January 17, 2019 Mickey Friedman Tis the season we count our blessings. I’m most grateful for “Artworks” and “Hope Hall.” Because here in Great Barrington wishes really are horses, and we have a stampede. A veritable GB Jamboree. We best…
Tag: Tourism
The Best Baked Town in America
When it comes to statues, W.E.B. DuBois could use some company. If you’ve actually read him, you know his lifelong concern with racism, social and economic oppression, his genius, often made him impatient, not the most mellow of men. How…
Let’s Park
By Mickey Friedman August 7, 2017 Margaret came to Fuel to talk about my last column about Great Barrington. She wanted to know more about how I would solve the problems. So let me first suggest a solution to the…
They Come and Go
By Mickey Friedman July 24, 2017 Friends say they increasingly avoid Great Barrington. There’s less and less for them here. Losing Martin’s reminds me when folks gathered there, at Melvin’s, or ordered breakfast from Ruth at The Cricket. Once Frankie…
Time to Take The Tourists
By Mickey Friedman July 3, 2011 Editor’s Note: We at Red Crow want to make it clear how much some of us like cats. And remind you of our Poetic License when we say there’s more than one way to…
Looking Back On Lenox, 2011
By Bill Shein June 30, 2031 “[One Lenox resident] told the Selectmen that the slogan is dividing the town.” – From “Criticism of Lenoxology marketing plan continues,” Berkshire Eagle, June 25 Sometimes it’s funny how things work out, you know?…