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AUGUST • vOL. 2 nO. 2
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JTF: all aboard? well not so fast Page 6 • METRO: the berkshires big dig Page 8 • music: chesterfest time Page 23
BERKSHIRE
the beach
by the Lake
By Shea Garner
Pittsfield’s newest attraction is making
a big splash thanks to efforts to return
Silver Lake to its original pristine state.
But are you ready to go back in the water?
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The Berkshire View | August 2014
DAILY EVENTS • PULLING EVENTS
“NIGHT FOR TRUCKS”
“CHILDREN’S NIGHT”
& “CRUISE NIGHT”
Reduced rates on Gillette Rides
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23
“OLD FASHION FAIR DAY”
The Spirit of Johnny Cash: 7:30 on the Main Stage
SUNDAY, AUGUST 24
“SENIOR CITIZEN’S DAY”
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Aug 1: DJ BK College night, free entry before 10 With College ID, 9 – 2AM
Aug 2: Just’N’Kace Berkshire’s Best Classic Rock Band 9:30 – 12:30AM
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Aug 8: DJ B and Marc the Don 10 – 2 AM
Aug 9: Shyne rocks the house 10 – 1:30AM
Aug 15: DJ Yung & Youngchamp Birthday Party
Aug 16: Blackwater – Just appeared at Live On The Lake 10 – 1:30AM
Aug 22: DJ BK College night, free entry before 10
Aug 23: Summit Hill – Great Rock all genres to dance all night, 9:30 – 1 AM
Aug 29: Rockett - Blast off with this new high energy rock band – 9:30 – 1AM
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Cover Story
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BERKSHIRE
Turbulence
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Naughty dogs now under investigation
Donna Prisendorf
By Kameron Spaulding
Man’s best friend seems to be anything but that in the
Berkshires with a slew of complaints from neighbors in
Lenox and Pittsfield about “violent dogs.”
Hey, who turned off the lights?
Nearly two months to the day a fire left 20,000 Northern
Berkshire customers in the dark it happened again.
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Concerts galore
Rock and Roll icons the Beach Boys will
perform at Tanglewood as one of the
hundreds of great events taking place
this August.
Music
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Chesterwood rocks
By Tom Casey
The historic home of Daniel Chester
French hosts the ChesterFest music
festival through August.
The Beach by the Lake
By Shea Garner
Pittsfield’s newest attraction is making a big splash thanks to
efforts to return Silver Lake to its original pristine state. But are
you ready to go back in the water?
Letters
5
Just The Facts
6
All aboard! Well not so fast
Film
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Linklater’s magnum opus?
By Shea Garner
“Boyhood,” the latest film from Richard
Linklater filmed over the course of 12
years, may be the director’s finest.
Theater
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Passenger rail service has taken another big step forward
but is still a far-off dream for the Berkshires.
Two new plays fill theaters
Up in Smoke?
Barrington Stage’s “Breaking the
Code,” and Williamstown Theater
Festival’s “Living on Love,” are hits.
By Rex Hearn
Despite the growing support for medical marijuana, those
in power seem dead set on killing the whole idea.
Local gun owner survives battle
Weekend Warrior
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TGIF, baby!
By Julie Ruth
An Ashley Falls man is seeking to close a “hellacious chapter” Looking for the best places to unwind in
South, Central and Northern Berkshire
in his life after a run in with police over his firearms.
County? Got you covered.
Metro
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Don’t point that thing at me
By Tom Casey
The Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives
are trying to find common ground over conflicting gun
control bills each chamber passed before the session ends.
Now the Berkshires gets a ‘Big Dig’
By Terry Cowgill
The $6 Million Main Street reconstruction project has
finally gotten underway and, of course, there is already
some controversy in Great Barrington.
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Taste of Japan
The Clark Art’s institute will be transformed into a Japanese
eating and drinking establishment on Friday’s from 5 to
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Letters
What has, and is going on, with the VA
healthcare corruption scandal is the direct
result of having a government run SinglePayer program. Despite the media trying to
cover up another government scandal, the
truth is out about how bad the corruption is,
and how many of the very people who have
fought to keep this country free have been
“allowed” to die while waiting for timely
and proper treatment.
If a government run Single-Payer program cannot take care of a small percentage
of our most worthy and needy citizens, what
makes anyone believe Obamacare or its’ real
intended ultimate program – a Single-Payer
one – can responsibly provide medical care
for the entire American population?
Jim Balfanz
Stockbridge
Time to get in the
coffin business
Here we go again! The Berkshire Regional
Planning Commission did an extensive population study of Berkshire County and the good
news is if you own or run a funeral home you
are going to make a fortune, the bad news is
if you are trying to convince the public that
you need a larger renovated high school, well
It would be outrageous to suggest that a cancer or
stroke patient has “done something stupid”
by falling victim to their illness.
Yet it is not uncommon–even socially acceptable–to
hear the suicide victim of a serious mental health
illness being described in this way.
the numbers don’t add up.
By 2030 the student population will decrease by 23%, and don’t forget the student
population has dipped 10% already over the
last twelve years, which if the renovation
project did happen to slip through that would
mean a lot of empty space and a blue light
specials on furniture. However in vocational
education, courses and work studies with local funeral homes would be a good idea. The
study and numbers just don’t add up. However
if you are say in the coffin business, they do.
Patrick Fennell
Great Barrington
Patrick expects full
review of pipeline
In light of the upcoming march to highlight opposition to the Tennessee Gas Pipeline
Company’s proposed new natural gas pipeline,
I wanted to share the attached. As you know,
the primary authority for siting a pipeline lies
OPEN LATE NIGHTS!
FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. While this Administration has not taken
a position on this proposal, and will not unless
and until the FERC process, I did want you
to know that we intend to be involved in the
event of such a process, and that we have
called on FERC to assure that the process
is robust and that all those interested have a
chance to engage.
I fully expect that any process will need
to include detailed environmental reviews.
Deval Patrick
Massachusetts Governor
Mental health is a
real health concern
It would be outrageous to suggest that a
cancer or stroke patient has “done something
stupid” by falling victim to their illness. Yet
it is not uncommon - even socially acceptable - to hear the suicide victim of a serious
mental health illness being described in this
way. Suicide is the most tragic culmination
of a severe illness, not an act of stupidity.
Mental ill health can be a dangerous,
terrifying condition and now affects one in
four people. Inadequate, often inappropriate
medical resources, limited social understanding or concern do not help improve the
national disgrace of poor provision of care
and status experienced by many severely ill
and vulnerable patients.
Sufferers of any illness deserve dignity,
respect, courtesy and compassion.
Jene Porter
Pittsfield
Manna Wellness
gives up the ghost
Manna Wellness’ bid for reconsideration officially came to an end. Manna was
an all-encompassing vision of communitycentered compassionate care and environmental responsibility that was, maybe, too
far ahead of its time for the Department of
Public Health and for Massachusetts.
Unfortunately for us, instead of encouraging the endeavors of two young
entrepreneurs and a retired veterinarian
looking to create the highest standards for
environmentally responsible cannabis production in the country, we are now eliminated
from contention.
Nial C. Demena
Pittsfield
Butterflies
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Government healthcare has not worked
May 31 - September 1, 2014
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Just The Facts
All aboard! Well not so fast for rail dreamers Up in Smoke?
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assenger rail service may have taken
another big step forward this with a
surprise sale of the lines, but the fact is
the dream of listening to the “clickity
clack” of the rails on your trip to NYC is still
a far-off dream.
►► Does sale
The Massamean rail?
chusetts Department
of Transportation Board of Directors authorized MassDOT Secretary and CEO Richard
A.Davey to execute an agreement to purchase
the Berkshire Line from the Housatonic Railroad Company, a move they call a “major
step toward delivering passenger rail service
between New York City and the Berkshires.”
The agreement includes $12.13 million to
acquire the line and an estimated $35 million
for initial track improvements, funded by the
2014 Transportation Bond Bill approved by
the Legislature. The Transportation Bond Bill
included $113 million for the purchase and
track improvements on the Massachusetts
section of the line. The Berkshire Line extends
approximately 37 miles from the Connecticut
border in Sheffield through Great Barrington,
Stockbridge, Lee, and Lenox to Pittsfield,
where it joins the CSXT Railroad main line.
“Studies have shown that a Berkshire
County rail connection to New York City would
be a winner, with more than one million rides
annually,” said Davey.“This purchase and the
initial upgrades in the line represent historic
steps toward improved access to the Berkshires
for tourists and residents alike.”
Now that all sounds great, but here is the
bad news. The initial track improvements will
serve freight trains until the Connecticut portion of the project is completed. That means
a final round of track improvements would
be required along with improvements on the
Connecticut portion of the line prior to the
start of passenger rail service. A date for the
beginning of passenger service is dependent
upon completion of the upgrades in both
states.
When was the last time you saw states
work well together?
Those unsure details and the long
federal approval pro¬cess involved in
transferring a railroad led Nat Karns, the
executive director of Berkshire Regional
Planning, to express caution over how soon
rail may come to the county.
“This is a big step, don’t get me wrong,”
Karns said. “But the transfer of a railroad is a
complicated and long process that takes time.”
That being said, Karns said he was very
happy to hear of the agreement and regards it as
a major step forward for the idea of passenger
rail in Berkshire County.
“I have no doubt that this will happen, but
there is a lot of regulation and bureaucracy to
go through,” Karns said. “This shows a major
state commitment to this railroad.”
Michael Verseckes of Mass DOT confirmed that this is just a first step.
“Roughly speaking, there are several
months ahead prior to finalization of the documents to acquire the Berkshire Line,” Verseckes
said. “The existing owner will retain rights
to continue the transport of freight under the
agreement.”
Verseckes also explained that at this time
he is unsure where Connecticut is with plans
on their side of the tracks.
“As far as Connecticut’s portion of the
line, you would have to check with them,”
Verseckes said.
Local gun owner survives ‘hellacious’ rights battle
By Julie Ruth
[email protected]
A
n Ashley Falls man is seeking to
close a “hellacious chapter” in his
life that began on March 3, 2011
when 40 federal, state and local
police, including members of a regional SWAT
team, surrounded his
►► yo, give me
mobile home, an arback my guns
mored tank rolled into
his gravel driveway, and a voice bellowed
through a megaphone that he come out with
his hands up.
“Behind every tree I saw a cop, and they
all had their guns pointed at me,” recalled
Bruce R. Johnson, 46, a landscape business
owner who police charged that winter day
with possession of five handguns without a
Massachusetts firearms license, which they
had located and seized from a locked safe in
his living room.
A two-year court battle followed, with
Johnson’s attorney, Elizabeth Quigley, arguing that his Connecticut firearms permit
allowed him to legally carry guns to his
Ashley Falls home and store them there.
County prosecutors dropped all charges in
July 2013 after Judge Fredric Rutberg ruled
in Southern Berkshire County Court that
the search warrant, had been “improper”
because it did not contain sufficient evidence that “the items sought are related to
criminal activity,” wrote Rutberg in a court
document.
“They raided his house without probable
cause,” Quigley said. After an appellate
court denied two appeals by prosecutors,
they decided to stop pursuing the case.
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Bruce Johnson had his life turned upside
down by his case.
Johnson’s professional business had
suffered major harm after the media reported
the police raid and the arrest. “I’ve worked
for elderly all my life doing lawn care,” said
Johnson. “They read a story about guns and
they’re frightened. A couple of customers
I’d had for more than 10 years said, ‘Oh,
we don’t need your services anymore.”
Some friends and acquaintances, too, turned
away. “I’m trying to explain to people, ‘I’m
innocent.’ They said, ‘Look, 40 cops say
you’re not.’”
This past month Johnson filed a complaint against Sheffield Police Chief Eric
Munson III and the Town of Sheffield for
withholding his handguns as well as his
Massachusetts permit for more than a year,
and ignoring his phone calls for months.
Munson, reached by phone by the View, said
that Johnson’s permit had been granted by
the state a few weeks ago and local police
were waiting for it to arrive in their offices.
“We will be happy to return his property once it arrives,” said Munson, who,
explained that the police could not return
Johnson’s handguns until he had a proper
gun permit in Massachusetts.
Munson said that the process can take
easily four to five months for someone with
no history, and Johnson’s case required
additional research because of separate
charges that had been brought against him
previously in Connecticut.
Johnson has yet to be notified by Sheffield
police about the imminent arrival of the
permit. Munson declined to comment on the
arrest warrant or anything about Johnson’s
court case. But troubling questions remain
about the search and the case in general.
T
he fact is that no mater how much
support medical marijuana may have
from the people, those in power seem
dead set on killing the whole idea.
Now the elimination of nine of the 20 groups
that won provisional
►► sorry, No
approval for medical
Pot for you!
marijuana facilities in
Massachusetts has left Berkshire County in a
state of flux.
Three weeks ago, proposals from a number
of local prospects were rejected by the state
Department of Public Health on the grounds
of inadequate financial capital and improper
corporate structure, among others.
That means that eleven medical marijuana
dispensaries will likely be up and running in
Massachusetts by early 2015. Compare that
with the fact that the state initially anticipated
up to 35 dispensaries would be licensed by
January 2014.
That means that after all the scrutiny the
approved applicants and proposed dispensary
sites moving to the inspection phase are the
William Noyes Webster Foundation (Dennis),
Alternative Therapies Group (Salem), Healthy
Pharms (Haverhill), New England Treatment
Access (Northampton, Brookline), Central
Ave. Compassionate Care (Ayer), Garden
Remedies (Newton), Patriot Care Corp. (Lowell), Ermont Inc. (Quincy), In Good Health
(Brockton) and Bay State Relief (Milford).
So what does that mean for you here in
western Massachusetts?
It means that there is no dispensary planned
in Berkshire, Hampden or Franklin counties.
It means in a program that was supposed to
insure easy access to the whole state, only
one dispensary this side or Worcester has been
approved.
