Slideshow Archive

  • C. Ryder Cooley brought attention to the disappearance and death of animals using music, video images, and theatrical performances MCLA Presents! started this semester off with another encapsulating performance: “XMALIA.” It’s a word that is hard to pronounce, never mind understand. However, professional artist C. Ryder Cooley brought definition, as...0February 2, 2012

    XMALIA informs and entertains

    C. Ryder Cooley brought attention to the disappearance and death of animals using music, video images, and theatrical performances MCLA Presents! started this semester off with another encapsulating performance: “XMALIA.” It’s a word that is hard to pronounce, never mind understand. However, professional artist C. Ryder Cooley brought definition, as…

  • Johnny Cardinale entertained students last Thursday night in Sullivan Lounge Johnny Cardinale stood in the center of a temporary stage in Sullivan Lounge last Thursday night and asked that fearful question of the audience – how many of you are graduating, and do you know what you want to do...0February 2, 2012

    Comedy Stop’s first event a success

    Johnny Cardinale entertained students last Thursday night in Sullivan Lounge Johnny Cardinale stood in the center of a temporary stage in Sullivan Lounge last Thursday night and asked that fearful question of the audience – how many of you are graduating, and do you know what you want to do…

  • Students, faculty and staff will be able to borrow a bike by April After many months of research and planning, the bike share program is getting ready to take off. In March, there will be a soft opening ceremony for the campus community to test the bikes, as well as...0February 2, 2012

    Pilot program to lend bikes

    Students, faculty and staff will be able to borrow a bike by April After many months of research and planning, the bike share program is getting ready to take off. In March, there will be a soft opening ceremony for the campus community to test the bikes, as well as…

  • Visions from the Edge exhibit put together by MCLA’s Arts Management students A barrage of colors greets visitors to Gallery 51 as the MCLA Arts Management class, taught by Professor Tony Gengarelly, presents Visions from the Edge. “This gallery represents a full semester’s worth of work by the students,” Jonathan...0February 2, 2012

    MCLA students curate Gallery 51

    Visions from the Edge exhibit put together by MCLA’s Arts Management students A barrage of colors greets visitors to Gallery 51 as the MCLA Arts Management class, taught by Professor Tony Gengarelly, presents Visions from the Edge. “This gallery represents a full semester’s worth of work by the students,” Jonathan…

  • Grateful Dead front man and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir has rescheduled a slew of solo acoustic shows originally scheduled for earlier this year, including a stop at Pittsfield’s Colonial Theatre. Originally scheduled to play in August and September, Weir, 64, postponed the majority of his appearances citing “unforeseen circumstances,” as...0December 8, 2011

    Bob Weir reschedules solo tour dates

    Grateful Dead front man and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir has rescheduled a slew of solo acoustic shows originally scheduled for earlier this year, including a stop at Pittsfield’s Colonial Theatre. Originally scheduled to play in August and September, Weir, 64, postponed the majority of his appearances citing “unforeseen circumstances,” as…

  • North Adams ushered in the holiday spirit Dec. 1 with “DownStreet Art on Ice,” which included a lit up Main Street and crowds of people beginning their holiday shopping. For another year in a row, with the assistance of DownStreet Art, Main Street became an active place long after the...1December 8, 2011

    DownStreet Art on Ice a mixed bag of fun

    North Adams ushered in the holiday spirit Dec. 1 with “DownStreet Art on Ice,” which included a lit up Main Street and crowds of people beginning their holiday shopping. For another year in a row, with the assistance of DownStreet Art, Main Street became an active place long after the…

  • MCLA Faculty member and coordinator of Center for Service and Citizenship brings together academics and activism By Alexander Lenski Special to the Beacon Spencer Moser leaves his keys in the door lock, rushed for an interview. His winter coat, having just deflected some cold morn- ing wind, hangs limp on...0December 8, 2011

    Spencer Moser and The Thing

    MCLA Faculty member and coordinator of Center for Service and Citizenship brings together academics and activism By Alexander Lenski Special to the Beacon Spencer Moser leaves his keys in the door lock, rushed for an interview. His winter coat, having just deflected some cold morn- ing wind, hangs limp on…

  • As a new winter sports season gets underway, Athletic Director Scott Nichols makes the change from fall to winter smoothly. Instead of leaning against the chain link fence at soccer games, a huddled figure at the far end by the MCLA bench at the Ron Shewcraft Field, any basketball fan...0December 8, 2011

