La Festa Baseball Renews Boston-North Adams Competition

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ADAMS, Mass. -- The annual La Festa baseball exchange began on Saturday evening at Renfrew Field, where the Boston Dodgers upended North Adams, 10-2.

Boston pounded out 15 hits in the opener of the series, which was to continue on Sunday at Joe Wolfe Field before Mother Nature intervened.
 
J.P. Levesque led North Adams with a single and a double. Hayden Bird and John Koch each contributed a hti and an RBI, while Eli Ostheimer, Cal Messina and Ryan Dubie each singled.
 
Levesque started on the mound and went four innings. Dubie and Koch each pitched two in relief, and Bird pitched the ninth.
 
The five pitchers combined to allow just three walks, making the Dodgers earn every run.
 
The teams will meet in Boston on Aug. 9 and 10.
 
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BAAMS' Monthly Studio 9 Series Features Mino Cinelu

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — On April 20, Berkshires' Academy of Advanced Musical Studies (BAAMS) will host its fourth in a series of live music concerts at Studio 9.
 
Saturday's performance will feature drummer, guitarist, keyboardist and singer Mino Cinelu.
 
Cinelu has worked with Miles Davis, Sting, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, Tracy Chapman, Peter Gabriel, Stevie Wonder, Lou Reed, Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Vicente Amigo, Dizzy Gillespie, Pat Metheny, Branford Marsalis, Pino Daniele, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Salif Keita.
 
Cinelu will be joined by Richard Boulger on trumpet and flugelhorn, Dario Boente on piano and keyboards, and Tony Lewis on drums and percussion.
 
Doors open: 6:30pm. Tickets can be purchased here.
 
All proceeds will help support music education at BAAMS, which provides after-school and Saturday music study, as well as a summer jazz-band day camp for students ages 10-18, of all experience levels.
 
Also Saturday, the BAAMS faculty presents master-class workshops for all ages, featuring Cinelu, Boulger, Boente, Lewis and bassist Nathan Peck.
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