Perhaps the frustration of a local applicant
best sums up the whole situation.
Nial DeMana, former Director of Operations at the nonprofit RMD candidate Manna
Wellness Inc, disclosed in a statement that the
Pittsfield applicant had ended its bid for medical
marijuana licensure after receiving a notice of
final action from the DPH.
DeMana recently began work as a community representative for The Greeneway
Wellness Foundation — a patient-centered
facility out of Cambridge that won provisional
approval in January, but was eliminated on June
27.
Greeneway sought to open a dispensary at
25 Downing Parkway in Pittsfield and secured a
special permit from the city’s Zoning Board of
Appeals just two days before their elimination.
DeMana would have been general manager
of the proposed facility.
“This is part of a trend out here — elimination without knowing why we weren’t selected
and the financial details,” said DeMana. “It is
heartbreaking because it took a lot of work for
me to establish myself with another group and
now I’m back at square one again.”
As heart breaking as it is for DeMana, how
do those who need the medicine feel?
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Metro
Now the Berkshires gets a ‘Big Dig’ of its very own
ByTerry Cowgill
[email protected]
T
he $6 million Main Street reconstruction project has
finally gotten under way and, of course, there is already a touch of controversy here in Great Barrington.
Crews from a subcontractor of J.H. Maxymillian
of Pittsfield began prepping for drainage work near Cottage
Street. They were using power saws to carve up the road so
that it could be broken up to perform underground drainage
work.
►► s. cOUNTY’S
Typically, the saw cuts run parallel
OWN BIG DIG
to the road but an a few occasions,
workers had to cut across the road, resulting in a few brief
stoppages of two-way traffic and temporary traffic jams of a
few hundred yards.
This upset at least one downtown merchant who complained that the contract between the town and the state
expressly stipulates that two-way traffic will be maintained
at all times.
“We fought so hard to get reasonable provisions put
into that contract,” said Robin Helfand, who owns Robin’s
Candy at 288 Main Street. “We need to make sure there is
no irreparable harm to the merchant community and to the
tenants.”
After the cutting, which Mass DOT says was completed
by 2:30 p.m., subcontractors from WE Concrete Cutting
Specialists could be seen removing mud from the street. The
mud was the result of the constant spraying of the saw blades
with water to prevent them from overheating.
Great Barrington Department of Public Works Superintendent Joe Sokul told The View he did not see the stoppage of two-way traffic but did acknowledge receiving a
complaint.“Two-way traffic will be maintained but you still
might have to stop on occasion,” Sokul said. “That’s part of
construction.”
In addition, Great Barrington police working the security detail will sometimes stop traffic on Main Street during
construction in order to let motorists onto Main from side
streets such as Rosseter, Cottage, Elm and Bridge.
“We’ve got a bunch of side streets that are within the
project limits,” Sokul said. Mass DOT spokesman Mike
Verseckes said in an email that traffic stoppages related
to the cross-cutting lasted a maximum of three or four
minutes. On those occasions, two-way traffic was halted
and alternating one-way traffic was instituted.
“Our resident engineer was on site throughout the day
and observed some of these stoppages, making sure that
they were kept to a minimum,” Verseckes said.Helfand
emphasized that in complaining she is not “trying to be
disruptive” but is merely being an advocate for Main Street
retailers.“This is not for any other purpose than to protect
the economic vitality of the area,” she said. “We need to
make sure there is no irreparable harm to the merchant
community and tenants. This is the economic seat of South
County.”
Don’t point, point,
point that thing at me
includes provisions that focus on school safety. According to
DeLeo’s press department, the bill directs the Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education “to develop a safe and
supportive schools framework that each school district will then
individualize and implement, and requires school districts to
have a school resource officer to provide security services. It also
establishes a special commission to study and report on mental,
emotional and behavioral health in public schools. DeLeo, in a
statement released following it’s passage in the House, said the
legislation would make the communities in the Commonwealth
“among the safest in the world.”
“Through a rigorous focus on violence prevention, mental
health and increased oversight, this legislation will help us reach
that goal,” said Speaker DeLeo said. “I believe that the support
this bill has received from advocates on both sides of the issue
is a testament to just how effective the law will be. “
The reaction to the legislation has been less inflammatory
than that of post-Sandy Hook legislation in New York State,
that drew harsh criticism from State Senate Republican’s and
second amendment advocates, however the bills have drawn
criticism. The Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association
has criticized the Senate over their decision to remove the
language in the Senate’s version and the Massachusetts based
Gun Owner Action League, which had originally opposed the
legislation following its introduction stated it was “neutral”
toward the House’s bill. It is uncertain if a compromise will
be reached, but the legislation has seen praise for its ability
to find a common ground in the gun control debate.
ByTom Casey
[email protected]
T
he Massachusetts State Senate and House of Representatives will come to the negotiating table over
conflicting versions of a bill each chamber passed
that could give police and gun dealers much greater
control on who can own firearms in Massachusetts. Lawmakers
each passed a revised bill that would strengthen the state’s gun
control laws and make information about criminal histories
more available.
►► Gun lawS
The Senate and House will have
QUESTIONED to reach a compromise by the end of their
session on an amendment to a bill that would give the state’s
police chiefs discretion over the granting of firearm’s Identification Card. The Senate removed the language from the bill prior
to approving the legislation on a 28 to 10 vote on July 17.
The House’s bill would allow Police Chiefs to deny a Firearm
Identification cards for rifles and shotguns if the applicant is
deemed “ a risk to public safety based on reliable information.”
The bill also Increases the fine for failure to report a lost or stolen
firearm; requires applicants renewing their license to carry or
FID cards to verify that they have not lost any firearms or had
any firearms stolen; establishes penalties for gun dealers who
fail to report a lost or stolen weapon; and, increases the penalties
for improper storage while improving related awareness and
education measures for gun owners.
The House bill 4121, “An act relative to the reduction of
gun violence” introduced my House Majority Leader Robert
DeLeo (D-Winthrop), was passed 112-38 on July 9.
According to the Speaker’s press department, the bill would
also establish a criminal firearms and trafficking unit within the
State Police and would require the Department of Criminal Justice
Information Services to create an online portal for private sales
to ensure that secondary sales are subject to proper monitoring
and information sharing. It also local licensing authorities to
“trace any firearm used to commit a crime and report relevant
data, brings Massachusetts into compliance with the National
Instant Criminal Background Check System, and requires gun
dealers to obtain a CORI check when hiring employees.”
The legislation was introduced as a response to the massacre
at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. and also
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“We need to make sure there is no
irreparable harm to the merchant
community and to the tenants.”
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Turbulence
Naughty dogs now under investigation for repeat misbehavior
[email protected]
M
an’s best friend seems to be
anything but that in the Berkshires this year.
In an area with shrinking
schools, rising taxes and plenty of unemployment, ruling
►► Man’s best on dog related probfriend?
lems seems to be on
agendas all over the
county.
Take Pittsfield for example. Just this
month the Animal Control Commission
heard three more complaints over misbehaving dogs. That means three different
residents were so concerned about the
behavior of a local dog that they went
through the hassle of dealing with City
Hall as a way to address the problem.
One dog on Lincoln St., another
Edward Ave. and then one more on Westchester Ave., all three under investigation
by the board.
Earlier this year Ward 4 Councilor
Christopher Connell said he and his
That means three different residents were so
concerned about the behavior of a local dog that
they went through the hassle of dealing with
City Hall as a way to address the problem.
wife, Esther Bolen, were walking their
dogs on Pleasant Street on May 6 when a
loose rottweiler bit one of their dogs and
threatened two others.
That dog was declared a nuisance and
placed under restraints.
Another vicious attack by three dogs
has resulted in orders that the animals be
closely confined and leashed and muzzled
when taken off the property, by the city/
While three possibly dangerous dogs
are scary, events earlier this spring in Lenox
brought the issue to the forefront there.
During a ride with Berkshire Horseback
Adventures a loose dog attacked with terrible results in Kennedy Park.
Three customers and their guide Dan
Britton were on Deer Run Trail when
the dog approached and began biting the
horses and spooked them causing two of
the customers to be thrown from their
horses.
Britton’s horse fell down with him
still on it. Once he was back to his feet the
guide began checking on the women and
called 911. Local ambulances and EMTs
came to assist in the park.
The injuries to the two women were
extensive. One was taken to Berkshire
Medical Center with broken vertebrae.
The other, an exchange student from
Italy, was airlifted to Albany Medical
Center with internal bleeding and a broken
collarbone and pelvis. She has had several
surgeries to repair her injuries.
The incident, the first severe one on
Berkshire Horseback Adventures 13 years,
has led owner David Roche to offer a
reward for any information that leads to
the owner of the dog.
The town has also joined the debate
and currently the future of dogs in the
park and the possible creation of a new
dog park.
The problem in towns around the
county has serious implications. The most
recent USA survey of dog bites conducted
by CDC researchers concluded that in
2001, 2002 and 2003 there were 4.5 million American dog bite victims per year.
885,000 bites per year -- almost one out
of every 5 -- are serious enough to require
medical attention. Dog bites send nearly
368,000 victims to hospital emergency
departments per year (1,008 per day).
In 2012, more than 27,000 people underwent reconstructive surgery as a result
of being bitten by dogs.
With all those numbers in mind local
leaders are trying to decide how to handle
the fears of recent attacks with the love dog
owners have for their four-legged friends.
Hey, who turned off the lights in North County?
By Brian Wright
W
hen you lose the power it is annoying, when it keeps happening
it feels criminal.
But it appears the buzzword of
2014 for North County is power outage.
Nearly two months
►► Lights
to the day after a fire
out folks
at a National Grid
transformer station left
20,000 customers in the dark in the towns
of Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Florida,
Hancock, Lanesborough, North Adams and
Williamstown in the dark for seven hours, it
happened again.
Yet another transformer caught fire and
power was lost around 11:30 a.m. and was out
for nearly four hours. According to National
Grid spokesman Jake Navarro 18,700 customers lost power Tuesday morning again in
many of the same towns as the May outage.
Mayor Richard Alcombright has said
all the right things, but words don’t make
the lights come on.
“With respect to the outages, I have
emailed [National] Grid management and
will be meeting with them in the next couple
of weeks along with surrounding town leaders to discuss the recent issues,” Alcombright
said.
Alcombright also cautioned residents
about placing too much blame on National
Grid and jokingly reminded them of how
outages were handled in the past.
“I think it is very premature to be pointing fingers at [National] Grid or government,
I am certain that there are reasons and
remedies,” Alcombright said. “I actually
remember the good ole’ days when we just
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hunkered down with a flashlight and a snack
and waited.”
After the large outage was addressed
a smaller “rolling brownout” again struck
the region. The brownouts affected 6,100
customers in Adams, North Adams and
Williamstown.
National Grid confirmed that it was
working to address the issue, adding that
even though many of the same residents
were experiencing the outage as Tuesday it
was caused by a malfunction in a separate
piece of equipment.
Most power blackouts are initially
caused by human error, like the iconic 2003
outage in New York when a maintenance
project (and a falling tree) kneecapped much
of the Northeast and parts of Canada—and
left about 55 million people powerless—for
about a day.
The most fundamental fix, however,
has hardly been addressed. Last year, the
Electric Power Research Institute studied
America’s aging grid infrastructure. Most
large transformers that regulate power
transmission were designed with lifespans
of 40 to 50 years to maximize reliability and
efficiency. Yet the average age of transformers is 42 years old, and many are plagued by
cosmetic breakdowns, like loosening screws
and fraying wiring, which utilities have been
unable to fix without finding new funding
through rate increases.
Lets all hope that we can get to the bottom of this and keep the power on. I mean if
you trip and fall because the lights are out
we don’t even have a hospital to take you
to.
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A series of power outages in North County have been blamed on transformers.
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By Shea Garner
Pittsfield’s newest attraction is making
a big splash thanks to efforts to return
Silver Lake to its original pristine state.
But are you ready to go back in the water?
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A 2,000-foot paved pedestrian walkway frames the shoreline,
complimented by the occasional new bench or two and string of freshly
planted shrubs and saplings to boot.
n December of 1923, a small body of water in Pittsfield caught fire.
No, it wasn’t pyrotechnics, a magic trick, or even an act of God, but rather the
result of some serious toxic dumping that went on for nearly four decades in the
city’s industrial district.
That particular body of water is Silver Lake, which was, essentially, used as
General Electric’s personal toilet to flush out polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
and condensate from the plant’s boilers, until the Environmental Protection Agency
banned the chemicals in 1976.
So how exactly does water catch fire?
Well, oil, for starters. Silver Lake was the site of two PCB-contaminated oil
spills in the 1960s and ‘70s, respectively, but the multinational manufacturing
conglomerate didn’t start using PCBs in Pittsfield until 1932. In fact, they were
initially introduced for their non-flammable properties.
That means the widely mythologized fire of 1923 was not caused by the elusive
toxin but more likely by a combination of gas, oil, and municipal sewage reportedly
sparked by a lakeside bonfire.
The scene, as documented, was nothing short of cinematic — a plume of dense,
billowing smoke rising from the water, its unusually black particles blotting out the
sky over East Street and the surrounding area.
Tales of the infamous blaze even inspired a popular local funk-rock musician
to write a song about the lake. “Owed to Silver Lake” appears on Pittsfield resident
Tony Lee Thomas’ 2008 album In Love and War and paints a vivid picture of the
site’s questionable ecosystem.
“In my hometown there’s a lake made of silver / The bramble and the bush
stays golden brown,” he sings on the track, before adding, “The plant had to dump
that waste / So they sunk it to the bottom of the lake / So all the fish turned into
headlights in the sky.”
In May of this year, a revitalized Silver Lake was reopened, rededicated, and
deemed (somewhat) safe for recreational use following an extensive sedimentcapping project conducted by the EPA and funded by GE.
