The governor’s announcement this week allows some local places to begin to reopen, and it raises questions for all of us as. And as I talk with you about the community, it raises questions for me.
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Art in her hands at International Women’s Day — By the Way column
Women known around the world in art and music have come to the Berkshires, and we remember them as Women’s History Month honors International Women’s Day.
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A manifesto for Martin Luther King Jr. Day (By the Way column)
A friend of mine created a workshop where people could build manifestos. A manifesto is a public declaration of intention — in other words: I have a dream.
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Marchers fill the street at the Four Freedoms Rally (By the Way column)
We are standing in a crowd outside the First Church of Christ in Park Square. I have never seen so many people in downtown Pittsfield outside of a street festival … On a Saturday afternoon in January 2017, some 2,000 people marched up North Street in a rally with the Four Freedoms Coalition.
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Standing together: Thoughts before the electoral vote — By the Way column
Since the election, I have been trying to think. Like many people I love, I am afraid for the country I live in, and I’m afraid for people I love.
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Looking for light on long nights in the mountains (By the Way column)
This is an unusual holiday season. For some of us, looking out at a divided country, it is difficult to know how to face the end of this year and the beginning of the next.
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