Event Calendar

Event Calendar 2021

15th Annual Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour

413-695-1638 hilltown6.com July 24-25: Self-guided tour in the Hilltowns of Western Massachusetts. This popular event off ers acclaimed ceramic artists’ wares for viewing and purchase, along with kiln and studio tours. Check hilltown6.com for up-to-the-minute details, should public health considerations necessitate any changes, as well as a map to help you plan your tour of these unique, tucked-away venues. The tour is free. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

29th Annual Stockbridge Summer Arts and Crafts Show

Stockbridge Town Offi ces and Bidwell Park, 50 Main St., Stockbridge stockbridgechamber.org/visit/ summer-arts-craft-show

Saturday, Aug. 21-Sunday, Aug.

22: The 29th Annual Stockbridge Summer Arts and Crafts show hosts over 80 jury-selected artists and crafters displaying work ranging from paintings to ceramics, fi berware to jewelry, sculpture to photography, as well as a variety of specialty food tents off ering vinegar, oils, jams and honey. Free. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.

Adams Free Library

92 Park St., Adams 413-743-8345, adamslibraryma.org

Monday, June 14 - Monday, Aug.

16: Adult summer reading program. To log reading, sign in or create an account using the Beanstack software at adamslibraryma.beanstack. org or download the Beanstack app. Prizes announced at the end of the program. If paper log is preferred, contact the library. Monday, June 14: Sign up begins for the Children’s “Tails and Tales” Summer Reading Challenge 2021

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THENEWSTANDARDIN SIGHT,SOUND&LUXURY in Beanstack software. Earn virtual raffl e tickets for prizes. Winners announced at end of program. For children of all ages. Friday, June 25: Zoo on the Go: Outdoor event at Adams Council on Aging, 3 Hoosac St., Adams. For children of all ages. 2 p.m. Registration is required. Seven live ambassador animals and dedicated Q-and-A time with a Zoo Staff Member. All in attendance must wear a face mask, even though the program is taking place outdoors. An adult must accompany children under 8 years of age. Free. Wednesday, June 30: Jungle Jim Manning. Outdoor event at Adams Council on Aging, 3 Hoosac St., Adams. For children of all ages (best for ages 4-11), 10:30 a.m. Registration is required. Jungle Jim has created a unique performance called "Tails and Tales" encouraging and motivating children, utilizing comedy, magic, storytelling and balloon art. Free. Thursday, July 15: Diane Edgecomb, storyteller. Outdoor event at Adams Council on Aging, 3 Hoosac St., Adams. For family audiences ages 4 and up. 2 p.m. Registration is required. Free. Monday, July 19: “Balloon Twisting: Animals, Aliens, Dragons, and Fairy Wings” with Ed the Wizard. Outdoor event at Adams Council on Aging. Recommended for ages 4-11, best for ages 7 and up; younger may join with parental help. 2 p.m. Registration is required. Learn how to twist and make your own balloon creations with professional Q260 Latex twisty balloons. Thursday, Aug. 5: Wingmasters. Outdoor event featuring fi ve to six live birds of prey (owls, falcons, hawks), held under Wingmasters’ rehabilitation and education permits, at Adams Council on Aging. Ages: Strictly 6 and up. 11 a.m. Registration is required. For the birds’ well-being and for the safety of the audience, the raptors are handled only by Julie Anne Collier and Jim Parks, and are under their control at all times. Thursday, Aug. 12: Jerry Schneider. "Pollinators" and T-shirt craft. Outdoor event at Adams Council on Aging. For children of all ages. 5:30 p.m. Registration is required. Get acquainted with some of our local pollinators, featuring bees, bats, hummingbirds, beetles, dragonfl ies, and butterfl ies, important critters that help pollinate orchards, backyard gardens and rainforests. Bring your own T-shirt or purchase for $4. Monday, Aug. 16: Deadline for completing log entries for both the children’s and adult Summer Reading Challenges via Beanstack software or paper logs, 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 19: Bowey the Clown & Magic Brushes Outdoor event at Adams Council on Aging. For children of all ages. 2-4 p.m. Registration is required. Join Bowey the Clown and Magic Brushes for a party to celebrate our Summer Reading Challenge 2021. Two hours of magic, storytelling, ventriloquism and balloon sculptures; and temporary glitter tattoos by Magic Brushes. Raffl e Basket winners announced.

Art Austerlitz Contemporary Artists at Old Austerlitz

11550 and 11561 State Route 22, Austerlitz, N.Y. oldausterlitz.org

Now through September:

Monthly exhibits, each beginning with a Saturday reception the fi rst Saturday of the month. Gallery hours noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sunday.

