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Shock and awe for
theater group
One of the Berkshires shining cultural
beacons has been hit with a series of major
changes this month..
By Rick Forbes
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To the Editor:
As the days, weeks and months pass
by it is apparent that there are scandal after
scandal coming out of Washington. Is anybody paying attention? The recent E-mail
scandal that has come to light last week with
potential presidential contender Hillary Clinton is one example. How can we have trust
in these politicians that clearly break the
law in setting up their own e-mail servers
to funnel all of their Public correspondence
through when they work for We the People?
In order to have a fair and equitable form
of Democratic governance, there should
be full transparency. As the C.O.N. artists
(Corporate Owned Networks) spell it out, a
potential law has been violated.
David Pertraeus, the removed CIA
Director is another example. Stepping
down from his position and pleading guilty
amongst a scandal coming to light of his
affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell.
Learning that he passed his private security
code onto her and she had potential access
to sensitive national security information.
Is that not a crime that involves passing
on this sensitive information that deserves
more than a slap on the wrist? It is clear
that there are two sets of rules seeing that
If we do not pass this project, we will go to the back of
the line, and this has been a 10-year project. Remember
what happened to Monument Mountain!
Jeff Bradway
Edward Snowden is facing the death penalty
for bringing to light the government spying
on We the people. And Bradly Manning is
sitting in jail for life for exposing the war
crimes carried out in our name, We the
People. Is anybody paying attention to these
criminals that work for WE The People and
get away with their crimes??
Well, another week has passed and
now we discover that the on March 9, 47
United States senators committed a treasonous offense when they decided to violate
the Logan Act, a 1799 law which forbids
unauthorized citizens from negotiating with
foreign governments. Violation of the Logan
Act is a felony, punishable under federal law
with imprisonment of up to three years. This
will be swept under the carpet, I am sure.
Is anybody paying attention to these
criminals that work for WE The People and
get away with their crimes??
Henry A. Kirchdorfer III
Stockbridge
School is needed
To the Editor:
I attended the March 16 meeting of the
School Building Needs Commission on the
design proposal for the new Taconic High
School. When I first started attending these
meetings last summer, I thought the best
course was to renovate the existing building
and maybe put on an addition. As the meetings progressed I became convinced that
what was needed is a new school, designed
for today’s and tomorrow’s educational
realities.
The new design was approved unanimously by the SBNC, as was the cost for the
new structure. This amount is not to exceed
$121 million, and we can all agree that is a
lot of money. But Pittsfield’s portion will be
about $44 million. This will be paid for by
issuing bonds which will be paid over 28
years. The increase in property taxes will be
about $69 per $100,000 valuation.
The rest of the money ($77 million)
comes from the Massachusetts School
Building Authority and is paid for from
revenue from the sales tax. We are currently
in a pool of hopeful communities in need
of new school buildings. If our project is
approved, we get the money. If our project
is not approved, someone else will. If we
do not pass this project, we will go to the
back of the line, and this has been a 10-year
project. Remember what happened to
Monument Mountain Regional High School.
If we just repair the 50-year-old building
(asbestos abatement, new roof, new electrical, plumbing, security, etc.) it will cost $36
million — all of which Pittsfield will pay
for alone, with no help from the state. So we
are really talking about getting a brand new
21st-century school for $8 million more than
trying to fix a 50-year-old school that was designed at a time when educational concerns
were completely different and is ill-suited to
today’s requirements.
With this new school we will be able
to train our students for good jobs. Some
students will be college-track, others will be
in vocational programs, but all will have the
opportunity to attend a first-class school that
will be a magnet for tuition-paying students
from outside Pittsfield and also for Pittsfield
students who currently leave our system for
schools in neighboring communities. With
such a school, and the training it can provide
tomorrow’s workers, we can attract new
businesses and new industries to Pittsfield to
help build our tax base and ease the pressure
on our residential taxpayers.
I urge the community to call or email
city councilors and express support of this
project. The final design will be presented
to the City Council next Tuesday, March 24.
Please attend the meeting and show your
support. The Council will vote on the project
on April 14. Because a bond is needed to pay
for this project, a super-majority of votes on
the City Council is needed.
Jeff Bradway
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Shock and
awe at local
theater group
By Rick Forbes
O
ne of the Berkshires shining cultural beacons has be
rocked with huge changes
this month.
The trouble for Shakespeare &
Company began when newly installed
chief executive Rick Dildine resigned
abruptly as executive director of
Shakespeare & Company, and then Sarah Hancock, chairwoman of the Board
of Trustees, and Vice-Chairwoman
Claudia Perles and Vice-Chairman
Charles Schader
►► Now
all resigned their
Simotes
posts.
has moved
Schader has left the
on to BTG
board of trustees
all together, while
Perles and Hancock will stay on the
board, just not in leadership roles.
The latest moves were confirmed
by a statement released by Molly
Clancy, Publicity and Playbill Director
for Shakespeare & Company.
“While we are sorry to see these
persons leave their positions, changes
like these happen from time to time
in any organization and it would be a
mistake to interpret these departures as
a sign that the company is in turmoil
or in trouble. Neither is true,” the
statement read. “In fact, the company’s
financial status has greatly improved
over the past years, it has an exciting
season about to launch, ticket sales
and enrollments in the company’s
renowned training and education programs are both strong and the staff is
actively engaged in making this season
the great success it promises to be.”
In response to Dildine’s sudden
departure, the Shakespeare & Company
board appointed Steve Ball as interim
managing director and Ariel Bock and
Jonathan Croy as interim co-artistic
directors.
“We are confident that this new
leadership, along with Steve Ball,
Interim Managing Director, Ariel Bock
and Jonathan Croy, Interim Co-Artistic
Directors, will continue the Company’s
tradition of artistic excellence and
community service,” explained the
board in the most recent statement.
Hancock had been a leader of the
push to oust artistic director and founding member Tony Simotes, who himself
had succeeded Tina Packer, the legendary founder of the company, in 2009.
Hancock was also a major backer of
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Dildine as the new leader under a new
“more professional” style of leadership.
While it is unclear exactly what
led to Hancock’s departure she has
confirmed that the fact the group was
not heading in the direction she wanted
was a major factor. Rumors the began
circulating about the possible return of
Simotes to his old position, but then
the next shoe fell.
Kate McGuire, CEO of Berkshire
Theater Group, shocked the local theater community by naming Simotes as
her new Managing Director and second
in command.
Many in the community have seen
this is a big win for BTG and maybe
a threat to Shakespeare if the large
donors that supported him follow him
to BTG.
The moves at Shakespeare appear
to be totally unexpected. Only two
weeks earlier, the company had sent
out a lengthy news release announcing
its new season, quoting Dildine about
how excited he was “about the season
ahead, the talent we have assembled,
and the titles we are presenting.”
Dildine is returning to Shakespeare
Festival St. Louis, where he had served
as artistic director for five years before
“While we are sorry to see these persons leave their
positions, changes like these happen from time to
time in any organization and it would be a mistake to
interpret these departures as a sign that the company
is in turmoil or in trouble. Neither is true”
— Molly Clancy, Publicity and Playbill Director for Shakespeare & Company
being hired only last summer by Shakespeare & Company.
Kathy Aicher, interim director of
marketing and communications, told
The View, “No one is available for
comment at this time.”
For his part, Dildine was quoted
in the release about his departure as
saying, “In evaluating the opportunities
ahead for Shakespeare & Company,
I’ve decided that my skills are best
served in St. Louis.”
But Dildine also told St. Louis
Public Radio, “The work at Shakespeare
& Company was demanding a full-time
administrator. And in St. Louis, I’m
much closer to the programming and the
artists, and that’s where my passion is.”
According to the radio station,
Dildine said he learned “a lot” in the
Berkshires and that he had a positive
experience, “but it wasn’t a good fit.”
Shakespeare Festival St. Louis is
about a quarter of the size of Shakespeare & Company and has a considerably smaller budget.
Dildine’s move might have been
foreshadowed when he returned to
St. Louis on Jan. 19 for the St. Louis
Arts Awards, where he saw local arts
philanthropists Nancy and Ken Kranzberg speak after they were given an
excellence-in-philanthropy award.
“What they said resonated with me
so much,” Dildine told St. Louis Public
Radio. “That the opportunities and the
art and the support in St. Louis, is, bar
none, and I agree with that.”
`Court
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Beat
From hitting guardrails to running over
road painters drunk
driving filled the
courts all month
Cassandra M. Finn, 30, of So. Undermountain Road, Sheffield, pleaded
guilty to driving under the influence
of alcohol- third offense, a charge that
had been amended from OUI – fourth
offense.
She also admitted to sufficient facts
of driving with a suspended license in
Great Barrington.
On Nov. 16, 2014, police pulled
over Finn after her Jeep Wrangler nearly
hit a guardrail four times near Cove
Bowling Lanes on Stockbridge Road.
An overwhelming smell of alcohol emanated from the jeep. Finn told police
she hadn’t been drinking and began
crying hysterically.
She refused to produce her license
and registration, and a check of her
license showed that it had been suspended due to a refusal to take a blood
alcohol test in connection with another
OUI arrest in Connecticut. Finn eventually admitted to drinking three glasses
“I didn’t want to get in trouble for drunk driving,”
- Cassandra Finn
of wine. Police found two 50 ml bottles
of sambuca and wine collers as well
as empty Miller Lite bottles in the car.
Finn had difficulty following instructions on the field sobriety tests and was
taken to the station, where she continued to bang on the cell door and yell
that she had done nothing wrong and
wanted to leave.
On Jan. 4, police received another
call at 1 a.m. concerning Finn. Her boyfriend said she had left the house after
an argument and he was concerned for
her safety because he believed she was
drunk. Police arrived at the house, where
Finn had returned moments before.
She denied driving under the influence of alcohol, shouting “I am at my
home!” She appeared to be extremely
intoxicated, with bloodshot eyes and
slurred speech. She then admitted
driving up the road then stopping and
turning around “because I didn’t want to
get in trouble for drunk driving.” Field
sobriety tests showed a blood alcohol
level of .23.
At the time of the Jan. 4 arrest, Finn
had three OUI convictions in Massachusetts and Connecticut, and two
open OUI cases: on Nov. 17 2014 in
Great Barrington and June 14, 2014 in
Connecticut. Mead was charged with
OUI - fourth offense amended to third
offense and a charge of operating with
a revoked license for OUI, the latter
charge amended to operating with a
suspended license. She was sentenced
to 18 months in the Berkshire House
of Correction, and ordered to serve the
first seven months, with the balance
suspended until March 9, 2017, to be
served concurrently with her previous
sentence. She was ordered not to operate a motor vehicle until March 9, 2017
as well.
Donald P. Gibbs, 30, of Mechanic
St., Great Barrington, admitted to sufficient facts of driving under the influence
of alcohol and inflicting serious injury,
as well as negligent operation of a motor vehicle.
On June 1, 2014 police responded
to a report of an accident in front of the
Great Barrington Police Department.
Manuel Sequeira, an employee of Markings Inc., was hit by a white Jeep Grand
Cherokee while painting a turn arrow on
the road.
Police found him semi-conscious,
with a contusion on the side of his head.
Gibbs, the driver, remained on the
scene and admitted to hitting Sequeira.
Police detected a moderate odor of alcohol on Gibbs’s breath, and his speech
was slow and deliberate. His breath
tests registered .193 and .195. Gibbs
was ordered to surrender his license for
90 days, attend a driver alcohol education program and pay its fee of $707.76
as well as a $65 probation fee and $800
in court fines. The case was continued
without a finding until March 14, 2016.
