On the Road in Berkshire County: Tourism
Berkshire Visitors Bureau Board Chair Betsy Strickler talks about the impact and importance of tourism in Berkshire County. She also talks about Taste Berkshires which aims to reconnect people with the pleasures of taste and food in the Berkshire County region.
Berkshire Visitors Bureau on Facebook
Taste Berkshires on Facebook
Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America Premiere
WGBY presents the world premiere of “Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America,” a new, one-hour documentary produced by Lawrence Hott and Diane Garey of Florentine Films/Hott Productions and WNED TV, Buffalo/Toronto. This film chronicles the career and lasting influence of America’s premiere landscape architect who designed New York’s Central Park, Boston’s Emerald Necklace, and many town commons and campuses right here in the Pioneer Valley.
Follow Florentine Films/Hott Productions on Twitter: @ffhottfilms
Florentine Films/Hott Productions on Facebook
Amherst Survival Center
UMass Dining is hosting their annual Dash & Dine race on April 12th at 11am to support the Amherst Survival Center and to promote healthy eating and fitness. Last year they raised $5,000 for the cause and this year they are hoping to double it. Garrett DiStefano is the event chair for Dash and Dine and also a volunteer for the Amherst Survival Center and Tracey Levy, Program Director for Amherst Survival Center.
UMass Dining Dine & Dash Race
Follow UMass Amherst on Twitter: @UMassAmherst
Follow Amherst Survival Center on Twitter: @AmherstSurvival
Susanne Strempek Shea
Author Suzanne Strempek Shea of Palmer discusses her latest work, “This is Paradise: A Mother’s Grief, an African Village’s Plight and the Medical Clinic That Brought Fresh Hope to Both”. She’ll be joined by Mags Riordan, whose story of building a clinic in Africa to honor her late son is told in the book.
