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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1963
Page
4
The Lively Arts notes that adding Channel 17 broadens cable appeal beyond sports and movies. It highlights two daily news programs, a New York panel discussion, lectures and forms, a French Chef segment, and various cultural offerings. The author praises educational content while cautioning readers to use it in moderation.
The Fantasticks musical scheduled for next month at Adams Memorial Theatre Williams College has been canceled. The touring company withdrew from the contract and refunds are being issued to those who bought tickets.
William O. Douglas Jr., son of the U S Supreme Court Justice, has signed an acting contract with Daystar Productions. He has been acting for several years and now steps into professional work in Hollywood.
Cornwall Connecticut poet Mark Van Doren received the Emerson Thoreau Medal for distinguished achievement in literature. The award includes a $1,000 prize and was presented by Hudson Hoagland, president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Van Doren, Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry in 1939, taught at Columbia University for nearly four decades and remains a major influence on young writers.
Tickets are on sale for the Town Players second production of the season William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night or What You Will Presented at the Berkshire Museum over two weekends Jan 10 11 17 18 The group in its 42nd season offers student rates five tickets minimum special price 25 cents off Calls for tickets go to Town Player Workshop 148 Lebanon Ave.
New York production of Jennie starring Mary Martin will close December 28 at the Majestic after 82 performances. The musical, capitalized at 550000, employs over 140 people and required 51060 weekly gross to break even, with receipts fluctuating from 9101 000 to 60000.
Baritone Mac Morgan of Pittsfield will sing at a pontifical Requiem Mass in Boston on January 19 in memory of President John F Kennedy. The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf with soloists and three Boston choruses will perform Mozart Requiem K 626 at Holy Cross Cathedral with Cardinal Richard Cushing celebrant.
In a recent column, expert Stella Rebner demonstrates how to handle a hand with a suit that both sides cannot safely tackle. She works to eliminate one suit and force opponents to engage the unsafe suit, using precise finesses and ruffs to gain control and reduce the number of tricks available to the defense.
The fragment describes a bridge deal and bidding advice. It mentions Prof James M Burns to be interviewed, Mrs Rebner at the table, and a suggested opening bid of one diamond with a dealer holding a certain spade, heart, and club distribution. The text is fragmented but centers on a bridge hand and strategic play.
Prof James MacGregor Burns of Williams College, Kennedy biographer, will be NBCs Meet the Press guest in a live color broadcast from Washington, D C. The panel includes Richard Wilson, William White, Benjamin Bradlee, and Nancy Dickerson. He ran for Congress in 1958 and wrote The Deadlock of Democracy.
Palace shows Solomon and the Slave Queen at 1 00 4 15 7 30 and Sins of Babylon at 2 50 6 05 8 13 Union Square presents The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze at 2 08 5 52 8 54 Siege of the Saxons at 1 00 4 20 7 30 County timetable note points to Page 13 for full listings
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