William L. Kearin, Jr., 30, of Hungerford Street, Pittsfield, pleaded guilty
to breaking and entering daytime for a
felony and larceny from a building in
Lee. On Oct. 5, 2014 a woman reported
a past breaking and entering and theft of
two rings and seven pairs of sneakers.
Her friend had seen Kearin leave her
house with an armful of sneakers stuffed
under his sweatshirt.
When she asked him what he was
doing, he chuckled, “Kind of looks like
I’m robbing her, doesn’t it?” according
to the police report. The friend replied,
“Hell yeah, it does.” Another woman
reported a ring valued at $4,000 missing
as well as a gold bracelet worth $500
and a $400 gold chain. Police received
information that Kearin had pawned the
jewelry at Pawn Depot in Holyoke.
They were able to recover most of
the stolen property.
Kearin was sentenced to six months in
the Berkshire House of Correction, to be
served concurrently with a sentence he
is already serving.
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With all of the changes Shakespeare & Company still plans to offer the full, normal slate of showstoping performances once they
get inot their busy summer season.
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`Turbulence
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`Metro
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A circus without
animals?
That could be
Dalton’s future
Good fences make
good neighbors?
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By Julie Ruth
Feuding neighbors in
Lenox settle dispute
over land strip
By Shea Garner
he Massachusetts Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals has joined a grassroots effort to restrict the
display of non-domesticated animals
for entertainment in Dalton.
After previewing a proposed bylaw
for the Select Board in November, local residents Holly
►► Two women Rogers and Marnie
Meyers are taking
are trying
the necessary steps
to protect
animals with to get an article on
new law
the warrant for the
annual town meeting in June.
Unhappy with elements of the
annual Lions Club circus held at the
Dalton American Legion Field each
summer, Meyers, of Windsor, joined
the Berkshire Voters for Animals, an
ad hoc committee working to protect
animals through advocacy, education,
and political action, to help introduce
the bylaw.
“This is something that has kind of
bothered us for a long time,” Meyers
said. “We’re aware that people have
been kind of unhappy with it but nothing’s changed and they haven’t tried to
bring other entertainment to town.”
Meyers linked up with Rogers, a
Pittsfield-based attorney living in Dalton, who offered to spearhead the effort
pro bono.
As a town resident, Rogers was
able to present the proposed bylaw to
the Selectmen, who encouraged her
to submit an article by petition to the
Town Clerk.
While only 10 signatures are
required to introduce an article at an
annual town meeting, the group was
able to collect around 40, according to
Meyers.
Seven other municipalities in the
Commonwealth have already enacted
similar legislation.
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“The time has come. It’s time. There’s so many
other ways of entertainment that people are more
accepting of.”
— Marnie Meyers, co-leader of the movement to dan animals
taking part in circus shows
Meyers cited Ringling Bros. recent
decision to eliminate elephant acts
from their shows as another reason to
make a change at home.
“That’s like a sea change in our
culture, nationwide,” she said. “The
time has come. It’s time. There’s so
many other ways of entertainment that
people are more accepting of.”
Drawing language directly from bylaws that have already passed in other
communities, the proposed bylaws
states that no living non-domesticated
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The article does not apply to
domestic animals including, but not
limited to, dogs, cats, horses, donkeys,
and farm animals.
Meyers got in touch with the
MSPCA for help with outreach moving
forward.
The organization has been working
in an advisory capacity on the project
and are “very excited,” according to
Meyers.
Laura Hagen, Deputy Director of
Advocacy at the MSPCA, spoke with
The Berkshire Courier about the proposal on Tuesday.
“The MSPCA has a position statement that addresses concerns about
the use of wild animals and traveling
animal acts and to sort of carry out
our position in that statement we’ve
work with a lot of local groups,” Hagen
said. “These things have always been
very much lead by people in the community who are not supportive of the
way these animals are treated and the
amount of traveling they do.”
The proposed bylaw must be ready
at least 60 days before the annual town
meeting in June.
It is typically submitted to the
Town Clerk before the Attorney General approves it for language.
“No news is good news,” said Meyers of the progress. “It’s on its way.”
A small notice informing residents
of the coming vote will appear in
Animal Life, a regional pet and animal
newspaper, in the coming weeks.
“People’s attitudes are changing,”
said Hagen of the issue. “It’s just no
longer acceptable.”
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did not have to render a decision in a
four-year-long, $40,000+ dispute involving an 8 x 2 foot triangle of land on St.
Ann’s Ave.
The homeowners at 31 and 33 St.
Ann’s Ave. quietly reached an out-of-court
settlement last summer, said Marc Aronoff,
one of the two homeowners involved in the
long-running dispute.
As part of the settlement, Aronoff received several thousand dollars in exchange
for the rights to “the triangle,” the disputed
sliver of land, the width of a standard threeseat sofa, which borders the two St. Ann’s
Ave. properties.
Great Barrington attorney Dennis
LaRochelle, who represented the opposing
parties, former Lenox Town Planner Mary
Albertson and her partner, Eyal Shapira,
declined comment on the settlement. Albertson and Shapira
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where it is, and the triangle – that little piece
of land – I believe is technically deeded to
the (owner of 31 St. Ann’s Ave.), with the
understanding that everything would stay as
it is, but at some future time, theoretically,
they have that little section of land.”
It was an amicable solution to a neverending, at times explosive land dispute that
began in 2011, involved local police on a
few occasions on a quiet Lenox residential
street, and led to a trial in Massachusetts
Land Court with a 300+ page transcript.
How did once cordial neighbors wind
up in an expensive dispute over a sliver of
land?
By all accounts, the owners of 31
and 33 St. Ann’s Ave. peacefully shared a
driveway for many years, with 31 St. Ann’s
Ave, owned by Albertson and Shapira,
located on St. Ann’s Ave. itself. Aronoff, the
owner of 33 St. Ann’s Ave., lived directly
behind them on a piece of land with no
direct access to the street. An easement gave
Aronoff, who bought his home in January 2002, permission to enter and exit his
property via the shared driveway. Attorney
LaRochelle, who represented Albertson and
Shapira, told the Record last year that the
dispute started after Albertson decided to
replace an old fence that had been erected
by a previous owner in 1997 between the
two properties. She hired a surveyor to
determine the legal property line, who
discovered that it stretched beyond the
fence but also beyond an old stone wall that
Aronoff.
The area between the old fence and the
legal property line is technically shaped like
an 8 x 2 foot quadrilateral, but all parties refer to it as “the triangle” in court documents.
Albertson and Shapira notified Aronoff
of the new property line and intention to put
the fence on the newly-discovered boundary, including “the triangle.”
Aronoff had a different recollection of
the origin of the dispute, citing a disagreement over easement maintenance and
other incidents that triggered the decision
to survey the land and put up a new fence.
He did not challenge that the triangle was
owned by Albertson and Shapira, however.
For the purposes of the case, it was the accepted legal northwest boundary of the 31
St. Ann’s Ave.
But Aronoff argued in court that he
could claim ownership of the sliver of land
by adverse possession, meaning that he and
previous owners of 33 St. Ann’s Ave. had
openly treated the triangle as part of their
own property for a long period of time,
while the legal owners at 31 St. Ann’s Ave.
did not restrict their efforts to assert ownership in any way.
Aronoff said that he wanted to retain
his own surveyor at the time the boundary
dispute began, but he could not afford the
several-thousand-dollar fee. He was advised
by legal counsel that he had a strong case
for adverse possession at that time. He later
did raise the funds and have his own surveyor conduct a property line search, which
differs from the one on record. To prove his
adverse possession case, Aronoff subpoenaed previous owners of both 31 and 33
St. Ann’s Ave. going back to 1985 to either
testify or give depositions to show that the
triangle had been used “openly, continuously, notoriously and without permission for
over 20 consecutive years” – the threshold
required to prove adverse possession in
Massachusetts.
LaRochelle countered that Aronoff
had primarily used the triangle to store
his garbage receptacle. To prove adverse
possession, LaRochelle argued that “use”
must be something beyond simply caring
for the property, as some previous owners
said in depositions or in court testimony.
Erecting a fence or building a patio on
the property make a far stronger claim of
adverse possession, for example. “To put
it in layman’s terms, that would put the
real owner on notice that you’re making a
claim that it’s your property,” LaRochelle
explained. “A reasonable person would
say, ‘I better do something: you can’t do
that on my property.’ ”
Albertson and Shapira served Aronoff
with an eight-count lawsuit, including
two counts of trespassing, for leaving his
garbage out on the street for several days, in
violation of easement regulations. Aronoff
said he only put the garbage out on day it
was supposed to be picked up, but sometimes the service didn’t pick it up on the
appointed day. Larochelle said Aronoff had
put his garbage out on the easement several
days a week. Aronoff was also accused of
improperly using gravel from the neighboring property to fill holes in the driveway.
The 8x2 feet sliver of land dispute, subject of a four-year lawsuit in Lenox.
As the multiple-count lawsuit got underway, the plaintiffs grew frustrated when
Aronoff requested an extension of time to
prepare the case because he would be out of
town. LaRochelle suggested they photograph Aronoff coming and going down his
driveway to prove that he was not traveling.
What followed was an incident in 2013
where Aronoff called Lenox police department. Aronoff reported that he looked up at
31 St. Ann’s Ave. and saw what he thought
was someone was pointing a gun at him, according to a police report. It turned out to be
Albertson in the window pointing a camera,
not a gun, from the window, but the police
were called and they questioned her.
The parties then filed several motions
and counter-motions regarding photography, driving the judge to prohibit all parties
from taking pictures of each other without
permission from the court.
The judge also ordered Aronoff to
purchase gravel to fill the holes he wanted
to maintain in the driveway. He was also
not permitted to move his garbage down the
driveway after 9 p.m. or before 6 a.m.
Eight days later, the court reversed
these rulings after Aronoff objected to the
plaintiffs’ proposed video camera installation on the property in response to break-ins
they said that had occurred in the Lenox
area. The land court judge told the parties
that until the case was settled, Aronoff could
transport his garbage any time he wished on
the driveway, and the parties were free to
photograph each other without first obtaining permission from the court.
Albertson and Shapira eventually
dropped the trespass charges in the lawsuit,
leaving adverse possession lawsuit that was
settled out of court last summer.
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After decades of performing with legends,
the drum master returns to the Berkshires
W
hat do Bob Dylan, Bruce
Springsteen, Bruno Mars,
Leonard Bernstein, half of the
Beatles and the Berkshires
have in common? Kenny Aronoff.
The list of performers Aronoff has
worked with reads like a history lesson in
rock and roll history. Sting, B.B King, Paul
McCartney and Ringo Starr, Willie Nelson,
Mick Jagger, Elton John, John Mellencamp,
Dave Grohl, Lady Ga Ga, and so many other
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artists that are household names. And now,
after years of traveling the world and performing thousands of concerts, the prodigal
son of Stockbridge is coming home to the
place where he first fell in love with music.
On April 16, He’ll take the stage at the Colonial Theater in Pittsfield with the BoDeans
to perform his first show back in the area in
nearly 40 years.
“There is no pressure at all, it’s really exciting,” said Aronoff. “I feel really nostalgic
playing in the Berkshires. I don’t get to do
it that often, it’s really cool. I haven’t played
Pittsfield since I was playing the Boys Club
in a band with my twin brother Jon at the
YMCA.”
The legendary drummer has played
20,000-seat venues and huge stadiums, but
to come back home and play a much more
intimate show is something the artist said he
is looking forward to.
“The thing that’s cool about these smaller
venues is, there are lot of bands and artists
that have been around for a long time, that
come through here and the place will be filled
up. It’s great for everyone. The tickets are
affordable and the audience’s get to see their
favorite bands up close and the bands get to
connect with and the bands to connect with
the audiences better,” he said. “I remember
playing with the BoDeans in a huge assembly
hall concert at Indiana University with over
10,000 people crammed in there and now
people can come see the BoDeans in a more
intimate setting. At this point in my career,
the stage is my home and I’m really into connecting with the musicians in the band, and
the audiences love that and they are part of
that experience. It’s a unique experience that
is happening for that particular night and only
that night.”
