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JTF: rail service up in the air Page 6 • METRO: racial strife close to home Page 21 • music: Enjoy some ‘FreshGrass’ Page 29
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Half man, Half ape, and all wild - he’s the Berkshires’ very own Wild Man. The legend of the
WIld Man lives on as recent spottings have peaked interest in this extremely elusive creature.
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`Letters
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It’s time to return
Frieri to rightful job
Director of Veterans Services Rosanne
Frieri should be commended and not
suspended for her efforts to help our young
vets of Iraq and Afghanistan.
As a veteran, I urge the mayor to get
behind Director Frieri and push through the
help that is needed to get things back on
track.
Let us all take a deep breath, start all
over again, and let us not keep our vets in
limbo until the director is returned to doing
the job that she is better than anyone else
at doing, according to some of the veterans
she has been working with.
Tony Pastore
Pittsfield
Richmond a town of
opportunity for Gov.
So Governor Patrick informed The City
of Chicopee that he was sending illegal
young immigrants to Westover Air Base.
When Mayor Richard Kos asked to have
a meeting with the Governor, Channel 22
reported the Governor had no plans to meet
with the mayor stating he (The Mayor) was
briefed.
Governor Patrick’s estate in Richmond
would be perfect location for these illegal
Governor Patrick’s estate in Richmond would be a
perfect location for these illegal immigrants. After all
the governor could open his pool for the children.
Andy Moro, Housatonic
immigrant after all the governor could
open his pool for the children. He could
contact his good friend Governor Cuomo
with the help of Governor Patrick the border would be secured. No more New Yorkers crossing the border on weekends. If the
number of illegals become too large even
for the governor’s estate Richmond could
open the elementary school– a perfect
place to house the children in the summer.
And the Girl Scout camp would be happy
to welcome a few kids at no charge to the
state. If money becomes a problem, Governor Patrick could call his good buddy
in the White House; remember its for the
children. Why is Richmond the best choice
for illegal young immigrants here comes
bargain for The Berkshire Hills Regional
School District. Richmond tuitions in
students at $7,900 per student, although
the district West Stockbridge, Stockbridge
and Great Barrington have only 53% of the
students at the high school at $18,800 per
student and the School Committee needs
to convince the three towns they need
to upgrade the existing high school for
$52,000,000 million.
The Governor should step up to the
plate and lead by example bring his buddies
problems to Richmond then he could use
his estate as a tax write-off and at the same
time help Berkshire Hills Regional School
District fill a $52,000,000 problem. This
is a great opportunity to help with another
liberal cause. Certainly more progressives
will follow his example, after all it is “FOR
THE CHILDREN”
Andy Moro
Housatonic
Let’s get our history
right this time
Here is one thing I learned while
researching the slave document recently
purchased by the Great Barrington Historical Society.
The society is housed in what is
called the “Wheeler House,” but that
name is incorrect.
The man who built the Wheeler
House never spelled his name that way.
Nearly every contemporary reference
(including the slave document) has the
name as “Wheler.” The few signatures we
have also show the name as “Wheler.”
In addition, his children used the
same spelling.
For the sake of historical accuracy,
perhaps the Great Barrington Historical
Society might consider identifying its
building as the “Wheler House.”
Lion G. Miles
Stockbridge
The Rudd Art
Museum, a must see
The galleries of the Rudd Art Museum, located across the street from the
North Adams Library, offer an interesting and diverse compilation of wonderful area artist’s work, and admission is
free.
Additionally, the First United Methodist Church that houses this welcome
addition to North Adams is an architectural gem.
We had the pleasure of touring the
museum this past weekend and encourage not only out-of-towners but also
local folks!
Laura and Paul Macionus
North Adams
Poor deal for us
The Great Barrington Select Board for
the handling of the entire Old Fire Station
issue has been awful. Now it apparently
will cost the taxpayer even more toward
upkeep of a property the town no longer
owns. Should be interesting see were
where this group goes with the Housatonic
School.
Bera Dunau
Lenox
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`Just
`
The Facts
Berkshires rail
service still
not a winner
By Sandy Johnston
L
ast month, the state of Massachusetts announced the purchase of
the Berkshire Line, running from
Pittsfield south to the Connecticut
border, from the freight-hauling Housatonic
Railroad.
The hope is, apparently, to restore
through passenger service from New York
City to Pittsfield, which hasn’t existed on the
line since the 1971, but was once considered
a staple of the Berkshires resort economy.
But is it a good idea?
In the official statement, on the deal,
MassDOT Secretary and CEO Richard Davey claimed that ““Studies have shown that
a Berkshire County rail connection to New
York City would be a winner, with more
than one million rides annually.” For some
perspective, that’s
over 2,700 rides a
►► Indeed,
day, or 1,300+ in
even if rail
each direction. The
transit
does return NYC-Berkshires
travel market was
to the
once fairly large, and
Berkshires,
remains somewhat
this line
so, but there’s cerseems an
tainly no guarantee
unlikely
of any kind of mass
candidate
return to transit in
for that
restoration the corridor. In any
case, the MassDOT
purchase covers the
line only from the Connecticut border to
Pittsfield, leaving Massachusetts dependent
on Connecticut’s willingness to invest in its
segment of the line.
Indeed, even if rail transit returns to the
Berkshires, the Housatonic line seems an
unlikely candidate for that restoration; it is
so poorly suited to through passenger traffic,
in fact, that even the dedicated foamers over
at railroad.net are very skeptical of the success of any restored passenger service. The
entire line is so curvy that railfans estimate
(see above link) that even with massive infrastructure investment trip times from NYC
to Pittsfield would never get better than 4
hours–and even that seems optimistic. And
the required investment would be massive–
the line is single-track, completely unsignalled, and has been allowed to deteriorate
to the very bare minimum necessary for
freight service (and fartoo often less) over
the years.
Indeed, as early as the 1930s, New
York-bound travelers abandoned what was
then the New Haven Railroad’s Berkshires
Division in favor of driving to New York
Central’s parallel Harlem Line; today, that
legacy continues as many Berkshires travelers take Metro-North to Wassaic (the current
terminus of the now-truncated Harlem Line)
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A Housatonic Railroad freight train rolling down the tracks through Berkshrie County.
and drive the remainder of the trip to their
weekend or summer homes. Meanwhile,
the middle portion, from New Milford to
Canaan, CT, is so devoid of population
that it was in fact entirely abandoned from
1972 until the Housatonic restored service
in 1983.
In short, the idea that thousands of
passengers a day will ride a slow train to
the Berkshires via Danbury seems a little
far-fetched to say the least; the train trip
from Grand Central to Wassaic is about
2:15-2:30, and it’s another 45 minutes by car
to Sheffield, 50 to Great Barrington, an hour to
Stockbridge or Lee, 1:10 to Lenox, or 1:20 to
Pittsfield, yielding trip times in the 3:15 range
for the southern Berkshires and around 4 hours
for Pittsfield. Driving all the way is faster,
of course, depending on traffic around NYC
itself. Restored Berkshire Division service
seems unlikely to be able to match these times.
Luckily for advocates of smart infrastructure spending, it’s very clear that plans
for through passenger service depend entirely
on Connecticut’s willingness to spend money
on its section of the line. That seems quite
unlikely given the very few passengers who
would be served; why should Connecticut
spend money just to benefit NYC-Berkshires
weekend commuters? In the meantime, Massachusetts paid relatively little for its section
of the Berkshire Line, so waiting to see what
happens with Connecticut’s portion doesn’t
seem like such a raw deal. Advocates of NYCBerkshires rail service, though, are probably
left wanting more.
There is, however, another option. Traditionally, New York Central handled Berkshires
traffic, as noted above, via the Harlem Line,
with a connection to the Massachusetts-bound
Boston & Albany division at Chatham, NY.
With the abandonment of the upper Harlem
Line, that connection is gone, but another route
exists: via the Hudson Line. Today, NYCAlbany Empire Service trips are officially
scheduled anywhere between 2:20 and 2:35,
but much faster times are possible even
with current equipment; I’ve been on a
train that did the trip in 2:10, and that’s with
the artificially low speed limits imposed
by Metro-North’s commuter-rail oriented
signalling and track maintenance south of
Poughkeepsie. Two-hour trip times are definitely possible, and 1:45 is probably within
the realm of possibility for an express (say,
stopping only at Poughkeepsie). Meanwhile,
the eastbound Lake Shore Limited is scheduled from Albany to Pittsfield in 1:04, only
ten minutes slower than driving, meaning that
a total NYC-Pittsfield trip time in the vicinity
of 3 hours is eminently achievable.
A trip to Pittsfield via Albany would require going out of the way a little bit (Albany
is north of Chatham), and probably a reverse
move or a cross-platform connection at Albany; the alternative would be to skip Albany
and send trains directly to Pittsfield via new
connection from the northbound Hudson Line
to the eastbound B&A at Castleton, yielding even shorter NYC-Berkshires trip times.
Either of these alternatives beats the hell out
of pouring money into the Berkshires Division, even if CSX demands double-tracking
of the B&A (which really isn’t that busy)
as compensation for more passenger trains.
Lastly–and far from least–any improvements
to the Hudson Line made to facilitate Berkshires Service will also benefit the much more
numerous Empire Service passengers. Rather
than existing in a nostalgic vacuum, we can
target investments in NYC-Berkshires service
in a way that also helps many, many other
travellers. It just requires a little interstate
cooperation, always an interesting question
in the fractious Northeast–and the topic ofmy
post about a unified Northeastern rail authority.
So we can get passengers from New
York City to Pittsfield in 3 hours or so, very
competitive with the 2:53 driving time posited
by Google Maps. Where do they go from
there? Though Pittsfield is easily the biggest
town in in the Berkshires (around 45,000), it
is neither the wealthiest or the biggest tourist
draw. Getting to Pittsfield is easy; distributing passengers where they actually want to
Photo Contributed
go in the Berkshires is the harder part. And
that’s where Massachusetts’ purchase of the
Berkshire Line comes back into the picture.
Rather than using it for intercity travel, the
state should begin rehabilitating the line with
the goal of establishing a frequent semi-rural
transit service served by DMU equipment,
like I proposed for the Pioneer Valley a while
back. Essentially an express bus service serving the downtown cores of each of the smaller
towns in the Berkshires, such a service could
provide unprecedented car-free mobility to
tourists–important in a region where many of
the visitors come from New York.
Travelers will be able to take a quick
intercity trip to Pittsfield, hopefully helping
that city in its economic revival, and then
use the DMU service to move between the
various small towns whose charms form the
Berkshires’ appeal.
Ideally, the “Berkshires Service” would
extend north to Adams, North Adams, and
potentially Williamstown as well as south to
Sheffield, but 11 miles of the line north of
Pittsfield (a former B&A branch, unlike the
ex-New Haven trackage south of Pittsfield)
have been abandoned and turned into a rail
trail with a truly unspellable name, and it’s
usually difficult to get trailized right-of-way
back.
Who knew that local state Rep. William “Smitty” Pignatelli might have actually
stumbled on the right answer when he said of
the purchase “Without knowing the commitment from Connecticut, we’ll end up with
passenger trains from Pittsfield to Sheffield
and that’s it”? To which I say, “And that’s
how it should be!”
In short: target investments where they
can do the most good for the most people,
even if that involves cooperation between
states. Identify the right mode for your line,
don’t just promise vaguely to bring back
trains. Identify the quickest travel times,
even if they don’t involve historic routings. And please god, take the tracks away
from the Housatonic Railroad as soon as
humanly possible.
`Turbulence
`
Camp, abutters at
war over noise and
recent expansion
By Kameron Spaulding
E
ven as the summer winds down, the
battle over a local youth camp is
heating up.
The residents living around Camp
Hume are concerned about issues that have
been accumulating over the last eight months
and have taken the fight public. The residents feel there has been a huge
amount of activity including a large increase
in traffic on the very narrow Chestnut Hill
Road. The neighbors feel that the whole atmosphere of the neighborhood has changed and
the increased traffic is not obeying the speed
limits.
The sounds from the camp, including
shouting children, as well as the camp PA
system and loudspeakers, are also very loud
and ongoing at all hours of the day and night,
according to the neighbors.
Mark Firth and his partner Bettina
Schwartz, have been outspoken in their con-
They say no
chickens for you
Dalton, Pittsfield attempt
to tackle aviary debate
By Shea Garner
A
ccording to local officials, we
have a poultry problem here in
Berkshire County. It’s hard to
believe, considering we live in a
relatively rural area ripe for raising these
kinds of animals, and yet the proverbial
“man” is cracking
►► Gone To
down — or attemptthe birds
ing to, at least.
This year, both Dalton and Pittsfield made
moves to repress the keeping of our feathered friends, elongating their journey from
farm to table.
In February, Pittsfield’s Zoning Board
of Appeals denied an ongoing special
permit application to allow the keeping of
poultry on residential property.
Despite the applicant holding an informational meeting with neighboring homeowners to address the sanitary disposal
of waste and other common problems, an
attorney representing the seven abutters
proved himself persuasive.
Only three of the five board members
voted in favor of the permit, one vote
shy of a favorable majority — slighted
because the property was on a smaller,
7,000-square-foot residential lot.
That same month, residents in Dalton
attended a public hearing held by the Planning Board where a proposed revision to the
town’s poultry bylaw proved controversial.
cerns over the camp.
“Frequent use of amplification of loud
music, bullhorns and microphones for counselors and campers have recently created in
our backyard an atmosphere reminiscent of a
Six Flags amusement park,” Firth said.
In a letter to the Board of Selectmen,
Firth and Schwartz said that they were told
the noise carries for miles, all the way to
Sandisfield from the larger events such as the
“volleyball sandpit
►► The
parties and MC’d belly
neighbors
flop contests.”
feel that
“The bottom line is
the whole
that this situation is
atmosphere currently unsustain...has
able for us,” the couple
changed
wrote. “We are at the
mercy of a neighbor
who has very different ideas of what it means
to be outside and we can no longer go into our
own backyard being afraid that we will feel
violated by noise from the camp.”
Firth said that if the situation doesn’t
improve he doubts they will stay in the town.
“We are begging Hume Camp leadership
to commit to a less intrusive way to exist in
our special piece of earthly paradise,” Firth
said. “Otherwise, we will be forced out of the
place we were hoping to call home the rest of
our lives.”
Other Monterey residents including
“We are begging Hume Camp leadership to commit
to a less intrusive way to exist in our special piece of
earthly paradise...Otherwise, we will be forced out of
the place we were hoping to call home...”
Mark Firth, Camp Hume neighbor
movie actress Karen Allen, who lives on
Cronk Road with the camp, has joined the
cause. Allen points to construction and the
planned improvements at the camp as a major
concern, including the proposed new utility
poles on the road.
“I am beginning to feel that after 26 years
of caring for my beloved home in Monterey,
the quality of life here is being destroyed,”
Allen said.
The residents have met with the person
running the camp and they say he seemed
sympathetic about the complaints they had
had with the noises, and was unaware of the
level of intrusiveness the neighbors are feeling.
But he told them he did not have the
authority to promise any changes would be
made. Hume officials reportedly confirmed
to the residents that that there are plans to
upgrade the camp from its current 100-150
campers to 500 campers, and the neighbors
feel that an expansion of this size would seriously impact the quality of life there as well
as affect the property values.
“It is one thing to hear 150 children’s
voices playing for hours and the accompanied
bullhorned instructions, but it is quite another
is that were to quadruple in size,” Allen said.
The selectmen said that because the
camp is religious, it is exempt from certain
restrictions, but they are willing to assist the
residents in any way they can.
Town Counsel Jeremia Pollard was
asked about the noise concerns, road use,
property devaluations and the other issues
that have been brought to the selectmen from
concerned neighbors around Camp Hume.
“The devil with adopting a noise ordinance is regulating the noises you love with
the noises you don’t,” Pollard said. “Making
a noise ordinance under a town bylaw would
allow for fines, if it were done under zoning,
the hits would be much harder as there could
be legal actions taken.”
The new regulation stated that poultry
must be kept on five-acre lots and existing
chicken coops must stand at least 50-feet
away from an adjoining property.