A 2,000-foot paved pedestrian walkway frames the shoreline, complimented by
the occasional new bench or two and string of freshly planted shrubs and saplings
to boot. It’s a relatively dismal sight, and yet, it’s the result of nearly ten years of
tedious planning and remediation.
The key to understanding the unfortunate deterioration and subsequent “remediation” of the 26-acre lake lies in the deep-rooted history of General Electric in
Pittsfield — a company that once brought thousands of stable, well-paying jobs to
the area before jumping ship in the late 1980s.
Former GE employee Thomas J. Blalock’s 1997 essay “Transformers at Pittsfield: A History of the General Electric Large Power Transformer Plant at Pittsfield,
Massachusetts” cites a number of significant incidents that occurred on the lake
between the erection of the original Power House (later known as Building 31) in
1900 and the dismantling of the Silver Lake Barge in 1981.
“As a matter of interest, all of the steel buildings in the plant were connected
electrically by means of a large diameter copper cable; this, in turn, connected to a
grounding plate at the bottom of nearby Silver Lake,” Blalock wrote.
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The lake also supplied cooling water completely because it “could not be brought
to condense steam from the nearby Power up to existing pollution standards.”
House, which was later the site of an experi- While its surface catching fire will unmental turbine installation powered, in part, doubtedly rank as the lake’s most mysterious
quality, its unwillingness to freeze was equally
by toxic mercury.
According to Blalock, the turbine was as baffling.
removed in 1960 due to “complications with At its recent rededication, Mayor Daniel
L. Bianchi recalled the water not freezing in
the technology.”
In 1929, the exorbitantly titled Silver Lake the winter months and producing a visible
Boulevard was constructed around the body steam — the result of leaky condensate from
of water, surely offering sweeping views of the former Power House boilers.
the company’s expanding campus that would Jane Winn is a lifelong Pittsfield resident
eventually encourage the city’s population to and environmentalist that has been involved
with the Berkshire Environmental Action
more than double in a matter of 40 years.
By 1936, GE was building network Team (BEAT) since its formation in 2002.
In 2006, she was named executive director
transformers with Pyranol — a chemical compound that contained high volumes of of the non-profit organization and received the
Massachusetts Association of Conservation
PCBs.
lalock wrote, “Monsanto Chemi- Commissions’ Environmentalist of the Year
cal Company, in conjunction with award in 2007.
“They used the lake for all sorts of dumpF.M. Clark of General Electric, had developed a synthetic fluid which ing,” said Winn. “They would take water from
had insulating and heat conducting properties it and return it to the lake.”
similar to mineral oil, but was not flammable. She too recalls the lake not freezing and
Thus, it was put into use for transformers claims “it stank to high heaven.”
which had to be installed in locations where The cesspool only began to freeze again
in the decade after the Pittsfield
fire would have devastattransformer operation
ing consequences;
had ended, marking the
these included tall
one of the first steps in
building and undera long road to recovery
street vaults in large
across Berkshire County.
cities, as well as on
As public awareness of
electrically-powered
PCB contamination grew,
passenger trains.”
attention was drawn to
The implementathe Housatonic River —
tion of the trademarked
the 139-mile southward
chemical wasn’t quesflowing river that passes
tioned for decades,
through western Massaas Pyranol was mixed
chusetts, Connecticut, and
and used throughout the
empties into the Long Island
plant and stored in tanks
Sound.
beneath its buildings.
The EPA reports that Sil Silver Lake wasn’t
ver Lake actually drains
directly affected again
into the Housatonic via an
until 1957 when a pheunderground culvert at the
nolic resin operation in
intersection of Fenn Street
Building 36 resulted in
and East Street in Pittsfield,
an explosion that threw
all but nullifying GE’s early
“chunks of debris” into the
efforts to clean the river, as the
water.
lake stayed untouched until the
“Molten resin was
summer of 2012 when the fullspewed over everyone
scale remediation was initiated.
and everything,” reported
“They cleaned the first two miles
Blalock in his essay. “Two
of the river but Silver Lake acpeople were killed outright
tually flows into the river,” said
and a third died later of
Winn. “And they still haven’t
injuries. Two years later,
Shea Garner
cleaned up Unkamet Brook
in a response to a letter,
A glass of water from
which flows even farther
the Pittsfield G.E. News
Silver Lak, like the
upstream. We still have PCBs
claimed that the actual
one drank by mayoral
up there.”
cause of the disaster had
candidates in 1977.
In 2000, a Consent Denever been determined.”
In 1977, GE had ceased all use of Pyranol. cree between GE and the City of Pittsfield
That year, in a bizarre effort to raise was approved in federal court.
The document listed a number of “Perforenvironmental awareness, three mayoral candidates, Joseph P. Phillips, Americo A. mance Standards” that the Settling Defendant
Pariselli, and Randy G. Rocca, all joined in (GE) was required to meet, including the
removal and replacement of bank soils around
drinking a glass of Silver Lake’s water.
The act made it to the front page of The the body of water and nearby residential
Berkshire Eagle, where it was reported that properties, deemed the “Silver Lake Area
the candidates “suffered no ill effects” at Removal Action.”
the time. Rocca claimed the water “tasted “Settling Defendant shall replace such
removed sediments with clean soil and restore
terrible.”
and vegetate the portion of the affected area
Who knew?
By 1980, Building 31 had stopped gen- that is not under the water, in coordination with
erating power and was forced to shut down the installation of the sediment cap,” it reads.
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The new walking path at the recreation area at Silver Lake.
A
rmoring over the cap and around
the perimeter of the lake was also
requested, as well as “habitat and
recreational enhancements” that
included the “physical enhancement of the
submerged shallow shelf in the lake adjacent
to the shoreline, capping and vegetating an
‘island’ located near the discharge outfall of
the lake, planting of trees and other vegetation on the northern and eastern banks of
the lake, planting of herbaceous vegetation
on the remaining banks of the lake (as part
of response activities at those banks), and
installation of public access and use areas
consisting of walking paths and picnic areas
on the northern and eastern sides of the lake.”
espite a provisional agreement that
required GE to line the bottom of
Silver Lake with a geotextile barrier to aid in filtration and separate
soil from water, the cap was ultimately made
up of a compound of “sand with activated
carbon just dumped on the bottom of the
lake,” according to Winn.
“Silver Lake went through a long process
and BEAT’s feeling is that very early in the
process the City of Pittsfield sold out and
the EPA allowed us to get sold out on the
issue,” she said. “So rather than cleaning
Silver Lake, it would just be capped. And
that’s just sad.”
In the summer of 2005, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (FWS), Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MADFW),
Massachusetts Department of Environmental
Protection (MADEP), and EPA released the
results of a fish tissue test that measured
PCB levels in a variety of fish, including
largemouth bass, yellow perch, white sucker,
pumpkinseed sunfish, and golden shiner, all
taken from Silver Lake in October 2004.
The results were disturbing. PCB concentrations ranged between 24 and 168 parts
per million (ppm). In some cases, this was
nearly 84 times the residue limit set by the
FDA for safe consumption.
“There were supposed to be warning
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signs posted all along the rivers saying
don’t eat the fish,” said Winn. “It’s incredible to me that they don’t have those signs
up. It’s going to be a long, long time before
fish are possibly edible from the lake or the
Housatonic — the contamination all through
is too high.”
Despite their eye-opening PCB concentration, GE was never required to remove
any fish from the lake.
Though the aforementioned Consent
Decree stated the company must pay $75,000
“to perform aquatic habitat and fish restoration,” it also revealed that GE “shall have no
further obligation relating to those aquatic
habitat and fish restoration activities.”
By October 2006, Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc., of Niagara Falls, NY,
had begun conducting a pilot study for the
proposed sediment-capping project on a
one-acre portion of the eastern end of Silver
Lake.
The area was divided into three sections,
where both geotextile materials and sand and
topsoil mixtures were tested for effectiveness.
Sevenson reported that they completed
the 14-inch-thick sub-aqueous cap with 12
thin layers, or “lifts,” of material to “minimize sediment disruption and avoid the mixing of sediments with capping material.”
“SPI monitoring revealed that the thin
lifts were extremely effective in minimizing
the disturbing of the lake bottom sediments
and that a minim of mixing was occurring
between the clean cap material and contaminated sediments,” they wrote.
Six years later, amidst continued negotiations between GE and the EPA, the full-scale
sediment-capping project got under way.
It was completed in December of 2013
and consisted of the “removal and off-site
disposal of approximately 13,500 cubic yards
of bank soil and sediment,” according to the
EPA.The ribbon-cutting ceremony was held
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on May 23, 2014 and encouraged use of the
area for nature watching, boating, winter
skating, and catch and release fishing.
“If the lake is spring-fed, like many
residents believe, then it won’t work,” said
Winn of the remediation. “If they find that
the cap isn’t working, they will have to go
back and figure out what to do.”
Winn is critical of the entire cleanup
operation, questioning the cleanliness of
the nearby site of the Pittsfield Economic
Development Authority’s (PEDA) new William Stanley Business Park on 81 Kellogg
Street.
“They’ve gone and capped the lake but
as far as I’ve known they’ve never tested
the storm water coming in from the other
portion,” said Winn. “I’m very frustrated
with the EPA. They were supposed to have
issued a permit for the water coming off of
the PEDA property and they haven’t issued
it.”
f land is still contaminated, rainwater
runoff carrying PCBs could make its
way back into Silver Lake. The permit
would mandate the level of contaminant
allowed to come off the property and require
monitoring of the surrounding area.
“We’ve been trying to get them to issue
that permit for years,” she said of the EPA.
“That’s our federal government failing to
protect us. I’ll admit that PEDA and the city
are trying to discover where the PCBs are
coming from but I feel that there isn’t much
pressure on them from the regulators.”
As the “extensive site investigation” of
the lake and Housatonic River continues, the
cleanup of Unkamet Brook and the Floodplain Residential Properties Downstream
of the Confluence is expected to take place
by next year, as originally mandated by the
Consent Decree.
BEAT’s current mission is to hold both
the EPA and GE to their current timeline, as
the “highly contaminated” Unkamet Brook
sits even further up the river.
“They had chemical settling ponds and
all sorts of nasty things there,” said Winn
of the site. “I’m absolutely not thrilled with
their plans for it.”
Once those two areas are cleared of
contaminant, the agencies can move forward
with their “Rest of the River” cleanup — the
final stage of the process with the exception
of continued groundwater monitoring and
treatment.
“We’re pushing that they try to have a
sort of adaptive management plan where
they treat ecosystems individually and
get out the maximum amount of PCBs
without causing irreparable harm,” said
Winn, as the overall remediation process
has displaced a number of natural habitats
along the river.
So what’s next for Silver Lake and its
beautified boulevard?
Public reaction hasn’t necessarily been
glowing, but residents can be seen biking
along the pathway and slowing their cars
for an extended glance from time to time.
In a press release announcing the ribboncutting ceremony, PEDA’s Executive Director Corydon Thurston called Silver Lake “a
significant landmark in the city.”
“PEDA was pleased to play a key role to
acquire the shoreline property and facilitate
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the construction of this lovely walkway,” he
said. “This project is yet another example of
the scenic beauty and recreational amenities
that set Pittsfield apart as a compelling location for business development.”
Ah, yes, business development! One of
the key reasons that Silver Lake is the “focal point” of the 52-acre William Stanley
Business Park.
Just days before the grand reopening of
Silver Lake, the city had received a $9.7-million capital grant from the Massachusetts Life
Sciences Center (MLSC) for the construction of the Berkshire Center for Innovation
and Life Sciences — a 20,000-square-foot
facility that is still a twinkle in the eyes of
many public officials.
The proposed complex could further
attract companies in the fields of healthcare
research, bioinformatics, cancer research,
and education, according to PEDA.
In February, the City Council unanimously approved a $1-million incentive to
lure potential rail car manufacturers to the
forthcoming business park.
The tentative facility would manufacture
and provide the final assembly of orange and
red line transit rail cars for the Massachusetts
Bay Transport Authority.
Initially proposed by Mayor Bianchi,
the city’s incentive package was matched
by PEDA, bringing the total to $2 million,
to encourage a bid from one of nine manufacturing firms vying for the $850 million
MBTA contract.
Pittsfield is one of four Berkshire County
locations being considered as a site for a
rail car manufacturing facility, with Dalton,
Adams, and Lee also in the running.
“Projections are that the facility could
result in 200 or 250 jobs, but we’re really
talking about nine potential contractors each
approaching the contract in a different way,”
said Community Development Director
Douglas Clark at the time.
The selected firm will know by December
if they’ve won the contract.
So, while business could potentially
boom again at the remediated site of the
former General Electric facility, it’s clear
that Pittsfield is still feeling its effects on the
long road to economic and environmental
recovery.
As the supposed final stretch of the
cleanup process gets under way, the EPA
will hold a public hearing on September 23
at 6:30 p.m. at Lenox Memorial Middle and
High School, serving as an opportunity for
residents to comment on the proposed actions
before the EPA issues its final recommendations to GE by the end of the year.
Public comments will be accepted
through October 1.
Until then, the tragedy and subsequent
mystery of Silver Lake serves as one of the
many reasons for the increased skepticism
surrounding the entire cleanup operation
over the past twenty years.
As tales of color-changing water, threeeyed fish, and men in hazmat suits fall to
the wayside of new business prospects and
continued whispers of redevelopment, it’s
important to heed the words of Tony Lee
Thomas:
“You can live here, just don’t drink the
water.”
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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
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1
SUNDAY, AUGUST 3
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, At Shakespeare and Company, 70 Kemble Street,
Lenox. 7 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
The Servant of Two Masters, At Shakespeare and Company, 70 Kemble Street,
Lenox. 5:30 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
Julius Caesar, Shakespeare’s tale of the
Roman dictator in a pared down presentation with seven actors playing all the roles
the story of the Roman. At Shakespeare
and Company, 70 Kemble Street, Lenox.
