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things we learned while putting this issue together
Close encounter: Artist Jason Walker’s new
The full experience: Chester Theatre
exhibit at Ferrin Contemporary is inspired by an experience he had with a mountain lion crossing his path while mountain biking in Oregon.
Company will mount an immersive theater production, “Gem of the Valley,” this weekend in order to introduce, or re-introduce, audience members to the town of Chester.
“Art reminds us we’re mortal,” page 4
“Immersive theater comes to Chester,” page 6
So much to do: Before you say there isn’t anything to do this weekend, plan your datenight around one of the many live music events taking place throughout Berkshire County.
“Nightlife calendar,” page 8
STEPHANIE ZOLLSHAN — THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE
Keep cool this weekend at one of the many family events being held throughout Berkshire County. For our full calendar, turn to page 10.
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BEST BETS >> THINGS TO DO IN THE BERKSHIRES
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ART
FAMILY
DANCE
MUSIC
MUSIC
OUTDOORS
ART
Take a walk in the woods
Grab dinner on the street
Come dance (or learn!)
Catch a concert
Enjoy a free concert
Get yourself on the water
Attend a lecture
Head to The Mount for a sculpture walk among this year’s SculptureNow exhibition with WordXWord, 3 p.m. Sunday, in partnership with Jacob’s Pillow, Lift Ev’ry Voice and The Mount.
This month’s Third Thursday theme is “Food and Drink.” Enjoy free Zumba in Park Square, live music by Berkshire Bateria and more, 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday.
Join Lenox Contra Dance Saturday for their monthly dance with music by Chuck Abell, Danny Elias and Marnen LaibowKoser and calling by Donna Hunt, 8 to 11 p.m. Beginner’s lesson at 7:45 p.m. Lenox Community Center, 65 Walker St., Lenox. $12.
Aston Magna welcomes Daniel Stepner, Julie Leven, Laura Jeppesen and more for “The World of Henry Purcell,” Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Time and Space in Hudson, N.Y. and Saturday at 6 p.m. at Saint James Place.
Folk duo The Brother Brothers will perform a summer outdoor concert at the Clark, Tuesday at 6 p.m. Bring a blanket or chairs and enjoy the show.
Take a Housatonic Evening Paddle with Mass Audubon, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursday, and look for wildlife as night falls. $35, $25 members. Register required.
Norman Rockwell Museum’s lecture series continues with “You Say You Want a Revolution: 1960s Art, Design and Culture with Steven Heller,” Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
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READINGS
Calling all book lovers ... Jewish Festival of Books
Williams Bookstore reading
Book release party
Over the course of this four day o festival — from fe Thursday, July 18, T tthrough Sunday, JJuly 21 — Hevreh in Great Barrrington will host six author diss cussions. Barry c JJoseph, author of “Seltzertopia: o The ExtraordiT nary Story of an n Ordinary Drink” O will speak 7 p.m. w Thursday; Angela T Himsel will disH cuss her memoir c “A River Could Be A Tree” after the 5:45 p.m. Shabbat service on Friday; best-selling novelist Tova Mirvis will discuss her memoir “The Book of Separation,” at 10 a.m. Shabbat service and at a lunch to follow; bring the kids to a found object art nature walk with Rabbi Leah Rachel Berkowitz, author of “The World Needs Beautiful Things,” at 4 p.m. Saturday; and at 10 a.m. Sunday listen to Chef Rossi discuss her memoir “The Raging Skillet.” For more information, visit hevreh.org/books.
Rachel Cline, author of “The a Question AuthorQ ity,” will read and it discuss her new d novel from 4 to n 6 p.m. Thursday, JJuly 18, at The Williams BookW store, 81 Spring s St. Williamstown. S ““The Question Authority” is an A urgent and movu ing novel about in what happens w when childhood w best friends b confront the damc age done by a teacher, who sexually abused one of them. The event is free. Cline has been a film and television writer and has taught writing at USC, NYU, Sarah Lawrence University and Eugene Lang. For more information, visit www.rachelcline.com.
“KID69,” the new memoir by Sandy m McKnight, will M be celebrated at b a book release party at 2 p.m. p Sunday, July 21, S at a The Gateways Inn In in Lenox. McKnight, a songM writer, musician, w producer, comedy p writer and playw wright living in w Lee, L writes of his adventures as a a 15-year-old. Born 1 in Brooklyn, he was w impacted by the youth counter-culture of the late ‘60s happening all around him. After being thrown out of high school for protesting the treatment of students, he left home, took a job in a local shoe store, and rented his own apartment in New York City’s East Village. The event will feature a reading from the book, signed copies and a discussion and Q&A about the book’s focus: the year 1969. A cash bar and full Lounge menu will be available at the Inn, located at 51 Walker St.
Norman Rockwell , The Final Impossibility, 1969 (detail). Collection of Smithsonian Institutions. © Norman Rockwell Family Agency. All rights reserved.
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Stop by one of these book-themed events this week and refill your “to read” pile.
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FERRIN CONTEMPORARY
Art that reminds us we’re mortal beings Walker’s sculptures inspired by mountain lion encounter BY JENNIFER HUBERDEAU The Berkshire Eagle
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Jason Walker’s work explores the tension between man and the man-made, and humankind’s understanding of its place within that tension.
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NORTH ADAMS — The large feline in Jason Walker’s sculpture, “Cougar Encounter,” looks ready to pounce. Its sinewy form is perched on a tree limb; as if moments from leaping. Its gaze is laser focused on unsuspecting prey just out of our view. And yet, its prey may be the man, looking skyward, fear in his eyes, painted on one side of this mountain lion. A reminder of the vulnerability of mankind. “Cougar Encounter” is part of a new body of work by Walker, “Personal Encounters,” a show based on the artist’s personal experiences, as well as his exploration of the ever-increasing tension between man and the man-made, as well as humankind’s understanding of its own
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Jason Walker’s exhibit “Personal Encounters,” is on view through Aug. 10.
IF YOU GO ... Jason Walker: Personal Encounters When: On view through Aug. 10, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Ferrin Contemporary, 1315 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams
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Reception and Artist Talk When: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, July 25 Where: Ferrin Contemporary, 1315 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams
Information: ferrincontemporary.com
this digital kind of world in a way.” This new exploration, he said, plays naturally into the basic premise his work has been exploring for years, the idea of “What is nature?” “How do we define that anymore? It’s such an elusive word and I’ve learned you can basically define it in two different ways,” Walker said. “You can say that every-
thing comes from the planet, so pretty much everything is natural. What’s the distinction between a nest built by birds or a home built by humans? It’s all biologic organisms gathering material and reorganizing them into different shapes or things. That definition is probably more of an Eastern philosophy.” A definition that fits more with the ideology of Western
culture, that of the United States, he said, defines nature as “defined as something in its essential form, untouched and untainted by the hand of a human being.” “That definition gave me pause. It’s interesting that we would find something to be natural as long as humans haven’t manipulated it. In a sense, that separates us from this idea of nature and builds two different arenas. You have this idea of nature over here and the idea of civilization, human-constructed environment, over there.” In some pieces, such as “Bloom,” a wall-mounted sculpture in which four bright yellow and orange blooms branch out of a central tile, he explores the junction where these two arenas overlap. Here, the crossover takes the form of skyscrapers bursting forth from the center of each bloom. And in the center of it all, painted on the tile, is a coyote, its paws resting on the tops of skyscrapers, a chain-link fence
behind it. “The coyote is one animal that has figured out a way to live on the fringe of a humanconstructed environment. Just playing with that idea, is this being considered natural any more?” he said. And while his basic premise of defining nature is still running throughout this new body of work, Walker is pushing his own boundaries with each piece. “I’m trying to play a little bit more and introduce this idea of ‘What is the one link that connects human beings to nature?’ I think that link is that we have bodies; that we are mortal. We can and will perish,” he said. “That is the one constant that will probably never change, even with all the technology we create — we will always be this mortal being. That’s why I’m so interested in this corporeal experience, having your body be present, as I was in this encounter with a mountain lion.”
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place within it all. The show is on view at Ferrin Contemporary through Aug. 10. Built on a foundation of his own experiences, Walker crafts a narrative of nature and technology, co-existing in a landscape filled with cougars, osprey, coyotes and trees that is held together by circuits, gears and orbs reminiscent of light bulbs. His sculptures in turn are canvases on which he paints scenes filled with man-made objects — bridges, dams, skyscrapers and roads. “Most of it is all places I’ve come from, places and landscapes I’ve visited and explored, just experiences I’ve had,” Walker said in a recent phone interview. The most influential of those experiences happened while Walker was mountain biking in Oregon. A large animal leapt on to the trail in front of him, disappearing into the nearby brush. The animal, he would quickly discover, was a mountain lion. “I was a bit disconcerted being that close to an animal that could just take me out. That whole experience gave me that feeling of vulnerability; in a sense, being part of the food chain again,” he said. “It’s that kind of experience, that corporeal experience, that I’m trying to play with because, in our digital age, our experiences are so mediated. I think a lot of us miss out on these experiences that let us know we’re alive; that we’re mortal beings.” He purposely populated the show’s imagery with cougars and osprey, he said, because both are hunters. “Osprey hunt fish primarily. They can’t hunt humans, they’re too small, but they’re hunters. Mountain lions don’t necessarily hunt humans, but they do have the ability to take us out if they want to,” Walker said. “I’m trying to introduce that kind of an idea to play against the idea of the mediated experience. So, I’ve combined a little bit of graphic imagery, from a circuit board or something in there. I don’t know if they are super overt, this circuitry imagery, but I’m trying to play and to juxtapose these images of biology and
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‘Gem of the Valley’
brings immersive theater to Chester BY CHARLES XU The Berkshire Eagle
Like many other Chester Theatre Company regulars, John Bechtold remembers making the drive down to the eastern edge of the Berkshires and only staying for the plays. “I attended Chester shows for a bunch of years, and once in a while, I’d wander down to the town myself and maybe have dinner at the Common Table before or after,” he said. “Then, I would leave and that was pretty much If you go... it.” What: “Gem of the Valley” by Now, Bechtold director John Bechtold returns to Chester with more Where: 15 Middlefield Road, than a quick Chester visit. His newest When: 8 p.m. Friday, July 19; 3 work, “Gem of and 6 p.m. Saturday, July 20 the Valley” is an “immersive theCost: Individual tickets: $30. ater experience” Chester and Middlefield that pays tribute residents, members of the to not only the military and their families, town but also and those holding EBT/SNAP Chester Theatre cards: $10 tickets by calling Company’s 30th the box office. a n n i v e r s a r y. Equipped with Contact: Chestertheatre.org headphones playing a narrative soundtrack, audience members will walk the streets of Chester and enjoy the performances of a 20-person cast along the way on Saturday, July 19, and Sunday, July 20. Observing that Chester, a town with 1,300 residents, can sometimes be a “stop-by experience,” Bechtold centers his work on “celebrating and being interested in what it is [like] to miss something because you didn’t look closely enough. To run by something too fast. And something theater does — I think very capably — is slow us down and imply to us that everything we’re seeing is intentional in some way.”
