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Sheela Clary

Sheela Clary is a writer and teacher born and raised in South Berkshire county. She's interested in exploring the issues that affect the region, and in building community through place-based storytelling classes and events. She teaches Italian language and cooking, as well. Her writing can also be found at her Substack newsletter, Clarity. (https://sheela.substack.com Clarity | Sheela Clary | Substack a periodic, carefully composed newsletter exploring my obsessions, such as the state of our common life in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, the stories of unheard-from people, the beauties of Italian, and the mysteries of good writing. Click to read Clarity, by Sheela Clary, a Substack publication. Launched 8 months ago: sheela.substack.com

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Business

BUSINESS MONDAY: Spotlight on Once Upon A Table—Once upon a dream

Avie Maloney moves from waitress to owner at Once Upon A Table.
Life In the Berkshires

Jessica Winn: A tenant describes the housing crisis in South County

I'm signing the papers at 8:30 tomorrow morning, and as soon as I hand over those checks, the anvil of weight that's been sitting on my chest for four months will hopefully, finally, go away.
Life In the Berkshires

Profile of a music publicity expert: Ariel Hyatt

This Sunday, March 27, Ariel Hyatt will be signing copies of her new book, "The Ultimate Guide to Music Publicity," at Railroad Street Collective in Great Barrington.
News

BOOK REVIEW: Linda Greenhouse’s ‘Justice on the Brink’

Berkshire Edge members are invited to a Zoom conversation with the author, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse, on March 21 at 6 p.m.
News

SBRSD expands partnership to prepare students for the college and work worlds

Starting in the next academic year, every Mount Everett High School junior and senior will experience at least one internship and have the option to take at least one Early College class.
Viewpoints

SHEELA CLARY: What we (are starting to) talk about when we talk about STRs

I hope the selectboard discussions have opened a door to more dialogue about what we collectively value, and what makes a neighborhood.
News

Developer to shut down Prospect Lake Campground for 2022 season, future of property unclear

With a seasonal fee of $2,400, the Campground might just have been the most affordable summer living option anywhere in South Berkshire County. Many are convinced the future iteration of the site will be no longer be so accessible.
Life In the Berkshires

There is help: Southern Berkshire Community Health Coalition to hold forum on teen anxiety and depression

The damage inflicted on the mental health of teenagers by nearly two years of isolation and its attendant disruption to social and educational development is just coming to the forefront of public consciousness. One local effort is aiming to get the word out to caregivers that they're not alone.
Life In the Berkshires

Sheela Clary gets an update from former Berkshire Co-op manager Art Ames

We can complain about the folks from New York and elsewhere who came in and overbought property in the last year, but we set that up for them. Those of you with resources have a choice to make and you are running out of time. With privilege comes power. How will you use it?
Viewpoints

SHEELA CLARY: Meat Loaf and me, a meditation

When I heard Meat Loaf was playing locally, I was there. To butcher a line from his eight-and-a-half-minute masterpiece, "I was barely 19, and — compared to most of the other female audience members — conservatively dressed."
Viewpoints

SHEELA CLARY: Yesterday

The blessings of the bleakness we’re living through are the small beautiful things that stand out in the dark, calling out for our notice.
Viewpoints

SHEELA CLARY: Pick-me-up viewing recommendations

You need to seek out good news. The bad news will always find you.
Viewpoints

SHEELA CLARY: Eight books I read in 2021

The good, the great, and the unfinished: A reader reflects on the year that was.
Arts & Entertainment

Required reading for essay writers: ‘The Situation and the Story’ by Vivian Gornick

There’s nothing wrong with anecdotes, but they’re not what I was aiming for. I want my stories to burrow inside my readers and stay there.
Viewpoints

SHEELA CLARY: Peaceful Valley Road

"At this point, the father had had enough. He strode directly onto the westbound lane and lay down, spread-eagling himself as bait for oncoming traffic."
Arts & Entertainment

BOOK REVIEW: With ‘Tax the Rich!’, the Patriotic Millionaires aim to ‘unrig’ the political economy

Readers who have joined The Berkshire Edge as members are invited to attend an online webinar in which writer Sheela Clary and the book's authors will discuss the activities of the Patriotic Millionaires.
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