There’s an added something special
about this upcoming experience for Aronoff.
Born and raised in Stockbridge, he had the
seeds of his long and successful career sown
and love for music planted in the heart of
Berkshire County as a boy fascinated with
The Beatles.
“When I was a kid I remember watching
the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show and
seeing their movie “A Hard Day’s Night” in
the Mahaiwe Theater in Great Barrington. I
remember how much I wanted to be in The
Beatles,” said Aronoff. “I Told my Mom I
wanted to be in the Beatles. We are in a town
of only 3,000 people so the reaction was
“Hey, that’s cute Kenny.”, but I was relentless. I got together with a few friends and we
created our own band. [with John Sauer, Jeff
Hodges and Steve Harris]. I only could afford
a snare drum and a cymbal which I paid for
by working at 25 cents an hour.”
The Berkshires are where Aronoff first
learned that to get where he wanted to be, he
had find a way to make it work regardless
of his situation. Still in its early stages, there
wasn’t much outlet for rock and roll in the
rural areas like the Berkshires so Aronoff
took it upon himself to learn how to play the
drum set on his own. His quest to be the next
Beatles started after performing in bands all
through high school in the Berkshires and
that desire to be better drove him to hop on to
a Greyhound bus and head to Newton, MA
to start studying classical music with Arthur
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Press, the Principle Percussionist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. “We worked on
mallets, snare drum and tympani,” he said. “I
eventually started studying with Vic Firth, the
tympanist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra
at Tanglewood. Both teachers whipped me
into shape.”
With his newly expanded repertoire
Aronoff decided his next step would be to
head to some college to study music more
seriously. It was there that he got his first
taste of the competitive nature, and heavy
discipline in the music world: practicing
eight hours a day, competing with his fellow
classmates and putting in the extra effort
to set himself apart. That work would lead
him down a road that would change his life
forever.
“In my freshman year studying percussion at The University of Massachusetts I’
heard about the Aspen Music Festival run
by the Julliard School of Music and decided
to go for it. For my audition, they asked me
to perform on three out of four instruments,
(mallets, snare drum, tympani and multiple
percussion), but I chose to perform on all
four,” he said. “My goal was to go to Aspen
to be around the best percussionists in the
country. I got accepted at the last minutes
and that summer changed my life; two weeks
after getting accepted, I was Aspen and
that’s where I met Professor George Gaber,
an amazing teacher who taught at Indiana
University School of Music. I auditioned to
go to [IU] while studying in Aspen and I got
accepted. It was the top music school in
the country at that time. I wanted to be at the
best school with the most competition,” said
Aronoff. “I eventually rose to the top by just
working my ass off, and eventually got into
the Tanglewood Music Program in Lenox
after auditioning every year for four years.”
He graduated from Indiana University in
1976, and with several orchestras and symphonies ready to bring him in, Aronoff made
another decision that would change his life
again. He opted instead to chase his dream
from when he was 10-years-old watching
The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. He
moved back to Stockbridge and studied drum
set in New York City and Boston every week.
“Hard work, fueled by passion, and on
going education is a big part of my success
and creating a plan and executing it is a big
part of my philosophy,” he said. “My first
plan was to go to college, get a degree, get a
job in the field I had studied. I fulfilled that
dream when I was asked to join two different
orchestras, but I realized I wanted to go back
to that dream to be in the Beatles. I spent four
years practicing 8-hours-a-day on the drum
set playing in bands and eventually it paid
off.”
His big break came when he was offered
a chance to audition for John Cougar Mellencamp in Bloomington, Ind. where he was
living and playing in an original rock band.
“At first I was thinking I wasn’t a big
fan of John’s music, but then I realized he
was on the radio, on MTV, and was touring
all over the U.S., Canada and Europe. It’s
exactly the thing I always wanted to do,” he
said. “I did everything to get familiar with
with people getting fired all around me, he
I remember seeing Norman Mailer at my
said he felt the pressure, but it turned out to
parents New Year’s Eve party and another
be a huge Grammy Award success and the
year Norman Rockwell came. This seemed
number one rock record of the year.
normal to me, but now I realize it was a very
“I remember having to come up with the
unique environment. “
drum part and drum solo for Jack and Diane
He’s been on more than 30 Grammyon the spot,” he said. “I just had to come
nominated records and has been recognized
up with something and it turned out to be a
as the number one studio drummer for five
number one hit single, but when it became
consecutive years by Modern Drummer
number one, I only celebrated for a minutes
Magazine. He’s met Presidents Carter, Clinbecause my immediate concern was ‘can I do ton, George H. W. and George W. Bush and
this again?”
Barak Obama. But the pinnacle of it all was
That work turned into ten albums and 17
when he finally achieved the dream of that
years performing across the globe, selling out 10-year-old from Stockbridge, performing
arenas and living the rock star dream.
side by side with Paul McCartney and Ringo
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easy,” said Aronoff. “I write every note out
and loving it.”
for each song I am playing with lots of in But, as Aronoff put it, he would soon
structions on the chart I am reading, and what
be coming up with his third plan when he
the next song is. On that show, in between
and John Cougar Mellencamp parted ways
songs, as they made set changes I was pracin 1996. It was a transitional time that saw
ticing the next song and staying focused. It’s
him begin touring with acts like Bob Seger,
the Super Bowl. It’s my job and what I do. I
Melissa Etheridge, The Smashing Pumpkins
did have a great hand with Paul and Ringo
and John Fogerty and establishing himself
before the the show for 30 minutes and that
as the go-to session drummer. He would
was an amazing moment. I was sitting there
tirelessly travel anywhere, anytime. Working
thinking I can’t believe this is happening to
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established session drummer. But it was hard
North Hollywood, recording drums for artists
to leave a band I had been in for 17 years,”
and bands and continues to tour with groups
said Aronoff. “When I started touring with
across the world.
other bands, I negotiated that I was paid on
“I don’t believe in the past. I believe
the days I worked, but my days off they were
your future is your present,” said Aronoff.
mine and I would fly all over the country
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to do sessions or drum clinics. There was
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DJ I.T.S., at Bogies Steak & Ale. 935 South
Main Street, Great Barrington. (413) 5285959.
Live Music, performance at the Olde Heritage Tavern, 12 Housatonic Street, Lenox. 8
p.m. (413) 637-0884.
Quarter Life Crisis, acoustic duo Brian
Benlien and Jim Witherell perform at the
Mill Town Tavern, 16 Depot Street, Dalton.
9 p.m. (413) 684-0900.
Open Mic Night, at the Route 63 Roadhouse.
32 Federal Street, Miller Falls. 9 p.m. (413)
659-3384.
Country Night, hosted by Randy Cormier
at the Underground Pub at Crowne Plaza. 1
West Street, Pittsfield. 9 p.m. (413) 553-2214.
Karaoke, at Rascals Grill. 32 North Summer
Street, Adams. 9 p.m. (413) 743-5870.
Stevie Smith, live performance from the
artist at the Lion’s Den. At the Red Lion Inn,
30 Main Street, Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413)
298-5545.
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Spoken Word and Poetry night, a monthly
event bringing together performers of storytelling, spoken word and poetry. At the
Good Purpose Gallery, 40 Main Street, Lee.
6:30 p.m. (413) 394-5045.
MCLA Dance Company, performing new
works created by the students from the
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Pediatric Development Center’s Ladies’
Night Out, the 3rd annual fundraiser featuring Wine and Beer tasting and a silent auction.
At the Colonial Theater, 111 South Street,
Pittsfield. 7 p.m. (413) 997-4444.
Night Owl Special Night, at the Bousquet
Mountain, 101 Dan Fox Drive, Pittsfield. 6:30
p.m. (413) 442-8316.
Friday, April 3
Dance
MCLA Dance Company, performing new
works created by the students from the
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. At
Club B-10 at MASS MoCA 1040 MASS MoCA
Way, North Adams. 8 p.m. (413) 664-4481.
Music
Shel, performing with Otan Vargas’ at Club
Helsinki Hudson. 405 Columbia Street, Hudson N.Y. 9 p.m. (518) 828-4800.
Jeannie & John, live performance from the
298-5545.
Open Mic, at Bounti-Fare Restaurant &
Catering. 200 Howland Avenue, Adams.
(413) 743-0193.
Blue Light Trio, live musical performance
at the Rainbow Restaurant. 101 First Street,
.
BoDeans, with Stockbridge’s own drumming legend Kenny
Aronoff the band takes
the stage at the Colonial on April 16.
Tom Carroll, live performance from the artist
at the Lion’s Den. At the Red Lion Inn, 30 Main
Street, Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Open Mic Night, at Bogies Steak & Ale, 935
South Main Street. Great Barrington. 9 p.m.
(413) 528-5959.
Open Mic, at The Purple Pub. 65 Spring
Street, Williamstown. 8 p.m. (413) 458-0095.
Other
Trivia, at Mazcots Sports Bar & Grill. 490
Pittsfield Road, Rte. 7 Lenox. 8 p.m. (413)
499-1101.
Wednesday, April 8
Music
Photo contributed
In a rare performance, indie rock icons Neutral Milk Hotel will play at MASS MoCA
on April 17.
Pittsfield. 7:30 p.m. (413) 443-0002.
Other
Bingo, at St. Mary’s School. 115 Orchard
Street, Lee. 5 p.m. (413) 243-1079.
Saturday, April 4
Music
Big & Bigger, live performance from the
298-5545.
The Stone Coyotes, live musical performance
with Santina King. At the Iron Horse Music
Hall, 20 Center Street, Northampton. 7 p.m.
(413) 586-8686.
Wendy Walz & Jim Dignum, live musical performance at the Rainbow Restaurant. 101 First
Street, Pittsfield. 7:30 p.m. (413) 443-0002.
Other
Maciste in Hell, a screening with a live score
by Sex Mob. At the Hunter Center at MASS
MoCA 1040 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams.
8 p.m. (413) 664-4481.
Tim Abbott, the Greenprint Director with
Housatonic Valley Association will discuss
invasive plant species. At the Mason Library,
231 Main Street, Great Barrington. 10:30
a.m. (413) 528-2403.
Sunday, April 5
Music
Nellie McKay, performing at Club Helsinki
Hudson. 405 Columbia Street, Hudson N.Y.
8 p.m. (518) 828-4800.
The Adams Brothers, live performance at
the Lion’s Den. At the Red Lion Inn, 30 Main
Sunday Musical Brunch, at the Starving Artist
Creperie & Café. 40 Main Street, Suite 2, Lee.
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (413) 394-5046.
T Bird and the Breaks, live musical performance with Gang of Thieves. At the
Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center Street,
Northampton. 8:30 p.m. (413) 586-8686.
Monday, April 6
Music
Dana Welts, live performance at the Lion’s
Den. At the Red Lion Inn, 30 Main Street,
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Four Events That You Shouldn’t Miss Out On This Month
Keigwin + Company,
the celebrated choreographer will bring
his dance company to
MASS MoCA for a pair
of performances.
Animal House, BIFF
and the Mahaiwe reunite cast members
from the hilarious 1978
comedy for a special
Q&A and film screening.
Music in the Lion’s Den, live performance at
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, live musical performance with Daddy Long Legs. At
the Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center Street,
Northampton. 8:30 p.m. (413) 586-8686.
Peter Primamore Group, live musical performance at the Rainbow Restaurant. 101 First
Thursday, April 9
Music
p.m. (413) 637-0884.
9 p.m. (413) 684-0900.
