NORTH ADAMS - Frank Critelli and Marc Douglas Berardo will perform at the next Railway Cafe concert on Friday, Dec. 14, at 7:30 p.m. at MCLA Gallery 51.
Frank Critelli, of Connecticut, is back by popular demand, after opening for Jeffrey Foucault at another Railway Cafe performance in March 2006. Rhode Islander Marc Douglas Berardo makes up the other half of the evening's entertainment.
"Marc's sharply drawn portraits cast a net on unusual and interesting characters and places," said Laini Sporbert, Railway Cafe organizer. "With a painter's eye for detail, and music firmly rooted in the great American sound, he sings about towns full of circus retirees, expatriates in Florida rum bars, union iron workers, aimless New York City debutantes, near-death car crashes and the changes that experience brings to everyone."
Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door, $8 for students and seniors. To reserve your spot, call 413 664-6393 or e-mail railwaycafe@juno.com . To listen to clips, hear Critelli at www.myspace.com/frankcritelli and Douglas at www.marcdouglas.com . MCLA Gallery 51 is at 51 Main St., North Adams. The Railway Cafe shows for 2008 will be on Jan. 11, Feb. 8, March 14, April 25 and May 25. For more information, go to www.mcla.edu/gallery51
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Sanford, Maine, Edges SteepleCats in Season Opener
By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The SteepleCats Sunday started their 2026 season the way they ended their 2025 campaign: with a narrow loss to the Sanford Mainers.
Sanford, which won a best-of-three playoff series against North Adams last August, scored four runs on 14 hits to earn a 4-2 win at Joe Wolfe Field.
The Mainers broke a 1-1 tie with a two-run rally in the third inning, and four Sanford pitchers combined to collect 11 strikeouts as the visitors improved to 2-1 this summer.
North Adams, which saw its planned road opener rained out on Saturday, got to open the season in front of its home fans.
And those fans saw a strong performance from the North Adams pitching staff, which, despite allowing 14 hits, including five doubles, gave up just three earned runs.
“I like the grit,” SteepleCats coach Mike Gladu said of his team’s Game 1 performance. “I thought the pitchers performed pretty well. We had a couple of situations where we definitely should have gotten some runs in and didn’t get that hit.
“And there were a couple of plays with a little rust. Certainly, the ball that was hit over [Evan] Meier’s in left field, he just mistracked that one. And the extra run they scored in the eighth, the kid wasn’t going to go [from third on a fly ball], we made a throw and nobody could stop it.
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