WBCR-lp to Host Third Annual "Sound/Art" Music Festival

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GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Berkshire Community Radio Alliance announced Sound/Art, the Third Annual WBCR-lp Experimental Music Festival. 

The Festival will take place live in WBCR-lp's studio at 320 Main Street, Great Barrington, on Saturday, August 8, 2026, from 10am to 10pm. It will be simultaneously broadcast at 97.7FM and streamed at www.berkshireradio.org.
 
Artists will be performing a variety of experimental and eclectic music genres including electronica, noise, ambient, drone, live coding, and more.
 
Performers will be coming from all over New England, New York, and as far away as Philadelphia. 
 
Artists featured include: Larry Legend, Chris Dooley, Wednesday Knudsen, Stiff Curls, Parashi, Frank Hurricane, The Third Entity, Neonach, Spreaders, Nick Ring, Moon Pox/Allegra Geller, Electric sound bath with Steve No.
 
Admission is free - donations gratefully accepted. Limited seating is available in the radio studio, or audience members will be able to enjoy the performances from the sidewalk in front of the station.
 
The Festival is being produced by Berkshire Community Radio programmers Jason Palmieri and John Prusinski with assistance from other WBCR-lp volunteers.
 
For more information, visit the Sound/Art event page.

 

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Units Available at Lee's New Eagle Mill Housing Development

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

It's took more than a decade to bring the Eagle Lofts to fruition in the former Eagle mill. 

LEE, Mass. — Hearthway wants community members to know there are three-bedroom units available at The Lofts at Eagle Mill with little to no waitlist. 

The apartments at 73 West Center St. recently came online in the historic building on the banks of the Housatonic River after more than a decade of work. The first tenants began moving in last week. 

Three-bedroom units are less than $2,000 per month for those who meet income requirements. 

"These units are $1,855 a month with hot water included. To qualify, applicants must be under the 60 percent AMI income limit by household size and be able to afford the rent," the affordable housing provider wrote in a communication on Monday. 

"Mobile vouchers are welcomed."

A ribbon was cut at the former paper mill over the summer for 56 one- to three-bedroom, mixed-income units in the heart of downtown. 

According to a chart provided by Hearthway, 60 percent area median income is $55,320 per year for a one person household, $63,240 a year for a two-person household, $71,160 a year for a three-person household, and $79,020 a year for a four-person household. 

Applications are available in English and Spanish. They can submitted via email to leasing@hearthway.org, drop off to the main office at 1 Fenn St in Pittsfield, fax to 413-403-2710, or USPS mail to P.O. Box 1180, Pittsfield, MA 01202-1180. 

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