659-3384.
The Malibu Brothers, live performance
at Bosquet Mountain. 101 Dan Fox Drive,
Pittsfield. 6:30 p.m. (413)442-8316.
Karaoke, at Rascals Grill, 32 North Summer
Street, Adams. 9 p.m. (413) 743-5870.
Tal National, live musical performance with
The Gaslight Tinkers. At the Iron Horse Music
Katherine Winston,
The American Idol
contestant and pride
of Lenox takes the
stage at the Garage
on April 18.
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Hall, 20 Center Street, Northampton. 7 p.m.
(413) 586-8686.
Music in the Lion’s Den, live performance at
Other
Deceptive Practice, a screening of the film
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay with a Q&A following the
film. At the Club B-10 at MASS MoCA 1040
MASS MoCA Way, North Adams. 7:30 p.m.
(413) 664-4481.
Friday, April 10
Music
Willie and Jan, live performance at the
Lion’s Den. At the Red Lion Inn, 30 Main
Seth Glier, live musical performance with
Rachael Sage. At the Iron Horse Music Hall,
20 Center Street, Northampton. 7 p.m. (413)
586-8686.
Pittsfield. 7:30 p.m. (413) 443-0002.
Other
“The Godfather”, a special screening of
the iconic film starring Marlon Brando and
Al Pacino. At the Mahaiwe Performing Arts
Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington.
7 p.m. (413) 528-0100.
5th Annual Teen Invitational, a collection
of local student’s artwork from northern
Berkshire schools. Building 4 at MASS MoCA
1040 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams. 7 p.m.
(413) 664-4481.
Saturday, April 11
Dance
Keigwin + Company, co-presented with
Jacob’s Pillow Dance a program from choreographer Larry Keigwin. At the Hunter
Center at MASS MoCA 1040 MASS MoCA
Music
Ryan Montbleau Band, performing at Club
Helsinki Hudson. 405 Columbia Street, Hudson N.Y. 9 p.m. (518) 828-4800.
Diva and the Dirty Boys, live performance at
The Box Car Lillies, live musical performance
with Eric Lee. At the Iron Horse Music Hall,
586-8686.
Eskay, live musical performance with Jon
Efect and Filthtown 4. At the Iron Horse
Music Hall, 20 Center Street, Northampton.
10 p.m. (413) 586-8686.
The Picky Bastards, live performance at
Bosquet Mountain. 101 Dan Fox Drive,
Pittsfield. 8 p.m. (413)442-8316.
Other
JUST EAT IT: A Food Waste Story, a special
film screening part of the Project Native Film
Festival with a Q&A with the filmmakers after.
At the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center,
14 Castle Street, Great Barrington. 7 p.m.
(413) 528-0100.
Sunday, April 12
Dance
Keigwin + Company, co-presented with
Jacob’s Pillow Dance a program from choreographer Larry Keigwin. At the Hunter
Center at MASS MoCA 1040 MASS MoCA
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Music
Eric Erickson, live performance at the Lion’s
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Antsy McClain, live musical performance with
The Sixty One Ramblers. At the Iron Horse
7 p.m. (413) 586-8686.
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (413) 394-5046.
James Mess, live performance at the Lion’s
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (413) 394-5046.
Protomartyr, live musical performance with
The Gotobeds. At the Iron Horse Music Hall,
586-8686.
Portland Cello Project, live musical performance. At the Iron Horse Music Hall, 20
Center Street, Northampton. 7 p.m. (413)
586-8686.
Monday, April 20
Music
Other
Christopher John, live performance at the
Vienna Teng, live musical performance with
The Bollands. At the Iron Horse Music Hall,
586-8686.
The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey,
a one man play from James Lecesne part of
the Helsinki on Broadway. At Club Helsinki
Hudson, 405 Columbia Street, Hudson N.Y.
9 p.m. (518) 828-4800.
Monday, April 13
Pool Tournament, winner take all $5 entry.
At Bogies Steak and Ale 935 Main Street,
Great Barrington. 7 p.m. (413) 528-5959.
Tuesday, April 14
Wednesday, April 15
Music
Grahm Sturz, live performance at the Lion’s
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Thursday, April 16
Music
BoDeans, Rolling Stone’s 1987 best new
American band come to the Berkshires for
a live performance. At the Colonial Theatre,
111 South Street, Pittsfield. 7:30 p.m. (413)
997-4444.
ProJam #10, at Club Helsinki Hudson, 405
Columbia Street, Hudson N.Y. 8 p.m. (518)
828-4800.
p.m. (413) 637-0884.
9 p.m. (413) 684-0900.
Photo contributed
Folk legend Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary will perform at the Iron Horse Music
Hall on Saturday, April 25.
659-3384.
Street, Adams. 9 p.m. (413) 743-5870.
Dan Stevens, live performance at the Lion’s
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Elvis Perkins, performing live following the
release his third album “I Aubade.” At the
Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center Street,
Northampton. 7 p.m. (413) 586-8686.
Friday, April 17
Music
Neutral Milk Hotel, Jeff Mangum and the
indie rock icons perform with the Dot Wiggin
Band. At the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA
1040 MASS MoCA Way, North Adams. 8 p.m.
(413) 664-4481.
Over the Rhine, at Club Helsinki Hudson,
405 Columbia Street, Hudson N.Y. 9 p.m.
(518) 828-4800.
Art Steele, live performance at the Lion’s
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Ellis Paul, live musical performance with Chris
Trapper (of the Push Stars). At the Iron Horse
7 p.m. (413) 586-8686.
Sexy Girls, live musical performance with Kid
Mountain and WYDYDE. At the Iron Horse
10 p.m. (413) 586-8686.
Pittsfield. 7:30 p.m. (413) 443-0002.
Comedy
Paul D’Angelo, presented by Pittsfield
Firefighters Local #2647. At the Colonial
Theatre, 111 South Street, Pittsfield. 7 p.m.
(413) 997-4444.
Saturday, April 18
Music
Sunday, April 19
Friday, April 24
The Hard Problem, a screening in London’s
National Theatre in HD performance. At the
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle
Street, Great Barrington. 3 p.m. (413) 528-0100.
Lady Di and the Dukes, live performance
from the artist at the Lion’s Den. At the Red
Lion Inn, 30 Main Street, Stockbridge. 8 p.m.
(413) 298-5545.
Theater
Music
Ivan the Terrible, a screening of the Bolshoi
Ballet in HD performance. At the Mahaiwe
Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street,
Monday, April 27
Music
Sandy and Sandy, live performance at the
Other
Pool Tournament, winner take all $5 entry.
At Bogies Steak and Ale 935 Main Street,
Tuesday, April 28
Music
Micah Stone, live performance at the Lion’s
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Open Mic Night, at Bogies Steak & Ale,
935 South Main Street. Great Barrington.
9 p.m. (413) 528-5959.
Other
Defining Real Estate in the Berkshires
Wednesday, April 29
Music
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at 276 main street, great barrington with
farm & home
quality American-made goods & gifts
cinema story telling. At the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle Street, Great
Barrington. 7 p.m. (413) 528-0100.
Saturday, April 25
Music
Other
499-1101.
Music
Katherine Winston, the American Idol contestant from Lenox performs at the Garage.
The Colonial Theatre, 111 South Street,
Pittsfield. 8 p.m. (413) 997-4444.
The New York Wind Quintet, Close Encounters with Music present the woodwind
quintet for their program “Surveying the
Centuries.” At the Mahaiwe Performing Arts
Center, 14 Castle Street, Great Barrington.
6 p.m. (413) 528-0100.
David Reed Trio, live performance at the
The Juliana Hatfield 3, live musical performance with Potty Mouth. At the Iron Horse
7 p.m. (413) 586-8686.
Wendy Walz & Jim Dignum, live musical performance at the Rainbow Restaurant. 101 First
BIFF presents Animal House Reunion, with a
special cast reunion featuring Peter Riegert, Karen
Allen, John Landis, Deborah Nedoolman Landis
and a screening of the classic 1978 comedy. At
the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle
Street, Great Barrington. 7 p.m. (413) 528-0100.
Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana/Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci, a screening of the Met
586-8686.
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only measure of success.
Thursday, April 23
Richard Thompson, at Club Helsinki Hudson.
405 Columbia Street, Hudson N.Y. 8 p.m. (518)
828-4800.
DJ I.T.S., at Bogies Steak & Ale. 935 South Main
Street, Great Barrington. (413) 528-5959.
Live Music, performance at the Olde Heritage
Tavern, 12 Housatonic Street, Lenox. 8 p.m.
(413) 637-0884.
Quarter Life Crisis, acoustic duo Brian Benlien
and Jim Witherell perform at the Mill Town Tavern,
16 Depot Street, Dalton. 9 p.m. (413) 684-0900.
Open Mic Night, at the Route 63 Roadhouse. 32
Federal Street, Miller Falls. 9 p.m. (413) 659-3384.
Country Night, hosted by Randy Cormier at
the Underground Pub at Crowne Plaza. 1 West
Street, Pittsfield. 9 p.m. (413) 553-2214.
Street, Adams. 9 p.m. (413) 743-5870.
Tom Gizzi , live performance at the Lion’s Den.
At the Red Lion Inn, 30 Main Street, Stockbridge.
8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Other
We simply give our very best to every client, every time.
Wednesday, April 22
Rev Tor Solo, live performance at the Lion’s Den.
8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Ralphie May, the comedian performs on
the heels of his most recent Netflix release
“Unruly.” At the Colonial Theater, 111 South
Street, Pittsfield. 8 p.m. (413) 997-4444.
We listen to you and will provide you with personalized service
based on knowledge and experience.
Trivia, at Mazcots Sports Bar & Grill. 490 Pittsfield Road, Rte. 7 Lenox. 8 p.m. (413) 499-1101.
Music
Comedy
Why choose Brockman?
Other
Music
LuxDeluxe, Arkells, live musical performance. At the Iron Horse Music Hall, 20
586-8686.
Brockman has been a leader in Berkshire real estate as well
as luxury home sales for nearly 40 years. We work diligently
to achieve a perfect balance between ethical, honest
representation and creative, dynamic marketing.
Ray Mason, live performance at the Lion’s Den.
8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
(413) 528-5959.
Open Mic, at The Purple Pub. 65 Spring Street,
Williamstown. 8 p.m. (413) 458-0095.
Other
499-1101.
BIFF presents Hollywood Costume, Deborah Nadoolman Landis discusses the central
role of costume design as essential tool of
Music
Tom Savoy, live performance at the Lion’s
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Other
Other
Tuesday, April 21
Music
Tom Corrigan, live performance at the Lion’s
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
(413) 528-5959.
Kathy Mattea, live musical performance with
Eyes. At the Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center
Street, Northampton. 7 p.m. (413) 586-8686.
Soultree, Demse vs. Machines, live musical
performance with Eyes. At the Iron Horse
10 p.m. (413) 586-8686.
Pittsfield. 7:30 p.m. (413) 443-0002.
Rakish Paddy, live musical performance at the
Freight Yard Pub. At the Western Gateway
Heritage State Park. North Adams, 8 p.m.
(413) 663-6547.
Peter Yarrow, live musical performance
from the Peter, Paul and Mary member. At
the Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center Street,
Northampton. 7 p.m. (413) 586-8686.
Buffalo Stack, performing at Club Helsinki
Hudson, 405 Columbia Street, Hudson N.Y.
9 p.m. (518) 828-4800.
Bigger Boat, live performance at the Lion’s
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Opera Live in HD performance with a Scott
Eyerly’s pre-broadcast lecture. At the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle
Street, Great Barrington. 12:30 p.m. (413)
528-0100.
