Creative Aging: 65 and Better in the Berkshires
will be on exhibit during the month of March at
City Hall hours are 8am-4pm, Monday through Friday. City Hall will be open late during Pittsfield's First Fridays Artswalk on Friday, March 6th, 5-8pm.
Twenty-five profiles of active, engaged community members who are 65 and better in the Berkshires were created by volunteer writers and photographers who are members of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire Community College. Each was nominated by a community member. They represent thousands more older adults in our Berkshires community who give back in many different ways and help transform our stereotypes of older adults.
We are honored to showcase these portraits at
Pittsfield City Hall
Those profiled include:
Restaurateur Craig Bero Dance professor Sandra Burton Biking and outdoor advocate Marjorie Cohan Drum circle facilitator Otha Day Grandparents raising grandchildren advocate Ella Deane Soldier On chaplain Father Peter Gregory Latino community advocate Don Ramiro Guerrero African-American heritage advocate Wray Gunn Artist and fire chief Mark Hanford Renowned baritone singer Benjamin Luxon Musician and workforce education advocate Bill Mulholland LGBTQ advocate Judy Nardacci Food insecurity activist Janie Pellish Businessman and innovator Andy Plumer Berkshire County NAACP President Dennis Powell Business and college mentor Alan Rubin Artist-entrepreneur Eric Rudd Music and community advocates Claudia and Carl Shuster TV and radio personality Bill Sturgeon Rock On band camp founder Mary Talmi Pittsfield school committee member Cindy Taylor Director and playwright Barbara and Jesse Waldinger Ceramics artist and activist June Wink.
The volunteer OLLI writers who wrote the profiles are: Bernadette Brusco, Mary Ellen Czerniak, Joanna Fribush, Chris Guidette, Kate Kidd, Greta Phinney, Sandi Rubin, Doug Truth, Megan Whilden, and Kathy Zdeb.
The volunteer OLLI photographers who took portraits for the profiles are: Susan Geller, Igor Greenwald, Lucy Kennedy, Peter Levine, and Doug Truth.
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