8 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
Cedars, At The Fitzpatrick Main Stage,
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413)298-5576.
Design for Living, At the Unicorn Theater, 6 East Street, Stockbridge. 8 p.m.
(413)298-5576.
The Golem of Havana, At the Sydelle and
Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center, 36 Linden
Street, Pittsfield. 7:30 p.m. (413) 236-8888.
Breaking the Code, At the Boyd-Quinson
Mainstage, 30 Union Street, Pittsfield. 2
and 8 p.m. (413) 236-8888.
Hairspray Jr., At the Berkshire Museum, 39
South Street, Pittsfield. 7 p.m. (413)4437171.
A Number, At the Chester Theater Company, 15 Middlefield Road, Chester. 8 p.m.
(413)354-7771.
Glory Unending, At No. 6 Depot, six Depot Street, West Stockbridge. 8:30 p.m.
(413)528-2544.
Shakespeare’s Will, At Shakespeare and
Company, 70 Kemble Street, Lenox. 4 p.m.
(413) 637-3353.
Street, Pittsfield. 3 p.m. (413) 236-8888.
Hairspray Jr., Part of the Barrington Stage
Youth Theater. At the Berkshire Museum, 39
South St., Pittsfield. 2 p.m. (413)443-7171.
(413) 354-7771.
Theater
Music
Johnny Segalla and Lisa Maras, at the
Gateways Inn. 51 Walker Street, Lenox.
7:30 p.m. (413) 637-2532.
The Rambler and the Railroad, live musical performance at the Gypsy Joynt Cafe.
293 Main Street, Great Barrington. 8 p.m.
(413)644-8811.
Housatonic Philharmonic, At the Gazebo
behind Town Hall, 334 Main Street, Great
Barrington. 5:30 p.m. (413)528-1619.
UnderScore Friday Evening: Tchaikovsky,
Shostakovich and Schumann, At Tanglewood, 297 West Street, Lenox. 8:30 p.m.
(617) 266-1200.
Dance
Circa, Ted Shawn Theater at Jacob’s Pillow,
358 George Carter Road, Becket. 8 p.m.
(413)243-0745.
Chalk and Soot, Doris Duke Theater at
Jacob’s Pillow, 358 George Carter Road,
Becket. 8:15 p.m. (413)243-0745.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2
Theater
The Four Tops, the
quartet behind some of
Motowns greatest hits
performs with founding
member Abdul Duke
Fakir at the Mahaiwe.
Theater
Music
Reunited Rock and Roll icons the Beach Boys will perform at Tanglewood on Aug.18,
part of a month filled with great contemporary music. Pages 17-22.
Company, 70 Kemble Street, Lenox. 8:30
p.m. (413) 637-3353.
Lenox. 2 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
Lenox. 5:30 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
Stockbridge. 2 and 8 p.m. (413)298-5576.
Design for Living, At the Unicorn Theater,
6 East Street, Stockbridge. 2 and 8 p.m.
(413)298-5576.
The Golem of Havana, At the Sydelle
and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center, 36
Linden Street, Pittsfield. 3 and 7:30 p.m.
(413) 236-8888.
Breaking the Code, At the Boyd-Quinson
p.m. (413) 236-8888.
Hairspray Jr., At the Berkshire Museum,
39 South Street, Pittsfield. 12:30 p.m.
(413)443-7171.
(413)354-7771.
Glory Unending, At No. 6 Depot, six Depot Street, West Stockbridge. 8:30 p.m.
(413)528-2544.
Music
Paul Green Jazz, at the Gateways Inn.
51 Walker Street, Lenox. 7:30 p.m. (413)
637-2532.
8 Foot River, live musical performance at
the Gypsy Joynt Cafe. 293 Main Street,
Great Barrington. 8 p.m. (413)644-8811.
Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, At Tanglewood, 297 West Street, Lenox. 10:30 a.m.
(617) 266-1200.
John Williams, At Tanglewood, 297 West
Street, Lenox. 8:30 p.m. (617) 266-1200.
Dance
(413)243-0745.
Becket. 2:15 and 8:15 p.m. (413)243-0745.
Comedy
Long Island Comedy presents The Berkshire
Comedy Festival, at the Mahaiwe Theater,
14 Castle Street, Great Barrington. 8 p.m.
(413)528-0100.
Dance
(413)243-0745.
Becket. 2:15 p.m. (413)243-0745.
Talks, Classes, Workshops
America’s Musical Greats, “Musical
Greats - Irving Berlin” a lecture by keynote
speaker Harvey Granat. At the Gateway’s
Inn, 51 Walker Street, Lenox. 11:30 a.m.
(413) 637-2532.
MONDAY, AUGUST 4
Theater
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413)298-5576.
(413)298-5576.
Music
Doin’ What Comes Naturally, At the
Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts
Center, 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield. 8 p.m.
(413) 236-8888.
Four Events That You Shouldn’t Miss Out On This Month
Tony Benett, the popular music legend will
perform from his 6
decades worth of music
at Tanglewood with
special guest Antonia
Bennett.
The Four Tops, At the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great
Barrington. 7 p.m. (413) 528-0100.
Doin’ What Comes Naturally, At the
(413) 236-8888.
Andy Wrba and Ben Kohn, live musical
performance as part of the summer music
series at the Gateways Inn. 51 Walker
Street, Lenox. 7:30 p.m. (413) 637-2532.
Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, a performance of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
with violinist Augustin Hadelich. Tanglewood, 297 West St., Lenox. 10:30 a.m.
(617) 266-1200.
Companhia Urbana
Danca, choreographer
Sonia Destri Lie and her
company mix hip-hop
dance with contemporary styles at Jacob’s
Pillow.
A Conversation with Eddie Shapiro, At the
Chester Theater Company, 15 Middlefield
Julius Cesaer,
Shakespear and Co.
present the Shakespeare’s classic tale
of tragedy and political strife
17
Road, Chester. 7:30 p.m. (413)354-7771.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 5
Theater
Lenox. 7 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413)298-5576.
(413)298-5576.
Music
Tanglewood on parade, With pre-concert
activities. At Tanglewood, 297 West Street,
Lenox. 8:30 p.m. (617) 266-1200.
Chris & Blake, a live musical performance
as part of the summer music series at the
Gateways Inn. 51 Walker Street, Lenox. 7:30
p.m. (413) 637-2532.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6
Theater
Lenox. 2 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
Lenox. 5:30 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
Stockbridge. 7 p.m. (413)298-5576.
Design for Living, At the Unicorn The-
ater, 6 East Street, Stockbridge. 7 p.m.
(413)298-5576.
Hairspray Jr., At the Berkshire Museum,
39 South Street, Pittsfield. 2 and 7 p.m.
(413)443-7171.
(413)354-7771.
Music
Jay Messer and Rob Faulkner, at the
7:30 p.m. (413) 637-2532.
Sandy and Sandy and Moonshine Holler,
200 Windsor Lake Road, North Adams.
6:30 p.m. (413) 664-4180.
The Deutche Kammerphilhar monie
Breme, At Tanglewood, 297 West Street,
Lenox. 8 p.m. (617) 266-1200.
Dance
Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ted Shawn Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow, 358 George Carter
Road, Becket. 8 p.m. (413)243-0745.
Stardust, Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob’s
Pillow, 358 George Carter Road, Becket.
8:15 p.m. (413)243-0745.
America’s Musical Greats, At the Gateway’s Inn, 51 Walker Street, Lenox. 11:30
a.m. (413) 637-2532.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7
Theater
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413)298-5576.
(413)298-5576.
Seussical the Musical, At The Colonial
Theater, 111 South Street, Pittsfield. 7 p.m.
(413) 997-4444.
(413) 236-8888.
Youth Theater. At the Berkshire Museum,
39 South Street, Pittsfield. 2 and 7 p.m.
(413)443-7171.
Dancing Lessons, At the Boyd-Quinson
Main Stage, 30 Union Street, Pittsfield. 8
p.m. (413) 236-8888.
(413)354-7771.
Music
Sandy and Sandy, live musical performance
at the Gypsy Joynt Cafe. 293 Main Street,
Rob Kelley and Friends, at the Gateways
Inn. 51 Walker Street, Lenox. 7:30 p.m.
(413) 637-2532.
Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos and YoYo Ma, At Tanglewood, 297 West Street,
Lenox. 8 p.m. (617) 266-1200.
Dance
Road, Becket. 8 p.m. (413)243-0745.
8:15 p.m. (413)243-0745.
Other
Tanglewood Wine and Food Classic, At
Tanglewood, 297 West Street, Lenox. 4:15
p.m. (617) 266-1200.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8
Theater
(413) 637-3353.
Lenox. 5:30 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413)298-5576.
(413)298-5576.
39 South Street, Pittsfield. 7 p.m. (413)4437171.
p.m. (413) 236-8888.
(413)354-7771.
Music
Yo Yo Ma returns to Tanglewood for a performance on Aug.
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Photo contributed
Joshua Redman and The Bad Plus, At
the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14
Castle Street, Great Barrington. 8 p.m.
(413) 528-0100.
Jeanne Laurin and John Sauer, a live
musical performance as part of the summer
music series at the Gateways Inn. 51 Walker
Street, Lenox. 7:30 p.m. (413) 637-2532.
The Ken Morr Band, live musical performance at the Gypsy Joynt Cafe. 293
Main Street, Great Barrington. 8 p.m.
(413)644-8811.
Bobby Sweet Band, At the Gazebo behind
Town Hall, 334 Main Street, Great Barrington. 5:30 p.m. (413)528-1619.
Bolcom, Barlow, Barber and Elgar, At
p.m. (617) 266-1200.
Dance
Road, Becket. 8 p.m. (413)243-0745.
8:15 p.m. (413)243-0745.
Great Meats and Great Grapes, At
Tanglewood, 297 West Street, Lenox. 7
p.m. (617) 266-1200.
Other
Tanglewood Wine and Food Classic, At Tanglewood, 297 West Street,
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 9
Theater
(413) 637-3353.
Lenox. 5:30 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
Julius Caesar, At Shakespeare and Company, 70 Kemble Street, Lenox. 8 p.m.
(413) 637-3353.
(413)298-5576.
Theater, 111 South Street, Pittsfield. 2 and
7 p.m. (413) 997-4444.
(413) 236-8888.
39 South Street, Pittsfield. 12:30 p.m.
(413)443-7171.
p.m. (413) 236-8888.
(413)354-7771.
Music
The B.T.U’s, live musical performance at
Paul Green Jazz, a live musical performance
as part of the summer music series at the
7:30 p.m. (413) 637-2532.
Yo-Yo Ma, At Tanglewood, 297 West Street,
Lenox. 10:30 a.m. (617) 266-1200.
Debussy, Szymanowski and Tchikovsky,
At Tanglewood, 297 West Street, Lenox.
8:30 p.m. (617) 266-1200.
Dance
Pacific Northwest Ballet, Ted Shawn The-
atre at Jacob’s Pillow, 358 George Carter
Road, Becket. 2 and 8 p.m. (413)243-0745.
2 and 8:15 p.m. (413)243-0745.
Fran Lebowitz, At the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great
Barrington. 8 p.m. (413) 528-0100.
Wine History and Rich Relationship with
the Arts, At Tanglewood, 297 West Street,
Lenox. 11 a.m. (617) 266-1200.
Other
Tanglewood Wine and Food Classic, At
p.m. (617) 266-1200.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 10
(413) 997-4444.
Music
Here Come the Callaways, At the BoydQuinson Main Stage, 30 Union Street,
Pittsfield. 8 p.m. (413) 236-8888.
Michael Musillami, Rich Syracuse, Charlie
Tokarz, live musical performances as part of
the summer music series at the Gateways
(413) 637-2532.
All-Berlioz Program, at Tanglewood, 297
West Street, Lenox. 8 p.m. (617) 266-1200.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 12
Theater
ater, 6 East Street, Stockbridge. 7 p.m.
(413)298-5576.
A Hatful of Rain, At the Fitzpatrick Main
Stage, 6 East Street, Stockbridge. 7 p.m.
(413)298-5576.
p.m. (413) 236-8888.
Music
Richard Boukas, performing with Rich
Syracuse as part of the summer music series at the Gateways Inn. 51 Walker Street,
Lenox. 7:30 p.m. (413) 637-2532.
Dance
Companhia Urbana de Danca, Ted Shawn
Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow, 358 George
Carter Road, Becket. 8 p.m. (413)243-0745.
Theater
Lenox. 7:30 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
(413) 637-3353.
(413) 997-4444.
Street, Pittsfield. 3 p.m. (413) 236-8888.
39 South Street, Pittsfield. 2 p.m. (413)4437171.
p.m. (413) 236-8888.
(413)354-7771.
Music
Rob Kelly and Friends, live musical performance as part of the summer music series
at the Gateways Inn. 51 Walker Street,
Lenox. 7:30 p.m. (413) 637-2532.
Andy Styles, live musical performance at
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, tAt
p.m. (617) 266-1200.
Brockman
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Music
Yo-Yo Ma, At Tanglewood, 297 West Street,
Lenox. 2:30 p.m. (617) 266-1200.
Andy Wrba and Ben Kohn, at the Gateways
(413) 637-2532.
Dance
Road, Becket. 2 p.m. (413)243-0745.
2:15 p.m. (413)243-0745.
Myths and Misconceptions about Asperger’s, At the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage,
30 Union Street, Pittsfield.
Midday with Max McCalman, At Tanglewood, 297 West Street, Lenox. 12 p.m.
(617) 266-1200.
The Wonders of Riedel, At Tanglewood,
297 West Street, Lenox. 1 p.m. (617) 2661200.
Other
Bliss at Blantyre, Part of the Tanglewood Wine
and Food Classic. At Blantyre, 16 Blantyre
Road, Lenox. 6 p.m. (617) 266-1200.
