Berkshire Museum To Offer Lecture By Raya Ariella And Booksigning With Leo Nash

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Raya Ariella, Climate USA Coordinator for Climate Crisis Coalition, will speak at the Berkshire Museum in Downtown Pittsfield on Saturday, December 8 at 3:30 p.m. Her topic will be “Grease Cars: Alternative Transportation in the 21st Century. Ariella will discuss her own journey to fueling her car with peanut oil. Visitors will learn how to make the switch to “grease cars” themselves, as well as simple ways to lessen their impact on the earth. Preceding the lecture, the Berkshire Museum Shop will offer a booksigning event with A. Leo Nash, author and photographer of Burning Man: Art in the Desert, from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. The program is presented in connection with the Festival of Trees On the Move and is free with Festival admission. Raya Ariella grew up in North Egremont on a small farm and has worked locally on environmental issues and projects, including the Art of Recycling project in Great Barrington. She now works at the Climate Crisis Coalition in South Lee where she helps people to understand and act on the urgency of climate change. Raya still lives in North Egremont where she raised her son, grows much of her own food, and drives a car that runs on recycled fryer oil. Leo Nash is a writer and photographer who lives in Oakland, Calif. A regular creative participant in Nevada’s famed Burning Man Festival, Nash documented the event in words and photographs in his new book, Burning Man: Art in the Desert, published by Harry N. Abrams ($29.95). In his San Francisco Chronicle review critic Kenneth Baker wrote, “Nash’s moody pictures, all in black-and-white, evoke the sort of creative madness that he and others say propels them into the desert.” Nash will sign copies of the book, available for sale in the Berkshire Museum Shop next door to the museum at 31 South Street. The lecture is offered in conjunction with the 23rd Annual Festival of Trees on view through December 31, 2007. 200 decorated trees celebrate this year's theme "On the Move" as tree designers look to planes, trains, and automobiles for inspiration. Highlights of the 2007 Festival include displays of vintage wind-up toys from the private collection of Victor Reiling, model trains, and antique skis, skates, and sleds from the Berkshire Museum’s collection. The Festival of Trees is sponsored by Legacy Banks Foundation. The Berkshire Museum is located at 39 South Street on Route 7 in Downtown Pittsfield. The galleries are open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays noon to 5 p.m. The Berkshire Museum Shop is located at 31 South Street in Downtown Pittsfield, and is open during Berkshire Museum hours. The Berkshire Museum will be closed for construction from January 1 through late March, 2008. For more information, contact the Berkshire Museum at (413) 443-7171, ext. 10, or visit www.berkshiremuseum.org
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Springfield Man Charged for Murder in Friday Night Pittsfield Stabbing

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A Springfield man is being charged with murder in the stabbing death of a 36-year-old city man on Friday night. 
 
Zyrus Jaynes, 24, was charged with one count of murder, and is expected to be arraigned in Central Berkshire District Court on Monday, June 1.
 
Police did not release the name of the stabbing victim. 
 
According to a police report by Lt. John Soules, officers responded to a report of an assault at a residence on Hall Place at about 10 p.m. on Friday. 
 
The found the Pittsfield man "suffering from a life-threatening stab wound." First responders treated him and transported him to Berkshire Medical Center, where the victim died of his injuries.
 
As a result of the ensuing police investigation, which included cooperation from a number of witnesses, a suspect was identified and arrested the following morning.  
 
While a suspect has been arrested, police say the incident is still under investigation in conjunction with the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office. Anyone who wishes to provide information is asked to contact Detective James Losaw at 413-448-9700, Ext. 572. Information can also be provided anonymously by texting PITTIP and your message to TIP411 (847411.)
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