The Wahconah girls basketball team Saturday beat Pittsfield to finish 20-0 this season. click for more
March 06, 2021 | 03:33PM
It took a few decades, but the Gamberoni family got the better of Pat Duquette click for more
February 03, 2021 | 11:22PM
Wahconah s Maria Gamberoni Wednesday scored her 11th point of the night less than five minutes into the game to reach the 1,000-point plateau for her career en route to a 63-13 win over Mount Everett. click for more
January 27, 2021 | 09:56AM
On Tuesday night, the Berkshire County athletic directors released a tentative schedule for the first full week of games and meets for schools that are fielding competitive teams this winter. click for more
Clark Art Institute: Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Advance timed tickets required, clarkart.edu.
Norman Rockwell Museum: Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Advance timed tickets required, nrm.org.
Hancock Shaker Village: Closed
Williams College Museum of Art: Closed
BRTA: Closed; no buses running
Councils on Aging: Closed
Community Eco Power, formerly Covanta: Open regular hours
The Eagle: All offices open
The Norman Rockwell Museum will honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day with Freedom s Legacy, a virtual family program, at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18.
High school student, actress and singer Keely Rose O Gorman will read from the book Ruby Head High: Ruby Bridges First Day of School by Irene Cohen-Janca and illustrated by Marc Daniou.
Following the reading, artist Bria Goeller will join O Gorman in a conversation about The Problem We All Live With, her work of art based on the painting which celebrates Kamala Harris groundbreaking vice president-elect status, and the role of imagery in shaping cultural narratives.
Goeller will also take questions from the audience, and especially from young people interested in her work.
The Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies announces online symposium
R. Sikoryak, Cover illustration for Constitution Illustrated published by Drawn % Quarterly, 2020.
STOCKBRIDGE, MASS
.-The Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies, the scholarly arm of Norman Rockwell Museum, announced a slate of speakers and topics for its annual symposium, Picturing Freedom: A Century of Illustration. For the second year in a row this event will happen virtually on Zoom over two days Friday, January 15 and Saturday, January 16. This timely symposium will explore historical and contemporary notions of freedom as well as the role of illustration as a force in shaping public perception. How has published imagery affected decision-making, public policy, and cultural understanding? Prominent authors, illustrators, and scholars will offer perspectives. The symposium is organized by The Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies, and co-presented with the D.B. Dowd Modern Graphic Histo
Berkshire County: Essay and Poetry Contest
Old Mill Road Media, the publisher of Berkshire Magazine, has announced in a media release its first annual CREATE 4 FREEDOM℠ Essay & Poetry Contest, cosponsored by Arcadia Publishing and the Norman Rockwell Museum.
Freedom of Speech. Freedom of Worship. Freedom from Want. Freedom from Fear. Those 4 Freedoms were outlined as essential human rights by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on Jan. 6, 1941 and immortalized on canvas by Norman Rockwell (first published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1943).
This year’s Essay and Poetry contest challenges today’s writers to choose one of the 4 Freedoms and express how and why it is still relevant in 2021.