MONDAY, AUGUST 11
Theater
Ellenoff Musical Theatre Series, At The
Colonial Theater, 111 South Street, Pittsfield. 2 p.m. (413)997-4444.
(413)298-5576.
p.m. (413) 637-3353.
(413) 637-3353.
(413)298-5576.
Theater, 111 South Street, Pittsfield. 10
a.m. and 7 p.m. (413) 997-4444.
(413)298-5576.
p.m. (413) 236-8888.
Romance is Hard, At the Sydelle and Lee
Blatt Performing Arts Center, 36 Linden
Street, Pittsfield. 7:30 p.m. (413)236-8888.
The Amish Project, At the Chester Theater
Company, 15 Middlefield Road, Chester. 2
p.m. (413)354-7771.
Lenox. 7:30 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
(413)298-5576.
p.m. (413) 236-8888.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13
Theater
Lenox. 2 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
Design for Living, At the Unicorn The-
doug elkins choreography, etc., Doris
Duke Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow, 358
George Carter Road, Becket. 8:15 p.m.
(413)243-0745.
Jeremy Denk, At Tanglewood, 297 West
Street, Lenox. 8 p.m. (617) 266-1200.
America’s Musical Greats, “My Friends,
Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein” a
lecture by keynote speaker Martin Bookspan. At the Gateway’s Inn, 51 Walker
Street, Lenox. 11:30 a.m. (413) 637-2532.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 14
Theater
Dance
Companhia Urbana de Danca, a Ted Shawn
Duke Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow, 358
(413)243-0745.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15
Theater
(413)298-5576.
(413) 997-4444.
(413)298-5576.
and 8 p.m. (413) 236-8888.
p.m. (413)354-7771.
Music
Sherri Buxton, performing with Bob Shepherd as
part of the summer music series at the Gateways
Cosmic Jibaros, live musical performance
UnderScore Friday Evening, At Tanglewood, 297 West Street, Lenox. 8:30 p.m.
(617) 266-1200.
Dance
doug elkins choreography, etc.,Doris Duke
Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow, 358 George Carter Road, Becket. 8:15 p.m. (413)243-0745.
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Photo contributed
Long Island Comedy will come to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center to present The Berkshire Comedy Festival on Aug. 3.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16
Theater
Lenox. 2 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
Lenox. 5:30 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
Julius Caesar, At Shakespeare and Company, 70 Kemble Street, Lenox. 8:30 p.m.
(413) 637-3353.
(413)298-5576.
Theater, 111 South Street, Pittsfield. 2 and
7 p.m. (413) 997-4444.
Stage, 6 East Street, Stockbridge. 2 and
8 p.m. (413)298-5576.
p.m. (413) 236-8888.
Romance is Hard, At the Sydelle and
Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center, 36
(413)236-8888.
p.m. (413)354-7771.
Music
Paul Green Jazz, as part of the summer
Street, Lenox. 7:30 p.m. (413) 637-2532.
The Spurs USA, , live musical performance
Bernstein Candide, a rehearsal of the performance with conductor Bramwell Tovey
10:30 a.m. (617) 266-1200.
Dance
20
Carter Road, Becket. 2 and 8 p.m. (413)2430745.
Duke Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow, 358 George
Carter Road, Becket. 2:15 and 8:15 p.m.
(413)243-0745.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 17
Theater
p.m. (413) 637-3353.
(413) 637-3353.
(413) 997-4444.
p.m. (413) 236-8888.
Street, Pittsfield. 3 p.m. (413)236-8888.
p.m. (413)354-7771.
Music
Gipsy Jazz Ambassadors, performing as
part of the summer music series at the
7:30 p.m. (413) 637-2532.
Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, The
Leonard Bernstein Memorial Concert feAt
p.m. (617) 266-1200.
Dance
Doug Elkins choreography, etc., a new
program from Elkins and his company of
merry dances and one vaudevillian clown
performing “Hapless Bizarre,” and “Mo(or)
town/Redux. Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob’s
2:15 p.m. (413)243-0745.
A Jazz Happening Ted Shawn Theatre at
Becket. 5 p.m. (413)243-0745.
The Last Southern Gentlemen, with Ellis
Marsalis and Delfeayo Marsalis featuring
songs from the landmark album. At Tanglewood, 297 West Street, Lenox. 2:30 p.m.
(617) 266-1200.
MONDAY, AUGUST 18
Theater
Ellenoff Musical Theatre Series, full singthrough turning the spotlight on beloved
American musicals featuring members of
the Berkshire Theater Group Acting Apprentice Company. At The Colonial Theater, 111 South Street, Pittsfield. 2 p.m.
(413)997-4444.
A Hatful of Rain, Directed by Greg Naughton, the play tells the story of a Korean War
Veteran struggling with a drug addiction.
At the Fitzpatrick Main Stage, 6 East Street,
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413)298-5576.
Music
The Beach Boys, live performance at
p.m. (617) 266-1200.
Katherine Anderson, performing with Rob
Kelly as part of the summer music series at
the Gateways Inn. 51 Walker Street, Lenox.
7:30 p.m. (413) 637-2532.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19
Theater
Shakespeare’s Will, a story of passion, humor and mystery set in 1616 exploring the
life of Shakespeare’s wife Anne Hathaway.
By Vern Theissen, directed by Daniela Varon
and featuring Kristin Wold. At Shakespeare
and Company, 70 Kemble Street, Lenox. 8
p.m. (413) 637-3353.
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413)298-5576.
p.m. (413) 236-8888.
Music
Mark Irwin, live musical performance as
7:30 p.m. (413) 637-2532.
Theater
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, magic and
whimsy meet down in the Bayou with Shakespeare’s classic comedy. At Shakespeare
2 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
Lenox. 5:30 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
(413)298-5576.
and 7 p.m. (413) 236-8888.
The Amish Project, Allison McLemore place
a host of characters in an Amish community
devastated by a terrible tragedy. At the
Chester Theater Company, 15 Middlefield
Road, Chester. 8 p.m. (413)354-7771.
Music
JoAnee Redding, performing with Ben
Kohn as part of the summer music series at
7:30 p.m. (413) 637-2532.
Tom Corrigan, 200 Windsor Lake Road,
North Adams. 6:30 p.m. (413) 664-4180.
Dance
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Ted Shawn Theatre
at Jacob’s Pillow, 358 George Carter Road,
Becket. 8 p.m. (413)243-0745.
LeeSaar The Company, Doris Duke Theatre
Becket. 8:15 p.m. (413)243-0745.
a.m. (413) 637-2532.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21
Theater
(413) 637-3353.
(413)298-5576.
p.m. (413) 236-8888.
p.m. (413)354-7771.
Music
Jonny Lang, At the Mahaiwe Performing
Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington. 8 p.m. (413) 528-0100.
Rob Kelly and Friends, performing as part
of the summer music series at the Gateways
(413) 637-2532.
White Liger, live musical performance at
Dance
Becket. 8 p.m. (413)243-0745.
LeeSaar The Company, featuring the
work of Israeli choreographers Lee Sher
and Saar Harari, their company presents a
new program titled “Grass and Jackals.”
Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow, 358
(413)243-0745.
The Process is the Thing: Part 2, At the
(413)236-8888.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22
Theater
7 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
The Servant of Two Masters, a comical
blend of the Italian classic Commedia
dell’arte and contemporary performance
styles telling the story of the outrageous
and wily servant Truffaldino. At Shakespeare and Company, 70 Kemble Street,
Lenox. 5:30 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
Julius Caesar, Shakespeare’s tale of the
Roman dictator in a pared down presentation with seven actors playing all the roles
the story of the Roman. At Shakespeare
8 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
(413)298-5576.
and 8 p.m. (413) 236-8888.
p.m. (413)354-7771.
Dance
Music
Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival Finale, At
Becket. (413)243-0745.
Michael Musillami, Rich Syracuse, Charlie
Tokarz, performing as part of the summer
Street, Lenox. 7:30 p.m. (413) 637-2532.
Greylock, live musical performance at the
Gypsy Joynt Cafe. 293 Main Street, Great
Barrington. 8 p.m. (413)644-8811.
Oz with Orchestra at Tanglewood, featuring the Boston Pops performs the score
during a screening of the classic The Wizard
of Oz. At Tanglewood, 297 West Street,
Lenox. 8:30 p.m. (617) 266-1200.
Dance
Becket. 8 p.m. (413)243-0745.
Becket. 8:15 p.m. (413)243-0745.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23
Becket. 2 and 8 p.m. (413)243-0745.
Becket. 2:15 and 8:15 p.m. (413)243-0745.
Other
SUNDAY, AUGUST 24
Theater
Shakespeare’s Will,at Shakespeare and
p.m. (413) 637-3353.
A Lover’s Tale, At the Unicorn Theater, 6
East Street, Stockbridge. 2 p.m. (413)2985576.
p.m. (413) 236-8888.
p.m. (413)354-7771.
Music
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong,
Part of the Mr. Finn’s Cabaret Series at
the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts
(413)236-8888.
Ted Murray Trio, performing with Dave
Bartley and Dan Broad as part of the
summer music series at the Gateways Inn.
637-2532.
All Beethoven program, At Tanglewood, 297
West Street, Lenox. 10:30 a.m. (617) 266-1200.
Maria Schneider Orchestra, in a live
performances at the Seji Ozawa Hall. At
p.m. (617) 266-1200.
Dance
Becket. 2 p.m. (413)243-0745.
Becket. 2:15 p.m. (413)243-0745.
One Day University, At Tanglewood,
297 West Street, Lenox. 9:30 a.m. (617)
266-1200.
Theater
Lenox. 2 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
Lenox. 5:30 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
(413) 637-3353.
Stage, 6 East Street, Stockbridge. 2 and
8 p.m. (413)298-5576.
p.m. (413) 236-8888.
(413)236-8888.
p.m. (413)354-7771.
Music
Chris Merenda, live musical performance
Paul Green Jazz, performing as part of
(413) 637-2532.
All Beethoven Rehearsal, At Tanglewood,
297 West Street, Lenox. 10:30 a.m. (617)
266-1200.
Tanglewood Family Concert, At Tanglewood, 297 West Street, Lenox. 2:30 a.m.
(617) 266-1200.
Berlioz, Rachmaninoff and Respighi, the
Boston Symphony Orchestra with conductor Charles Dutoit and pianist Kirill
Gerstein performs a program that includes
“Roman Carnival Overture,” “Rhapsody on
a Theme of Paganini,” and “Roman Festivals: Fountains of Rome, Pines of Rome.”
8:30 a.m. (617) 266-1200.
Photo contributed
The Pacific Northwest Ballet will perform as part of the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival.
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(413)298-5576.
(413)236-8888.
Music
Rob Kelly and Friends, performing as
7:30 p.m. (413) 637-2532.
Borscht Belt, Broadway and Bagles Singa-Long, with artist and singer Analesa Berg.
2 p.m. cell for location. (505)603-7366.
DJ I.T.S., performing at Bogies Steak and
Ale. 935 South Main Street, Great Barrington. 7p.m. (413) 528-5959.
Other
Wait Wait ... Don’t Tell Me! NPR’s weekly hourlong news quiz returns to Tanglewood with
host Peter Sagal and Bill Kurtis. At Tanglewood,
297 West Street, Lenox. 8 p.m. (617) 266-1200.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 29
Theater
Josh Groban will perform at Tanglewood on August 30.
MONDAY, AUGUST 25
Theater
(413)298-5576.
Music
George Gershwin’s Romantic Jazz, Part
of the Mr. Finn’s Cabaret Series at the
(413)236-8888.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 26
Theater
A Hatful of Rain, At the Fitzpatrick Main Stage,
6 East Street, Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413)298-5576.
A Lover’s Tale, At the Unicorn Theater, 6 East
Street, Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413)298-5576.
Music
Katherine Anderson, performing with Rob
Kelly as part of the summer music series at
7:30 p.m. (413) 637-2532.
Other
Texas Hold ‘Em free poker night, at the
Route 63 Roadhouse. 32 Federal Street,
Miller Falls. (413) 659-3384.
Theater
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Photo contributed
Lenox. 7:30 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
(413)298-5576.
East St, Stockbridge. 7 p.m. (413)298-5576.
Music
Bobby Sweet, performing as part of the
summer music series at the Gateways Inn. 51
Walker St., Lenox. 7:30 p.m. (413) 637-2532.
Eagles Band, performing as part of the
Concerts at Windsor Lake music series
with dinner and picnic specials from Mikey
Joe’s BBQ. 200 Windsor Lake Road, North
Adams. 6:30 p.m. (413) 664-4180.
Open Mic, The Purple Pub, 65 Spring Street,
Williams town. 8 p.m. (413) 458-0095.
a.m. (413) 637-2532.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 28
Theater
Lenox. 7:30 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
(413) 637-3353.
7 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413)298-5576.
A Lover’s Tale, scenes from Giuseppe
Verdi’s “La Traviata”, Charles Ludlam’s
“Camille” and Alexandre Dumas’ “The
Lady of the Camellias.” At the Unicorn
Theater, 6 East Street, Stockbridge. 8 p.m.
(413)298-5576.
Romance is Hard, a workshop production
from BSC’s Musical Theatre Lab set in a soup
kitchen in the Depression At the Sydelle and
Music
Train, the Grammy-winning multi-platinum
group returns to Tanglewood for an evening
of their hits. At Tanglewood, 297 West
Street, Lenox. 7 p.m. (617) 266-1200.
Celebrating the music of William Finn, a
revue celebrating the works of the composer and lyricist. At the Boyd-Quinson
p.m. (413)236-8888.
Bob the Band, live musical performance
Rob Klein, performing as part of the
summer music series at the Gateways Inn.
637-2532.
Wanda Houston Band, performing as part
of the Town of Great Barrington Summer
Bandstand Concert Series. At the Gazebo
behind Town Hall, 334 Main Street, Great
Barrington. 5:30 p.m. (413)528-1619.
