Berkshire Bach Concludes Its Season

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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Berkshire Bach Society concludes its regular 2023-2024 season on Saturday, June 8, 2024, 4pm, with A Baroque Spring Posy: Music for Baroque Violin and Harpsichord, at Kellogg Music Center on the campus of Bard College at Simon's Rock (84 Alford Road, Great Barrington). 
 
Laura Lutzke, Baroque Violin, is joined by Mariken Palmboom, Harpsichord, in chamber music by J.S. Bach and G.F. Handel.
 
"We are delighted to have these special musicians conclude our season with a classic Baroque combination of violin and harpsichord," said Terrill McDade, Executive Director of The Berkshire Bach Society. "Music Director Eugene Drucker invited Laura to join the Berkshire Bach Ensemble for Bach at New Year's in 2017 and she has become a regular.  Dutch Harpsichordist and Stockbridge resident Mariken Palmboom is familiar to our audiences, having performed with BBS since 2022 as a soloist, a continuo player, and as our principal harpsichord technician for Bach at New Year's. Laura brings her Baroque Violin for this performance and audiences will have the chance to hear the beauty of two period instruments together as they may have sounded to Bach and Handel some three hundred years ago."
 
Tickets $45 available in advance at http://www.berkshirebach.org/events and at the door.  Card to Culture tickets $10.  Berkshire Bach member discounts apply, and as always, children under 18 and students with valid ID are admitted free.
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MassDOT: Daytime Construction Operations on I-90

BECKET, Mass. — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing it will be performing daytime bridge painting work and bridge repairs on I-90 eastbound and westbound in the towns of Becket, Blandford, Montgomery, and Russell.

All work is weather dependent and will take place at the following locations and times:

Becket:

  • Bridge painting work will be conducted on I-90 eastbound and westbound at mile marker 20.0 from Monday, Dec. 8, through Friday, Dec. 12, from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Blandford:

  • Bridge repairs will be conducted on I-90 westbound at mile marker 26.2 from Monday, Dec. 8, through Friday, Dec. 12, from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Montgomery/Russell:

  • Bridge repairs will be conducted on I-90 westbound at mile marker 36.0 on Wednesday, Dec. 10, from 6:00 a.m. to noon.
  • Bridge repairs will be conducted on I-90 eastbound at mile marker 36.0 on Thursday, Dec. 11, from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Appropriate signage and law enforcement details will be in place to guide drivers through the work area.

Drivers traveling through the area should expect delays, reduce speed, and use caution.

All scheduled work is weather dependent and subject to change without notice.

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