Hector on Stilts concert at Mazzeo’s to benefit Berkshire Museum

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Regional pop favorites Hector on Stilts will perform at Pittsfield restaurant Mazzeo’s on Friday, September 29, from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. The special party benefits educational programs at the Berkshire Museum as part of the fundraising series, Take Me Out. The evening includes a selection of desserts and light hors d’oeuvres, as well as a complimentary glass of beer or wine. Additional drinks are available at a cash bar. Tickets are $35 per person and are available exclusively at the Berkshire Museum. For tickets. call 413-443-7171, extension 10. The party at Mazzeo’s was donated by Mary and Michael Huth, Kim and Wayne Patenaude, Cheryl and Thomas Campoli, Nerissa Bardfield and Brendan Burns, and Lisa and Thomas Butler. Named the “Best Pop Band of 2005” by Albany’s Metroland, Hector on Stilts is based in Pittsfield and has a nationwide following across the alternative music scene. Their music has been heard nationally on the ABC Family series, “Three Moons Over Milford,” and myvradio’s compilation, “Fresh Produce Volume 2. Their most recent CD, “Same Height Relation,” features tunes such as “Winterland,” “Tongue-Tied,” and “Rhyme Like Me.” In a review of “Same Height Relation,” the Albany Times-Union called it “the kind of pop music you’ll be singing for weeks after you hear it.” The party at Mazzeo’s is the last offering in the Berkshire Museum fundraiser “Take Me Out,” which featured a wide variety of outings, private dinners, and other events, available at a range of prices. “Take Me Out” is sponsored by: Nocona Athletic Goods Company; KB Toys; General Systems Company, Inc.; Time Warner Cable/Capital News 9; Girardi Distributors, LLC, and Budweiser. For more information, contact the Berkshire Museum at (413) 443-7171, ext. 10, or visit www.berkshiremuseum.org .
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Berkshire Force 12U Team Splits in Albany Tournament

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ALBANY, N.Y. – The Berkshire Force 12-and-under travel softball team Saturday split a pair of games at the Outlaws July Round Robin.
 
In the Force’ opener, it beat the Lady Bulldogs Havoc, 5-4 when Mila Ostellino drove in Cali’Ray St. John with a ground ball with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning.
 
Lilly Tuohy homered, and Charlotte Kotski was 2-for-3 with a double in the walkoff win.
 
Peyton Demary went 2-for-3 in an eight-hit Force attack in the win over the Havoc.
 
Demary also went the distance in the circle in the win, striking out 10 and walking four in six innings of work.
 
Later Saturday, the host Albany Frozen Ropes Outlaws handed the Force a 7-3 setback.
 
Ostellino doubled, and Emma Wixsom and McKinley Bushika each had a hit for Berkshire.
 
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