Sunday, April 26
Music
Rakish Paddy,, live performance at the
Sunday Musical Brunch, at the Starving
Artist Creperie & Café. 40 Main Street, Suite
2, Lee. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (413) 394-5046.
Pedrito Martinez Group, live musical performance. At the Iron Horse Music Hall, 20
Jeff Martell, live performance at the Lion’s
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Darlingside, live musical performance with
Bombadil. At the Iron Horse Music Hall, 20
586-8686.
Peter Primamore Group, live musical
performance at the Rainbow Restaurant.
101 First Street, Pittsfield. 7:30 p.m. (413)
443-0002.
Thursday, April 30
Music
Live Music, performance at the Olde Heritage Tavern, 12 Housatonic Street, Lenox.
8 p.m. (413) 637-0884.
9 p.m. (413) 684-0900.
Open Mic Night, at the Route 63 Roadhouse. 32 Federal Street, Miller Falls. 9 p.m.
(413) 659-3384.
at the Underground Pub at Crowne Plaza.
1 West Street, Pittsfield. 9 p.m. (413) 5532214.
Street, Adams. 9 p.m. (413) 743-5870.
Gary Jones, live performance at the Lion’s
Stockbridge. 8 p.m. (413) 298-5545.
Griffin House, live musical performance
with Matthew LArsen and the Documents.
At the Iron Horse Music Hall, 20 Center
Street, Northampton. 7 p.m. (413) 586-8686.
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`Comedy
`
Q&A with Ralphie May
The comedian speaks with
the Berkshire View before
his upcoming show at the
Colonial Theater
By Tom Casey
A
fter bursting onto the scene
as a finalist on Last Comic
Standing in 2003, Ralphie
May has built a successful
career with his no-holds barred comedy
and affable personality. In February
he made the leap to Netflix with his
special “Unruly,” and on April 26, he’ll
be at the Colonial Theater in Pittsfield. May spoke with The View over
the phone to discuss everything about
Netflix impact on the comedy industry
to being a family man.
Tom Casey: You’re known for a
wide subject range for your sets. do
you find anything off limits?
Ralphie May: No, not really off
limits. I just have to find a way to
make something funny that I really
want to make funny and if I can’t find
a funny angle on
it I don’t have
►► The no
to make my
holds barred
statement and
comedian
then go usually.
comes to the
No I’ve gotten
colonial
laughs out of
9/11 and a lot
of stuff its kind of remarkable all of
the stuff I’ve gotten laughs out of to be
honest with you.
It seems lately there has been a
lot more backlash over comedians’
bits. Do you think we’ve become too
sensitive over comedy and edgier
bits?
Oh, without a doubt, you know of
course just look at the sitcoms of the
70s Sanford and Son, All in the Family, The Jefferson’s. These were racial
insensitive culturally controversial and
politically incorrect and we don’t have
as much balls now as they had then.
Comedy in general has taken it.
When you are working on a bit
what is the different between something that works and something that
doesn’t? What goes down for making
a solid routine for your bits?
I don’t know it’s how you feel
about it a lot of times the laughs you
get are directly correlated to how much
energy you put into telling the joke.
You know if you put a lot into it you
usually get a lot out of it.
How has being a father impacted
your comedy?
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It’s made it hard because comedy
became a job when I had children. It
was never a job before then. It was
always a joy and now it is a job that I
have to leave my children. It’s what the
people pay for, they don’t pay for the
jokes, they think they do but they don’t
what pay their money for is me not
sleeping in my bed next to my wife and
my kids.
How did being a chef influence
your comedy and how has it come
into play?
I never really crossed the two
except with vague reference, cooking.
It showed me what I didn’t want to
do. It showed me that people have to
work hard in this life, really hard. A
lot of times at jobs they don’t want to
to make ends meet, and it’s a huge responsibility. And someone that is trying
to entertain people the fact that these
men and women go to work everyday
can’t be lost upon me. That is why I
can’t just do the minimum amount of
comedy. 45 minutes is all they really pay for but I do nearly two hours
because it takes my people during the
day to pay for the tickets. It gives you
a better perspective about the value of
a dollar and what it takes to make it.
You joke about your weight and
body image things. Do you think our
culture has changed and we are more
conscious about those things?
I believe so, I believe America is
doing better health-wise. I know I am.
It’s so easy to eat healthy now. It really
is, for a while it was very difficult.
Everything had sugar or fat or something extra in it and now there are so
many places where you can get organic
healthy food. I like it better, I feel better, I think its great that its healthier
here now,
Did you ever deal with bullying?
No. I was always smarter, meaner
Photo contributed
Comedian Ralphie May will come to Pittsfield for a performance at the Colonial
Theater on April 16.
and funnier than anyone else in my
class; and need be I could turn on a
dime and knock some one the f***
down or make fun of them worse than
they could me. My brother was a boxer
and so I knew how to take a punch and
give a punch early so no one really
punched me.
Did that come through in comedy?
Yeah. It’s also a little bit of a I
don’t give a f*** and that was the best
tool I’ve ever got. When you don’t you
open yourself up to more experimentation and better at what I do and I really
need that. I need to be able to swing
through with no doubt and no fear of
failing.
How has your style changed over
your time in the business?
America has changed in 25 years,
you realized you were a lot different,
that’s the nature of the beast. Have I
changed? Of course, if you’re a comedian and you don’t keep on evolving
then you’re done.
In that similar vein, you released
a Netflix special in Feburary. Do
you think that is a direction that the
industry is going in partnering with
streaming services or self releasing?
Man I hope so. My experience with
Netflix was the easiest, best experience I’ve ever had in show business.
Partnering with them, they asked me
to cut one joke and I was like great I
don’t mind as far as I was concerned. I
had three other jokes basically saying the same thing so if you want just
one out, no problem. It’s not like it’s
Comedy Central where I have to manufacture my own vocabulary to express
the thought I want to express because
I can’t use certain words I can’t do it.
It’s like Netflix is great and you are
free to be whoever you are on there. I
hope that stand-up comedy goes further
on Netflix. I think you are going to get
better, more quality with a no holds
barred free expression.
Yeah less hands tinkering with it.
Yeah, they allow the people who
know comedy, like the comedians, to
dictate their comedy. It’s a very rare
thing where other networks don’t know
anything and they tell everything about
what we are doing and where we are
wrong and where we are making the
mistake when it’s after all were the
ones making people laugh in the clubs
every night. We might know a touch
more, than people who watch. I’ve
watched football my whole life, I can’t
just run out there and be Marshawn
Lynch.
Are you going to be doing any
more work with Netflix in the future?
They have another one of my specials ready to go and I have more stuff
ready to go so I’m ready to knock it
out.
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You’ll be in Pittsfield at the Colonial,
how do you feel about coming out
to a place that’s more rural and a
little smaller compared to the larger
venues you’ve performed at?
I like smaller places, to be honest
with you. It’s like you all appreciate
me more. Like there are so many times
people come up to me when I’m in a
small town and they say “Thank you
for coming to our town,” “Thank you
thank you so much!” and I’m always
like, why the f*** wouldn’t I. You
guys are great. You guys have a great
theater, you’re appreciative, you’re an
enthusiastic audience, why wouldn’t
I want to hang out with those guys.
Those are the exact people I want to be
around, not the other way around.
You go to New York or LA you are
lucky to find anyone, because there is
no word of mouth, no one talks to anyone. No one listens to the media or the
radio, most of the audience is people
who didn’t get into Broadway shows
or didn’t want to spend the money to
get into those shows and so you are left
with a very picky audience. I prefer a
small town, they get hyped. I want to
be their destination. A lot of people
can’t go out as often, only once or
twice a month, so if they are going to
choose me then I’m going to give them
the best show I can and I’m happy to
have them. I’d much rather work in
Pittsfield, Massachusetts than New
York any day. You’re more appreciative, and more people that want to be
there.
What would you tell someone trying to get involved in the business?
Don’t give up. You won’t start off
the funniest and you may not end up
the funniest, but as long as you don’t
stop you can always get better.
I’m not the best comic I’ve ever
heard, but at 25 years, I’ve seen so
many good people quit because they
didn’t and they gave up on what could
have been a great dream but they quit.
I never quit on me and I won’t. If you
can’t believe in yourself then what are
you doing?
`local
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bands
Website: whiskeycityband.com
Email: rcormier@nucleabio.com
Patrick Gray Jr.
Acoustic Rock
Gray comes from a musical family; he grew up
listening to his father play folk music whether
around a camp fire or performing on stage to
large crowds. “By 16, I was playing in local
rock bands,” Gray said. “Shortly thereafter I
was bitten by the recording bug, after doing
a few backing tracks in a local studio.” He
owns Shire Sound, a cozy project/recording
studio nestled in the Berkshire Hills. His
performances, which have been likened to
everyone from John Mayer to Edwin McCain,
can be seen throughout northern Berkshire
County.
Website: reverbnation.com/patrickgray
Photo contribtued
In February, Ralphie May released his first Netflix original special “Unruly.” The
comedian said the experience was “the best experience I’ve ever had in show business.”
`Live
`
Music
Tony Lee Thomas
Indie Rock
Imagine the energetic strumming of Richie
Havens and the intricate finger work of Bert
Jansch. Add a vocal style that summons
Stevie Wonder and Martin Sexton. Then
take a songwriting vocabulary as poignant as
Ani DiFranco, playful as John Prine, and add
commanding stage presence, then you have
Tony Lee Thomas. In central Berkshire County
Thomas has become a must-see performer,
who is now catching on throughout New
England performing both intimate and
poignant solo performances and full-blown
commanding vamps with his rock band, the
Tony Lee Thomas Band.
Website: tonyleethomas.com
Phone: (413) 218-8307
Booking information: shannon@
wickedcoolproductions.com
Whiskey City
Gypsy Joynt
The Joynt offers some of the best local
musicians the Berkshires have to offer, as well
as acts from across the country, and with the
stage at the center of the restaurant, seating
will put you right up in front of the acts for
an intimate fun showcase. If performing
is for you, try out your own talents with a
weekly open mic.
293 Main Street,
Great Barrington
413.644.8811
gypsy joyntcafe.net
Milltown Tavern
Newly renovated from what was once
“Benny’s Restaurant” the Milltown Tavern
offers the same spirit of the local spot to
be for food, drinks and music. The tavern is
transformed into a music venue for weekly
offerings of open mics and house bands
as well as performances from local artists.
Come and enjoy a wide selection of craft
and domestic beers, and a full bar. Awardwinning wings and burgers are just some
of the tantalizing offerings you can find on
their menu.
16 depot Street,
Dalton
413.684.0900
Milltowntavern.com
Upstate Concert Hall
Originally called Northern Lights, this venue
is a beloved spot to New York’s capital
region concert go-ers. Catch some of the
top alternative acts and old favorites as well
as local showcases and more. The general
admission format allows anyone to get close,
and the venue offers a well stocked bar and
concessions.
1208 Route 146.
Clifton Park, N.Y.
518.371. 0012
upstateconcerthall.com
PortSmitt’s Restaurant
PortSmitt’s Restaurant, has quickly become
a “Berkshire dining favorite” under the
guidance and expertise, of local Chef Mike
Lewis. For years, Chef Lewis has served
Berkshire County residents and visitors
alike. In addition to being an outstanding
restaurant, PortSmitt’s Restaurant has also
begun hosting great local music from bands
in the Berkshires.
320 Peck Road
Pittsfield
413.236. 5727
portssmittsrestaurant.com
Americana
This band has become a local favorite that can
fill any bar or concert with a packed crowd.
Led by front man Randy Cormier, joined by
band mates Frank Algerio, Beth Maturevich,
Dale Zavatter, Jason Webster and Tim Sears,
Whiskey City is a must see act in the county.
