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Take a walk through Bernay Fine Art gallery's newest exhibit "Mixing It Up," featuring mixed media works by artists Morgan Bulkeley, Connie Goeltz Schmitt, Dee Shapiro, Amelia Toelke, Shira Toren and Michael Zelehoski.
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STOCKBRIDGE — Tony Award-winner Harriet Harris is coming back to the Berkshire stage this summer.
