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Hometown cinema: New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael had a home in Great Barrington where she would often go to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center to privately screen films for review. ‘Documentary celebrates critic,’ page 4
Return of the origianl ‘Lady’: Singer and actress Gail Nelson first performed with Barrington Stage Company 25 years ago in the musical “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill.” She returns Saturday to sing Billie Holiday’s tunes again. ‘The very first’ back Barrington, page 5
Designer panels: Artist Nancy Lorenz’ work, which is on display at the Berkshire Botanical Garden, can also be seen at Chanel stores all over the world. Coco Chanel was said to be a fan of her lacquered screens. BERKSHIRE EAGLE FILE PHOTO
‘New exhibit shimmers,’ pages 8-9
We’re back! Jump right into your summer fun by planning your week ahead with our events calendar, pages 10 to 15.
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Wish the Norman Rockwell Museum a happy anniversary on Friday, May 31, as the institution celebrates 50 years. The celebration will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with new exhibits and cupcakes while they last.
Step back in time for a Civil War ballroom experience with the Victorian Quadrille Orchestra and the Small Planet Dancers. The free openair concert with lawn seating will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 2, at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead at 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield.
Kick off summer at WGBY’s Asparagus Festival on Saturday, June 1, at the Hadley Town Common on Route 9. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m stop by for food, live music and a visit with Curious George and The Cat in the Hat. Free, with suggested donation of $20 a family.
The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow will hold an album release party at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 1, at the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage at 30 Union St., Pittsfield. The band brings together five Massachusetts singersongwriters for an Americana, rock-roots vibe.
This weekend marks the opening seasons for both the Pittsfield Suns and the Steeplecats. Both teams have home games, with the Suns taking to home plate tonight, Saturday, June 1, 2, 4 and the Steeplecats on June 5.
Join Cantilena Chamber Choir to celebrate 15 years of making music Saturday, June 1, with a concert filled with highlights from the group’s 15 seasons. The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Church at 88 Walker St., Lenox. Tickets, $35, $25 for seniors.
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New play celebrates Whitman’s birthday Eagle correspondent
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What: “America & Me: Celebrating Walt Whitman’s Birthday,” a staged reading by William Kinsolving
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The Mount in Lenox will celebrate Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday on Friday with a new play “America & Me” by William Kinsolving. Still, Kinsolving said, with “the complexity of his life as a private citizen and his sexual proclivities, he was often pilloried ... he carried all of those struggles, and that’s what the play is about.” Like most Americans, Kinsolving first encountered Whitman’s work in high school. “He dropped out of school at 11 and educated himself under very difficult circumstances; and then he changed American poetry.” Self-publishing “Leaves of Grass,” “was a total flop,” Kinsolving said. Whitman added poems to nine subsequent editions, but only the Centennial edition proved successful. “He wrote it to save Amer-
ica, self-anointing himself to be America’s bard.” Whitman had no respect for other poets. He viewed rhyme and meter as manacles on the language, a challenge Kinsolving had to overcome. “I was always suspicious of free verse, I’m a formalist as far as poetry goes. It comes from all the work I did with Shakespeare. ... Now my respect for it is huge.” “Wharton had a long relationship with Whitman’s work,” said Michelle Daly, The Mount’s public programs director. “She had a copy of ‘Leaves of Grass’ in all her homes. Her copy here is richly inscribed with marginalia. It’s clearly a well-
loved and well-used book.” The Pulitzer Prize-winning author read it aloud with her friends Walter Berry and Henry James, Daly said. Kinsolving’s play “captures the character of Whitman in the way of his public oratory and lectures,” Daly said. “It speaks his language, sharing vignettes of his life in a way that will be enriching for audiences. “Wharton had a deep love of poetry, and Walt Whitman and his language fell into that,” she said. “Literary like-minded folks of the time read Whitman, some for the risque factor of it. It was expected you would know it.”
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LENOX — On Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday on Friday, May 31, actor and writer William Kinsolving will present Where: The Stable, Edith a dramatic reading of his new Wharton’s home The Mount, 2 play “America & Me,” por- Plunkett St., Lenox traying Whitman on his 67th When: 5 p.m. Friday, May 31 birthday, at The Mount. The Lakeville, Conn., Duration: 80 minutes with resident knows Edith Whar- no intermission. A reception ton’s Lenox estate well. He follows. befriended Shakespeare & Tickets: $20 general admisCompany co-founders Tina Packer and Kristin Linklater sion, $15 members while a student in London, Information/Box Office: edithand visited The Mount often wharton.org, 413-551-5111 when the theater company resided there. “I remember seeing ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ out project, a friend encouraged in the woods,” he recalled. “It Kinsolving to take on the role. She set up a reading in was wonderful, all those fairSalisbury, Conn., which sold ies running around.” Now, Kinsolving makes his out, raising money for the own theatrical debut in The library, he said. Over the following year, he performed Stable at Wharton’s home. Actor and director Kinsolv- the play “about 20 times all ing’s debut play, “Nicholas over the country.” Kinsolving presents the Romanov,” led to a career writing and rewriting screen- reading with no makeup or plays as a “script doctor” in costume “[There’s] a the U.S. and UK big picture of during the 1960 over my and 1970s. He “He wrote it to Walt shoulder as a worked with constant referFranco Zeffiresave America, ence,” he said. lli on “Brother self-anointing “I’ve done a lot Sun, Sister of play readMoon,” spendhimself to ings holding ing weekends in Italy and a script; if it’s be America’s weekdays unwell done, the der contract to audience forbard.” Warner Brothgets the script ers in the UK. WILLIAM after five min20th Century utes.” KINSOLVING, on Fox paid him to He tweaks Walt Whitman write his first the text after novel, “Born every reading, With the Cenhe said. “It’s tury,” in return for the rights; constantly evolving, which it was a best seller but the has been quite exciting as a movie was never made. writer.” When a colleague looking Among things Kinsolvfor a solo play to perform ing learned about Whitman, suggested Whitman as a sub- a great admirer of Lincoln, ject, Kinsolving wrote a draft was how heroic he was in within two weeks. After that Civil War hospitals, which he actor stepped away from the wrote about often.
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‘WHAT SHE SAID: THE ART OF PAULINE KAEL’
Documentary celebrates longtime film critic Pauline Kael film launches BIFF at one of her old haunts BY BENJAMIN CASSIDY The Berkshire Eagle GREAT BARRINGTON — “People don’t tend to like a good critic. They tend to hate your guts,” Pauline Kael says early on in Rob Garver’s documentary, “What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael.” “If they like you, I think you should start getting worried.” As a film critic for The New Yorker for more than two decades, the late Kael inspired If you go ... plenty of loathWhat: BIFF Opening Night: ing with take‘What She Said: The Art downs of popuof Pauline Kael’ screening lar movies such (Q&A with director Rob as “Lawrence of Garver and others followArabia.” But she ing the film) also garnered respect from When: 6 p.m. Thursday some of the inWhere: The Mahaiwe dustry’s titans, a Performing Arts Center, lasting influence 14 Castle St., Great Barthat Garver’s rington film captures through interTickets: $20 views with figReservations/Information: ures such as biffma.org; 413-528-8030 Alec Baldwin, David O. Russell and Quentin Tarantino. “We grew up reading Pauline Kael,” Tarantino says at one point. Garver did, too, devouring her reviews for the first time while he was in college in the 1980s. “At that time, I had started making my own short movies and just loved everything about movies. I wasn’t one of those people who read all the critics, but I read a lot of them, and Pauline really stood out. She stood out because I think she had this unbelievable enthusiasm,” the film’s producer/director/editor said.
