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EYES TO THE SKY: Notes for transitional moments — Sun, moon, planets, stars for all ages - The Berkshire Edge Without the necessity of adjusting daily routines to allow for stargazing when nightfall is late, as in summer, now it is easier to include children in both morning and evening “eyes to the sky.”

Eyes to the Sky: Notes for transitional moments
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I WITNESS: We hold these lies to be self-evident - The Berkshire Edge We know exactly how much of a liar, and how stupid, our president is because he simply never shuts up.

Vicki Shufton: We hold these lies to be self-evident:
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AT THE TRIPLEX: Lyrical genius - The Berkshire Edge The hard work of bringing a song to life—and the toll it takes on its authors—fuels two films coming to The Triplex this week.

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BITS & BYTES: TRIBE at Kaatsbaan; WAM’s elder ensemble at The Foundry; Jeong Han Kim at The Clark; OLLI presents Barbara Viniar; Chelsea Gaia and Eden Robins at Ventfort Hall; OLLI presents Tom Gerety... Continuing Pitts’s research exploring Black embodiment, aliveness, and human connection, “Marks of RED” is an Afrofuturistic meditation on the “womb space,” divining the effect that memory has on our ...

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BUSINESS MONDAY: Spotlight on Little Apple Cidery in Hillsdale, N.Y. - The Berkshire Edge The independently owned farm and orchard is celebrating 45 years of growing apples and 10 years of making cider.

Business Monday Spotlight: Little Apple Cidery, in Hillsdale, N.Y.
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TECH & INNOVATION: Our world has changed - The Berkshire Edge Many of the systems, beliefs, and habits we rely on were built for a world that no longer exists. That is why so many of our institutions feel out of sync and why so many people feel disoriented.

Tech & Innovation: Our world has changed
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A new Monument Mountain Regional High School is the smartest investment we can make - The Berkshire Edge When Monument opened in 1968, it was a bold investment in the future. Now, more than 50 years later, it is our turn. The choice is not whether we spend the money. The choice is whether we waste it on ...

New regional high school is smart investment
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Large, enthusiastic and peaceful turnout for No Kings rally in Great Barrington - The Berkshire Edge No Kings rally in Great Barrington breaks attendance records.

No Kings rally in Great Barrington, Mass.
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Woman's search for meaning - The Berkshire Edge "My Underground Mother" comes to Crandell Theatre in Chatham, N.Y., on October 19.

Woman on the Verge: One woman's search for meaning:
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Welcome to Real Estate Friday! - The Berkshire Edge Cameron Volastro of Stone House Properties offers a beautifully preserved 1850 Greek Revival with real presence surrounded by more than seven acres of open meadow and mature trees, creating a peaceful...

Welcome to Real Estate Friday: Listing of properties sold; property of the week; transformations, gardening articles;
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BUSINESS BRIEFS: Core Kitchen pop-ups; BIFF SOCIAL CLUB; Berkshire LGBTQ+ business networking; Crandell Theatre Open House; Literacy Network honors Masiero Family; Amy Wynn departs American Mural Proj... Ray Stalker and Sarita Orobio-Wolff describe Core Kitchen as their “hearts on a plate.”

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BUSINESS MONDAY: Spotlight on The Soundry in South Egremont - The Berkshire Edge Since 2021, the private studio has been offering one-on-one and group music education based on inspiration and connection—now in a new space.

Business Monday: Spotlight on The Soundry in South Egremont
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CAPITAL IDEAS: Is the stock market in an AI bubble? - The Berkshire Edge The number of web searches for the term “AI bubble” hit, well, bubble proportions in August 2025, according to Google Trends.

Capital Ideas: Is the stockmarket in an AI bubble?
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TECH & INNOVATION: The new way to validate a hypothesis - The Berkshire Edge How imagination meets experiment in the modern creative process.

Tech & Innovation: The new way to validate a hypothesis
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THE OTHER SIDE: Firing the better, not the worse - The Berkshire Edge Tragically, the shortsighted, twisted agenda of the MAGA-Project 2025 alliance continues.

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Autumn Pear Pavlova with Glass Pears from the kitchen of Monica Bliss - The Berkshire Edge I was scrolling social media when I came across a photo of Glass Pears, and I thought it was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.