Music Night, live performances at Cork ‘N
Hearth. Route 20, Lee. 8 p.m. (413) 243-0535.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 30
Theater
2 p.m. (413) 637-3353.
Julius Caesar, Shakespeare’s tale of the Ro-
man dictator in a pared down presentation
with seven actors playing all the roles the
story of the Roman. At Shakespeare and
(413) 637-3353.
A Lover’s Tale, scenes from Giuseppe
Verdi’s “La Traviata”, Charles Ludlam’s
“Camille” and Alexandre Dumas’ “The
Lady of the Camellias.” At the Unicorn
Theater, 6 East Street, Stockbridge. 8 p.m.
(413)298-5576.
(413)236-8888.
Music
Josh Groban, the Tanglewood favorite
returns performing with the Boston Pops
and conductor Keith Lockhart. At Tanglewood, 297 West Street, Lenox. 7 p.m.
(617) 266-1200.
Celebrating the music of William Finn, a
revue celebrating the works of the two-time
Tony Award Winning composer and lyricist.
At the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage, 30 Union
Jordan Weller and the Feathers, live musical performance at the Gypsy Joynt Cafe.
293 Main Street, Great Barrington. 8 p.m.
(413)644-8811.
David Grover, the Berkshire Troubadour
performs a “Tangelwood for Tots” a free
concert at the Great Barrington Bandstand.
334 Main Street, Great Barrington. 10 a.m.
Paul Green Jazz, performing as part of
(413) 637-2532.
David Reed, a solo performance at Aegean
Breeze. 327 Stockbridge Road, Great Barrington. 6 p.m. (413) 528-4001.
EMEFE, ten piece soul-funk group performs
at MASS MoCA. 87 Marshall Street, North
Adams. 8 p.m. (413)662-2111.
BOB the Band, live performance at the
Lion’s Den at the Red Lion Inn. 30 Main
Street, Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 31
Theater
Music
Tony Bennett, with special guest Antonia
Bennett. At Tanglewood, 297 West Street,
Lenox. 2:30 p.m. (617) 266-1200.
The story
matters.
BERKSHIRE
Music
Chesterfest brings classic
folk to famous museum
By Tom Casey
[email protected]
W
ith the summer festival circuit
now i n its home stretch, the opportunity to see outdoor music is
beginning to wane. And for most
of us, dropping hundreds of dollars on a plane
and festival ticket went out the window with the
most recent student loan bill. But you don’t have
to go beyond the Berkshires to appreciate live
music to close out the summer.
Through August, Chesterwood will present
ChesterFest, a summer music series that highlights new Americana bands and artists as well
as local breweries and food vendors on Friday
nights. Now in its second year, the festival will
bring 15 artists to the historic site through Aug.
29.
“It started as an idea between my husband
and me,” said Lisa Reynolds, Chesterwood office
manager and head of ChesterFest. “We would
travel to see the music and musicians that we
liked and we thought what better place to bring
this music than to Chesterwood.”
The Berkshires has a large swath of musical
options, and gained a reputation as a musical
destination with venues like Tanglewood that
attract national attention. But with ChesterFest,
Chesterwood director Donna Hassler said that
the historic site wants to separate itself from the
rest by presenting musicians outside the usual
classical and jazz performances that are plentiful
in the area.
“There are a lot of places that offer Classical
and Jazz musicians,” said Hassler. “We wanted
to do something different than what everyone
else is doing; we are trying to carve out our own
niche,” said Hassler.
The event will feature a solo artist that opens
at 6:30 p.m. followed by a band performing at
7:30 p.m. Musicians styles range from bluegrass
groups, to singer-songwriter folk artists to Punk
bands. The collection is a personal curation by
Reynolds who personally sought out the artists
after seeing their performances across the country.
She said she hoped the varying styles could open
up the area to new genres of music.
“Americana encompasses all different styles,
there are so many bands out there that have that
kind of blues rock roots that they are reinterpreting,” she said. “I want to broaden peoples’musical
horizons and see if they will try new things, and I
have always felt Chesterwood is a place to inspire
artists and create what it is they want to create.”
One of the artists Reyonlds said she was
most excited to bring to the festival was psychfolk indie artists Doug Tuttle, whose 2014 solo
album has earned the praises of Spin Magazine
and has earned comparisons to Pink Floyd. Tuttle
will perform onAug. 1 withAdams -based singersongwriter Jeb Barry.
Country artist Moot Davis, who will perform
on Aug. 8 for both sets, was also a highly anticipated artists for the festival. Davis has received
critical acclaim for his new album “Goin’in Hot.”
Davis has also had an active career in scoring, with
20 placements in film and television including
the 2005 Oscar-winning film “Crash” and the
2006 horror remake “The Hills Have Eyes.”
Other performers include Bruce Mandel and
The Frontmen on Aug. 15; Liz and Jim Beloff,
and The Rambling Kind on Aug. 22.
The festival will close out on Aug. 29 with
a performance from the Adirondack Folk singer
Songwriter Alex Smith.
Smith, who hails from theAdirondack region
in New York, became immersed in traditional
folk music from an early age. His songs focus on
cultural values as well as speaking out on modern
issues, taking cues from regional legends like the
late Pete Seeger.
Last year’s festival was well attended, but
Reynolds said they were unable to advertise the
event as much as they would have liked. This
year, the festival has had more sponsorships and
allowed the venue to promote the event as well
as pull in more talent they would not have been
able to last year.
“We were able to pull in some big sponsors
from places like Cranwell and Tune Street have
been a huge help,” she said. “For the first year we
went out and bought a P.A. ourselves ... this year
we have a brand new sound system donated that
is amazing, and Wandering Star reached out to us
that they wanted to help and so now every adult
that attends gets a free beer with their ticket.”
While a historic site might not immediately
jump out as a place to catch a punk band, the
festival has generated buzz in the community. The
organizers hope the venue can become attractive
to the young residents of the county.
“We are always looking at ways to bring in a
new audience and music seems to be one of those
ways,” said Hassler. “The nature of the music is
certainly attractive to younger audiences.”
Reynolds agreed, “I really wanted it to be a
place where the community comes together and
isn’t expensive,” she said. “The kids can come
and run around while the adults enjoy themselves;
they feel like their kids are safe.”
The site will look to continue its community
involvement with a Berkshire County Resident
family day event on Sept. 7.
The newly renovated historic site will also
be opened during the concerts to allow the audience to explore the grounds as well as enjoy the
music. Reynolds said she hopes the event will
continue to draw and grow, cementing itself as
a must attend attraction with even bigger names
in the future.
“I see it growing by leaps and bounds,” she
said “The more people we get, the bigger it gets
and the more I can get bigger names to perform. I
would love to be the next big place to do outdoor
music; you have to dream big.”
For more information about ChesterFest and
Chesterwood, visit their website at chesterwood.
org.
Photo contributed
Alex Smith and Dough Tuttle will be two of several musicians who will perform through
August as part of ChesterFest, a new musical festival presented by Chesterwood.
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Live Music
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.
16 depot Street,
Dalton
413.684.0900
Milltowntavern.com
Upstate Concert Hall
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.
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
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.
438 North Street
Pittsfield
missionbarandtapas.com
Tanglewood
Mainstage packed
By Tom Casey
[email protected]
While better known as the Summer home
for the Boston Symphony Orchestra,
Tanglewood has now made a push to
make a name for its offerings as a summer
destination for contemporary musicians.
WThe grounds have already hosted
James Taylor, who is a frequent performer
there, the Summersound music festival
featuring local and regional artists and the
“Festival of Contemporary Music,” in July.
Throughout August, the music center has
gathered a selection of artists across the
musical spectrum that fall outside of the
area’s traditional wealth of classical performances and orchestral companies that have
become a signature of the Berkshires. First to the stage are pop music icons
The Beach Boys, with founding member
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Fairways at the A
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
Mike Love and long time member Bruce three-time Grammy Award winning group
Johnson, along with Jeffrey Foskett, Ran- who first gained notoriety with “Drops of
dell Kirsch, Tim Bonhomme, John Cowsill, Jupiter (Tell Me)” in 2001 and again took
and Scott Totten who will perform Aug. 18. over the charts with 2009’s “Hey, Soul
Playing off
Sister.” The
the summer-time
group is lookbeach theme that
ing for a repeat
has become synof their success
onymous with
with their upthe group Tancoming album
glewood has in“Bulletproof
corporated extra
Picasso,” due
activities to comout in Septempliment the bands
ber.
performance. The
Train will
venue will offer
be joined by
dance areas on the
special guests
lawn outside of the
The WallflowShed, volleyball
ers, the Jacob
nets, beach balls,
Dylan fronted
Photo contributed a l t e r n a t i v e
Beach Boy-style
temporary tattoos, Train will perform at Tanglewood Aug. 29.
rock band that
and sand and surf décor around the grounds. exploded into popularity in the mid-90s
The grounds shift gears from pop icons and reunited in 2011, releasing their most
to current music giants with multiplatinum recent album “Glad All Over.”
selling group Train on Aug. 29. Train is the The next night, Aug. 30, another
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
multi-platinum music superstar takes the
stage when Josh Groban performs with
the Boston Pops. Groban is an acclaimed
singer - songwriter who has sold more than
25 million records worldwide with his most
recent album released in 2013, “All that
Echoes.”
Tanglewood then closes its season
with another music icon, presenting Tony
Bennett on Aug. 31. Bennett is a living
legend with two dozen top 40 hits in a
career that has spanned decades. His most
recent album, “Duets II” released in 2011,
scored him another appearance on the
Billboard 100 for his duet with the late
Amy Winehouse making him the artists
with the greatest span of appearances on
the list. Joining him for his performance
is his daughter, singer-songwriter Antonia
Bennett.
The grounds are not new to providing
a venue for contemporary artists, James
Taylor is a frequent performer and early
in the year the site held the Summersound
music festival.
Film
Must See
Is ‘Boyhood’
Linklater’s
magnum opus?
Director of Dazed and
Confused strikes again
Frank (Aug. 11)
Michael Fassbender,
dawning a large papiermâché head, stars in
Lenny Abrahamson’s
quasi-biopic of eccentric
English musician
Chris Sievey and his
comedic alter ego Frank
Sidebottom.
By Shea Garner
[email protected]
Richard Linklater is a multifaceted
Hollywood talent.
While he’s probably best known for
writing, directing, and producing the 1993
stoner classic “Dazed and Confused”, he’s
also been the driving force behind a number
of studio comedies and deeply independent, experimental endeavors throughout
his nearly three-decade career.
His characters are often loners and
social outcasts that question authority and
the scope of his existential themes tend
to transcend their terrestrial limits — an
honorable feat for a man whose work
remains so grounded.
“Boyhood”, Linklater’s latest effort,
feels like a meticulously planned and
masterfully executed culmination of these
ideas and motifs.
Filmed in increments since 2002,
“Boyhood” follows Mason, Jr. (Ellar
Coltrane in his first film role) from first
grade to college. He and his older sister,
Samantha (Linklater’s real-life daughter,
Lorelei), are products of separated parents,
raised mainly by their mother, Olivia
(Patricia Arquette), and subject to the occasional visit from their nomadic father,
Mason, Sr. (Ethan Hawke).
Short vignettes are strung together to
form a surprisingly cohesive narrative that
successfully examines the boy’s efforts to
cope and generally tackle the obstacles
imposed by his dysfunctional family life
over the years.
The moments are genuine, charming,
and, most importantly, real — the product
of Linklater growing and adapting to his
work for the length of the project.
The film tastefully deals with the
subjects of sex, drugs, and alcohol as
the children grow and their mother falls
into a series of unhealthy relationships.
Hawke’s character brings a welcomed,
albeit juvenile, outside perspective that
often comforts the kids and charms the
audience throughout the length of the
picture.
He is completely relatable, and his
humorous allegories and overall willingness to accept his faults make him one of
the film’s most redeeming characters.
For those born in the 90s and early
Aughts, nostalgia runs rampant in “Boyhood”. The film is inundated with cultural
references, from “Star Wars” to “Harry
Potter”. Coldplay’s “Yellow” opens the
film, as Sheryl Crow’s “Soak Up The Sun”
The Trip To Italy (Aug.
15)
Comedians Steve Coogan
and Rob Brydon return
in the sequel to Michael
Winterbottom’s 2010
film, The Trip, for another
improvised romp around
Italy.
Photos contributed
Ellar Coltrane (Top) makes his major film debut in Richard Linklater’s newest
film ‘Boyhood’ now in theater. The film follow’s Coltrane’s character from first
grade all the way to college.
soundtracks an early childhood move to
Houston. The tactic transports the viewer to
a particular place and time, making it hard not
to leave the theater feeling a deep, personal
connection to the film.
Though filmed annually,two weeks at a
time, for twelve years, “Boyhood” never feels
disconnected. In fact, it’s downright astonishing to see Mason and his sister grow up right
before your eyes — a visual compliment to
one of the film’s grandest themes. Meanwhile,
Linklater’s style is as naturalistic as ever,
lending a certain level of tangibility to the
events as the unfold on screen.
Towards the end of the film, a singular
shot depicts Mason, on the highway in his
pickup truck, embarking for his first day of
college.
A stretch of open road lies before him as
he silently contemplates an earlier conversation with his mother. The shot directly echoes
the final moments of “Dazed and Confused”,
where a group of unassuming high school
seniors set out to an Aerosmith concert after
a life-changing final day of school.
With “Boyhood”, Linklater seems to have
come full circle, creating a career-spanning
masterpiece in the form of a visual time
capsule that’s sure to affect future audiences for generations.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill
For (Aug. 22)
Robert Rodriguez and
Frank Miller reteam to
co-direct the follow-up to
their eye-popping 2005
film. Mickey Rourke, Bruce
Willis, and Jessica Alba
return with newcomers
Josh Brolin, Joseph
Gordon-Levitt, and Eva
Green.
