WIC Open House

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire North Women, Infants, & Children Nutrition Program, a grant-funded program of Berkshire Health Systems, will hold an open house celebrating the program's 50 years of service to the community.

Berkshire North Women, Infants, & Children Nutrition Program to Hold Open House on Wednesday, Sept.18, from 10 to 1 at the Berkshire North WIC office at 510 North St., Suite 5.

BHS invites the public to meet the WIC staff and to learn more about resources available to families and children who may be facing food insecurity. The national government initiative aims to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutrition risk by providing nutritious food to supplement diets, information on healthy eating, and referrals to health care.

The Berkshire North WIC program serves individuals in Pittsfield and North Berkshire through offices in Pittsfield and North Adams. At the open house, WIC staff will be able to share information on the WIC program, eligibility requirements, and how to apply.

"The Women, Infants, & Children Nutrition Program has supported families for 50 years, and we are excited to celebrate all we have done and will continue to do to help families in our community access healthy and nutritious food," said Melissa King, Berkshire North WIC's director.

Light refreshments will be provided. For more information, call 413-447-3495.

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Tina Packer, Founder of Shakespeare & Company, Dies at 87

Staff Reports 06:51PM / Saturday, January 10, 2026

LENOX, Mass. — The doyenne of Shakespeare's plays, Tina Packer, died Friday at the age of 87.

Shakespeare & Company, which Packer co-founded in 1978, made the announcement Saturday on its Facebook page.

"It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Packer, Shakespeare & Company's founding artistic director and acclaimed director, actor, writer, and teacher," the company said on its post and in a press release.

Packer, who retired a the theater company's artistic director in 2009, had directed all of Shakespeare's plays, some several times, acted in eight of them, and taught the whole canon at more than 30 colleges, including Harvard. She continued to direct, teach, and advocate for the company until her passing.

At Columbia University, she taught in the master of business administration program for four years, resulting in the publication of "Power Plays: Shakespeare's Lessons in Leadership and Management with Deming Professor John Whitney" for Simon and Schuster. For Scholastic, she wrote "Tales from Shakespeare," a children's book and recipient of the Parent's Gold Medal Award.

Most recently her book "Women of Will" was published by Knopf and she had been performing "Women of Will" with Nigel Gore, in New York, Mexico, England, The Hague, China, and across the United States. She's the recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, including the Commonwealth Award.

"Our hearts are heavy with the passing of Tina Packer, a fiery force of nature with an indomitable spirit," said Artistic Director Allyn Burrows. "Tina affected everyone she encountered with her warmth, generosity, wit, and insatiable curiosity. She delighted in people's stories, and reached into their hearts with tender humanity. The world was her stage, and she furthered the Berkshires as a destination for the imagination.

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