Cormier’s star quality, unique, tireless voice
and infamous audience rapport have made
him a crowd favorite.
Katherine Winston
Americana
Katherine Winston is an Americana singersongwriter from Lenox who grew up listening
to all kinds of music, but with a love of
Shania Twain. As she has grown, her musical
influences have changed many times, from
country to folk, from blues to pop. Now
Wilson will tell you she is very into artists such
asJohnny Cash, John Paul White, The Civil
Wars, Matt Corby, and The Lone Bellow. She
has covered almost every genre at one point
or another. However, once she started writing
in the Americana genre, she felt as though
she had found her fit.
Website: reverbnation.com/
katherinewinston
Email: winstonkatherine@gmail.com
For a relaxing intimate atmosphere to take in a
drink and hear some great music Mission Bar
and Tapas is at the top of the list. The venue
located in Pittsfield’s down town, the bar and
music hall offers food throughout the day and
a full bar as well as a special brunch menu. The
site is host to several house bands performing
weekly as well as special performances and a
host of the areas top musicians. An open mic
is also offered every Tuesday to showcase
local undiscovered musicians.
438 North Street
Pittsfield
missionbarandtapas.com
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Fairways at the A
Helsinki Hudson
Get a taste of the Berkshires outside of
Massachusettes. Originally a mainstay in
Great Barrington, Helsinki crossed over
to New York and has thrived in the city of
Hudson. The venue offers both up-andcoming and established bands as well as
great dining and drinks.
Hudson, N.Y.
518.828.4800
helsinkihudson.com
With one of the largest dance floors in the
area, this location is a popular venue. They
cater showers, weddings, seasonal parties,
fundraisers, community events and private
parties. Many nights they feature live
entertainment - regional bands and DJs. They
also host seasonal popular sports tailgating
events with their large HD Screen Television.
303 Crane Ave
Pittsfield
413.442. 3585
fairwaysatthea.com
The Brick House Pub
Located in the heart of Housatonic, this bar
has an impressive mixture of great beer, great
food, and great music to make it a can’t-miss
destination. The space is also home to a series
of local artists and performances from bands
from across the country.
425 Park Street,
Housatonic
413. 274. 0020
brickhousema.com
Rock & Roll Cover Band
Made up of local musicians Kevin Doolan,
Dave Flynn, Bob Jones and Matt McKeever,
this band is known for great classic rock like
the Doobies, Steely Dan, Boz Scaggs, Chicago
and more. There classic rock vibe and smooth
sound has filled the Live on the Lake series and
built a large following at venues throughout
Berkshire County. You can find them playing
at Spice Dragon, the ITAM Lodge and may
other venues around Pittsfield all year long.
Phone: (413) 446-5125
Website: facebook.com/ Greylock-the-band
Email: greylockboys@gmail.com
Jordan Weller & The
Feathers
Funk/Reggae
This high-energy band meshes the laid-back
grooves and rhythm of Bob Marley with the
fun and flare of James Brown. Front man Jordan
Weller on guitar and vocals leads the group also
comprised of guitarist Rob Sanzone, Miles Lally
on bass, drummer Jason Schulteis and organist
Joe Rose. Their original as well their own spin
on covers that dip across the musical spectrum
have vaulted the band into regional favorites.
You’re sure to catch them at Weller’s home base,
the Gypsy Joynt, throughout the fall as well as
shows springing up across the county and over
the border in New York.
Website: jordanwellermusic.com
Phone: (413) 644-8811
Email: jordanwellermusic@gmail.com
TBone Daddy Trio
Rock & Blues
Guitarist Tyler Fairbank, bassist Jeff Link
and drummer Lou Parreault form the high
energy blues, funk, reggae and rock trio that
draws from both old and new influences.
Mixing both original material and their own
unique spin on covers they have fast become
a fan favorite in the region. The group has
produced three albums and plays throughout
the northeast at clubs, festivals and theaters
Website: tbonedaddytrio.com
`Music
`
Berkshire Blues
Rock trio T-Bone Daddy is
a local music staple
By Shea Garner
Mission Bar + Tapas
Greylock
W
hat better way to beat those
lingering winter blues than
with the blues itself?
The self-proclaimed
blues, funk, reggae, and rock n’ roll trio TBone Daddy has been performing throughout the Northeast for a number of years and
we can consider ourselves lucky they call
the Berkshires home.
Tyler Fairbank (guitar, vocals), Jeff
Link (bass, keyboard, percussion, vocals),
and Lou Parreault (drums, percussion,
vocals) recently played a gig at Bogies
Restaurant and Pub in Great Barrington
and have shows scheduled throughout the
region in the coming weeks.
Photo contributed
Local blues rockers T-Bone Daddy perform a mix of Southern blues and modern rock.
A deep Southern blues influence is
present in their modern brand of crunchy,
meandering rock n’ roll. You’ll hear a little
Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Mayer, and Eric
Clapton as guitars squeal and cymbals
crash over the course of their three fulllength albums, Deluxe, River of Blues, and,
most recently, Departure. But by using a
combination of meticulously selected guitars, pedals, and amplifiers, T-Bone Daddy
is able to construct a wholly original sound
while making no compromises in the process.
The band must really be experienced
live, however. Each performance bustles
with raw energy, making it hard not to
move your feet to the music. One of TBone Daddy’s most popular places to play
is Flavours of Malaysia on North Street
in Pittsfield, where audience members
can grab food, a drink, and enjoy the live
stylings of the local trio in the heart of the
Berkshires.
Upcoming show dates include the
Perfect Wife in Manchester, Vt. on May
29 from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m., the Berkshire
Craft Beer Festival in Pittsfield on June 6
from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., and Theodore’s in
Springfield on June 11 from 9:30 p.m. to 1
a.m., as well as an undisclosed location in
the Albany area in April.
For more information, visit www.
tbonedaddytrio.com or “like” the band on
Facebook.
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`Theater
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Berkshire Theatre
Group season features stage, music
and comedy
By Terry Cowgill
T
he Tony Award-winning
sweetheart musical “Bells Are
Ringing” and appearances by
folk legend Arlo Guthrie and
renowned comedian Robert Klein headline the new season of the Berkshire
Theatre Group.
The BTG is a bit of an oddball
among cultural attractions in the Berkshires. It was created in 2010 by the
merger of two of Berkshire County’s
oldest cultural organizations: The
Berkshire Theatre Festival, founded in
1928 in Stockbridge, and The Colonial
Theatre, built in
1903 in Pittsfield.
►► Company
BTG therefore
releases
schedule
oversees the develfor 2015
opment, production
season
and presentation of
theatre, music and
the performing arts on multiple stages
in towns, including the Fitzpatrick
Main Stage and the Unicorn Theatre in
Stockbridge and the 780-seat Colonial,
which was reopened in 2006 following
a $21 million restoration.
“Our 87th season offers a mix of
unforgettable musicals and classic,
influential plays,” said BTG Artistic
Director/CEO Kate Maguire.
The centerpiece musical is “Bells
Are Ringing” from July 13 to July 26.
Ethan Heard is directing this romantic show about Ella, who works at an
answering service, and the characters
that she meets there. Heard will again
be working with Kate Baldwin and
Graham Rowat, as he did in last year’s
“A Little Night Music.”
The BTG’s 10th annual Community
Theatre Production will be the iconic
“Mary Poppins”. This legendary show
will transport you back to your childhood, as you watch 100 children and
adults from the community perform on
the Colonial stage.
With its 87-year history of theatre
classics, The Fitzpatrick Main Stage
is a venerable setting. Aaron Mark
returns this year to direct Ira Levin’s
nifty comedic mystery “Deathtrap.”
And BTG alum Karen Allen will direct
Terrence McNally’s contemporary love
tale, “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair
de Lune.”
“Just as she did with Berkshire
Theatre Group’s Moonchildren and Ex-
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tremities, Karen Allen has a passion to
get Frankie and Johnny’s tender story
on the stage,” said Maguire. “Audiences are going to be completely enthralled in this raw, realistic love story,
and I think that’s what “Frankie And
Johnny In the Clair de Lune”, is — we
sit there and realize how naked we all
feel when we’re in love. And that’s
where the heart of the play lives.”
“As a whole, this season will illustrate the essence of theatre — to allow
the audience to feel moved to places
they have not been familiar with, and
to remind them of what lies deep in
their hearts,” added BTG Marketing
Director Rebecca Brighenti.
BTG’s 2015 lineup is also filled
with leading musical artists, acclaimed
comedians and community events.
Appearing will be legendary rocker
George Thorogood & The Destroyers,
the all-American band BoDeans, folk
legend Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant 50th anniversary tour, dynamic
Celtic fiddler Natalie MacMaster and
more to be announced at a later date.
For community events: during
school vacation week, the Colonial
offers, for ages 3 and up, “Going to
the Farm with Spot,” and, for fans of
illusions and magic of all ages, “Bill
Blagg’s 10 Illusions.” For its 10th
anniversary, The Jazz Ensembles’ of
Mount Holyoke College’s will feature
WWLP-TV meteorologist Brian Lapis
as emcee. The latter production is a
benefit for BTG’s education program,
BTG PLAYS. In the realm of comedy,
Tony and Grammy Award-nominated
comedian Robert Klein will be hitting
the Colonial stage. Klein is not only
a stand-up comedian but also a singer
and actor. To round out the season,
as part of Made in the Berkshires,
celebrating Berkshire women writers,
Through The Looking Glass: Musings
from the Pens of Berkshire Women
Writers, at The Unicorn Theatre.
Also at the intimate Unicorn (122
seats) in Stockbridge will be the world
premiere of “I Saw My Neighbor On
the Train and I Didn’t Even Smile,”
written by Suzanne Heathcote.
It will be a co-production with New
Neighborhood, a theater artists collaborative founded this year.
Another world premiere will take
place at the Unicorn with “Thoreau
or, Return to Walden,” written by and
starring Broadway actor and BTG alum
David Adkins.
The Tony award-winning classic “The Homecoming,” written by
Nobel Prize-winner Harold Pinter, will
feature award-winning television, film
and Broadway actor Rocco Sisto and
illustrious BTG alum Tara Franklin.
“As always, when booking shows
I’m constantly looking for talent that’s
not only fresh and exciting, but that’s
also affordable for the patron,” says
BTG programmer Simon Shaw. “I’m
beyond thrilled about the 2015 lineup,
as well as the artists I am working to
confirm later in the year!”
For more information, visit berkshiretheatregroup.org.
Photo contributed
Berkshire Theatre Group strives to build on a highly successful 2014 season with even more theater, comedy and live music
throughout this summer on all of their stages.
`Film
`
`Must
`
See
‘Going Clear’
shocks and
stuns
HBO’s Scientology doc
reveals method to madness
Furious 7 (March 6)
Paul Walker’s “last
ride” with the “Furious” crew will surely
make for another entertaining installment
of the long-running
franchise.
By Shea Garner
S
cientology is a religion created
by the late L. Rob Hubbard,
a well-known science fiction
writer from the ‘50s. Conceived
from the author’s best-selling self-help
book, “Dianetics: The Modern Science of
Mental Health,” the faith is based on the
idea that humans are actually inhabited
by the souls of immortal beings that were
jettisoned through space and dropped into
Earth’s prehistoric volcanoes millions of
years ago. Sounds crazy right? Well the
beliefs are just the beginning of the madness, according to a new documentary.
“Going Clear: Scientology and the
Prison of Belief” is an eye-opening HBO
film from acclaimed documentarian Alex
Gibney (“We Steal Secrets: The Story
of Wikileaks,” “The Armstrong Lie”).
It examines the titular religion from the
inside out by fea►► An evening turing interviews
of upsets
with ex-members
and uproar
of the “cult,”
including stars like
Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis and
“Chicago P.D.” actor Jason Beghe, among
others. Feeling a mixture of anger, shame,
and regret, the former participants discuss
what first appealed to them about the
religion and their subsequent realization
that they were essentially being scammed.