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During the performance, audience members will walk around Chester, including a stop at the Chester Railroad Station. In its one-hour duration, audience members will be transported to the Chester Railroad Station and make their way through Main Street, finishing at the main stage of Chester Theater Company on Middlefield Road. “As someone that grew up in a very small town in upstate New York ... I think I just have a real affinity and interest in towns as characters,” Bechtold said of his decision to use the town as his stage. “And I think a smaller town still is on a scale where that identity that it has is very discernible. Cities that are bigger tend to be more protean, they shift and change and small towns do so at a slower pace quite often and therefore, they have this kind of long run of peo-
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Audience members will walk around Chester wearing headphones to hear the performance. go completely past what [Chester Theatre Company co-founder] Vincent Dowl-
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J U LY H I G H L I G H T S View complete season at tanglewood.org JULY 18 THURSDAY TLI—SHOPTALKS 1pm, Linde Center Studio E A conversation with Wendall K. Harrington, video artist
ing clearly seemed to want, which was his famous quote that ‘every town should
JULY 20 SATURDAY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Jackie and Larry Horn Family Concert 8pm, Shed Andris Nelsons, conductor Renée Fleming, soprano* Rod Gilfry, baritone Wendall K. Harrington, video artist Music of ELGAR and Kevin PUTS *2019 Koussevitzky Artist JULY 21 SUNDAY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Jean Thaxter Brett Memorial Concert 2:30pm, Shed Andris Nelsons, conductor Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano Music of GERSHWIN and STRAVINSKY
TLI—OPENSTUDIO 1:30pm, Ozawa Hall Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Gautier Capuçon Sonata Class with TMC Fellows
TLI—CINEMATICS 7pm, Linde Center Studio E Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters
JULY 19 FRIDAY TLI—O’KEEFFE WEEKEND (Friday–Sunday)
JULY 22 MONDAY TLI—OPENSTUDIO 8pm, Ozawa Hall Renée Fleming Vocal Class with TMC Fellows
TLI — Inaugural summer of the Tanglewood Learning Institute. TLI.ORG
JULY 23 TUESDAY · TANGLEWOOD ON PARADE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER The Gregory E. Bulger Foundation Concert 8pm, Shed Boston Symphony Children’s Choir Andris Nelsons, Keith Lockhart, John Williams, Thomas Wilkins, and James Burton, conductors Program to include WAGNER, James BURTON and TCHAIKOVSKY Fireworks to follow the concert
JULY 24 WEDNESDAY RECITAL SERIES 8pm, Ozawa Hall Renée Fleming, soprano* Emerson String Quartet Simone Dinnerstein, piano Music of WALKER, Richard WERNICK, BARBER, PREVIN and Tom STOPPARD** *2019 Koussevitzky Artist **Celebrating André Previn
JULY 27 SATURDAY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 10am, Ozawa Hall Thomas Wilkins, conductor BSO FAMILY CONCERT Program to include PROKOFIEV Peter and Wolf, narrated by Colleen Holmes, President and CEO of Berkshire Children and Families
JULY 25 THURSDAY TLI—SHOPTALKS 1pm, Linde Center Studio E A conversation with conductors Thomas Wilkins and H. Robert Reynolds, and Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Boston University, Dr. Harvey Young RECITAL SERIES 8pm, Ozawa Hall Stefan Jackiw, violin Jeremy Denk, piano Hudson Shad, vocal quartet ALL-IVES PROGRAM
TLI—THE BIG IDEA 5pm, Ozawa Hall Doris Kearns Goodwin
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Concert performance sung in German with English supertitles
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Evelyn and Samuel Lourie Memorial Concert 8pm, Shed Andris Nelsons, conductor Paul Lewis, piano Tanglewood Festival Chorus, James Burton, conductor Music of SHOSTAKOVICH, MOZART and RAVEL Date Night package available See tanglewood.org/datenights for more details.
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JULY 28 SUNDAY TLI—CINEMATICS 7pm, Linde Center Studio E A Tale of Tanglewood: Peter Grimes Reborn
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BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Valerie and Allen Hyman Family Concert UnderScore Friday Concert 8pm, Shed Andris Nelsons, conductor Gautier Capuçon, cello Music of Betsy JOLAS, SAINT-SAËNS, DEBUSSY and RAVEL Date Night package available. See tanglewood.org/datenights for more details.
have a professional theater.’ I think the idea is not just coming to the theater for a
stop-by experience and then you’re out of this place, but to take it in the context in which this theater is being made.” With the focus on an experiential theater format, Bechtold remains tightlipped about the plot and genre. He draws inspiration from disparate sources, ranging from poet T.S. Eliot to Zen philosopher Alan Watts, hoping to inspire the audience to “experience the entire world around them as an aesthetic experience and not a navigational one as we so often do in our regular lives.” “Theater is always a mix of the planned and the unpredictable, and this kind of work may tip the scales just a bit more toward the unpredictable,” said Daniel Elihu Kramer, producing artistic director for Chester Theatre “... I think ‘Gem of the Valley’ is both a terrific adventure, and a tribute to the openness of our audiences, our artists, and our town.”
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ple and stories and accumulated history that piles up, as well as just sometimes a sense of isolation.” Notably, Bechtold emphasizes that the play is as much site-specific as it is audience-specific. Visitors “involve themselves as main characters and they will come to a different understanding of their role in [the play] by the end,” according to Bechtold. And in this way, “Gem in the Valley” becomes a different play depending on where home is for visitors. “For a group of people coming from the immediate area, I’d hope it’s a chance for them to re-see a place that they have gotten to know well and re-lens their experience,” Bechtold said. “The things they’ve walked by a thousand times, they get to see it again for the first time. For audience members that are coming from further afield, that maybe have only attended a Chester Theatre Production but haven’t gone by the town, that seems to
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Friday, July 19: Four Sticks Led Zeppelin Tribute, $15, 8 to 11 p.m.
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Andy Wrba and Friends will perform at Mission on Monday night.
Saturday, July 20: Mark Burgasser and Benita Zahn and Maria. Sunday, July 21: Dave Bartley. Monday, July 22: Tyra Nurmi. Tuesday, July 23: Benny Kohn.
Saturday, July 20: Burt Murder and Shy Boyz, $10, 8 to 11 p.m.
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Thursday, July 18: Steve Forbert and the New Renditions, $20-$25, 8 p.m.
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CALENDAR ART AMUSE 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. Through July 28: Peter Dellert, “imMaterial reActions.” ART OMI
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July 1 - Aug. 31: Highlights of the Permanent Collection gallery talk, with admission, 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily.
Thursday, July 18: Chesterwood’s buildings and grounds available for open touring until 7 p.m. with sunset woodland walks and wine on the piazza, with admission. Weekends in July: Sculpture classes with the New England Sculptors Association. Registration is required. Check online for further information.
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Admission: $20, children under 18 free.
June 1 - Sept. 30: “Shimmering Flowers: Nancy Lorenz’s Lacquer and Bronze Landscapes,” with admission, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
June 8 - Sept. 15: Janet Cardiff’s 2001 sound sculpture, “The Forty Part Motet.”
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, and more.
June 24 - Aug. 2: Camp Omi, for ages 6-13, $395 per week, $370 for two or more weeks, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 15 - 26: Plein Air Painting Society, for ages 13 and up, $250 per week, $475 for two weeks, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
June 1 - Oct. 11: “Contained Exuberance,” with admission, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 9 - Oct. 11: Lucy’s Garden, a whimsical topiary collection, with admission, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. BERKSHIRE MUSEUM 39 South St., Pittsfield 413-443-7171, berkshiremuseum. org
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Ongoing: Animals of the World in Miniature, Aquarium, Berkshire Backyard, Curiosity Incubator, Feigenbaum Hall of Innovation, Rocks and Minerals, Window on the World.
July 5-31: “Entangled,” oil paintings by Lisa French.
Through July 28: “BerkshireNow: John MacDonald.”
BARN GALLERY AT STONOVER FARN
Through Sept. 8: “Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion.”
169 Under Mountain Road, Lenox
Through Sept. 29: “Objects and Their Stories: Shoes.”
L’ATELIER BERKSHIRES GALLERY 597 Main St., Great Barrington
Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 3 - Aug. 22: “Talk to Me: contemporary figurative sculpture by Beckie Kravetz.”
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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. “Not Just Another Pretty Picture” group show; also exhibiting “Dark Matter” and “Death of a Loved One - 1890s Fashion: Collection of Greg Lafave.”
413-298-3579, chesterwood.org
1405 County Route 22, Ghent, N.Y.
June 24 - Aug. 2: Artgarten, for ages 4-5, $395 per week, $370 for two or more weeks, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Admission: $5, $3 seniors, students and children ages 6-12, free for Berkshire County residents, children and donors.
Through Sept. 8: “Amy Myers: The Opera Inside the Atom, Large Scale Drawings 2007- 2008.” BERNAY FINE ART
July 12 - Aug. 16: Beckie Kravetz sculpts in the gallery, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
325 Stockbridge Road,
BECKET ARTS CENTER
bernayfineart.com
7 Brooker Hill Road, Becket
Hours: Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.
413-623-6635, becketartscenter. org July 14 - 28: “Exhibition 2.” BERKSHIRE ART MUSEUM 159 E. Main St., North Adams 413-664-9550, BAMuseum.org Summer hours: Noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday to Sunday.
Great Barrington
Through Aug. 10: “Summertime,” group show featuring works by Janet Rickus, Joan Griswold, Huguette Martel, Katia Santibanez, Jean Claude Goldberg, Geoff Young, and more. CHESTERWOOD 4 Williamsville Road, Stockbridge
413-458-2303, clarkart.edu
June 8 - Sept. 22: “Renoir: The Body, The Senses.” The exhibition reconsiders Renoir as a constantly evolving artist whose style moved from Realism into luminous Impressionism, culminating in the modern classicism of his last decades. July 4 - Oct. 6: “Ida O’Keeffe: Escaping Georgia’s Shadow” brings together 35 paintings, prints, and photographs exploring the artist’s mastery of color and composition, as well as her complex relationship with sister and the effect it had on her life and professional aspirations. July 4 - Oct. 14: “Art’s Biggest Stage: Collecting the Venice Biennale, 2007–2019.” The Clark’s unparalleled collection of material produced for the Venice Biennale explores questions of nationhood, identity and spectacle. July 6 - Aug. 25: “I Am a Part of Art,” CATAs annual art exhibit, free admission, Hunter Studio, Lunder Center at Stone Hill.
