New Marlborough to Celebrate Elihu Burritt Day

12:10PM / Friday, August 11, 2023Print Story | Email Story

NEW MARLBOROUGH, Mass. — New Marlborough will host its 47th annual Elihu Burritt Day on Saturday, Aug. 19 from 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The event will take place on the Village Green (Route 57) in New Marlborough.

The free town fair offers fun and entertainment for all ages, including live music, local arts and crafts vendors, food, and a live pet parade, with domesticated and farm animals.

Hot sausage and pepper sandwiches, tacos, hamburgers and hot dogs, baked goods, ice pops, lemonade, vegetarian fare, and other delectable treats will be available from food vendors.

Local crafters will sell their wares in Individual booths featuring antiques, artwork, cutting boards, custom tools and knives, toys, fairy houses, jewelry, and gifts from Ghana, to name just a few of the multitude of unique offerings.

State Representative, William "Smitty" Pignatelli will present the Elihu Burritt Award to New Marlborough resident and farmer, Tom Brazie of The Farm New Marlborough, for his commitment to creating a community space that provides fresh food to New Marlborough and the wider community.

Day-long events will include: The New Marlborough Classic Car Show, a White Elephant table offering bargains for home and garden; hay rides; paper airplane-making table for the kids; a cornhole tournament area; and an array of additional activities for the whole family, in addition to a host of scheduled events:

Scheduled events

10:00 – Noon – Accordionist Paul Ramunni will fill the air with music.

10:00 - The New Marlborough Classic Car Show will take place in front of the Meeting House. Come vote for your favorite in each category until 1:00pm. Awards and raffles at 3:00pm

10:00-11:30 Face painting for kids

11:00- Noon - Legendary entertainer, Roger the Jester, will keep kids captivated with his comedic and magical performance.

12:00 -12:30 - Presentation of Elihu Burritt Award to Tom Brazie of New Marlborough Farm by State Representative, William "Smitty" Pignatelli.

1:00- 2:30 – More face painting

1:00 – 1:45 - Pet Parade – live pets and farm animals will march in a parade led by musician, Ben Harms on flute.

1:00 – 3:00 – Clara Stickney on fiddle with Aldo Lavaggi on both fiddle and guitar, will set the tone with afternoon music.

5:00-7:00 - The day culminates with The New Marlborough Fire Company's annual Pig Roast at the New Marlborough Fire Station (205 Norfolk Road, in Southfield). Dinner will be served until 7p.m., followed by music, dancing, and raffle ticket drawings.

Dinner tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children. Raffle tickets are $10 a piece. This year's Grand Prize is a $2,500 eBike and Riding Gear Package from Berkshire Bike & Board. Dinner and raffle tickets are available online: www.nmfirecompany.org, at the Mill River General Store, or from a fire company member.

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Great Barrington Public Theater Appoints Artistic Director

09:57AM / Monday, December 29, 2025

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Great Barrington Public Theater announced that Associate Artistic Director Judy Braha will now join Jim Frangione at the helm as Artistic Director of Great Barrington Public Theater.

"We at Great Barrington Public Theater are thrilled that Judy Braha will assume the role of Artistic Director alongside myself. I couldn't have asked for a better partner to help advance the interests of the theater as we move into the next phase of growth as the region's premiere developmental theater," Founder & Artistic Director Jim Frangione said. "Judy brings a tremendous amount of experience and value to our company and has, in just a few short years, grown and greatly enhanced GB Public Theater's signature program, Berkshires Voices, where playwrights develop their work, leading to public readings and in some cases workshops and full productions. I look forward to working more closely with Judy to select the next generation of plays to be presented under the GB Public banner. It's a "Bear" of a job! But we feel great about the direction of our theater."

Judy Braha joined the GB Public artistic leadership team in 2023 as the Associate Artistic Director after 2 years directing for the company. She has since then been collaborating with Founder and Artistic Director Jim Frangione on the selection of new work for readings and full productions in the summer season. Her impressive portfolio of credits and accomplishments strengthened Great Barrington Public's creative programming and offered new perspectives to the body of works and events produced each year.

Judy Braha has been a career director, actor, teacher and artist for social justice for over four decades with directorial credits in theaters and universities throughout New England. She led the M.F.A. Directing Program at Boston University's School of Theater, retiring in 2022 after 29 years of service at BU.

"Judy has the strength of commitment, leadership and passion for theater and how it affects communities that fit hand-in-glove with our founding mission and core beliefs," Founder and Producing Director Deann Halper Simmons explains. "Her artistic integrity, sense of stage esthetic and ability to make important choices that craft life from the script continues to be a great asset to our company and growth."

"Judy's distinguished artistic voice has significantly contributed to the exceptional growth of GB Public in recent years," Managing Director Serena Johnson added. "We are truly excited to have her stepping into this leadership role in the 2026 season."

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