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Pauline Kael, picture here around 1965, was a longtime film critic for The New Yorker. On Thursday night, Garver will be on hand and participating in a Q&A session after a screening of “What She Said” at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. The event opens the 2019 Berkshire International Film Festival in Great Barrington, where Kael spent many of her later years and died on Sept. 3, 2001, at age 82. “She did go to the Mahaiwe cinema in the last years of her life, even in the ‘80s when she was still reviewing,” Garver told The Eagle by phone. “ ... She would hear from a lot of filmmakers who wanted to screen their films for her. So, they would [send] the film prints up and screen them for her personally in the theater.” The documentary doesn’t spend much time focusing on Kael’s Great Barrington life with her daughter Gina James, who still lives in the town. It begins in a different place: Petaluma, Calif., where she was raised. Eventually, she would end up in New York City, leaving an indelible mark on the movie business
and film criticism for her completely subjective stances. For example, her appreciation for Martin Scorsese’s “Mean Streets” helped make him a household name. “Pauline had no theory, no rules, no guidelines, no objective standards. You couldn’t apply her ‘approach’ to a film. With her it was all personal,” Roger Ebert once wrote of Kael. Though interviews with famous film types help guide the viewer’s understanding of Kael’s career and impact, her own writing is a major character in the film. Sarah Jessica Parker assumes Kael’s voice. Garver had initially reached out to the actress because of her close connection to both New York City and the writing world, but he soon learned that Parker used to read Kael’s reviews with her mother during her youth. Kael’s last review, published in 1991, also concluded with a nice line about Parker’s performance in “L.A. Story.” “It turned out that she knew
that, so I think she felt a connection, too,” Garver said of Parker. To make Kael’s prose visually compelling, Garver pulled about 400 clips from films that relate to her words. “I’ve seen a lot of movies, but I haven’t seen all the movies in my film,” Garver said. This taxing compilation process was a major reason why it took Garver several years to complete the film after learning that nobody had completed a documentary on Kael. “I thought it would be an interesting idea to try to make a movie that expressed the same feeling that I had when I read her as a young person, just the love of what she was doing and the wit and the insight and all those feelings mixed together,” Garver said, “and also to try to tell her own personal story through the movies.” Benjamin Cassidy can be reached at bcassidy@berkshireeagle.com, at @bybencassidy on Twitter and 413-496-6251.
What: “Gail Nelson Sings Billie Holiday” with Howard Begun, piano, and Will Hack, bass Where: Mr. Finn’s Cabaret, 36 Linden St., Pittsfield
When: 9:30 p.m. Saturday, June 1, and BY SHARON SMULLEN Eagle correspondent
Twenty five years ago, actress and singer Gail Nelson was the first person to perform at a brand new theater company called Barrington Stage Company with “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill,” a solo musical play about Billie Holiday’s final days. On Saturday and Monday, Nelson returns to Barrington Stage with a musical homage to Holiday, accompanied by Howard Begun on piano and Will Hack on bass. This appearance marks Nelson’s debut at Mr. Finn’s Cabaret, an intimate performance space below Barrington’s second stage in the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center. Nelson’s extensive set list of “uptunes and ballads” will include “All of Me,” “Them There Eyes,” “Good Morning Heartache” and “Moonlight,” plus Holiday’s signature song “Strange Fruit,” about lynchings in the South, and some Bessie Smith songs. “‘Lover Man’ is another favorite of mine,” Nelson said by phone from her New Jersey home. “It’s haunting, you really get into her spirit and her phrasing.” “Lady Day” cast albums starring Nelson will also be available to purchase.
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Gail Nelson will perform at Mr. Finn’s Cabaret on June 1 and June 3. In 1987, she married her longtime musical director and arranger Danny Holgate — they met in 1976. “Cab [Calloway] gave us our wedding at his White Plains home,” she recalled. This visit to the Berkshires is her first performance at BSC since her beloved partner of 40 years passed away in 2017. “We were a great team,” Nelson said. “He’s always with us; he’ll be in the house.” “I’ve known Gail for a long long time,” said Barrington Stage Artistic Director Julianne Boyd. “Her husband Danny was musical director for [Boyd’s production] ‘Eubie!’ on Broadway in 1978.” He also played Holiday’s accompanist Jimmy Powers in “Lady Day.” It was Holgate who suggested Boyd consider the Hartford TheaterWorks
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production of “Lady Day” to open her new company. “I saw a video and thought it was magnificent,” she said. Following that first staging at The Macano Inn in Housatonic, Barrington Stage reprised the show by popular demand four more times at different locations, most recently in 2007 on the Mainstage. “It’s as if it hasn’t left us, it’s been with us for many years,” Boyd said. “It’s so exciting to have [Nelson] back because it’s such a great memory of being successful.” She recalls Nelson giving an acclaimed performance as the lead in “Porgy and Bess.” “I knew her as an overall fabulous musician. Her voice was soprano and bluesy, it could be anything,” Boyd said. “She always surprises you, her musicianship is so deep.” She considers Nelson part of BSC’s artistic family. “She was the very first,” Boyd said. Nelson kicks off the summer season at Mr. Finn’s Cabaret. Performances are already underway at the St. Germain Stage, with Mainstage productions set to begin June 19.
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“I can’t believe it’s been 25 years since we opened the theater company with ‘Lady Day,’” Nelson said. “It boggles my mind. “It’s my first time in the cabaret room,” she said. “It’s going to be fun singing some of these songs I was singing for so long in a different context.” More of an Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan fan, Nelson initially wasn’t really excited about performing Holiday’s music. “I started delving and listening, and all of a sudden it infiltrated into my soul,” she said. “The songs and the way she sang made me feel the lyrics and the phrasing; it’s like she lived through each word.” Nelson returned four times to Barrington Stage as Lady Day. She also appeared in other BSC shows, including “South Pacific.” During her varied career, Nelson has sung opera — she attended New England Conservatory of Music — and performed on Broadway; in New York and regional theater; cabaret on land and sea from the Caribbean to Africa; plus TV commercials and two decades of book narration. She toured the U.S. in “Porgy and Bess” with Houston Grand Opera, performed with Ginger Rogers at Radio City Music Hall, and sang with Cab Calloway and Pearl Bailey in “Hello Dolly.”
