Bard Microcollege

Bard Microcollege

Executive Director Anne Teschner and Education Director Ana Rodriguez from the Care Center in Holyoke discuss that organizations’ partnership creating Bard Microcollege. Bard Microcollege helps young women in poverty, including some single mothers, earn a...

Coming Up Wednesday, April 19

Off the Beaten Path: Housatonic Nestled in the shadow of the Berkshire town of Great Barrington lies the small village of Housatonic, along the river of the same name. A former bustling mill town, these days Housatonic is described by some residents as “the land that...

Coming Up Monday, April 17

Repealing the ACA and Fighting Opioid Addiction Dr. Peter Friedman, Chief Research Officer for Baystate Medical Center, discusses the negative impact he sees repealing the ACA having on the fight against opioid addiction. Libertas Academy Charter School The Libertas...
Coming Up Friday, April 14

Coming Up Friday, April 14

The State We’re In: Rep. Stephen Kulik on the House State Budget State Rep. Stephen Kulik (D– Worthington), Vice Chair of the House Ways and means Committee, discusses the just-released House version of 2018 Massachusetts State...
Off the Beaten Path: Skinnerville, MA

Off the Beaten Path: Skinnerville, MA

Connecting Point’s “Off The Beaten Path” continues with a look at Skinnerville, MA, a typical mill village of the mid-nineteenth century that was located along the banks of the Mill River near Williamsburg, Haydenville and Leeds. In 1874, a catastrophic event would...