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Equine Advocates Supporters Rock Out And Raise Funds — Ronny, Lacey and Cheryl Tucker

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Equine Advocates Supporters Rock Out And Raise Funds

Equine Advocates celebrated 25 years of saving horses, ponies, donkeys and mules, and rocked out to a famous drummer in concert.

By Lisa Green

Berkshire Music School Celebrates 80 Years Of Fostering The Love Of Music — Bonnie McCubbin, piano faculty, and Molly Elliot, whose daughters study at the BMS

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Berkshire Music School Celebrates 80 Years Of Fostering The Love Of Music

The highlight of the evening: a performance by renowned pianist Emanuel Ax.

By Lisa Green

Literacy Network of So. Berkshires Celebrates 30 Years Of Transforming Lives — Leigh Doherty, LitNet's executive director, with Zoë Dalheim, LitNet's founder (in front of her photo)

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Literacy Network of So. Berkshires Celebrates 30 Years Of Transforming Lives

LitNet teaches reading and writing, but this weekend was devoted to reveling in its 30-year history.

By Lisa Green

Berkshire Museum Held A Whale Of A Gala — Massachusetts State Senator Adam Hinds with Don Morrison, journalist and former editor of Asian edition of Time magazine, and Ann Morrison, a former editor at Fortune, Asiaweek and Time magazines

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Berkshire Museum Held A Whale Of A Gala

The event took place beneath a tent and the stars at Arrowhead, where "Moby-Dick" was written.

By Lisa Green

Shaker Museum Gala Helps Build A Building…And Community — Board member Robert Fuller, Director of Visual Merchandising for Chanel U.S. and antiques dealer; and Karen Suen-Cooper, co-founder of The Punctilious Mr. P's Place Card Co.

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Shaker Museum Gala Helps Build A Building…And Community

The gala celebrated and embodied the Shaker values of community and inclusion.

By Lisa Green

Hotchkiss Library Of Sharon Breaks Ground For New Addition — Steve Updegrove and Gretchen Hachmeister, the library's executive director

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Hotchkiss Library Of Sharon Breaks Ground For New Addition

While the exterior of the historic building gains accessibility, the interior will get a facelift and accrue much-needed space.

By Lisa Green

PS21 Dances Its Way To A Successful Fundraising Evening — PS21 Executive and Artistic Director Elena Siyanko, artists Alex Melamid and Katya Arnold, Ilse Melamid, Bella Meyer, Valerie Goodman, and Douglas Hamilton, director of individual giving.

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PS21 Dances Its Way To A Successful Fundraising Evening

The gala featured a special performance by the Paul Taylor Dance Company.

By Lisa Green

Ferrin Gallery Artists Meld At The "Melting Point" Reception — Katya and Doug Heller, owners and directors of the Heller Gallery, with gallerist Leslie Ferrin

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Ferrin Gallery Artists Meld At The "Melting Point" Reception

The Leslie Ferrin Gallery presents a timely exhibit as the planet is at an environmental melting point.

By Lisa Green

A Picnic In Paradise At The Sylvia Center's 14th Annual Summer Benefit — Food maven Ruth Reichl with fellow host committee member Jennifer Baum; with Lewis Hedgecock and Charlie Baum

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A Picnic In Paradise At The Sylvia Center's 14th Annual Summer Benefit

Supporters of The Sylvia Center became the most elegant of picnickers in the fields of Katchkie Farm.

By Mary A. Nelen

Tea And Empathy Served At VIM’s Summer Garden Party — Gary Lazarus of Berkshire Property Agents, co-sponsor of the event; VIM Executive Director Ilana Steinhauer; and Board Chair Art Peisner

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Tea And Empathy Served At VIM’s Summer Garden Party

Elm Court, a grand Berkshires "cottage," was the backdrop to VIM's annual gala.

By Lisa Green

Columbia County Recovery Kitchen Hosts A “Planting Seeds” Garden Party — CCRK founder Carole Clark; new board member Esther Trakinski, and Stuart Fleischmann

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Columbia County Recovery Kitchen Hosts A “Planting Seeds” Garden Party

It was a celebration of all who made the pandemic-inspired Recovery Kitchen such a success.

By Rachel Weisman

King Lear Reigns (And Rains) At Shakespeare & Co’s Benefit And Opening — Gerry Fultz, Claudia Perles, Elizabeth Aspenlieder, actress and the Company's director of business sponsorships and special events, and Mark Farrell

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King Lear Reigns (And Rains) At Shakespeare & Co’s Benefit And Opening

The New Spruce Theatre was the main attraction at Shakespeare & Company's event.

By Lisa Green