The film details the process of “auditing,” a pseudo-scientific practice where
prospective members are asked to reveal
past traumatic experiences and other
intimate details of their personal lives
in order to achieve the state of “clear.”
Members are often blackmailed with this
sensitive information — one of the many
reasons that high-profile celebrities like
Tom Cruise and John Travolta have stuck
with the church for so many years. The
film even goes as far as basically outing
Travolta as gay — a claim substantiated
by incessant tabloid rumors and even exhigh-ranking church officials.
Perhaps the most disturbing aspect
of “Going Clear” is constant harassment
members are subjected to if they decide
to leave or speak out publicly against the
church’s abuses. These individuals are
labeled “suppressive” by the church and
attacked from all angles to dismantle their
credibility. The doc claims that Nicole
Kidman, during her marriage to Tom
HBO’s groundbreaking new documentary “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of
Belief,” from acclaimed filmmaker Alex Gibney, exposes the religion as a “cult” that
brainwashes and abuses its membership.
Cruise, was labeled “suppressive” and that
members of the church were instructed to
facilitate the couple’s divorce, even going
as far as turning their adopted children
against her.
“Going Clear” is an achievement in
that it really only features a combination
of news clips and talking heads but still
manages to weave a gripping, jaw-dropping story. These brave individuals have
spoken out against the practices of the
Church of Scientology, where things have
gotten increasingly worse since David
Miscavige took over as leader in 1987.
With offices all over the world and an estimated 50,000 members still active in the
church today, Scientology is still a powerful organization. But with the increasingly
vocal mass exodus of former members
and the shocking examination that the
film provides, “Going Clear” could be the
beginning of the end for the controversial
religion.
“Going Clear: Scientology and the
Prison of Belief” is now playing on HBO
and in limited theater releases.
Ex Machina
(April 10)
Screenwriter Alex Garland’s directorial debut
about artificial intelligence features rising
stars Oscar Isaac and
Domhnall Gleeson.
Lost River (April 10)
Ryan Gosling gets behind the camera for this
dark fairy tale that follows a single mother’s
(Christina Hendricks)
quest to save her family.
Paul Haggis, director of the Best Picture-winner “Crash,” discusses his experience as a
former Scientologist. He has received a number of threats since leaving the organization.
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`Weekend
`
Warrior
`First
`
draft
True nirvana
over state lines
By Kameron Spaulding
B
eep beep! The Two Roads
Beer Bus is headed your way,
full of delicious Two Roads
Brewing refreshment in the
form of four different canned styles of
beer.
Favorites like Ol’Factory Pils, Honeyspot Road White IPA and Lil Heaven
Session IPA will be along for the ride as
well as a special guest riding shotgun:
A rotating Two Roads seasonal offering.
Two Roads is starting the delicious
journey with their spring seasonal, Rye
95.
This beer is an intensely fruity rye
tripel blonde ale that has been canned
for the Beer Bus.
Every three months, another seasonal can will get picked up by the bus:
Road Jam Raspberry Wheat Ale with
Lemongrass in the summer, Roadsmary’s Baby Rum Barrel-aged Pumpkin
Ale in the fall and Route of all Evil
Black Ale in the winter.
Be on the lookout for this bus, roll-
ing into all Two Roads markets soon!
Two Roads opened its doors in
December 2012 having earlier acquired
and renovated a 100-year-old vacant,
brick factory building in Stratford Ct. Its name and philosophy are inspired
by the Robert Frost Poem “The Road
Less Taken”—a philosophy brought
to life in the beers they create using
state-of-the-art brewing and packaging
equipment.
The news of a new local traveling
beer, the Brewers Association (BA), the
trade association representing small and
independent American craft brewers,
today released 2014 data on U.S. craft
brewing growth. For the first-time ever,
craft brewers reached double-digit (11
percent) volume share of the marketplace.
In 2014, craft brewers produced
22.2 million barrels, and saw an 18
percent rise in volume and a 22 percent
increase in retail dollar value. Retail
dollar value was estimated at $19.6
billion representing 19.3 percent market
share.
With that kind of growth there will
only be even more great beers for us
all to jump into for years to come. The
craft market has long tried to break 10
percent, so this really is the fall of that
Berlin Wall.
As the winter breaks, you
can finally drink outdoors!
I
It finally happened. It would almost
seem like spring and maybe, just
maybe, someday even summer on the
way for the Berkshires. There is nothing better than drinking in warm weather
outside and under the sun!
South County
1. Gypsy Jive
38 Bridge Street, Great Barrington
413.644.8928
If you are
yearning for
glory days
of arcade
gaming, or
just looking
for some fun while out on the town, check
out the Gypsy Jive in Great Barrington.
The latest effort from the folks at the Gypsy
Joynt, the Jive is part bar, part arcade, and
all fun. It sports two pool tables, an air
hockey table, Skeeball, a ping pong table
and about a dozen arcade machines with everything from Marvel v. Capcom to Crusin
World. They boast a healthy beer selection
with across-the-beer spectrum with local
favorites Big Elm available as well as a full
menu for both restaurant quality meals, to
tapas for the late evening munchies.
2. Michaels
5 Elm St, Stockbridge
413.298.3530
Custom Tees While You Wait!
Conveniently Located
In The Berkshire Mall
Save money! See us for youth leagues
and school fundraisers!
Berkshire Mall, Lanesborough, MA
413-499-1890 • www.peacetraintees.com
Mon-Sat 10 am to 9 pm and Sun 11-6
peacetraintees@gmail.com
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Show off your pipes with a night of karaoke
at Michals in
Stockbridge.
With hundreds
of songs and
artists to
choose from
you’ll be sure to belt out hits from your
favorite artists at this incredibly entertaining
spot in the Berkshires. If singing isn’t your
thing, not to worry, Michaels has a fully
stocked bar with domestic and imported
selections including Berkshire Brewery
on tap. When it’s game time, watch your
team on one of their 4 HD TVs including a
new 65” to see every bone-crushing hit and
mammoth home run. Michaels also has a
full lunch and dinner menu for great dining
and a late night dining options.
3. Moe’s
25 Frank P Consolati Way, Lee
Moe’s Tavern has been recognized by The
New York
Times as being
an essential,
down-to-earth
destination in
the Berkshires.
Moe’s Tavern
T HE B ERKSHIRES O WN
receives in many seasonal brews, making Moe’s one of the most unique bars in
Berkshire County.
Known for beer, Moe’s promises to keep
the tap list updated and encourages you
to follow Moe’s on your favorite social
media outlet for specials, events and tap list
updates.
central county
1. Thistle & Mirth
44 West St, Pittsfield
413.344.4335
If you have
around $5 in
your pocket,
then head
over to Thistle
and Mirth.
They always have a wide selection of great
draft beers on tap for only five bucks. The
whole place just has the feel of the kind of
place you can do some real drinking, (think
Moe’s in Lee but with a full bar and that
Pittsfield charm). In the first year the place
has been open it has quickly caught on as a
local beer drinkers’ haven and can draw a
pretty good crowd on a Friday or Saturday
night. The fact that it is a beer joint that has
a full bar means that you can even bring
along those non-brew drinkers in yourk
crowd, a nice touch.
2. Sideline Saloon
434 Fenn St, Pittsfield
413.499.7337
It’s not
every day in
America that
a bar boasts so
much about
winning a bar
soccer league. The fact that Sideline does
makes me think these guys are like those
crazy English drunk fans you read about,
and I love it. I mean, they still proudly say
that the undefeated 2009 Sideline Saloonatics Men’s Soccer team is in the Summer
Soccer League’s regular season.
north county
1. PUBLIC
34 Holden St, North Adams
413.664.4444
You look like
a man who
parties with a
touch of class.
Late night,
PUBLIC hosts
occasional performances by local and traveling musicians of varying styles, showcasing
everything from contemporary acoustic covers to high energy jazz and classic blues.
Latest CD
Departure
Listen at tbonedaddytrio.com
Available on itunes
and at Wood Bros. Music
5 Cheshire Rd., Pittsfield, MA
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Èat
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Red Lion Inn
builds local tasting tour
Breakfast Served All Day
Daily Specials
Vegetarian Menu
Goal is to showcase
Berkshire food scene
By Rick Forbes
T
he Red Lion Inn, in partnership
with Berkshire Farm & Table
and Find.Eat.Drink, produced a
series of engaging contemporary
videos aimed at the food tourism market to bring attention to the modern-day
farm-to-table movement taking place in
the Berkshires of western Massachusetts.
On March 13, the inn released a fourminute film entitled ‘The New Berkshires
Food Scene: The Red Lion Inn-sider’s Guide’
which features executive chef Brian Alberg
and visits to many of the best new food
stops within a 20-minute drive of the inn.
The Red Lion Inn purchases more
than $650,000 in local food and beverages annually and is one of the leaders
in the region’s local food movement.
Their commitment to the food community
is expanding in tandem with the growth of their
restaurants including Eat Kitchen and Bar in
Pittsfield, scheduled to open in May of 2015.
Farm-to table has deep roots in the
Berkshires. Chefs have been partnering
with farmers and food makers for more
than three decades and many businesses
have a strong focus on sourcing locally.
‘The New Berkshires’video tells the story
of newcomers to the region’s food scene.
The film can be viewed at
https://vimeo.com/121481106.
The film debuted as part of a promotion
with Edible Manhattan/Brooklyn/East End
reaching 23,000 opt-in subscribers. A story that captures the attention
of the viewer through local food experiences,
the film is the first in a series of promotions
featuring culinary travel in the region.
The concept for the video is a collaboration
among The Red Lion Inn, Berkshire Farm &
Table, an organization promoting the region’s
food culture, and FED Guides, by Find. Eat.
Drink., an online guide which showcases whereto-eat and what-to-do tips from star chefs,
bartenders and sommeliers around the world.
With 24-hour itineraries, an award-winning iPhone app, and on-location travel videos,
FED Guides pinpoints the best restaurants,
bars, coffee shops and markets for travelers.
As a tie-in to the video, the inn recommends
self-guidedTasteTours forfood loversto explore
at their leisure and enjoy throughout the seasons.
Guests can take part in a variety of complimentary or low-cost tastings ranging from charcuterie and beer to coffee and spirits. Good food in the Berkshires is available year-round and the selected foodmakers and farms represent the authentic local
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1245 West Housatonic St.
Route 20, Pittsfield
413.442.3567
Mon-Fri 6:30am-2:30pm
Sat 7am-2:30pm • Sun 7am-1:30pm
Call
Ahead for
Convenience
Monday thru Saturday 9:30 am – 7:30 pm • Closed Sunday
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Full Deli Board Menu
Fresh Soups & Salads
Store Roasted Deli Meats
Fresh Prepared Deli Salads
Party Platters, Sandwich Trays & Catering
Chef Prepared “Grab & Go” Entrees & Soups
• Tanglewood Baskets •
Taking orders for Pies, Cheesecakes, Happy Cakes & More!
Visit us online at www.MartyAndJims.com
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Chef Brian Alberg has been a driving force in promoting the local food scene in the Berkshires and using it as a draw for tourism
from NYC and Boston.
food movement this is taking place here.
The Red Lion Inn’s Taste Tours include
The Meat Market in Great Barrington, a locally sourced, nose-to-tail butcher shop and
café; Big Elm Brewing in Sheffield featuring
five main beers and inspired seasonal styles;
Berkshire Mountain Distillers in Sheffield,
one of the founding members of the craft
distiller movement and the Berkshires’ first
legal distillery since Prohibition and Six Depot
Roastery & Café in West Stockbridge, located
in the oldest train station in the Berkshires.