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Keep the soil around the cutting moist but not soaking wet and leave it undisturbed for at least four weeks. Then lift off the greenhouse and
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tings in late summer or fall, but I have found that such cuttings taken in late spring or early summer are also likely to succeed if they are sufficiently mature. Whatever type of cutting you are taking, though, I have found it best to place them immediately in a gallon-sized ziplock plastic bag with a wet paper towel to prevent dehydration and to get them into the rooting bed promptly. When making softwood cuttings, take a 4-inch length of stem; semi-hardwood cuttings may be longer, from 4 to 6 inches. Sever the cutting just below a node, the spot where a leaf, or leaves, sprouts from the stem. Trim off the lower leaves from the stem, leaving at least two in place at the top of the cutting. Dip the cutting in rooting hormone (available at most garden centers). Then, with a pencil, poke a hole in your rooting bed. Insert the lower half of the cutting in the hole and firm in the soil mix around it with the pencil tip. Water the cutting well and cover it with a minigreenhouse made by cutting the bottom off a 2-liter plastic soft drink bottle. On hot days, you can remove the cap from the bottle to ventilate the cutting.
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This is the premier shopping season for garden plants, and many purchases will be made in May by mailorder or by pilgrimages to local nurseries. Often, however, better results can be had by keeping your wallet in your pocket and looking closer to home. This shopping success comes from looking for the success stories in neighbors’ gardens. Whether you are hunting for natives or treasures of exotic origin, the plants that are already thriving in your neighborhood are the best bet for your own property. Such plants have already proven their adaptation to the local climate, soil and other conditions. Given exposure to a similar amount of sunshine and similar care to what they received in their former home, your locally sourced plants are almost certain to thrive. All that’s needed to acquire such plants is the permission of the owners, which in my experience is usually freely given, and a familiarity with the basics of plant propagation. You can try collecting seed, but what will sprout from these may differ mark-
edly from the parent you admired in the neighbor’s garden. The best way to acquire a real duplicate of some coveted specimen is to clone it. That sounds high-tech, but it’s easily accomplished by simply rooting a cutting. To do this, first prepare a rooting bed. Select a spot that is brightly lit, but without direct sunlight, such as the area on the north side of a wall or fence. A small plot just a few feet square will provide accommodation for plenty of cuttings. Ensure that the soil in your cutting bed is moisture-retentive, but also well-drained; mix equal parts of sphagnum peat and horticultural perlite with the existing soil. Next, with a sharp knife, cut a shoot tip from the parent plant. When cloning herbs or annual and perennial flowers, it’s best to take a ‘softwood’ cutting, a length of newly-grown, succulent stem, making your cut just below a node where a leaf or leaves sprout from the stem. For shrubs, a semi-hardwood cutting, a stem tip that is more mature, still flexible enough to bend easily, but hard enough that it breaks with a snap, is better. Propagation manuals recommend taking semi-hardwood cut-
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tug gently on one of the cutting’s leaves. If the cutting resists sliding out of the soil, it has probably rooted. Herbs, annuals and perennials may be transplanted to the garden at once. Shrubs should be left in the rooting bed over the winter and then moved to a nursery bed with an appropriate amount of sunshine the following spring to be nurtured as they grow into larger plants able to hold their own in the landscape. One point to keep in mind while pursuing pass-along plants is that it is possible for a plant to be too vigorous. Be sure to ask your neighbors if a plant has proven weedy and aggressive in their garden before introducing it into your own. You don’t want to provide an invitation to a weed or invasive plant.
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‘SHIMMERING FLOWERS: NANCY LORENZ’S LACQUER AND BRONZE LANDSCAPES’
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Artist Nancy Lorenz’s Lor oren enz’ z s interest in materials has help helped ped her create a g gilded, ilded,, lacqu lacquered q ered look for much of her work. BY SHARON SMULLEN
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While some artists prefer watercolors or oils, Nancy Lorenz paints with mother-ofpearl and burnished gold leaf. This summer, at the Berkshire Botanical Garden’s Leonhardt Galleries, Lorenz’s well-observed plant studies are part of an eclectic show incorporating cast-bronze tabletop landscapes, lacquered boxes and an abstract screen. There’s also an epic gilded panel of wildflowers on a rocky terrain. “Shimmering Flowers: Nancy Lorenz’s Lacquer and Bronze Landscapes” presents the New York City-based artist’s distinctive view of na-
ture. At Friday’s opening reception, Ikebana master Kan Asakura will create flower arrangements in Lorenz’s rustic bronze containers. Shallow trays hold islands of striated forms resembling rocks and caves, some with water bubbling around. All are created using corrugated cardboard molds and mottled with a verdigris patina. “There’s an earthiness to the texture,” Lorenz said by phone from her Queens studio. “I do enjoy using everyday materials and transforming them, that is key to the work.” Guest arrangers will interact with the landscapes all season long and fill them with
flowers. In the fall, Asakura will revisit his original arrangements with the same plants in their later forms. Created especially for this exhibit, the pieces are a “whole new direction” for Lorenz, who enjoys an international following with works in public and private collections, as well as galleries from San Diego to Dubai. Lorenz spent her formative teenage years in Tokyo, where her father was working. While peers embraced popular culture — she still exchanges Hello Kitty birthday gifts with her sister — Lorenz visited artisan studios, learning about Japanese creativity through pottery, textiles and wood-block printing. Fasci-
nated by the tools she saw, she wanted to use them herself. “It was there I decided to become an artist,” she said, “so, I draw from that experience and Japanese art.” Lorenz is also rooted in the Western tradition. She spent a postgraduate year in Rome, where she “fell in love with Sienese panel painting” on gold backgrounds, and counts Whistler and Louise Bourgeois among her influences. In 1988, she settled in New York City and honed her art while restoring Japanese lacquer antiques. “I was lucky to have been exposed to all that fine craft and elevated sublime objects early on,” she said. “Between Tokyo and Rome, my senses
were full. There are elements of these traditions throughout the work.” Her wooden screens, in particular, meld the two approaches, she said. Longstanding collaborations with designers included large-scale commissions of coromandel lacquer screens — Coco’s favorite style — at Chanel stores all over the world. At the garden, a wood panel screen, “Night Sky,” suggests a swirling, tumbling scene, moody pools punctuated with splashes of blue inlay, indigo lacquer and white-gold leaf. Intricate inlaid wildflower studies, however, “have a much more Victorian feel to LORENZ, Page 9
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If you go ... What: “Shimmering Flowers: Nancy Lorenz’s Lacquer and Bronze Landscapes” Where: Leonhardt Galleries, Berkshire Botanical Garden, 5 West Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge When: June 1 through Sept. 30, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Included in Garden admission. Opening reception and Ikebana demonstration 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 31
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Artist Nancy Lorenz’ work is heavily influenced by her time in Japan and Rome.