July 1 - Aug. 31: Docent-led gallery talk exploring “Renoir: The Body, The Senses,” with admission, 10:15 a.m., 1:15 and 3:15 p.m. daily. Mondays, July 8 - Aug. 31: Reflections Gallery Talk. Following Community Tai Chi, spend the morning in the galleries during Reflections, a weekly gallery experience that invites visitors to look within and approach the familiar from a new perspective, with admission, 10:30 a.m. Registration required: clarkart.edu or 413-458-0524. Wednesdays, July 10 - Aug. 31: Works on Paper Highlights Talk in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper, first-come, first-served, free, 1 p.m. Limited to 20 people. ArtMaking Mondays, July 8 - Aug. 31: Soundscapes - What does a drawing sound like? What does music look like? Sketch and reflect in “Janet Cardiff: The Forty Part Motet,” with admission, 1 to 4 p.m. Monday. Thursdays, July 11 - Aug. 31: Figure Drawing: Drop-in drawing from a live model, materials provided, with admission, 1 to 4 p.m. Fridays, July 12 - Aug. 31: Zine workshop, create your own 8-page scene on the theme “May you live in interesting times,” the theme for the 2019 Venice Biennale, materials provided, with admission, 1 to 4 p.m. COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS CATAarts.org July 5 - 27: CATA’s Annual Art Show “I Am a Part of Art,” featuring vibrant paintings, drawings and sculpture
by CATA artists with disabilities, Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, 28 Renne Ave, Pittsfield. July 6 - Aug. 25: CATA’s Annual Art Show “I Am a Part of Art,” featuring vibrant paintings, drawings and sculpture by CATA artists with disabilities, Clark Art Institute’s Lunder Center at Stone Hill, 227 South St., Williamstown. Tuesday, July 23: Meet the Artists, free, 1 to 4 p.m., Clark Art Institute’s Lunder Center at Stone Hill, 227 South St., Williamstown. ECLIPSE MILL GALLERY eclipsemill.com/gallery/ 243 Union St., North Adams Hours: Thursdays to Mondays, noon to 6 p.m. Through Aug. 3: “Before and After: The Arts of Ken Morgan and Zahra Nazari.” FERRIN CONTEMPORARY 1315 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams 413-346-4004, ferrincontemporary.com July 6 - Aug. 10: Jason Walker, “Personal Encounters.” Sunday, July 21: Potluck and illustrated artist talk in conjunction with Jason Walker’s week-long hands on workshop Personal Narrative, 6 to 8 p.m., at Project Art, 54 Main St., Cummington. FRELINGHUYSEN MORRIS HOUSE & STUDIO 92 Hawthorne St., Lenox 413-637-0166, frelinghuysen.org Hours: Open June 20 through Labor Day, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday through Sunday for hourly guided tours. June through Oct. 31, group tours of 15 or more reserved two weeks in advance.
Tuesdays, July 9- Aug. 31: Open hours, explore the Clark’s permanent collection of prints, drawings and photographs, free, 1 to 4 p.m. Each Tuesday, a changing display related to the next day’s Works on Paper Highlights Talk will be on view. Tuesday, July 23: Enjoy conversations and art-making inspired by the exhibit “I Am A Part of Art.” Clark visitors are invited to meet and talk with the CATA artists on-site about the exhibition and their unique approach to art-making and to make an original work of art, experimenting with some of the same techniques and materials used by the exhibiting artists, free, 1 to 4 p.m.
“A literal laugh riot. I haven't had this much fun with silliness and absurdity in a long, long while." Carson Elrod and Debra Jo Rupp in Variations on the Death of Trotsky.
Berkshire Bright Focus
Photo by Emma Rothenberg-Ware.
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exhibition, open daily, noon to final curtain, free, Ted Shawn Theatre lobby; “Merce Cunningham: Loops” exhibition, open daily, noon to final curtain, free, Doris Duke Theatre lobby. Jacob’s Pillow Archives/ Norton Owen Reading Room, open Wednesday to Saturday, noon to final curtain, and Sunday to Tuesday, noon to 5 p.m., free.
Norman Rockwell Museum at The Old Corner House on Main Street, Stockbridge.
Saturday, July 20: Carol Troyen, Curator Emerita of American Paintings at the MFA, Boston, gives a slide lecture on this season’s exhibit of the “Collection of American Abstract Artists — Unseen Works,” 3 p.m.
LAUREN CLARK FINE ART
June 8 - Oct. 27: “Woodstock to the Moon: 1969 Illustrated.” This exhibition illuminates how Rockwell and other illustrators portrayed their times and reflected popular culture during the final year of a tumultuous decade.
Painting demos Friday, July 19: Sally Tiska Rice, watercolor. 11 a.m.
684 Main St., Great Barrington laurenclarkfineart.com July 13 - 27: “TOPOGRAPHIES and other abstractions,” new work by Bart Arnold. MASS MOCA
HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE
1040 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams
1843 W. Housatonic St., Pittsfield
413-662-2111, massmoca.org
413-443-0188,
Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Monday; Open June 15-Oct 14, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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. 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. HOUSATONIC VALLEY ART LEAGUE 860-542-5078, hvart.org July 4 - Aug. 25: HVAL Juried Art Show and Sale, Thursday through Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Masonic Temple, 232 Main St., Great Barrington. INSTALLATION SPACE 49 Eagle St., North Adams 49eaglestreet.com June 27 - Aug. 18: “Time-Link Present.” JACOB’S PILLOW 358 George Carter Road, Becket
June 8 - Oct. 27: “Norman Rockwell: Private Moments for the Masses,” a behind-the-scenes look at the autobiographical elements in Rockwell’s work, examining his carefully constructed fictional scenes for the covers and pages of American publications.
Martignetti lobby.
3 Elm St., Stockbridge
Saturday, July 20: Tanglewood Learning Institute Focal Point Drawing Class, $34, 10 a.m., Linde Center Martignetti lobby.
schantzgalleries.com July 11 - 27: “Visionary: The Art of Lino Tagliapietra.” SCULPTURENOW
TUNNEL CITY COFFEE
On the grounds of The Mount,
100 Spring St., Williamstown
2 Plunkett St., Lenox
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413-358-3884, sculpturenow.org, edithwharton. org June 1 - Oct. 27: New exhibition of 31 large outdoor sculptures by nationally recognized artists, including acclaimed artist Albert Paley. SPENCERTOWN ACADEMY ART CENTER 790 NY-203, Spencertown, N.Y. 518-392-3693, spencertownacademy.org Hours: Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.
Hours: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. On view through September: Tracy Baker-White, summer show of landscape paintings. 1040 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams Hours: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends. On view through September: A summer show with art by Viola Moriarty and her daughters, Anna Moriarty Lev and Phoebe Moriarty Lev, “Cafe Con Leche.”
On view now: Trenton Doyle Hancock, “Mind of the Mound: 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. Building 6 features work by artists including James Turrell, Louise Bourgeois, Jenny Holzer, Laurie Anderson, Gunnar Schonbeck, and more.
June 8 - Oct. 27: “Inspired: Norman Rockwell and Erik Erikson.” This exhibition will explore the relationship of these two giants who inspired each other’s creativity in unique and important ways.
MCLA GALLERY 51
PITTSFIELD THIRD THURSDAY
51 Main St., North Adams
297 West St., Lenox
Downtown Pittsfield
413-662-5320, mcla.edu/gallery51
888-266-1200, bso.org
discoverpittsfield.com
Saturday, July 20: Tanglewood Learning Institute Focal Point Photography Class, $34, 10 a.m., Linde Center Martignetti lobby.
413-597-2429, wcma.williams.edu
Saturday, July 20: Tanglewood Learning Institute Focal Point Painting Class, $34, 10 a.m., Linde Center
Thursdays, July 11 - Aug. 15: WCMA’s popular Summer Break Series “Ologies” returns with free
June 27 - Aug. 24: Jon Verney, exhibition of framed photographs, altered Polaroids, light-boxes and video projection. THE MOUNT 2 Plunkett St., Lenox 413-551-5111 edithwharton.org Sunday, July 21: Sculpture Walk with WordXWord, free, 3 p.m. NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM 9 Glendale Road, Stockbridge 413-298-4100, nrm.org
Through Aug. 25: “Dance We Must: Another Look” exhibition, open daily, noon to final curtain, free, in Blake’s Barn; “Assemblages by Paul Taylor”
Through Oct. 27: “For the People: Memories of the Old Corner House,” commemorative installation for the 50th anniversary of the founding of
Tuesday, July 23: Art, Love, and Identity: A 50th Anniversary Summer Lecture Series: “You Say You Want a Revolution: 1960s Art, Design and Culture with Steven Heller,” $25, $15 members, 4:30 p.m. lemonade on the Terrace, 5 p.m. talk.
Thursday, July 18: Cultural street festival featuring live music, pop-up performances, vendors and community activities, 5 to 8 p.m. RIVER ART PROJECT Stockbridge Station Gallery, 2 Depot St., Stockbridge riverartproject.com Hours: Thursday to Sunday, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 21 - July 28: “River Art Project 3,” featuring art by Bart Elsbach, Michael Filmus, Ann Getsinger, Mary Sipp Green, Scott Prior and Jim Schantz. SANDISFIELD ARTS CENTER 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield 413-258-4100, sandisfieldartscenter.org July 6 - Aug. 1: Patricia Hogan Painting Exhibit. On display during scheduled events and by appointment with the artist.
Saturday, July 20: Opening reception for “Curator as Artist II,” featuring work by curators Norma Cohen (mixed media), Leslie Gabosh (oil on panel), Barbara Lax Kranz (acrylic on paper), Moira O’Grady (ceramic arts), and Lynn Rothenberg (photography), 4 to 6 p.m.. On display through Aug. 11 on Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m.
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.”
TANGLEWOOD WILLIAMS COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART
Boston Symphony Orchestra,
WCMA Summer Space, 76 Spring St., Williamstown. Hours: Summer Space, open daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 3 to Sept. 6.
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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.
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.
413-243-0745, jacobspillow.org
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.
SCHANTZ GALLERIES
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June 20 - Oct. 13: “American Abstract Artists — A Collection: Unseen Works,” featuring over 25 works by Morris & Frelinghuysen’s fellow AAA members and collected from the groundbreaking 1937 exhibit at the Squibb Gallery in New York and later exhibits. Selections from the 1937 show’s catalog will also be shown with the paintings they relate to.
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weekly talks, performances and projects that take on different ways of knowing, 5:30 p.m. Each week, contemporary artists intervene in unique spaces across the Williamstown community, from the library to the gymnasium, in an exploration of ideas. Followed by a free reception.
DANCE ART OMI 1405 County Route 22, Ghent, N.Y. 518-392-4747, artomi.org Saturday, July 20: Dance Salon, free, 5 p.m. DEWEY HALL 91 Main St., Sheffield 413-229-2357, deweyhall.org Friday, July 19: Swing Dance with the Fabulous Versatones, $10-$20, 8 to 11 p.m. JACOB’S PILLOW 358 George Carter Road, Becket 413-243-0745, jacobspillow.org Dance Classes 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.
