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Wilco’s Paranormal Elks Lodge Party In ‘A Lifetime To Find’ Video

SPIN MAGAZINE

Wilco kicks back a few rounds with a cast of paranormal characters, including a Death puppet, in the new video for its song “A Lifetime To Find.” Directed by Joe Aidonidis, the clip was filmed at the Elks Lodge in North Adams, Mass., also home to Wilco’s annual Solid Sound festival at the MASS MoCA museum.

Filmmaker aims to reduce stigma around addiction, COVID-19

THE BERKSHIRE EDGE

Curiosity, above all else, is what led documentary filmmaker Joe Aidonidis to his current project: documenting the ongoing opioid crisis in the Berkshires, with a focus on North County. Then COVID-19 descended, and a slew of new questions arose for Aidonidis — in particular with regard to when and why the drug problem got bad, what community needs are being met (or not being met) at present, and whether or not they have ever been met.

A new initiative for artists in Western Mass. offers a salary and stability

BOSTON GLOBE

A new Artists at Work program in Western Massachusetts is giving creatives something usually hard to come by in their line of work: a salary, benefits, and stability.

Berkshires pilot for national program puts artists on the payroll

ALBANY TIMES-UNION

Six cultural institutions in the Berkshires are being paired with artists and social-impact organizations in their communities under a pilot program that puts artists on the payroll for six months and provides health insurance. "This is an enormous gift, obviously. It's humbling and exciting to be a part of it," said Joe Aidonidis, a documentary filmmaker and owner of Great Sky Media, a production company in North Adams.

Artists at Work Launches Today With Pilot Program in Western Massachusetts

BROADWAY WORLD

Images Cinema, a beloved, nonprofit single-screen movie theater, has selected North Adams, MA-based documentarian Joe Aidonidis, who aims to give an honest view of the opiate crisis in the Northern Berkshires. Aidonidis, who will focus his work on families of those struggling with addition, believes that addiction is a disease of isolation that has been worsened by the pandemic.