Berkshire Music School Calendar Update

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Berkshire Music School Calendar Update

November 25 – 29 BMS closed for Thanksgiving recess

Thursday December 3, 6pm

The BMS Orchestra kicks off a student recital from the studio of Norman Thibodeau. Free. Edgar B. Taft Recital Hall, 30 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield

Sunday December 6, 1pm

Holiday tunes with a Cabaret-To-Go twist at the Berkshire Museum. $15 adults/$8 children; Museum members $8 adults/$6 children. Includes Festival of Trees and Museum admission. 413.443.7171 for reservations.

Monday December 7, 5pm

Free Jazz Ensemble performance with students of Bill Chapman. Edgar B. Taft Recital Hall, 30 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield. Free parking. For information call 413.442.1411.

Saturday December 12, 1pm

Bing’s Strings, Too and Kindred Spirits present a holiday program at the Berkshire Athenaeum in Pittsfield. Free.

Tuesday December 15, 7pm

Student recital from the voice studio of Jack Brown. Free. Edgar B. Taft Recital Hall, 30 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield

Saturday December 19, 3:30pm

Kindred Spirits, the new BMS girls choir directed by Carolina Carry, performs at Ventfort Hall’s holiday tea.

December 23 – January 3 BMS closed for Holiday recess

January 1, 2010: BMS 70th Anniversary Year Begins!

Monday January 11, 7:30pm


Adult Cabaret performs during their final class. Public invited. $15 includes wine, desserts and coffee. For reservations call 413.442.1411. Edgar B. Taft Recital Hall, 30 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield.

Saturday January 16, 4pm

Rahima Hohlstein, piano, presents a faculty recital. Free. Edgar B. Taft Recital Hall, 30 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield.

Sunday January 17, 4pm

Cabaret – To - Go performs at the Stockbridge Library. Free & open to the public.

Monday January 18 BMS closed for Martin Luther King holiday

February 14 – 21 BMS closed for Winter Vacation

Saturday February 27 & Sunday, February 28

Contemporary Music Festival featuring  composers from the University of CA and Stephen Lewis, an alumnus of BMS and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Edgar B. Taft Recital Hall, 30 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield.

April 2 – 4 BMS closed for Easter holiday

Friday April 9 - Sunday April 11

Music Marathon weekend. Edgar B. Taft Recital Hall, 30 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield.

April 18 – 25 BMS closed for Spring Vacation

Sunday May 23, 4pm

BMS benefit concert with Albany Pro Musica and works by composer Steve Murray. St. Ann’s Church, Lenox. $15 adults/$5 students. Call 413-442-1411 for reservations.

Monday May 31 BMS closed for Memorial Day
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Former Harry's Supermarket Under Construction for Restaurant

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Construction is underway to transform the former Harry's Supermarket into a restaurant

Late last month, the Conservation Commission greenlit some tree pruning on the property. New windows and a new door can be seen in the front of the building. 

"It's a substantial renovation that's currently underway here," Brent White of White Engineering said, speaking on behalf of the applicant and owner, Huajie Zhu. 

A fire gutted the longtime Wahconah Street supermarket in 2023, and the following year, Zhu purchased the property for $460,000 two years ago to build a restaurant with hibachi in the existing footprint of the more than 100-year-old building. 

White explained that the project has been ongoing for over a year, and the Community Development Board granted the property a waiver to reduce the minimum required number of parking spaces so that additional spaces aren't needed.  

He noted that, looking at the site plan, there is very little room to do so. A mirror will be installed near the sharp turn on Bel Air Avenue to alleviate traffic concerns. 

Pruning will be done on trees in the southeast corner of the existing paved parking lot, as a number of branches are hanging over. The new owners also intend to patch, sealcoat, and re-stripe the parking lot. 

A fire tore through the building less than an hour after the supermarket closed for the day three years ago. An automatic sprinkler system is required for the new use. 

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