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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1969

Page

3

Tanglewood Friends Seek 500 Members

The Council of Tanglewood Friends aims for 500 members to fund Berkshire Music Center activities. Boston Symphony Orchestra official David Rockefeller outlined a $1000 scholarship covering tuition and eight weeks of room and board for a student. Members from multiple towns join fund-raising appeals and letters.

The Berkshire Eagle Music Art Tanglewood Friends Council of Tanglewood Friends Berkshire Music Center

Charles Webb and The Graduate Author’s Unexpected Windfall

Charles Webb, author of The Graduate, visited Williams College to autograph Love, Roger, while reflecting on the film’s immense success. Webb earned 25,000 amid others’ multimillion earnings. paperback sales topped 1.5 million and two Webb manuscripts drew interest for film options, shaping a full‑time writing career.

Webb Newsweek Curman

Love, Roger and the restless novelist Webb

The piece profiles a writer who moved across the country with his family seeking inspiration and a stable routine. He now writes daily for about an hour, producing roughly 21 manuscript pages weekly. His current novel Love, Roger centers on a Boston youth who spends a night in Filene’s with a mysterious woman and enters a troubling relationship, echoing The Graduate in tone and themes of campus restlessness.

California Springfield Cape Cambridge New Haven Roger Bostan Filene Webb

Local Cable TV Aids Educational Channel 17 Boost

Flitts field Dalton TV Cable enhances Channel 17 both electronically and financially after Schenectady station outage spurred viewer inquiries. New converter upgraded to transistorized equipment at Richmond antenna. TeleVision Communications Corp. of New York donated $500 to cover repair costs.

Flittsfield-Dalton TV Cable Channel 17 TV Cable Derek White Schenectady Richmond White TeleVision Communications Corp. of New York

Riggs Players Hold Tryouts For Rosmersholm Drama

The Riggs Players invite auditions tonight at 7 30 and Wednesday at 8 30 for Ibsen's Rosmersholm at the Riggs Theatre on Main Street Stockbridge. Jayne Mooney Brookes directs the July presentation.

Riggs Ibsens Rosmersholm Riggs Theatre Main Street Stockbridge Jayne Mooney Brookes

Movie Timetable Capitol Closed Today

The Capitol, Sunset Drive-In, Berkshire Drive-In, Fittsfield Drive-In, Courys Delve-In, Hoosac Drive-In, West Springfield Cinema 1 and Cinema 2 list closed today with shown films at other venues. Palace and Union Square present multiple showtimes for The Pacific, Up Tight, The Lion in Winter, Strange Affair, Benjamin, and The Shoes of the Fisherman plus other times.

Capitol Palace Hell In the Pacific Union Square Sunset Drive-In Berkshire Drive-In Fittsfield Drive-In Courys Delve-In North Adams Hoosac Drive-In Adams West Springfield Cinera Sun

Film Critic Kauffmann To Speak At Williams College

Williamstown will host Stanley Kauffmann, renowned New Republic critic and editor, for a public lecture titled Looking at Films. The event, in the Bronfman Science Center auditorium, highlights his career including editing at Bantam and Knopf, NYT drama critic in 1966, Yale visiting professor 1967-68, and his book A World on Film.

Williamstown Stanley Kauffmann The New Republic Bronfman Science Center Williams College New York City Kauffmann New York University Bantam Books Alfred A. Knopf Publishing Companies New York Times Yale University

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