The Rogovoy Report 3.11.24

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Mar 10, 2024

Americans Don’t Care as Much About Work. And It Isn’t Just Gen Z.

(WSJ) - By outward appearances, the labor market today looks much as it did before the pandemic. The unemployment rate is just as low, the share of adults in the labor force is just as high, and wages are growing at roughly the same pace after inflation. But beneath the surface, the nature of labor has changed profoundly. Career and work aren’t nearly as central to the lives of Americans. They want more time for their families and themselves, and more flexibility about when, where and how they work. It isn’t that people hate their jobs or bosses; overall job satisfaction remains pretty high. It is just that other things are more important, which manifests itself in a number of ways.

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It’s time for pedestrians to assert themselves (NYT)

My Anxiety: Is What’s Wrong With Me What’s Wrong With Everyone Else? by Lauren Oyler (New Yorker)

FASCIST TAKEOVER WATCH:

Trump’s most unhinged plans for his second term (New York)

Trump has way too much info about the jury in his first criminal trial (TNR)

Trump Finds Another Line to Cross: Making fun of Joe Biden’s stuttering (The Atlantic)

Lyle Lovett, Ben Folds, Suzanne Vega, Keb’ Mo’, and BoDeans Headed to Mahaiwe in 2024

(The Rogovoy Report) GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. - Singer-songwriters Lyle Lovett, Ben Folds, Keb’ Mo’, Suzanne Vega, and rootsy heartland-rockers BoDeans will perform at the Mahaiwe in Great Barrington, Mass., between May and October 2024. Lyle Lovett, joined by singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb will perform in a collaboration on May 10, roots-rock band BoDeans on May 25, blues guitarist and vocalist Keb’ Mo’ on June 15, power-pop singer and pianist Ben Folds on June 22, and folk-pop musician Suzanne Vega on October 5.

Brandi Carlile, Roger Daltrey, John Fogerty and Jon Batiste Added to 2024 Summer Lineup at Tanglewood

(The Rogovoy Report) LENOX, Mass. - Brandi Carlile, Roger Daltrey, John Fogerty, and Jon Batiste have been added to Tanglewood’s Popular Artists Series for summer 2024, joining the previously announced James Taylor, the Pretenders, Kool & the Gang, Judy Collins, Rufus Wainwright, and Indigo Girls. Other performers include indie-rockers Dispatch, Scottish alt-rock singer-songwriter KT Tunstall, George Thorogood, folk-pop singer-songwriter Jason Mraz and soul trio En Vogue.

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NEWS FROM THE BERKSHIRES

Architects Unveil Design for New Home for Williams College Museum of Art

(The Architect’s Newspaper) WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Architecture firm SO – IL has designed a new home for the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA) at Williams College. After the new building by SO – IL is finished in 2027, WCMA will move to a nebulous, low-lying structure -- located on the grounds of the former Williams Inn -- with an aluminum shingle roof that ebbs-and-flows across the pastoral landscape, mimicking the nearby Berkshire Mountains. Upon completion, the building will host over 15,000 art works from Williams College Museum of Art’s permanent collection spread across 15,000 square feet of display space; and yield a total of 76,800 square feet of new space. Read also, SO – IL cloaks Williams College Museum of Art with gently sweeping rooftop (Designboom) and Williams College Museum envisions natural setting, sustainability focus (iBerkshires)

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Tanglewood architect William Rawn will design new Monument Mountain High overhaul in Great Barrington (Berkshire Eagle)

Pot dispensaries threaten lawsuits against town of Great Barrington (Berkshire Edge)

Owners of Loeb’s Foodtown in Lenox take over West Stockbridge Public Market (B Edge)

Lenox police are facing a rash of OUIs and mental health calls. ‘Something’s going off the rails,' the chief says (B Eagle)

North Adams hospital prepares to reopen (WAMC)

State Rep. candidate Leigh Davis speaks about personal experiences with racism (B Edge)

Marybeth Mitts of Lenox throws hat into ring in race for state representative (WAMC)

Williamstown’s town flag comes under scrutiny for ‘settler colonial’ symbolism and improper display at town hall (iBerkshires)

On five-year anniversary of plane crash that killed Sheffield’s Samya Stumo, her family is still fighting for airline safety (B Eagle)

Crane Museum of Papermaking halts search for permanent location (iBerkshires)

NEWS FROM THE HUDSON VALLEY

Half of Amtrak’s Albany-NYC Seats Now Face Backward for Quicker Turnaround

(ATU) - One of the best views in New York can be seen from an Amtrak train on the Empire Corridor route that hugs the Hudson River between the Capital Region and New York City. That view remains in place, but since Saturday, about half the riders are getting that view from a backward aspect — that is the seats are facing the back of the train instead of the front. The reconfiguration, in which half the seats face front and half face back, is part of an efficiency move designed to speed service.

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State DOT says trucks forbidden to enter Hudson via Route 9G from the south (GoR)

Promised improvements to Hudson sidewalks fail to find proper footing (GoR)

Columbia Land Conservancy approved for land purchase in Hudson’s North Bay; sale will allow link from Charles Williams Park to Greenport Conservation Area (HV360)

Status of Catskill school play unclear after educators’ suspensions (ATU)

Five months after chaotic Wool & Folk Festival at Foreland in Catskill, vendors reject ‘insulting’ reimbursement offer (ATU)

Columbia, Greene fire officials welcome volunteer stipend program (HV360)

Wally Farms’s hempcrete cabins near Hudson ‘almost carbon negative’ (The Guardian)

New York’s long congressional redistricting nightmare finally comes to an end (The Nation)

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