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PREVIEW: Berkshire Lyric to present J. S. Bach's 'St. Matthew Passion' on May 31
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (417+ words) PREVIEW: Berkshire Lyric to present J. S. Bach's "St. Matthew Passion' on May 31 The Berkshire Edge News and Ideas Worth Sharing PREVIEW: Berkshire Lyric to present J. S. Bach's "St. Matthew Passion' on May 31 Lenox " Director Jack Brown and the musicians of Berkshire Lyric…...
Layoffs deepen crisis in Southern Berkshire Regional School District as mood turns 'really, really miserable"
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (930+ words) Sheffield " During the school day on Tuesday, May 19, staff members in the Southern Berkshire Regional School District received layoff notices via email from Superintendent of Schools Brian Ricca. The Berkshire Edge initially reported, based on information obtained from someone familiar…...
Southern Berkshire Regional School District lays off 17 staff members
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (353+ words) Sheffield " The Berkshire Edge has confirmed that 17 staff members in the Southern Berkshire Regional School District received layoff notices during the school day on Tuesday, May 19. Back at the Southern Berkshire School District's Finance Subcommittee meeting on Wednesday, May 13, the…...
Remembering Michael Tilson Thomas
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1703+ words) Larry Wallach is the Livingston Hall Chair in Music at Bard College at Simon's Rock, where he has taught for five decades. He is a performer, composer, musicologist, and educator whose interests span the history of Western music up to…...
Housatonic residents clean up town at Earth Day event
3+ week, 3+ day ago (199+ words) Housatonic " The Housatonic Improvement Committee and the Housatonic The Beautiful Fund co-sponsored the town's annual Earth Day Cleanup! event on Saturday, April 25. Volunteers fanned across town to pick up pieces of trash all throughout the morning. The event included a…...
Classical Music Listening Party
10+ mon, 3+ day ago (185+ words) The Berkshire Edge News and Ideas Worth Sharing Classical Music Listening Party The Great Barrington Libraries are excited to introduce a new database for our patrons: the Naxos Music Library. With over 3 million tracks on over 200 thousand albums, Naxos is…...
Call for volunteers for Housatonic the Beautiful Fund's Earth Day Cleanup
4+ week, 13+ min ago (349+ words) Housatonic " Housatonic's annual Earth Day Cleanup! will be held on Saturday, April 25. Sponsored by the Housatonic the Beautiful Fund and the Town of Great Barrington and co-sponsored by the Housatonic Improvement Committee (HIC), the annual community cleanup day is part…...
PREVIEW: Berkshire Bach Society presents St. John Passion April 11 and 12
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (650+ words) Great Barrington " The Berkshire Bach Society will present St. John Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach on Saturday, April 11 at First Congregational Church in Great Barrington and Sunday, April 12 at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in Troy, New York, with…...
Give me numbers! Don't give me a narrative!' Southern Berkshire Regional School Committee clash, battle, and still cannot pass a school budget
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (651+ words) Sheffield " After already postponing a vote on the matter at their March 17 meeting, members of the Southern Berkshire Regional School Committee seemed no closer to passing a budget for fiscal year 2027 (FY27) at their special meeting on Thursday, March 26. Superintendent of…...
Lee Select Board interviews longtime Police Department veteran to succeed retiring chief
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (479+ words) Burdick joined the Lee Police Department in 2000 as its summer seasonal staff and became a part-time employee on the squad a year later. She was hired full time in 2002 and promoted to investigator in 2013, then sergeant in 2019 before attaining her…...