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Recorded live at Tanglewood with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and an all-star cast, this Burmese folktale imagines why the thrush's colors are in its voice, not its feathers.

Kate Siegel (Midnight Mass, The Time Traveler’s Wife) plays a struggling farmer who learns the true value of wisdom in this tale with origins in Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Scotland, Wales, and the Jewish tradition.

Kaniehtiio Horn (Letterkenny, Reservation Dogs) stars in an Australian tale about a koala whose overbearing pride makes her lose her pride and joy!

A recent Eagle headline summed up a small Berkshire town’s fragile state: “Can West Stockbridge heal?”

Andrew Krouss defeats Peter Skorput for remaining West Stockbridge Select Board seat.

On the cusp of another election, some say the town can close a bitter divide.

Edi Gathegi ("The Harder They Fall," "For All Mankind") stars in this East African story about twin brothers, enchanted fruit, and the magic of an open heart.

In West Stockbridge, the rancor continues, this time with an apparent crime during a heated election season. Police are investigating and boosting patrols.

Efren Ramirez (Napoleon Dynamite, Lightyear) portrays a beloved trickster who lives by his wits—and uses them to outwit others—in this folktale from the Spanish-speaking world.

West Stockbridge Select Board member Roger Kavanagh announces his resignation effective May 9. He says town government is a "template of inefficiency," and his attempts to fix this have gone