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Local Author Hosts Pie Contest to Benefit Community Radio Station

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Housatonic-based writer Gina Hyams will host the WBCR-lp Anything Goes Pie Contest to celebrate publication of her new book/kit, Pie Contest in a Box: Everything You Need to Host a Pie Contest, on Sunday, July 10 at 3 at Route 7 Grill (999 Main Street in Great Barrington, Mass.). Admission is…

Gala Kicks Off Jacob’s Pillow Season with Philip Glass, Annie Leibovitz

(BECKET, Mass.) – Recently honored by President Barack Obama with the National Medal of Arts, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival officially kicks off its 2011 season on Saturday, June 18, with a star-studded Season Opening Gala featuring performances by dancers of Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève performing Benjamin Millepied’s (fresh off his role in Black…

Wilco to Release New Single at Solid Sound Festival

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – The first single from Wilco’s forthcoming album and the first release on its own dBpm Records will be a limited-edition, clear vinyl 7-inch of the new Wilco tune “I Might” backed with a cover of Nick Lowe’s “I Love My Label.” The limited-edition single will be available at the band’s Solid…

Red Lion Inn Featuring Wine-Pairing Dinner

(STOCKBRIDGE, Mass.) – On Friday, June 17, 2011, the Red Lion Inn Dining Room presents a special tasting menu keyed toward the exceptional craft wines of the biodynamic Quivira Vineyards and La Follette Wines. A pre-dinner reception begins at 6 followed by dinner at 6:30. The price is $65 per person (plus tax and gratuity).…

‘Streetcar’ kicks off Williamstown Theatre Festival season

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire will open the Nikos Stage productions for the 2011 Williamstown Theatre Festival (WTF) and will run June 22 through July 3, 2011. Jessica Hecht stars as Blanche DuBois; Sam Rockwell plays Stanley Kowalski; Ana Reeder plays Blanche’s sister and Stanley’s wife, Stella; and Daniel Stewart Sherman…

The Clark’s Major Summer Exhibition Featuring Pissarro Opens

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Pissarro’s People, the first major exhibition to focus on the Camille Pissarro’s personal ties and social ideas and the major show at The Clark this summer, opens this weekend. Also opening this weekend at The Clark are El Anatsui, featuring works by one of Africa’s greatest living sculptors, and Spaces: Photographs by…

How to Enjoy Tanglewood Without Breaking the Bank

(LENOX, Mass.) – A visit to Tanglewood can sometimes seem like a major financial investment, with Shed seats topping out at over $100 apiece for some concerts. But the kind folks at the Boston Symphony Orchestra make it a point to offer plenty of ways for everyone, especially year-round Berkshire residents and families, to enjoy…

BIFF Wraps Sixth Season, Announces Awards

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – The Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF) announced the winners of the annual BIFF Juried Prize Award and the BIFF Audience Award. In the Juried Documentary category, the winner was Yoav Potash’s Crime After Crime, about the legal battle to free Debbie Peagler, a woman imprisoned for over a quarter century due…

Anger Overtakes America – Can the Berkshires Be the Antidote?

Just this past week, I’ve had several conversations with friends in which we remarked how we detect a palpable level of tension bordering on anger and hostility rarely felt in the placid, laid-back environs of the Berkshires. (In New York City, of course, these feelings are to be expected, and they serve as much as…