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Theater
Three new plays fill theaters
By Rex Hearn
Breaking the Code
I have seen some fine actors on stage;
Gielgud, Olivier, Donat, and I can honestly say
Mark H. Dold’s performance asAlan Turing, the
eccentric English scientist in Barrington Stage’s
‘Breaking the Code’, ranks with those great men
of the theatre.
His acting of this part is flawless. Carrying
the extensive dialogue in his mind is a herculean
feat; he is on stage the whole time.
Mr. Dold explains playwright Hugh
Whitemore’s difficult mathematical material so
convincingly, one would think he is Alan Turing
in real life.
Upset at the slow pace of code breaking
in Bletchly Park, Turing, unknown to his boss,
wrote to Churchill who threw money and resources at the project.
Britain had to win the war.
Joe Calarco’s swift direction is very clever,
the play moves seamlessly through its many
scenes.
A great actor brings out the best in all the
supporting roles. Philip Kerr as Turing’s boss
gives a memorable performance, nuancing the
cunning questions meant to trap Turing, with
astute delivery.
Jefferson Farber as Ron Miller, the Manchester boy who befriends Turing nails that
city’s northern flat vowels excellently.
Annie Meisels, Turing’s sometime love
affair and co-code cracker, Pat Green, is equally
talented in getting across the difficult dialogue
of scientists.
She radiated her love for him convincingly.
The picnic scene is a gem. Deborah Hedwall
as his mother Sara Turing doesn’t overdo the
emotional bits, and gets the character just right.
Her farewell to him at Sherborne boarding
school is heart wrenching. Mike Donovan plays
his school pal, Christopher Morcom, very well.
I’m not sure his blazer badge is that of
Sherborne School ?
Mr. Donovan also plays a second part as a
Greek youth whose radio Alan Turing fixes.
Kyle Fabel as police sergeant Mick Ross is
very good.
And John Leonard Thompson as the man
from MI5 Secret Service, John Smith (!), is sinister to the point of being hateful, all in character
of course.
Coda: As a young teenager I lived in Manchester during WW ll.
I saw the Luftwaffe’s devastation of Coventry from 50 miles away as an evacuee in Wales,
the flames were so high.
Tanks were made there by Jaguar Motors.
The code had been broken. Winston Churchill
knew of the planned raid but could not let on. Festival’s World Premiere of ‘Living on Love’.
Adapted from a Garson Kanin play by writer
Joe DiPietro and director Kathleen Marshall
with the help of the cast, reworked much of the
dialogue hence the claim of ‘World Premiere’.
It comes off as a Whitehall Farce, a theatre
in London where so many top comedic actors
strut their stuff.
Briefly an opera diva hires a handsome
young man to ghost write her memoirs, annoyed
that her conductor husband is having such fun
with his pretty female assistant who is ghosting
his biography.
In her acting debut Ms Fleming is not a
disappointment. Very approachable in real life,
she shows us an opera diva verging on the histrionic and plays the part tongue in cheek. Her
sotto voce utterings could do with a little more
fortissimo at times.
Otherwise she is a delight to watch, and yes
hear, in snatches of opera and when at the end
she sings the popular melody, ‘Always’.
Her maestro husband, Vito, brilliantly
played as an over the top Italian conductor by
Douglas Sills, anchored the production. His array
of fantastic patterned silk pajamas will surely
send men in search of similar night wear. Justin
Long, is magnificent as the star struck writer
who worships Ms Fleming.
He is a natural comedian, and is the personification of a tweedy young writer who
matures to manhood in the space of two acts.
Anna Chlumsky is the young ghost writer, Iris
Peabody, from Queens, who takes the maestro to
meet her mother. She too is a natural comedienne
who gets to the meat of her character in double
quick time. Two wonderful and seasoned stage
actors, Blake Hammond and Scott Robertson
almost steal the show as house boys. They
sing operatic arias as they move furniture and
generally act as comic foils to their employers,
the diva and the maestro. Great comedians both,
Hammond and Robertson are not to be missed.
Nor are the shenanigans at the final curtain which
round out the play on a high note...Ms Fleming
vamping it up gloriously.
With such an enormous following the obvious question for Ms Fleming and this play is,
will it ever go to Broadway ? It needs a good
deal of polish and more fresh wit. Tossing off
one liners based on jealousy for Maria Callas,
Renata Tebaldi and Leonard Bernstein are not
enough and may rankle in some quarters, but
this audience loved it.
A Little Night Music
Pittsfield may be the only small town in
these United States that can boast two great
acting companies in one downtown area :
the current run of “Kiss Me Kate” had rave
reviews for Barrington Stage, and at the
nearby Colonial Theatre, Stephen Sondhiem’s
ethereal musical about love - and only loveis a smash sensation for Berkshire Theatre
Group
Sondheim wrote “A Little night Music,”
as a tribute to Ingmar Bergman’s Swedish
films, most with rambling love themes that
rarely get resolved. ‘Night Music’ is also a
tribute to Mozart, the operettas of the late 19th
century and stars of touring theatre troupes.
To enjoy this wonderful production, jettison
your preconceived ideas of formal musicals
; prepare to revel in a witty, original, fresh
and tuneful evening with luscious costumes
and some great singing actors. Diaphanous
muses waft across the stage, attended by their
lovers, linking each vignette with a tuneful
comment. A recitative quickly becomes a
lovely melody. The splendid orchestra often
quietly anticipates the next melody with a hint
and undercurrent of seamlessness as dialogue
turns to song. It is a miraculous invention, that
gives Stephen Sondheim that special edge.
“Send in the Clowns” occurs in Act II.
Opera star Maureen O’Flynn, as Desiree
Armfeldt, gives it a rapturous interpretation
with her lovely voice, spinning out each
delicate phrase and lengthening the line with
a beautifully held pianissimo. Her reprise of
it at the end of the show is captivating as is
she in this signature role. Gregg Edelman, a
veteran of 15 Broadway shows, is Maureen’s
past lover, who is interested in returning to
her since he took a younger virgin wife. He
is suave, charming and very appealing as
Fredrik Egerman, a lawyer. His lovely high
baritone voice reveled in his first number,
‘’Now’’. Gregg is all one expects of a leading
man with so many Broadway credits.
The beautiful Kate Baldwin’s Countess
Charlotte Malcolm is excellent, she delivers
some of Sondhiem’s wittiest lines with relish.
Penny Fuller as the older Madame Armfeldt
was delightful.
Had he warned its citizens, the Nazis would
have guessed we’d broken their Enigma code.
What a terrible irony.
Go see ensemble acting at its very finest.
Living On Love
Renee Fleming, the great American opera
star, plays her alter ego in Williamstown Theatre
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Mark Dold (left) is receiving rave reviews for his performance in ‘Breaking the Code’.
Photo contributed
Weekend Warrior
Hitting the best spots around
Berkshire County is easy, fun
Are you sick of hearing that there is nothing
to do in the Berkshires? Heck you have most
likely even uttered those words yourself as
you frustratingly drive to same old haunts
you always visit.
Well look no further, we’ve have hit the
streets in search of some great places that you
have to try.
South County
1. Dreamaway Lodge
1342 County Road, Becket
413.623.8725
Tucked into
the hills of
Becket, the
Dream Away
Lodge is one
of the county’s best kept
secrets, and
well worth trek to fin it. Hosting some of the
country’s best established and up-and-coming
artists, performances at the Lodge are bound
to be memorable. Their restaurant offers an
eclectic mix of culinary creations and their bar
is fully stocked with beer, wine, and spirits.
The atmosphere is a melting pot of all the
many backgrounds who call the Berkshire’s
their home or home away from home, sure
to be comfortable to any.
2. 20 Railroad
20 Railroad Street, Great Barrington
413.528.9345
Bars offer a
great palce to
see people and
congregate.
But the right
bar is crucial
for an experience centered
around conversation like catching up with
old pals and the spot to rendezvous is 20
Railroad in Great Barrington. With an inviting
atmosphere that offers both comfortable social
encouragement with a relaxed overtone no
place to chat over a beer can compare to the
offerings of the Railroad street establishment.
The bar offers a great list of craft beers from
across the country as well as local favorites,
as well as a menu for both light dining and full
meals to reconnect with the people in your life.
3. Bucky’s Tavern
25 Frank P Consolati Way, Lee
A great dive bar can be crucial to enjoying
your night out in town. There is nothing
better than a place that embraces itself with
an “I am what I am attitude” not full of air
and pompousness like so many bars and
restaurants fall into. Bucky’s Tavern in Lee
is that type of place. A straight forward get
a beer and hang out type of establishment
that can be a much needed breath of fresh
air. And with the occasional appearance
by Inferno, the Berkshire County’s resident Bull, nights can be unpredictable but
always entertaining under its roof. If you
find yourself in Lee, make sure to check
it out and grab a beer at the dive bar alter.
central county
1. Thistle and Mirth
44 West St, Pittsfield
413.344.4335
The statement
“Most Beer
$5,” chalked
visibly on the
wall at the end
of the dark
wooden bar,
sums up Thistle & Mirth quite nicely. The bar, of 44 West
Street, is pretty no-nonsense when it comes
to craft beer, priding themselves on their
constantly rotating selection of microbrews,
with 12 taps of draft beer and a variety of cans
and bottles on hand. They often incorporate
seasonal beverages from local breweries like
BBC, Berkshire Mountain Brewers, Big Elm,
and Wandering Star.
2. Mazcots
490 Pittsfield Road, Lenox
413.499.1101
A Mascot is defined as something usually fictional or nonexistent, but sometimes real, that
symbolizes an organization and is considered
to bring good luck. A Mazcot is defined as
someone real and existent, that loves sports,
comfort food, cold beverages and will bring
good spirit to the Berkshire’s new sports
bar. If your night out needs to swing you by
somewhere you can get the score of the game
then this is the way to head.
north county
1. Purple Pub
65 Spring St. Williamstown
413.458.0095
This North
County gem
has a great
late night food
menu and is
far more than
a college bar
for those kids
across the street. The pub is also home to
live music on the weekends that keeps the
place full with a lively crowd most weekends.
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Eat
The Clark offers fine Asian dining
By Rick Forbes
[email protected]
WILLIAMSTOWN — The Clark Art
Institute’s Clark Center Terrace will be transformed into a traditional izakaya, a type of
Japanese eating and drinking establishment,
every Friday night in August from 5–7 p.m.
starting Friday, August 1.
Izakaya is a compound word combining
i (to stay) and sakaya (sake shop). Typically
characterized by relaxed and casual dining, an
izakaya is sometimes called akachochin (red
lantern) because paper lanterns are traditionally found in front of an izakaya.
Food and drink, priced for individual sale,
will be prepared by Stephen STARR Events,
the Clark’s new culinary partner. A division of
the acclaimed STARR Restaurants, Stephen
STARR Events brings creative, innovative,
and artful menus to Café Seven in the Clark
Center and Stone Hill Café in the Lunder
Center at Stone Hill.
Chocolate Shop keeps
growing this summer
LENOX — Chocolate Springs Café specializes in handcrafted European-style gourmet
dark chocolates, milk chocolates, chocolate
truffles, chocolate infusions, chocolate mousse
cakes, cheesecakes, cookies and pastries as
well as our own ice cream and sorbets.
The full espresso bar, assorted teas and
serious hot chocolate have become local
favorites.
Joshua Needleman, creator and chocolatier, has loved chocolate all of his life. His
fascination with this magical ingredient,
inherited from his Dutch grandmother and
family, has evolved into an art form. His
goal is to create a balanced harmony between
the natural complexities of the natural dark
chocolate and his flavor infusions.
Brava wins national award
for wine list
LENOX — Downtown Lenox wine bar,
Brava, has again received national attention
for its diverse wine list. Wine Spectator gave
the bar an Award of Excellence this summer. Wine Spectator’s Restaurant Wine List
Awards recognize restaurants whose wine lists
offer interesting selections, are appropriate to
their cuisine and appeal to a wide range of
wine lovers.
The award is for lists that offer a wellchosen selection of quality producers, along
with a thematic match to the menu in both
price and style. Typically, these lists offer at
least 100 selections.
Full slate at Mission
PITTSFIELD — The Music At Mission
series is in full swing this summer at the
Mission Bar. On Mondays at 8 p.m., the bar
hosts jazz with Andy Wrba & Friends. Each
Tuesdays, also at 8 p.m., is the Open Mic
with Jordan Franklin and every Thursdays at
8 p.m. the bar will host the Picky Bastards.
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The Picky Bastards are a collective of
rotating local musicians playing your favorite
folk, rock and Americana tunes hosted by
Dave Brown and Chris Merenda.
Piano bar offers musical
treats
LENOX — Looking for a late-night bite
with a relaxed atmosphere? Visit the Gateways
Inn Piano Bar.
The piano bar features all the great food
served at the restaurant combined with amazing music.
Dining at the Gateways offers a menu of
creative and Contemporary American dishes,
showcasing the talents of their chef and staff.
The philosophy of the culinary team at the
Gateways Inn Restaurant is to utilize the finest
and freshest products available. Their seasonal
menus reflect this goal. In this pursuit, they are
strong supporters of Berkshire Grown, their
agricultural organization bringing together
farmers and chefs to promote the use of locally grown food.
Johnny’s Beach Club ready
for full hours
PITTSFIELD — After the city shut the
doors on the club for a week earlier this year,
the club has been on limited hours.
The Licensing Board had slapped
Johnny’s Beach Club on Wahconah Street
with a seven-day suspension and a 60-day
early closing directive in response to a melee
outside the bar on March 15. Now the bar has
been approved to be open until 2 a.m. again
and is ready to go.
The outdoor space at Hops & Vines bar in Williamstown.
