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Entertainment Permits Granted To Pittsfield Establishments
By Andy McKeever, iBerkshires Staff
10:39AM / Tuesday, March 31, 2015
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A couple well-established businesses received their first entertainment licenses on Monday, after operating without one for years.
 
The operators of the Beacon Cinema and the Colonial Theatre was both granted entertainment permits from the Licensing Board after both said they were unaware they needed one. The city informed the owners of the need for the permit earlier this year.
 
The Beacon Cinema opened in 2009 and the Colonial reopened in 2006, after a massive renovation.
 
The board also granted an entertainment license to the owners of Hotel On North, a new boutique hotel under construction on North Street. Bruce Finn, CEO of Main Street Hospitality, said the hotel will feature music in the restaurant and an event space upstairs will be used for weddings and other gatherings.
 
"We put in every possible scenario," Finn told the board.
 
The board also granted Shanti Hospitality, the company opening the Hilton Gardens on South Street, a pledge of a license to transfer the former liquor license of Pittsfield Entertainment. Attorney Thomas Hamel told the board that the owner has not yet named a manager but he will likely be back in less than a month with a name for the application. 
 
"We expect to be open sometime before Memorial Day weekend," Hamel said. "We can't ask for the license until the certificate of occupancy."
 
Also on Monday, the board gave IS183 Art School of the Berkshires the approval to accept wine donations for its annual gala, which will then be given to guests. The event will be at the Crowne Plaza and the wine will be given to those who attend for free, helping to raise money for the school. 
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