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Mahaiwe Head Stepping Down After 15 Years

The marquee of the The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

The Executive Director of the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, Massachusetts is stepping down at the end of the year.

After 15 years, Beryl Jolly is leaving the arts nonprofit centered around the historic theater in downtown Great Barrington.

“She was very good at fundraising, she was excellent at programming, she was a strategic thinker, she had an extraordinary staff, and outstanding staff," said Margaret Deutsch, chair of the Mahaiwe’s board. "She was a great, great leader.”

Jolly will stay on as a consultant in 2020 to help in the search for her replacement.

Josh Landes has been WAMC's Berkshire Bureau Chief since February 2018 after working at stations including WBGO Newark and WFMU East Orange. A passionate advocate for Berkshire County, Landes was raised in Pittsfield and attended Hampshire College in Amherst, receiving his bachelor's in Ethnomusicology and Radio Production. You can reach him at jlandes@wamc.org with questions, tips, and/or feedback.
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