On top of all that, only eight chickens
would be allowed on site before it was
considered a “farm.”
So what exactly is the government’s
problem with raising backyard chickens? Recently, the Michigan Commission
of Agriculture and Rural Development
ruled against the state’s Right to Farm
Act and effectively banned the keeping of
poultry in residential areas.
So what are fellow poultry proponents
doing in response?
The restrictiveness of the Dalton
proposal caused residents to fight back.
At their annual town meeting in June,
Jessie Robertson-Dubois, chairman of the
Dalton Farm and Forestry Commission,
took a stand against the proposal.
“We have laws on the books that deal
with animals, trespassing, smells, etc. I’m
flabbergasted that we would even consider
doing this. This isn’t commercial farming,”
he said, garnering an enthusiastic applause.
Voters opted to table the article for
“broader discussion” until the town
receives “an actual legal opinion that
exhaustively examines the issue.”
Pittsfield ZBA member Miriam
Maduro harbored similar feelings, stating
at the time, “People keep raising the issue
of urban farming as if it’s something bad.
I don’t think it’s a bad thing. I think it’s
something we all as a community need to
become educated on.”
While sustainability and eating both
organic and local is typically encouraged
in areas like Berkshire County, the whole
ordeal has left us asking: what’s the clucking
problem?
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Legend Of The
Wild Man
Meet the red-eyed Sasquatch
who calls the Berkshires home
S
by tom casey
omewhere, deep within the dark recesses of Berkshire County, the creature quietly lurks. Scavenging and foraging for a living, casually constructing
cairns by the wayside and communicating and interacting with those who dare. He’s half man, half beast,
but by almost all eyewitness accounts, he’s all wild.
At least, that’s if you believe the locals who claim to
know first-hand and believe in the legend…the legend
of the Wild Man of Berkshire County.
Scientifically, he and his kind are known as
cryptid apes or, by their more complex Latin name,
Giganthropus Crypticus.
In other parts of the country and far reaches
of the world, these mysterious creatures go
by more popularized aliases such as Bigfoot, Yeti and Sasquatch. These rarefied
creatures’ global presences have not
only seemingly manifested themselves
throughout history, but they’ve become one of the most highly studied
members of the animal kingdom –
even though their true existence has
never been actually proven.
Their global reputation as an intimidating figure, who easily tower
over any human they encounter,
is just a small piece of what make
these hominids a marvel for locals
who believe in the legend of the
Wild Man.
And while fictional and nonfictional published works throughout
time have done their best to poke
at, speculate, scrutinize, demonize
and even trivialize these shadowy
figures, they remain quite elusive.
From the far reaches of the rainsoaked forests of the Pacific Northwest to the snow-capped mountains
of the Himalayas, Wild Man and his
counterparts have managed to keep their
whereabouts and existence a very well guarded secret, even
though they’ve been sighted many times.
According to local sightings here in Berkshire County, as
well as interactions and chronicled accounts, the Wild Man in
Berkshire County is very real. Continued on page 10
Continued From Page 9
And he’s been calling the Berkshires home
since before the dawn of the twentieth
century.
Making casual appearances and
interacting with unsuspecting and usually
fearful and somewhat panic-stricken hikers, homeowners or just about anyone who
happenedto cross his path, the Wild Man
has become something of a local legend
around these parts.
While the idea of such a beast may
seem farfetched to most, or nothing more
than mere fanciful daydreaming, or even
perhaps the side-effect of some type of
hallucinogen or psychotropic, recreational
outing by those who’ve “spotted him”, to
those fortunate few who have come face to
face with the Wild Man - his existence is
unquestionable.
One such expert who spent ample time
studying the Berkshires’ own Wild Man is
Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman. Coleman,
who is currently the director of the International Cryptozoology at the Museum in
Maine, has spent most of his life studying
animals that are often regarded as myths
and legends, and have not been proven to
be real.
The one-of-a-kind museum houses
artifacts, photographs and reconstructions compiled over five decades of field
research, travel, and dedication to gathering representative materials, native art,
footcasts, hair samples, models, and other
cryptozoological sample to prove the existence of the so called “unknown animals.”
Lakeville Police
A foot found in the woods of Lakeville, Mass. confounded local authorities of it’s
origin leading to speculation that it belonged to a Bigfoot creature.
Coleman is also the author of several
published works on the subject including
“Monsters of Massachusetts”, which includes a chapter on what he deems, ‘Berkshire’s Bigfoot.’ In it, Coleman singles out
two local haunts, North Adams and Lee, as
hotspots with a long history of Wild Man
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One of the Berkshires’ locations for
frequent sightings is around and on the cliff
at the side of Route 8, which projects a
scenic view from the city of North Adams.
The site is locally called Witt’s Ledge, but
due to a former painting of the Coca-Cola
logo on the face of the cliff, is sometimes
known as the Coca-Cola Cliff. Sightings of
Bigfoot walking along the ledge and in the
surrounding forest are so frequent that the
beast is sometimes called the “Monster of
Coca-Cola Ledge.”
The Bigfoot of North Adams serves as
a gateway indicator of what more has been
found during modern times the deeper one
explores the area.
Another site of some importance is
the Leominster State Forest, a 4,300-acre
parcel of forested land that includes the
Wachusett Mountain State Reservation
containing the largest known area of old
growth forest east of the Connecticut
River in Massachusetts. The entire greenway is comprised of upland hardwood
forests,alpine meadows, ponds, streams,
and wood and shrub swamps. The area
supports a rich and diverse wildlife and
bird population. Findings of Bigfoot tracks
are so frequent in the area of southern
Leominister that it is known by residents
thereabouts as “Monsterland,” a designate
that began during the time of sightings by
local citizens of a hairy manlike creature
off Route 2 in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Stories about the Wild Man date as far
back as a hundred years with descriptions
of a “Wild Man” roaming the Berkshires.
His points of interest included wooded
areas between Southern Vermont and scattered points throughout the Berkshires as
well as the far reaches of the Foothills of
Connecticut. One of the earliest published
reports of such a creature inhabiting the
Berkshires came from an article in the New
York Times circa 1879. According to the
Times’ article, two unsuspecting hunters
from Vermont reported seeing a man covered in red hair during one of their hunting
trips.
“When mistaking it for a bear or other
wild animal,” the article reads. “one of
the men fired, and, it is thought, wounded
it, for with fierce cries of pain and rage, it
turned on its assailants, driving them before
it at high speed.”
Then in 1895, the Wild Man made
headlines again. This time it was in the
North Adams Transcript. “The Wild Man
of Injun Meadow” was reportedly observed
in Sandisfield. Witnessed described the
creature they encountered as a large manlike beast covered with hair from head to
toe. Sandisfield locals also reported seeing
the Wild Man acting aggressively and displaying savage-like behavior toward their
livestock. While once perceived as a timid
wood dweller who kept mostly to himself,
the Wild Man had become notorious and
earned a reputation of a somewhat homegrown terrorist and a menace to society.
The paper wrote, “Farmers in that section are terrorized and afraid to go outdoors
after dark, and the disappearance of calves
lambs…are blamed upon the wild man.”
Reported sightings of the Wild Man
continued well into the 20th century and, in
the 1980s, the Wild Man once again found
himself in the news. In 1983, the Pittsfield
Berkshire Eagle recounted a story from two
local Berkshire County men, Eric Durant
and Frederick Parody, about their chance
encounter with the Wild Man in Lee.
“It stood on two legs, silhouetted on the
trail in the moonlight, and it was huge.,”
Durant told the Eagle reporter. “I don’t
scare easily, but it scared me.”
The two men carefully recounted
their odd October Mountain State Forest
encounter while out near the former Boy
Scout Camp Eagle camp near Felton Lake.
They claimed, and vehemently swore they
were completely sober during the whole
ordeal, that they witnessed the distinctive
and vivid silhouette of the Wild Man in the
pale moonlight.
Returning to tell the other members of
their camping party what had just happened
to them, the Wild Man paid the foursome a
visit.
“As the quartet was about to leave,
the headlights of their car picked up the
creature, lurking behind some bushes,” according to Durant and Parody. They said it
was erect on two legs and was six to seven
feet tall. It was dark brown in color and had
strange eyes that glowed, they said. Both
were emphatic in saying that it was not a
bear. Parody claimed that, “he has hunted
bears in Maine and was quite familiar with
how they look.”
Parody also told the newspaper that
he and one of the others returned to the
scene of the encounter the following day
and once again saw the creature. “It moved
extremely fast,” he recounted. “About all
he really saw, Parody said, were ‘arms
moving’ in the woods.”
Unlike the previous tales of the Wild Man,
this account refers to him as a less threatening and monster-like animal, and more so
a curious creature that was attempting to
foster human interaction on some type of
social interactive level. The hikers believed
that the Wild Man “didn’t seem like it
would harm” them during their two-day
encounter.
October Mountain State Forest has
been no stranger to reports of sightings of
the Wild Man and his antics. Many locals
and experts alike have called the forest a
hotbed for sightings, including Coleman.
In his book, he also states that researchers
point to the forest location as “one specific
location in Massachusetts as having a
virtual horde of Bigfoot there.”
Durant’s and Parody’s story were soon
followed by other reported sightings. In
1989, an anonymous hiker told the Bigfoot
Field Researchers Organization (BFRO)
that while hiking in the October Mountain
State Park he noticed an impressive animal
that he thought, at first glance, was a black
bear.
“Its body was massive and covered
completely with reddish hair. I noticed that
the head was also very unusual in shape
and size. The head was rather pointed and
covered with hair or fur,” the unnamed
hiker said. “At that moment, it turned
toward me and I was absolutely shocked;
it looked very human. At this point, I was
so frightened, that I took measures to hide
myself. “
Then, he claimed, the animal began
to carefully stack rocks, one on top of another, in a very calculated and methodical
manner.
“I became so frightened at this point
that I began to run back to the trail. I
looked back at one point and noticed that
the animal had its head back and was slowly moving back into the forest, he told the
website. “I will never forget what I saw…
no way was it a bear or any other forest
animal found in this part of the country.”
For its part, BFRO has compiled
thousands of such reports on their website
since the site first launched in 1995. And
in today’s era of instantaneous syndication,
reports have quickly found their way to
BFRO’s databases through popular social
media outlets like Facebook, Twitter and
other blogs. For its part, BFRO gathers
these and other reports regularly submitted
to them and conduct their own research
through follow-ups and eyewitness
interviews. BFRO’s current coverage area
encompasses the entire U.S.
According to researchers and data
collected by BFRO, the Wild Man has
remained active well into the 21st century
- most recently with sightings from the
backyard of a couple in Becket in 2012.
In a January 2012 post to the BFRO’s
website, one eyewitness reported hearing
a strange knocking sound coming from the
woods, and then seeing a pair of iridescent,
red eyes glowing in the dark wooded area
behind their home:
“My most recent occurrence was a few
week ago while standing on my back porch
I heard some noises nearby in the woods.
I scanned the area with my high- intensity
flashlight and saw some eye shine about
40-yards into the woods. I stared at it for
a while and then the animal turned and
moved deeper into the woods. I subsewith more than a grainy 8mm video or
quently estimated that the eyes would have
blurry photograph from so many other fabeen on something at least 7-8 feet tall. In
mous Bigfoot encounters. And knowing my
addition, my wife and I have heard knocks
luck, one camera would run low on charge,
in the past and they even responded to my
or inadvertently fail for some ungodly reaknocks on one occasion last fall.”
son at that critical or opportune moment of
And then in 2013, there seemed to be
my Wild Man encounter. Having enthusiasirrefutable evidence discovered of the Wild
tically discussed my planned adventure to
Man when an odd- sized skeletal foot was
my coworkers, I would be hard pressed to
located by two youths. It was in the small
return to the newsroom empty handed just
town of Lakeville, Mass., population of just because my camera had failed me.
under 10,000, where the fossilized append With a full Camelback and canteen,
age was located. In April 2013, Lakeville’s
trail snacks and an open mind I headed out
local paper The Enterprise reported that
the door in search of the Wild Man. The
a mysterious foot had been found by two
journey would either lead me toward a
kids exploring in the nearby woods.
career changing moment or some serious
The article reads, “Police Chief Frank
contemplation of what I was doing with my
Alvilhiera sent it to the medical examiner,
journalism degree.
who determined it is not human, although it Dressed in Berkshire hiking attire, I
appears to have five toes.”
waited until dusk and slowly made my way
While Wild Man hopes were on the
up to October Mountain.
rise that this foot belonged to the Wild
Upon my dusk arrival, I headed up an
Man and could earn his place in the animal
old washed-out road. While Google maps
kingdom’s registry, a subsequent DNA test
insisted I continue up the slosh of dirt rocks
soon dashed all hopes.
and craters, my whip lashed riddled neck
Unfortunately, it was determined that
from the constant jostling thought otherthe foot was not hominid at all, but more
wise.
precisely, that belonging to a member of
The park itself has several trails that
the Ursus Americanus genus, or that of a
are somewhat still usable, but I was getting
black bear.
nowhere
It seemed
fast from
that, yet
the stormStart your own personal journey today
again, the
damaged
by scanning this QR code with your
Wild Man
roads. About
smart device.
had eluded
a mile up
his own
the road, I
scientific discovery and confounded his
parked my Jeep and headed up on foot.
believers and detractors once again.
The silence during my first fifteen
These and hundreds of other stories
minutes was both peaceful and foreboding.
of the Wild Man are quite captivating
As someone who watched his fair share
for most, and for others, entertaining at
of X-Files and paranormal investigation
the very least. Wild Man and his cohorts
shows growing up,
(Bigfoot, Yeti and Sasquatch) will continue
I knew this was how encounters usuto offer sightings for those willing to report ally started — minus the eerie music and
them.
the ability to change the channel at a whim.
And it is these eyewitness accounts,
Forced to abandon my 4x4 vehicle early on
which have been noted more than 400
in my adventure, any skepticism, and hopes
years, that will continue to drive people
of making my deadline, let alone escaping
to seek out the truth behind this mystiwith my life, would be possibly washed
cal creature’s lore and legend. Despite
away when confronted face to face with the
his detractors, many still believe in the
Wild Man.
Wild Man, hoping to one day come across
Unfortunately, initially, the only
definitive proof of his existence. For now,
creatures that were seeking me out were
the question remains unanswered, and with
the swarms of mosquitoes eager to greet
continued reports of sightings, the legend
and deplete me of my blood. Slapping and
grows.
swatting, and some cursing, I made my
And that is where my research ended
way down the trail.
and my own personal search for the Wild
After about two hours of wandering in
Man began…
the woods and at least ten new mosquito
In search of the Wild Man
bites as well as doing my best to making
After reading so much and talking to
random knocking noises to flush out the
several experts, I took it upon myself to
Wild Man, I resigned to head back and give
go out, deep in the woods, to find this soit a go the next evening.
called Wild Man.
This time I decided to head around to
My journey started in October Mounthe Felton Lake site. But to my disappointtain State Forest in Lee, Wild Man’s bestment, my turnoff was closed, barred by an
known stomping ground. The state park
iron gate. Storms had ripped the roadway
is the largest in Massachusetts, covering
to shreds and left me without access to the
more than 16,000 square miles throughout
site. I ventured off again on foot, this time
most of the central Berkshires. And at 15
reaching what looked like an abandoned
minutes from my apartment, it made for the dam, with rubble scattered down the side of
perfect jaunt.
a hill.
I first packed an audio recorder and as
Another eerie location that seemed ripe
many video-capturing devices as I could
to be where I’d encounter my Bigfoot. As
find. I was determined to ensure that if I
I explored the site, I began hearing thuds
did spot the beast, I’d be coming home
of something up ahead. I tried to ignored
Join the Wild Man search
at first, not letting my nerves get to me, but
the sound was so consistent it demanded
my attention.
Was this the monster making contact?
Was I about to add my name to the list of
Berkshire tales of the Wild Man? Unfortunately, no.
My noise was quite of this earth, as
I discovered a pickup truck parked at a
closed-down path and workers clearing debris. At least the roads were getting fixed.
Strike two.