them,” Lorenz said, while delicate textile petals on heavy bronze flower stems recall the gauzy tutu of Degas’ “Little Dancer” statue. In 1998, Lorenz received a Guggenheim award to create a “very poetic interpretation” of periodic table elements. Burnishing silver leaf to evoke Mercury, she said, “led to all the other uses of that material.” “So much of my creative beginnings begin with this curiosity of materials,” she said. Using time-consuming, water-gilding techniques, builtup gesso is covered with meticulously polished gilder’s clay. Gossamer-thin gold leaf is laid over wet surfaces, then burnished with agate until it gleams. Often, Lorenz will “distress” the resulting finish with sandpaper. Molten gold appears to run down the sides of a wooden lacquer box decorated with chrysanthemums, pooling on the table below. Golden landscape panels depict wildflower fields on shaded wood grain and corrugated backgrounds, freeform gestures
suggesting hills, trees, rocks and clouds. On panels and boxes, thick gold and delicate pink and blue inlays define petals and leaves of showy peonies, while shimmering thistledown slivers waft over a sea of shiny specks. Since the Center House gallery renovation, art at the Berkshire Botanical Garden “has really grown,” said Executive Director Mike Beck. Its year-round exhibits focusing on horticulture, flowers and the natural world are now embedded in the Berkshire artistic landscape. “Even though [Lorenz] is a contemporary artist and sometimes abstract, she features beautiful, clear references to nature,” Beck said. “This is a show about flowers in the broadest sense. She focuses on art that really brings forward the botanical aspect of her work.” “She is excited to be showing in a non-traditional gallery setting,” Beck said. “There’s a counterpoint between very high-gloss panels and lacquered boxes and the cast-bronze work, which has that rustic rough quality. “It’s a great variety of work in a small gallery space.”
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ART MUSE GALLERY 7 Railroad Ave., Chatham, N.Y. amusechatham.com Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. May 30 - July 28: Peter Dellert, “Mixed Media Collage and Assemblage.” ART OMI 1405 County Route 22, Ghent, N.Y. 518-392-4747, artomi.org On view: “Gold,” Katharine Bernhardt; “Untitled (Mobile),” Virginia Overton; “Somos 11 Millones / We Are 11 Million,” Andrea Bowers; “Eureka,” Brian Tolle; “Untitled,” Christopher Wool; “Day Trip,” Sarah Braman; “To Be Of Use,” David Shrigley; “Oculi,” Aleksandr Mergold; “International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation, Configuration 29, End of the American Dream: Noam Chomsky, Jim Jones, Martin Luther King, Edward Snowden, Joe Stack, Donna Haraway,” Goshka Macuga; “Prismatic,” Hou de Sousa, and more. Thursdays, through June 6: Open Figure Drawing for Adults, ages 16 and up, $8 drop in, 5 to 7:30 p.m. BERKSHIRE ART MUSEUM 159 E. Main St., North Adams 413-664-9550, BAMuseum.org Summer hours: Noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday to Sunday, beginning June 13. Fall hours: Noon to 5 p.m. weekends.
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Admission: $5, $3 seniors, students and children ages 6-12, free for Berkshire County residents, children and donors.
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On view: Eric Rudd’s Iceberg Installation, Robotic Sculpture, and “Berkshire Art Museum Annex – A Chapel for Humanity,” a massive sculptural epic with 150 life-sized figures, 250 low-relief ceiling figures and a Sept. 11 Memorial Garden, first opened in 2001. BERKSHIRE BOTANICAL GARDEN 5 W. Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge 413-298-3926, berkshirebotanical.org June 1 - Sept. 30: “Shimmering Flowers: Nancy Lorenz’s Lacquer and Bronze Landscapes,” with admission, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
June 1 - Oct. 11: “Contained Exuberance,” with admission, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. BERKSHIRE MUSEUM 39 South St., Pittsfield 413-443-7171, berkshiremuseum. org Ongoing: Animals of the World in Miniature, Aquarium, Berkshire Backyard, Curiosity Incubator, Feigenbaum Hall of Innovation, Rocks and Minerals, Window on the World. Through July 28: “BerkshireNow: John MacDonald.” This solo show of atmospheric landscapes by accomplished artist John MacDonald reflects his love of the craft of painting, depicting the beauty of nature in all seasons. Through Sept. 8: “Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion.” Experience genius in motion at Berkshire Museum as you use cranks, levers and pulleys to test Leonardo’s inventions, marvel at his flying machines, and step inside his wooden battle tank. Each mechanism in the exhibit was constructed based on Leonardo da Vinci’s Renaissance drawings, using the tools and materials available during his time. A Feigenbaum Innovative Experience, sponsored by the Feigenbaum Foundation. May 31 - Sept. 29: “Objects and Their Stories: Shoes.” Step into the history, technology and fashion of footwear from around the world as illustrated by moccasins, sandals, clogs and more from the museum’s collection. CHESTERWOOD 4 Williamsville Road, Stockbridge 413-298-3579, chesterwood.org
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Lauren Mabry, “Fused” is on view at Ferrin Contemporary in North Adams now through June 30.
See,” an exhibit of artwork by CATA artists with disabilities with a focus on work by artists from Berkshire Family & Individual Resources and United Cerebral Palsy, at Tunnel City Coffee at Mass MoCA, 1040 MASS MoCA, North Adams. FERRIN CONTEMPORARY 1315 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams 413-346-4004, ferrincontemporary.com
Hours: Open daily through Oct. 27, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Guided tours depart at 11 a.m., noon, 1 and 2 p.m. Open touring from 10 to 11 a.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. Grounds-only pass available.
Through June 30: Lauren Mabry, “Fused.”
Saturday, June 1: The 50th Anniversary Studio Garden Party, a moveable feast of the arts to celebrate Chesterwood’s 50th anniversary as a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, featuring a performance by Dances by Isadora on the studio garden lawn, tableaux vivant, master sculptor modeling from a live model in the studio and music. The event includes cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and a special “Lincoln Memorial” raffle. $150, $125 members; $100 young professionals, 5 to 7:30 p.m.
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COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS CATAarts.org On view through June 30: “What I
GOOD PURPOSE GALLERY 40 Main St., Lee Wednesday, June 5: Opening reception for Michael McManmon’s art exhibition and the 35th anniversary of the College Internship Program, 4 to 6 p.m.
this site, historically and today. Through Nov. 11: “While Mighty Thunders Roll: Popular Artists Sing the Shakers,” explores and expands this musical legacy through a display of historic objects and ephemera shown alongside newly commissioned a capella renditions of Shaker songs performed by a selection of popular musicians including Laurie Anderson, Yo-Yo Ma and Natalie Merchant. JACOB’S PILLOW 358 George Carter Road, Becket 413-243-0745, jacobspillow.org
Through Aug. 25: “Jacob’s Pillow: Taking Dance Off the Mountain” photography exhibition, 5 p.m. to 1 a.m., at Methuselah Bar & Lounge, 391 North St., Pittsfield. MASS MOCA 1040 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams 413-662-2111, massmoca.org Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Monday. Open June 15-Oct 14, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. On view now: Trenton Doyle Hancock, “Mind of the Mound:
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HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE 1843 W. Housatonic St., Pittsfield 413-443-0188, hancockshakervillage.org Through Nov. 11: “Borrowed Light,” Barbara Ernst Prey. A new body of watercolors inspired by visits across three seasons where Prey immersed herself in the buildings, historic artifacts and landscape of this site. Her voice brings new consideration to the visual and haptic experience of
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DANCE JACOB’S PILLOW 358 George Carter Road, Becket June 3 - Aug. 23: Community Dance Classes, for dancers of all levels ages 16 and up, $10, $55 for a 6-class card, 8 to 9 a.m. Mondays: Pilates; Tuesdays: Ballet; Wednesdays: Modern; Thursdays: Zumba; Fridays in June and August: Hip-Hop; Fridays in July: African Dance.
