Pittsfield's Whitney Center for the Arts 'Brutally Vandalized'By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
04:30PM / Friday, July 17, 2020 | |
The vandal or vandals also sprayed a fire extinguisher around the room and let the water runover in the upstairs bathrooms. The Whit is still taking inventory on its losses. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The head of the Whitney Center for the Arts thinks the extensive vandalism to the nonprofit venue this past weekend may have been personally motivated. The 8-year-old "the Whit," housed in the 1865 Colt House on Wendell Avenue was a chaotic scene of trashed furniture and water damage when the only other tenant in the building entered Monday morning. And Executive Director Ghazi Kazmi believes what happened was more malicious than a simple 1 Comment
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'Moonstruck': Like a Big Pizza PieBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
04:50PM / Thursday, July 16, 2020 | |
 I wish that I were reviewing one of the half-dozen movies certain to be made when this pox upon our house is no more. But until that glorious return to normality has us resuming all the simple joys of life we take for granted, like going to the movies, I'll be retro-reviewing and thereby sharing with you the films that I've come to treasure over the years, most of which can probably be retrieved from one of the movie streaming services. It is my fondest hope that I've barely put a dent into this trove when they let the likes of me back into the 0 Comments
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Ventfort Hall Reopens for Public Tours| 09:37AM / Thursday, July 16, 2020 | |
 LENOX, Mass. — Ventfort Hall is opening the museum to the public again as of Thursday, July 16. The museum will be open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Tuesday, closed Wednesdays. Self-guided tours are by prepaid reservation only at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. Masks are required and social distancing will be practiced. The mansion is located at 104 Walker St. in Lenox, Mass. Admission is $18 adults, $17 seniors 65 and over, $10 students with ID and $7 children 5-17. Call 413-637-3206 to reserve a tour. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated by the Massachusetts Cultural Council as an important partner of the Lenox Cultural District, one of the
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Berkshire County Historical Society Taps Two New Writers in Residence| 09:44AM / Tuesday, July 14, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire County Historical Society at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead has appointed two new writers-in-residence for the remainder of this year. Robin Catalano will be the summer writer, and Kevin O'Hara will take over in the fall. Catalano has an extensive background in writing, having written for magazines, books, blogs, websites and having published more than 75 articles and 1,000 blog posts. Her work has appeared in publications such as Travel +Leisure, the Boston Globe, Gourmet, Travel Awaits, Berkshire Living, and Berkshire HomeStyle. She is also a three-time speaker at the Women in Travel Summit. A resident of nearby
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Berkshire Museum Will Reopen Saturday, Aug. 1| 12:07PM / Saturday, July 11, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — After being closed for more than four months, the Berkshire Museum will once again welcome visitors through its doors in downtown Pittsfield. The museum, which will open in phases, plans to open exclusively to its members for two weeks during its first phase beginning Saturday, Aug. 1, before inviting the whole community in phase 2 starting Monday, Aug. 17. The reopening of the Berkshire Museum comes as part of Phase 3 of the state's four-phase Reopening Massachusetts plan, which began Monday, July 6, as announced on July 2. The museum intends to meet or exceed all state-mandated health and safety guidelines through each reopening phase. Beginning Aug.
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Neal Announces CARES Act Grants for Cultural OrganizationsBy Stephen Dravis, iBerkshires Staff
04:30PM / Friday, July 10, 2020 | |
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Rep. Richard Neal, D-Springfield, visited the Norman Rockwell Museum on Friday to announce $72,500 in grants to benefit cultural institutions throughout Berkshire County. The funds are part of $75 million in grants distributed by the National Endowment for the Humanities from the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act. Neal told his audience about the expedited process that got the CARES Act enacted and predicted success for the next round of federal stimulus, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions, or HEROES, Act. Neal, who is facing his own primary battle on Sept. 1, dismissed the idea that 2 Comments
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Drive Walk Bike by Art Show Friday In Pittsfield By Jack Guerino, iBerkshires Staff
04:01AM / Friday, July 10, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Pittsfield has been hosting a First Fridays Artswalk for nearly a decade. But the event designed to bring people downtown to mingle has been put on hold for during the novel coronavirus panedemic. Instead, a citywide Drive Walk Bike by Art Show is scheduled for this Friday. Organizer and artist Jesse Tobin McCauley believes the pandemic should not stand in the way of art or people's ability to experience art. "These have been confining, hard, scary times and art can help you forget and make you smile and just bring happiness to all," she said. With many of the summer activities canceled because of the 1 Comment
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'The Big Lebowski': When Dudes AbideBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
03:37PM / Thursday, July 09, 2020 | |
 I wish that I were reviewing one of the half-dozen movies certain to be made when this pox upon our house is no more. But until that glorious return to normality has us resuming all the simple joys of life we take for granted, like going to the movies, I'll be retro-reviewing and thereby sharing with you the films that I've come to treasure over the years, most of which can probably be retrieved from one of the movie streaming services. It is my fondest hope that I've barely put a dent into this trove when they let the likes of me back into the 1 Comment
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Berkshire Theatre Group to Present 'Godspell' Outdoors| 10:23AM / Tuesday, July 07, 2020 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Theatre Group will produce "Godspell" this summer – the first musical in the United States to be approved by Actors' Equity Association in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The show will be presented outdoors in an open-air tent adjacent to The Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, and is scheduled to run Aug. 6 through Sept. 4. Tickets will be available for purchase Tuesday, July 7, at noon. "We could not bear the thought of a Berkshire summer without live theater to support our community, so we jumped through every hoop to create a safe way to make this happen," said BTG Board of Trustees Co-President Lee Perlman.
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'The Sunshine Boys': 'All the Men & Women Merely Players'By Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
11:19AM / Friday, July 03, 2020 | |
 I wish that I were reviewing one of the half-dozen movies certain to be made when this pox upon our house is no more. But until that glorious return to normality has us resuming all the simple joys of life we take for granted, like going to the movies, I'll be retro-reviewing and thereby sharing with you the films that I've come to treasure over the years, most of which can probably be retrieved from one of the movie streaming services. It is my fondest hope that I've barely put a dent into this trove when they let the likes of me back into the 0 Comments
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