Frustrated by my failure to uncover the
truth about the Wild Man, I returned home
and turned to science for answers. Luckily,
the Berkshires are home to several great
institutions of higher education, so I asked
a professor about the plausibility of the
Wild Man, lurking in our forests.
Williams College Professor of Biology
Joan Edwards said she hadn’t heard much
of the Berkshire Wild Man, but passed along a paper from the Biological Sciences
wing of the Proceedings of the Royal
Society, titled “Genetic analysis of hair
samples attributed to yeti, bigfoot and other
anomalous primates.”
The study was the first ever systematic
genetic survey to identify species of origin
from hair samples “attributed to anomalous
primates.”
“Two Himalayan samples, one from
Ladakh, India, the other from Bhutan, had
their closest genetic affinity with a Palaeolithic polar bear, Ursus maritimus.” the
reports states. “Otherwise, the hairs were
from a range of known extant mammals.”
Durwin was also not convinced at the
existence of the creature.
“As a writer and folklorist by vocation, I’m not tremendously knowledgeable
about all of the naturalist perspectives on
the issue,” said Durwin. “ But in general,
[the] cryptozoologists I’ve spoken to have
been fairly skeptical of the idea of any real
unknown hominids in New England or the
Northeast, though I know there is still some
debate on this subject.”
The search for the Berkshire’s Bigfoot
still continues, however, with many hoping
to one day come across definitive proof of
its existence. For now, the question remains
unanswered, and with continued reports of
sightings, the legend grows. Coleman said
the most important thing for anyone out
there searching for the animal is that they
keep an open mind.
“This may be nothing here, it could be
a bear print or a dog print, but I’m open
minded ... I really need proof to be given to
me and I think all of us know the ultimate
proof is a body or a live capture,” said
Coleman. “ The big thing is we are not
evangelical about this, trying to convincing [skeptics]that this is real that is not our
responsibility.
“I think there is a very low probability,
probably a 25-percent chance that there is a
Bigfoot in Mass., but to quote the movies
‘that means I got a chance’ [laughs],” he
said. “So there is a possibility, but it is a
very low one.”
So keep your eyes open the next time
you hike the Berkshires; you might just
be the next person who comes face to face
with the Wild Man.
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2014-15
College Student
Survival guide
An exciting year awaits
We promise, you can do this
introduction by kameron spaulding
By Tom Casey, Mike Walsh, Joseph rea, kameron spaulding,
Shea Garner
Y
ou’re here, you made it. Trust us: college life is not just about tests, grades
and a degree. It’s about the entire college
experience, interacting with others your
age, who have similar interests, and being a
part of a group or organization where you can
actually make a difference, and maybe even
bring about change.
As corny as it sounds, your college career
is what you make of it, so don’t let it pass you
by. College life, as you know, lasts only a few
years, so live it up!
But remember this won’t just be walk in
the park, either. Everyone is probably telling
you right now that these will be the happiest
four years of your life.
What they probably aren’t telling you is
that these will also be some of the worst years
of your life. In college you will feel on top of
the world and utterly defeated (sometimes in
the same day). So just try to remember that
you’re not doing anything wrong if you’re
having a hard time.
And before you jump to any conclusions
about how much happier everyone else is,
and how much more fun they’re having than
you, go sit down and talk to a friend. You’d be
surprised by how many people feel lost and
directionless at least at some point in their col-
lege careers, but through these pages we hope
to help.
First, let’s get into the numbers and facts
you need to know.
Tuition. Believe it or not, the college
expects you to pay those loans back. Shocking,
I know. If you’re at Williams, tuition this year
is $48,030. Over at MCLA the tab is $8,975
for in-state students. Those of you taking advantage of BCC are paying $3,390, and down
at Simon’s Rock the bill comes in at $47,442 a
year. The numbers also tell you that you’re not
the only one that doesn’t understand what that
professor is talking about. Twenty percent of
all first-time undergraduates take at least one
remedial course.
For God sake, kids, wrap it up. Over 45
percent of college freshmen who have been
binge drinking and under the influence of alcohol failed to consider the usage of contraceptive aids when engaging in sexual intercourse.
15 percent of these students contracted and/or
spread STD’s amongst other college students
with 7 percent of these infected students
unaware of their condition.
You may need a job to survive. Twentythree percent of full-time undergrads, who are
24 or younger, work 20 hours or more a week.
And if you use that money to go on a wild
spring break, keep your eyes peeled for police;
88,750 college students are arrested each year
during the spring rite of passage.
Don’t worry; it’s not all bad news.
Number one, that is where your school
ranks according US News and Reports if you
are at Williams. That number has to make you
feel better, right?
When it comes time to party, you need to
know that each keg holds 1,984 ounces of beer
or more importantly, 165 beers. One more tip;
kegs and taps usually require a deposit, which
can make buying a keg expensive. Try to collect money from your friends ahead of time.
We hope you like pizza. A recent USDA
study reveals over 13% of Americans consume
pizza on any given day, with college- age
people among the groups with the highest
reported percentages.
In the end we won’t lie to you: College
is going to turn your world upside down in
both the best and worst ways possible. But
as you start the journey, a few thoughts Anna
Quindlen recently gave to students ending in a
commencement address maybe just what you
need to keep in mind.
“There will be hundreds of people out
there with your same degree; there will be
thousands of people doing what you want to
do for a living. But you will be the only person
alive who has sole custody of your life. Your
particular life. Your entire life. Not just your
life at a desk, or your life on a bus, or in a car,
or at the computer. Not just the life of your
minds, but the life of your heart. Not just your
bank account, but your soul.
“People don’t talk about the soul very
much anymore. It’s so much easier to write a
resume than to craft a spirit. But a resume is a
cold comfort on a winter night, or when you’re
sad, or broke, or lonely, or when you’ve gotten
back the test results and they’re not so good.
So here is what I wanted to tell you today:
“Get a life. A real life, not a manic pursuit
of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck,
the larger house. Do you think you’d care so
very much about those things if you blew an
aneurysm one afternoon, or found a lump in
your breast? Get a life in which you notice the
smell of salt water pushing itself on a breeze
over Seaside Heights, a life in which you
stop and watch how a red-tailed hawk circles
over the water gap or the way a baby scowls
with concentration when she tries to pick up a
cheerio with her thumb and first finger. Get a
life in which you are not alone.
“And remember that love is not leisure, it
is work. Each time you look at your diploma,
remember that you are still a student, still
learning how to best treasure your connection
to others. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail.
Write a letter. Kiss your Mom. Hug your
Dad. Get a life in which you are generous.
Look around at the azaleas in the suburban
neighborhood where you grew up; look at a
full moon hanging silver in a black, black sky
on a cold night.
“And realize that life is the best thing ever,
and that you have no business taking it for
granted. Care so deeply about its goodness that
you want to spread it around. Once in a while
take money you would have spent on beers
and give it to charity. Work in a soup kitchen.
Be a big brother or sister. All of you want to
do well. But if you do not do good, too, then
doing well will never be enough.”
Now let’s get out there and give it the ol’
college try.
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Some Turnip
for the Holidays!
2014-15
College
Student
Survival guide
education
101-501
Intro to education
• INTRODUCTION
Isn’t getting an education the whole reason you are here? Well, it is at least one of the
reasons you are here. Everyone knows there are other reasons you are at college, like
Frank Zappa said, If you want to get paid, go to college. If you want an education, go to
the library. But that being said, a good education is key. Here we will examine how to get
the best education your parents’ money can buy. Your faculty and staff will be your best
networking guides and problem solvers while you are navigating your way through your
degree program. Most faculty, adjunct and full-time, have years of experience in the field
and still know the best people to reach out to for job opportunities.
OVERVIEW
• North County – MCLA and Williams are the major education hubs in the county
and they both are in the north. Williams allows local residents to audit courses without any
fee on a space available basis.
• Central County – Berkshire Community College is home to tons of recent local
high schools grads and those heading back to the classroom. The college also offers everything from CPR to tax classes to locals as well.
• South County – Want to graduate before you even are legal to drink? Then you
need to head south to Simon’s Rock. You enter after tenth grade and finish in four years,
meaning you are 20 on average when you get your bachelor’s.
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• the professor effect
Like anything else these days the search starts online. RateMyProfessors.com is the largest
online destination for professor ratings. Users have added more than 14 million ratings,
1.3 million professors and 7,000 schools, including all the campuses in the Berkshires, to
RateMyProfessors.com.
Figuring out what professors to take is key., For all of the star instructors like Safa Zaki
at Williams and Roseanne Denhard at MCLA, there are a few other professors who will
teach you nothing and somehow fail you while doing it.
Using the proper tools you can make sure all your professors give you what you need.
education 231
• write this down
We get it, you’re smart. But I can assure you that you’re not that smart, to pay attention.
Taking good notes will save you. Always take the notes for a particular class in the same
notebook. Spiral bound notebooks were invented because they solved the problem of
keeping related information consolidated in one place. Take advantage of this.
Review your notes every day. This suggestion is one which we have all heard a thousand
times. Unfortunately, most of us never really believe it until we actually try it. Spend 30
minutes or so each evening going over the notes from each class, and you will even learn
how to review notes with a beer in one hand.
education 356
• the art of trying something new
Sometimes branching out of your major classes will help keep you engaged in your
program, not to mention it always seems the hottest people on campus will be a different major than you. We call this the “Grass is Greener Theory” of college majors. Also,
courses like Social Psychology can help keep you excited about learning in a different way
than you may have expected.
You can branch out from your chosen field a bit. If you are a culinary student try a baking
and pastry course or vice a versa. At the very least you may find a class that will teach you
how to weave your grandmother a basket for Christmas.
education 483
• a study of not messing up your life
Planning ahead is one on of the most important things any college student can do. Learning the right set of skills to plan for you future is key. Don’t think you can get into a nice
graduate program with a wimpy GPA right after you receive your bachelor degree. The
bachelor degree was once the degree given out to students going for their doctorate. It is
seen more as an endurance test for graduate schools.
This is your last chance to show off what you’ve got. Do well in college.
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Phone Numbers You should
know in Williamstown
GENERAL
Williams Campus
413-597-3131
emergency
CAMPUS POLICE
413-458-5646
Off-Campus
911
STUDENT SERVICES
Academic Resources
413-597-4672
Bursar’s office
413-597-4396
Career Center
413-597-2311
Dining center
413-597-2121
FOOD
Tony’s Sombrero
413-344-5121
Sushi Thai Garden
413-458-0004
Spring Street Pizza
413-458-1600
Saigon Vietnamese Cuisine
413-458-3588
Pappa Charlie’s Deli Sandwich
413-458-5969
Hot Tomatoes Pizza
413-458-2722
Add your own Numbers:
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travel
Amtrak
800-872-7245
Albany Airport
518-242-2200
Peter Pan Bus
800-343-9999
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emergency
CAMPUS POLICE
413-662-5100
Off-Campus
911
STUDENT SERVICES
Center for Student Success
413-662-5400
Bursar ‘s office
413-662-5230
Career Center
413-662-5333
Dining center
413-662-5239
travel
Amtrak
800-872-7245
Albany Airport
518-242-2200
Peter Pan Bus
800-343-9999
BCC Campus
413-499-4660
emergency
CAMPUS POLICE
413-499-4660
Off-Campus
911
STUDENT SERVICES
Academic Resources
Ext. 1625
Bursar ‘s office
413-236-2137
Career Center
413-236-1605
Dining center
ext. 3046
FOOD
Panda garden
413-442-8881
Trattoria Rustica
413-499-1192
Spring Street Pizza
413-443-7928
Angelina’s Submarine Shop
413-458-3588
Teo’s Hotdogs
413-447-9592
Luau Hale Restaurant
413-443-4745
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travel
Amtrak
800-872-7245
Albany Airport
518-242-2200
Peter Pan Bus
800-343-9999
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know in North Adams
MCLA Campus
413-662-5000
GENERAL
know in Pittsfield
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GENERAL
FOOD
Village Pizza
413-664-4134
China Buffet
413-664-4972
Hot dog ranch
413-662-2009
brewhaha
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• South County – Leaving the Simon’s Rock campus can be a frightening thing if you
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communications 112
• intro to conversation
No matter whom you are or who you happened to find physically or mentally appealing
while out in social situations, one must be prepared to interact with them before any wishes of further romance. They certainly won’t be going home with a silent person hidden in
the corner. However, they also don’t want to spend their evening, and perhaps morning,
with the boisterously rude character hitting on them with Natty Light breath.
In this course, students will spend only about half of their time in a classroom setting.
While basic knowledge and helpful hints are important, they will only get you so far in
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will put previous lessons learned to practical use. These situations may include meeting
someone at a bar, meeting someone when you are not at your best physically, and meeting
someone who is, at that specific time, working.
communications 271
• the art of body language
Not for those who struggle to focus and pay attention in quiet situations, there will be no
speaking for much of this course. While it may not seem to be so important, every successful person should be able to communicate with nothing but their body language. Imagine
the scenario where you have had a few too many and need to somehow communicate to
the cabbie your address but cannot speak clearly.
On top of learning helpful gestures and facial expressions, students will study some of the
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but is not limited to Peyton Manning, Aaron Hotchner, Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, Vito
Corleone and, of course, the man who popularized the phrase “Speak softly and carry a big
stick,” Theodore Roosevelt.
communications 393
• What now? Escaping the awkward moment
In this elective course, students will find out the best way to react and communicate in a
series of perhaps awkward, yet not uncommon situations that may arise during their college career. They will get answers to those questions and more from a series of experts.
• What to say after waking up in bed next to someone whose name has escaped you.
• How long to spend spitting game at a prospective date who isn’t totally reciprocating
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This is the part that isn’t necessarily as fun. It can consume your life if not run properly or
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There are many different aspects to your new life when you attend a college or university,
but one of the main ones is how you’re instantly forced to become an adult.
In graduating from high school in May or June and enrolling in a college in August or September, it means you may have had as little as two months to go from a place where rules
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Doing that quickly has significance for a few different parts of your college experience,
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If you’re attending school in Berkshire County, you’ll want to figure out different ways
to save money here and there. Finding an ATM that doesn’t charge a fee to take money
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could go a long way down the road. Berkshire Bank offers a “SUM ATM Program,” which
according to the bank’s website, is a way you can avoid the surcharge fee at ATMs. The
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won’t charge an ATM fee. There are 12 branches, according to the credit union’s website,
in addition to 16 ATM locations. So, remember to save money where you can, and a good
start is to avoid paying ATM fees.
finance 109
• Long -term Debt Studies
This is becoming more and more a key part of students’ lives, especially as tuition skyrockets. According to the National Center of Education Statistics, between 2001-02 and 2011-12,
prices for undergraduate tuition, room and board at public institutions rose 40 percent.
You’ll learn the basics in this course, but it will be worth it in the long run. You will find
out the best way to manage your student loans throughout college and in the five years
after, when you’re barely making enough money in an entry level job to buy toilet paper,
let alone pay off student loans.
finance 238
• the Art of Balling on a budget
Even when talking about financials, college should be a positive and exciting experience.
But sometimes, and it seems to happen especially early on in college before you get some
of your smaller-scale financial habits down, you enter a weekend with only a few dollars.
For example, it’s Friday afternoon and you just finished up classes for the week. You have
eight dollars in your pocket, with no paycheck from your $9-dollar-an-hour job coming
until Monday morning.
How do you make sure you have enough money for food that isn’t two-week old pizza
while also keeping your social life afloat in the coming days?
It’s tough, but it is possible with forward thinking, which this course will help you with.
Spend cheaply on everything, and the savings will be there.
finance 362
• Food and liquor, an introspective study
Inspired by Lupe Fiasco’s 2006 album, these are likely going to be two important factors
to consider while figuring out your financial life in college.
First, to food. Take advantage of the dining hall if you have a plan. It’s never fun to watch someone with a bunch of meals on their plan and time dwindling in the semester go out and spend $14
on half of a panini at Panera. Eat every single piece of pre-paid food when you have the chance.
