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Smooth and sharp, minimalist but inspired and mellow yet forceful: Sunny War’s set was as paradoxically powerful as the artist’s name would indicate.

MHA’s Anchoring Equity blog series profiles the work of our members as they work to advance health equity, diversity and inclusion in their organizations and in their communities.

The Black Legacy Project released their album on September 22, and performed at the Guthrie Center in Great Barrington, where the project began.

The Milwaukee-based singer-songwriter graced the stage during the annual three-day FreshGrass Festival at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Arts 

Steve Sumpter out of Pittsfield (8-0, 7 KOs) will be fighting James “Pitbull” Perkins (12-0-1, 9 KOs) in “Pandemonium at the Palladium” in Worcester. It will be an eight-round bout between two undefeated up-and-comers for the vacant International Boxing Association (IBA) Americas Super Middleweight belt.

Jacob Ming-Trent starred in Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the New Spruce Theater in Lenox (70 Kemble Street).

The Massachusetts State House is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated exhibition “Reinventing Rockwell and Beyond” by renowned artist Pops Peterson, running now through October 16.

Keith Hamilton Cobb was working on a staging of his play “American Moor” — which will be seen at Tanglewood.

On Sunday and Monday, Aug. 13 and 14, she’s debuting “An Evening with Lillias White” at Mr. Finn’s Cabaret at Barrington Stage Company.

The MassHire Berkshire Workforce Board was commissioned by the Executive Office of Labor & Workforce Development to identify the region’s critical career pathway opportunities. The board—co-chaired by Boulger, Berkshire Community College (BCC) President Ellen Kennedy, and 1Berkshire President/ CEO Jonathan Butler—had active engagement from its partners in education and economic development. The result was the “Berkshire Workforce Blueprint,” which has been used by organizations to apply for training resources and workforce initiatives and to guide post-secondary and adult training curriculum. The board is accountable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and has to provide annual reports.(pictured left: Melissa Melbe, Culinary Arts, Taconic High School, Class of ’20.)

Joshua Culbreath in “Nuttin’ but a Word,” with Rennie Harris Puremovement American Street Dance Theater, in the 2023 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival.

After fighting far from home for his last few matches, one thing Sumpter is looking forward to is how close, comparatively speaking, Worcester is to Pittsfield. At a two-hour drive, he’s hoping to get a strong contingent out to see him.

PITTSFIELD — In the waning days of the Harlem Renaissance, with the Great Depression snapping at its heels, Champagne and bootleg booze flow like water from a faucet in the Harlem apartment of Guy Jacobs, a thirtysomething gay costume designer who has aspirations of designing for the great Black American expatriate entertainer Josephine Baker, the toast of Paris.

Neoclassical pianist brings his solo compositions to Mass MoCA’s Club B10.

Memorable Moment: The graduation ceremony was punctuated by many musical interludes, starting with the Mount Greylock Orchestra that greeted attendees in the school’s main foyer as they arrived.

PITTSFIELD — When Geivens Dextra thinks about the future, he can practically hear it. One of his dreams is to work on film scores — the more fantastical the better.

Graduating Students: 16

Cosmetology: 9

Dental Assisting: 5

Medical Assisting: 1

Surgical Technology: 1

PITTSFIELD — “When I say it’s time to go, it’s time to go.”

With a finger wag, and eyebrows furled, 10-year-old Imari Semaj Westbrook delivers her line just one beat short of an impatient foot tap. It’s less of a line and more of an observation — she’s imitating her mother, Brett Westbrook, who is filming the clip on her phone.

PITTSFIELD — When I was growing up, everyone in my neighborhood had a summer job.

It meant independence and extra money in your pocket. It was the first time many of us learned about the importance of hard work, responsibility and accountability. 

NORTH ADAMS — Gina Coleman vividly remembers when she met her idol, Odetta Holmes, the renowned folk singer and civil rights advocate who took the genre by storm during the 1960s and 70s.

She performed with, and inspired, musicians like Bob Dylan, Judy Collins and Pete Seeger.