    Athletic Director Scott Nichols observes his past of MCLA athletics, comments on future

    As a new winter sports season gets underway, Athletic Director Scott Nichols makes the change from fall to winter smoothly. Instead of leaning against the chain link fence at soccer games, a huddled figure at the far end by the MCLA bench at the Ron Shewcraft Field, any basketball fan…

  • Caroline Scully discussed her thesis research on the plight of native bees in the northern county on Nov. 18, which marked the final Brown Bag Lecture of the semester. Scully is the coordinator of the Berkshire Environmental Resource Center and the chair of MCLA’s Sustainability Committee. She began her Master’s...0December 1, 2011

    Scully surveys Berkshire bumblebees

    Caroline Scully discussed her thesis research on the plight of native bees in the northern county on Nov. 18, which marked the final Brown Bag Lecture of the semester. Scully is the coordinator of the Berkshire Environmental Resource Center and the chair of MCLA’s Sustainability Committee. She began her Master’s…

  • The MCLA men’s basketball team is currently experiencing some growing pains. Over the last four contests, the program is 1 and 3, having dropped a few tough games. With every new season, there is a learning curve. MCLA is learning on the fly as they prepare for a rigorous conference...0December 1, 2011

    Men’s Basketball drops to 1-4

    The MCLA men’s basketball team is currently experiencing some growing pains. Over the last four contests, the program is 1 and 3, having dropped a few tough games. With every new season, there is a learning curve. MCLA is learning on the fly as they prepare for a rigorous conference…

  • Many who have been to Mass. MoCA have never seen the third floor of the main building. The room is a massive space with the charm of the rest of the museum, fused with the feel of a coffee shop. Friday night it was packed wall to wall with students...0December 1, 2011

    Sam Amidon plays eclectic folk at MoCA

    Many who have been to Mass. MoCA have never seen the third floor of the main building. The room is a massive space with the charm of the rest of the museum, fused with the feel of a coffee shop. Friday night it was packed wall to wall with students…

  • You know what’s a shame about Main Stage’s production of “Urinetown”? The fact that the show didn’t open until it was too late to write a review in time for publication. “Urinetown” was a well-executed musical with talent from our own students. It contained messages to connect social and economic...0December 1, 2011

    ‘Urinetown’ a well-executed hit

    You know what’s a shame about Main Stage’s production of “Urinetown”? The fact that the show didn’t open until it was too late to write a review in time for publication. “Urinetown” was a well-executed musical with talent from our own students. It contained messages to connect social and economic…

  • Students from sociology professor Susan Birns’ Community Organizing class have been working all semester on three service-learning projects. These projects include the Hunger Banquet, the “Think Outside the Bottle Campaign,” and a neighborhood organizing class for community members. “This semester, it was a small class of only eight students,” Birns...0December 1, 2011

    Small class, three big projects

    Students from sociology professor Susan Birns’ Community Organizing class have been working all semester on three service-learning projects. These projects include the Hunger Banquet, the “Think Outside the Bottle Campaign,” and a neighborhood organizing class for community members. “This semester, it was a small class of only eight students,” Birns…

  • Sound is everywhere, it’s inescapable: your alarm wakes you up in the morning, you talk to housemates and roommates as you get ready, you listen to the professor in class, you might listen to music as you walk between classes, and so on throughout your day. If your ears are...0December 1, 2011

    How much sound is too much sound?

    Sound is everywhere, it’s inescapable: your alarm wakes you up in the morning, you talk to housemates and roommates as you get ready, you listen to the professor in class, you might listen to music as you walk between classes, and so on throughout your day. If your ears are…

  • Members of OccupyMCLA are taking advantage of the scheduled bus trip to New York City in December. Residential Programs and Services (RPS) and the Student Activities Council (SAC) are sponsoring the trip which is open to all MCLA students to explore the city at their leisure. This could include holiday...0November 17, 2011

    OccupyMCLA to take advantage of N.Y.C. trip

    Members of OccupyMCLA are taking advantage of the scheduled bus trip to New York City in December. Residential Programs and Services (RPS) and the Student Activities Council (SAC) are sponsoring the trip which is open to all MCLA students to explore the city at their leisure. This could include holiday…

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