As for liquor, this is simple. You haven’t been drinking long, so you don’t know what’s
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of Burnett’s for 1/7th the price, stretching your dollar out. Drink cheap beer and alcohol
and your savings will add up quickly without diminishing any fun because of it.
finance 499
• understanding the struggle
Put away the Benjamins and collect $200 as you pass go. You’ll be given a budget of fake
money and be allowed to make decisions as if you just graduated college and now have
some of the financial responsibilities of postgrads.
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mid-20s. What better way than to do it in advance and learn the potential mistakes and
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Intro to food & Nourishment
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Like most human beings you need to eat. Unfortunately, the days of having Mom’s meatloaf on
hand have flown out the window as you have been rocketed into independence and forced to feed
yourself. But fear not, this program will give you the tools and confidence to keep you fueled to
tackle everything from the first day of classes to last-minute writing ten-page papers that you put
off because you were binge watching House of Cards.
OVERVIEW
North County - The college area around Williams and MCLA is bustling with restaurants and
food shops to sink your teeth into. Try Spice Root for a health dose of modern Indian cuisine with
prices affordable for student finances.
Central County - Pittsfield is jam packed full of restaurants but if you are hoping to get
some fantastic Mexican food look no farther than Pancho’s Mexican Restaurant. With authentic
Mexican dishes and incredible prices this is a sure spot.
South County - Along Great Barrington’s Main Street there are a ton of great spots to eat
with different flairs from around the world. Thai food, pizza, diners, you name it, they have it.
For a great dose of American cuisine that won’t break the bank, stop in at The Well for burgers,
sandwiches, award-winning wings and (if you’re old enough) great affordable beers.
Nourishment 141
• Student Dining Theory
The Dining Hall is a special experience for the new student. A place to relive all the anxieties
from middle school cafeteria finding a place to sit and to reflect in solidarity with the incarcerated
as you eat food from a company that also supplies the area’s prisons. (Eat locally!) But if you ever
hope to make it through the first semester, understanding how to traverse the minefield that is the
campus’ cafeteria is step one. Learn the basics of your entrée to plate ratios to decrease your time on those never-ending lines.
Get a firm grasp on scheduling to ensure you wont miss out on the best ingredients for Taco Tuesday and avoid awkward hours: when only hockey puck burgers and stale pizza are available.
Nourishment 229
• Nutritional Nuking: The Microwave and You
You’re sitting at your computer when your neglected stomach growls. You’ve got to eat but
it’s well beyond heading in to town for a bite and being at the 100 level it may be best to keep
you away from open flames. But behold, the power of the microwave will make you the Bobby
Flay of dorm-room dining.
Master the art of melting shredded cheese onto tortilla chips for 30-second nachos. Live
dangerously by reheating those questionable leftovers for a midnight snack, and remember,
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Feeding the college students is an art onto itself, maneuvering through the battlefield of an
empty stomach and a shrinking wallet can be one of the most difficult tasks on campus. Looking to partake in the fine dining options in your college’s community is a great way to learn
about the town.
But you are also a college student, making you broke 99 percent of the time. As you move beyond the on-campus dining options its crucial you become a master of the dollar menu. It’s also
worth taking full advantage of discounts to cram obscene amounts of food without begging
Mom and Dad for a loan or eating into your side job funds clearly designated for beer-money.
Keep wing nights at the local pubs and nightly specials at restaurants in mind when planning
your meals. And for those of you lucky enough to have friends who are chefs there is always
the prospect of getting hooked up with free food and leftovers.
Nourishment 424
• Holy Hangover Grail
Of course, you would never sacrifice you studies for a boozy night out, heavens no. But, as the
Boy Scouts say, be prepared! This course will give you the power to take on the morning-after
migraine. Be sure to know the area delis like the back of your hand, an egg sandwhich can be
the difference maker in your hangover battle.
Nourishment 538
• Cooking for yourself
To complete the jump into adulthood, its by time you learned how to prepare your own meals.
Plus it would be nice not to eat Taco Bell everyday. Entering this phase of the program you
have mastered dining out and are ready to cook for yourself. Remember, there are more to supermarket circulars than cramming up your mailbox, and the more leftovers there are, the more
nights you don’t have to cook again. Don’t forget to keep a fire extinguisher handy.
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INTRODUCTION
It’s generally easy to stay healthy here in Berkshire County, especially during the
warmer months. With fresh air, sweeping views, and miles of hiking at your disposal,
keeping off that “freshman 15” shouldn’t be a problem. Though a bit more challenging during the winter, there are plenty of places dedicated to helping you rid your
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• North County – The northern Berkshire region is host to many outdoor attractions. Head to Mount Greylock for day hikes of varying levels of difficulty or jump
on the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail for more than 11 miles of paved bike paths.
• Central County – This area is all about “eating local.” From the downtown
Pittsfield Farmers Market to the locally owned Guido’s Fresh Marketplace, staying
“farm fresh” is encouraged and doing so is easy.
• South County – If you head south, be prepared to yoga. Canyon Ranch and the
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health both promote meditation and wellness through a
variety of popular classes and programs.
Health 193
• drinking with local flare
While eating local here is important, drinking local is, too. With Berkshire Brewing
Company, Berkshire Mountain Brewing, Big Elm Brewing, Wandering Star, Glass
Bottom Brewery, Balderdash Cellars, and Berkshire Mountain Distillers all available
at highly rated package stores like Kelly’s in Dalton and Spirited in Lenox, it’s easy
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•hangover studies
Treating a hangover is a lot like treating a newborn baby; you have to nurse it gently
and be sure to support its head. First things first, hydration is key. Staying hydrated
(with water) while you’re drinking can prevent or at least severely reduce your
incoming hangover. If you weren’t lucky enough to remember that the night before,
keeping a glass or two of water down in the morning is equally important. Sports
drinks like Gatorade can help replace the electrolytes your body lost after a long
night with a few bottles of wine on the lawn at Tanglewood.
Though not scientifically proven, the general consensus claims that eating a large,
greasy breakfast can help ease your hangover woes. Thankfully, there are a variety
of diners and brunch spots in the Berkshires to provide a cure. Haven, in both Lenox
and Great Barrington, offers mimosas and other cocktails if you need some “hair of
the dog,” while Misty Moonlight, Joanne’s, and Kelly’s in Pittsfield offer affordable
plates of bacon, eggs, hash browns, and other breakfast fare.
Health 331
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If you can manage to get out of bed, a nice breath of fresh Berkshire air can also do
wonders. A gruelling hike or hot yoga session can shock the system and help sweat
out the remaining alcohol in you body. If you’re feeling up for a challenge, we suggest heading to Greylock for a jaunt up Jones Nose — a vigorous hangover hike that
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Stockbridge Bowl. When the snow falls, strap on your snowshoes for a walk around
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field Police Officer
a Pittsfield
Walter J. Powell,
police
believing that the
officer,
City of Pittsfield did
but fights
not rehire him as
over race
an officer quickly
still haunt
enough following
City Hall.
his settlement of a
prior employment discrimination lawsuit,
filed a lawsuit in 1997.
Powell claimed that Pittsfield, along
with the four now former city employees
involved in the rehiring process, Mayor
Edward Reilly, Police Chief Gerald Lee,
City Solicitor Kathleen Alexander and
City Physician Gordon Bird violated his
civil rights.
Powell, an African-American, attended the state police academy in 1983
and then began working as a police officer in the City of North Adams before
being hired as a Pittsfield police officer
in May of 1985.
Then on March 21, 1991, Powell was
fired from the Pittsfield Police Department leading him to file his first lawsuit
alleging illegal race discrimination. That
suit ended when Pittsfield agreed to pay
Powell $81,000 and reinstate him as a
police officer. His reinstatement, however, was conditioned upon his passing a
physical and psychological examination
and other reasonable conditions to be
determined by Police Chief Lee.
Following execution of that settlement agreement, Pittsfield’s personnel
department requested Dr. Bird to provide
a full police academy entrance physical exam to Powell. Dr. Bird examined
Powell on October 20, 1993 — lab tests
appeared to have been taken on October
13, 1993 and in his report Dr. Bird found
Powell to be healthy and “qualified for
the position sought.”
But then Dr. Bird requested further
Pittsfield Police Officer Walter J. Powell on patrol on North Street.
Shea Garner
Dalton, had been permitted to remain
testing, on the basis of these additional
employees of the Police Department.
tests, taken on or about October 27,
It wasn’t until May 20, 1996, five
1993, Dr. Bird determined that the plainyears after he was first fired, Pittsfield altiff, while otherwise healthy, should have
lowed Powell to resume employment as a
a hepatitis panel test to further assess
police officer, but only upon his successliver function
ful completion of the police academy.
In a turn of opinion, on December
Powell still moved forward with his legal
21, 1993, Dr. Bird sent a report to Pittscase, but he would wait six more years to
field’s personnel department indicating
that Powell had “chronic active hepatitis” have the matter brought to a close.
Behind closed doors during an “execuand was, therefore, “disqualified” from
tive session” meeting in September of
employment.
2006 the city gave in.
Upon learning of Dr. Bird’s Decem They decided not to appeal the final
ber 21, 1993, letter, Alexander, City
decision of a federal court judge made
Solicitor, spoke to Powell’s then lawyer,
the year before, and they would pay poMichael Powers, and advised him that,
lice officer Powell over $422,000 more in
regardless of Dr. Bird’s medical opinion,
damages. In all,
Powell was not
the case had cost
legally disthe city nearly a
“The city’s violation
qualified from
million dollars,
employment,
of
state
and
federal
according to
but then the city
regulations governing fair most reports.
fired Powers in
From claims
January of 1994.
hiring practices and equal
that a 1974
After appeals
educational opportunities
misdemeanor
over the firing
drug conviction
has led directly to the
quickly mounted,
barred him from
On July 5, 1994,
dire conditions that many
obtaining a needDr. Bird sent a
people of color are in here ed gun permit
letter to Alexto be an officer,
ander indicating
in Pittsfield”
to the hepatitis
that he no longer
Will Singleton
tests, all the way
thought Powell’s
to barring him from operating any other
condition would medically “disqualify”
businesses while being an officer, Powell
him from employment; Powell would
had battled for more than a decade to
never see or hear of that letter until years
have the right to serve, something he still
later.
does to this day.
As the health issue fell to the way Powell may be back on the streets as
side, the city then pointed to a taxi busia Pittsfield police officer, but fights over
ness Powell had started in the meantime
race still haunt City Hall.
as a reason he could not rejoin the force.
To this day, people of color account
Alexander said she had relied on Chief
for nearly 15 percent of the population of
Lee’s opinion that Powell could not be a
the city of 45,000, but only four percent
police officer while operating a taxi busiof the city’s workforce is black, Hispanness in Pittsfield.
ic, or Asian.
But in court it appeared that a
A lot has changed since Powell began
number of white police officers owned
his fight, between 2000 and 2010; the
businesses or had other employment,
black population grew about 40 percent
including one officer who ran a bar in
and the Latino population by nearly 140
percent in Pittsfield.
Just last fall, the Berkshire County
Unit of the NAACP has complained to
federal and state agencies that Pittsfield’s
government has ignored a range of laws
and regulations governing hiring and
educational opportunity, thereby doing
grave harm to people of color.
The complaint details violations of
law and regulation in formal complaints
to the U.S. Department of Justice, the
U.S. Department of Labor, Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office of Civil
Rights, and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education, unit president Will Singleton
said.
“Based on a thoughtful and deliberate
fact-finding process,” Singleton said,“the
city’s violation of state and federal regulations governing fair hiring practices
and equal educational opportunities has
led directly to the dire conditions that
many people of color are in here in Pittsfield.”
Just this August the fight for progress
continued when the city’s Affirmative
Action Policy and Plan was updated for
first time since 1994, the same year Powell was fired improperly for the second
time.
Goals and committee duties listed in
the policy include promotion of affirmative action training for supervisors;
distribution of information on and hiring
goals and hiring timetables; assessing
grievance processes and providing explanations; undertaking work force analyses;
reforming and enhancing recruitment and
job-posting practices; assessing discipline policies, handicapped employment
regulations, promotion, purchasing and
contracting policies.
But several recent cases have shown
that even if the Police Department, now
led by an African -American police chief,
has turned itself around and even if new
policies have been made, there is still a
long way to go.
In 2013, Rosaura Roman, a City Hall
legal secretary who is Hispanic, filed a
complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination alleging
that the city did not post a job notice
for a position she was interested in. A
younger, white male worker later got the
job.
Then earlier this year Doreen Wade,
an African -American woman, filed a
complaint against Mayor Daniel Bianchi
alleging that he used racially inappropriate language during a meeting about
small business loan opportunities for her
online black newspaper.
A ruling has been delayed, because
the commission postponed hearing
Wade’s case until after the outcome of
similar complaints she has filed with the
Attorney General’s office and the U.S.
Department of Justice.
Officer Powell is still patrolling the
streets of downtown Pittsfield, but 23
years after his first complaint minorities
are still struggling to truly feel safe from
discrimination in the city.
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T heater • M usic • C omedy • C oncer ts • D ance • T alks , C lasses & W orkshops • S pecial E vents • O ther
Monday, Sept 1
Theater
Frank, a special Little Cinema screening at the
Berkshire Museum, 39 South Street, Pittsfield.
3 and 7 p.m. (413) 443-7171.
Music
Glen Kotche, Wilco drummer performs under
Natalie Jeremijenko: Tree Logic. At Mass
MoCA, 87 Marshall Street, North Adams.
4:30 p.m. (413) 662-2111.
Bang on a Can After-Hours Special, a
light-night Jam session. At Mass MoCA,
87 Marshall Street, North Adams. 10 p.m.
(413) 662-2111.
Jeffrey Folmer, live performance at the Lions
Den at the Red Lion Inn. 30 Main Street,
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Dance
Absolute Beginners Line Dance Class, At
2 Flights Up, 399 1/2 Main Street, Dalton.
6:30 p.m. (413) 553-3533.
Other
B Movie Mondays, at the Wunderbar and
Bistro 744 Warren Street, Hudson, N.Y. 10
p.m. (518) 828-0555.
Tuesday, Sept 2
Theater
Photo contributed
Frank, a special Little Cinema screening at the
Berkshire Museum, 39 South Street, Pittsfield.
3 and 7 p.m. (413) 443-7171.
Critically acclaimed alternative rockers 10,000 maniacs will perform at the Colonial Theater on Sept. 27. Part of a month filled with
can’t miss events Pages 23-27.
Music
Wednesday, Sept 3
Trivia Night, at the Wunderbar and Bistro
744 Warren Street, Hudson, N.Y. 10 p.m.
(518) 828-0555.
Stevie Nichols, live performance at the Lions
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Open Original Acoustic Music Night, at
the Dream Away Lodge, 1342 County Road,
Becket. (413) 623-8725.
Karaoke, with Bob Heck at the Underground
Pub at Crowne Plaza. 1 West Street, Pittsfield.
9 p.m. (413) 553-2214.
Open Mic, at the Gypsy Joynt Cafe, 293
Main Street, Great Barrington. 8 p.m. (413)
644-8811.
Bombino, with Sana live performance at the
Iron Horse, 20 Center Street, Northampton.
7 p.m. (413) 644-8811.
Thursday, sept 4
Open Mic Night, at Bogies Steak and Ale,
935 South Main Street, Great Barrington. 9
p.m. (413) 528-5959.
Berkshire Ukulele Band, an all ages ukulele
lesson and performance. At Berkshire South,
Crissey Road, Great Barrington. 6:30 p.m.
(413) 528-2810.
Open Mic Night, at the Purple Pub 65 Spring
Street, Williamstown. 8 p.m. (413) 458-0095.
Tom Carroll, live performance at the Lions
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Alula and Amanda Jo Williams, live performance at the Half Moon. 48 Front Street,
Hudson, N.Y. 8 p.m. (518) 828-1562.
Latin Night, hosted by DJ Alexavier and DJ
Chico at the Iron Horse, 20 Center Street,
Northampton. 10 p.m. (413) 644-8811.
Other
Texas Hold ‘Em, poker night at The Brickhouse Pub, 425 Park Street, Housatonic. 7:30
p.m. (413) 274-0020.
Music
Other
Trivia Night, at the Brickhouse Pub, 425 Park
Street, Housatonic. 7:30 p.m. (413) 274-0020.
