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Shop Talk With Artist Richard Criddle
Behind the Scenes at Mass MoCA
By: - Jun 22nd, 2009As part of the Tenth Anniversary celebrations the artist, Richard Criddle, who has been in charge of installations and fabrication for Mass MoCA gave a power point presentation of some of his most interesting and challenging collaborations with artists. The slide lecture was followed by a guided tour of the museum's efficient workshops. But Criddle's dog Winston had the day off.
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BSO On the Run
Cross State Relay to Mark Launch of Tanglewood
By: - Jun 16th, 2009To mark the launch of the 2009 Tanglewood Season the BSO is organizing a 150 mile cross state relay run starting at Symphony Hall on June 29 and ending at the Lenox campus, hopefully, a day later in time for the first rehearsal on July 1. Literally the season will be off and running.
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Behind the Scenes With Peter Schickele and PDQ Bach
Is the Colonial Theatre Ready for His Jeckyll and Hyde Tour?
By: - Jun 13th, 2009Peter Schickele, a modern American composer, and PDQ Bach are the two personalities living inside one person. On June 30 he brings his Jeckyll and Hyde Tour to the Colonial Theatre. We asked the Professor what nonsense he has planned this time.
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Transforming Great Barrington: Beryl Jolly and the Mahaiwe
The Arts Bring a Community Together
By: - Jun 10th, 2009It takes a community to make something like the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center succeed, and in Great Barrington this local theatre is a success in every sense of the word. Executive Director Beryl Jolly tells us why.
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Megan Whilden Director of Cultural Development for Pittsfield
Making the Arts a Focus for Economic Recovery
By: - May 20th, 2009When General Electric moved out in the late 1980s, with 10,000 lost jobs, Pittsfield fell on hard times. The recovery started in 2003 when the new Mayor, James M. Ruberto, mandated that arts and culture would be a focus for economic development. Megan Whilden disussed how she joined the team in 2005 and the remarkable progress since then that has reshaped the city as a cultural destination.
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Potter Phil Sellers; Beer and Burgers
Chair of North Adams Open Studios for 2009
By: - May 08th, 2009Over a Beer and Burger we learned a lot about the artist, Phil Sellers, who with his wife Gail runs River Hill Pottery in the Eclipse Mill. This year he is chairing the annual North Adams Open Studios slated for October 17 and 18.
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Alain Didot la Recherche du temps perdu
Thoughts During a Patti Smith Film at Mass MoCA
By: - Apr 20th, 2009During the two hour Patti Smith film at Mass MoCA she mentioned lost loved ones quite often and visited graves of dead poets. Drifting off I thought of my friend Alain Didot who looked like Alain Delon and reminded me of Belmondo in Breathless.
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Kate Maguire of the Berkshire Theatre Festival
Dramatic Changes for Nation's Third Oldest Company
By: - Apr 11th, 2009Despite a drastic 20% budget cut Kate Maguire, the artistic director and CEO of Berkshire Theatre Festival is excitied about the coming season and the return of Randy Harrison in Ibsen's "Ghosts." During an upbeat interview she stated that "I'm not a director. I love directors. I'm married to one (Eric Hill). I love directing directors and I wanted to build a director's theatre."
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Fools Festival Marks End of the Clown Wars in Pittsfield
Fear of Clowns and Mimes Still Linger, However
By: - Apr 01st, 2009Today marks the 33rd anniversary of the Greasepaint Treaty of 1976, signed in Pittsfield, which marked the end of the Clown Wars, the catastrophic conflict between clowns and mimes that began in the 1960s. A multi-faceted Fools Festival will be held April 1-5 throughout Pittsfield to mark the event.
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Ole at the Clark
An Evening of Dance, Tapas, and Sangria
By: - Feb 21st, 2009Given a bad case of Berkshire Cabin Fever, as well as a recent wicked flu, we were thrilled by yet another Clark After Dark, this time with a Flamenco theme. Ole.
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Henry Schwartz 1927 to 2009
Remembering a Second Generation Boston Expressionist
By: - Feb 20th, 2009Henry Schwartz, a student of the Boston Expressionist, Karl Zerbe, was a connecting link to the current generation of figurative and expressionist artists. After a long illness and confinement since 1991, Schwartz passed away on February 16 at the age of 81. His work will be shown at the Danforth Museum this fall.
