Mahaiwe

Cultural correspondent Bess J.M. Hochstein reports from Great Barrington: Don’t ever doubt that Berkshire cineastes are a hardy bunch; film fans braved perilously icy roads and slippery sidewalks to arrive at the The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on Saturday, February 5 for Berkshire International Film Festival’s latest

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Spencertown Revels: A Chinese New Year Celebration

The 37th annual Spencertown Revels, a mid-winter movable feast to benefit Spencertown Academy Arts Center, celebrated the Chinese New Year 4709, the year of the rabbit, on Saturday January 29. Academy member Ektoras Binikos, one of NYC's most in-demand mixologists, created a special cocktail for the occasion, and

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The M.C. Escher Opening at Berkshire Museum

Cultural correspondent Bess J. M. Hochstein reports from Pittsfield: With its latest exhibition, Berkshire Museum has struck a popular vein. A large, enthusiastic, multigenerational crowd (including Ken & Laurie Green of Museum Facsimiles, left) turned out on Saturday, January 22, for the opening of M.C. Escher: Seeing the Unseen.

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'Celebrating Pittsfield' Photo Show Opens at the Lichtenstein

Cultural correspondent Bess J. M. Hochstein reports from Pittsfield: The city at the heart of the Berkshires kicked off its 250th anniversary with a juried photography show, Celebrating Pittsfield, at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts. Judging from the crowds at the opening reception on Friday, January 14, a good

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'Henry Klimowicz: Constructs' Opens at the Berkshire Museum

There were more than few a Berkshire Museum virgins from Columbia, Dutchess and Litchfield counties who came to Pittsfield on Saturday night to celebrate the opening of Henry Klimowicz: Constructs. The exhibit got a rave review from artist and blogger Grier Horner, who was awed by the 20-foot-wide sculpture hanging

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The 15 Most Memorable Parties of 2010

We go to a lot of parties, and what we remember most about any particular event is the sense of occasion—the feeling that you've had a one-night-only experience. Sometimes, it's the location (Astor Courts, the Salisbury School boathouse or the old Great Barrington firehouse) or

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