Berkshire Trails and Tales, strange stories
of northwestern Massachusetts with Shirley
Sutton. Bascom Lodge at Mount Greylock.
30 Rockwell Road, Lanesborough. 6 p.m.
(413)743-1591.
Music
Nana Simopoulos Group, performing at the
Down County Social Club, 864 Undermountain
Road, Sheffield. 8 p.m. (413)717-7476.
Joe Fletcher, live musical performance at
the DreamAway Lodge. 1342 County Road,
Becket, (413) 623-8725.
Prentice Pilot Quartet, live performance at
the Lions Den at the Red Lion Inn. 30 Main
Street, Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
DJ I.T.S., performing at Bogies Steak and
Ale, 935 South Main Street Great Barrington.
(413) 528-5959.
Walter Burmer, live entertainment at the
Olde Heritage Tavern. 12 Housatonic Street,
Lenox. 8 p.m. (413) 637-0884.
Hootenanny, open musical performance at
the Guthrie Center, 2 Van Deusenville Road,
Great Barrington. 7 p.m. (413)528-1955.
Chris O’Brien, with The Sea The Sea live
performance at the Iron Horse, 20 Center
Street, Northampton. 7 p.m. (413) 644-8811.
Switch Factory, with the Zolla Boys live
performance at Infinity Hall, 20 Greenwoods
Road, Norfolk, Conn. 8 p.m. (860) 542-5531.
Other
Gentle Yoga, free class lead by Kripalu teacher
Connie Wilson at the Guthrie Center, 2 Van
Deusenville Road, Great Barrington. 11 a.m.
(413)528-1955.
The Chalet, the Summer Beer Garden at Mass
MoCA, 87 Marshall Street, North Adams. 5
to 11 p.m. (413) 662-2111.
Friday, Sept 5
Theater
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, At
Shakespeare and Company, 70 Kemble Street,
Lenox. 8 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
The All Night Strut, music review from the
1930s and 40s. At the Mac-Haydn Theatre,
1925 NY 203, Chatham, N.Y. 8 p.m. (518)
392-9292.
Half and Half, comedy performance at The
Theater Barn, 654 State Route 20, New Lebanon, N.Y. 8 p.m. (413) 794-8989.
Four Events That You Shouldn’t Miss Out On This Month
The Midtown Men,
the original line up for
the production of Jersey Boys performs for
the Fairview Hospital
Gala at the Mahaiwe.
Gypsy Joynt Pizza
Party, eight local bands
provide music all day at
the Great Barrington
restaurant with food
and drinks until midnight.
White Denim, Austin
based rockers take
their heavy blues, punk
and psychrock sound
to the Iron Horse in
Northampton.
Paula Poundstone,
popular comedian
and frequent “Wait
Wait Don’t Tell Me”
performs at Infinity Hall in Norfolk,
Conn.
23
Boyhood, a special Little Cinema screening
at the Berkshire Museum, 39 South Street,
Pittsfield. 7 p.m. (413) 443-7171.
Music
Eric Reinhardt and Lee Rogers, performing
with special guests as part of the Town of
Great Barrington Summer Concert Series. At
the Town Hall Gazebo, 334 Main Street Great
Barrington. 5:30 p.m.
The Reformers, live performance at the Lions Den at the Red Lion Inn. 30 Main Street,
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Seun Kuti and Egypt 80, live performance
at Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia Street,
Hudson. 9 p.m. (518) 828-4800.
SmashCrashBash!, live performances from the
Beech Creeps and the Luxurious Faux Furs at
the Half Moon. 48 Front Street, Hudson, N.Y.
8 p.m. (518) 828-1562.
Chevelle, with Kyng and Dayshell performing at the Upstate Concert Hall. 1208 New
York 146, Clifton Park, N.Y. 6:30 p.m. (518)
371-0012.
Charles Neville Jazz Quartet, with Juke Joint
Jazz live performance at the Iron Horse, 20
Center Street, Northampton. 7 p.m. (413)
644-8811.
Soul Sound Revue, live performance at Infinity
Hall, 20 Greenwoods Road, Norfolk, Conn. 8
p.m. (860) 542-5531.
Other
to 11 p.m. (413) 662-2111.
Coming Alive: Story Telling on Stage, an
evening of narrative, spoken word stories from
Massmouth, Inc. At the Mount, 2 Plunkett
Street, Lenox. 7 p.m. (413)551-5111.
Ghost Tours at the Mount, a 90-minute tour of
the grounds with stories. At The Mount 2 Plun-
ket Street, Lenox. 5:45 p.m. (413) 551-5111.
Jonas Dovydenas, artist reception for his
exhibition, “Photos from an Endless War,”At
the Lenox Library, 18 Main Street Lenox. 5
p.m. (413)637-2630.
Saturday, Sept 6
Theater
Lenox. 3 and 8:30 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
1925 NY 203, Chatham, N.Y. 2 and 8 p.m.
(518) 392-9292.
Pittsfield. 7 p.m. (413) 443-7171.
Music
Classic Albums Live: Abbey Road, presented
by Berkshire Theater Group at the Colonial
Theater, 111 South Street, Pittsfield. 8 p.m.
(413) 997-4444.
Carol Wincenc and the Escher String Quartet, the flute player performs Haydn, Mozart,
Devinne and Debussy. Part of Music and More.
154 Hartsville-New Marlborough Road, New
Marlborough. 4:30 p.m. (413) 229-2785.
Lizz Wright, live performance at Helsinki
Hudson, 405 Columbia Street, Hudson. 9
p.m. (518) 828-4800.
Big and Bigger, live performance at the Lions Den at the Red Lion Inn. 30 Main Street,
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Manon Hutton-DeWys, solo piano recital
at the Daniel Arts Center of Simon’s Rock.
4 Alford Road, Great Barrington. 8 p.m.
(413)644-4400.
Mike and Ruthy, live performance at the
Dream Away Lodge, 1342 County Road,
Becket. 8 p.m. (413) 623-8725.
Clutch, with Lionize and American Sharks
performing at the Upstate Concert Hall.
1208 New York 146, Clifton Park, N.Y. 7 p.m.
(518) 371-0012.
Joshua Bell and the Albany Symphony
Orchestra, live performance at the Palace
Theater, 19 Clinton Avenue, Albany. 7 p.m.
(518) 465,3334.
Mary Fahl, live performance at Infinity Hall,
20 Greenwoods Road, Norfolk, Conn. 8 p.m.
(860) 542-5531.
White Denim, with Clear Plastic Masks and
LuxDeluxe live performance at the Iron Horse,
20 Center Street, Northampton. 8:30 p.m.
(413) 644-8811.
Comedy
Theater
Jimmy Tingle, “Making Comic Sense” live
Other
Rooftop Fundraiser, supporting the Downtown Pittsfield Farmers Market with dinner
by Mission Bar and Tapas and live music from
The Malls. At the Pittsfield Greystone Building
8 Maplewood Avenue Pittsfield. 5:30 p.m.
farmersmarketpittsfield.org.
to 11 p.m. (413) 662-2111.
Sheffield Fair, at the Town park off Miller Avenue, Sheffield. 12 p.m. (413) 229-7000 ext. 151.
Sunday, Sept 7
Theater
Lenox. 3 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
1925 NY 203, Chatham, N.Y. 2 p.m. (518)
392-9292.
Pittsfield. 7 p.m. (413) 443-7171.
Music
White Liger, closing out the Hilltown Hoot at
Washington Town Park. route 8, Washington.
12 p.m.
Oakes and Smith, live performance at the Bascom Lodge at Mount Greylock. 30 Rockwell
Road, Lanesborough, 6 p.m. (413) 743-1591.
Sun Mountain Fiddler Band, live performance
at the Lions Den at the Red Lion Inn. 30 Main
Demi Lovato: World Tour, live performance
at the Times Union Center, 51 South Pearl
Street, Albany, N.Y. 7 p.m. (518) 487-2000.
Jim Kweskin, live performance at the Iron
Horse, 20 Center Street, Northampton. 7
p.m. (413) 644-8811.
Kris Allen, with Sarah Barrios live performance
at Infinity Hall, 20 Greenwoods Road, Norfolk,
Conn. 7:30 p.m. (860) 542-5531.
Monday, Sept 8
Theater
Pittsfield. 3 and 7 p.m. (413) 443-7171.
Photo contributed
Barrington Stage Company will present singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega in a special
performance on Sept. 12 to benefit BSC’s educational programs.
24
Music
Rob Sanzone, live performance at the Lions
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Other
SandwichFest, a celebration of all things
sandwich with demos, recipes, raffles and
giveaways. At the Berkshire Co-Op Market
42 Bridge Street, Great Barrington. 10 a.m.
(413) 528-9697.
p.m. (518) 828-0555.
Tuesday, Sept 9
Pittsfield. 7 p.m. (413) 443-7171.
Music
Dana Welts,live performance at the Lions
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Twenty One Pilots, with Misterwives and Vinyl
Theater performing at the Upstate Concert
Hall. 1208 New York 146, Clifton Park, N.Y.
6:30 p.m. (518) 371-0012.
Northampton. 10 p.m. (413) 644-8811.
The Fray, with A Great Big World and Andy
Grammer. Live performance at the Palace
(518) 465,3334.
Other
(413) 528-9697.
Wednesday, Sept 10
Music
Gram Sturz, live performance at the Lions
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Becket. (413) 623-8725.
Elephant Revival, live performance at the
7 p.m. (413) 644-8811.
644-8811.
Other
We are not alone: a discussion on the presence of extra terrestrials in the universe. At
Berkshire Athenaeum, 1 Wendell Avenue,
Pittsfield. 7 p.m. (413) 499-9480.
(413) 528-9697.
Trivia Night, at the Brickhouse Pub, 425
Park Street, Housatonic. 7:30 p.m. (413)
274-0020.
Duran Duran Unstaged, a special screening
of the performance directed by David Lynch.
At the Spectrum 8 Cinema, 290 Delaware
Avenue, Albany. 7 p.m. (518) 449-8995.
(518) 828-0555.
Thursday, Sept 11
Theater
1925 NY 203, Chatham, N.Y. 2 p.m. (518)
392-9292.
Music
John Snyder, performing at the Down County
Social Club, 864 Undermountain Road, Sheffield. 8 p.m. (413)717-7476.
Cher, with special guest Pat Benatar and
Neil Giraldo. At the Times Union Center, 51
South Pearl Street, Albany, N.Y. 7 p.m. (518)
487-2000.
BOB, live entertainment at the Olde Heritage
Tavern. 12 Housatonic Street, Lenox. 8 p.m.
(413) 637-0884.
Snarky Puppy, performing at the Upstate
Concert Hall. 1208 New York 146, Clifton
Park, N.Y. 7 p.m. (518) 371-0012.
Judy Collins, live performance at the Iron
p.m. (413) 644-8811.
ASIA, live performance at Infinity Hall, 20
Greenwoods Road, Norfolk, Conn. 8 p.m.
(860) 542-5531.
Other
(413)528-1955.
to 11 p.m. (413) 662-2111.
Poetry on the Terrace, six poets will read
their published works. At the Mount, 2 Plunkett Street, Lenox. 5:30 p.m. (413) 551-5111.
(413) 528-9697.
Francis Dunnery and Band, live performance
at Infinity Hall, 20 Greenwoods Road, Norfolk,
Conn. 8 p.m. (860) 542-5531.
Other
BSC 2014 Educational Benefit, with a one
night only performance by signer songwriter
Suzanne Vega. By Barrington Stage Company,
30 Union Street, Pittsfield. 5:30 p.m. (413)
997-6118.
to 11 p.m. (413) 662-2111.
The Amy Clampitt Memorial Reading, with
Sharon Olds. At the Mount 2 Plunkett Street.
7 p.m. (413) 551-5111.
Land Ho!, a special Little Cinema screening
Pittsfield. 7 p.m. (413) 443-7171.
Music
Todd Mack, live performance at the Gypsy
Joynt Cafe, 293 Main Street, Great Barrington.
8 p.m. (413) 644-8811.
Whiskey City, performing with Blues Sanctuary at the Colonial Theater. 111 South Street,
Pittsfield. 7 p.m. (413) 997-4444.
Time Flies! with Karen Akers and Don Rebic on
Piano. Part of Music and More. 154 HartsvilleNew Marlborough Road, New Marlborough.
4:30 p.m. (413) 229-2785.
Rakish Paddy, live performance at the Lions
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Theater
Lenox. 8 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
1925 NY 203, Chatham, N.Y. 8 p.m. (518)
392-9292.
Pittsfield. 7 p.m. (413) 443-7171.
Music
Dublin Porter, live performance at the Gypsy
8 p.m. (413) 644-8811.
Suzanne Vega, a one night only performance
by signer songwriter. By Barrington Stage
Company, 30 Union Street, Pittsfield. 5:30
p.m. (413) 997-6118.
Diva and the Dirty Boys, live performance
Judy Collins, live performance at the Iron
p.m. (413) 644-8811.
at 276 main street, great barrington with
farm & home
quality American-made goods & gifts
(413) 528-9697.
Valley Voices Storyslam: Schooled, at
the Academy of Music 274 Main Street,
North Hampton. 7:30 p.m. (413) 584-9032
ex. 105.
Saturday, Sept 13
Theater
Lenox. 3 and 8:30 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
1925 NY 203, Chatham, N.Y. 2 and 8 p.m.
(518) 392-9292.
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Live Jazz, at the Castle Street Cafe, 10
Castle Street, Great Barrington. 8 p.m. (413)
528-5244.
No Quarter, at the Wunderbar and Bistro
(518) 828-0555.
The Stone Coyotes, with Santina King live
Comedy
Paula Poundstone, live performance at Infinity
p.m. (860) 542-5531.
Dance
Dance Night, at 2 Flights Up. 399 1/2 Main
Street. Dalton. 5 p.m. (413)553-3533.
Other
to 11 p.m. (413) 662-2111.
Francine Prose, author of 12 novels reads
“Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932.”
At the Daniel Arts Center at 84 Alford Road,
Great Barrington. 6:30 p.m. (413) 644-4400.
Questions and Answers, a workshop with
Adam Stone for High School poets. At the
Mount, 2 Plunkett Street, Lenox. 10 a.m.
(413) 551-5111.
J. Benjamin Taylor, a discussion on the impact and importance of Mid-Term elections
in American Politics. Part of the OLLI Distinguished Speaker Series. At Berkshire Community College 1350 West Street, Pittsfield.
10:30 a.m. (413) 499-4660.
YMCA Superhero 5K Challenge, at Burbank
Park, Pittsfield. 9 a.m. (413) 499-7650.
Sunday, Sept 14
Theater
Lenox. 3 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
1930s and 40s. At the Mac-Haydn Theatre, 1925
NY 203, Chatham, N.Y. 2 p.m. (518) 392-9292.
Pittsfield. 7 p.m. (413) 443-7171.
Music
Live music at the Lion’s Den, performance at
the Red Lion Inn. 30 Main Street, Stockbridge.
8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
John Mayall, live performance at Infinity Hall,
20 Greenwoods Road, Norfolk, Conn. 7:30
p.m. (860) 542-5531.
Cassadee Pope, performing at the Upstate
Concert Hall. 1208 New York 146, Clifton
Park, N.Y. 7 p.m. (518) 371-0012.
Monday, Sept 15
Theater
Pittsfield. 3 and 7 p.m. (413) 443-7171.
Music
Sandy and Sandy, live performance at the
Lions Den at the Red Lion Inn. 30 Main Street,
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Raul Midon, with Russell Kaback live performance at the Iron Horse, 20 Center Street,
Northampton. 7 p.m. (413) 644-8811.
Other
Berkshire Grown 16th Annual Harvest Supper, At Ski Butternut, 380 State Road, Great
Barrington. 6 p.m. (413) 528-0041.
p.m. (518) 828-0555.
Tuesday, Sept 16
Theater
Menopause The Musical, at the Colonial
(413) 997-4444.
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to 11 p.m. (413) 662-2111.
Trivia Night, at the Lions Den at the Red
Lion Inn. 30 Main Street, Stockbridge. 6p.m.
