Berkshire Museum: Art on the Block

The Berkshire Museum recently announced a $60 million plan for its future, largely supported by the sale of those works from its permanent collection, including a $40 million boost for its endowment and a $20 million renovation.

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WILLIAMSTOWN —A year ago, the Mount Greylock girls soccer team went 0-for-the-North, going winless in the division. Madison Ross scored twice and the Mounties held off a late flurry by Hoosac …

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DALTON — The Wahconah volleyball team punched its postseason ticket with a 3-0 win over Mount Anthony on Monday night.The Warriors (10-2) won by set scores of 25-5, 25-9 and 25-19 to qualify …

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A good idea floated for years is now gaining footing on fertile ground. Officials from the Berkshire Hills Regional School District and the Southern Berkshire Regional School District have agreed to …

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North Street eatery Donut Man closes

PITTSFIELD — The Donut Man restaurant on North Street has closed after that eatery and two Dunkin' Donuts restaurants in Pittsfield were sold to a Methuen-based group that has ties to the …

On the picket line, nurses see strike as duty to patients, community

For many on the picket line on Tuesday morning, months of negotiation and work came down to a sense of obligation to patients — a duty to make sure they can count on quality care."This is a …

Nurses march outside Berkshire Medical Center as strike begins

PITTSFIELD — Nurses took to the sidewalk outside Berkshire Medical Center early Tuesday to begin a one-day strike. The crowd quickly grew to 120 or more soon after 7 a.m. "What do we want? Safe …

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Berkshire farming's bones and blood: The dairy farm

Behind two swinging wooden doors adorned with an ironic "beware of attack cow" sign, Bill Galusha performs his life's work. Three days a week, the 60-year-old paces in the sunken corridor between his milking parlor's two platforms, where, at 3 a.m. and 3 p.m. each day, cows are ushered in 22 at a time. Galusha's job is to hook up milking machines to teats, hose off hooves and check each of his 230 beloved dairy cows for disease.

T. Kinney Frelinghuysen: The clues behind the painting

Editor's Note: In light of recent discussions about artwork being sold, we've been asking ourselves, how are work of art authenticated before a sale? How does the art world know if a piece is real? …

"Antigone in Ferguson" stirs up hope amidst gloom and doom

 WILLIAMSTOWN — The 12th annual CenterSeries lineup at the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance at Williams College opens Saturday with a tragedy for the times, "Antigone in Ferguson." Backed …

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A closer look at what's on gallery walls this fall

With the work of some big names (Picasso, Warhol, Frankenthaler) on display, an historic expansion to one of its foremost institutions and a major controversy, the Berkshires art world provided …

WCMA launches a cosmic experience

WILLIAMSTOWN — In simple terms, one might say Williams College Visiting Professor Barbara Takenaga's work is out of this world.On a more complex level, Takenaga's work calls forth echoes of galaxies, exploding stars and dazzling orbs, which …

WCMA: Bringing a room back to light

WILLIAMSTOWN — The Williams College Museum of Art has recovered a vanished room.It feels like a mythical medieval place, with a floor of handmade tiles, dark plaster walls, oak beams and diamond-paned windows with inset stained glass. It was …

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The Emersons go for drama at South Mountain

PITTSFIELD - When last heard from in these parts, the Emerson String Quartet was at Tanglewood last summer playing in a dramatization of Shostakovich's troubles under Stalin, with the composer's woes …

Composer H.K. Gruber's eeny, meeny, miney, monster "Frankenstein" spreads pan-demonium at Simon's Rock

GREAT BARRINGTON - "Frankenstein!!" is coming. Here's a sample:"mister superman, put on your pants /else someone's bound to know you. / that lois lane is on her way / to jump in bed with you, sir, / …

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Wanted: 1 million people to study genes, habits and health

WASHINGTON — In a quest to end cookie-cutter health care, U.S. researchers are getting ready to recruit more than 1 million people for an unprecedented study to learn how our genes, …

Thom Smith | NatureWatch: Turtle nests can be protected from predators

Q: I've lived on the lake in Cheshire for 18 years. Every June, the turtles lay their eggs in several places on my property, but despite my best efforts to protect the nests, critters always destroy …

In an aura of twilight, pool still cracks

Crack. Crack.Even with a jukebox blaring, the sound of balls colliding on pool tables at Zip's Bar & Billiards was the noise that most frequently interrupted discussions at the Dalton …

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