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May 13, 2024

World’s Top Climate Scientists Expect Global Heating to Blast Past 1.5C Target

(The Guardian) - Hundreds of the world’s leading climate scientists expect global temperatures to rise to at least 2.5C (4.5F) above preindustrial levels this century, blasting past internationally agreed targets and causing catastrophic consequences for humanity and the planet. Almost 80% of the respondents, all from the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), foresee at least 2.5C of global heating, while almost half anticipate at least 3C (5.4F). Only 6% thought the internationally agreed 1.5C (2.7F) limit would be met. Many of the scientists envisage a “semi-dystopian” future, with famines, conflicts and mass migration, driven by heatwaves, wildfires, floods and storms of an intensity and frequency far beyond those that have already struck. Numerous experts said they had been left feeling hopeless, infuriated and scared by the failure of governments to act despite the clear scientific evidence provided.

Actor Billy Zanes’s Abstract Paintings on Display at Red Lion Inn

(Architectural Digest) STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. - ‘Titanic’ actor Billy Zane has exhibited his artwork all over the world. Currently it is on view at the Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, a 250-year-old landmark of the Berkshires filled with beautiful antiques and charming eccentricities. The exhibit, called “Foreign Substances,” runs until August and includes a few of Zane’s abstract paintings, plus a series he’s calling Dutch Bastards, “a bastardization of the Dutch masters,” made up of doctored iPhone photos taken on the set of a circus-themed episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.

A Serene Oasis for Making Music

(NYT) HUDSON, N.Y. - The first things you notice upon entering Long Pond Studio are the glass windows and doors. They’re huge — the doors are eight-feet square — and frame pastoral scenes of grass, trees and water. Picture windows looking onto a pond would be merely pretty in a house. But in this setting — a recording studio in the countryside near Hudson, N.Y. — they’re startling. That’s because recording studios more typically resemble gambling dens; they are dark, airless spaces where light and a view to the outside world would distract from the high-stakes act of music making. Large glass surfaces are also a no-no, because they refract sound waves and possibly allow outdoor noise to leak in. But Long Pond Studio, which belongs to the musician Aaron Dessner, a founding member of the rock band the National and an in-demand record producer, has a very residential quality, with Scandinavian and Japanese design features, an inviting kitchen and even a pair of upstairs bedrooms.

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Pittsfield native Ali Louis Bourzgui on the sensation of being Broadway’s new Tommy (WAMC)

Berkshire International Film Festival announces complete festival lineup (Berkshire Edge)

MAD Magazine exhibit opening at Norman Rockwell Museum (Berkshire Edge)

Chad Smith, the BSO’s new Madonna-loving president, has a plan to transform the 142-year-old orchestra (Boston Globe)

Artist Jane Hudson isn’t afraid to reinvent herself. Her latest venture includes tarot card design and readings (Berkshire Eagle)

Misty Blues Band celebrates 15th album, 25-year run, and documentary film (B Eagle)

The Clark’s ‘Paper Cities’ is filled with prints and photographs worth leaning in to view (B Eagle)

With Uncle Vanya, Bridge Street Theatre in Catskill, N.Y., proves to be ‘the region’s most fearless professional stage company’ (ATU)

24-Hour Drone Festival returning to Basilica Hudson (Chronogram)

After 30 years, the Bardavon will get new leadership. Here’s how the outgoing leaders saved the theaters (ATU)

Klezmatics, Eleanor Reissa, Socalled, Daniel Kahn, Judy Bressler headline Yidstock 2024 (The Rogovoy Report)

Career-spanning concert pays tribute to composer-trumpeter Frank London (The Rogovoy Report)

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NEWS FROM THE BERKSHIRES

Wheatleigh in Stockbridge Is on The Market. Will It Continue as an Inn, Or Return to Private Ownership?

(Berkshire Eagle) STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. - It’s on the market and it can be yours — for $15 million. That’s the asking price for the historic Wheatleigh property, practically around the corner from Tanglewood. The former five-star hotel and restaurant, which both closed to the public in early February except for weddings previously booked, is being offered either as an inn, a private residence such as a family compound, a corporate retreat or a private club. The property already has aroused interest from several prospective purchasers. Most of the potential prospects are focused on a hotel.

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Parents call out Williamstown schools for racism, bias incidents (iBerkshires)

Three partners are purchasing Tunnel City Coffee. What’s in store for the longstanding North Berkshire business? (B Eagle)

Berkshire DA investigating a second former faculty member at Miss Hall’s School for sex abuse (WAMC)

Volunteers in Medicine opens new care center in Pittsfield (Berkshire Edge)

Great Barrington businesses help out store owners who lost money in cyber fraud (Berkshire Edge)

Lee moves forward in its lawsuit against Monsanto, GE (Berkshire Edge)

Visitor honeybees save apple crop at Hilltop Orchards after few native pollinators show up (B Eagle)

NEWS FROM THE HUDSON VALLEY

Iconic Clearwater Nonprofit Faces Financial ‘Disaster’ That Could Pull It Under

(ATU) - Pete Seeger, the founder of the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater nonprofit, had the ship built in 1968, believing that if people went out on the river, they would care more about keeping it clean. In 1970, Seeger sailed it from New York City to Washington, D.C., to deliver thousands of petitions backing the federal Clean Water Act. The event is considered a tipping point in the legislation’s passage. But despite its storied history, Clearwater’s future is in jeopardy. In no uncertain terms, its leaders say they are facing an immediate financial crisis. If it does not raise $250,000 within the next two months, it will become insolvent and shutter.

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Private developer looking to double public housing in Hudson (ATU)

New ownership takes over Madison Theatre in Hudson (HV360)

Columbia County law enforcement review panel has inaugural meeting (HV360)

Hudson Board of Education proposes $55.6M budget (HV360)

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