(413) 298-5545.
Friday, Sept 19
Theater
Character Man, By Barrington Stage Company, 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield. 7:30 p.m.
(413) 236-8888.
Music
photo contributed
“Private Eyes,” the story of a married couple whose acting careers and lives become
blurred, is the latest from Shakespeare and Company opening Sept. 20.
Music
Jeff Martell, live performance at the Lions
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
DJ Stylus and DJ Sen-Gee, two local DJs
performing at the Underground Pub at
Crowne Plaza. 1 West Street, Pittsfield. 9:30
p.m. (413) 553-2214.
Northampton. 10 p.m. (413) 644-8811.
Wednesday, Sept 17
Theater
(413) 997-4444.
Music
Jeff Gonzales Solo, live performance at the
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Becket. (413) 623-8725.
644-8811.
Allan Holdsworth Band, featuring Jimmy
Haslip and Gary Huband with Beledo live
Other
(518) 828-0555.
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Thursday, Sept 18
Theater
(413) 236-8888.
(413) 997-4444.
A Mother’s Love, musical presented by
Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker at the Palace
(518) 465,3334.
Music
Justin Hillman, performing at the Down
County Social Club, 864 Undermountain Road,
Sheffield. 8 p.m. (413)717-7476.
Satellite Shine, live entertainment at the
Lenox. 8 p.m. (413) 637-0884.
Landlady, with Breakfast in Fur live performance at the Half Moon. 48 Front Street,
Hudson, N.Y. 8 p.m. (518) 828-1562.
Johnn Winter Rememberance Concert, with
the Johnny Winter Band and special guests at
Infinity Hall, 20 Greenwoods Road, Norfolk,
Conn. 7:30 p.m. (860) 542-5531.
Other
(413)528-1955.
Polysonic Joy, live performance at the Gypsy
8 p.m. (413) 644-8811.
Freshgrass Bluegrass Festival, various artists
at Mass MoCA, 87 Marshall Street, North Adams. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. (413) 662-2111.
Jeannie and John, live performance at the
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Buffalo Stack, live performance at Helsinki
p.m. (518) 828-4800.
Lee Idol, the 4th annual talent competition.
At the Spectrum Playhouse, 20 Franklin Street,
Lee. 7 p.m. (413) 394-5023.
perform at the Underground Pub at Crowne
Plaza. 1 West Street, Pittsfield. 9:30 p.m.
(413) 553-2214.
The U.S. Army’s Spirit of America, at the
Times Union Center, 51 South Pearl Street,
Albany, N.Y. 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. (518)
487-2000.
Erin Harkens, at the Wunderbar and Bistro
(518) 828-0555.
Steve Forbert, with Abe Loomis live performance at the Iron Horse, 20 Center Street,
Northampton. 7 p.m. (413) 644-8811.
Tauk, with Mammal Dap live performance at
the Iron Horse, 20 Center Street, Northampton. 10 p.m. (413) 644-8811.
Other
to 11 p.m. (413) 662-2111.
Saturday, Sept 20
Theater
Private Eyes, performance by Shakespeare
and Company. 70 Kemble Street, Lenox. 7:30
p.m. (413) 637-1199.
Character Man, By Barrington Stage Company, 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield. 3 and 7:30
p.m. (413) 236-8888.
Music
Matt Turk, live performance at the Gypsy
8 p.m. (413) 644-8811.
The Midtown Men, the original cast from
Broadway’s Jersey Boy’s perform sixties hits
as part of the Fairview Hospital Gala. At the
Mahaiwe, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington.
7:30 p.m. (413) 528-0100.
Lydian String Quartet, with a free pre-concert
talk at 3:30 p.m. Part of Music and More. 154
Hartsville-New Marlborough Road, New Marlborough. 4:30 p.m. (413) 229-2785.
Freshgrass Bluegrass Festival, various artists
at Mass MoCA, 87 Marshall Street, North Ad-
ams. Gates open at 10:30 a.m. (413) 662-2111.
The Chandler Travis Trio, live performance
Lee Idol, the 4th annual talent competition.
At the Spectrum Playhouse, 20 Franklin Street,
Lee. 7 p.m. (413) 394-5023.
The U.S. Army’s Spirit of America, at the
Times Union Center, 51 South Pearl Street,
Albany, N.Y. 10:30 a.m. and 2 and 7:30 p.m.
(518) 487-2000.
The Reverberators, at the Wunderbar and
p.m. (518) 828-0555.
Charlie Hunter and Scott Amendola, live
Slow Club, with Nick Mulvey live performance
at the Iron Horse, 20 Center Street, Northampton. 10 p.m. (413) 644-8811.
Other
to 11 p.m. (413) 662-2111.
Sunday, Sept 21
Theater
and Company. 70 Kemble Street, Lenox. 2
p.m. (413) 637-1199.
Character Man, By Barrington Stage Company, 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield. 3 p.m. (413)
236-8888.
Waxworks, a play by Trina Davies. At the
WAM Theatre, 440 Spring Street, Lee. 3 p.m.
(518) 243-9627.
Music
Freshgrass Bluegrass Festival, various
artists at Mass MoCA, 87 Marshall Street,
North Adams. Gates open at 10:30 a.m.
(413) 662-2111.
Eric Erickson, live performance at the Lions
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Fall For Marilyn Maye, live performance, part
of Helsinki on Broadway at Helsinki Hudson,
405 Columbia Street, Hudson. 9 p.m. (518)
828-4800.
Dicey Riley, with Below the Gaff live performance at the Iron Horse, 20 Center Street,
Northampton. 7 p.m. (413) 644-8811.
Other
Great Barrington Fairgrounds Fundraiser,
a discussion with New York Times Food
Editor Sam Sifton, Cookbook Author Jenny
Rosentrach and Random House Editorial
Director of Nonfiction Andy Ward. At Gedney Farm, 34 Hartsville-New Marlborough
Road, New Marlborough. 12 p.m. (413)
229-3131.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, a special
screening of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production. At the Spectrum 8 Cinema,
290 Delaware Avenue, Albany. 7 p.m. (518)
449-8995.
New England Sky, an introduction to amateur
astronomy with a look at the stars above
the Berkshires. At Bascom Lodge at Mount
Greylock. 30 Rockwell Road, Lanesborough.
6 p.m. (413) 743-1591.
Monday, Sept 22
Music
Gary Jones, live performance at the Lions
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Other
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, a special
screening of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production. At the Spectrum 8 Cinema,
290 Delaware Avenue, Albany. 7 p.m. (518)
449-8995.
p.m. (518) 828-0555.
Tuesday, Sept 23
Music
Tom Corrigan, live performance at the Lions
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Northampton. 10 p.m. (413) 644-8811.
Other
David Bowie Is, a documentary about the new
David Bowie exhibition at the Victoria and
Albert Museum in London. At the Spectrum
8 Cinema, 290 Delaware Avenue, Albany. 7
p.m. (518) 449-8995.
Wednesday, Sept 24
Music
Rev Tor Solo, live performance at the Lions
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Crooked Still, live performance at Helsinki
p.m. (518) 828-4800.
Becket. (413) 623-8725.
Humming House, live performance at the
7 p.m. (413) 644-8811.
Open Mic, at the Gypsy Joynt Cafe, 293 Main
Street, Great Barrington. 8 p.m. (413) 644-8811.
Other
(518) 828-0555.
Thursday, Sept 25
Theater
(413) 236-8888.
Music
Bruce Mandel, live entertainment at the
Lenox. 8 p.m. (413) 637-0884.
Country Night by Randy Cormier, at the
Underground Pub at Crowne Plaza. 1 West
Street, Pittsfield. 9 p.m. (413) 553-2214.
Ben Miller Band, live performance at the
7 p.m. (413) 644-8811.
Shotgun Wedding, live performance at Infinity
p.m. (860) 542-5531.
Other
to 11 p.m. (413) 662-2111.
(413)528-1955.
Friday, Sept 26
Theater
and Company. 70 Kemble Street, Lenox. 7:30
p.m. (413) 637-1199.
(413) 236-8888.
Music
Lady Di and the Dukes, live performance at
Dwight and the Donts, live performance at
the Gypsy Joynt Cafe, 293 Main Street, Great
Barrington. 8 p.m. (413) 644-8811.
Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys, live performance at Helsinki Hudson, 405 Columbia
Street, Hudson. 9 p.m. (518) 828-4800.
The BTUs, at the Castle Street cafe, 10
Castle Street, Great Barrington. 8:30 p.m.
(413)528-5244.
perform at the Underground Pub at Crowne
Plaza. 1 West Street, Pittsfield. 9:30 p.m.
(413) 553-2214.
Caravan of Thieves, live performance at the
7 p.m. (413) 644-8811.
Kip Moore, live performance at the Palace
(518) 465-3334.
Other
The Jam Tour 2014, featuring Sammy Wilkinson,
Taylor Caniff, Dillon Rudd, Aaron Carpenter and
many more performing at the Upstate Concert
Hall. 1208 New York 146, Clifton Park, N.Y. 6
p.m. (518) 371-0012.
Lydia Loveless, with Wishbone Zoe live performance at the Iron Horse, 20 Center Street,
Northampton. 7 p.m. (413) 644-8811.
Mirah, with Death Vessel live performance at the
Iron Horse, 20 Center Street, Northampton. 10
p.m. (413) 644-8811.
Tweedy, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy and his son
Spencer perform with Hospitality at the Calvin
Theatre, 19 King Street, Northampton. 8 p.m.
(413) 584-1444.
Dance
Dance Night, at 2 Flights Up. 399 1/2 Main
Street. Dalton. 5 p.m. (413)553-3533.
Other
Award winning authors, a special celebration
featuring Paul Auster, Roy Blount, Jr., Siri Hustvedt
and Ellen Weissbrod hosted by Mitchel Levitas.
Part of Music and More. 154 Hartsville-New
Marlborough Road, New Marlborough. 4:30
p.m. (413) 229-2785.
MoCA, 87 Marshall Street, North Adams. 5 to
11 p.m. (413) 662-2111.
TEDx Hudson, independently organized TED
event at the Hudson Opera House. 327 Warren
Street, Hudson, N.Y. 10 a.m. (518) 822-1438.
Sunday, sept 28
Theater
and Company. 70 Kemble Street, Lenox. 2 p.m.
(413) 637-1199.
Character Man, By Barrington Stage Company,
36 Linden Street, Pittsfield. 3 p.m. (413) 236-8888.
Music
James Mee, live performance at the Lions Den
at the Red Lion Inn. 30 Main Street, Stockbridge.
8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Keeler Headlighters, a special battle of the
bands performance at the Upstate Concert Hall.
1208 New York 146, Clifton Park, N.Y. 4 p.m.
(518) 371-0012.
Wishbone Ash, live performance at Infinity Hall,
20 Greenwoods Road, Norfolk, Conn. 8 p.m.
(860) 542-5531.
Monday, Sept 29
Music
David Reed, live performance at the Lions Den
8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Kneebody, live performance at the Iron Horse,
20 Center Street, Northampton. 7 p.m. (413)
644-8811.
Other
B Movie Mondays, at the Wunderbar and Bistro
744 Warren Street, Hudson, N.Y. 10 p.m. (518)
828-0555.
Tuesday, Sept 30
Music
Christopher John, live performance at the
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Latin Night, hosted by DJ Alexavier and DJ Chico
at the Iron Horse, 20 Center Street, Northampton.
10 p.m. (413) 644-8811.
to 11 p.m. (413) 662-2111.
Saturday, Sept 27
Theater
Private Eyes, performance by Shakespeare and
Company. 70 Kemble Street, Lenox. 7:30 p.m.
(413) 637-1199.
Character Man, By Barrington Stage Company,
36 Linden Street, Pittsfield. 3 and 7:30 p.m. (413)
236-8888.
Vaudeville Extravaganza, the second annual
benefit for the Guthrie Center. At the Guthrie
Center, 2 Van Deusenville Road, Great Barrington. 7 p.m. (413) 528-1955.
Music
Gypsy Joynt Pizza Party, all day music with
Jordan Weller and the Feathers, The Interlopers,
The BTU’s, The Berkshire Mountin Ramblers,
The Frontment, The Luck 5, Sandy and Sandy
and Glen Geiger at the Gypsy Joynt Cafe, 293
Main Street, Great Barrington. 11 a.m. to 12 a.m.
(413) 644-8811.
Bigger Boat, live performance at the Lions Den
8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, presented by
the Berkshire Bach Society. At The Mahaiwe,
14 Castle Street, Great Barrington. 7:30 p.m.
(413) 528-0100.
10,000 Maniacs, performing at the Colonial
Theater. 111 South Street, Pittsfield. 7 p.m.
(413) 997-4444.
Five Finger Death Punch and Vol Beat, with
special guests Hellyeah and Nothing More. At
the Times Union Center, 51 South Pearl Street,
Albany, N.Y. 7 p.m. (518) 487-2000.
The Getdown, at the Wunderbar and Bistro
744 Warren Street, Hudson, N.Y. 10 p.m. (518)
828-0555.
Photo contributed
Tweedy, the new band featuring Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy and his son, Spencer, will
perform at The Calvin Theatre in Northampton on Sept. 27.
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`Music
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Enjoy some ‘FreshGrass’
Three-day festival packed full of talent
M
ASSMoCA’s fall season gets
under way in mid-September
when the museum devotes an
entire weekend to bluegrass and
roots music - and continues full throttle
until it sends us laughing all the way into
the holiday season with a mid-December
show of smart comedy.
FreshGrass, the three-day bluegrass
and roots festival on September 19-21–
which announced yet another impressive
addition to its lineup this week, naming
infamous flat-picker Michael Daves and
banjo superstar Tony Trischka as Friday
night festival openers–includes a mindbending amount of music, with more than
forty bands, throughout the weekend.
On Sunday evening, as the sun sets on
FreshGrass 2014, one of the great voices
of the last fifty years of country, folk,
rock, and bluegrass music will take the
stage. Emmylou Harris has thirteen Grammies to her name and canonical collaborations with everyone from Bob Dylan to
Willie Nelson, Bright Eyes to Neil Young,
and her work in recent years has been
among her most acclaimed. She’s fresh
off a duo album with Rodney Crowell, so
expect new melodies and old classics, all
lilting over the field through that voice.
The Infamous Stringdusters came
together in 2007 during one of the International Bluegrass Music Association’s
legendary “doorway jam sessions.” And
jamming remains the integral philosophy
of the group, with spur-of-the-moment
chemistry powering their legendary live
performances. In upwards of a thousand
shows in six years, every one is something special and fresh for these dedicated
bluegrassers. The Stringdusters are the
only band to play at all four FreshGrass
festivals – the tradition continues! This
year, they’ll be leading Saturday’s latenight barn dance.
Alternately known as the King of
Telluride and the King of Newgrass,
Grammy-winning mandolin player Sam
Bush has perhaps more than any living
musician helped to expand the horizons of
bluegrass music, fusing it with jazz, rock,
blues, funk, and other styles. He’s the cofounder of the genre-bending New Grass
Revival and a player who has collaborated
with everyone from Emmylou Harris and
Béla Fleck to Charlie Haden, Lyle Lovett,
and Garth Brooks. Bush has become an
icon at a young age, and is in many ways
at the center of the evolving bluegrass
universe—a link between the roots of
the genre and its emerging future. Local
music fans thrilled to invite him back for
a second autumn at FreshGrass.
Railroad Earth, The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn, and The David Grisman Sextet also
highlight the weekend.
The music of Brooklyn’s Cricket Tell
the Weather is full of twists, turns, and
surprise influences. One moment will be
speedy and swinging, and the next will
recall the lilting indie hymns of the Fleet
Foxes. Cricket Tell the Weather took home
the first annual FreshGrass Award last fall,
and they are thrilled to be invited onto the
main stage this time around, while The
Novel Ideas, Ramblin Jug Stompers, and
The Flying Garbanzos represent local talent.
