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      <title><![CDATA[Berkshires Week]]></title>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ghetto Tango revives: Ahavath Sholom brings music from the Holocaust to the Mahaiwe]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The first verse of Yiddish lullaby "Makh Tsu Di Eygelekh" ("Close Your Eyes") is mournfully beautiful: "Now close your little eyes/Soon little birds will fly/In circles everywhere/They'll flutter by your bed/Your head upon your hand/The house in ash and sand/We leave, my darling child/In search of life." ]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Brian Mastroianni, Berkshire Eagle Staff</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 17 May 2013 16:51:28 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Kate Abbott: Beginnings and endings this summer]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[With sadness, I have to let you all know that the Daylights column in today's Berkshires Week will be our last. Sharon Smullen will be here, writing for us often -- I'm not letting her go, believe me.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Kate Abbott, Berkshires Week Editor</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 14:42:57 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Napoleon's army will ride again in Austerlitz]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Old Austerlitz: Defy the laws of physics and travel back in time from the village of Old Austerlitz in Columbia County, N.Y.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Sharon Smullen, Special to The Eagle</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 10:09:41 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Time machine to an odd future: Bennington Museum shows Steampunk]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[In the second half of the 19th century, the Victorians took decorative arts to the extreme, adorning their crazy quilts, shadow boxes, wreaths and more with intricate patterns incorporating elements of nature: insects, wax, feathers and even human hair.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Laura S. Marshall, Special to Berkshires Week</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 10:09:25 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[New Stage presents new play, 'The Jewish Jester,' in Stockbridge]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[New Stage Performing Arts presents "The Jewish Jester: A Fable with Music" by local New York Times bestselling author Daniel Klein, with original music by Jesse Putnam. ]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Berkshire Eagle Staff</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 9 May 2013 13:59:39 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Blossoms and blessings brighten Mother's Day]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Bartholomew's Cobble: What mother doesn't look forward to enjoying beautiful flowers on her special day?]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Sharon Smullen, Special to The Eagle</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 9 May 2013 13:56:49 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Kate Abbott: Collecting wildflowers on a Mother's Day walk]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Marsh marigolds are out by the hundreds at the edge of the pond, and the white blossoms are fully open a foot above my head -- the shad blow.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Kate Abbott, Berkshires Week Editor</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 9 May 2013 13:50:11 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Take me outside: Warm weather brings spring migrations]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[For the past several weeks I've been witnessing sights and sounds indicating that familiar friends are returning to our region. In spring, there will be many seasonal movements bringing birds back from warmer climates in search of a place to raise their young.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Ruth Smith, Special to The Eagle</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 9 May 2013 13:46:25 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[R.O. Blechman solo show to open at Norman Rockwell Museum]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[At 83 years old, illustrator and animator R.O. Blechman finds himself riding a new wave of recognition.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Sharon Smullen, Special to The Eagle</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 9 May 2013 13:42:31 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Tamarack Hollow to hold benefit Cinco de Mayo celebration]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Trio Candela Latin Ensemble and Blue Light Jazz Trio will perform at a benefit event for Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center, with a silent auction, local foods and wild edibles, a boreal forest slideshow and more.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Berkshire Eagle Staff</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 2 May 2013 12:03:33 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Find wildflowers at Field Farm in Williamstown]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Bloodroot, Winter aconite, Dog's tooth violet, trout lily -- what's blooming now?]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Berkshire Eagle staff</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 2 May 2013 12:02:49 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[IS183 will launch Art Lab pop-up galleries in Stockbridge]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[This May, IS183 Art School of the Berkshires and The Red Lion Inn will launch the Stockbridge Art Lab -- a series of "pop-up" galleries exhibiting the work of IS183's faculty artists, from Friday to June 3.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Berkshire Eagle Staff</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 2 May 2013 12:00:53 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Athletes of all kinds will stretch their legs]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Humane Race: Dogs of all breeds know the health benefits both for themselves and their humans of going for a run or brisk walk, and on Saturday they can join hundreds of kindred spirits at the 11th annual Humane Race in Williamstown.



Dogs of all breeds know the health benefits both for themselves and their humans of going for a run or]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Sharon Smullen, Special to The Eagle</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 2 May 2013 12:00:08 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Kate Abbott: Finding the warmth in Summer Previews]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Phoenixes are flying in the sun, Nikki Giovanni is reading her poetry aloud, Jeff Tweedy is tuning his guitar in the rain, Winslow Homer and Louisa May Alcott are walking down Mass. Ave. at night and talking about English fishing villages and Mount Monadnoc, and Mark Hewitt is feeding wood into a 40-foot-long Japanese-style kiln that holds pots four feet tall.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Kate Abbott, Berkshires Week Editor</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 2 May 2013 11:58:30 EDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Berkshire Greek families will celebrate Orthoox Easter on Sunday]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[George Cami remembers well the feeling of Easter joy as a child growing up in Greece -- the music, the dancing, the snitching of meat from the roasting lamb.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Siobhan Connally, Special to The Eagle</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 2 May 2013 11:57:41 EDT]]></pubDate>
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