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Clark After Dark: Viva Flamenco
Ole To Winter Gloom
By: - Feb 05th, 2009During the dead of winter in the Berkshires we always enjoy the fabulous series of parties The Clark After Dark. There is always an evocative theme and this time it is a night to click your heels and clap your hands for Viva Flamenco. Expect tapas and sangria for an affordable fun evening in Williamstown on Friday, February 20.
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Cornelius Clarkson Vermeule III at 83
Former Curator of Classical Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
By: - Dec 03rd, 2008For some 40 years Cornelius Vermeule was the Curator of Classical Art of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In addition to being a distinguised scholar he was a renowned wit and merry prankster.
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Yankee Stadium A Fan's Farewell
A Final Visit to The House That Ruth Built
By: - Sep 12th, 2008A native of the Bronx returns there to see his last game at Yankee Stadium before the legendary home of the New York Yankees since 1923 is torn down to make way for a new $1.3 billion stadium. With photos by Steve.
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10th Annual Eagle Street Beach Party
For Founder Eric Rudd Life Is a Beach
By: - Jul 17th, 2008It was the kind of hot summer day when folks head for the beach. But for the tenth annual occasion the North Adams based artist, Eric Rudd, brought the beach to Eagle Street downtown.
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Carnival Had Better Luck in Pittsfield
Singing in the Rain in North Adams
By: - May 20th, 2008It rained on the parade as the North Adams Carnival was a washout last weekend. We dropped by to capture the dampened spirits. But the sun came out over Memorial Day in Pittsfield.
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Mt. Greylock Greenhouses in Adams
Tending to Your Berkshire Garden
By: - May 14th, 2008On Memorial Day New Englanders plant and pray. Folks seem to take enormous pride as to who has he first ripe tomato. Each year we enjoy visits to Mt. Greylock Greenhouses in Adams, Mass.
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Fenway 2008 Opening Day Ceremonies
Celebrating the 2007 Red Sox Championship
By: - Apr 17th, 2008Since the 2002 season and the new ownership took over, the author has been a design consultant to the Red Sox. The 86 year old Curse of the Bambino was broken and the Old Town Team has now won two World Series in the last four years. Is there cause and effect?
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British Invasion at the Clark
Shagadelic Baby
By: - Mar 01st, 2008The Mod Squad took over the Clark for a British Invasion party. Even a nasty night couldn't dampen the festive spirit of fighting of the winter blues.
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Sculptures of Mass MoCA's Richard Criddle
A Little Shop of Horrors
By: - Feb 09th, 2008Since 1998 Richard Criddle has been the Director of Fabrication and Art Installation for the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. His own fantasy, figurative assemblages are currently on view in the museum's Kidspace.
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North Adams Artist: Ralph Brill
Eclipse Mill Based Gallerist Discusses Visionary Plans
By: - Jan 28th, 2008If all goes according to plan in April gallerist Ralph Brill will light up a section of the Hoosic River between the Eclipse Mill and Mass MoCA in North Adams. He is involved in the development of a World War II Museum that would become the Northern Berkshires' "Fourth Museum."
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Palimpsests of Stephen Hannock
Oxbow Paintings Featured at Bowdoin College Museum of Art
By: - Sep 29th, 2007When we visited the artist Stephen Hannock in his Berkshire studio several works were nearing completion including a view of the Oxbow for the Bowdoin College Museum of Art and a landscape for the 25th anniversary of the Sundance Institute.
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Whitney's Farm's Halloween Pumpkin Festival
Along Route 8 in Cheshire
By: - Sep 21st, 2007On weekends between now and Halloween families come to Whitney's Farm for the annual Pumpkin Festival and petting zoo.
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Remembering Joseph Michael Avery Conway
Mass MoCA Hosts a Celebration of His Life
By: - Sep 16th, 2007The Northern Berkshires arts community gathered at Mass MoCA to celebrate the life of Joe Conway who was killed in a head on collision with an alleged drunk driver which also injured his partner, gallerist, Kurt Kolok.
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Boston Photo Gallerist Arlette Kayafas
Surveying 39 Years of Collecting 13,000 Objects
By: - May 31st, 2007Recently Arlette, a gallerist, and Gus Kayafas, head of Palm Press a fine art photography studio, jointly celebrated their 120th birdthday with 180 friends. They started collecting soon after they married at 20 and today own 13,000 works of which they have donated another thousand to major museums.
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