Michael Cleveland is another can’tmiss at FreshGrass. By the time he was
fourteen, he’d fiddled on Grand Ole Opry
and in front of the U.S. Congress. A repeat
IBMA winner with six Rounder Records
releases under his belt, Cleveland has in
the last ten years become one of the finest
spokesmen for the devil’s instrument on
the bluegrass circuit. Trills, chops, and all
sorts of acrobatics are in store, backed by
his burning four-piece, The Flamekeeper.
Also, Haas Kowert Tice is what FreshGrass is all about: exceptional musicians
coming together from different projects to
discover the chemistry that may unfold.
Brittany Haas may be familiar as the fiddler for Crooked Still (or from her recent
debut solo album, which was produced
by longtime FreshGrasser Darol Anger);
Paul Kowert is a core member of the
Punch Brothers alongside Chris Thile and
Noam Pikelny; and Jordan Tice is a flatpicker who performs regularly with Tony
Trischka. Together, they form a tight-knit
three-piece band with a Brooklyn flavor,
drawing from the harmonic language of
progressive bluegrass but maintaining the
rigor and groove of traditionalism.
The festival rounds out with instrument- and industry-focused workshops,
luthier demonstrations, Berkshire-fresh
food and spirits, downtown camping, family programming including a
performance by the Deedle Deedle Dees,
and the FreshKids tent stocked with art
activities and healthy snacks.
Come for the music and stay for the
art. New York-based artist Lee Boroson
creates a sequence of elements in MASS
MoCA’s largest gallery, where visitors
will immerse in fog, lava, waterfalls, and
smokestacks as they move through installations of fabric, glass, and inflatables
that consider the landscape as culture as
well as wilderness.Tickets are available
through the MASS MoCA box office,
located on Marshall Street in North
Adams, every day from 10 a.m. to 6.p.m.,
with extended evening hours to 7 p.m.
on Thursdays through Saturdays. Tickets
can also be charged by phone by calling
413.662.2111 during box office hours, or
purchased online at massmoca.org.
Photos contributed
The FreshGrass festival at Mass MoCA is known for the laid back vibe of the crowd and
the great bluegrass music.
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`Live
`
Music
Upstate Concert Hall
Gypsy Joynt
The Joynt offers some of the best local
musicians the Berkshires have to offer, as well
as acts from across the country, and with the
stage at the center of the restaurant, seating
will put you right up in front of the acts for
an intimate fun showcase. If performing
is for you, try out your own talents with a
weekly open mic.
293 Main Street,
Great Barrington
413.644.8811
gypsy joyntcafe.net
Milltown Tavern
Newly renovated from what was once
“Benny’s Restaurant” the Milltown Tavern
offers the same spirit of the local spot to
be for food, drinks and music. The tavern is
transformed into a music venue for weekly
offerings of open mics and house bands
as well as performances from local artists.
Come and enjoy a wide selection of craft
and domestic beers, and a full bar. Awardwinning wings and burgers are just some
of the tantalizing offerings you can find on
their menu.
438 North Street
Pittsfield
missionbarandtapas.com
By Tom Casey
SHEFFIELD – The start of September marks a slowdown in arts offerings in
the Berkshires. That’s not to say there is
nothing happening, just that the options
are not as overwhelming as they are in
July and August.
One venue carrying the torch into
autumn is the Down County Social Club,
a fun music venue and one of the bestkept secrets in the Berkshires found just
beneath the Stagecoach Tavern off Route
41, if you know where to look.
The venue operates as a New
Orleans- style speakeasy on Thursday
nights offering beer, wine and musicians
hand-picked from a variety of genre’s
representing some of the best sounds in
the region. The club also hosts dance,
performance art, poetry and multlimedia
works as well as films and academically
themed events.For September, the Down
Social Club rocks
all fall long
30
1208 Route 146.
Clifton Park, N.Y.
518.371. 0012
upstateconcerthall.com
PortSmitt’s Restaurant
PortSmitt’s Restaurant, has quickly become
a “Berkshire dining favorite” under the
guidance and expertise, of local Chef Mike
Lewis. For years, Chef Lewis has served
Berkshire County residents and visitors
alike. In addition to being an outstanding
restaurant, PortSmitt’s Restaurant has also
begun hosting great local music from bands
in the Berkshires.
320 Peck Road
Pittsfield
413.236. 5727
portssmittsrestaurant.com
16 depot Street,
Dalton
413.684.0900
Milltowntavern.com
Fairways at the A
Mission Bar + Tapas
For a relaxing intimate atmosphere to take in a
drink and hear some great music Mission Bar
and Tapas is at the top of the list. The venue
located in Pittsfield’s down town, the bar and
music hall offers food throughout the day and
a full bar as well as a special brunch menu. The
site is host to several house bands performing
weekly as well as special performances and a
host of the areas top musicians. An open mic
is also offered every Tuesday to showcase
local undiscovered musicians.
Originally called Northern Lights, this venue
is a beloved spot to New York’s capital
region concert go-ers. Catch some of the
top alternative acts and old favorites as well
as local showcases and more. The general
admission format allows anyone to get close,
and the venue offers a well stocked bar and
concessions.
Helsinki Hudson
Get a taste of the Berkshires outside of
Massachusettes. Originally a mainstay in
Great Barrington, Helsinki crossed over
to New York and has thrived in the City of
Hudson. the venue offers both up and coming and established bands as well as great
dining and drinks.
Hudson, N.Y.
518.828.4800
helsinkihudson.com
With one of the largest dance floors in the
area, this location is a popular venue. They
cater showers, weddings, seasonal parties,
fundraisers, community events and private
parties. Many nights they feature live
entertainment - regional bands and DJs. They
also host seasonal popular sports tailgating
events with their large HD Screen Television.
303 Crane Ave
Pittsfield
413.442. 3585
fairwaysatthea.com
The Brick House Pub
Located in the heart of Housatonic, this
bar has an impressive mixture of great
beer, great food, and great music to make
it a can’t miss destination. The space is
also home to a series of local artists and
performances from bands from across
the country.
425 Park Street,
Housatonic
413. 274. 0020
brickhousema.com
County Social Club is
bringing a series of eclectic artist to their stage. The
venue kicks off the month
with a performance from
the Nana Simopoulos
Group on Sept. 4. Nana
Simopoulos is a composer
and performer of world
fusion music.
A guitarist and sitar
player, her first album,
Pandora’s Blues was
released in 1984 to critical
acclaim. In her albums
released since she has
Photos contributed
worked with countless
musicians including Don Nana Simopoulos and Justin Hillman will perform in September at the Down County Social Club.
Cherry, Charlie Haden,
Eddie Van Halen, and the
companies and performances including the noise generation interspersed with electric
late Indian sarangi master, Ustad Sultan
guitar work.The club will then welcome
LiquidBody Dance, the Dance Theater of
Khan.
local folk singer Justin Hillman, who’s
Harlem and for performances on and off
She has written scores for films and
sound has been compared to Nick Drake,
Broadway.The following week, on Sept.
theatrical productions, appeared with
Ray Lamontagne, and Andrew Bird.
11, the social club will present experiOscar winner Tan Dun as a soloist on sitar
For more information or directions
mental musician John Snyder. Snyder perin Marco Polo with the New York City
and dinner reservations at The Stagecoach
forms free-form improvised and virtuosic
Opera. She also is a conductor and comTavern, call (413)229-8585 or find them
sound tectonics. using a variety of sound
poser, creating works for numerous dance
on Facebook under The Down County.
projectors; loopers, tape machines, and
`Film
`
`Must
`
See
It’s finally Oscar
season now at
the box office
Line-up boasts an impressive selection of
genre-spanning fare
Tusk (Sept.. 14)
Kevin Smith (Clerks,
Mallrats, Dogma)
returns with a black
comedy about an amateur podcaster that is
held hostage and turned
into a walrus by one of
his interviewees.
By Shea Garner
W
ith summer blockbuster season
coming to an end, audiences can
finally look forward to the awards
fodder that populates the fall and
winter months leading up to the Oscars. The
end of the year boasts an impressive lineup of
genre-spanning fare, with work from actors
and directors reaching outside their comfort zones to try something darker or even
unexpected. Expect surprises to outweigh
disappointments as 2014’s film race heats up.
The following films are not ranked and listed
by release date.
Gone Girl (October 3)
David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club, The
Social Network) brings Gillian Flynn’s bestselling 2012 novel to life with his signature
shadowy tone. The story details the disappearance of Amy Dunne (Rosamund Pike)
and subsequent investigation of her husband,
Nick (Ben Affleck), in Carthage, Missouri.
The script’s rewritten ending could shock
both newcomers and book readers alike.
Birdman (October 17)
What is widely looked forward to as Michael Keaton’s comeback performance after
earning rave reviews at the Venice Film Festival, Birdman follows a retired actor (Keaton),
who once played a famous superhero, as he
tries to reignite his career on Broadway. The
film, directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
(21 Grams, Babel, Biutiful), was manipulated
in post-production to look like one single
shot.
Fury (October 17)
David Ayer (Harsh Times, End of Watch,
Sabotage) directs Brad Pitt, Shia LeBouf,
and Michael Pena in this WWII film about
an American tank commander (Pitt) in the
2nd Armored Division. Ayer earned the
Academy’s attention for writing the 2001
cop flick Training Day and is due to impress
again with this dark, gritty depiction of the
battlefront.
Nightcrawler (October 31)
Jake Gyllenhaal continues to blossom into
one of Hollywood’s most promising talents
with this thriller about a driven young video
journalist in modern Los Angeles. Having lost
more than 20 lbs for the role, the actor literally
looks “hungry” for an Oscar nod here.
Interstellar (November 7)
Acclaimed director Christopher Nolan
(Memento, The Dark Knight, Inception)
braves the sci-fi genre once again with the
mysterious Interstellar. Said to concern
wormholes and time travel, the film stars the
excellent Matthew McConaughey leading
an ensemble cast of Anne Hathaway, Jessica
Chastain, Michael Caine, and Casey Affleck,
Drop (Sept. 19)
Tom Hardy stars in
a film that explores
money laundering and
organized crime in New
York City. James Gandolfini, in one of his last
film roles, co-stars with
Noomi Rapace.
Photo contributed
Top: Birdman staring Michael Keaton looks to bring the 2012 novel to life. Bottom: Jake
Gyllenhaal is already getting Oscar buzz for his performance in Nightcrawler.
among others.
The Theory of Everything (November 7)
James Marsh’s new biopic stars British
actor Eddie Redmayne as the renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, before meeting his wife
(Felicity Jones) at Cambridge in the 1960s.
It deals with the couple’s early romance and
subsequent struggle to accept his debilitating
motor neurone disease. Sure to be both moving and inspiring, Redmayne could deliver a
powerhouse performance.
Foxcatcher (November 14)
Steve Carell takes a serious turn in Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher, based on the true
story of Olympic Wrestling Champion Mark
Schultz (Channing Tatum) and the grisly murder of his brother, Dave (Mark Ruffalo) at the
hands of their paranoid schizophrenic coach
(Carell). Carell’s off-kilter performance is
already an Oscar lock, as reviews from Cannes
were appropriately glowing.
Exodus: Gods and Kings (December 12)
Film veteran Ridley Scott returns to the
world of epic dramas after directing the 2000
Best Picture winner Gladiator and 2005’s
underrated Kingdom of Heaven. The film
recreates the Old Testament’s Book of Exodus
and follows Moses (Christian Bale) as he leads
the Hebrews out of Egypt. Joel Edgerton,
Sigourney Weaver, and Ben Kingsley co-star,
among others.
Inherent Vice (December 12)
After polarizing audiences with 2012’s
divisive character study The Master, director Paul Thomas Anderson reteams with
Joaquin Phoenix for an adaptation of Thomas
Pynchon’s comedic novel. The story follows
stoner private investigator Doc Sportello
(Phoenix) as he attempts to understand a web
of strange disappearances in late 1960s Los
Angeles. Also starring Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Reese Witherspoon, and Benicio Del
Toro, Inherent Vice promises exceptional
talent from both sides of the camera.
The Equalizer (Sept.
26)
Antione Fuqua (Training Day, Tears of the
Sun, Shooter) reteams
with Denzel Washington for a remake of this
late-80’s television series
about a brutal private
investigator.
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`Weekend
`
Warrior
Fall in the Berkshires doesn’t
mean that the party is over
The back Nine Bar & Grill has changed its name to Fairways At
The A Bar & Banquet. We are under new exciting management.
We offer pub food and daily specials Tuesday through Sunday
4 to 9. We feature burgers, hot dogs, chicken wings,
our homemade pizza, homemade french fries
and homemade chips for our awesome nachos.
Order takeout at 413-442-3585
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sept 5: Just’N’Kace, Berkshire’s Best Classic Rock Band,
6 to 9PM
DJ Marc, the Don Back To School Dance Party, 10 to 1:30AM
Sept 6: WYKYD,Just appeared at Live on the Lake, 10 – 1:30AM
Sept 12: DJ Yung, B, & Marc The Don Dre Day Party
in memory of Andre Ortiz 8 – 2AM
Sept 13: Blackwater, Just appeared at Live On The Lake,
10 – 1:30AM
Sept 19: DJ Yung & DJ B, 10 – 2AM
Sept 20: LIVEWIRE, 10 – 1:30AM
Sept 26: Whiskey City, 9:30 to 1AM
$5 cover, +21
Our bar features many sports on 7 HD TVs, 9 beers on tap, full compliment of
liquors to prepare your favorite cocktail or try one of our signature cocktails
Like us on Facebook at Fairways At The A
Book our banquet room for your private parties, meetings, fundraiser,
or other functions. We have capacity for up to 280 for any event.
Call Kristi Marchetto at 413-841-6868 to book and plan your event.
303 Crane Ave., Pittsfield, MA
413-442-3585
Open Sunday through Thursday 11:30AM to 9:00PM
Friday and Saturday 11:30AM to 2:00AM
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Now that all the college students are
back in town, the nightlife is kicking into
high gear for the fall.
If you are going to get the most out of the
Berkshire County party scene you have to start
by looking in the right spots.
Moe’s Tavern receives in many seasonal
brews, making Moe’s one of the most
unique bars in Berkshire County.
Known for beer, Moe’s promises to keep the
tap list updated and encourages you to follow
Moe’s on your favorite social media outlet for
specials, events and tap list updates.
South County
1. Gypsy Jive
central county
1. Patrick’s Pub
38 Bridge Street, Great Barrington
413.644.8928
If you are
yearning for
glory days of
arcade gaming, or just
looking for
some fun while out on the town, check out
the Gypsy Jive in Great Barrington. The latest effort from the folks at the Gypsy Joynt,
the Jive is part bar, part arcade, and all fun.
It sports two pool tables, an air hockey
table, Skeeball, a ping pong table and about
a dozen arcade machines with everything
from Marvel v. Capcom to Crusin World.
They boast a healthy beer selection with
across-the-beer spectrum with local favorites
Big Elm available as well as a full menu for
both restaurant quality meals, to tapas for
the late evening munchies.
2. Michaels
5 Elm Street, Stockbridge
413.298.3530
Show off
your pipes
with a night
of karaoke at
Michals in
Stockbridge.
With hundreds of songs and artists to
choose from you’ll be sure to belt out
hits from your favorite artists at this
incredibly entertaining spot in the Berkshires. If singing isn’t your thing, not to
worry, Michaels has a fully stocked bar
with domestic and imported selections
including Berkshire Brewery on tap.
When it’s game time, watch your team
on one of their 4 HD TVs including a
new 65” to see every bone-crushing
hit and mammoth home run. Michaels
also has a full lunch and dinner menu
for great dining and a late night dining
options.
3. Moe’s
25 Frank P Consolati Way, Lee
Moe’s Tavern
has been
recognized
by The New
York Times as
being an essential, downto-earth destination in the Berkshires.
26 Bank Row, Pittsfield
413.499-1994
Have you
been struck
with the good
old Irish
curse? If so,
then this is
the place
to head. Since 1985, Patrick’s Pub has
been committed to serving its customers
quality food and drinks at a great price
in a casual setting.
Located on Park Square in downtown Pittsfield, Patrick’s Pub is the
perfect destination to enjoy some great
food and drop six or so shots of Jameson
down your throat. Also, check out their
new family-friendly, sports-themed
restaurant right across Park Square at 41
North St. in Pittsfield. If its gameday,
they will make sure its on.