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Monday, June 3: Free on the 3s, bring an ID to show you’re a resident of the 01247 for free admission.
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MCLA GALLERY 51 51 Main St., North Adams 413-662-5320, mcla.edu/gallery51 Through June 22: Works by Anina Major.
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Jacob’s Pillow offers community dance classes throughout the summer for dancers of all ages and levels. Classes start Monday, June 3.
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of the museum. Enjoy the newly opened commemorative exhibition, “For the People: Memories of the Old Corner House.” 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
413-298-4100, nrm.org
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Ongoing: Norman Rockwell’s 323 Saturday Evening Post covers, ArtZone. Gallery talks daily at 11:30 a.m., 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. Daily gallery talks of the museum’s Frank E. Schoonover and Rube Goldberg exhibitions at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.
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Through Oct. 27: “For the People: Memories of the Old Corner House,” commemorative installation for the 50th anniversary of the founding of Norman Rockwell Museum at The Old Corner House on Main Street, Stockbridge.
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Through June 9: “The Art and Wit of Rube Goldberg,” explore the creativity of the legendary cartoonist, whose ideas for outlandish inventions and political cartoons will be on view. Sponsored by the Keator Group, LLC. Friday, May 31: 50th Anniversary of Norman Rockwell Museum. Special gallery talks reflect on the early days
May 31 - June 23: Sean O’Conner, “Vails.” Opening reception, Saturday, June 1 at 4 p.m. SALEM ART WORKS 19 Cary Lane, Salem, N.Y. Wednesday, June 5: Afternoon of artist presentations, 3:30 to 5 p.m., at North Main Gallery, 196 N. Main St., Salem, N.Y. SANDISFIELD ARTS CENTER 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield 413-258-4100, sandisfieldartscenter.org June 1 - 30: Olwen Dowling, “The Past is Present,” oils, watercolors, monoprints. Exhibit on display during scheduled events and by appointment with the artist. An opening reception will be held on June 1, 2 to 4 p.m. SCULPTURENOW On the grounds of The Mount,
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June 1 - Oct. 27: New exhibition of 31 large outdoor sculptures by nationally recognized artists, including acclaimed artist Albert Paley.
Hours: WCMA Galleries, open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday to Tuesday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday until June 2. Summer Space, open daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 3 to Sept. 6.
790 NY-203, Spencertown, N.Y. 518-392-3693, spencertownacademy.org Gallery hours: Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. On view through June 16: “Gardens of Delight,” featuring artists Stephanie Anderson, Amy Bergeron, Marilyn Orner, Mary Ellen Riell, Laura Shore, Pamela Stoddart and Marianne Van Lent, admission is free and the artworks are for sale, 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. TURN PARK ART SPACE 2 Moscow Road, West Stockbridge turnpark.com Through Oct. 31: Kathleen Jacobs’ “Echos.” Liane Nouri and Jaanika Peerna, “Flow / Flux / Fold.” WILLIAMS COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART
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Sunday, June 2: “Nutshell Playhouse,” free, 1 to 2 p.m.
On view through June 2: “Uncovering Williams.” Students in the Uncovering Williams course consider the history of Williams College and its relationship to land, people, architecture and artifacts. This focused installation is on view in conjunction with “Highlights and Acquisitions from the American and European
Tuesdays: WeeMuse Littlest Learners. Children ages 6 to 18 months engage in stories, songs and creative movement every week in this interactive gallery program designed specifically for our youngest museum visitors, 10:30 a.m. Fridays: WeeMuse Adventures. Led by a museum educator, children 18 months to 3 years old explore the museum with their caregivers and learn through songs, stories, scavenger hunts, play time and more, 11 a.m. Saturdays: Chow Time in the
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Through Oct. 31: “A Day in The Life: Norman Rockwell’s Stockbridge Studio,” explore Norman Rockwell’s original Stockbridge studio, reinstalled to look as it did in 1960, when the artist was working on his iconic “Golden Rule” painting.
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Collection.” “James Van Der Zee: Collecting History,” exhibition of WCMA’s recently-acquired portfolio of 18 photographs by James Van Der Zee. WCMA Galleries.
Critical Mass.” Hancock presents his most ambitious project to date in Mass MoCA’s signature Building 5 gallery. Annie Lennox, “Now I Let You Go…” Lennox juxtaposes her public persona with more intimate aspects of her most personal self. Cauleen Smith, “We Already Have What We Need,” colorful, light-infused video installations, conjure sci-fi-inspired visions of utopia, with a concern for our planet and its people. “Suffering From Realness,” examines the human condition through works in all media — some intimate and personal, some transglobal and plainly political. Joe Manning, “Looking at North Adams,” short texts illuminate views through the mill building windows across the museum bringing the city’s history to life. Building 6 features work by artists including James Turrell, Louise Bourgeois, Jenny Holzer, Laurie Anderson, Gunnar Schonbeck, and more.
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Aquarium. Help prepare delicious and nutritious meals for the creatures in the aquarium, including the turtles, fish and the blue-tongue skink, 12:30 p.m.
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Sundays: Discovery Tank Program. Meet the residents of the aquarium’s Discovery Tank and learn about tide pool life in this guided, hands-on gallery program for all ages, 1 p.m. Saturday, June 1: WeeMuse Art Lab, with admission, 11 a.m. BUSHNELL-SAGE LIBRARY 48 Main St., Sheffield 413-229-7004, bushnellsagelibrary.org Tuesdays in June: Lego club, 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, June 5: Chess club, 3:15 p.m. DALTON LIONS CLUB Dalton American Legion Field, Route 9, Dalton. June 5 - 9: Fireworks Friday and Saturday, rides by Mark Fanelli’s Traveling Amusement Park, games and food and community booths. Advance ride tickets are available at Dalton CRA, Dalton General Store, Greenridge Variety and from members of Dalton Fire Department. FYFES AND DRUMMS OF OLDE SARATOGA Village of Kinderhook, N.Y. fifedrum.org
Hadley Town Common, Route 9,
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Saturday, June 1: Farmers and makers market, craft beer and libations, food trucks and vendors and farm displays and demos.
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Saturdays in June: Discovery Table, 2 to 4 p.m.
Thursday, May 30: Farm Friends for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers, meet a farm animal, enjoy a story and make a craft, with admission, 10:30 a.m. LEE LIBRARY 100 Main St., Lee leelibrary.org
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Saturday, June 1: Free Family Fun day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday, June 1: 17th Old Toga Muster, parade steps off at noon Saturday. Grounds open at noon Friday.
