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Commission on Disabilities Helps Funds PCTV's Closed Captioning | 08:15AM / Thursday, January 26, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Pittsfield Community Television has received funding from the Pittsfield Commission on Disabilities to add closed captions to many local programs broadcast on PCTV's channels. The service will allow hearing-impaired viewers to follow along with the content of the programming by reading text on the screen. On Jan. 12, the commission voted to allocate $1,850 to help the organization provide closed captioning for all city meetings for the year. The captions can currently be viewed on certain programs on the PCTV website, www.pittsfieldtv.org, and the PCTV Select app. Many more programs will be captioned in the coming weeks and 0 Comments
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Pittsfield Cultural Council Seeks to Make Public Art GuideBy Brittany Polito, iBerkshires Staff
12:47PM / Sunday, January 22, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Pittsfield Cultural Council is looking to create a guide to the city's public art for locals and tourists alike. On Wednesday, the panel voted in favor of the project after it was suggested by member Abigail Allard. They agreed that this would be a great resource if it is feasible. "I think especially for people in Pittsfield that are here and just used to it don't realize how much public art is actually around them and visible," Allard said, citing the various murals, sculptures, and painted electrical boxes that can be enjoyed on the city streets. Based on conversations that she has had with the city's director of
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Pittsfield Community Television Relaunches Website | 08:03AM / Friday, January 20, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Pittsfield Community Television announced the relaunch of its website at www.pittsfieldtv.org. According to a press release, the new site has been completely revamped with a fresh modern look and many design improvements and delivers easy access to all of the local video content provided by PCTV. "These improvements to our main website were long overdue," according to Shawn Serre, executive director of PCTV. "We know that our audience needs quick online access to the local programming we provide, and the old design was really no longer up to that task." Serre went on to say that the redesign was 0 Comments
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Weekend Outlook: Jan. 19-22By Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
05:34PM / Thursday, January 19, 2023 | |
 Berkshire County is hosting a variety of events this weekend including live music, hikes, and more. Thursday, Jan. 19 Methuselah Bar and Lounge, Pittsfield Start your weekend early this week with mixes by Pup Daddy at the Methuselah Bar and Lounge from 8 until 11 p.m. The event will feature vinyl samples of artist’s and group’s earlier recordings followed by one of their bigger hits. More information here. Friday, Jan. 20 Methuselah Bar and Lounge, Pittsfield The Methuselah is hosting a performance by Providence-R.I.-based singer and songwriter Beth Killian from 7 until 10 p.m. Killian is from the folk quartet 0 Comments
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Berkshire County Historical Society Virtual Lecture| 12:03PM / Thursday, January 19, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire County Historical Society (BCHS) is presenting John Dickson's virtual lecture "Why Here? The Rise of Berkshire County Industry" on Wednesday, Jan. 25. The virtual lecture will take place at 5:30 pm. To receive the zoom link, contact BCHS at melville@berkshirehistory.org or call 413-442-1793. According to a press release: Drive around the county, and it's hard to miss the large, brick building on the corner, behind the trees, or down the street. These massive factories were in almost every town, over 500 of them in the Berkshires by the end of the 1800s - producing glass, cloth, iron, paper, shoes, rakes, or 0 Comments
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'Nick De Candia: A Retrospective' at Lichtenstein Center for the Arts| 08:44AM / Thursday, January 19, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — "Nick De Candia: A Retrospective" will be on view at The Lichtenstein Center for the Arts from Jan. 11-28. The photographer passed away last year just shy of his 90th birthday. De Candia had a photography exhibit scheduled for this year at the Lichtenstein. In light of his passing, his family is hosting this retrospective show of his work. The black and white photographs in the exhibit were taken over the course of Mr. De Candia's 50-year career and demonstrate the wide-ranging subject matter that interested him, as well as several experimental techniques that captured his 0 Comments
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Berkshire Athenaeum to host 'Digital Literacy for All' Series| 03:17PM / Wednesday, January 18, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield's public library, will be hosting the "Digital Literacy for All" course series starting Jan. 23 and continuing through March. All sessions will be held in the Athenaeum Room on the library's second floor. The courses are free, and registration is not required. Attendees are invited to bring their own laptops, but a computer is not necessary to attend. Two attendees at each session will win a Chromebook, and all attendees will receive tech-related takeaways. The courses include the following: • Intro to email: 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23 • Intro to the internet: 10 a.m. 0 Comments
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Jewish Federation of the Berkshires to Show 'True Colors'| 04:33PM / Tuesday, January 17, 2023 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. On Monday, Jan. 23 at 6:45 p.m., The Braid, a theater company offering a diverse array of stories about Jewish identity, will present “True Colors: Stories from Jews of Color Exploring Identity and Community.” A moderated Q&A by DEI consultant and actor/writer, Joshua Silverstein, will follow. This free Jewish Federation of the Berkshires program will be presented via Zoom. Visit the calendar of events at jewishberkshires.org for links to our programs. According to a press release: "True Colors," is a salon theatre show in which Jews of Color share true stories about their yearning for belonging and the rich and 0 Comments
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Weekend Outlook: Comedy Nights, Gallery Tours, and MoreBy Sabrina Damms, iBerkshires Staff
01:00PM / Thursday, January 12, 2023 | |
 Berkshire County is hosting a wide range of events this weekend including gallery tours, comedy nights, hikes, and more. Friday, Jan. 13
The Clark also offers a guided tour of the permanent collection on Saturday at 11:15 a.m. The Clark, Williamstown Experience the Clark's permanent collection in a new light this Friday as a Williams College art history graduate students share their thoughts on an object in the collection through the perspective of new scholarship. Partake in this tour and other events at the Clark for free thanks to its Free for Three program. The program offers free admission to the museum's galleries 0 Comments
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BRPC to Receive $50K National Endowment for the Arts Grant| 01:35PM / Wednesday, January 11, 2023 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (BRPC) announced it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to receive a Grants for Arts Projects award of $50,000. This grant will support the Creative Compact for Collaborative and Collective Impact (C4) Initiative. This grant is one of 1,251 Grants for Arts Projects awards totaling nearly $28.8 million that were announced by the NEA as part of its first round of fiscal year 2023 grants. "The National Endowment for the Arts is proud to support arts projects in communities nationwide," said NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD. "Projects such as this one strengthen 0 Comments
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