Inside/Out Stage
Marnen Laibow-Koser piano; calling by Donna Hunt, dances taught, beginners welcome, 7:45; $12/$6, dancing 8 to 11 p.m.
Performances: Free, Wednesday through Saturday, 6:15 p.m., unless noted. Thursday, July 18: Bombshell Dance Project. Friday, July 19: Teelin Irish Dance Company. Saturday, July 20: The School at Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Program. Wednesday, July 24: “Tethered” by Reciprocity Collaborative.
SPRINGSIDE AFTER DARK Saturday, July 20: Dance party with DJ BFG, outdoor bar, barbecue for purchase, $35, 8 p.m., at Springside Park, 784 North St., Pittsfield.
Thursday, July 18: Teelin Irish Dance Company, free, 6 p.m., at the Dance Zone on North St., Pittsfield. PillowTalks Friday, July 19: “Mark Morris: A Life in Dance,” free, 5 p.m. Saturday, July 20: “Physics & Dance,” free, 4 p.m.
BERKSHIRE JEWISH FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
Friday, July 19: Ukulele Story Times with guest musician Julie Stepanek, 10 a.m.
Hevreh, 270 State Road,
Tuesday, July 23: Science Tellers presents “Aliens,” 1 p.m.
hevreh.org/books
Fridays: WeeMuse Adventures, children 18 months to 3 years old explore the museum and learn through songs, stories, scavenger hunts, play time and more, 11 a.m.
June 24 - Aug. 2: Artgarten, for ages 4-5, $395 per week, $370 for two or more weeks, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
413-528-4007, lenoxcontradance. org Bring clean, soft-soled shoes. Saturday, July 20: Lenox Contradance, music by Chuck Abell fiddle, Danny Elias clarinet/doumbek,
June 24 - Aug. 2: Camp Omi, for ages 6-13, $395 per week, $370 for two or more weeks, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
THE CHILDREN
Fridays, July 5 - Aug. 16: Families Dance Together, for children ages 4-18, accompanied by an adult, $7 adult, $4 child. Register: 413-6236635.
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Performances: 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, unless noted. July 17 - 21: Mark Morris Dance Group, starting at $45, 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; 2 p.m. Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
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Thursday, July 18: Barry Joseph, “Seltzertopia: The Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary Drink,” $20, 7 p.m. Friday, July 19: Angela Himsel, “A River Could Be a Tree,” following Shabbat service. Saturday, July 20: “Two Journeys: Tova Mirvis & Angela Himsel in Conversation with Judith Rosenbaum,” 10 a.m. shabbet services. Tova Mirvis, “The Book of Separation,”
413-443-7171, berkshiremuseum. org Tuesdays: WeeMuse Littlest Learners. Children ages 6 to 18 months engage in stories, songs and creative movement, 10:30 a.m.
Saturdays: Chow Time in the Aquarium. Help prepare delicious and nutritious meals for the creatures in the aquarium, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, July 20: 50th Anniversary Moon Landing Celebration, with admission, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays: Discovery Tank Program. Meet the residents of the aquarium’s Discovery Tank and learn about tide pool life, 1 p.m.
july 17- 21
by Lucy Kirkwood
Ted Shawn Theatre
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Great Barrington
39 South St., Pittsfield
Directed by James Warwick
Sunday, July 21: Sunday Master Class: Umanoove/Didy Veldman, for intermediate and advanced dancers ages 16 and up, $20, 10 a.m. Register online.
July 24 - 27: Paul Taylor Dance Company, starting at $45, 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; 2 p.m. Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
Sunday, July 21: Chef Rossi, “The Raging Skillet,” lecture and lunch, $30, 10 a.m.
413-743-8345, adamslibraryma. org
518-392-4747, artomi.org
65 Walker St., Lenox
Fridays, July 5 - Aug. 9: Children’s yoga, suited to ages 6-12, 10:30 a.m.
92 Park St., Adams
FAIRS, FESTIVALS AND FAMILY FUN
1405 County Route 22, Ghent, N.Y.
Lenox Community Center,
413-499-9480, pittsfieldlibrary. org
lecture and lunch, $25, noon; Rabbi Leah Rachel Berkowitz, “The World Needs Beautiful Things,” Havdalah and Family Program, 4 p.m.
BERKSHIRE MUSEUM
ART OMI
LENOX CONTRADANCE
1 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield
Tuesday, July 23: Science Tellers, “Aliens.” During a midnight meteor shower, something mysterious falls from the sky toward Earth — but it’s not a shooting star. Two curious kids venture into the forest to investigate and find themselves mixed up with a family of visitors from another planet! 10 a.m.
ADAMS FREE LIBRARY
Pittsfield Third Thursday
BERKSHIRE ATHENAEUM
JULY 18 – AUGUST 18
at the Elayne P. BernsteinTheatre
MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP & MUSIC ENSEMBLE T E D S H AW N T H E AT R E W E D–S AT 8P M, T H U R S, S AT & S U N 2P M T I C K E TS S TA RT AT $45
“The most successful and influential choreographer alive, and indisputably the most musical” (The New York Times)
UMANOOVE/DIDY VELDMAN D O R I S D U K E T H E AT R E W E D–S AT 8:15P M, S AT & S U N 2:15P M | T I C K E TS S TA RT AT $35
THE CAST
“The Happiness Project is terrifically enjoyable and, marking the long-awaited launch of Veldman’s own company, it promises even better things to come” (The Guardian).
Doris Duke Theatre Performances: 8:15 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; 2:15 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, unless noted. July 17 - 21: Umanoove/Didy Veldman, starting at $35. July 24 - 28: Caleb Teicher & Company with Conrad Tao, starting at $35.
Ariel Bock
Jonathan Epstein
Diane Prusha
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Basketball League, for children in grades 3-5 and 6-8, $30. Sign up by June 29. For information, contact Dan McMahon at dmcmahon@ daltoncra.org.
Thursdays: 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.
Sundays, July 7 - Sept. 15: Family Picnic and Children’s Art Afternoon, $20, 1 to 3 p.m.
Tuesday, July 23: Fountain Pond/ Threemile Hill Woodland Family Walk, 10:30 a.m. to noon. Experiment with leaf and bark rubbings and learn how to identify what you see. Meet at the northern trailhead. Take Route 7 north through the commercial district of Great Barrington. From the traffic light at the McDonald’s/Price Chopper shopping center, the trailhead is 1.0-mile north, on the right.
JACOB’S PILLOW
July 19 - July 21: The 10th Annual Dalton CRA Invitational Softball Tournament, starring over 30 teams from the Northeast. Games played on fields throughout Dalton, schedule available at daltoncra.org.
9 Glendale Road, Stockbridge
358 George Carter Road, Becket
413-298-4100, nrm.org
413-243-0745, jacobspillow.org
Mondays and Fridays, July 1 - Aug. 30: Children’s Art Workshop: Drop-in and Create, all ages explore different materials, techniques and creative projects, 1 to 2:30 p.m.
BUSHNELL-SAGE LIBRARY
Saturday, July 20: 50th anniversary of the Moon landing party, 11 a.m.
LEE LIBRARY
Tuesday, July 23: Sciencetellers presents: Aliens! During a midnight meteor shower, something mysterious falls from the sky toward Earth — but it’s not a shooting star. Two curious kids venture into the forest to investigate and find themselves mixed up with a family of visitors from another planet! Geared toward ages 5-12, free, 4 p.m.
leelibrary.org
GREAT BARRINGTON BANDSTAND
Lenox Town Hall,
Behind Town Hall, Great Barrington
6 Walker St., Lenox
Saturdays, July 6 - Aug. 31: “A Tanglewood for Tots,” free concert series, David Grover performs, 10 a.m.
Thursday, July 18: Pumpernickel Puppets presents Sir George and the Dragon, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
413-499-0596 bnrc.org
48 Main St., Sheffield 413-229-7004, bushnellsagelibrary.org Tuesday, July 23: Lego club, 3:15 p.m. CHATHAM’S SUMMERFEST visitchathamny.com/chathamsummerfest Saturday, July 20: The 150th Celebration of the incorporation of the Village, two stages with music and entertainment, food trucks, activities for kids, a farmers market, artisan vendors, WDST radio, a special commemorative beer from Chatham Brewing, and more with plenty of activities for children, including face painting and train rides, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. CLARK ART INSTITUTE 225 South St., Williamstown 413-458-2303, clarkart.edu Thursdays, July 11 - Aug. 31: Figure Drawing: Drop-in drawing with a live model, materials provided, with admission, 1 to 4 p.m. Fridays, July 12 - Aug. 31: Zine workshop, create your own 8-page scene on the theme “May you live in interesting times,” the theme for the 2019 Venice Biennale, materials provided, with admission, 1 to 4 p.m. Mondays, July 8 - Aug. 31: Soundscapes - What does a drawing sound like? What does music look like? Sketch and reflect in Janet Cardiff: The Forty Part Motet, with admission, 1 to 4 p.m. Monday. DALTON CRA 413-684-2459, daltoncra.org Ongoing: Family Swim is offered several times throughout the week – schedule available at daltoncra. org. One member of the group needs a CRA general membership and all must wear swim caps. Wednesdays and Sundays, July 7 - Aug. 18: Just Play Hoops Summer
1095 Main St., Williamstown 413-458-5369, milnelibrary.org
GREAT BARRINGTON LAND CONSERVANCY River Walk, Cottage Street to Bridge
100 Main St., Lee Thursdays: Brain Builders, weekly playgroup for families with young children from ages birth to 5, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Mondays: Babies and Books, 10:30 a.m. LENOX LIBRARY
413-637-0197, lenoxlib.org
Tuesdays, July 2 - Aug. 20: Terry a la Berry and Friends perform, 11 a.m. MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS 375 Church St., North Adams
Street, Great Barrington
413-662-5227, mcla.edu
414-528-4061, gbland.org
July 22 - 26: Young Hacks Level 2 Summer Camp for ages 12 to 15, grades 7-10, $375, 9 a.m to 4 p.m.
Saturday, July 20: A.T. Community Celebration Hikes and Picnic, a full day of events, trail maintenance, hikes and a potluck picnic for all, free. 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Beartown State Forest, Benedict Pond Road, Monterey. Register at info@gbtrails.org. GREAT BARRINGTON LIBRARIES Mason Library, 231 Main St.,
July 22 - 26: Science and Robotics Summer Camp for ages 9 to 12, grades 4-7, $350, 9 a.m to 4 p.m. MOUNT GREYLOCK STATE RESERVATION 30 Rockwell Road, Lanesborough
Ramsdell Library, 1087 Main St.,
Thursday, July 18: Junior Ranger program for children ages 8-12, 10 a.m. to noon, at Mount Greylock State Reservation Visitor Center.
