Parties

Parties

Berkshire Grown

The butcher, the baker, the fishmonger, the caterer, and farmers galore turned out in force on Wednesday evening for Berkshire Grown's March Maple Dinner, held in the festive party room upstairs at Spice in Pittsfield.  Barrington Brewery and Pittsfield Brew Works kept everyone's thirst slaked as

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The School of Rock: IS 183 Parties in Pittsfield

Talk about school spirit. Hundreds of people attended Saturday night's IS 183 benefit in Pittsfield, and they heeded the invitation that read: "Zealous 'Rock-n-Opera' Costumes Encouraged."  The mix of guests—from Lenox High School students to Berkshire business leaders—proved that the arts and

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What Do You Wear to Rock the Opera?

For its annual costume ball benefit, IS183 Art School of the Berkshires, the innovative not-for-profit center for children and adults in Stockbridge, MA, practices what it teaches. Its fundraisers are displays of exuberant creativity, and this year's Rock the Opera  dance party on March 1 at the Masonic

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Jazz at Home in Falls Village

Last night, Dale McDonald invited sixty friends and neighbors for cocktails and a jazz concert in her barnlike living room, which overlooks the Housatonic River.  McDonald, who's on the board of the Falls Village Community & Cultural Center, wanted to introduce the sounds of Back Country Jazz a

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Spencertown Academy Revels

On January 19, Spencertown Academy, the venerable Columbia County arts center, held it’s 20th annual mid-winter movable feast; this year's theme, Food, Glorious Food.  A cocktail reception at the Academy was a tasty preamble to the dinner parties that followed at fourteen nearby private homes.  Matt Rubiner

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Stylemaker's Shindig in Kent

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