Chapters Bookstore Celebrates 3rd Thursday with Steven Dietemann

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Chapters Bookstore is pleased to announce a special evening with Steven Dietemann, for 3rd Thursday, September 17, at 6PM.

Stephen Dietemann, a Great Barrington, writer, architect, painter and sculptor, writes a monthly architecture column, “Architecture and Arcadia,” for The Artful Mind. He has received PEN/NY State Writer’s Institute fellowships, and his work has appeared in a variety of publications, including The Berkshire Review and upstreet. He has been a writing instructor for Word Street , where he co-taught the popular “Structuring the Short Story” course with Vivian Dorsel. He is working on a short-story collection, Love and Other Blasphemies.

One of Dietemann’s recent architectural projects, 140 North Plain Road, Great Barrington, was awarded a Western Massachusetts honor award for design excellence by the American Institute of Architects, and appeared in Berkshire Living and on Home and Garden Television (HGTV). He is currently working to create a visitors’ center for the Millay Colony at Steepletop in Austerlitz , NY .

Dietemann’s wife, Stephanie Anderson, is an artist and a children’s book illustrator with Simon and Schuster; her books include Sleepy Boy, Weaving the Rainbow, and the soon-to- be-released Home Sweet Home.

In addition to the Dietemann presentation, Chapters is pleased to welcome back DJ Chuck Wright, and we will be offering free face painting. We will also have a visit from Maurice Sendak's Wild Thing.
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Multiple Departments Respond to Lanesborough Structure Fire

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Multiple fire departments responded to a structure fire off Narragansett Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. 

The Fire Department received a call from the owner of 6 Bangor St. reporting a smoke and flames at around 1:44 p.m.

Firefighters arriving on scene reported heavy smoke emanating from the the 1940s single-family ranch home in the thickly settle neighborhood.

The blaze was brought under control in less than an hour and there were no civilian or firefighter injuries. 

"The homeowner was outside doing some work, evidently, opened the door when she came back in the house, and there were flames and smoke, so she backed out and called us, and that's all we know right now," Deputy Fire Chief Glen Storie said around 2:35 p.m. 

The fire was out at that time, and first responders observed "quite a bit of damage" to the home. The cause is still under investigation. 

Lanesborough, Cheshire, and Pittsfield departments responded to the scene, and Hancock covered the station during the call. 

"The first crew in knocked the fire right down with the first engine," Storie said. 

Smoke could be seen coming from the back of the home. Part of Narragansett Avenue and Bangor Avenue were blocked off while firefighters battled the blaze. 

 

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