The final 3rd Thursday of 2019 is 3rd Thursday: Walk a Mile, a fun annual fundraiser which raises money for the Elizabeth Freeman Center. Plus enjoy a live performance from Whiskey Treaty Roadshow,Barkha Dance Company in the Jacob's Pillow Dance Zone, food, vendors and other entertainment for the entire family. 5-8 p.m.
Hancock Shaker Village presents a screening of Museum Town, Jennifer Trainer's new documentary that tells the story of the power of art to transform a post-industrial city. Threaded with interviews with artists including Nick Cave and David Byrne, and featuring narration by Meryl Streep, the film traces the remarkable story of MASS MoCA. This screening includes a BBQ dinner and a conversation with Trainer and social impact investor Jack Wadsworth. $45. 6p.m.
Berkshire Athenaeum will hold aRead with Meinformation session on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. Read with Me is a caregiver/child book club for grades 4-6. Every month, caregivers and their youth will come together with the children's librarian to eat pizza and discuss a title from the list of 2019-20 MA Children's Book Award nominees. Copies of each month's title will be available to borrow. September's session will serve as a chance to discuss the structure and expectations of the group, and to order copies of October's title for those who need it. Pizza will be served.
Join instructor Ron Tritto atBerkshire Yoga Dance & Fitness for East Coast Swing I (4 classes) which can be followed by East Coast Swing II beginning on October 18.Both couples and singles are welcome to attend. Advance registration required. The cost is $55 per student. Receive a $10 discount if you register for both classes!
The 10th annual Berkshire BioBlitz is a 24-hour biological survey, held at Springside Park from 12 p.m. on Saturday - 12 p.m. on Sunday.Join a scientist out in the field to see what you can find on this 237.5-acre preserve. Biologists will take to the woods, wetlands and fields to find and tally species from as many taxa as possible, including algae, ferns, trees, fungi, arthropods, mollusks, fish, birds, reptiles and more. FREE and open to al - bring the kids!
The Berkshire Museum's Voices & Visionaries series presents dinner and a conversation with prominent early childhood educator Beth Fredericks and the Museum's Chief Experience Officer Craig Langlois. Fredericks will offer insight into her work in Singapore, a country known for its early childhood education programs. A global leader in her field, she has been living in Southeast Asia for the past 3 years preparing educators and leaders to design and create strong early childhood infrastructure. The evening will also include a look into the Berkshire Museum's work in this area as Langlois showcases its publication In Kindergarten, which was distributed to every rising kindergartner in Massachusetts in 2019. 5:30 p.m.
Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way, she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.
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Pittsfield ZBA Member Recognized for 40 Years of Service
By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
Albert Ingegni III tells the council about how his father-in-law, former Mayor Remo Del Gallo who died at age 94 in 2020, enjoyed his many years serving the city and told Ingegni to do the same.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — It's not every day that a citizen is recognized for decades of service to a local board — except for Tuesday.
Albert Ingegni III was applauded for four decades of service on the Zoning Board of Appeals during City Council. Mayor Peter Marchetti presented him with a certificate of thanks for his commitment to the community.
"It's not every day that you get to stand before the City Council in honor of a Pittsfield citizen who has dedicated 40 years of his life serving on a board or commission," he said.
"As we say that, I know that there are many people that want to serve on boards and commissions and this office will take any resume that there is and evaluate each person but tonight, we're here to honor Albert Ingegni."
The honoree is currently chair of the ZBA, which handles applicants who are appealing a decision or asking for a variance.
Ingegni said he was thinking on the ride over about his late father-in-law, former Mayor Remo Del Gallo, who told him to "enjoy every moment of it because it goes really quickly."
"He was right," he said. "Thank you all."
The council accepted $18,000 from the state Department of Conservation and Recreation and a $310,060 from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All program.
Albert Ingegni III was applauded for four decades of service on the Zoning Board of Appeals during City Council. Mayor Peter Marchetti presented him with a certificate of thanks for his commitment to the community.
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