Autumn Pear Pavlova with glass pears, from kitchen of Monica Bliss:
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BITS & BYTES: Guild of Berkshire Artists at The Colonial; WAM world premiere; CATA at Pleasant Valley; Indigenous Peoples’ Day at The Clark; White Cane Day; Harvest Festival at Berkshire Botanical Gar... Guild of Berkshire Artists presents “Color of Autumn,” a new fall exhibition at the Colonial Theatre.

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BITS & BYTES: Seyla Benhabib at Triplex Cinema; BIFF presents Rosanna Xia; Jewish plays at Shakespeare & Company; Mahaiwe celebrates Indigo Room; Innovation Wall at American Mural Project; Walk for Co... Hannah Arendt witnessed the rise of Nazism in Germany and her groundbreaking works sought to understand how regular people could be seduced by horrendous ideologies such as antisemitism and fascism.

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BITS & BYTES: Tammie Brown at The Foundry; Art in the Berkshires and The Lenox Collection partnership; CATA at Becket Arts Center; Bottomless Bricks at Wander; Mikołaj Grynberg at Yiddish Book Center;... The Foundry presents “‘Ethereal,” a night of cosmic camp and otherworldly comedy with Bohemian drag Superstar Tammie Brown.

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FILM REVIEW: 'Dreams' directed by Johan Haugerud - The Berkshire Edge Johanne feels that her life lacks solidity and she is merely drifting. The arrival of the teacher gives her someone to obsess about—in her mind, the intimate connection she is seeking.

Film Review: "Dreams," film by Johan Haugerud:
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The Boston-based restaurateur is trying to skirt the permitting process to create a restaurant on Alford Road - The Berkshire Edge We would welcome another working farm next to us or in the neighborhood; however, this is not a farm but, first and foremost, a restaurant and bar.

Proposed restaurant in Great Barrington, Mass., attempts to skirt permitting process:
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POEM: Voices - The Berkshire Edge We speak in varied tones on impulse and experience of the day, hour, minute...Communication is all encompassing to life.

Poem by Leslie Klein: "Voices"
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Anyone for Tennyson: Beyond 'The Raven'
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THE OTHER SIDE: Lawlessness and disorder — the Comey indictment - The Berkshire Edge The indictment of Jim Comey is, in fact, the ultimate act of the immoral politicization and weaponization of governmental power, and Patel’s FBI and Bondi’s Department of Justice and the president him...

The Other Side: The Comey Indictment -- Lawlessness and Disorder
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Welcome to Real Estate Friday! - The Berkshire Edge George Cain of William Pitt Sotheby’s–Great Barrington offers a perfect house that is beautifully updated and maintained and in a great location. A must-see. Architect Kerry Bartini shows us what it t...

Welcome to Real Estate Friday: Listing of real estate sales in the Berkshires of Mass. and N.Y.; property of the week; gardening articles; and more;
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THE LAZY BERKSHIRE GARDENER: Week of October 2, 2025 - The Berkshire Edge What’s showing fall color this week?

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BITS & BYTES: ‘Fiber in Art’ at Art on Main; Ricky Darell Barton and Alicia Canary at Future Lab(s) Gallery; Francesca Olsen at Arrowhead; Spells and spectacle at Springfield Museums; 'The Female Gaze... “Chaos & Control, Fiber in Art” features five diverse artists who use fiber to create art, which includes hand and machine stitching, felting, and collage, among other techniques.

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STEPHEN COHEN: Stopping American carnage (Part Two) - The Berkshire Edge Guns are the number one cause of death for children aged 17 and younger—and have been for four years. We are killing our children and do not seem to care about it.

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STEPHEN COHEN: Stopping American carnage (Part Two) - The Berkshire Edge Guns are the number one cause of death for children aged 17 and younger—and have been for four years. We are killing our children and do not seem to care about it.

Stephen Cohen: Stopping American carnage
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State Office for Refugees and Immigrants, Attorney General's Office kicks Berkshire Edge, local media out of public meeting - The Berkshire Edge Despite online promotions stating the "community forum" would be "open to all," a representative from the state's Office for Refugees and Immigrants stated at the start of the meeting that "this is a ...

Media blocked from state public meeting on refugees and immigrants
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