Financial Literacy for Women

The financial literacy test score for women with at least a bachelor’s degree is just 47%, according to a TIME Business article who quoted Mahnaz Mahdavi, director of the Center for Women and Financial Independence at Smith College. An upcoming conference on April 4,...

Steampunk

Steampunk is an artistic and design subculture which combines science fiction, history, fantasy, and the Victorian era into a fanciful blend. The term originated during the early 1980s when Steampunk was used to describe a fantasy world where steam-powered machines...

Quadriplegic Poet

Laura Chagnon, from West Springfield, became the victim of a senseless assault in Boston in 1989. The result? She was in a 5-week coma only to awake quadriplegic, legally blind with a head injury. The next 4 years were spent in physical rehab facilities and she...

Coming Up Thursday, April 3

On the Road in Berkshire County: Arts & Culture Hancock Shaker Village curator Lesley Herzberg and Megan Whilden, Pittsfield Director of Cultural Development, discuss cultural affairs, tourism and the creative economy in Berkshire County. Pittsfield Arts &...

The Address

America’s Documentarian Ken Burns has been inspired by Greenwood School’s annual tradition of memorizing the Gettysburg Address.  As this year marks the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s famous speech, Ken decided to imbed a film crew and share this story of...

Wilbraham & Monson

Wilbraham & Monson Academy is sponsoring its second annual full-day academic conference, “The City,” on Friday, April 4, and Rodney LaBrecque, Head of School at Wilbraham & Monson Academy joins me to preview the day-long academic conference. Follow Wilbraham...

Coming Up Monday, March 31

On the Road in Berkshire County: Mayor Daniel Bianchi Pittsfield Mayor Daniel Bianchi will discuss the state of the largest city in Berkshire. National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Mark Kiely, MD, colorectal surgeon Baystate Medical Center, on National Colorectal...