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Cultural Pittsfield This Week: June 26-July 2

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Welcome to Cultural Pittsfield's weekly guide featuring in-person and virtual classes and events, information, and more. If you are a Pittsfield business and would like your event listed, please email us at cultural@pittsfieldch.com. Thank you and be well!

  FUN & LEARNING
Barrington Stage Company presents the BSC Bash: On with the Show! on Saturday, June 27 at 7:30 p.m. The FREE virtual event includes a BSC-style evening of songs, artists, and community leaders, plus a sneak preview of next year's world premiere musical A Crossing. Performers include Jordan Craig, Alan H. Green, Jeff McCarthy, Alexandra Silber, Elizabeth Stanley, and Alysha Umphress, with appearances by Josh Bergasse, Ty Allan Jackson, and John Rando!
 
Berkshire Natural Resources Council announces the opening of a new trail in Pittsfield! The Mahanna Cobble Trail begins and ends at Bousquet ski area. The entire out-and-back trail is 2.8 miles of strenuous hiking and includes gorgeous vistas. FREE. Open daily from dawn until dusk.
Plus...
Berkshire Artist Profiles | Learn from Home w/Berkshire Theatre Group | Classes w/IS183 Art School | Painting Tutorials w/Berkshire Paint & Sip | Virtual Barrington Stage | Classes w/Radiance Yoga | Classes w/Berkshire Yoga Dance & Fitness | Classes w/Antil Fitness | Email aimee@gaiaroots.com for Online Drumming Classes | ONGOING Online Classes w/Berkshire OLLI | FRI Virtual Culture Chat | MON Summer Olympics Germany: 1936 & 1972 | MON WordXWord Poetry: Reality Bites | WED 1Berkshire Virtual Town Hall: Census 2020 | WED+ 4th of July Virtual 5K | THU Lawn Concert w/Paul Green & Benny Kohn

  FAMILY FRIENDLY
 
Join 18 Degrees for a Virtual Dance Party on Friday, June 26 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Gather your friends and family and have a dance party at your home, then share it on Facebook. Five families will be sent a surprise in the mail for sharing their videos!
Plus...

  EAT LOCAL
 
Hotel on North's new outdoor culinary and cocktail experience, "The Backlot," returns with food from Bounti Fare, plus lawn games and a full bar! Reservations are required. Thursday-Saturday 4-9 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Below are some of the Pittsfield restaurants currently offering takeout, delivery, and/or curbside pickup. Please check their websites for updates. Visit the 1Berkshire website for a list of all current Berkshire County takeout options, including restaurants that now offer outdoor dining options.
Berkshire General Store | Berkshire Mountain Bakery | Berkshire Organics | Braise Worthy | District Kitchen & Bar | Dottie's | Flavours of Malaysia | Flo's Diner | Forthill Farm | Guido's Fresh Marketplace | Hangar Pub & Grill | Highland Restaurant | Hot Harry's Fresh Burritos | Hot Tomatoes Pizza | House of India | La Fogata | The Lantern Bar & Grill | The Marketplace Cafe | Mazzeo's Ristorante | New Amazing Pavilion | O'Laughlin's Pub | Otto's Kitchen & Comfort | Pancho's Mexican Restaurant | Papa Joe's Ristorante & Pizzeria | Patrick's Pub | Pittsfield Health Food Centre | Pittsfield Rye Bakery | The Proprietor's Lodge | Seeds Market Cafe | That's a Wrap | Thrive Vegan Diner | Tito's Mexican Grille | Trattoria Rustica | Virtual Pittsfield Farmers Market | Zucco's Family Restaurant 

  RESOURCES
1Berkshire has compiled a list of online sites where you can find information on a number of topics, including an explanation of our state's reopening plan. You can also visit the City of Pittsfield's COVID-19 webpage for updates and helpful resources.
Plus...
The city's first ever Drive.Walk.Bike City Art Show will take place on Friday, July 3 from 4-9 p.m. Artists will be displaying their paintings, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, photography, fashions, sidewalk art, videos, and more on their porches, trees, lawns, and driveways, in their garages, or projected onto their homes. To participate and get on the map, send your Pittsfield address to drivewalkbikeart@gmail.com by July 2!
 
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Pittsfield Resident Victim of Alleged Murder in Greenfield

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A man found dismembered in a barrel in Greenfield on Monday has been identified as Pittsfield resident.
 
The Northwestern District Attorney's Office identified victim as Christopher Hairston, 35, and subsequently arrested a suspect, Taaniel Herberger-Brown, 42, at Albany (N.Y.) International Airport on Tuesday.
 
The Daily Hampshire Gazette reported that Herberger-Brown told investigators he planned on visiting his mother outside the country. 
 
Herberger-Brown was detained overnight, and the State Police obtained an arrest warrant on a single count of murder on Tuesday morning, the Greenfield Police Department said in a press release.
 
According to a report written by State Police Trooper Blakeley Pottinger, the body was discovered after Greenfield police received reports of a foul odor emitting from the apartment along with a black hatchet to the left of the barrel, the Greenfield Recorder reported. 
 
Investigators discovered Hairston's hand and part of a human torso at Herberger-Brown’s former apartment, located at 92 Chapman St, the news outlet said. 
 
According to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Herberger-Brown originally told investigators that he had not been to the apartment in months because he had been in and out of hospitals. 
 
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