Berkshire Pride and Mayor Linda Tyer will host aPride Month Kickoff at City Hall at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Tyer will issue a proclamation declaring June as Pride Month in Pittsfield, and Berkshire Pride will present the Community Change Maker Award to those who have been working towards equity and inclusion of sexual and gender identities in Berkshire County.The event concludes with the Pride flag being raised at City Hall, where it will fly for the month of June. FREE. Rain or shine.
Celebrate the release of The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow's first full-length album at Barrington Stage Company. The songs were written and recorded in the Berkshires and the band is excited to debut these new tunes for a hometown audience. A limited number of VIP tickets will also be available. 8 p.m.
This FREE interactive workshop led by Devin Franklin of the Flying Deer Nature Center will help children identify backyard songbirds, spy hiding birds and more.This bird language program is best suited for kids ages 8-13 and their caregivers, but siblings are welcome to join in! Berkshire Athenaeum, 10:30 a.m.
Join Lawrence Carroll every Sunday from 3-4 p.m. throughout the summer at Berkshire Yoga Dance & Fitnessto learn the basics of yoga that improve flexibility and strength.
Berkshire Paint & Sipinvites you to paint a bright image of sunflowers on a decorative tray made from reclaimed wood. There will be various styles and sizes from which to choose. All materials, instruction and a light snack are included in the $35 fee. BYOB. 2-4 p.m.
Jeanne Sakata's Hold These Truths is the story of unsung American hero Gordon Hirabayashi (Joel de la Fuente). During WWII, he defies the U.S. government's orders to forcibly remove and mass incarcerate all people of Japanese ancestry, launching a 50-year journey from college to courtroom and eventually to a Presidential Medal of Freedom. A story filled with hope, this play will leave you cheering for a man who stood up for the true meaning of patriotism. Barrington Stage Company's St. Germain Stage.
The Berkshire Athenaeum hosts Barrington Stage Artistic Director Julie Boyd, Playwright Stacey Rose and Playwright Mark St. Germain who will discuss world premieres at Barrington Stage this summer.
Tuesday, June 4 at 6pm
Berkshire Athenaeum
Refreshments provided by the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum
The Jewish Federation's Connecting with Community series presents "Familiar Songs and Their Unfamiliar Stories." Discover the Jewish roots of some of the best-known American songs and how they came to be written. Storyteller, musician and educator Sandy Schuman will feature songs from the Great American Songbook with stories about the Jewish writers and composers who made them famous, including Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin and others. 10:45 a.m. at Knesset Israel.
The 2019 Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF) will host events at The Beacon Cinema in Pittsfield and at two Great Barrington locations. The lineup includes a tribute to director Martin Scorsese, Berkshire premieres, talks and an opening night screening of The Apollo at The Beacon, followed by a party at Trattoria Rustica.
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North Adams Regional Reopens With Ribbon-Cutting Celebration
By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff
BHS President and CEO Darlene Rodowicz welcomes the gathering to the celebration of the hospital's reopening 10 years to the day it closed.
Hospital officials, local leaders, medical staff, residents and elected officials gathered under a tent on the campus to mark the efforts over the past decade to restore NARH and cut the ribbon officially reopening the 136-year-old medical center.
"This hospital under previous ownership closed its doors. It was a day that was full of tears, anger and fear in the Northern Berkshire community about where and how residents would be able to receive what should be a fundamental right for everyone — access to health care," said Darlene Rodowicz, president and CEO of Berkshire Health Systems.
"Today the historic opportunity to enhance the health and wellness of Northern Berkshire community is here. And we've been waiting for this moment for 10 years. It is the key to keeping in line with our strategic plan which is to increase access and support coordinated county wide system of care."
Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, under the BHS umbrella, purchased the campus and affiliated systems when Northern Berkshire Healthcare declared bankruptcy and closed on March 28, 2014. NBH had been beset by falling admissions, reductions in Medicare and Medicaid payments, and investments that had gone sour leaving it more than $30 million in debt.
BMC was able to reopen the ER as an emergency satellite facility and slowly restored and enhanced medical services including outpatient surgery, imaging, dialysis, pharmacy and physician services.
But it would take a slight tweak in the U.S. Health and Human Services' regulations — thank to U.S. Rep. Richie Neal — to bring back inpatient beds and resurrect North Adams Regional Hospital
The joyful celebration on Thursday at North Adams Regional Hospital was a far cry from the scene 10 years ago when protests and tears marked the facility's closing. click for more
The City Council on Tuesday unanimously gave Superintendent Joseph Curtis the green light for the SOI to the Massachusetts School Building Authority by April 12.
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The projects not making the cut were in the historic preservation and open space and recreation categories and though they were seen as interesting and valuable projects, the urgency was not prevalent enough for this cycle.
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The Licensing Board on Monday gave Pancho's Mexican Restaurant the OK to close one hour later — extending last call to 12:30 p.m. and closing at 1 a.m. There have been no reported incidents since a weeklong license suspension.
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