Berkshire Athenaeum, other libraries: Closed
Berkshire Community College: Closed
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown: Closed
Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge: Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Advance timed tickets required, nrm.org.
Williams College Museum of Art: Closed
Post offices: Open; mail delivery as usual.
Hancock Shaker Village: Open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for members only
Mass MoCA, North Adams: Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Advance timed tickets required, massmoca.org.
BRTA: Offices closed. Fixed-route buses will run as usual.
Elder Services: Closed
Eagle: The paper publishes as usual.
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Q: I am interested in seeing the 17-year locusts [cicadas] and don t want to wait another 17 years. Can you suggest places to see and hear them? Will they be around here, and if so, when? I know the annual ones are always noisy here when the hot August summer days get underway.
â Randy J., Pittsfield
A: Unfortunately for those of us living in the Berkshires, we are too far north. Regardless if we have been waiting 17 years since 2004 for the last locust cycle to see locusts, or since 1970 for three cycles, we are going to be too distant for a day trip.
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Arts and Culture
“Save our museum!” Every day, my inbox fills up with new emails from museums asking for cash amid straitened circumstances. They’re asking for my donation at a time when they can’t offer guided tours, events with public speakers, or anything else in exchange. I’ve even received invitations to formal galas held entirely on Zoom, meaning that I’d be buying a ticket to my own dining room.
Museums are known for their hyperbolic fundraising, but this time they’re serious. In the U.S., museums are in dire straits. While they sometimes seem like the playgrounds of the elite, museums tend to run on tight margins and to rely on underpaid staff and unpaid interns for work. They don’t have much financial padding to make it through a pandemic and some won’t.
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