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 & Culture
Hancock Shaker Village
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, The Heart of Money, is hoping to change that and I’m joined by Carol Katz and Doris Robinson both of United Way to explain why.
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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 returned to her parents’ home. Laure turned to poetry as her outlet and more than 5,000 poems later, she continues to craft poems with her caregivers. She has published her own book “Never Touched a Pen” and she is a shining example of someone overcoming adversity.
Laura Chagnon
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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 and technology of the 19th century merge with elements of contemporary time. Currently on exhibit at the Springfield Museums is Steampunk Springfield: Re-Imagining an Industrial City.
Bruce Rosenbaum, nationally acknowledged expert on steampunk, is curating the project and talked with Connecting Point’s Aliz Koletas about the event.
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