Housatonic
NATURAL BRIDGE STATE PARK
413-274-3738, gblibraries.org
McAuley Road, North Adams
Saturday, July 20: Out of this World Family Activity for kids in grades PreK-3, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Mason.
Wednesdays: Nice and Easy Walk, 10 to 11 a.m.
HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE
5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge
1843 W. Housatonic St., Pittsfield 413-443-0188,
413-298-8138, 413.298.3239 ext. 3013,
hancockshakervillage.org
thetrustees.org
Great Barrington 413-528-2403
Tuesdays, July 9 - Aug. 20: Summer Sketch Club: Digital Day. Participants are provided with iPads to explore creating images with digital technology, for ages 7 and up, $8, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays, July 10 - Aug. 21: Creating Together, for children ages 2-6 with a parent or caregiver. Explore the galleries and grounds with a child-centered guide, observe different paintings, trees, animals and explore a variety of materials and techniques for creating our own artworks, $8, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursdays, July 11 - Aug. 22: Draw
Thursdays, July 11 - Aug. 22: 50th Anniversary Thursday Evening Fun Series, family-friendly series about looking closely at art, telling the story it invites, making art on the terrace, listening to music, and creating group dances, with admission, 5 to 7 p.m. The Runaway Cafe will be open. NORTH ADAMS PUBLIC LIBRARY naplibrary.com Thursdays, July 11 - Aug. 8: LegoLab: Space Challenge, 1 to 2 p.m. Friday, July 19: Walking on the Moon: A Movement and Music Program, 2 p.m. Mondays, July 8 - Aug. 5: Crafternoons, 1 to 2 p.m. Discovery Mondays, hands on exploration of books and activities focused on astronomy and space, 6 p.m. Tuesdays: Toddler Story Time, 10:30 a.m.
FREE OUTDOOR CONCERT THE BROTHER BROTHERS “soulful folk” –Billboard
TUESDAY JULY 23 6 pm
NAUMKEAG The Trustees of Reservations
clarkart.edu
BerkshiresWeek.com
400 Main St., Dalton
DAVID AND JOYCE MILNE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Saturdays, June 22-Aug. 24: Pittsfield Pillow Express, free round-trip transportation to Jacob’s Pillow, pick up at noon and 3 p.m. at Morningside Community School, Tyler Street Lab, Christian Center, Boys & Girls Club of the Berkshires, Berkshire Athenaeum.
NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM
In! Sketching our World. Use drawing as a tool for discovery in this handson series of classes for ages 7 and up, $8, 10 to 11:30 a.m.
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Wednesdays: Preschool Story Time, 10:30 a.m.
WEST STOCKBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Henry Purcell,” 6 p.m., Saint James Place.
NOTCHVIEW RESERVATION
BASCOM LODGE
Route 9, Windsor
21 State Line Road, West Stockbridge
413-200-7262, thetrustees.org
413-232-0300 ext. 308
413-743-1591
Tuesdays, July 2 - Sept. 24: Storytime with goats, $6 child, $3 member child, adults free, 10 to 11 a.m.
Saturdays in July: Preschool storycraft, 11 a.m.
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PITTSFIELD SUNS
Sunday, July 21: Faculty Recital with Triton Brass, BUTI Brass-Quintet-inResidence, 7 p.m. Monday, July 22: Faculty Recital with Young Artists Orchestra Faculty, 7 p.m.
BERKSHIRE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
BERKSHIRE CONCERT CHOIR
413-445-7867, pittsfieldsuns.com
Lenox Memorial High School,
Taft Recital Hall, 30 Wendell Ave.,
July 24 and 25: Home game.
197 East St., Lenox
Wednesday, July 24: Faculty Recital with Vento Chiaro Woodwind Quintet, 6:30 p.m.
Pittsfield
PS21
413-445-4872, ext. 10,
Concerts at West Street Theatre
2980 Route 66, Chatham, N.Y.
berkshirejewishfilmfestival.org
413-442-6120, berkshireconcertchoir.org
45 West St., Lenox
518-392-6121, PS21chatham.org
Monday, July 22: “The Accountant of Auschwitz,” $7, 4 p.m. “Holy Lands, “$10, 8 p.m.
Friday, July 19: Just for Fun – Trumpeter Bria Skonberg! Free performance for kids and families, 1 p.m.
robbins-zustfamilymarionettes. com Thursday, July 18: “Carnival of the Animals,” $5, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Saint Paul’s Church. Saturday, July 20: “Jack and the Beanstalk,” free, 11 to 11:30 a.m., Dottie’s. Tuesday, July 23: “Jack and the Beanstalk,” $5, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Saint Paul’s Church. STEEPLECATS BASEBALL Joe Wolfe Field, 310 State St., North Adams 413-398-4060, steeplecats.org Saturday, July 20: SteepleCats v. Winnipesaukee, $3-7, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 24: SteepleCats v. Keene, $3-7, 6:30 p.m. ST. JOSEPH CHURCH 414 North St., Pittsfield
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Wednesday, July 24: Banjo Blue, free, 6 p.m.
Friday, July 19: Young Artists Wind Ensemble Chamber Music Student Recital, 2:30 p.m.
105 Wahconah St., Pittsfield.
ROBBINS-ZUST FAMILY MARIONETTES
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FILM
3 Summit Road, Adams
p.m. and 7 p.m.
BE THE SEEN Thursday, July 18: Tribute to Suzan Pitt, improvised live score, “Asparagus,” “Joy Street,” “El Doctor,” free, 8 p.m., Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, 28 Renne Ave., Pittsfield. CLARK ART INSTITUTE 225 South St., Williamstown 413-458-2303, clarkart.edu Thursday, July 18: Jean Renoir Film Series: “French Cancan,” 2 p.m. This screening will include a short interview with Jean Renoir, in which he describes his artistic theories. Saturday, July 20: “Margarita with a Straw,” $8, 2 p.m., at Images Cinema, 50 Spring St., Williamstown. IMAGES CINEMA Family Flicks Under the Stars Sunday, July 21: “Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse,” sundown, around 8:15 p.m, Science Quad adjacent to Spring Street.
MUSIC
Sunday, July 21: Polish Picnic, food sale from 9 a.m. to noon, picnic from noon to 5 p.m. Music and dancing will be provided by the Rymanowski Brothers.
ADAMS FREE LIBRARY
TAMARACK HOLLOW NATURE AND CULTURAL CENTER
Thursday, July 18: Too Human concert, 6 p.m.
1515-16 Savoy Hollow Road,
ASTON MAGNA MUSIC FESTIVAL
Windsor
413-528-3595, astonmagna.org
tamarackhollownatureandculturalcenter.org
Saint James Place,
Tuesday, July 23: Celebrate National Moth Week and nighttime pollinators, $10, 8 to 10 p.m. Supported by the Berkshire Taconic Foundation Central Berkshire Fund. Rain date, July 24. Register: aimee@ gaiaroots.com.
Time and Space LTD,
92 Park St., Adams 413-743-8345, adamslibraryma.org
352 Main St., Great Barrington 434 Columbia St., Hudson, N.Y. Friday, July 19: “The World of Henry Purcell: The Seasons, Squabbling Couples, Sleep Aids, Comical Duos, Vocal Quartets and Trio Sonatas,” 7:30 p.m., Time and Space. Saturday, July 20: “The World of
Berkshire Music School,
Summer Sing Series 2019 Public invited to sing along. Monday, July 22: Americana: Old American Songs, Copland; Frostiana, Thompson, 7 p.m. BERKSHIRE HIGH PEAKS FESTIVAL 800-843-0778, berkshirehighpeaksmusic.org July 23 - Aug. 2: Berkshire High Peaks Festival, an international group of rising young stars join world-class faculty chamber music artists for daily chamber music performances, master classes and talks, free or $20, Berkshire School, 245 N. Undermountain Road, Sheffield. BERKSHIRE SCENIC RAILWAY 4 Hoosac St., Adams 413-663-4189, berkshiretrains. org Saturday, July 20: Enjoy an evening rides on the rails with live cabaret singers Ron and Samantha. BYO beverages and snacks. Adults only, $25 per ticket, 7 p.m. departure. BOSTON UNIVERSITY TANGLEWOOD INSTITUTE 617-353-3386, bu.edu/tanglewood Concerts free and open to the public unless noted. Concerts at Tanglewood 297 West St., Lenox Tuesday, July 23: Chamber Music Recital (Tanglewood on Parade), Chamber Music Hall, $34-$114, 2:30 p.m. BUTI Young Artists Programs present orchestral, choral and new music with conductors including Miguel Harth-Bedoya and Katie Woolf (Tanglewood on Parade), $34-$114, 4 p.m., Koussevitzky Music Shed. Concerts at Trinity Church 88 Walker St., Lenox Thursday, July 18: Young Artists Orchestra Chamber Music Marathon, Student Performance Classes, 2:30
Saturday, July 20: Young Artists Piano Program Student Recital, 11 a.m.
Wednesday, July 24: Lara Tupper & Bobby Sweet, 6:30 p.m. EAGLES BAND 413-442-2782, eaglescommunityband.org Friday, July 19: Tanglewood in the City, The Eagles Trombone Ensemble, 5:30 p.m., Pittsfield Common, First Street, Pittsfield. Tuesdays, July 23: Concert-in-thePark Series, selections from “The Music Man,” marches by Sousa and others, a new medley of famous swing tunes and some well-known patriotic medleys, free, Trombone Ensemble at 6:15 p.m., followed by the concert band at 7 p.m., Springside Park, North Street, Pittsfield. GREAT BARRINGTON GAZEBO
CLARK ART INSTITUTE
Behind Town Hall, 334 Main St.
225 South St., Williamstown
Great Barrington
413-458-2303, clarkart.edu
Friday, July 19: Tumo/Kohrs, 5:30 to 7:15 p.m.
Saturday, July 20: JEZTZEIT, a sonic journey with Patrick Higgins and Conrad Tao, in conjunction with the exhibition “Janet Cardiff: Forty Part Motet,” free, 4 p.m.
GUTHRIE CENTER 2 Van Deusenville Road, Great Barrington
Tuesday, July 23: Outdoor concert with The Brother Brothers, free, 6 p.m.
413-528-1955, guthriecenter.org
CONCERTS IN THE PARK
Troubadour Series
Lilac Park, Main Street, Lenox
July 19 and 20: Tom Paxton and The
Thursdays: Hootenanny night, $5, $3 members, music begins at 7 p.m.
THE BERKSHIRES LARGEST ESTATE JEWELRY OUTLET Great buys on Vintage and fine jewelry with semi precious stones and diamonds! We have over 3,000 Pieces of Sterling Jewelry Most of it Sold by Weight! We Buy & Sell Gold & Silver, Collector & Bullion Coins & Ingots.
