en News 15 Thursday, Nov. 05]]> By Kate Abbott, Berkshires Week Thursday, Nov. 05 PITTSFIELD -- After climbing a few stairs and entering Xicoh's Express, your side of the counter consists only of a tiny room in which to stand and a few menus. ]]> By Seth Brown, Special to The Eagle Thursday, Nov. 05]]> By Kate Abbott, Berkshires Week Thursday, Nov. 05]]> By Sharon Smullen, Special to The Eagle Thursday, Nov. 05 WILLIAMSTOWN -- When high-ranking Zimbabwean mbira player Forward Kwenda absorbs himself in playing his instrument, the results can be blindingly electric. ]]> By Eli Jace Bulno, Special to the Eagle Thursday, Nov. 05 NORTH ADAMS -- "I will tell them that Rwanda's genocide did not happen in a vacuum -- that it did not just come out of nowhere," said Paul Rusesabagina, just touching down from his transatlantic flight.]]> By Ronald Baker, Special to The Eagle Thursday, Oct. 29 NORTH ADAMS - When it's time for Mark and Renee Lapier of North Adams to go to work, they make the commute across the street - to Big Shirl's Kitchen, the restaurant that they opened in June.]]> By Seth Brown, Special to The Eagle Thursday, Oct. 29 It's the time of year for ghosts and goblins and angels and demons.]]> By Neil Benjamin, New England Newspapers Thursday, Oct. 29 The stage is set at Pittsfield's gilded palace, the Colonial Theatre, for a return of last year's acclaimed Ballets Metropolis production of Dracula, just in time for Halloween. ]]> By Sharon Smullen, Berkshires Week Thursday, Oct. 29]]> Berkshire Eagle Staff Thursday, Oct. 29 Who: Rickie Lee Jones ]]> Berkshires Week Thursday, Oct. 29 LENOX - "For the ghost should never be allowed to forget that his only chance of survival is in the tale of those who have encountered him," wrote Edith Wharton, writer of novels and ghost stories.]]> Berkshires Week Thursday, Oct. 29 Kevin Kline drapes himself along the boom, slicing rigging with a rapier. ]]> By Kate Abbott, Berkshire Eagle Staff Thursday, Oct. 29 Along the Berkshire trail, better known as U.S. Route 9, between Cummington and Goshen Center, is a small barn just west of the George D. Judd and Sons Property of 'Goshen Stone' fame.]]> By Thom Smith, Special to The Eagle