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More Snow
The Berkshires received several inches of snow this morning, but not enough to close schools, unlike yesterday's sleety mess. Temperatures will drop into the 20s this afternoon. A few more snow showers are expected through the weekend. |
Duff'em If You've Got'em
 North Adams Regional Hospital went smoke-free Monday — so did all its sister sites, from Sweet Brook to Northern Berkshire Family Practice to the Women's Exchange. No ashtrays, no smoking: No butts about it. |
Wanted: Eagle Eyes
MassWildlife's annual eagle count runs Dec. 31 to Jan. 14. Anyone sighting one of the regal birds in Massachusetts is asked to participate.
Send date, time, location and town of eagle sightings, number of birds, whether juvenile or adult and observer's contact information to Mass.wildlife@state.ma.us. |
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Other StuffMars Rovers Mark 5 Years
 Spirit and Opportunity have been trekking the red planet for half a decade. Spirit hit the 5-year mark on Sunday; Opportunity will on Jan. 24. |
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Claudia Stevens Presents "Blue Lias" At Williams College - September 11, 2008
WILLIAMSTOWN - Claudia Stevens, playwright, composer, and performance artist, will present the biography of paleontologist Mary Anning in the form of a "postmodern musical" on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 8 p.m.
The performance will take place on the CenterStage at the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance at Williams College. It is free and open to the public.
In this one-woman musical, Stevens plays both the roles of a narrator and of the character Mary Anning.
Focusing not so much on Anning's career, but on her personal life and tragedies, the performance explores flaws in nineteenth-century society and their negative influence on the individual.
The music composed by Allen Shearer and the few humorous moments pleasantly vary the otherwise somber analysis of discrimination and social dogma.
Oxyweekly, in reviewing a performance, reported that "Stevens said, 'I didn't fabricate any of it,' regarding Blue Lias' thematic complexity. As for the somber tone, she pointed out that in some respects, society has not made much progress since Anning's lifetime in the mid-1800s."
Stevens completed the text for "Blue Lias" while in residence at Brandeis University. The official premiere occurred at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University in March 2007.
Stevens is the author of a number of contemporary solo plays, including "The Poisoner on the Train," and "Dreadful Story, Guys."
Also a musician, she has been the featured artist in several Performance Today broadcasts on National Public Radio.
Stevens holds degrees in music from Vassar College, University of California at Berkeley, and Boston University. She is a visiting scholar in music at the College of William and Mary. |
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