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The Milne Public Library to offer TV Studio Workshop Magic for kids during Spring Break in the Berkshires

April 12, 2013
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WILLIAMSTOWN — It’s Lights, Camera, Action for kids in Berkshire County this April School Break at the Milne Public Library in Williastown when it hosts a Green Screen workshop at the WilliNet studio. The workshop for kids in grades three through six will run April 16, 17 and 18, from 10 a.m.-noon. During this 3-day workshop…

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Project Native 3rd annual Environmental Film Festival set for April 7

March 29, 2013
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GREAT BARRINGTON — Kids are never too young to learn about taking care of the environment and on Sunday, April 7, Project Native’s Third Annual Environmental Film Festival has something for the whole family. Screening at the Triplex Cinema in Great Barrington, the daylong festival will include films on a variety of topics, from 90-minute features to…

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PHOTO GALLERY: Local high school students and IS183 present ‘Luminate’

March 28, 2013
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PITTSFIELD — Students from Pittsfield and Taconic high schools were on hand at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts last Thursday, March 21, to celebrate the culmination of IS183′s new “Luminate: Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum Through Art” program … and guess who was on hand to catch it with her lense? If you guessed Berkshire Family…

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‘Luminate’ student artwork, exhibited at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts in Pittsfield

March 28, 2013
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PITTSFIELD — Last Thursday, March 21, marked a very special occasion for several area high school art students, their mentors, IS183 and the Berkshire County arts community at large.  For 20 weeks, art students from Taconic and Pittsfield High School worked with regional arts professionals in a new after-school project, “Luminate: Exploring the Electromagnetic Spectrum Through…

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The Invention of Hugo Cabret screening creator and author come to the Berkshires

March 15, 2013
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GREAT BARRINGTON —  Train stations, 1930s France, French films, silent movies, automatons, George Melies — how in the world do you get 21st century kids tuned into those topics? That was the dilemna that faced author/illustrator Brian Selznick when he began writing his children’s novel “The Invention of Hugo Cabret.” “Brian had to make sure…

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24 HOUR GIVEAWAY: Family 4-pack of tix to Images Cinema’s International Family Film Series

March 14, 2013
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Party Mix 2012

WILLIAMSTOWN — Yup, it’s that time again. Images Cinema’s monthly installation of its International Family Fest ““Party Mix 2012,”  a collection of hilarious, heartfelt and beautiful short films around the world from the New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival, including festival award-winners and audience favorites, will screen this Saturday, March 16, at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.…

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Fresh Fest: Lessons for Berkshire families about the future of food

March 7, 2013
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WILLIAMSTOWN – Sometimes, films can be more than moving pictures. They can spark a discussion, stir an emotion or create inspiration. This Saturday and Sunday in the Berkshires, Images Cinema is partnering with Williams College’s Sustainable Food & Agriculture Program to present four films that hope to accomplish all of the above when they are…

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Oscar Party at Images Cinema Feb. 24

February 22, 2013
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WILLIAMSTOWN — It’s time to roll out the red carpet and get ready for the Oscars in the Berkshires with Images Cinema’s Oscar Party, this Sunday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. Patrons to the Williamstown theater will enjoy the Oscars Award Ceremony on the big screen with emcee Eric Kerns; a red carpet commentary with…

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February installation of MASS MoCA’s ‘Compete’ series to screen Thursday, Feb. 21

February 19, 2013
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NORTH ADAMS — Each month throughout the winter and spring season in the Berkshires MASS MoCA will screen inspiring documentary films as part of its “Compete!” series. Films are screened on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. in the museum’s Club B-10, with this week’s feature being the chess documentary “Brooklyn Castle.” As much about the sting of…

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Berkshire Family Focus 5 Days of 24 Hour Giveaways — Animagic, museum of animation and special effects

February 16, 2013
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LEE — So we promised you five days of 24-Hour Berkshire Family Focus Vacation Week Giveaways, but we didn’t tell you which three days … OK, they were actually supposed to run Monday through Friday, but there was a glitch so you are getting the last giveaway today, but it’s a good one — we…

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