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(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The second annual Western Massachusetts Film and Media Exchange will feature a diverse series of panels and workshops of interest to the film and video community and the business community who want to utilize film and video in their marketing and social media efforts. The event, presented by the Berkshire Film and…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Nearly three dozen Berkshire Grown member chefs and local beverage producers will be on hand for Berkshire Grown’s 17th annual Harvest Supper on Monday, September 21, 2015, from 6 to 8pm at Ski Butternut. The chefs will be serving a wide selection of tastings, all featuring fresh ingredients from local farms.…
(LENOX, Mass.) – Cranwell Spa & Golf Resort was recently recognized by Meetings Focus East Magazine, a leading conference planners’ publication, for a “Best of the East” Award, the eighth time the resort has been honored with this distinction. Cranwell is the only Berkshire venue to have been recognized as such, and was honoraed alongside…
There is gross hypocrisy and greed with large food and beverage corporations selling billions of dollars of organic and “natural food” on the one hand, while on the other hand bankrolling the food industry opposition to non-GMO labeling. Some of these organic “traitor brands” that you will likely find at your neighborhood food co-op or…
(LENOX, Mass.) – A group of 25 like-minded business owners have formed the Lenox Merchants Group to promote shopping at independently owned stores in downtown Lenox. Among the businesses taking part in the group is Glad Rags, celebrating its 45th anniversary in 2015. Lynne West, owner of Glad Rags, has earned a devoted clientele…
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Railroad Street Youth Project (RSYP) will hold its annual Culinary Arts Celebration at Crissey Farm (426 Stockbridge Rd, Great Barrington) on Monday, December 8, 2014, at 5:30pm. The evening is the culminating event for RSYP’s Culinary Apprenticeship Program, in which 14 young chefs learn food preparation and presentation for eight weeks…
(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Suzanne Vega — one of the most literate and poetic singer-songwriters of the rock era – will perform on the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage at Barrington Stage Company on Friday, September 12, 2014, at 8pm. Suzanne Vega is an American singer/songwriter of rare poetic genius. Her profound insight on the human experience has…
A note from Allissa Wickham, first run in The Rogovoy Report on Friday, July 11, 2014, commenting on my selection of stories reporting on the battle between Hamas and Israel – reprinted below – elicited several responses from other readers. They immediately follow Wickham’s original message: I’m sure you’re going to get a lot…
(NEW LEBANON, N.Y.) – The third annual Mount Lebanon Heritage Herb Festival, celebrating the illustrious past of herbs in town history as well as the Native American and Shaker traditions in the heart of the Lebanon Valley of New York — the birthplace of the herbal pharmacy in the United States — takes place on…
Signs of a Suburban Comeback (WSJ) – In spite of Arcade Fire’s well-deserved Grammy Award for Album of the Year for its dystopic version of life in the suburbs in its album of that name, the long tug of war between big cities and suburbs is tilting ever so slightly back to the land of…
