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Professor Asma Abbas teaches politics and philosophy at Bard College at Simon's Rock.
Professor Asma Abbas
Community

Professor Asma Abbas finds strength in curiosity

April 12, 2023
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Professor Asma Abbas talks about her life and experience in many ways, in philosophy and theory and listening silence.

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Steve Robinson looks out over his family's land at Sunny Banks Ranch in Becket. Press photo courtesy of the Eagle
Photo by Caroline Bonnivier Snyder
Berkshire Mosaic

Sunny Banks Ranch keeps visions alive

March 1, 2023
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Bill Robinson and his son, Steve, work a 200-acre ranch in Becket. Clad in thick rubber boots, jeans and a plaid shirt, Steve was outside working near the stables and looked every bit the part of a cowboy.

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Poinsettias glow in the greenhouse at Naumkeag in Winterlights.
Photo by Kate Abbott
Berkshire Mosaic

La Navidadeña honors Mary’s travels

December 21, 2022
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For nine days before Christmas, throughout Latin America, families are celebrating la novena navidadeña — the travels of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem.

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Satyana Ananda stands in the wintr fields beside a stone cairn at Starseed, her sanctuary in Savoy.
Photo by Siobhan Connally
Berkshire Mosaic

Starseed sanctuary in Savoy sows light

December 16, 2022
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Satyana Ananda knows that sometimes after destruction, light returns. Sometimes a terrible thing can end in a miracle. Transformation is part of her mission as director of the Starseed Sanctuary.

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MaConnia Chesser and Bryce Michael Wood rehearse King Lear at Shakespeare & Company. Press photo courtesy of the theater.
Photo by Katie McKellick
Theater

Theatre and art leaders commit to change

July 15, 2021
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As the theatre season is reopening in the Berkshires, more than 30 arts and theatre organizations gathered with MCLA (in a virtual event) to talk with two nationally renowned theatre makers.

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Rabbi Josh Breindel of Temple Anshe Amunim. Photo courtesy of the Berkshire Eagle
Photo by Ben Garver
Community

Passover brings renewal and a call to action

March 24, 2021
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He remembers the smell of lemon-scented furniture polish. It was the day in spring when his family would open all the windows and rub down the wood. Family was coming for the holiday.

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Will Amado Syldor-Severino holds his three-week-old son, Abi.
Photo by Siobhan Connally
Community

Will Amado Syldor-Severino speaks to silence

February 12, 2021
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Will Amado Syldor-Severino, a senior fellow with Americorps Massachusetts Promise, is holding his three-week-old son, Abi, on a winter day, as he talks about diversity, his work with local teens and painful issues too often left unsaid.

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Mike Zabian tries on a tie and an orange vest at Zabian's, his family business in Lee. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Photo by Siobhan Connally
Community

Zabian family builds businesses and trust on Main Street

January 27, 2021
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Mike Zabian cuts a striking figure as he strolls in front of the Main Street building that bears his name, wearing dark gray slacks and an orange wool sweater-vest, smiling at people passing by.

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Michael Zippel and Oskar Hallig have opened a shop for Berkshire-themed gift boxes at Only in My Dreams in South Egremont.
Michael Zippel and Oskar Hallig
Winter holidays

Only in My Dreams gives the Berkshires in a package

December 15, 2020
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Imagine fresh coffee, or tea and honey, coming to you as a gentle surprise. Oskar Hallig and his husband, Michael Zippel, have evolved Only in My Dreams in the pandemic to offer locally sourced gift boxes and care packages.

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Patricia Cambi, seated, Maria Soria, standing at left, and Rocio Chavez share memories from their childhood homes. Photo runs here with permission from the Berkshire Eagle.
Photo by Caroline Bonnivier Snyder
History

Peace and passion: Holy Week in a Latina community

November 4, 2020
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Maria Soria from Ambato in Ecuador, Lucia Quizhpi from Deleg in Ecuador, and Gabriela Cruz from Oaxaca in Mexico, came to Multicultural Bridge in Housatonic to talk about La Semana Santa, Holy Week, in the places where they were born.

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