STOCKBRIDGE - The Norman Rockwell Museum will present "Feeling Groovy," part of its "Rhythms and Change" music and lecture series on Thursday, July 1, at 5:30 p.m. The band, Feeling Groovy, led by Arlo Guthrie's drummer Terry á la Berry, will perform music inspired by the British Invasion and American folk scene of the 1960s. Admission to the event is $12, $6 for Museum members, children free. To pre-register, please call 413-298-4100, ext.220.
Terry á la Berry is the comic drummer for David Grover and the Big Bear Band. He also fronts Terry á la Berry and Friends, alongside the mother and daughter team of musicians LuAnn and Jenelle Herring. Berry toured for fourteen years with 60s icon Arlo Guthrie, visiting the United States, Europe and Australia.
He appears on 10 of Guthrie's albums, including 1992's "Son Of The Wind" and the Grammy-nominated "Grow Big." He made a special appearance on Guthrie's latest album "More Together" (with Pete Seeger). As a writer and producer, Terry has written songs with Arlo Guthrie and Carly Simon. His first solo recording, "Surfing with Dinosaurs," was released in the summer of 1997. to join the array of children's music on the Big Bear label.
"Rhythms and Change" is a performance and lecture series inspired by "Hometown Hero, Citizen of the World: Rockwell in Stockbridge" and the changing American scene during the 1960s and 1970s. Programs are scheduled on Thursday evenings at 5:30 p.m throughout the summer.
On view through October 31, 2004
"Hometown Hero, Citizen of the World: Rockwell in Stockbridge"
Representing a rich selection of Rockwell's finest work at the culmination of his career, "Hometown Hero, Citizen of the World: Rockwell in Stockbridge" is the final exhibit in a critically acclaimed three-part series organized by the Museum about Rockwell's life, art and the communities in which he lived. Containing more than 60 original artworks, the exhibition examines different aspects of the artist's later career, including travels sketches from trips Rockwell took to India and Russia, and a look at the development of his controversial painting "Murder In Mississippi." The exhibition also contains rarely seen paintings such as "Mermaid" (1955), "The Oculist" (1956), "Red Sox Locker Room" (1957), "Easter Morning" (1959), "Window Washer" (1960), and "The Connoisseur" (1962), among others.
This exhibition has been generously sponsored by BerkshireBank. For over 150 years, BerkhireBank and its employees have sponsored the Berkshire Community through education, human services and the arts. BerkshireBank is proud to continue the tradition by supporting "Hometown Hero, Citizen of the World: Rockwell in Stockbridge."
For more information, the public is invited to call 413-298-4100, ext. 220. Visit the Museum's Web site at www.nrm.org.
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North Berkshire Educational Study Updating Communities
By Breanna Steele & Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
CHESHIRE, Mass. — The steering committee for a regional study on secondary education is getting the word out to participating communities and asking for input.
The goal of the study is to focus on Grades 6 through 12 to understand current conditions across districts, hear people on their educational priorities, analyze strengths, opportunities, and challenges, and identify opportunities for future collaboration.
Steering Committee Chair Erin Milne, also a member of the Hoosac Valley Regional School Committee, introduced the study and why it was needed.
"We've been talking for decades about how the Northern Berkshire school communities can better collaborate with one another, rather than necessarily duplicating services," she told he Cheshire board. "And over time, it's become more and more of a pressing issue as our enrollment has been going down, but costs have been going up."
Hoosac Valley, North Adams, Mount Greylock Regional, Clarksburg, Savoy and Florida are participating in the study. A combination of declining population and rising costs are putting pressure on the districts, but the study will also look at educational opportunities that could come from collaboration.
In North Adams, Superintendent of Schools Timothy Callahan noted that "the reality is that in the North Adams Public Schools, our graduating class is now closer to what Lenox used to have as a graduating class 20 years ago ... So those are the realities, and what can we sustain, and what are the educational opportunities for our young people? Those are the questions that we're asking."
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