BCC Virtual Information Sessions on Early College Program

03:23PM / Friday, April 07, 2023Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass — High school students are invited to get a jump on their college careers by attending virtual information sessions on Berkshire Community College (BCC)'s Early College Program.

Free sessions will be offered on Tuesday, April 11 from 6:30-7:30 pm or on Tuesday, May 2 from 5:45-6:45 pm. To register, visit www.berkshirecc.edu/earlycollege. Registrants will be emailed a Zoom link. There will be time for questions at the conclusion of each session.

Early college, also known as dual enrollment, provides an opportunity for students to take courses at BCC while still in high school and earn college credit. Supported by BCC's dual enrollment grant, the Early College Program allows eligible Massachusetts high school students to take up to 15 credits. Tuition and fees are waived; students are responsible for the cost of books and supplies, and they must arrange their own transportation. Funding is limited and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

"Dual enrollment is a great way to explore college classes and college life. Students can start with one course and build up to additional courses in a semester," said BCC Dual Enrollment Coach Tina Tartaglia, noting that there are both online and in-person classes designed to fit around a high school schedule. "Dual enrollment students have access to all resources, supports and events that any BCC student enjoys."

Participants can take a variety of courses ranging from English, science, math and history to art, humanities and computer science. Interested students may submit applications to the fall 2023 program beginning May 1, 2023.

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John Rubinstein on 'Eisenhower,' Trump, Fosse, Sondheim & Williamstown Theatre Festival

By Alan PetrucelliSpecial to iBerkshires
12:10PM / Thursday, September 17, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — It's a rainy Saturday afternoon in Columbus, Ohio, and John Rubinstein is driving to the Berkshires. He left his Los Angeles home a few days ago, and his next stop is Cleveland. Once he gets to Pittsfield, he readies for his return appearance as Dwight D. Eisenhower in "Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground," a one-man show Rubinstein first did at the Barrington Stage Company last summer.

The show has been brought back by rave reviews and popular demand; it opens Sept. 16 and runs through Sept. 26.

Rubinstein, who turns 80 in December, has been crisscrossing the country, doing the show for the past four years: "I can't wait to do it again and again and again," he said. "It's one of the great crowning pieces of luck of my career."

And what a career: "Crazy Like a Fox," "Family," numerous Broadway plays and musicals and TV movies and feature films and two Tony awards for "Pippin" (1972) and "Children of a Lesser God" (1980). A surprise many fans don't know: Rubinstein has scored the music to several films and TV shows, including "Jeremiah Johnson," "The Candidate," "The Dollmaker" and "China Beach."

During an exclusive interview over a 75-minute phone call, Rubinstein talks about liking Ike and loving "Eisenhower," as well as Donald Trump, Stephen Sondheim, Bob Fosse and the Williamstown Theatre Festival.

How did you hook up with 'Eisenhower?'

Director Peter Ellenstein sent me an email that said, "I have a play about Eisenhower, and I'd like to send it to you to consider." I read it. It was 40 pages long and single-spaced, one guy talking. I thought. "Jesus Christ, I don't know if anybody's gonna want to hear that, a two-hour monologue." But I liked it. I respected it. I found it fascinating but (a) I wasn't sure it would work as a play, (b) if I could memorize it and (c) if I could memorize it and it was a good play would anyone want to go see it? So I didn't commit myself at first. But Peter said, "Why don't you come and meet with me and the playwright, Richard Hellesson, and read the play out loud?"

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