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RegionObama TransitionDaily 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. |
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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McBride to perform, lecture Wednesday at MCLA - September 15, 2008
NORTH ADAMS – Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) on Wednesday, Sept. 17, will present James McBride, an award-winning writer, saxophonist, and composer, who will present a lecture on this memoir, “The Color of Water,” and perform with his band.
On The New York Times bestseller list for two years, “The Color of Water” was this year’s summer reading assignment for first year students and the focus of a community read throughout the MCLA campus. McBride will discuss his book and present a musical performance at 7 p.m. in the Church Street Center. The event is free and open to the public.
“The Color of Water” has been translated into more than a dozen languages, and has become an American classic, read in colleges and high schools. It is the autobiographical account of his mother, a white Jewish woman from Poland, who raised 12 black children in New York City and sent each to college.
McBride is a former staff writer for The Boston Globe, People Magazine and The Washington Post. His work has appeared in numerous publications including The New York Times and Rolling Stone. He is the recipient of the 1997 Anisfield Wolf Book Award as well as several awards for his work as a composer in musical theatre, including the American Arts and Letters Richard Rodgers Award, The ASCAP Richard Rodgers Horizons Award and the American Music Theatre Festival’s Stephen Sondheim Award.
He has written songs for Anita Baker, Grover Washington, Jr., Gary Burton, Silver Burdett Music Textbooks and for the PBS television character “Barney” and fronts a 12-piece rhythm and blues jazz band. McBride studied composition at The Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio. He holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Whitman College and The College of New Jersey.
For more information, go to www.mcla.edu or www.jamesmcbride.com. |
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