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Daily DigestMeetings
The Drury High School Council meets Tuesday, Jan 13, at 6:30 in the conference room. Agenda items include AYP, school grant, laptop initiative and PowerSchool updates. |
Steve Decker cleans up in front of BankNorth on Wednesday.
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More Snow
The Berkshires received several inches of snow this morning, but not enough to close schools, unlike yesterday's sleety mess. Temperatures will drop into the 20s this afternoon. A few more snow showers are expected through the weekend.
We have reports that the roads are very slippery to take care in the evening 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. |
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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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Ventfort Hall Mansion And Gilded Age Museum Announces 2008 Summer Season - May 19, 2008
LENOX - Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum announces a varied season filled with lectures, concerts, theater, exhibits, tours, Picnics on the Porch and much more!
According to Executive Director Jeffrey Folmer, “We have been astonished by the success of the past couple of years! Our attendance in 2007 was up a remarkable 125% and being open year-round, the trend has continued all through the winter. This May right through the fall and on into Christmas is jam-packed with events, programs and more.”
Among the exciting announcements is that due to overwhelming demand, and the success of “Les Petites Dames de Mode,” this exhibit of sixty, almost half-life size “Ladies” and their exquisite costumes created by John R. Burbidge, will be calling Ventfort Hall home indefinitely with no closing date in site! This stunning display, which took over 30 years to create, has generated a consensus among the museum’s thousands of visitors that it is “worthy of any major museum in the world!”
In a related partnership, the talented Mr. Burbidge and his equally talented wife Mrs. Cile Bellefleur Burbidge are enhancing Ventfort’s “In Celebration of Weddings” exhibit with: an additional Lady dressed in a replica of the Duchess of York’s wedding dress; photos and memorabilia of Mr. Burbidge’s wedding dresses designed by him for President’s Johnson and Nixon’s daughters; and a spectacular wedding cake by Mrs. Burbidge. A national awarding-winning cakemaker, her cakes have been displayed in the Smithsonian, Tiffany’s, currently on view at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, as well as gracing the odd $4million wedding and weddings for heads of state. The Burbidges will both be on hand this summer for lectures and “meet and greet” opportunities.
On May 24th, Ventfort Hall will open it’s mostly restored library for the first time in decades with a Sneak Preview and Ribbon-Cutting. This impressive space will be used for summer events, tours, private affairs, etc. Our special guest will be Margaret Morgan, a direct descendant of George and Sarah Morgan, who will do the ribbon-cutting honors.
Although many other topics will be featured, Ventfort Hall’s summer theme is “Civil War: Birth of the Gilded Age.” Tying the wedding and Civil War themes together will be an authentic Civil War wedding on June 7th. Then opening June 22nd, Ventfort Hall continues its run of successful summer plays with a reprisal of “Colors of War: A Story of Love and Courage,” (produced by Ventfort Hall in cooperation with Shakespeare & Company.) First presented back in 2002, when Ventfort Hall was only newly opened, the play was lauded by enthusiastic but relatively small audiences who were lucky enough to learn of the newly opened building. Now with the phenomenal success of the last several summers, the time is ripe to bring back this beautifully-crafted work with a direct connection to Ventfort Hall. Civil War hero Col. Robert Gould Shaw, who led the first African-American regiment in the North (subject of the film “Glory”) married Annie Haggerty of the original Vent Fort. They shared quite a lot of time at Vent Fort and honeymooned here – three months later he was killed along with over 250 men of his regiment in a heroic battle. Ventfort Hall will present a moving one-woman, one-hour show featuring Susannah Melone returning as Annie Haggerty, relating the remarkable story of Colonel Shaw’s personal and professional struggles through correspondence to her. Among the other highlights of the Civil War related activities, is the Civil War Weekend on Aug 2 and 3 featuring an encampment by re-enactors of the Massachussetts 54th, the men of Colonel Shaw’s regiment.
On July 8, Cornelia Brooke Gilder will launch her new book “Hawthorne’s Lenox: The Tanglewood Circle”with two lectures. Her book “Houses of the Berkshires 1870-1930” co-authored by Richard Jackson has been a hit here in the Berkshires and beyond, and her popular lectures are a delight for all.
Picnics on the Porch continues in its second season. Picnics were a popular pastime in the Gilded Age and visitors can share in that experience, enjoying a gourmet boxed lunch on the Verandah overlooking the South Lawn. Using Ventfort Hall’s new Tree Guide brochure one can follow up with a stroll of the 12-acre grounds and it’s many interesting trees.
These of course, are only highlights. Ventfort Hall is open daily year-round and located at 104 Walker Street, Lenox. For more information call 413-637-3206 or visit www.GildedAge.org |
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