April 8–10
at The Colonial Theatre 111 South Street, Pittsfield
BERKSHIRE BITES
June 23–July 9
at The Unicorn Theatre The Larry Vaber Stage 6 East Street, Stockbridge
Featuring youth actors from the Berkshire community directed by Kathy Jo Grover
B.R.O.K.E.N CODE B.I.R.D SWITCHING directed by Kimille
Howard
music direction by
Erin M. White choreography by
Kathy Jo Grover and Avital Asuleen
July 1–16
at The Colonial Theatre 111 South Street, Pittsfield
July 21–August 20
at The Unicorn Theatre The Larry Vaber Stage 6 East Street, Stockbridge
WINNER!
82012
AWARDS Including
®
BEST MUSICAL & BEST BOOK FOR A MUSICAL
Once directed by Gregg Edelman musical direction by Andy Taylor movement direction by Isadora Wolfe
directed & choreographed by
Gerry McIntyre Harrell
musical direction by Danté
August 11–27
September 29–October 23
111 South Street, Pittsfield
The Larry Vaber Stage 6 East Street, Stockbridge
at The Colonial Theatre
at The Unicorn Theatre
directed by Eric
directed by David
Hill
Auburn
(413) 997-4444
www.BerkshireTheatreGroup.org For safety protocols please visit BTG’s COVID-19 information page: https://www.berkshiretheatregroup.org/covid-19-information
12 Berkshire Landscapes I SPRING 2022
Hungry? There are plenty of new restaurants, pubs and bistros offering a variety of dining experiences. NEW VENUE; NEW MENUS You don’t have to ski to enjoy Lift Bistropub, a new full-service bar and restaurant at Bousquet Mountain. Open year-round, Lift has indoor and outdoor seating, complete with expansive views of the mountain. Its menu ranges from everything from snacks to dinners and desserts. BITCOIN INVESTOR Bitcoin tycoon Ryan Salame, the newly minted CEO of FTX Digital Markets in the Bahamas, has invested about $5 million into Lenox’s downtown restaurant scene. The Sandisfield native owns a half-dozen commercial restaurant properties in Lenox including Firefly Gastropub, Olde Heritage Tavern, Café Lucia and the Scoop. BACK FROM HIATUS Longtime Lenox restaurateur Bjorn Somlo’s prominent Church Street restaurant has evolved to become Nudel Bar: Comfort & Craft. The restaurant shut down in March 2020, periodically resurfacing as pop-up, to-go ventures. In November, Nudel reopened with a new name and a new, seasonally inspire “New American” menu. Gramercy Bistro also is back from a coronavirus pandemic-forced hiatus, reopening in October in a new location in Williamstown, at Water and Main streets. The bistro, previously located in North Adams, opened with largely the same menu — dinner, Sunday brunch and lunch, that will be brought online in May. NEW PITTSFIELD VENUES Flat Burger Society, a burger joint on McKay Street, and RJ’s Restaurant, on First Street, opened in August and September, respectively. Berkshire Palate, the new restaurant in Hotel on North, opened in October. Flat Burger Society’s owners, Austin Oliver and Joe Bowman, operate Thistle & Mirth in Pittsfield. Jose Reyes operates RJ’s with his cousin and business partner, David Reyes. Berkshire Palate is run by Paul Brassard, who owns 413 Bistro and Taproom, located within Hotel Downstreet, on Main Street in North Adams. NEW OWNERS AT CAFÉ TRISKELE Franck Tessier and Rachel Portnoy, longtime owners of Chez Nous in Lee, used a pandemic pause to rebrand and reopened the Main Street restaurant as Café Triskele in April 2021. In December, they sold the restaurant to another husband-and-wife team, Gilbert and Rebecca Clerget, two veteran chefs from the Washington area, one of whom once worked at the White House. ■