Photo contributed
Things are now even cooler
at Moe’s in Lee
LEE — This beer bar has long been
known as a cool place to be, but thanks to
recent upgrades it is cooler than ever, literally. At the end of June the bar added 36,000
more BTUs of air conditioning keeping the
bar as chilled as the American craft beer that
is always on the 19 taps.
This summer Moe’s has also been stocking the new Downeast Cider Hard Lemonade
on the taps this summer, the perfect drink to
help you beat the heat even more.
Hops and Vines
offers $1 seafood
WILLIAMSTOWN — Is there anything
more summer than great, fresh seafood? The
“Hops” beer garden provides a classic beer
garden experience with an approachable,
casual environment perfect for family style
seating or group dining. The “Vines” Brasserie
is a formal dining room with comfortable,
elegant seating and top level service. Now you
can enjoy $1 oysters throughout the summer,
the perfect touch to this great bar.
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Cassoulet at
The Meat Market
Yankee pot roast
at Perigee
389 Stockbridge Road, Great Barrington
1575 Pleasant Street, Lee
This one’s for the carnivores. The Meat
Market’s homemade cassoulet, jam-packed
with four different kinds of savory meat, may
make your cardiologist shiver – but it will have
your taste buds screaming for more.
It’s a veritable cavalcade of protein, featuring tender duck confit, juicy pork shoulder,
bacon pieces and huge chunks of The Meat
Market’s in-house sausage made with garlic,
thyme and white wine.
They’re all joined by a mix of white beans,
onions and tomatoes to round up a stew so
hearty you’ll need a fork and knife to eat it.
Despite the numerous meats present in this
dish, it flourishes because of its simplicity; it
focuses on what this place does better than any
other, and that’s meat, meat and more meat.
And don’t let the relatively small-looking
service size fool you – between the generous
hunks of Toulouse sausage, the succulent
shredded pork and the super-tender duck, it’ll
fill you up right.
The only downside is that it’s only available as a Thursday night dinner special, so get
in after 5 on Thursdays to try this meaty treat.
Perigee’s superb take on a New England
classic will fill the heartiest appetites, satisfy
the most discriminating taste buds and warm
the body and soul on those chilly Berkshire
autumn evenings.
The dish starts off with massively thick
chunks of juicy braised beef, so tender it barely
stays together on your fork. The mammoth
mountain of meat is joined by a myriad of
fresh fall veggies, including crisp Brussels
sprouts, hearty roasted potatoes, pearl onions,
lightly sweet glazed carrots and the smooth
savor of butternut squash. It’s all topped off
with delectable pan gravy, not too thick but
not too thin, that softens up the already tender
brisket even more and fills the dish with a
rich, mouthwatering savor. Add fresh cracked
pepper atop, and you’ve got a flavorful, filling take on a simple yet delicious robust fall
classic.
The robust, heavy flavors are complimented well by a glass of Chianti Classico, the
plum and berry aromatics and hint of vanilla
bean of which provide a sophisticated but
earthy fall flavor on the palette, going well
with the meat and potatoes dish.
Fork Rating
Fork Rating
The Meat Market
4.5
5
4
3
2
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FORKS — Awesome!
FORKS — Great
FORKS — Good
FORKS — Ok
FORK — Don’t bother
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4.0
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FORKS — Great
FORKS — Good
FORKS — Ok
FORK — Don’t bother
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First Taste
Switchel: Bottled heritage
By Jason Dennis
[email protected]
In trying to lure consumers and expand
the beverage industry, vintners, brewers,
and distillers have all been pushing out the
boundaries of what they do and producing a
wide range of innovative products.
Their drive for innovation is causing
beverage producers to push forward
into wacky beers, alternative wines,
and esoteric spirits.
This same drive is not only causing
producers to push the envelope of new
beverages, but to also dig into history
for recipes and inspiration.
On the historic side of beverage development, in the last
decade, we’ve seen Sam of
Dogfish Head brew recipes
that date back to ancient Egypt,
Pretty Things (MA) brew beers
that goes back hundreds of
years, and the revitalization of
shrubs for cocktails.
The latest addition to the
portfolio of ‘Heritage Beverages’ as I call them is a ginger
apple cider vodka switchel
from Boggy Meadow in New
Hampshire. Switchel is a drink
that has sustained thirsty field
workers during the hot summer
months and so is also known as haymaker’s punch.
The core of switchel is vinegar and water
which is then flavored with ingredients such
as: honey, maple syrup, ginger, and brown
sugar. This enriched, flavored water was bet-
ter for Caribbean field laborers than just plain
water and by the late 1600’s, it had become
a popular drink in the American Colonies.
Local author Herman Melville even gave
a shout out to switchel in I and My Chimney,
“I will give a traveler a cup of switchel, if he
want it; but am I bound to supply him with
a sweet taste?”
The refreshing, vodka switchel
from Boggy Meadow (35% ABV / 70
proof) is made with boiled apple cider,
ginger, vinegar, and a 6 time distilled
spirit that retails in the $31-$35 range.
I’m a huge fan of the local Fire
Cider and Green River Ambrosia’s Ginger Libation so I’m really enjoying
switchel right now.
It’s energizing snap of
ginger and refreshing apple
flavor won’t weigh you down in
the summer like other beverages
but give you plenty of exciting
flavors.
This switchel is invigorating and just the type of drink
I I’m looking for in hot weather.
I enjoy it in a glass over ice, neat,
with seltzer, or added to one of
the many ciders on the market
right now.
Switchel is a drink that
was literally made for summer,
and Boggy Meadow did great job
reviving this heritage beverage - I hope it’s
around all year.
Jason Dennis has years of experience in
the wine, liquor, and craft beer industry in
addition to teaching classes at Kelly’s Package Store.
413-684-0900
16 Depot Street
Dalton, MA
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fresh pizza • award winning wings
1/2 pound angus burgers • full bar
Sunday: 12-9 • Mon-Wed 4-9 • Thur-Sat 11:30-10
First Draft
Summer shandies in effect
By Andrew Kelly
[email protected]
Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy hit the
shelves nationally for the second year in a
row and this marks – “in Leinie time” – the
beginning of warmer times.
And there’s good reason for Shandymonium.
Sales for Summer Shandy, a wheat ale
mixed with lemonade flavor, have increased
double digits because of its national expansion in 2013. The Tenth and Blake Beer Co.,
the craft and import division of MillerCoors
LLC, parent company of Jacob Leinenkugel
Brewing Co., doesn’t give out specific
numbers on barrels of its beer brands. But
the Shandy beer family, which includes
Summer Shandy, Lemon Berry Shandy
(which is available between September and
February) and Orange Shandy (available
year round), was the single-largest growth
brand in the craft beer segment in the U.S.
last year, growing 20 percent in 2013.
This spike in sales has began a boom
of shandies and German Rattlers hitting
the shelves from every corner of the craft
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beer world. Even Jim Koch, founder and
owner of Sam Adams has delved into the
market with the introduction of his Porch
Rocker, a German Rattler that combines a
German Kolsch beer with the sweet taste
of lemonade.
Another huge hit for the summer is
Schofferhof Grapefruit, a combination of
hefeweizen and grapefruit. This beer is
unique in the aspect that it is wheat based
with a little more body to the beer but also
lower in alcohol at just 2.5% as opposed
to your typical shandy that has double the
alcohol content.
This style of beer is almost always
available in both cans and bottles so that
they can be enjoyed at out door events
that you would usually not want to bring
glass to. This makes them a perfect fit for
any summer occasion so look first for the
refreshing taste of summer in a can.
Andrew Kelly is the specialty beer
manager at Kelly’s Package Store and
teaches classes about craft beer.
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“Where We Build Berkshires’ Best Sandwiches”
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To place your classified ad(s), please call
YOUR CONNECTION TO BERKSHIRE County buyers & sellers
Fax: 413-528-9449 • Email: [email protected]
HELP WANTED
Experienced
Line Cook/Pizza Prep
20-30 hours per week in Lee
Call 413-896-7398
FULL TIME PRESCHOOL TEACHER
Needed in the Busy Bee Preschool at the
Lee Youth Association in Lee Mass.
Qualifications include: EEC Preschool Teacher certified. Associates or CDA in ECE or related field preferred.
Knowledge of child development theory and practice. Experience with Teaching Strategies Gold, NAEYC, and
QRIS a plus. First Aid & CPR certified.
The Preschool Teacher is responsible for providing children with a developmentally appropriate, safe, nurturing, and organized environment where individuality and independence are respected. Maintain positive
relationships with parents, children, and co-workers. The Lead Teacher will also keep written records, communicate with parents and evaluate the development of the children in the classroom.
Great Barrington Stockbridge West Stockbridge
GUIDANCE SECRETARY - MIDDLE SCHOOL
Qualifications/Requirements: High School Diploma. At least 3 years’ experience in an office setting with exposure to duties associated with a Guidance Office or equivalent. Demonstrated ability to use a computer system including organization, communication & reporting;
demonstrated ability to work independently, organize materials on a daily basis & maintain a
high degree of confidentiality; communicate effectively with the school community and community at large in connection with the Guidance office; enjoy working with students in the
school environment; knowledge of PowerSchool or equivalent school administration program;
experience with state reporting a plus.
Work Schedule: Fiscal Year Position – 7 ½ hrs/day (workday 8/hr. ½ hr. unpaid lunch)
Starting Date: As Soon As Possible Application Deadline: July 31, 2014
Salary: $14.00/hr. – Per Contract
Send Application, Resume, Letter of Interest
& 3 Current Letters of Reference to:
Human Resources, Berkshire Hills Regional School District
P.O. Box 617, Stockbridge, MA 01262
or [email protected] (413) 298-4017 ext. 19
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. The Berkshire Hills Regional School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religion, national origin or disabilities. (Chapter 622, Title IX and Sec. 504 Regs.)
This position offers a competitive salary with an excellent benefits package that includes: health, dental, and
retirement savings plan.
Please send cover letter and resume to Sharon Terry, Executive Director
413-243-5536 (fax) or mail to: P.O. Box 115, 13 Academy St. Lee, MA 01238
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The director is responsible for providing an appropriate, safe, nurturing, and organized environment. Must
maintain positive relationships with parents, children, and co-workers. The director will keep written records,
communicate with parents, and oversee preschool staff. The director will work closely with the executive director
of the Lee Youth Association to maintain a high quality preschool program.
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15th of the month before that month’s issue
• Submitting your ad
EMAIL: [email protected].
FAX: Fax copy to 413-528-9449.
MAIL: P.O. Box 868, Great Barrington, MA 01230.
BERKSHIRE HILLS REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
This position offers a competitive salary with an excellent benefits package that includes: health, dental, and
retirement savings plan.
Needed in the Busy Bee Preschool at the
Lee Youth Association in Lee Mass.
• Deadlines
Graphic Designer / Marketing Asst.
Ski Butternut - Great Barrington, MA
Full Time – Year Round - w/Benefits.
WANTED passionate skier/snowboarder capable of preparing all visual presentation
pieces for the ski area. Designs should blend effective copy, creative typesetting
and exciting graphics into visually-stimulating design that consistently brands
the mountain as a top-quality, family friendly, affordable ski destination.
B&W, Color & Online design experience a must! Animated GIF’s & Video production
experience a plus. Email cover letter, resume & link to your design portfolio to:
[email protected]
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resume
to:
413-243-2356
or
email
to:
• Energetic, fun work environment
shuffleboard and
so much
more!
[email protected]
| Drug
Screening
• Training and growth opportunities
The only
thing
is…YOU!
• Medical, Dental,
Vision,
andmissing
Life Insurance
Please call Kenneth Utz at: 413-464-2533
To apply please
go to an on site interview.
to schedule
www.silverleafresorts.com
We are located at:
and190
click
on careers.
Meadow
St. | South Lee, MA 01260
Or
call
Kelly to:
Kuhn
at
Fax
resume
413-243-2356
or email to:
413-717-8277 to arrange
an interview.
[email protected]
| Drug
Screening
DISPLAY ADVERTISING SALES
NOW HIRING
76 North Street, Pittsfield, MA 1201
Apply directly online at
www.unitedpersonnel.com
or call 413-449-5050 for more information.
Housatonic, MA Residence
www.bcarc.org
HELP
WANTED
YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS OUT ON THIS RARE
JOB OPPORTUNITY IN PITTSFIELD.
BCArc is looking for a live-in person who is both caring and compassionate to
support two fine gentlemen with disabilities. Full room and board so you can
bank your check every payday. The right person must have experience in
human services with supervisory skills being a must. You also need the
willingness to go above and beyond in providing the best care possible.
A valid driver’s license is also required.
Excellent benefit package available for full-time positions. Valid US Driver’s
license required for all positions. Stop in Monday-Friday between
9:00am – 4:00pm or for a complete job listing or for additional information
apply online (www.bcarc.org) or you can send a resume. AA/EOE
The Berkshire Record and The Berkshire Courier are seeking an
Outside Sales Representative to join its growing sales team. As an
Outside Sales Representative you sell display-advertising space
within your designated territory to an eclectic and exciting group of
clients, business owners and advertising decision-makers through
relationship building and on-going management of accounts.
Responsibilities:
• Reps are responsible for mining their own leads, making
approximately 100 calls/week, going on 12 new business
appts a week and consistently bringing in new business.
• Account Executives are also involved in the production process
of helping clients with their ad campaign and maintaining
strong customer service.
• Reliable transportation is required for this outside sales
position and you should preferably live in and be familiar
with Berkshire County.
Job Requirements:
• Successful applicants should have at least one year of sales
experience, be a self-starter, quick on their feet, competitive,
outgoing and personable and posses a strong work-ethic.
• Successful reps understand that you get out what you put in.
We provide
• Base salary plus commission
• Sales Training
• Career path in sales and management
If you have a Sales Personality, enjoy a fast-paced, pleasant work
environment and thrive on relationship building and management,
then you should apply today! Please contact us by e-mailing your
resume today or call 413-528-5380 ext. 38.
The Berkshire Courier
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