Songs of the Season at Ventfort Hall

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LENOX, Mass. — On Sunday, Dec. 21 at 3:30 pm, vocalist Sherri James Buxton and accompanist Bob Shepherd return to Ventfort Hall to present a Holiday Cabaret featuring seasonal favorites and more. 
 
A dessert tea shall follow the concert.
 
The performance concludes with a sing along of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" that includes members of the audience. 
 
According to a press release:
 
Sherri James Buxton is an elegant interpreter of a range of genres from standards and show tunes to jazz, delighting audiences with her warmth, depth, versatility and flawless technique. She combines a lifelong love of melody and lyric with a highly skilled voice and beautiful stage presence. If you've heard a Buxton performance of a song, you've heard that song's definitive interpretation. Sherri has appeared on and off Broadway, and in numerous cabaret venues in New York City. She has also performed locally at The Colonial Theatre, The Norman Rockwell Museum, The Berkshire Athenaeum, The Gateways Inn, Mission Bar and Tapas, Castle Street Café and the Seven Hills Cabaret. Sherri teaches at the Berkshire Music School where her Onstage Live and Rising Stars Workshops have helped to start many careers in music.
 
Bob Shepherd is one of New England's favorite musicians. He plays beautiful jazz music in various venues from solo to big band and especially enjoys accompanying singers who consider him a "musician's magician."
 
Tickets are $45. The ticket price includes access to Ventfort Hall on the day of the event. Reservations are encouraged as seating is limited, with walk-ins accommodated as space allows. For reservations, visit https://gildedage.org/pages/calendar or call (413) 637-3206. Note that all tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable.

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Josh Billings Athletes Can Support Local Non-Profits

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. - A new fundraising initiative is giving participants in  one of the Berkshires’ most recognized community traditions a simple way to support local  nonprofits.
 
Launched this year by the Josh Billings RunAground and Mill Town Foundation, the Finish Line Fund allows participating teams to select a Berkshire-based nonprofit and invite friends, family members, colleagues, and others to support the organization through a  team fundraising page.
 
With time still remaining before the Sept. 20 event, participating teams already have raised more than $16,000 for local nonprofits.
 
“The Finish Line Fund is about expanding participation in local philanthropy,” said Andy Wrba, Program Director at Mill Town Foundation. “You don’t need to make a large gift to have an impact. When hundreds of people contribute $10 or $20 to organizations they care about, those individual gifts can add up to something significant. We want to make local  giving accessible, personal, and connected to an event people are already excited to be part of.”
 
Rather than directing all fundraising to a single beneficiary, the Finish Line Fund places the  choice in the hands of participants. Teams select a Berkshire nonprofit that is meaningful to them and use their own networks and personal stories to build support for the organization.  Donations made through each team’s fundraising page go directly to its selected nonprofit.
 
The initiative reflects a peer-to-peer approach to philanthropy in which individuals become  ambassadors for the organizations and causes they value. In addition to raising funds, the  program is designed to introduce more people to Berkshire nonprofits, expand their networks of supporters, and encourage community members to see themselves as active participants in local giving.
 
To encourage broad participation, Mill Town Foundation will also contribute an additional $500 to the nonprofit represented by each of the five teams that attracts the greatest number of individual donors. The incentive is based on the number of unique supporters – not the total amount raised – reinforcing the message that gifts of every size matter.
 
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