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See artist Trenton Doyle Hancock’s work at Mass MoCA for free on Monday, June 3, if you’re a North Adams resident. Gallery admission is free during Free on the 3s days for residents.
Mondays: Babies and Books, 10:30 a.m.
NOTCHVIEW RESERVATION Route 9, Windsor 413-200-7262, thetrustees.org Tuesdays, June 4 - 25: Storytime with goats, $6 child, $3 member child, adults free, 10 to 11 a.m. PITTSFIELD SUNS 105 Wahconah St., Pittsfield. 413-445-7867, pittsfieldsuns.com
Thursdays: Brain Builders, weekly playgroup for families with young children from ages birth to 5, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
June 1, 2, 4: Home games
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Wednesday, June 5: SteepleCats v. Sanford, $3-7, 6:30 p.m.
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Sunday, June 2: Kid flicks, 9:30 a.m.; “That Part Feeling,” documentary, 11 a.m.; Tea Talk, “Echo in the Canyon,” 1 p.m.; “Trumbull Land,” documentary, 4 p.m.; “Museum
Friday, May 31: “Claire Darling,” starring Catherine Deneuve, Chiara Mastroianni, Alice Taglioni, 9 a.m.; “Dreaming of a Vetter World,” documentary, 9 a.m.; “Broken Mirrors,” starring Liora Rivlin, Manuel Elkaslassy, Renana Raz, Shira Haas, Yaakov Daniel Zada, Yiftach Klein, Yoav Rotman, 9:15 a.m.; “The Weight of Water,” documentary, 11 a.m.; “Duelles (Mother’s Instinct),” directed by Olivier Masset-Depasse, 11:15 a.m.; “From Shock to Awe,” documentary, 11:30 a.m.; “Gay Chorus Deep South,” documentary, 1:15 p.m.; Shorts 1, 1:30 p.m.; “Jirga,” written and directed by Benjamin Gilour, 1:45 p.m.; “The Infiltrators,” documentary, 3:30 p.m.; “Harvest Season,” documentary, 4 p.m.; “The Short History of the Long Road,” starring Maggie Siff, Danny Trejo, Steven Ogg, 4:15 p.m.; “One Child Nation,” documentary, 6 p.m.; “Anbessa,” documentary, 6:15 p.m.; “The Farewell,” starring Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Zhao Shuzhen, Lu Hong, Jiang Yongbo, 6:15 p.m.; Shorts 2, 8:15 p.m.; “Urgent,” starring Rachid Mustapha, Fatima Zahra Baladi, Youssef Alaoui, 8:30 p.m.; “The Perfection,” starring Allison Williams, Alaina Huffman, Steven Weber, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 1: “Premature,”
413-528-8030, biffma.org Tickets and prices online. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center 14 Castle St., Great Barrington Thursday, May 30: Opening night, “What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael,” documentary, 6 p.m. Friday, May 31: “Botero,” documentary, 9:15 a.m.; “The Art and Times of Frosty Myers,” documentary, 11:15 a.m.; Tea Talk, “The Biggest Little Farm,” 2 p.m.; “The Dog Doc,” documentary, 5 p.m.; Tea Talk, “Weed the People,” 7:45 p.m. Saturday, June 1: “The Cat Rescuers,” documentary, 10 a.m.; Tea Talk, “This Changes Everything,” 12:30 p.m.; “Raging Bull,” starring Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, 3:30 p.m.; Tribute night, 7 p.m.; “Silence,” starring Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, 8:30 p.m.
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57 North St., Pittsfield Friday, May 31: Opening night, “The Apollo,” 6 p.m. Saturday, June 1: Shorts 2, 9 a.m.; “Dreaming of a Vetter World,” 9:15
Hubbard Hall, 25 E. Main St., Cambridge, N.Y. 518-232-2347, musicfromsalem. org Shows at Hubbard Hall unless noted. Emerging Artists Concerts Sunday, June 2: Cello Seminar Students, $15 suggested or pay what you can, 4 p.m. RACE BROOK LODGE 864 Undermountain Road, Sheffield 413-229-2916, rblodge.com Sunday, June 2: Jazz Brunch with The Bobby MacVeety Trio, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. PHOTO PROVIDED BY LEO MASCARO
The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow will host an album release kick-off party at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 1, at Barrington Stage Company’s Mainstage. a.m.; “The Short History of the Long Road,” 9:15 a.m.; “The Infiltrators,” documentary, 11:15 a.m.; Shorts 1, 11:30 a.m.; “Jay Myself,” 11:30 a.m.; Shorts 3, 1:45 p.m.; “The TImes of Bill Cunningham,” 1:45 p.m.; “Sold Brook,” 2 p.m.; “The Tobacconist,” 4 p.m.; “Return of the Hero,” 4:15 p.m. Sunday, June 2: “Ernie and Joe,” 9:15 a.m.; “Working Woman,” 9:15 a.m.; Kid Flicks, 9:30 a.m.; “Premature,” 11 a.m.; “Harvest Season,” documentary, 11:30 a.m.; “Don’t Be Nice,” 11:30 a.m.; “The Weight of Water,” 1 p.m.; “The Trouble With You,” 1:45 p.m.; “La Terra Buona,” 1:45 p.m.; “The Silent Revolution,” 3 p.m.; “Yuli,” 4 p.m.; “Those Who Work,” 4 p.m.
MUSIC ARROWHEAD 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield 413-442-1793, berkshirehistory. org Sunday, June 2: The Civil War Ballroom with The Victorian Quadrille Orchestra and the Small Planet Dancers, donations encouraged, 7 p.m. in the historic barn, seating on the lawn. BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center 36 Linden St., Pittsfield
413-236-8888, barringtonstageco.org/mrfinns MR. FINN’S CABARET June 1 and 3: Gail Nelson sings Billie Holiday, $45, 9:30 p.m. Saturday and 8 p.m. Monday.
MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS 375 Church St., North Adams 413-662-5227, mcla.edu
TAMARACK HOLLOW NATURE AND CULTURAL CENTER 1515-16 Savoy Hollow Road, Windsor tamarackhollownatureandculturalcenter.org/ Mondays: West African & Caribbean drum and song classes with Aimee Gelinas, $10, 6 p.m. beginner, 7 p.m. advanced, at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, 28 Renne Ave.,
Saturday, June 1: The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow Album Release Kick-off, 8 p.m. Reserved seating, $18 in advance, $20 at the door. VIP Tickets (only sold in advance, 21 years of age or older) $75 includes prime seating, two cocktails curated and sponsored by Hudson Whiskey, meet and greet with the band and a signed limited edition poster. CANTILENA CHAMBER CHOIR Trinity Church 88 Walker St., Lenox 518-791-0185, cantilenachoir.org
Hope Church Friday, June 7, at 7pm
Saturday, June 1: 15th Anniversary concert; Stravinsky Mass with chorus and orchestra plus highlights from 15 seasons, $35, $25 seniors, 7:30 p.m.