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Berkshire Hills Coins & Estate Jewelry 222 Elm Street, Pittsfield • (413) 499-1400 Outside Pittsfield • 1-800-298-7064 www.berkshirehillscoins.com HOURS Mon. - Fri. 9:30am - 5:30pm • Sat. 9:30am - 4pm After hours please call & leave message
SANDISFIELD ARTS CENTER
LIVE ON THE LAKE
5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield
Burbank Park on Onota Lake,
413-258-4100, sandisfieldartscenter.org
Pittsfield
Saturday, July 20: Frederick Moyer Piano Recital, performing a program including works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin and Oscar Peterson, $20, 8 p.m.
Wednesdays, July 10 - Aug. 21: Free community concert series presented by Live 95.5, 6 to 8 p.m. MASS MOCA 1040 Mass MoCA Way,
Sunday July 21: An interactive preview presentation on the Berkshire Opera’s summer 2019 production of the comic opera, “Don Pasquale,” $15, 4 p.m., the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center.
North Adams 413-662-2111, massmoca.org Thursday, July 4 - Oct. 10: The Chalet, a cozy riverside beer garden featuring local performing artists, every Thursday, free, 5:30 p.m.
SEVENARS MUSIC FESTIVAL
Saturday, July 20: Caroline Rose, a fierce frontwoman delivering darkly funny danceable pop, $18-$44, 8 p.m.
Sevenars Academy,
MOHAWK TRAIL CONCERTS
413-238-5854, sevenars.org
50th Anniversary Season Summer Festival
Sunday, July 21: The Revere Piano Quartet in music of Great Britain (Bridge, Walton, and more), pianist Tae Kim, cellist Eugene Kim, violinist Jin-Kyung Joen, violist Ron Gorevic, $20 suggested donation, 4 p.m.
Route 112 at Ireland Street South Worthington
Federated Church, 175 Main St., Charlemont mohawktrailconcerts.org Saturday, July 20: Amy Burton, soprano, John Musto, piano, with special guests William Bolcom and Joan Morris, $25, children under 16 free, 7:30 p.m. THE MOUNT
SOUNDS OF SUMMER VFW, 800 S. Main St., PHOTO PROVIDED BY DEAN BALDWIN/MASS MOCA
Stop by The Chalet at Mass MoCA for a cozy evening of free music Thursday evenings starting at 5:30, running now through October.
Edith Wharton’s Home 2 Plunkett St., Lenox 413-551-5111 edithwharton.org July 5 - Aug. 24: Music After Hours, free, 5 to 8 p.m. Sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union. Friday, July 19: The Joe Belmont Experience. Saturday, July 20: Jon Suters and Charlie Tokarz Quartet. MUSIC FROM SALEM Hubbard Hall, 25 E. Main St., Cambridge, N.Y. 518-232-2347, musicfromsalem. org Shows at Hubbard Hall unless noted.
Open Rehearsals at Brown Farm 154 Priest Road, Salem, N.Y. Thursday, July 18: Open rehearsal for July 21 concert, free, 4 p.m.
Workshops for Children and Youth
NAUMKEAG
Thursday, July 18: Free, 1 p.m., Historic Salem Courthouse, 57 East Broadway, Salem. N.Y.
The Trustees of Reservations 5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge
Thursdays, July 11 - Aug. 22: A free community concert series presented by WUPE and WNAW, combining classic cars and local musicians, 6 to 8 p.m.
MUSIC IN COMMON
413-298-8138, 413.298.3239 ext. 3013,
413-248-6070, musicincommon. org
thetrustees.org
2980 Route 66, Chatham, N.Y.
Thursdays, June 20 - Sept. 12: Naumkeag at Night, $10, $5 members, 5 to 8 p.m.
518-392-6121, PS21chatham.org
Friday, July 19: The Amplify 2019 Concert, $15, 8 p.m., at Berkshire School, 245 North Undermountain Road, Sheffield. Sunday, July 21: 2019 Raise the MIC Gala honoring founding board member, Elaine Mack. Music In Common’s Annual Berkshire fundraising event featuring a concert by Amplfy 2019, cocktail hour, dinner, silent auction and raffle, $110/$145, 5 p.m., Berkshire School, 245 Undermountain Road, Sheffield. MUSIC MOUNTAIN 225 Music Mountain Road,
NORFOLK CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL Ellen Battell Stoeckel Estate, 20 Litchfield Road, Norfolk, Conn. norfolk.yale.edu Thursday, July 18: Emerging Artists Showcase, free, 7:30 p.m., Music Shed. Friday, July 19: Concert In The Style Of 1810, $20-$60, under 19 free, 8 p.m., Music Shed.
musicmountain.org
Saturday, July 20: Emerging Artists Showcase, 10:30 a.m.; Quartet Roots, $20-$60, 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 20: New Black Eagle Jazz Band, $34, 5 p.m.
Wednesday, July 24: Chamber Music Masterclass, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 21: Ariel Quartet, $39, 3 p.m.
PARTY IN THE PARK
Falls Village, Conn.
Noel Field, 310 State St., North Adams
PS21
Friday, July 19: Bria Skonberg Band – Jazz singer songwriter, $30, 8 p.m. Saturday, July 20: Annual Paul Grunberg Memorial Bach Concert: Bach’s “Mass in B Minor,” Chatham Festival Chorus, Broad Street Orchestra and soloists, $45, 8 p.m.
Great Barrington Tuesdays, July 9 - Aug. 1: A free family-friendly community concert series presented by WSBS, 6 to 8 p.m. SUMMER SONATINA INTERNATIONAL PIANO CAMP sonatina.com Thursdays, through July 25: Piano concerts featuring solo repertoire spanning from Bach and Chopin to jazz as well as the Summer Sonatina Singers, free, 7 p.m., Chapin Hall, 62 Chapin Hall Drive, Williamstown. TAMARACK HOLLOW NATURE AND CULTURAL CENTER 1515-16 Savoy Hollow Road, Windsor tamarackhollownatureandculturalcenter.org/
Knesset Israel Presents the 33rd Annual
Berkshire Jewish Film Festival MONDAYS THROUGH AUGUST 12 4PM MATINEE
July 22nd
THE ACCOUNTANT OF AUSCHWITZ
8PM EVENING
HOLY LANDS
LENOX HIGH SCHOOL ~ 197 EAST ST., LENOX, MA INFORMATION: 413-445-4872, EXT. 25 WWW.KNESSETISRAEL.ORG Generously supported by Greylock Federal Credit Union, Berkshire Bank, Wolfson Family Foundation and Spitz-Tuchman Charitable Trust
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Sunday, July 21: Shaw Invokes Beethoven Chamber Music Concert, music by Gubaidulina, R. Schumann, Mozart; performed by L. Brown, C. Schwartz, H. Braun-Hill, Y. Sun, W. Laney, M. Ryser, $25 suggested or pay what you can, 4 p.m.
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Don Juans, $50, $45 members.
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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., Pittsfield. Drop-in welcome and drums provided. No class June 24.
GET LIT WINE BAR 11 Housatonic St., Lenox 413-637-3390, bookstoreinlenox.com
Boston Symphony Orchestra,
413-458-5369, milnelibrary.org Wednesday, July 24: Professional organizer, consultant and speaker Julie Ulmer demystifies de-cluttering and getting organized to bring order and calm to your world, 5:30 p.m. EASTOVER ESTATE AND ECO-VILLAGE
Friday, July 19: Susan Dworkin, “The Garden Lady,” 5:30 p.m.
430 East St., Pittsfield
297 West St., Lenox 888-266-1200, bso.org
BUSHNELL-SAGE LIBRARY
Thursday, July 18: Tanglewood Learning Institute TLI OpenStudio Sonata Class led by Jean-YvesThibaudet and Gautier Capucon, $35-$58, 1:30 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall.
48 Main St., Sheffield
Sundays through Aug. 25: Tai Chi Qigong, moving and stillness for energy, vitality and tranquility, $15, 9 a.m.
Friday, July 19: Sheffield activist Cynthia Pease will talk and show pictures about her experience at the recent Poor People’s Gathering in Washington D.C. and the importance of this organization, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 18: TMC Vocal Recital, $13, 8 p.m. BERKSHIRE EAGLE FILE PHOTO
Enjoy a free concert at Windsor Lake every Wednesday during the summer. WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL
bascomlodge.net
817 S. Main St., Great Barrington Weekends, June through Septem-
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.
7 Brooker Hill Road, Becket
Wednesday, July 24: Renee Fleming and the Emerson String Quartet Walker, Wernick, Barber and Previn, $22-$78, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall.
GREAT BARRINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM
413-298-3579, chesterwood.org
July 11 - Aug. 10: Late Night Cabaret, enjoy the virtuosic talent of Festival artists. Thursday through Saturday every other week, $30, doors open at 10:30 p.m., Goodrich Hall, 863 Main St., Williamstown.
Wednesday, July 24: Tanglewood Learning Institute, “Meet the Makers,” Tom Stoppard (playright), $34, 10 a.m., Linde Center Studio E.
Sunday, July 21: Book release party with Sandy McKnight, author of “KID69,” 2 p.m.
1000 Main St., Williamstown
Saturday, July 20: Boston Sympony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons conducts Elgar and Puts featuring Renee Fleming and Rod Gilfry, $24-$114, 8 p.m., Koussevitzky Music Shed.
Tuesday, July 23: Tanglewood on Parade, featuring the Boston Symphony Orchestra Boston Pops Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, Boston Symphony Children’s Choir, and conductors Andris Nelsons, Keith Lockhart, John Williams, Thomas Wilkins and James Burton, $25-$114, 8 p.m., Koussevitzky Music Shed.
gatewaysinn.com
413-591-8702, info@gbhistory.org
413-458-3253, wtfestival.org
Monday, July 22: Tanglewood Learning Institute TLI OpenStudio Vocal Class led by Renee Fleming, $35-$58, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall.
51 Walker St., Lenox
4 Williamsville Road, Stockbridge
BECKET ARTS CENTER
Sunday, July 21: TMC Vocal Recital, $13, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall.
GATEWAYS INN
CHESTERWOOD
‘62 Center for Theatre and Dance,
Sunday, July 21: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons conducts Gershwin and Stravinsky, featuring pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, $22$104, 2:30 p.m., Koussevitzky Music Shed.
Tuesday, July 23: Local dramatist and author Mark St. Germain will be our guest facilitator for a discussion of the novel “Gertrude and Claudius” by John Updike, 5 p.m. Register: 413-229-7004.
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Sunday, July 21: Presentation on how to identify local mushrooms, free, 6 to 7 p.m.
Saturday, July 20: Saturday Morning Rehearsal Gershwin and Stravinsky, $14-$34, 10:30 a.m., Koussevitzky Music Shed.
Sunday, July 21: TMC Recital, $13, 10 a.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall.
