VFW Stays Alive in Softball Playoffs

By Shannon BoyeriBerkshires.com Sports
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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- Tuesday evening in the Pat Torchia Women's softball league, VFW was able to stay alive in the losers bracket and advance to the next round after defeating South Side Sales, 4-2.
 
VFW started the scoring in the first inning, bringing in three runs to go ahead 3-0.
 
South Side Sales came out in the second half of the inning adding one.
 
The next three innings VFW went 1-2-3 defensively, and it added a run in the third to go ahead 4-1.
 
In the fifth, South Side Sales brought in their second run, but VFW allowed only one more runner on base in the sixth and seventh to seal the win.
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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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