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    Category Archives: Books

    Aug 06 2015
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    Books

    Legendary Locals of the Southern Berkshires

    2014 – New Book Honors Legendary Locals of the Southern Berkshires Local author celebrates notable residents using spectacular, vintage images A new local history book reveals the intriguing characters and accomplished citizens who have made the Southern Berkshires such a wonderful place. Lege...
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    Aug 06 2015
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    One Minute A Free Woman

    Elizabeth Freeman and the Struggle For Freedom Take a journey of heart and mind across time, place, families, and communities. Our journey focuses on the life of Elizabeth “Mumbet” Freeman, perhaps the best-known and most influential woman from the Berkshires. In 1781, seeing a contradiction between...
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    Aug 06 2015
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    The Other Side of Glory

    The Berkshire Men of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment The Other Side of Glory focuses on the men from the Upper Housatonic Valley who served in the 54th. It takes its name from the harsh reality that both before the war and after their return there was no glory for most of the men. The [&hel...
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    Aug 06 2015
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    Heritage Area Publication Available for Purchase

    AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE: A Historical Life–Journey of African Americans in The Berkshires, and Its Most Influential Woman. The Upper Housatonic Valley African American Heritage Trail has published “One Minute a Free Woman: Elizabeth Freeman and the Struggle for Freedom”. Written by research ...
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    7:00 am Gt. Barrington, MA–Bird Walk at ...
    Gt. Barrington, MA–Bird Walk at ...
    Apr 24 @ 7:00 am – 8:30 am
    Join BNRC and Hoffmann Bird Club members Ed Neumuth and Greg Ward at Housatonic Flats. The variety of habitats in the flats—river, forest, nearby farmland, oxbows, patches of shrub and old pasture—attracts a broad array[...]
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    10:00 am Stockbridge, MA–Daffodil Festival @ Naumkeag House Museum
    Stockbridge, MA–Daffodil Festival @ Naumkeag House Museum
    Apr 25 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
    Come to Naumkeag for this new springtime tradition! The gardens at Naumkeag have been planted with over 60,000 daffodil, tulip and spring bulbs. It’s the perfect way to celebrate the arrival of spring in the[...]
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    5:30 pm Lenox, MA–Spring Salamander & Fr... @ Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
    Lenox, MA–Spring Salamander & Fr... @ Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
    Apr 26 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
    Audience: All (suitable for children 5 & up) Members: Adult $6.00, Child $3.00 Nonmembers: Adult $8.00, Child $4.00 Spotted salamanders and wood frogs spend their days under logs, stones, and other forest-floor objects, venturing out[...]
    7:00 pm Pittsfield, MA–Disney’s Aladdin ... @ Colonial Theatre
    Pittsfield, MA–Disney’s Aladdin ... @ Colonial Theatre
    Apr 26 @ 7:00 pm
    THE COLONIAL THEATRE 111 South Street · PITTSFIELD · MA 01201 7 pm –4/26 11 am-4/27 2pm 4/27-28. 5 pm 4-28 Disney’s Aladdin JR. is based on the 1992 Academy-Award®-winning film and the 2014 hit[...]
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    9:00 am Norfolk, CT–Vernal Pool & Amphib... @ Aton Forest Headquarters
    Norfolk, CT–Vernal Pool & Amphib... @ Aton Forest Headquarters
    Apr 27 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
    Led by Mike Aurelia & John Anderson, this workshop will give participants the knowledge to identify our local amphibians as adults, larvae, and eggs in the field and in the classroom. Identification of these animals[...]
    10:00 am Pre-Season Artweek Event – Retra... @ Bidwell House Museum
    Pre-Season Artweek Event – Retra... @ Bidwell House Museum
    Apr 27 @ 10:00 am
    – Long before the English arrived in what is now Massachusetts, the Mohicans lived on and worked with the land for thousands of years. During this walk through history, join Rob Hoogs to learn how[...]
    11:00 am Pittsfield, MA–Disney’s Aladdin ... @ Colonial Theatre
    Pittsfield, MA–Disney’s Aladdin ... @ Colonial Theatre
    Apr 27 @ 11:00 am
    7 pm –4/26 11 am-4/27 2 pm -4/27-28. 5 pm- 4-28 Disney’s Aladdin JR. is based on the 1992 Academy-Award®-winning film and the 2014 hit Broadway show. Aladdin and his three friends, Babkak, Omar and[...]
    2:00 pm Pittsfield, MA–Disney’s Aladdin ... @ Colonial Theatre
    Pittsfield, MA–Disney’s Aladdin ... @ Colonial Theatre
    Apr 27 @ 2:00 pm
    7 pm –4/26 11 am-4/27 2 pm -4/27-28. 5 pm- 4-28 Disney’s Aladdin JR. is based on the 1992 Academy-Award®-winning film and the 2014 hit Broadway show. Aladdin and his three friends, Babkak, Omar and[...]
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