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THE BOOKSTORE AND
TANGLEWOOD
Friday, July 19: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Underscore Friday Concert: Andris Nelsons conducts Jolas, Saint-Saens, Debussy and Ravel, featuring cellist Gautier Capucon, $12-$104, 8 p.m., Koussevitzky Music Shed.
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Dimencescu, $15, 10 a.m. at Tyringham Union Church.
WINDSOR LAKE CONCERTS
413-623-6635, becketartscenter. org Saturday, July 20: Summer Yoga with Stephanie Leeds, $10, 9 a.m. BERKSHIRE BOTANICAL GARDEN
Intersection of Bradley Street and
5 West Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge
Kemp Avenue, North Adams.
berkshirebotanical.org
413-664-6180
Thursdays through Aug. 22: Tai Chi and Qi Gong in the beautiful Procter Garden, $7, 8 a.m.
June 5 - Aug. 28: Free concerts every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., canceled for rain. Kayaking, canoeing, swimming, and fishing all allowed at the lake. Wednesday, July 24: The Matchstick Architects.
READINGS, WALKS AND TALKS ARROWHEAD 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield 413-442-1793, berkshirehistory. org Hourly tours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., through Oct. 20, $8-16. Tuesday, July 23: Irish lace expert Beverly Wolov speaks at a classic tea party about the lace collections at the Berkshire County Historical Society, $20 includes tea and snacks, 4 p.m. BASCOM LODGE 3 Summit Road, Adams 413-743-1591
BERKSHIRE NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL
Thursdays in July: Chesterwood’s buildings and grounds available for open touring until 7 p.m. with sunset woodland walks and wine on the piazza. Regular admission fees apply. Thursday, July 18: Nejaime’s wine seminar, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Studio Piazza at Chesterwood. Seating is limited. Registration is required through Nejaime’s Wine Cellar. CLARK ART INSTITUTE
413-499-0596
225 South St., Williamstown
bnrc.org
413-458-2303, clarkart.edu
Tuesday, July 23: Fountain Pond/ Threemile Hill Woodland Family Walk, 10:30 a.m. to noon. Experiment with leaf and bark rubbings during the walk and learn how to identify what you see. Meet at the northern trailhead. Take Route 7 north through the commercial district of Great Barrington. From the traffic light at the McDonalds/Price Chopper shopping center, the trailhead is 1.0-mile north, on the right.
Wednesdays and Saturdays, July 1 - Aug. 31: Did You Know? A Guided Walking Tour, free, 3 p.m.
BIDWELL HOUSE MUSEUM 100 Art School Road, Monterey bidwellhousemuseum.org Saturday, July 20: History Talk — Navigating 17th Century England and New England with author Katherine
Mondays, July 8 - Aug. 9: Community Tai Chi, free, 10 a.m. CUMMINGTON KINGMAN TAVERN MUSEUM 41 and 38 Main St., Cummington 413- 634-5527 Hours: 2 to 5 p.m. Saturdays through Aug. 24. Saturday, July 20: Children’s room, clothing and collection of children’s toys and play old-fashioned games showcased. DAVID AND JOYCE MILNE PUBLIC LIBRARY 1095 Main St., Williamstown
SOUTH MOUNTAIN CONCERTS Sunday, September 8 WU HAN, Piano; DAVID FINCKEL, Cello; Arnaud Sussmann, Violin; Paul Neubauer, Viola Sunday, September 15 CALIDORE STRING QUARTET Sunday, September 22 BRENTANO STRING QUARTET Hsin-Yun Huang, Viola Sunday, October 6 CHAMBER ENSEMBLE, ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS Sunday, October 13 EMERSON STRING QUARTET Reserved Seats $40 Students with ID $15 at door All Concerts at 3 p.m. Send check and return envelope to South Mountain Concerts Box 23, Pittsfield, MA 01202 Phone Information 413-442-2106 www.southmountainconcerts.org
LENOX LIBRARY
org/programs.
18 Main St., Lenox
GREAT BARRINGTON LAND CONSERVANCY
lenoxlib.org
Wednesdays, through Sept. 4: Ghost Tours, $24, $20 ages 12-18, 7:30 p.m.
River Walk, Cottage Street to Bridge Street, Great Barrington Lake Mansfield, Lake Mansfield Road, Great Barrington
July 5 - Aug. 25: Tanglewood preconcert talks with Jeremy Yudkin, Fridays at 2:30 p.m. and Sundays at 11 a.m. MASS AUDUBON
414-528-4061, gbland.org
Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Thursdays, July 11 - 25: River Walk Volunteer Workday, free, 3 p.m to 5 p.m. Registration suggested: river@ gbriverwalk.org.
472 West Mountain Road, Lenox
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, July 1 - 26: Morning Yoga, beginners welcome, bring a yoga mat and towel, $10 suggested donation, 8 to 9 a.m., Lake Mansfield Beach. No class on rainy days.
Thursday, July 18: Housatonic Evening Paddle, $35, 6:30 to 9 p.m., New Lenox Road, Lenox.
Saturday, July 20: A.T. Community Celebration Hikes and Picnic, celebrate Great Barrington’s connection with the Appalachian Trail with a full day of events, trail maintenance, hikes and a potluck picnic for all, free, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Beartown State Forest, Benedict Pond Road, Monterey. Register at info@gbtrails.org.
Register for program: massaudubon.org/pleasantvalley
Friday, July 19: Berkshire Views hiking series, Lenox Mountain: Taconic Range & Richmond Pond Views, $12, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, July 20: Canoeing the Housatonic River, $35, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., New Lenox Road, Lenox.
Wednesdays, July 10 - Aug 28: Wharton and Cather Shorts, this series will highlight two very different American experiences through reading of their short stories, $10, free for members, 5 p.m. Thursday, July 18: Library Conversations at the Mount, “Wharton’s Women,” $10, free for members, 5 p.m. Reservations: edithwharton.org. Sunday, July 21: Sculpture Walk with WordXWord, free, 3 p.m.
1843 W. Housatonic St., Pittsfield
Edith Wharton’s Home
Thursdays: Nice and Easy Trail Hike, 10 a.m.
413-443-0188,
2 Plunkett St., Lenox
hancockshakervillage.org
413-551-5111
Saturday, July 20: Vino Vinyasa, enjoy a breathtaking sunset, yoga, and a glass of wine. Open to all ages. If drinking, ID required, $30, 8 p.m.
edithwharton.org
413-445-4872 At Knesset Israel, unless noted.
Tuesdays through July: Guided bird walks, free, 8 to 10 a.m. Registration required. Information: massaudubon.
Saturday, July 20: Natural Bridge History Tour, 10 a.m. and noon. Sundays: Natural Bridge History Tour, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Building the Bridge, noon. NAUMKEAG
30 Rockwell Road, Lanesborough
Fridays: Discover Greylock Hike, 11 a.m. Campground Critters, 7 to 9 p.m. Saturdays: Scenic Summit Tours, 1 and 2 p.m. Creatures of the Night, 7 to 8 p.m. Night HIke, 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, July 20: Follow in the footsteps of American naturalist and writer, Henry David Thoreau in a hike to the summit of Mount Greylock, free, 10 a.m., meet at the Mount Greylock State Reservation, Notch Road gate parking lot, 300 feet up from the intersections of Reservoir and Notch Roads, off Route 2 in North Adams.
413-298-8138, 413-298-3239 ext. 3013, thetrustees.org Through Oct. 14: The Naumkeag Experience, $20, free members, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays, July 5 to Sept. 6: Mindfulness and Meditation in the Garden, $20, $12 members, 9 to 10 a.m. Mondays, July 1 - Sept. 2: Yoga with a View, $20, $12 members, 9 to 10 a.m. Mondays, July 1 - Aug. 26: Naumkeag Boot Camp, $20, $12 members,
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM 9 Glendale Road, Stockbridge 413-298-4100, nrm.org Tuesday, July 23: Art, Love, and Identity: A 50th Anniversary Summer Lecture Series: “You Say You Want a Revolution: 1960s Art, Design and Culture with Steven Heller,” $25, $15 members, 4:30 p.m. lemonade on the Terrace, 5 p.m. talk. QUAKER MEETING HOUSE Maple Street Cemetery, Adams Sundays, July 7 - Oct. 13: Free tours by members of the Adams Historical Society and Adams Historical Commission, 1 to 4 p.m. STOCKBRIDGE LIBRARY, MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES 46 Main St., Stockbridge 413-298-5501, stockbridgelibrary. org In Plain Site Monthly history walks in different neighborhoods. Saturday, July 20: “Eden Hill: From Mission House to Mercy Sunday,” $5 suggested donation, 4 p.m. TAMARACK HOLLOW NATURE AND CULTURAL CENTER 1515-16 Savoy Hollow Road,
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July 19 and 20: Scholar Weekend featuring David Ellenson, currently serving as interim president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. Title of Ellenson’s Friday after-dinner evening discussion is: “One Rabbi’s Approach to Jewish Faith: A Personal Reflection.” Dinner follows the monthly Kabbalat Shabbat musical service, $20, community is welcome to make dinner reservations by July 15, call 413-445-4872. Saturday Shabbat service begins at 9:30 a.m. Ellenson will comment at 10:15 a.m. His topic is “Jewish Communal Belonging: What Responsa Have to Teach Us.” Lunch sponsored by Rabbi Jan Kaufman; reservations must be no later than July 15, call 413-445-4872. After lunch, Ellenson discusses “Two Approaches to 19th-Century Liberal Judaism and their Implications for the Jewish Community Today: Samuel Holdheim and Zacharias Frankel.”
Wednesdays: Nice and Easy Walk, 10 a.m.
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THE MOUNT
16 Colt Road, Pittsfield
McAuley Road, North Adams
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HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE
Sundays, through Aug. 25: Backstairs Tours, learn about the daily routines of the men and women who ran The Mount, $23, $7 members, 10:30 a.m.
NATURAL BRIDGE STATE PARK
July 22 and 23: “American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic,” with Victoria Johnson, $30, $25 members, Mondays at 4 p.m. and Tuesdays at 11 a.m. Reservations required. MOUNT GREYLOCK STATE RESERVATION
KNESSET ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE
Mondays: Finding Your Way Discovery Station, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Summer Lecture Series
Sunday, July 21: Canoeing October Mountain State Forest, $30, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., Buckley Dunton Lake, Becket.
Thursdays, July 4 - Aug. 29: Le Cafe Francais, enjoy coffee, croissants and French conversation on the Terrace, $15, $10 members, 9 a.m.
Sundays: Scavenger Hunt, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Scenic Summit Tours, 1 and 2 p.m.
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WORDXWORD FESTIVAL
June 27 - July 21: “Rock and Roll Man: The Alan Freed Story,� $75 and $50. Colonial Theatre.
