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Daily DigestYuck!
 There's a winter storm warning in effect until 7 a.m. on Thursday with another 1 to 3 inches of snow expected. Could be another messy commute. |
Duff'em If You've Got'em
 North Adams Regional Hospital went smoke-free Monday — so did all its sister sites, from Sweet Brook to Northern Berkshire Family Practice to the Women's Exchange. No ashtrays, no smoking: No butts about it. |
Wanted: Eagle Eyes
MassWildlife's annual eagle count runs Dec. 31 to Jan. 14. Anyone sighting one of the regal birds in Massachusetts is asked to participate.
Send date, time, location and town of eagle sightings, number of birds, whether juvenile or adult and observer's contact information to Mass.wildlife@state.ma.us. |
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Other StuffMars Rovers Mark 5 Years
 Spirit and Opportunity have been trekking the red planet for half a decade. Spirit hit the 5-year mark on Sunday; Opportunity will on Jan. 24. |
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Playwright Mentoring Project Recognized at White House - January 30, 2008
 | | From left: Elizabeth Dubin, member of The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities; Frank La Frazia, director of the Playwright Mentoring Project; Greg Vyska, Playwright Mentoring Project youth participant; and Mrs. Laura Bush, Honorary Chairman of the PCAH. White House photo by Shealah Craighead. |
Barrington Stage Company’s Playwright Mentoring Project was nationally recognized as one of 18 recipients of the 2007 Coming Up Taller Awards. Youth and adult representatives of the program received the $10,000 award from First Lady Laura Bush at a January 28 White House ceremony in Washington, D.C.
Barrington Stage Company launched the Playwright Mentoring Project in 2001. Created by Artistic Director Julianne Boyd to address the needs of local youth at-risk, PMP has expanded from one program in the southern end of the county to a total of five -- including three groups in Pittsfield, a group for Latino youth in Lee, plus a fifth section that works within the juvenile court system in Pittsfield. The program is led by local director/actor Frank La Frazia, who accompanied Greg Vyska -- a multi-year participant in the program -- to Washington to accept the award.
Coming Up Taller is an initiative of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH). The President’s Committee partners with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to administer the program, which was founded in 1998.
The Coming Up Taller Awards recognize and support outstanding community arts and humanities programs that celebrate the creativity of young people, and provide them with new learning opportunities and a chance to contribute to their communities. The awards also highlight the contributions that historians, scholars, librarians and visual and performing artists make to families and communities by mentoring children. More than 350 nominations were received by the program in 2007. |
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