For Taste Tour details, visit www.
redlioninn.com/chefs-tasting-tour/.
To extend the local food experience, the inn has created a special Local Maker ’s Tasting Menu.
Guests can savor Berkshire terroir on the chef’s exclusive menu, designed to highlight Berkshire makers
who are featured on the Taste Tours.
The three-course, prix-fixe Local Maker’s
Tasting Menu is available during dinner hours
with the exception of Saturdays and holidays.
The menu is chef’s choice and will
consist of ingredients from the Taste Tour
plus other local growers and produc-
ers with a vegetarian option available.
The price for the three-course
meal is $50 per person and does not
include beverages, tax or gratuity.
Guests can reserve a table for this special
tasting menu in The Red Lion Inn dining room
by calling 413.298.5545 or visiting OpenTable.
Guests should indicate interest in the special menu on the OpenTable “Add a Special Request” section.
For more information, visit redlioninn.
com. Follow RLI on Facebook, Twitter
and Instagram. For information on chef
Brian Alberg, check out his bio or follow
him on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
The fifth annual Ramp Fest will take place
on Saturday, May 2 from 12 to 4 p.m. at
Basilica Hudson, located at 110 S. Front
Street. This gastronomic event will celebrate the ramp, a wild onion coveted by
chefs and diners alike for its strong garlicky aroma and pungent flavor. A spring
delicacy that is abundant and forageable
Ramp Fest Returns
in the Hudson Valley, the ramp will be at
the center of original dishes created by
innovative chefs from upstate New York
and the big city.
Ramp Fest will return to Basilica
Hudson, a 19th century reclaimed industrial factory turned festival space. This
year is a formal collaboration between
festival organizers and Basilica Hudson,
expanding the vision of the event to bring
renewed focus to sustainable agriculture,
community, and energy, a hallmark of past
events and central to Basilica Hudson’s
mission. A panel on the interconnectedness of these topics will take place during
the afternoon.
Attendees will have the opportunity
to indulge in ramp dishes by participating restaurants, a perfect introduction
to the Hudson Valley’s farm-to-table
foodie culture. Beer and wine will be
available for purchase from Basilica’s
bar, and the festival will be accompanied by live music by local rockabilly/
honky-tonk band Chops and Sauerkraut.
For more information rampfesthudson.
com.
49 Railroad St., Great Barrington
www.StaaxBurgers.com
Open 5-9 PM Thu-Sun • 413-528-5455
LOCATED INSIDE
RESTAURANT
The Best
Breakfast In
The Berkshires!
Wings • Pasta • Soups • Sandwiches • Salads
Steak • Chicken • Veal • Pasta • Seafood
Full Bar & Several Beers On Tap • Gift Certificates Available
ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE
4/3: Kolin Koslowski & Mike Clark
4/4: Patrick Gray
4/8: Glenn & Vinnie
4/9: Norm Schaffer
4/10: Jack Welheim
4/11: Dan Gingras
4/15: Glenn & Vinnie
4/16: Trivia
4/17: Malibu Brothers
4/18: Pete Boyd
4/22: Glenn & Vinnie
4/23: Jeff Martel
4/24: Erin Laundry
4/25: Rev Tor
4/29: Ted Murray Jazz Band
4/30: Trivia
5/1: Patrick Gray
5/2: Code Blue
370 Pecks Rd., Pittsfield • (413) 236-5727
Open Daily 11 am - Midnight
•
Breakfast Served All Day
Lunch Served From 11:30
•
Open 6 am – 3 pm
49 Railroad Street,
Great Barrington, MA
413-528-5455
ENTERTAINMENT
ON WEDNESDAYS
FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS
A elada
locally crafted frozen yogurt
Our frozen yogurt is made daily, on-site,
with local dairy and fresh ingredients.
Wednesday April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Peter Primamore Group | 7:30 pm
Friday April 3, 10, 17, 24, May 1
Blue Light Trio | 7:30 pm
Saturday April 4, 18
Wendy Walz & Jim Dignum | 7:30 pm
Sunday April 5
Easter Sunday Brunch Buffet
Saturday May 2
Todd McLeod of Bluesberry Jam | 7:30 pm
NEVER A COVER CHARGE!
505 East Street, Pittsfield, MA
413.344.4126 • ayelada.com
OPEN 7 DAYS • EAT IN OR TAKE OUT • ONLINE ORDERING • SUNDAY BRUNCH BUFFET 11-3
www.dinerainbow.com • (413) 443-0002 or (413) 443-0004
109 First Street, Pittsfield, MA
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Drivers Wanted
ènjoy
`
the view
Full Time & Part Time wheelchair van and sedan drivers. Must be able to
work varied shifts, early mornings, weekends, etc. 6 positions part time
Deadlines
morning & afternoon runs. Drivers must be• 21
years of age with more than
15thdrug
of thetesting
month before
that
month’s issue
3 years of driving experience. CORI check and
for all
applicants.
• Submitting
your
New starting rates and benefits. Retirees
welcome
toad
apply!
Classifieds413-528-5380 Ext. 38
Have a view worth sharing? Send your
view(s) to enjoy@berkshireview.com
To place your classified ad(s), please call
YOUR CONNECTION TO BERKSHIRE County buyers & sellers
Fax: 413-528-9449 • Email: berkads@bcn.net
`help
`
wanted
Are you looking for a rewarding,
fulfilling career?
Do you want to make a
difference in the lives of others?
Berkshire Meadows
Justice Resource Institute
has the career for you.
Career Opportunity
Registered Nurses
Housatonic, MA
Requirements: Mass RN license
and valid driver’s license
Acceptable CORI (Criminal
Offender Record Information)
background check required.
**Sign on now and
have near perfect
attendance for 6
months and receive
a 32 inch TV.
The Harlem Globetrotters brought their patented basketball shenanigans to the Boys & Girls Club of Pittsfield on March 26.
james grady
Justice
Resource Institute
**Sign on now and have near perfect attendance
for 6 months and receive a 32 inch TV.
Berkshire Meadows
Berkshire Meadows
Acceptable CORI (Criminal
Offender Record Information)
background check required.
Maintain a valid driver’s license
and ability to operate a
passenger van.
Available to work evenings, holidays,
weekend shifts as necessary.
Enjoy a positive workplace with opportunities for advancement.
Eligible employees can take advantage of an excellent benefits package
including
x
x
x
x
x
Health
Dental
401k
Company sponsored pension plan
Tuition Reimbursement, etc…
Shift:
• 7AM – 3PM
• 3PM – 11PM
• 11PM – 7AM
Starting Rate:
Send resume to:
Berkshire Works, Front Desk, Mechanics
160 North St., Pittsfield, MA 01201
or online at businessteam2@berkshireworks.org
Subject line: Mechanics
Drivers Wanted
Full Time & Part Time wheelchair van and sedan drivers. Must be able to
work varied shifts, early mornings, weekends, etc. 6 positions part time
morning & afternoon runs. Drivers must be 21 years of age with more than
3 years of driving experience. CORI check and drug testing for all applicants.
New starting rates and benefits. Retirees welcome to apply!
including
including
x Health
x Dental
Health
x 401k
Dental sponsored pension plan
x Company
401k Reimbursement, etc…
x Tuition
x Company sponsored pension plan
Apply:
x Tuition Reimbursement, etc…
9
Apply:
9
9
9
$12.40/hr
9
9
Apply in person at 249 North Plain Road (Rt. 41), Housatonic
Email:
khodgkins@jri.org
Learn more
about our dynamic programs at www.jri.org
Mechanics Wanted
Experienced with their own tools. Must be experienced in multiple makes
and models of vehicles. Full time. Work schedule is Monday–Friday day shift,
and Saturday morning for 3 to 4 hours. Must pass CORI and drug tests.
Top pay for the right experience!
NOW HIRING
Learn more about our dynamic programs at www.jri.org
76 North Street, Pittsfield, MA 1201
Apply directly online at
www.unitedpersonnel.com
or call 413-449-5050 for more information.
BERKSHIRE
Learn more about our dynamic programs at www.jri.org
`real
`
estate
Apply Within:
18 Oaks Street, Pittsfield, MA
Monday–Friday 8–4
Send resume to:
Berkshire Works, Front Desk, Mechanics
160 North St., Pittsfield, MA 01201
or online at businessteam2@berkshireworks.org
Subject line: Mechanics
Fax your resume to Keelin at 413.528.0293,
Apply in person at 249 North Plain Road (Rt. 41), Housatonic
Email:
Fax
yourkhodgkins@jri.org
resume to Keelin at 413.528.0293,
Apply:
9 Fax your resume to Keelin at 413.528.0293,
9 Apply in person at 249 North Plain Road (Rt. 41), Housatonic
9 Email: khodgkins@jri.org
Mechanics Wanted
Experienced with their own tools. Must be experienced in multiple makes
and models of vehicles. Full time. Work schedule is Monday–Friday day shift,
and Saturday morning for 3 to 4 hours. Must pass CORI and drug tests.
Top pay for the right experience!
Justice Resource Institute
Direct Care Staff at our
Berkshire Meadows program
work with our students to
teach them the skills they
need for lifelong success.
This includes vocational
skills, academic skills, stress
management skills, and
competency skills. Residential
counselors also work with our
students to help them
experience fun.
Experience with children or
adolescents in a residential or
educational setting.
Part time nurse 24 hrs with benefits
Per Diem - all shifts - $33/hr
fulfilling career?
fulfilling career?
Requirements: Bachelor’s degree
in Psychology, Social Work or related field preferred. High School
Diploma or equivalent required.
Berkshire Meadows is a
residential facility for children
and adults with severe
intellectual disabilities and
complex medical problems.
We are currently seeking RNs
to join our team of caring
professionals on the weekend
and overnight shifts and on a
Per Diem basis for all shifts.
Part time overnight nurse every other weekend
10 PM to 6 AM
EMAIL: berkads@bcn.net
Apply Within:
FAX: Fax copy to 413-528-9449
18 Oaks Street, Pittsfield,
MA
MAIL: P.O. Box 868, Great Barrington, MA 01230
Monday–Friday 8–4
The berkshires’ alternative newspaper
wheeler & taylor realty company
sheffield
$285,000
#00026
Wheeler & Taylor
413-528-1006
413-298-3786
great barrington
$385,000
Commercial #00853
Wheeler & Taylor
413-528-1006
413-298-3786
great barrington
$495,000
Commmercial #00575
Wheeler & Taylor
413-528-1006
413-298-3786
sheffield
$109,000
Commercial #00324
Wheeler & Taylor
413-528-1006
413-298-3786
sheffield
$120,000
#00018
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413-528-1006
413-298-3786
stockbridge
$295,000
#00021
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413-528-1006
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middlefield
$325,000
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413-528-1006
413-298-3786
great barrington
$99,000
#00857
Wheeler & Taylor
413-528-1006
413-298-3786
barnbrook realty
alford
$1,490,000
MLS #206252
Barnbrook Realty
413-528-4423
barnbrookrealty.com
new marlborough
$599,000
MLS #208734
Barnbrook Realty
413-528-4423
barnbrookrealty.com
new marlborough
$950,000
MLS #205404
Barnbrook Realty
413-528-4423
barnbrookrealty.com
stockbridge
$950,000
MLS #207267
Barnbrook Realty
413-528-4423
barnbrookrealty.com
wm. brockman real estate
Tyringham
$1,500,000
Colonial-era farm
Wm. Brockman Real Estate
413-528-4859
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monterey
$310,000
2008 private home
413-528-4859
great barrington
$729,000
Beautiful contemporary
413-528-4859
monterey
$275,000
Antique colonial
413-528-4859
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home
entertainment
home entertainment
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