Tonight, Urban Bush Women will offer a FREE lecture and demonstration at First Church on Park Square at 6 p.m.
On Saturday, The Crowne Plaza will host a How We Got to the Funk Dance Party at 7 p.m. that is free and open to the public. How We Got to the Funk will be led by Urban Bush Women's founder-director Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. It is an evening of fun, dance and examining history through the lens of African American social dances from 1955 through the present. No experience needed. Come ready to boogie! View the full Urban Bush Women residency schedule.
Methuselah Bar & Lounge will host Argentine Tango with Emiliano every Monday night, beginning this Monday at 6 p.m. with a free beginner's class. An intermediate class will follow, at 6:30 p.m., for $10. Dancing for everyone begins at 7 p.m.
Kids, teens and adults can all participate in the Summer Reading Programs at the Berkshire Athenaeum. Children will enjoy performances and sports-themed movies, and both children and teens can enter drawings for books, games, and gift certificates to the Beacon Cinema and Ayeleda. Teens and adults can fill out a BINGO card to track their reading and enter full cards to win prizes. Stop by the library and get reading!
Radiance Yoga will host a free injury prevention and recovery workshop for runners of all levels on Saturday from 2-3:30 p.m. Karden Rabin, LMT and founder of Boundless, and Kent Lemme of the Berkshire Running Center will show you how to keep doing what you love, even after an injury.
Beginning Tuesday and running for five Tuesdays in total, enjoy art-making focused on nature with Marney Schorr in a private studio at NuArts, 311 North Street, from 1:30-3 p.m.
Winner of the prestigious Laurents/Hatcher Award for Best New Play of 2016, this explosive world premiere drama by Christopher Demos-Brown examines our nation's racial divide through the eyes of an estranged, interracial couple (Tamara Tunie of Law & Order: SVU and Michael Hayden of Murder One). Over the course of an evening, the couple's disparate backgrounds collide as they confront an unexpected crisis involving their son, the police, and an abandoned car. Now - July 9 at the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage.
Barrington Stage Company's annual gala will feature a one-night-only performance by song-and-dance-man Tony Yazbeck, the Tony-nominated star of On The Town. He will give a tour de force performance of The Floor Above Me, which will feature his On The Town co-stars Clyde Alves and Katie Huff. 5 p.m.
The OLLI Distinguished Speaker Series presents MCLA professor Michael Birch, who will speak on mental health stigma in the news and on social media. 10:30 a.m. at Berkshire Community College's Koussevitzky Arts Center, 1350 West Street. Admission is $10 for OLLI members, $15 for the general public, and free for BCC students, staff and those 17 years of age and younger.
Emotionally raw and bracingly honest, this coming-of-age drama balances the pull of family obligation against personal aspirations.In a commanding performance, SAG-award-winning actress Taryn Manning (Orange is the New Black) plays a mother, wrestling with bipolar disorder and an imminent empty nest. Her dedicated daughter has a bright future ahead, but must decide if she will stay near home to care for her unpredictable mom or follow her own path.
Pittsfield's city-owned community arts center, the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, features nine working artist studios, a ceramics studio, a community room and an art gallery with changing exhibitions, classes, performances + more!
28 Renne Ave. | Wed-Sat, 11-4
I Am A Part Of Art
Beginning July 1, Community Access to the Arts (CATA) presents a celebration of its visual artists. The month-long exhibit features over 100 works created by artists with disabilities from across Berkshire County. The soft opening will take place on Friday, July 1 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. during First Fridays Artswalk. The opening reception, which is free and open to the public, is Thursday, July 14 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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Pittsfield Resident Victim of Alleged Murder in Greenfield
By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A man found dismembered in a barrel in Greenfield on Monday has been identified as Pittsfield resident.
The Northwestern District Attorney's Office identified victim as Christopher Hairston, 35, and subsequently arrested a suspect, Taaniel Herberger-Brown, 42, at Albany (N.Y.) International Airport on Tuesday.
The Daily Hampshire Gazette reported that Herberger-Brown told investigators he planned on visiting his mother outside the country.
Herberger-Brown was detained overnight, and the State Police obtained an arrest warrant on a single count of murder on Tuesday morning, the Greenfield Police Department said in a press release.
According to a report written by State Police Trooper Blakeley Pottinger, the body was discovered after Greenfield police received reports of a foul odor emitting from the apartment along with a black hatchet to the left of the barrel, the Greenfield Recorder reported.
Investigators discovered Hairston's hand and part of a human torso at Herberger-Brown’s former apartment, located at 92 Chapman St, the news outlet said.
According to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Herberger-Brown originally told investigators that he had not been to the apartment in months because he had been in and out of hospitals.
Officials celebrated Arbor Day on Friday by installing a commemorative plaque next to the American elm sapling. This is a tree that James McGrath, the city's park program manager, said Presutti would have been particularly proud of.
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Albert Ingegni III was applauded for four decades of service on the Zoning Board of Appeals during City Council. Mayor Peter Marchetti presented him with a certificate of thanks for his commitment to the community.
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Between disagreements about site design and a formal funding process not yet established, more time is needed before a decision can be made.
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The Ordinances and Rules subcommittee on Monday unanimously supported a pay raise for election workers, free downtown parking for veterans, and safeguards to better protect wetlands.
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