2. Sideline Saloon
434 Fenn St, Pittsfield
413.499.7337
Its not every
day in America that a bar
boasts so
much about
winning a
bar soccer
league. The fact that Sideline does makes
me think these guys are like those crazy
English drunk fans you read about, and I
love it. I mean, they still proudly say that
the undefeated 2009 Sideline Saloonatics Men’s Soccer team is in the Summer
Soccer League’s regular season.
north county
1. PUBLIC
34 Holden Street, North Adams
413.664.4444
You look like
a man that
parties with a
touch of class.
Late night,
PUBLIC
hosts occasional performances by local
and traveling musicians of varying styles,
showcasing everything from contemporary
acoustic covers to high energy jazz and
classic blues.
`Theater
`
An international
flair hits Berkshire
stages this month
Impressive talent will call
Berkshires home for upcoming season hits
Y
ou remember the patter song that
Danny Kaye sang? The one where
he rattles off the names of fifty
Russian composers? Christopher
Durang’s play “Vanya and Sonia and
Masha and Spike” plays the same sort
of multi-turn on Anton Chekhov’s plays,
and a whole lot of others. Shakespeare
and Company has opened Durang’s play,
and it’s quite amusing.
At heart this is just a family soap
opera. (Maybe everything is—Hamlet, La Traviata, the Simpsons). Their
professor parents gave the three Russian
names after Chekhov characters, but the
playing out of the Russian dramas is
pure Durang. They’re working through
sibling resentments: Vanya and Sonia
took care of the parents, have no lives,
feel unloved. Masha, the mediumfamous actress, made the money, had
to marry five times (well…) has a boy
lover, Spike, who’s losing interest in her
fast.
What makes this production excellent is the ensemble acting. The three
sisters (one is actu►► Even
ally a gay brother)
though
are Elizabeth Assummer has penlieder as Masha
come to
and Tod Randolph
pass, the
and Jim Frangione
stages are
as Sonia and Vanya,
still full
the stay-at-homes.
They work seamlessly together, paying attention to each
other so well that they convey everything we need to know.
Sonia is alternately cranky and
needy. She was adopted, we learn. She
craves love and status within the family.
She says to Masha plaintively, “Can’t
I outshine you once?” Masha calls her
“darling, tedious Sonia”. Randolph
registers her every emotion, and even in
her manic moments we know what she’s
thinking.
Calm and acerbic, Jim Frangione as
Vanya is the strong pillar of the family.
He has written a play in which they all
perform. Spike is supposed to be the
audience, but he’s on his cellphone.
The surprise character is Cassandra,
the maid, played by Angel Moore. She
really is Cassandra; she makes prophecies about what’s going to happen, and it
all does—or sometimes, it all has.
She bounces around the stage telling
everyone to “Beware” this or that, and if
they aren’t wary enough trouble surely
happens. She doesn’t foresee anything
Photo contributed
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike has been getting rave reviews on the main stage at Shakespeare and
Company in Lenox.
as cataclysmic as the Trojan War, but her
riffs on everything from Greek tragedy
to voodoo are hilarious.
Cassandra’s role is ignored in the
title of the play. We don’t know that
these mock-Russians from Pennsylvania
are going to be disrupted by their futurespewing maid.
But her inclusion gives the play a
dimension it would not otherwise have,
and Angel Moore’s acting is just wonderful.
The Spike of the title is a young
stud, played to perfection by Mat
Leonard. He’s a real hunk, (really! You
can’t act that body! ) and he knows it.
There’s no subtlety to Spike at all, and
when Nina, the sylph-like and stunning
ingénue, played by Olivia Saccomanno,
enters the house, we know that that’s it
for Masha’s fling with Spike.
The play is about performing and
performance. The siblings perform for
each other, and know each other so well
that they can refuse to be each other’s
audience even as they know they must.
Cassandra performs for the gods,
and Spike performs for himself. Nina
is rehearsing for the future she hopes to
have. All in all, it’s an absorbing work
performed for us by an ensemble that
inspires each other and the audience.
Other Desert Cities
Primary casting has been announced
for the Capital Repertory Theatre
production of Jon Robin Baitz’s Other
Desert Cities, directed by Michael Bush,
opening in previews Sept. 26 and playing Sept. 30-Oct. 19.
Broadway veteran Kevin McGuire
and Emmy Award-winner Ellen Parker
will lead the cast as Lyman and Polly
Wyeth. Other Desert Cities, a finalist for
the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, is an
intriguing play about family, politics and
the past.
McGuire has been a recent staple at
theREP, with leading roles in Man of La
Mancha, Red and A Christmas Carol.
McGuire has starred on Broadway and
in national and international tours of Les
Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera,
The Secret Garden and Jane Eyre.
As founder of The Theatre Company
at Hubbard Hall, in Cambridge, N.Y., he
directed and starred in nine seasons of
inventive stagings of classics, including
Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Uncle
Vanya and Much Ado About Nothing.
He will direct Shakespeare’s Hamlet for
the REP later in the season.
Parker—who starred for eight
years, and won a 1993 Emmy Award, as
Maureen Reardon Bauer on the daytime
television staple Guiding Light—makes
her Capital Repertory Theatre debut with
Other Desert Cities.
On Broadway, Parker appeared in
The Heidi Chronicles, Plenty and Equus;
off-Broadway work includes Alan Ayckbourn’s House and Garden and Absent
Friends; Mrs. Klein with Uta Hagen; As
You Like It at La MaMa; and Aunt Dan
and Lemon and Fen at the Public. She
has performed widely in regional theater
and spent seven summers acting at the
O’Neill Playwrights Conference.
She was awarded an Obie for “Sustained Excellence of Performance” and
an Emmy for Best Featured Actress.
Parker, like McGuire, has local
connections. Her parents founded Chez
Sophie in Hadley, N.Y. and her brother
Paul recently opened The Rare Earth
Wine Bar in Glens Falls, N.Y.
Bush returns for Other Desert Cities;
he has also directed Cactus Flower, Uptown Downtown and A Christmas Carol.
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`Eat
`
New chefs, new
specials abound
Tasty treats abound,
festivals. a closing and a
new big hits
By Rick Forbes
[email protected]
Freight Yard Pub launches
fall menu
W
ith the leaves about to change,
so are the menus at many
area restaurants including the Freight Yard Pub in
North Adams. One featured
item this fall will be Apple Cider Donut
Sundae topped with pumpkin ice cream
and caramel. And what washes that down
better than a Shipyard Pumpkinhead Beer
which they are serving all fall long as
well.
Time for the Harvest Supper
Berkshire Grown’s 16th annual Harvest Supper puts local food at the center
of the celebration on Monday, September
15 from 6-8 p.m. at Ski Butternut in
Great Barrington.
Nearly three dozen Berkshire Grown
member chefs and local beverage producers will be on hand. The chefs will be
serving a wide selection of tastings, all
featuring fresh ingredients from local
farms.
The evening includes a silent auction
with favorites like a dinner for two at
Dan Barber’s Blue Hill at Stone Barns
in Pocantico Hills, NY, or dinner and an
overnight stay at Old Inn on the Green
in New Marlborough; and new items like
“Chef for a Day” at Chez Nous Bistro
in Lee; an apple picking & wine tasting party for four at Hilltop Orchards &
Furnace Brook Winery in Richmond; or
a private tour and tasting for you and ten
of your friends at Big Elm Brewing in
Sheffield.
For this year’s event, Berkshire
Grown is welcoming seven first-time
participants: Center for Motivation &
Change: Berkshires, Ginsberg’s Foods,
Hotchkiss School Dining, nAtURAlly
Catering + Takeout, No. Six Depot
Roastery and Café, SoMa Catering and
The Well Restaurant + Bar.
The dinner is by reservation only.
Tickets are $70 for Berkshire Grown
members and $80 for non-members.
Tickets sell out fast; call 413-528-0041
for tickets as soon as possible.
Adam Brassard returns to
The Williams Inn
Main Street Hospitality Group recently announced that Adam Brassard has
been appointed to the position of executive chef of The Williams Inn. Brassard’s
responsibilities include all kitchen opera-
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tions and menu development.
Brassard’s appointment marks his
return to The Williams Inn. In 2007,
Brassard began his professional culinary
career as The Williams Inn sous chef.
From there he joined The Red Lion Inn
as sous chef under the leadership of Red
Lion Inn executive chef and MSHG vicepresident of Food and Beverage Operations, Brian Alberg.
Brassard’s return to The Williams Inn
ushers in a new culinary philosophy. The
inn is now using regional, seasonal ingredients, tapping into The Red Lion Inn’s
network of over 80 regional farmers and
food producers.
Brassard is proud of the change and
what it means for the inn, “Using fresh,
local ingredients not only supports our
farmers and community, but is also a big
step in producing a great dining experience for our guests,” he said.
The inn has debuted new menus for
all meals and changed the dining hours
at its two on-site dining establishments, a
main dining room and tavern. Menus are
an updated, modern take on traditional
New England and American fare.
No more spice for Pittsfield
Spice Dragon is thanking their
patrons, friends, family and vendors for
their support over the years.
“We are so proud of the strides our
team has made in recent years and the
awesome sweat and tears they have dedicated to the restaurant,” the restaurant
said in a release.
The restaurant will be closing August
31 while Hotel on North is under construction.
Photo contributed
Berkshire Grown’s 16th Annual Harvest Supper puts local food at the center of
the celebration on Monday, September 15 from 6-8 p.m.
Housie Market already a
hit with locals
If you haven’t yet greeted your day
with a polenta-egg bowl–topped roasted
cherry tomatoes–or a peanut butter &
kimchi sandwich, or a Diamond in the
Rough (what’s that?), the Housie Market
& Café is your next food stop.
Breakfast and lunch fare – from the
adventurous to the familiar – can be had
all day long, with a lunch-time beer or
a glass of wine. The latest eatery amid
Housatonic’s mini-renaissance is the
work of Amy Hagerty, who established
the destination Baba Louie’s – the Great
Barrington restaurant that’s been thriving since 1995.
Now, she has transformed a tired
former neighborhood store into a hip,
adventurous little eatery and hangout
cafe for locals and visitors alike.
A new brew in the Tunnel
City
Tunnel City is now selling Guatemala Huehuetenango El Quiche coffee. The
French Roast is smooth with a slight orange citric flavor and clean finish. Other
flavors and aromas include chocolate
cake, plum, roasted almond and maple
sugar aroma.
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Gateways Inn
51 Walker Street, Lenox
It’s Thursday evening in Lenox and
you’re tucked into the lounge at the Gateways Inn, enjoying a vibrant three-course
meal and a glass (or two) of specially
paired wine, complimented by light jazz
music from Rob Kelly and Don Mikkelsen.
The welcoming owners and innkeepers
Eiran and Michele Gazit, who were busy
tending to a large dinner party, but kind
enough to guide newcomers through their
eclectic menu.
Every Thursday during the winter
months, The Restaurant at the Gateways
Inn offers a three-course meal, including
a starter, main course, dessert and glass of
wine, for $29 per person. Paired with the
comfortable atmosphere and live entertainment, it is a hard offer to beat.
Their dinner menu reflects the environment—contemporary and American yet
worldly and sophisticated. While the selection changes five times a year, the dishes
are never fried and always kosher.
For a main dish, select the Sweet Potato
Gnocchi with Toasted Hazelnuts in Brown
Butter sauce over Wilted Spinach.It arrived
shimmering in its brown butter sauce,
its delicate taste matching the exquisite
presentation. Paired with a Quivera 2011
dry red Zinfandel, the meal was filling, but
never too rich or heavy.
Try ending up with the Chocolate
Hazelnut Tart—a delicious balance of semisweet chocolate and hazelnut flavor (that
would have paired great with an espresso,
had it not been approaching bedtime).
at The Red Lion Inn
30 Main Street, Stockbridge, MA
(413) 298-5545 | RedLionInn.com
Sweet Potato Gnocchi at Gateways
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`First
`
Taste
Tasting local stuff
By Jason Dennis
T
here is a small batch, craft spirit
revolution that is steadily growing
in New England. Dotted across the
New England region, there are artistic
entrepreneurs who are distilling everything
from everyday to esoteric liquor.
Let’s start in our own backyard.
Sheffield is the proud home of Berkshire Mountain Distillers who’s reach
has extended across the nation in just
a few short years. I can remember
when Chris personally traveled from
store to bar to introduce himself
and his artisanal spirits. Now, he’s
cask finishing his bourbon in used
craft beer casks from Florida
to Washington state and his
award-winning gin is unbeatable for an affordable price.
In addition to producing
some of the best beer in the
world, Vermont produces a
number flavorful spirits. Fall
is right around the corner
and the gold medal winning Vermont Maple Sapling
liqueur is an autumn favorite
in cocktails. A spiced apple
maple whiskey cocktail is one of my
favorite warming beverages during the
cool and colorful Berkshire foliage season.
Whistle Pig 100% Rye Whiskey is
another esteemed Vermont beverage. With
industry accolades such as “Highest Rating
Ever” from Wine Enthusiast and “5 Stars”
from the Spirit Journal, this 100 proof rye
whiskey has made it’s mark in the whiskey
world.
You don’t hear a lot about New
Hampshire in the beverage world, but there
are flavorful spirits being crafted up there
which are in the market. Fabrizia Limoncello is a true family-run business. It all
started a decade ago when Phil Mastroianni took a heritage trip to Italy with his
great aunt. Inspiration struck and today
we have a refreshing, delicious New
England Limoncello we can be proud to
serve any Italian.
Another flavorful spirit from New
Hampshire is the Boggy Meadow
“Swichel” Cider Vodka. If you’re a
fan of the locally made Fire Cider,
this is the spirit for you. Switchel
is what I call a “Heritage Beverage”. It is a drink that has sustained thirsty field workers during
the hot summer months and so is
known as haymaker’s punch.
C8 also
This switchel is made with boiled
apple cider, ginger, vinegar, and
is distilled 6 times.
As your vision travels the selection
at liquor stores, keep an eye out for
these and other beverages from our regional artisans - it’s good for the community
and great for your palate.
`First
`
Draft
Some helpful beer
festival season tips
T
By Andrew Kelly
he end of summer is approaching
which means beer festivals are beginning to take form. There are a couple
of great festivals in the area in the
fall including the biggest on the in the area
which is 9th Annual Western MA Beer
Festival. That is a fundraiser for the Dalton
CRA which is sponsored by Kelly’s Package Store in addition to dozens of local and
regional breweries and distributors.
If you are attending a beer festival this
year, here are a few helpful tips that you
can follow that will help you get the most
out of your beer festival experience.
Prepare. Consider a getting designated
driver or taking a taxi home. Most festivals
allow designated drivers to come for free
and many insurance plans will reimburse
you up to $50 for a cab ride home if you’re
unfit to drive.
Make sure you eat a solid meal before
attending these events. Things high in
protein would be best or some carbs to help
your body handle the alcohol. With a large
meal you will find that the food will slow
the alcohol getting into your blood stream
making for a safer, more enjoyable time.
Map out what beers you feel that you
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need to try and develop a check list. The
beer lists should be available online or in
a booklet so you can scout the cant miss
beers that are present. Once you have a
chance to hit the tables you’ve chosen you
have the whole rest of the day free to roam
without feeling rushed.
Once you are at the festival make sure
you take full advantage of the water given
to you, most festivals have some water
source that is included in the ticket price.
The frequent use of the water will help
you rinse glasses and your pallet as well
as keeping you hydrated. Alcohol will
natural dehydrate your body and things
such as malts, yeast, and hops don’t help
with that situation either.
Bready snacks such as pretzels or
crackers can be your ally at a festival as
a neutral taste but something to snack on
as well so your pallet isn’t spoiled for
the beers. Four hours is a long time to go
without a snack and sometimes heavier
foods can get in the way of tasting certain
styles of beer.
Most importantly don’t forget to have
fun, this is an event for the consumer to
come out and see what all of these great
breweries have been up to. There are
plenty of small breweries present that
will really surprise you with what they’ve
come up with so keep an open mind and
enjoy!
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