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

Staff Reports 03:43PM / Wednesday, August 05, 2026Print Story | Email Story

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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Great Barrington Unveils 9/11 Memorial Featuring World Trade Center Steel

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
12:58PM / Saturday, September 12, 2026

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — A piece of history will now stand in front of the Great Barrington Fire Department, serving as a lasting reminder of the courage, sacrifice, and heroism of those who rushed in, stepped forward, and answered the call on Sept. 11, 2001.

Hundreds of community members gathered outside the Fire Department for the unveiling of a 9/11 memorial featuring a steel I-beam salvaged from the wreckage of the World Trade Center.

The monument marks the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, and its effect reached far and wide beyond New York, said Deputy Fire Chief James Mead.

"There are moments in our lives that become markers of time. Moments when we remember not only what happened, but where we were, who was beside us, and how the world somehow felt different afterwards," Town Manager Liz Hartsgrove said.

"For those of us who experienced September 11, 2001 — it is one of those moments for us to share."

The acquisition of the beam was a multi-year effort initiated by the late Andy Moro, former commander of American Legion Post 298 in Housatonic, and was carried on by the Legion's second vice commander, John Morris.

Morris said he was able to obtain the warped steel I-beam through connections he made during his time as a New York City firefighter.

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