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EYES TO THE SKY: Choose with open eyes – will you see a total or partial...
June 26 – July 9, 2017 Mount Washington — Everyone in the United States will experience, at minimum, a partial eclipse of the Sun on August 21, 2017. In previous “Eyes to the Sky” columns, I introduced...
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EYES TO THE SKY: Imbibe the summer Sun, the sunrise moon
July 10 – 23, 2017 Meteorological versus astronomical summer. Image courtesy NASA Mount Washington — Hold on! Hold on to the Sun! In the weeks since the summer solstice, the northeast has been...
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United Way grant for Flying Cloud a ‘dream come true’ for educating young...
New Marlborough — It’s summer at Flying Cloud Institute, and the more than-200-acre campus where chemist-turned-ceramicist Jane Burke first engaged local youth in art and science programs more than 30...
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EYES TO THE SKY: Twilight planets, summer stars, waxing moon; midnight meteors
July 24 – August 6, 2017 Mount Washington — Open the door, step into the gentle air where fireflies lift, dip and blink to the bullfrog’s bellow and grey frog’s trill under a soft blue sky. About half...
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EYES TO THE SKY: Full Green Corn Moon tonight, planet Venus mornings, Perseids
August 7 – 20, 2017 “In astronomy, a syzygy (…from the Ancient Greek …. suzugos meaning “yoked together”) is a straight-line configuration of three celestial bodies in a gravitational system.”...
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Project Connection winds up program providing food for Berkshire Hills families
Great Barrington — The halls of Muddy Brook Elementary School are quieter now that the summer 2017 portion of Project Connection, the school’s federally funded out-of-school-time program, is over, but...
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EYES TO THE SKY: TODAY The Great American Eclipse, 1:23 p.m. – 3:57 p.m.,...
August 21 – September 3, 2017 NEVER look directly at the Sun with your naked eyes! Specialized solar filter required! Mount Washington — At about 1:15 p.m., go outdoors to check for clear skies and to...
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STEAM Team summer camp: Art, dance, science take flight for elementary school...
Pittsfield — Hope Sullivan departed in August from her post as Executive Director of IS 183 Art School of the Berkshires — to head up Spruce Peak Performing Arts Foundation in Stowe, Vermont — but...
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EYES TO THE SKY: Full Corn Moon, Sirius the Dog Star harbinger of autumn
September 4 – 17, 2017 Mount Washington — A nearly full moon rises in the east-southeast this evening at 6:41 p.m. Tomorrow’s moonrise at 7:15 p.m. is synchronized with sunset at 7:20 p.m. on the...
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EYES TO THE SKY: New season, new moon – crescent moon cues the planets
Mount Washington — The season began to change slowly then picked up speed; darkness falls early. Summer’s longest days and shortest nights have edged to equal daylight and darkness. The Autumnal...
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Simon’s Rock volunteers work with local organizations for day of service
Great Barrington — If you saw a group of red shirts along the highway, or in Mason Library, or along the River Walk in Great Barrington Friday, you saw Bard College at Simon’s Rock students, faculty,...
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EYES TO THE SKY: International Space Station in our skies, testament to...
October 2 – 15, 2017 Mount Washington — The International Space Station, a research satellite that orbits planet Earth with astronaut scientists aboard, appears as a brilliant star-like object moving...
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Paul Taylor Dance at Muddy Brook Elementary School, in partnership with The...
Great Barrington — On a recent afternoon, 30 third-grade students at Muddy Brook elementary were actively engaged in making connections with the world around them despite their school’s seemingly...
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EYES TO THE SKY: Autumn stars, new moon 19th, Orionids peak 21st
October 16 – 29, 2017 Let the moon guide your eye to the planets Venus and Mars on the mornings of Oct. 16, 17 and 18. Look east. Image courtesy EarthSky.org Mount Washington — We’re coming up on the...
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Annual Halloween window painting brings student artists to downtown Great...
Robin Helfand, owner of Robin’s Candy, helps ninth-grader Charity Loy with her painting. Photo: Terry Cowgill Great Barrington — It’s an unusual sight to be sure. But this time of year, those of us...
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EYES TO THE SKY: Arcturus ghost; cross-quarter day; EST on the 5th
October 30 – November 12, 2017 November 2, 3, 4. Image courtesy earthsky.org Mount Washington — On the wheel of the year, four astronomical events are pivotal: the fall and spring equinoxes and the...
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EYES TO THE SKY: Stargazing starts at 5 p.m. Turn down the house lights!
November 13 – 26, 2017 Mount Washington — Make it a habit, teach it to the young: lift your eyes to the sky and linger there a moment whenever you go outdoors. Whether to take a breath of fresh air or...
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2017 Fall Festival of Shakespeare
Shakespeare & Company to host Fall Festival of Shakespeare Lenox — Hundreds of teenagers from 10 different high schools will take to the stage at Shakespeare & Company Thursday, Nov. 16,...
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EYES TO THE SKY: Allure of winter stars, Perigean Full Moon
November 27 – December 10, 2017 Constellation Auriga as depicted in a set of constellation cards published in London c.1825. Image via Wikimedia Commons Mount Washington — Our Sun sets in the...
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Undefeated Mt. Everett Middle School robotics team earns trip to regional...
Sheffield — Rumor has it that the Mt. Everett Robotics program needs a new trophy case. On Saturday (December 2), the Middle School VEX Robotics team traveled to the first regional qualifier event of...
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