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“Tim Zimmerman and the King’s Brass provide innovative worship for young and old alike through the ‘best in sacred brass music.’ The King’s Brass has performed over one hundred concerts…playing a wide variety of music from Gabrieli to hymn classics, from Handel to jazz spirituals, from Christmas carols to patriotic marches. The King’s Brass uses all corners of the concert hall to lift hearts and spirits in praise.”
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Sunday, June 2: “Return of the Hero,” starring Jean Dujardin, Melanie Laurent, 9:15 a.m.; “Yuli,” starring Carlos Acosta, Santiago Alfonso, Keyvin Martinez, 9:15 a.m.; “American Factory,” documentary, 9:30 a.m.; “Ask Dr. Ruth,” documentary, 11:15 a.m.; “The Etruscan Smile,” starring Brian Cox, Rosanna Arquette, JJ Feild, Thora Birch, 11:30 a.m.; “New Homeland,” documentary, 11:45 a.m.; “Colewell,” written and directed by Tom Quinn, 1:30 p.m.; “Saf,” written and directed by Ali Vatansever, 2 p.m.; “The Tobacconist,” starring Bruno Ganz, Johannes Krisch, Simon Morze, Emma Drogunova, Regina Fritsch, 2 p.m.; “The Load,” written and directed by Ognjen Glavonic, 4 p.m.; “Mike Wallace Is Here,” documentary, 4:15 p.m.; “Working Woman,” 4:30 p.m.; “Shadow,” directed by Yimou Zhang, written by Yimou Zhang and Wei Li, 6 p.m.; “Saint Judy,” starring Michelle Monaghan, Leem Lubany, Common, 6:30 p.m.; “The Interpreter,” starring Peter Simonischek, Jiri Menzel, 6:30 p.m.
June 3 - 7: Violin workshop, introduction to proper violin set-up, to include minor exterior repairs as well as basic violin identification/ recognition.
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starring Joshua Boone, Michelle Wilson, Rashaad Ernesto Green, Zora Howard, 9:15 a.m.; “The River and the Wall,” documentary, 9:15 a.m.; “Ernie and Joe,” documentary, 9:15 a.m.; “Cold Brook,” starring William Fitchner, Kim Coates, Brad Henke, Harold Perrineau, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Robin Weigert, 11:15 a.m.; “The Times of Bill Cunningham,” documentary, 11:15 a.m.; “Don’t Be Nice,” documentary, 11:30 a.m.; “Ms. Purple,” starring Tiffany Chu, Teddy Lee, Octavio Pizano, James Kang, 1:30 p.m.; “Honeyland,” documentary, 1:30 p.m.; “La Terra Buona (The Good Earth),” starring Cristian di Sante, Fabrizio Ferracane, Giulio Brogi, Lorenzo Pedrotti, 2 p.m.; “Ophelia,” starring Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, George MacKay, Clive Owen, Tom Felton, 3:45 p.m.; “Jay Myself,” documentary, 4 p.m.; “The Silent Revolution,” starring Leonard Scheicher, Tom Gramenz, Lena Klenke, 4:15 p.m.; “Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am,” documentary, 6 p.m.; “Those Who Work,” starring Olivier Gourmet, Adele Bochatay, Elidan Arzoni, 6:15 p.m.; “The Trouble With You,” starring Adele Haenel, Pio Marmai, Audrey Tautou, 6:30 p.m.; Shorts 3, 8:30 p.m.; “Them That Follow,” starring Brittany Poulton, Dan Madison Savage, 8:30 p.m.; “Wild Rose,” starring Julie Walters, Jessie Buckley, Sophie Okonedo, 8:45 p.m.
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Pittsfield. Drop-in welcome and drums provided. VILLAGE HARMONY 5748 Hollister Hill Road, Marshfield, Vt. villageharmony.org Friday, May 31: Alumni ensemble led by Larry Gordon, Sophie Michaux and Adam Simon, program of 14th century motets, 17th century madrigals, songs and dances from South Africa, contemporary American shape-note and gospel songs, traditional songs from Corsica, Bosnia, Croatia and Bulgaria, and original compositions by Simon, $10-$15 sliding scale donation, 7:30 p.m., First Congregational Church, Main St., Ashfield.
READINGS, WALKS AND TALKS ARROWHEAD 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield 413-442-1793, berkshirehistory. org
Stop by Arrowhead in PIttsfield on Saturday, June 1, for the opening of its new exhibit “Melvilles in the Berkshires.”
Saturday, June 1: Opening of “Melvilles in the Berkshires” exhibit, celebrating 220 years of Melville residency in Berkshire County.
ber: “Businesses Exhibit” free, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY Boyd-Quinson Mainstage 30 Union St., Pittsfield St. Germain Stage 36 Linden St., Pittsfield 413-236-8888, barringtonstageco.org Saturday, June 1: “Freedom from Fear” with ceramic artist and journalist Setsuko Winchester, free, 1 p.m., St. Germain Stage. BERKSHIRE BOTANICAL GARDEN 5 W. Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge 413-298-3926, berkshirebotanical.org
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Saturday, June 1: Container Gardening, use containers in the landscape to enhance and extend seasonal beauty, $95, $80 members includes materials, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Hourly tours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., through Oct. 20, $8-16.
GREAT BARRINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM 817 S. Main St., Great Barrington 413-591-8702, info@gbhistory.org Wednesday, June 5: “Businesses in Barrington Gone But Not Forgotten Part II,” free, 7 p.m., at the Teaque Senior Center, South Main Street, Great Barrington. Weekends, June through Septem-
GREAT BARRINGTON LAND CONSERVANCY River Walk, Cottage Street to Bridge Street, Great Barrington Lake Mansfield, Lake Mansfield Road, Great Barrington 414-528-4061, gbland.org Saturday, June 1: National Trails Day Hike on the A.T. Young hikers in their 20s and 30s and the youngat-heart are invited to join in on this rigorous 7-mile hike from Benedict Pond through Ice Glen, over East Mountain to Homes Road, free, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Online registration is required. HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE 1843 W. Housatonic St., Pittsfield 413-443-0188, hancockshakervillage.org Saturday, June 1: Planting Seeds, 2 p.m. Sunday, June 2: Learn about Merino sheep, 2 p.m. JEWISH FEDERATION OF THE BERKSHIRES 196 South St., Pittsfield 413-442-4360, jewishberkshires. org Friday, May 31: Nora Guthrie, daughter of Woody Guthrie,
discusses the artistic implications of her father’s relationship with his Jewish mother-in-law, Yiddish poet Aliza Greenblatt, free. 10:45 a.m., at Hevreh, 270 State St., Great Barrington.
edithwharton.org
McAuley Road, North Adams
Tuesdays through July: Guided bird walks, free, 8 to 10 a.m. Registration required. Information: massaudubon.org/programs.
Wednesdays in June: Nice n’ Easy Walk, 10 to 11 a.m.
