“The DaVinci Code: Facts and Fallacies” will be the first of a six-lecture series

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Great Barrington - Special Event - Sunday, February 27 at 7:30 p.m. “The DaVinci Code: Facts and Fallacies,” at Berkshire South Regional Community Center, 15 Crissey Road, Great Barrington, MA. Broadcast live via satellite from the 92nd Street Y in New York City, “The DaVinci Code: Facts and Fallacies” will be the first of a six-lecture series, “Live from NY’s 92nd Street Y,” at Berkshire South featuring some of the world’s most fascinating people for compelling and thought-provoking interactive discussions on the issues and events that shape the world. Members of the Berkshire South audience will be given an opportunity to submit questions to the presenters via email. Questions proliferate on the issues raised in Dan Brown's The DaVinci Code. This gathering of scholars and authorities will discuss the implications for religion and private faith when God talk moves into pop culture, and popular entertainment becomes a mode of education. Panelists will discuss the early Christian church, the role of women in the early church, the objectives of organizations like Opus Dei and how the Christian church has changed through the ages. Dan Burstein is the editor of Secrets of the Code. Bart D. Ehrman chairs the department of religious studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and wrote The Truth Behind the DaVinci Code: A Historian Reveals What We Really Know About Jews, Mary Magdalene, and Constantine. Dr. Jenny Driver is a geriatric oncologist and instructor at Harvard Medical School and a member of Opus Dei. Phyllis Tickle is the former religion editor at Publisher's Weekly, author of some two dozen books and an expert in the field of religion and popular culture. The “Live from NY’s 92nd Street Y” series will continue on Tuesday, March 22 at 8:00 p.m. with an interview of Gene Wilder by Wendy Wasserstein. Tickets for each lecture and for the series are available by calling Berkshire South at 413 528 2810. Tickets for each lecture are $8.00 for members and $10.00 for guests; series tickets are available for $35.00 for members and $45.00 for guests.
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Senior Golf Series Returns in September

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The Berkshire County Fall Senior Golf series returns in September with events on five consecutive Wednesdays starting Sept. 18.
 
It is the 22nd year of the series, which is a fund-raiser for junior golf in the county, and it is open to players aged 50 and up.
 
The series will feature two divisions for each event based on the combined ages of the playing partners.
 
Golfers play from the white tees (or equivalent) with participants 70 and over or who have a handicap of more than 9 able to play from the forward tees.
 
Gross and net prices will be available in each division.
 
The cost is $55 per event and includes a round of golf, food and prizes. Carts are available for an additional fee.
 
Golfers should call the pro shop at the course for that week's event no sooner than two weeks before the event to register.
 
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