Women in Art Features 73 Berkshire County Women Artists

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — 73 women artists will showcase their work for Women in Art, a group exhibition opening in March at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts in Pittsfield.  
 
The show celebrates the creativity, perspectives and voices of women in the Berkshires working across all media.  It aims to highlight the diversity of women's artistic practices – bold or subtle, experimental, or traditional.  
 
The artists responded to a call for art from the Pittsfield Office of Cultural Development early in 2026.  The call was open to women artists (cis and trans).  Hundreds of pieces were submitted from across Berkshire County.  The show features emerging and established artists across the Berkshires and showcases paintings, sculpture, photography, mixed media, digital, fiber and more. 
 
"The response to this call was overwhelming, it's quite obvious that women are looking for something to celebrate," said Jen Glockner, Pittsfield's Cultural Development Director.  "Art is powerful. Women are powerful.  This exhibition celebrates that."
 
Women in Art opens on International Women's Day - Sunday, March 8 with a reception from 11am-1pm at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts.  The exhibition runs through March 27.  The gallery is open Wednesday-Friday 11am-3pm or by appointment. 
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Force 16U Defends Home Field with Tourney Title

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires.com Sports
PITTSFIELD, Mass. – The Berkshire Force 16U travel softball team Sunday rallied for three runs in the top of the seventh inning to pull away for an 8-4 win in the championship game of their Battle of the Berkshires tournament at the Doyle Complex.
 
Ava McMahon struck out six and gave up just one run after the first inning as the Force completed a 3-0 run through the playoffs after going 1-2 in pool play.
 
Mollie Crawford, Amelia Polidoro and McMahon each drove in a run in the late rally that finally gave McMahon a little bit of breathing room.
 
The Force jumped on top early with three runs in the top of the first, but the Nor’Easters out of New Hampshire’s Lakes Region responded right away, tying the game.
 
In the second, Amaya Alger (3-for-3) singled, moved up on Mackenzie Biros’ sacrifice bunt and scored on a combination stolen base/errant throw to give the Force a 4-3 lead it never relinquished.
 
But Berkshire missed chances to add to that lead in the third, fourth and fifth, leaving runners in scoring positions in each inning.
 
Meanwhile, McMahon was brilliant in the circle after a rough first inning, striking out six, walking just one and allowing three earned runs in a complete-game effort.
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