Photojournalist and Photography Teacher to Speak at Ventfort Hall

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LENOX, Mass. — Photojournalist and Photography Teacher David Lee will talk about the basic photo technology of the 19th century and how that affects the way the resulting pictures appear. 
 
His talk will be followed by tea.
 
According to a press release: in the Gilded Age exposures were made by both professional and amateur photographers in a time when there was no capability to photographically enlarge them. Today we have much faster darkroom photo paper and making photographic enlargements is relatively easy. But printing photos in the darkroom takes time and patience. The precise requirements of time, light and chemistry necessary for those glass plate negatives to be made in 1887 are followed through with the creation of the prints on display at Ventfort Hall. For Lee they have a resonance and honesty that would not be characteristic of a digitally scanned and computer adjusted inkjet print. The enlargements reveal details about the texture of life in the late 19th century. They also reveal details about how photographers worked, how they thought about their equipment and their subject matter.
 
Lee started taking pictures as a child. His father was an amateur photographer who built a darkroom in the basement of their house where he first learned the craft. He studied art and art history at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and came to New York to work as an intern at the Aperture Publishing Company. He has worked as a photojournalist for various community newspapers since 1997 and teaches a photography class at Berkshire Community College.
 
Tickets are $30 for members and with advance reservation; $35 day of; $22 for students 22 and under. Reservations are required as seats are limited. Walk-ins accommodated as space allows. For reservations call (413) 637-3206. All tickets are nonrefundable and non-exchangeable. Masks are required. 
 
The historical mansion is located at 104 Walker Street in Lenox.
 

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Lenox Girls Basketball Earns State Sportsmanship Award

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LOWELL, Mass. — For the first time in the team's history, the Lenox Memorial High School Girls Basketball team has won the MIAA Team Sportsmanship Award.
 
In 2024, the title was awarded to only two of 300 teams in Massachusetts.
 
The school team received the award during the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Basketball State Championships held at the Tsongas Center in Lowell on March 17.
 
"This is a big win for the entire Lenox community," Lenox Principal Jeremiah Ames said. "The Sportsmanship Award recognizes not only sportsmanship on the court, but service to the community and leadership at the school, and the members of our girls basketball team have done precisely that."
 
The team competes in Division 5 of the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association and earned the No. 3 seed in the recently completed state tournament.
 
"The girls have worked really hard both on and off the court for this award, and I am tremendously pleased that MIAA have recognized those efforts," Lenox Athletic Director Maggie Rivers said. "Let their achievement be a message to girls in Lenox, if you have a passion for the game, step up: because anything is possible."
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