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'That's My Boy': Guilty, With An ExplanationBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
11:30AM / Thursday, June 21, 2012 | |
 Popcorn Column
by Michael S. Goldberger
Donny Berger (Adam Sandler) crashes his son Todd's (Andy Samberg) wedding, and life, in hopes of catching up on his IRS payments.Director Sean Anders's "That’s My Boy" has sent me into hiding, peering from the widow's walk where, family apocrypha has it, Great Aunt Martha yelled "drat!" when she sighted Great Uncle Melville returning from sea. You see, I was observed to laugh near convulsively at Adam Sandler's latest foray into bad taste, and I fear reprisal. Thus, it is only a matter of time before I spot the indignant emissaries from the Ladies League of Human Decency, followed by the accreditation 0 Comments
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Barrington's 'Fiddler' Takes Musical To New HeightsBy Larry Murray, Berkshire on Stage
06:10PM / Wednesday, June 20, 2012 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass.Julianne Boyd and Barrington Stage Company love to take chances. Big musicals require large casts and sets, and represent a serious financial commitment. Sponsors (like Berkshire Bank) take a risk too. Happily, if you ask anyone who was at Sunday's opening of Fiddler on the Roof — which is the first musical of the Berkshire summer — Barrington Stage has once again staged a total and complete winner. It has everything. Make your plans now, you are guaranteed to leave the theatre with a whole raft of colorful characters dancing in your head, and humming some wonderful old fashioned tunes.
The major reason for this Fiddler's success is its lead actor.
The role of 0 Comments
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First Fridays Artswalk Seeking Artists| 09:55AM / Monday, June 18, 2012 | |
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The "First Fridays Artswalk" committee encourages interested artists to make a formal submission and proposal for a show or visual arts related presentation to the FFA Jurors. Artists chosen by the jurors will have their submissions placed online in a secure database for perusal by representatives of venues looking to fill slots in their schedules. These venues will contact the artist directly if selected. Acceptance into the database does not guarantee an exhibit, but every effort will be made to match gallery/store galleries with artists. By making a submission, the artist gives permission for the use of the materials in publicity by the FFA and all 0 Comments
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'Prometheus': Asks The Burning QuestionBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
11:00AM / Thursday, June 14, 2012 | |
 Popcorn Column
by Michael S. Goldberger
David (Michael Fassbender) plays the role of neutral observer on the space voyage that seeks to expand the knowledge about the roots of humanity.Director Ridley Scott's grim sci-fi thriller, "Prometheus," about a circa 2089 voyage to outer space in search of humankind's roots, sent me hurtling back a few eons to Professor Halberstoddter's class at Olde Ivy Film Criticism College, lecture #53, May 19, 1967. The good doctor wanted to give us something to contemplate over the summer hiatus. "Sometimes it will happen," he began, in his perfect Viennese accent, addressing the entire class, but staring at me, "that 0 Comments
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Tribal Artisans Unveil Wigwam at Berkshire MuseumBy Joe Durwin, Pittsfield Correspondent
05:28PM / Wednesday, June 13, 2012 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — In an intimate ceremonial gathering Tuesday, two Wampanoag tribesman dedicated a newly constructed wigwam to be hosted by the Berkshire Museum throughout the summer.
David Weeden and Daryl Wixon, owner operators of Wetu Makers and members of the Algonquian-speaking Wampanoag Nation, invited a group of about a dozen people into the handcrafted structure, which measures about 12 foot in diameter and 10 foot high. Huddled within, each was purified in sage smoke and given a small portion of tobacco to bury in the center as part of a ritual intended to bless the structure and dedicate it to its purpose.
The traditional native dwelling was erected "as a way to engage 1 Comment
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'Cassandra Speaks': Randolph Shines as WWII JournalistBy Larry Murray, Berkshire On Stage
09:40PM / Wednesday, June 06, 2012 | |
 LENOX, Mass.You have to see this wonderful play, it's as simple as that. Actor Tod Randolph and writer Norman Plotkin have plucked Dorothy Thompson from the dust of history and underserved obscurity and brought her amazingly, even brilliantly, to life again.
Dorothy Thompson, was a pioneer and a professional. She wrote a widely syndicated newspaper column for 22 years that was read by millions. She was, in many ways, the Oprah of her day. And it wasn't easy being her. I can imagine how many times men would be heard to say stupid things like: "She writes just like a man," as if digging for facts and finding news stories was just for little boys.
An important voice in the years 0 Comments
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Great Barrington Historians Receive $1,500 Grant| 11:13AM / Tuesday, June 05, 2012 | |
 GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Photographer Marie Tassone documented everyday life in the town from the 1930s to the 1980s.
Now, the Great Barrington Historical Society is archiving and inventorying her work after receiving a $1,500 Mass Humanities grant.
Society President James Mercer said the state Research Inventory Grant “advances the society’s mission to preserve, protect and stimulate awareness of our great history.” He credits the society’s treasurer Sharon Genin for her “dogged pursuit” of funding to continue the project begun by the society in January.
The project will culminate in several exhibits of the Tassone photos, including one on 0 Comments
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'Men In Black III': Dressed To ImpressBy Michael S. Goldberger, iBerkshires Film Critic
11:30AM / Thursday, May 31, 2012 | |
 Popcorn Column
by Michael S. Goldberger
Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) team up in time-twisting fashion for third movie of the "Men In Black" series.Well, this is a nice surprise. Traditionalists should be happy to know that director Barry Sonnenfeld's "Men in Black III," for all its cutting-edge psychedelia, avoids most of the pitfalls that usually plague sequels, especially summer films, with a rather old technique. It's called writing. Using its power, screenwriter Ethan Cohen saves the world, in a way.
It only makes sense. Without breathing reinvigorating life into those intrepid alien fighters, Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee 0 Comments
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Berkshire Museum Offers Troops & Families Free AdmissionBy Joe Durwin, Pittsfield Correspondent
11:32PM / Monday, May 28, 2012 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The doors of the Berkshire Museum were open on a Memorial Day for the first time in years as it welcomed Army Spc. Rodney Buzzella and his family to celebrate its participation in the Blue Star Museums program
The program offers free admission to active military members and their families throughout the summer.
Blue Star Museums is a 3-year-old collaborative effort of the National Endowment of the Arts, the nonprofit Blue Star Families and the Department of Defense working with museums around the country to be able to provide free admission for active-duty military members and their families.
The program runs from this Memorial Day, May 28, through Labor Day, 2 Comments
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PHS Kicks Off Melville Celebration With 100-ft. Human WhaleBy Joe Durwin & Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
12:22PM / Friday, May 25, 2012 | |
 PITTSFIELD, Mass — Pittsfield High School had a "whale" of a time Friday when students became a 100-foot white whale.
To kick off Cultural Pittsfield's "Call Me Melville" summer celebration, some 700 students filled the outline of the whale behind the school Friday morning.
The celebration is of the city’s most famed author, Herman Melville, and will last from now until October. The festival will offer dozens of ways to experience the 19th-century author's work through visual arts, music, films, lectures, theater and more.
The celebration's name draws itself from the opening line of the 135-chapter epic "Moby-Dick," as the protagonist says, 0 Comments
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