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We want to hear from you! Listeners can participate live during the show using the chat box on our show page at Radio Free Berkshires or message us on Twitter @RadioFreeBerks.
LIGHT (OR NOT)
A dog owner in the UK named Russell Jones injured his leg and needed to walk with crutches for a few days. The next thing he knew, his dog, Bill, seemed to have injured his leg. After spending $400 at the vet’s, Russell finally figured out what was really going on.
If you’re looking to zen out or zone out for a few minutes (or all day), check out this snowflake generator by artist and game developer Vivian Wu.
We speak with Doug Jones, executive director of Images Cinema in Williamstown, about the monster movie, or Kaiju, “Godzilla vs. Kong” comes out in March. The genre has morphed into a Hollywood blockbuster machine, but it didn’t start out that way. Actors in rubber suits were making a serious statement as they smashed their way through Tokyo in miniature.
LOCAL
Amanda Burke reports in the Berkshire Eagle that Methuselah, the North Street bar owned by Pittsfield City Councilor Yuki Cohen, has been hit with a two-day suspension of its liquor license. The city’s licensing board received a number of complaints regarding violations at Methuselah of COVID-19 safety protocols. In a letter to the Eagle last week one Pittsfield resident noted that politics in Pittsfield has gotten particularly venomous of late, particularly among members of the City Council.
THE COMMONWEALTH
The Massachusetts Democratic State Committee (DSC) has a lot to answer for when it comes to the homophobic smear campaign against Alex Morse they supported during the Democratic primary last year. We have four state committee members here in the Berkshires: Helen Moon, Sherwood Guernsey, Adam Hinds, and Richie Neal campaign consultant Lee Harrison. None of them were willing to bring forward any of the numerous complaints calling for Gus Bickford, the DSC chairman, to resign during a statewide meeting last fall. In the wake of the homophobic slur hurled at Cambridge Ward 3 city councilor Dan Totten during a meeting of DSC members earlier this month, we’ve invited all of them to participate in this week’s show.
For more background on the incident, including the smear campaign that triggered the initial call for DSC chairman Gus Bickford to...
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We want to hear from you! Listeners can participate live during the show using the chat box on our show page at Radio Free Berkshires or message us on Twitter @RadioFreeBerks.
LIGHT (OR NOT)
A dog owner in the UK named Russell Jones injured his leg and needed to walk with crutches for a few days. The next thing he knew, his dog, Bill, seemed to have injured his leg. After spending $400 at the vet’s, Russell finally figured out what was really going on.
If you’re looking to zen out or zone out for a few minutes (or all day), check out this snowflake generator by artist and game developer Vivian Wu.
We speak with Doug Jones, executive director of Images Cinema in Williamstown, about the monster movie, or Kaiju, “Godzilla vs. Kong” comes out in March. The genre has morphed into a Hollywood blockbuster machine, but it didn’t start out that way. Actors in rubber suits were making a serious statement as they smashed their way through Tokyo in miniature.
LOCAL
Amanda Burke reports in the Berkshire Eagle that Methuselah, the North Street bar owned by Pittsfield City Councilor Yuki Cohen, has been hit with a two-day suspension of its liquor license. The city’s licensing board received a number of complaints regarding violations at Methuselah of COVID-19 safety protocols. In a letter to the Eagle last week one Pittsfield resident noted that politics in Pittsfield has gotten particularly venomous of late, particularly among members of the City Council.
THE COMMONWEALTH
The Massachusetts Democratic State Committee (DSC) has a lot to answer for when it comes to the homophobic smear campaign against Alex Morse they supported during the Democratic primary last year. We have four state committee members here in the Berkshires: Helen Moon, Sherwood Guernsey, Adam Hinds, and Richie Neal campaign consultant Lee Harrison. None of them were willing to bring forward any of the numerous complaints calling for Gus Bickford, the DSC chairman, to resign during a statewide meeting last fall. In the wake of the homophobic slur hurled at Cambridge Ward 3 city councilor Dan Totten during a meeting of DSC members earlier this month, we’ve invited all of them to participate in this week’s show.
For more background on the incident, including the smear campaign that triggered the initial call for DSC chairman Gus Bickford to...