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TEMPLE ANSHE AMUNIM
WRITERS READ
26 Broad St., PittsďŹ eld
Lee Library, 100 Main St., Lee
413-442-5910, ansheamunim.org
Tuesday, July 23: Kristin Prevallet and Amy Herring, 5:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 21: Walking with WordXWord. Poets, dancers and other performers respond to pieces in the SculptureNow exhibition, free, 3 p.m., The Mount, 2 Plunkett St, Lenox.
Thursdays, through August: Rabbi Liz Hirsh leads guided meditation and light yoga for all ages and abilities, no prior experience necessary, free, 1:15 p.m.
THEATER
Saturdays, June 1 - Aug. 30: Torah Plus: Shabbat Morning Study, 9:30 a.m.
30 Union St., PittsďŹ eld
Wednesday, July 24: “The God You Don’t Believe in Doesn’t Exist,� lunch and learn series with Rabbi Liz Hirsch, $5, free for members, bring your own lunch, 11:30 a.m. VENTFORT HALL 104 Walker St., Lenox 413-637-3206, gildedage.org Tuesday, July 23: Tea & Talk, “After Emily: The Women Who Introduced Emily Dickinson,� with professor Julie Dobrow, $28 members/advance reservation, $32 day of, 4 p.m. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HOMESTEAD 207 Bryant Road, Cummington thetrustees.org July 20 and 21: Blast Into The Past: Live a Day in 1805, $11-$18, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. WILLIAMS BOOKSTORE 81 Spring St., Williamstown Thursday, July 18: Rachel Cline, author of “The Question Authority,� will read and discuss her new novel, 4 p.m.
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Unicorn Theatre,
Tuesday, July 23: Celebrate National Moth Week and nighttime pollinators, $10, 8 to 10 p.m. Supported by the Berkshire Taconic Foundation Central Berkshire Fund. Rain date, July 24. Register: aimee@ gaiaroots.com.
Tuesday, July 23: The “In Fascism’s Grip� play analysis course with Barbara Waldinger reads Bertolt Brecht’s “The Private Life of the Master Race,� and Michael Franyn’s “Copenhagen,� $45, $40 members, $15 drop-in, 10 a.m.
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BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY Boyd-Quinson Mainstage St. Germain Stage 36 Linden St., PittsďŹ eld 413-236-8888, barringtonstageco.org July 5 - 27: “Time Flies and Other Comediesâ€? by David Ives, directed by Tracey Birgden. Performances: Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m. St. Germain Stage. $15-$50.
BERKSHIRE PLAYWRIGHTS LAB 413-528-2544, berkshireplaywrightslab.org Monday, July 22: “Delusion by Proxy,� staged reading of a new play written by Brooke Adams, directed by Ethan Silverman, $15, 7:30 p.m., at Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St., Great Barrington. Wednesday, July 24: “Uncertainty,� staged reading of a new play written by Matt Williams, directed by Matthew Penn, $15, 7:30 p.m., at Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St., Great Barrington. BERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP
671 Cold Spring Road, Williamstown
PittsďŹ eld
Sunday July 21: Free guided hike, Petersburg Pass to Hopkins Forest, 9 a.m., meet at Hopkins Memorial For-
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July 11 - Aug. 3: “The Skin of Our Teeth,� by Thornton Wilder, directed by David Auburn. Tickets: $66. Fitzpatrick Main Stage.
CHESTER THEATRE COMPANY
July 18 - Aug. 24: “Working: A Musical.� A timeless exploration of 26 people from all walks of life and how their relationships to their work ultimately reveal key aspects of their humanity. This classic musical has been updated for a modern age, featuring songs by Tony Award-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda, as well as favorites by Stephen Schwartz, Craig Carnelia and James Taylor. Previews: $65; Tickets: $75 and $25. Unicorn Theatre.
413-354-7771
July 24 - Aug. 18: “I am the Baron,� the premiere of a brand new Traveling Summer Spectacle performance, based on the novel “The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen,� directed by Matthew Glassman and Jeremy Louise Eaton. Previews July 19 and 20. Performances 8 p.m. Wednesdays to Sundays in July, 7:30 p.m. in August. $40, $25 child.
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MAC-HAYDN THEATRE
Performances: 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m. Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. Talkbacks follow Thursday and Saturday matinees. Cast conversations follow Friday evening performances. Panel discussions featuring outside experts take place after the ďŹ rst Sunday matinee of each play.
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July 4 - 14: “Now Circa Then,� by Carly Mensch, directed by Sean Christopher Lewis. Tickets: $42.50.
July 4 - 21: “Grease,� $15-$39.50.
DOUBLE EDGE THEATRE
14 Castle St., Great Barrington.
948 Conway Road, AshďŹ eld
413-528-0100, mahaiwe.org
413-628-0277, doubleedgeth-
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CAPITOL STEPS Cranwell Resort 55 Lee Road, Lenox capitolsteps.cranwell.com
Town Hall Theatre, 15 MiddleďŹ eld Road, Chester
518-392-9292, machaydntheatre. org 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. MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
July 18 - Aug. 3: “Gertrude and Claudius,� by Mark St. Germain, based on the novel by John Updike, directed by Julianne Boyd. A provocative prequel to “Hamlet.� Performances: Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 p.m., Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m., Wednesday and Friday at 2 p.m., and Sunday at 5 p.m. Added Saturday matinee Aug. 3 at 3 p.m. Talkback on July 23. Boyd-Quinson Mainstage. $15-$65.
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413-458-2494, wrlf.org
June 28 - Aug 30: “The Lyin’ Kings,� a hilarious evening of American political satire and song parodies. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and performances are at 8 p.m. nightly except Tuesdays, in the Harvest Barn.
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Colonial Theatre, 111 South St., 413-997-4444, berkshiretheatregroup.org Fitzpatrick Main Stage, 83 East Main St., Stockbridge
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SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY 70 Kemble St., Lenox 413-637-3353, shakespeare.org July 2 - Aug. 4: “Twelfth Night,” by William Shakespeare, directed by Allyn Burrows, with Martin Jason Asprey, Gregory Boover, Thomas Brazzle, Deaon Griffin-Pressley and Ella Loudon. Tina Packer Playhouse. July 9 - Aug. 17: “The Taming of the Shrew,” by William Shakespeare, directed by Kelly Galvin, with Dara Brown, Caitlin Kraft, Daniel Light, Jordan Mann, Nick Nudler and Kirsten Peacock. The Dell at the Mount, 2 Plunkett St., Lenox. July 18 - Aug. 18: “The Children,” by Lucy Kirkwood, directed by James Warwick, with Ariel Bock, Jonathan Epstein and Diane Prusha. Two retired physicists have taken shelter in a borrowed cottage on the English coast coping with the aftermath of a nuclear power plant accident after a devastating tsunami. Quite suddenly an unexpected visitor arrives from their past. Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre.
July 24 - 28: Elder Ensemble, a performance group for a diverse cohort of women over 65 years structured similarly to the Teen Ensemble, with the two ensembles working together around the same theme to create an inter-generational piece that will premiere at the WAM Gala and then go on a short local tour. Tuition: $300. WHITNEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS 42 Wendell Ave, Pittsfield 413-443-0289, thewhit.org July 12 - 21: “Until the Flood,” a play by Dael Orlandersmith, a powerful one-woman play exploring the social unrest in Ferguson, Mo., following the shooting of teenager Michael Brown, $17.5-/$20, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. WILLIAMS COLLEGE THEATRE DEPARTMENT ‘62 Center for Theatre and Dance, 1000 Main St., Williamstown Friday, July 19: STUDIO’62 program, “TEACH/TEACH,” a new play by Amanda Keating, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 20: Student work, projects from the STUDIO’62 Playwriting Workshop, 7:30 p.m.
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Talks
July 10 - 20: “Selling Kabul,” by Sylvia Khoury, directed by Tyne Rafaeli. Taroon (Babak Tafti), former interpreter for the U.S. military, lives in hiding from the Taliban in his sister, Afiya’s (Marjan Neshat), home in Kabul, Afghanistan. As Taroon restlessly awaits news from the hospital on the eve of his first child’s birth, his brother-in-law, Jawid (Omar Metwally), works to protect him from dangers lurking outside the apartment walls. Nikos Stage.
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Grammy Award winner Patti LuPone returns to her musical theater roots in “Don’t Monkey with Broadway,” $31-$156, 8 p.m.
June 30 - Aug. 18: Sunday Lawn Talks, arrive early for the matinee performances to hear artists, special guests, and WTF staff delve into the rich themes of WTF productions, 1:15 p.m., on the front lawn. Bring your own picnic or stop by concessions! July 2 - Aug. 13: Tuesday Talkbacks, lively discussions with WTF company
July 17 - 28: “Grand Horizons,” by Bess Wohl, directed by Leigh Silverman. Main Stage.
members, artistic staff, and special
July 24 - Aug. 3: “Tell Me I’m Not Crazy,” by Sharyn Rothstein, directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel. Forced into retirement and unsettled by the changing world around him, Sol Koening (Mark Blum) buys himself a gun — and his family is up in arms. His wife, Diana (Jane Kaczmarek), thought they’d spend more time together and with the grandkids, but Sol’s new hobby puts a bullet in that plan. Meanwhile, their son, Nate (Mark Feuerstein). is trying to be a good stay-at-home dad while his jetsetting wife, Alisa (Nadine Malouf), climbs the corporate ladder, and
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Where I Was Held,” by David Zax, $5.
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TWELFTH NIGHT William Shakespeare
518-794-8989, thetheaterbarn.org Performances: 8 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, 4 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. $27-$29. July 4 - 21: “Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution.” VENTFORT HALL 104 Walker St., Lenox 413-637-3206, gildedage.org
THRU AUGUST 4
Saturday, July 20: Murder Mystery Dinner Theater, $40, reservations required, 5:30 p.m.
Steven Barkhimer, Gregory Boover, and Nigel Gore
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
WAM THEATRE 56 Church St., Lenox
by William Shakespeare
413-274-8122 wamtheatre.com
July 24 - 28: Teen Ensemble, performance group for young people aged 13-18. Register: Talya Kingston, at 413-274-2024 or at talya@wamtheatre.com. Performance tour includes the Stationery Factory in Dalton at the WAM Gala and The Mount.
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JULY 18–AUGUST 3 A NEW PLAY BY MARK ST. GERMAIN ( FREUD'S LAST SESSION, BEST OF ENEMIES, DANCING LESSONS ) BASED ON THE NOVEL BY JOHN UPDIKE
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Wednesday, July 24: Food and drink and lots of good cheer to celebrate WAM’s 10th anniversary season; intergenerational performances by the Teen and Elder Ensembles, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Stationery Factory, 63 Flansburg Ave., Dalton. Ticket prices $75, $150, $250.
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BY HENRIK IBSEN TRANSLATED FROM THE NORWEGIAN BY PAUL WALSH DIRECTED BY CAREY PERLOFF
NEW TRANSLATION!
JULY 31–AUGUST 18
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