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Berkshire LGBTQ+ Community Potluck. Please join us for the monthly Berkshire LGBTQ+ Community Potluck on at W A N D E R Berkshires. Please bring only food dishes (labeled for potential allergens). Beverages will be available for purchase. Wander is a sober space. 

This event is free and open to all.


 

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Chair and Associate Professor of American Studies Brian Michael Murphy presents "The Data Complex" as part of the Spring 2026 Faculty Lecture Series. Free and open to the public.

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Pine Cobble School will host How to Parent Healthy Kids in the Digital Age: Supporting Connection, Resilience, and Critical Thinking, a presentation for parents of elementary and middle school kids who are seeking developmentally appropriate guidance on preparing their kids to handle the complexities of digital life. Doors open: 5:45 pm. It will be held in the '62 Center for Performing Arts. Free.

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Pine Cobble School will host How to Parent Healthy Kids in the Digital Age: Supporting Connection, Resilience, and Critical Thinking, a presentation for parents of elementary and middle school kids who are seeking developmentally appropriate guidance on preparing their kids to handle the complexities of digital life.

The evening will start with a presentation by educator, author, and parenting expert Betty Ray, who will share findings from her years of research as head of innovation at the George Lucas Educational Foundation and chief impact officer at Pandora’s Way.    

Following the presentation will be a Q+A with Betty, as well as Pine Cobble Head of School Dr. Jill Romans, and developmental psychologist Scott Burg. 

How to Parent Healthy Kids in the Digital Age: Supporting Connection, Resilience, and Critical Thinking will be held on March 5, 2026 at ‘62 Center for Performing Arts • Williams College Campus, Williamstown, MA. Doors open: 5:45p • Program: 6-7:30p ET. 

The event is intended for parents and other caregivers of elementary and middle school students who are eager to take proactive steps for healthy digital engagement.  Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions, and will leave with several actionable steps they can implement right away. 

Dr. Romans said, “I am delighted that we can come together as a broader community and discuss this important topic for our youth through the lens of child development.  Betty’s focus on rites of passage is helpful in understanding the process for nurturing agency and empowerment for our students as they navigate an increasingly digital world.  We must be intentional in how we introduce children to this environment and ensure they have adequate skills to navigate digital platforms in healthy ways.”  

Attendees will discover:

How to plan for the developmental shifts from childhood to adolescence. 

How digital media is designed to engage the developing adolescent brain 

A practical approach to introducing digital media and sustaining healthy development.

We invite families to complete a brief pre-event survey to share their questions, curiosities, and hopes for the conversation. Your responses will help shape the evening’s discussion.

About Betty Ray 

Betty Ray is a consultant, writer, speaker, and mom who works with families and schools to help young people build the skills, mindsets, and inner capacities needed to navigate a complex digital world. She is the founder of the Center for RItual Design, where she creates frameworks and programs that help  build identity, agency, belonging, and purpose – key developmental milestones that predict resilience and strengthen mental health.  Her work draws on developmental psychology, education research, media literacy, and archetypal rites-of-passage traditions to support healthy adolescence, both online and in the real world. Betty has advised hundreds of families and partnered with schools and organizations to design programs that strengthen connection, character, and future-readiness. 

About Pine Cobble 

Located on 18 acres in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, Pine Cobble School has been rooted in experiential, child-centric education for almost 90 years. The hands-on curriculum develops critical thinking and problem-solving, from the almost-three-year-old Beginner getting their hands dirty in the school’s garden to the Grade 8 student testing a hypothesis in science class.  In addition to academics, the school cultivates a very strong sense of place, with the campus and extensive grounds functioning as extended classrooms.

Head of School Dr. Jill Romans joined Pine Cobble in 2025 having been drawn by the Pine Cobble promise, “A good beginning never ends.” A lifelong educator in independent schools with a clinical and academic background in pediatric neuropsychology, Dr. Romans has already seen how that promise defines the Pine Cobble experience. 

“Our students understand from the very beginning that they are part of a community that cares deeply for them,” she says. “Our 4:1 student-faculty ratio allows our teachers to get to know each child individually, foster an environment of curiosity and kindness, and model how to resolve conflict when it occurs. To me, that’s the Pine Cobble difference,” she says, “and it’s the reason I’m so proud to be leading this extraordinary community.”

For more information, please contact:

S. Jill Romans, PhD, LP
j.romans@pinecobble.org
413-458-4680
www.pinecobble.org 

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Professional genealogist Kathryn Lake Hogan will present "How to Trace Ancestors Through Letters and Postcards," a Jewish Federation of the Berkshires Zoom program examining correspondence as a key resource for family history research. Register on the calendar of events page at jewishberkshires.org.

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Get ready to unwind, stretch, and strengthen your body in this all-levels yoga class. We'll move mindfully through a series of poses, connecting our breath to each movement. You'll build heat, increase flexibility, and improve your balance, all while finding a sense of calm and focus.

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All-levels yoga class held every Thursday at the Becket Arts Center. Participants will move through a series of poses to build heat, increase flexibility, and improve balance. Modifications will be offered to ensure everyone feels comfortable and challenged.  

Cost is $5 to $10 for members, $15 for guests. Register and pay in person. 

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