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La Festa Baseball Exchange Returns Saturday

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. -- The La Festa Baseball Exchange begins its second quarter century on Saturday evening at Joe Wolfe Field.
 
Since 1990, the annual rite of summer has united youth baseball players from Boston and North Adams in a friendly home-and-home series of ballgames.
 
Last year, the event marked its 25th anniversary, and the hits (and pitches) will keep on coming thanks to the hard work of volunteers, spearheaded by co-founder and longtime organizer George Canales.
 
The exchange opens at 6 p.m. Saturday evening when the North End Dodgers of Boston take on North Adams. The teams will meet again on Sunday morning at 10:30.
 
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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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