AmericanTowns is a virtual "town square", connecting you to all the events and news happening in Great Barrington Massachusetts. Whether it's town issues and community activism, or school calendars and sports schedules, AmericanTowns delivers the information faster and helps you use it better. en-us 30 https://www.americantowns.com/great-barrington-ma 144 69 https://www.americantowns.com/great-barrington-ma https://www.americantowns.com/images/atn_rss_logo.gif Thu, 14 Nov 2024 10:04:59 -0600 A virtual symphony for three musicians, expansive and noble-like the Austrian Archduke who was the dedicatee—the great “Archduke” is https://www.americantowns.com/news/close-encounters-with-music-presents-a-holiday-concert-grand-piano-triosbeethovens-ghost-and-archduke-2022-31454902-great-barrington-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/close-encounters-with-music-presents-a-holiday-concert-grand-piano-triosbeethovens-ghost-and-archduke-2022-31454902-great-barrington-ma.html Arts and Entertainment Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 Glittering cosmopolitan Berlin and the village of Nelahozeves, Bohemia (now Czech Republic, population 2,200) are the respective places of origin of https://www.americantowns.com/news/close-encounters-with-music-town-and-country-mendelssohn-and-dvorak-31454907-great-barrington-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/close-encounters-with-music-town-and-country-mendelssohn-and-dvorak-31454907-great-barrington-ma.html Arts and Entertainment Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 Click here to view Town of Great Barrington Housing Authority Proposed Annual Plan for Fiscal Year 2024 https://www.americantowns.com/news/town-of-great-barrington-housing-authority-proposed-annual-plan-for-fiscal-year-2024-31497261-great-barrington-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/town-of-great-barrington-housing-authority-proposed-annual-plan-for-fiscal-year-2024-31497261-great-barrington-ma.html Government and Politics Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 As the days grow shorter and the nights longer, as the temperature drops and snow falls, as the winter solstice and holidays approach, your library https://www.americantowns.com/news/great-barrington-libraries-news-december-2022-31497888-great-barrington-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/great-barrington-libraries-news-december-2022-31497888-great-barrington-ma.html Schools and Libraries Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 When people think of a library, they often think of a building with books. Indeed, there are many, many books here but, over the years, library https://www.americantowns.com/news/great-barrington-libraries-cover-to-cover-january-2023-31512511-great-barrington-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/great-barrington-libraries-cover-to-cover-january-2023-31512511-great-barrington-ma.html Schools and Libraries Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 Love is in the air … at the library! It’s National Library Lovers Month – and there is so much to love at your library … Go https://www.americantowns.com/news/great-barrington-libraries-cover-to-cover-february-2023-31526728-great-barrington-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/great-barrington-libraries-cover-to-cover-february-2023-31526728-great-barrington-ma.html Schools and Libraries Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 Town & Country - Mendelssohn and Dvorak Performed Live at Saint James Place (https://saintjamesplace.net/) in Great Barrington, MA Close https://www.americantowns.com/news/close-encounters-with-music-presents-a-midwinter-concert-31527555-great-barrington-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/close-encounters-with-music-presents-a-midwinter-concert-31527555-great-barrington-ma.html Arts and Entertainment Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 A work in ten movements by Modest Mussorgsky that was inspired by a visit to an art exhibition, “Pictures at an Exhibition” is a showpiece https://www.americantowns.com/news/close-encounters-with-music-pictures-at-an-exhibition-a-gallery-stroll-31454913-great-barrington-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/close-encounters-with-music-pictures-at-an-exhibition-a-gallery-stroll-31454913-great-barrington-ma.html Arts and Entertainment Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 A work in ten movements by Modest Mussorgsky that was inspired by a visit to an art exhibition, "Pictures at an Exhibition" is a showpiece where only https://www.americantowns.com/news/close-encounters-with-music-presents-pictures-at-an-exhibition-a-gallery-stroll-31541681-great-barrington-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/close-encounters-with-music-presents-pictures-at-an-exhibition-a-gallery-stroll-31541681-great-barrington-ma.html Arts and Entertainment Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 Click here to Read More Information About Town of Great Barrington News - FY2024 Proposed Budget https://www.americantowns.com/news/town-of-great-barrington-news-fy2024-proposed-budget-31541854-great-barrington-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/town-of-great-barrington-news-fy2024-proposed-budget-31541854-great-barrington-ma.html Government and Politics Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 Libraries love alliteration, so let me take the month of March as an alliterative opportunity to remind you of the Great Barrington Libraries’ https://www.americantowns.com/news/great-barrington-libraries-cover-to-cover-march-2023-31541911-great-barrington-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/great-barrington-libraries-cover-to-cover-march-2023-31541911-great-barrington-ma.html Schools and Libraries Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 Bringing a “mellifluous blend of vigorous intensity and dramatic import, performed with enthusiasm, technical facility and impressive https://www.americantowns.com/news/close-encounters-with-music-from-bach-brandenburg-to-appalachian-spring-with-manhattan-chamber-players-31454920-great-barrington-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/close-encounters-with-music-from-bach-brandenburg-to-appalachian-spring-with-manhattan-chamber-players-31454920-great-barrington-ma.html Arts and Entertainment Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 Great Barrington Libraries: Cover To Cover - April 2023 https://www.americantowns.com/news/great-barrington-libraries-cover-to-cover-april-2023-31558108-great-barrington-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/great-barrington-libraries-cover-to-cover-april-2023-31558108-great-barrington-ma.html Schools and Libraries Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 The Souvenir de Florence String Sextet takes us on a musical excursion to Italy, where Tchaikovsky spent some of his happiest times—reflected in https://www.americantowns.com/news/close-encounters-with-music-presents-the-escher-string-quartet-tchaikovsky-ravel-ruth-crawford-seeger-31564716-great-barrington-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/close-encounters-with-music-presents-the-escher-string-quartet-tchaikovsky-ravel-ruth-crawford-seeger-31564716-great-barrington-ma.html Arts and Entertainment Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600 Performed Live at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, MA SUNDAY, MAY 21, 4 PM The Souvenir de Florence String Sextet takes us on https://www.americantowns.com/news/cewm-presents-the-escher-string-quartet-tchaikovsky-ravel-ruthcrawford-seeger-31564994-great-barrington-ma.html https://www.americantowns.com/news/cewm-presents-the-escher-string-quartet-tchaikovsky-ravel-ruthcrawford-seeger-31564994-great-barrington-ma.html Arts and Entertainment Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600