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Cultural Pittsfield This Week: May 31-June 6

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Berkshire Pride and Mayor Linda Tyer will host a Pride 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.
  MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE
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. 
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FRI Blue Light Trio at Rainbow | FRI The Congregation of the Misfits at The A | FRI Dan Gingras at Rusty Anchor | SAT DJ Justin Allen at Methuselah | SAT DJ RedScare's Farewell Latin Party at The A | SAT Dead Man Walking at Crossroads | SAT Uncensored Comedy Showcase at Uncorked Lounge | SAT Anthony Luchi at Rusty Anchor | SAT+MON Singer Gail Nelson at Barrington Stage | MON Jazz Night at Mission | TUE Dine to Donate for Taconic Class of 2022 at Patrick's Pub | WED Gruppo Mondo at Rainbow | WED Cruise Night at Pittsfield Airport | WED Chantell at Methuselah | THU Comedian Mary Cella at The Colonial | THU The Picky B's at Mission
  FAMILY FRIENDLY

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.
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FRI WeeMuse: Adventures at Berkshire Museum FRI-THU Parenting Classes & Play Groups at Berkshire Children & Families | SAT Chow Time at Berkshire Museum | SAT WeeMuse: Art Lab at Berkshire Museum | SAT da Vinci After Hours at Berkshire Museum | SUN Discovery Tank Program at Berkshire Museum | SUN BIFF presents Kid Flicks at Beacon Cinema MON Tiny Tots Story Time at Berkshire Athenaeum MON Teen Peer Art Group at Berkshire Athenaeum TUE WeeMuse: Littlest Learners at Berkshire Museum TUE Teen Tech Tuesday at Berkshire Athenaeum TUE Youth Chill Zone at Tyler Street Lab TUE Memories Cabaret at PHS THU Preschool Play & Learn at Berkshire Athenaeum THU Farm Friends at Hancock Shaker Village THU Fandom Thursday at Berkshire Athenaeum THU Lego Club at Berkshire Athenaeum
  WELLNESS
SUN Yoga for Men at Berkshire Yoga Dance & Fitness
 
 
Join Lawrence Carroll every Sunday from 3-4 p.m. throughout the summer at Berkshire Yoga Dance & Fitness to learn the basics of yoga that improve flexibility and strength.
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FRI-THU Various Classes at Berkshire Running Center | FRI-THU Various Classes at Berkshire Family YMCA | FRI-THU Various Classes at Berkshire Yoga Dance & Fitness FRI-THU Various Classes at Radiance Yoga | FRI-THU Various Classes at Berkshire Salsa FRI-THU Various Classes at Modig Internal Disciplines FRI-THU Various Classes at Pilates Fit | FRI Learn to Belly Dance at The Here and Now | SAT Sunrise Yoga on the Deck at Rusty Anchor | SAT Yoga & Zumba at Onota Lake | SUN Yoga at Springside Park | SUN New MOONthly Community Building Workshop at Radiance Yoga | SUN Intro to MELT at Pilates Fit | MON Barre Class on the Deck at Rusty Anchor | WED Survival Indoor/Outdoor Workout at Pilates Fit | THU Moving Towards Health at Knesset Israel
  GET CREATIVE
SUN Paint a Sunflower Tray at Berkshire Paint & Sip
Berkshire Paint & Sip invites 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. 
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SAT Paint "Roadside Rainbow" at Berkshire Paint & Sip
  PERFORMANCE
ONGOING Hold These Truths at Barrington Stage
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.
  COMMUNITY
TUES Tuesdays on the Terrace with Barrington 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
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SAT Downtown Pittsfield Farmers Market | SAT Celebrate the Arts at Tyler Street Lab | SAT Hotel on North Turns 4 | SAT Rainbow Seniors Meeting at Berkshire Athenaeum | SUN Brunch w/Liam Kudlick & Hunter Andus at Dottie's MON Trivia to Benefit the Elizabeth Freeman Center at Hotel on North  MON Berkshire Trans Group at Berkshire Athenaeum | TUE Dine to Donate for Taconic Class of 2022 at Patrick's Pub
  LEARNING
MON Familiar Songs & Their Unfamiliar Stories
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.
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FRI FREE Birding at Canoe Meadows | SUN The Civil War Ballroom at Arrowhead | MON West African & Caribbean Drumming Classes at The Lichtenstein | MON Cooking Matters at Berkshire Children & Families | MON Weight Loss Made Easy at Zion Lutheran Church | THU Moving Towards Health at Knesset Israel
  FILM
THU-SUN Berkshire International Film Festival
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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ONGOING See What's New at The Beacon | FRI-MON El Desencanto at The Little Cinema

 

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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. 
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — 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
 
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 
 
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