MASS AUDUBON
Thursday, May 30: “The Year Germany Lost the War” with Andrew Nagorski, $15, $10 members, 4 to 5 p.m.
Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, 472 West Mountain Road, Lenox massaudubon.org May 28 - 31: Birding and Mindfulness with Kripalu, explore the serene woods, wetlands, and water bodies at Kripalu and Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary during the peak of spring migration. We may encounter great blue herons, woodpeckers and bald eagles during this multi-day program. $309. Register: kripalu. org. Saturday, June 1: Free Family Fun day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. MERWIN HOUSE 14 Main St., Stockbridge 617-994-6662, historicnewengland.org Saturday, June 1: Tours on the hour, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $5. THE MOUNT Edith Wharton’s Home 2 Plunkett St., Lenox 413-551-5111
Friday, May 31: “America & Me,” by William Kinsolving, a reading celebrating Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday, $20, $15 member, 5 p.m. NATURAL BRIDGE STATE PARK
Saturdays in June: Natural Bridge History Tour, 10 a.m. and noon. Sundays in June: Natural Bridge History Tour, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Building the Bridge, noon. NAUMKEAG The Trustees of Reservations 5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge 413-298-8138, 413.298.3239 ext. 3013,
GAIL NELSON Sings Billie Holiday JUNE 1 at 9:30 pm JUNE 3 at 8:00 pm
in Mr. Finn’s CABARET! Please join us as we pay tribute to one of our very first productions, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill.
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thetrustees.org Through Oct. 14: The Naumkeag Experience, $20, free members, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. SUSAN B ANTHONY BIRTHPLACE MUSEUM 67 East Road, Adams susanbanthonybirthplace.org
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Saturday, June 1: “Breadlines and Barricades: Rebellion vs. Authority in the Lawrence Textile Mill Strike of 1912,” free, 2 to 4 p.m. TAMARACK HOLLOW NATURE AND CULTURAL CENTER 1515-16 Savoy Hollow Road, Windsor tamarackhollownatureandculturalcenter.org Saturday June 1: 5th Annual Spring Boreal Forest Bird Census/Hike with master birder John Green Jr., $10, 7 to 10 a.m. Supported by the Berkshire Taconic Foundation Berkshire Environmental Endowment Fund. Register: aimee@gaiaroots.com.
TEMPLE ANSHE AMUNIM 26 Broad St., Pittsfield 413-442-5910, ansheamunim.org Thursdays, June through August: Rabbi Liz Hirsh leads guided meditation and light yoga for all ages and abilities, no prior experience or athletic clothing necessary, free, 1:15 p.m. Saturdays, June 1 - Aug. 30: Torah Plus: Shabbat Morning Study, 9:30 a.m. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HOMESTEAD 207 Bryant Road, Cummington 413-200-7262, thetrustees.org Saturday, June 1: Poet, Editor & Conservationist, $10, members free, tours at 10 and 11 a.m., and 1 and 2 p.m.
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From left, Elizabeth Aspenlieder, Annette Miller and David Gow in Shakespeare & Company’s production of “The Waverly Gallery.”
fought passionately for the Constitution against an unexpected adversary: his own country. During World War II, he refused to report to a relocation camp with thousands of families of Japanese descent, launching a 50-year journey from college to courtroom and eventually to a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Performances: Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m. Cafe Chat: May 31. Talkback: Wednesdays, May 29 and June 5. St. Germain Stage. $15-$50.
6 Town Hall Place, Ghent, N.Y.
2980 NY-66, Chatham, N.Y.
800-838-3006, ghentplayhouse. org
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BERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP
518-851-2061
Colonial Theatre, 111 South St.,
Saturday, June 1: Staged reading of “The English Bride” by Lucile Lichtblau, $15 suggested donation, 7:30 p.m.
Pittsfield 413-997-4444, berkshiretheatregroup.org Fitzpatrick Main Stage, 83 East Main St., Stockbridge Unicorn Theatre,
BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY
6 East St., Stockbridge
Boyd-Quinson Mainstage
May 24 - June 15: “The Goat or, Who is Sylvia,” by Edward Albee, directed by Eric Hill. When Martin, a successful architect with a loving family, confides to his best friend that he is also in love with a goat named Sylvia, he sets in motion events that will destroy his family and leave his life in tatters. Previews: $47; Tickets: $56. Unicorn Theatre.
30 Union St., Pittsfield St. Germain Stage 36 Linden St., Pittsfield 413-236-8888, barringtonstageco.org Through June 8: “Hold These Truths,” by Jeanne Sakata. Unsung American hero Gordon Hirabayashi
GHENT PLAYHOUSE
HRC SHOWCASE THEATER First Reformed Church of Hudson, 52 Green St., Hudson, N.Y.
MAC-HAYDN THEATRE 1925 NY-203, Chatham, N.Y. 518-392-9292, machaydntheatre. org
June 1 - 9: The Actors’ Ensemble production of Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful,” 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY 70 Kemble St., Lenox 413-637-3353 For performance times, visit shakespeare.org. May 23 - July 14: “The Waverly Gallery,” by Kenneth Lonergan, directed by Tina Packer. Once a vibrant
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“STUNNING! A BRILLIANT PORTRAYAL OF A GENUINE HERO.” —Huffington g Post
Performances: Thursdays at 2 and 8 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 4 and 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 and 7 p.m., and Wednesdays at 2 p.m., unless noted. Through June 2: “Camelot.” This Lerner and Loewe masterpiece tells the tale of the legendary love triangle between King Arthur, Guinevere and Sir Lancelot. $15-$39.50. Opening weekend only, Friday at 7 p.m. PS21
Starring S i JOEL DE LA FUENTE (TV’ (TV’s Th The Man in the th High Hi h Castle) C tl )
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ST. GERMAIN STAGE 36 LINDEN STREET, PITTSFIELD JULIANNE BOYD, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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May 24 - June 9: “Don Juan, the Libertine” based on “Dom Juan or Le Festin de Pierre” by Moliere, newly translated by Daniel Hoyt Daniels, directed by Barbara Leavel Smith. Performances: Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. $22.
lawyer, Greenwich Village activist and family matriarch, Gladys Green has run a charming boutique art gallery on Waverly Place for decades, but now stands to lose its tenancy, as her world shrinks through loss of memory and hearing. Gladys’ family struggles to cope with her fading faculties in this Pulitzer Prize finalist for drama. As told from her grandson’s perspective, this powerful story sheds a lasting and humorous light on how our familial roles get inevitably refashioned over time, and quietly challenges us to examine how we look after each other. Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre.
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Sunday, June 2: Boreal SpruceFir Forest Flower, Plant, Tree & Wild Edibles Hike, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Co-sponsored by Mass Audubon. Register: aimee@gaiaroots.com.
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The music of the 60’s
TO R GETHE BAND June 8, 2019
Pittsfield Elks Club 27 Union St., Pittsfield 6:00 pm Pasta Dinner with Food provided by Meatball Mike’s followed by music and dancing to The Happy Together Band!
Tickets $20.00 per person Please call 413-447-7763 for more information or tickets
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