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At an online symposium this week, two former leaders of the Berkshire Museum â€” Van Shields, its executive director, and Elizabeth McGraw, its board chair â€” are scheduled to discuss the institutions sale of art in 2018.  EAGLE FILE PHOTO PITTSFIELD — Though Van Shields and Elizabeth McGraw no longer are with the Berkshire Museum, they will reunite this week to explain the museum’s drive to sell its most valuable art a few years back. People...

Share The University Lectures continues its 20th season this spring with four dynamic speakers: Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, on Tuesday, Feb. 16; Misty Copeland, principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater, on Tuesday, Feb. 23; Stephanie Johnson-Cunningham, agent for arts and culture, on Wednesday, March 17; and Nyle DiMarco, deaf activist and winner of “Dancing with the Stars” and “America’s Next Top Model,” on Tuesday, March 23. The University’s pr...