BECKET, Mass. — The Becket Arts Center will present its third annual Open Studios DriveAbout on Saturday, Sept. 4, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The rain date is Sunday, Sept. 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Local artists, sculptors, jewelers, photographers, textile artists and a woodcraftsman will display their work, which will be for sale, at their studios or at the Becket Arts Center.
The Arts Center will also host readings by local authors at 2:30 p.m. and music by the Dogwalker band at 4:30. p.m.
More information and maps of the artists’ locations will be available at the Becket Center, 7 Brooker Hill Road in Becket, as well as at www.becketartscenter.org/2021-driveabout .
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Neal, Markey Reflect on U.S. Political Climate
By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
LEE, Mass. — U.S. Rep. Richard Neal and U.S Sen. Edward Markey shared the reflections on the nation's political climate during separate swings through the Berkshires this week.
"I watched the whole thing and I've known Tim Walz for a long time and I thought that the debate showed the vigor of where we find ourselves," Neal said at Lee Town Hall after bringing news of a $1 million earmark for Lee's proposed public safety building. This was one day after the vice presidential debate.
"And I thought it was pretty interesting."
On Monday night, Democratic nominee Tim Walz and Republican nominee James David "JD" Vance debated at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York. The 90-minute program included foreign policy, reproductive rights, immigration, and more.
Neal observed that the candidates spent the evening talking about the respective presidential candidate of the other party. He did not identify a winner in this debate, which was not the case for the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in September.
"So in terms of outcome, I think media have a tendency to try to declare winners and losers and I thought last night, I don't think moves the needle much one way or another," the Springfield Democrat said.
"The presidential debate was entirely different. I thought even Republicans said they thought that the vice president won the debate."
"I think both candidates made the pitch for their presidential candidates very well," said Markey at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art on Thursday. "However, it's going to come down to Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, and I'm very confident that the energy level on the Democratic side is so high that we're going to get out the vote. It's a very small percentage of all voters who are undecided right now across the country, it's only going to come down to seven states altogether.
Massachusetts and California have already decided, the Democrat said, and so has in Texas and Mississippi. "So we're down to just seven states."
Most of the last presidential elections have come down to the general election as ties, he said, so it will matter who gets out the vote. He was heading to Pennsylvania on Friday to speak to Democrats.
Neal was asked about his thoughts on immigration and if the Democratic Party's stance has drifted to the right over the past few years.
"I don't think I would say that it's drifted right," he said. "I think it's drifted to a reality. I think and have professed for a long period of time, you need a process."
He said the problem is you need to know who is in the country and how they arrive.
U.S. Rep. Richard Neal and U.S Sen. Edward Markey shared the reflections on the nation's political climate during separate swings through the Berkshires this week. click for more
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Pignatelli said housing insecurity and shortages are paramount in Berkshire County and encouraged communities to develop shovel-ready plans because "we're not going to hand out money from concepts or ideas, we're going to fund projects."
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