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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1969
Page
3
A local theatre manager sought guidance from the assistant district attorney and 11 local residents, including clergy, to judge the Swedish film Inga. The 11-0 verdict opposed the film as lacking cultural value and clashing with community morals, prompting defense of free speech yet highlighting censorship by degree and community standards.
A columnist explains deciding what to publish on the theater page and rejects outside input. The piece discusses Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling that a film is obscene, potential appeals to the U S Supreme Court, and the ongoing debate over obscenity and censorship versus free choice, noting personal taste remains elusive.
Frank Langella director of Berkshire Theatre Festival's John & Abigail has won the Vernon Rice Award for his role in A Cry of Players. The play premiered at Berkshire Theatre Festival Stockbridge last summer and later played at Lincoln Center Repertory Theater. A reception will follow the night’s performance inviting the audience.
The Berkshire Museum hosts a one person glass exhibit by Lu Martinson in the Ellen Crane room, featuring one of a kind pieces created with medieval color techniques. Her work uses 25 carat gold, copper dust, cobalt minerals, and iron rust to stain glass, fused at 1800 to 2000 degrees in a long open kiln. The show runs through July and August with related mural and glass wall works.
A compact listing of showtimes across Capitol venues and nearby drive ins including Little Cinema, Palace, Showcase, Union Square, Sunset Drive-In, Berkshire, Pittsfield, Coury’s, Hoosue, West Springfield and Cinema complexes. Featured titles include The Great Catherine, The Love Bug, Goodbye Columbus, Winning, The Shoes of the Fisherman, African Safari, Paper Lion, Gone With the Wind, True Grit, Barefoot in the Park, A Fine Pair, The Wild Bunch, Funny Girl and more with matinee, evening and dusk screenings.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts at Tanglewood will be broadcast live on WAMC-FM Albany. Broadcast times begin July 4 with Friday 9 p.m. Saturday 8 p.m. and Sunday 2 30 p.m. broadcasts through the season.
The David McLain Dance Theatre debuts four ballets tomorrow at the Beaupre Creative Arts Center in Stockbridge. Performances include Songs of Silence and Night Soliloquies, plus Dilemmas Moderne and 12 x 9 in 5. The 14 dancer company runs through July 6 with matinees Thursday and Saturday and no shows on July 4.
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