Art Omi Sculpture & Architecture Park

1405 County Route 22, Ghent, N.Y. 518-392-4747, artomi.org Now through Aug. 29: Shona McAndrew: Just the three of us. This solo exhibition in the Newmark Gallery installation portrays a group of friends sharing time together in a living room consisting of over 170 individual papier mache objects, all handmade by the artist. McAndrew draws from recollections of time spent among her high school best

friends, rendering them as she remembers them at that time: casual, intimate, and out of view of the male gaze. Rather than portraying women and girls in their rooms as preparing themselves to exist for men or in the public sphere, McAndrew seeks instead to illuminate the messy yet harmonious space created by women left entirely to themselves. On view daily from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Register in advance for weekend visits at artomi.org/visit. Saturday, July 17: Art Omi: Artists Open Studios. Explore the studios of the artists-in-residence, along with special pop-up performances and installations. An intimate glimpse into the work of international artists in residence at Art Omi. Attendees will be required to register for timed entry to Open Studios. Registration opens on June 15. 1 - 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 6: Art Omi: Dance Salon. International dance artists present unique pieces created in collaboration during their residency. Featuring new and in-process dance pieces in response to the grounds and studio spaces at Art Omi. Attendees will be required to register for the Dance Showing. Registration will open in mid-July. 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28: Art Omi: Music in the Park. An informal concert of new, experimental music created during the course of the Art Omi: Music residency. Musicians from a multitude of traditions and genres combine their approaches for novel and unforeseeable results! Grab a seat, bring a blanket, and enjoy seldom heard music amidst art and landscape. 5 p.m.

Aston Magna

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center (streaming) 14 Mahaiwe St., Great Barrington or Saint James Place (streaming) 352 Main St., Great Barrington, 413-528-0100, astonmagna.org Sunday, June 13: Aston Magna Music Festival and the Mahaiwe copresent “Early Duos for Fortepiano and Violin.” The music of Mozart, CPE Bach, Joseph Boulogne and Beethoven, with Sylvia Berry, fortepiano, and Daniel Stepner, violin. Free, donations welcome. Link to the event June 13, 7 p.m., at mahaiwe.org/events/music/ or astonmagna.org/june-13 Sunday, June 27: Aston Magna Music Festival and the Mahaiwe co-present “Mozart: The String Trios.” Daniel Stepner, violin; Marcus Thompson, viola, and Jacques Lee Wood, cello. Free, donations welcome. Link to the event June 27 at 7 p.m., at mahaiwe.org/events/ music/ or astonmagna.org/june-27. Saturday, July 3: Aston Magna Music Festival presents “Three French Masters.” The music of Marais, Leclair and Forqueray, with musicians Edson Scheid and Daniel Stepner, baroque violins; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; Catherine Liddell, theorbo; and Michael Sponseller, harpsichord. Free, donations welcome. Link to the event July 3, at 7 p.m., at astonmagna.org/july-3. Saturday, July 10: Aston Magna Music Festival presents “Mostly Monteverdi.” Vocalists Aaron Sheehan and Jason McStoots, tenors; Adam Pearl, harpsichord; Cameron Welke, theorbo; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba; Scott Metcalfe and Daniel Stepner, baroque violins. Free, donations welcome. Link to the event July 10 at 7 p.m., at astonmagna.org/july-10/. Saturday, July 17: Aston Magna Music Festival presents “Songs and Sonatas of Henry Purcell.” Kristen Watson, soprano; David McFerrin, baritone; Daniel Stepner and Julie Leven, baroque violins; Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba, and Catherine Liddell, theorbo, and Peter Sykes, harpsichord. Free, donations welcome. Link to the event July 17 at 7 p.m., astonmagna.org/july-17/. Saturday, July 24: Aston Magna Music Festival presents “Celebrating Beethoven’s 251st Birthday.” Julie Leven and Daniel Stepner, baroque violins; Jason Fisher, viola, and Jacques Lee Wood, cello. The quartet will off er Beethoven’s “Eyeglass Duo,” a string trio in C Minor, and selected string quartet movements, including the Grosse Fuge. Free, donations welcome. Link to the event July 24 at 7 p.m., at astonmagna.org/july-24

Bartholomew's Cobble

413-298-3239 ext. 3013, thetrustees. org/place/bartholomews-cobble Birding walks and guided hikes coming this summer — check the website for dates. Ongoing: Last Saturday of the month, every month; Nature Journaling Workshop (free), time varies through the year. Check the website for more information and to sign up. Saturday, June 26: Watercolor painting class, 1-3 p.m. Thursday, July 8: Thumbnails sketching class, 10 a.m.-noon. Thursday, Aug. 19: Watercolor painting class, 10 a.m.-noon.

Berkshire Art Association

berkshireartassociation.org Aug. 6-Aug. 28: “Everyone Is a Hero: A Comic and Cartoon Art Tribute to Our Local Heroes,” at Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, 28 Renne Ave., Pittsfi eld. Show opening Friday, Aug. 6, during Pittsfi eld’s First Fridays Artswalk. On Saturday, Aug. 7, superheroes, artists, and friends are invited to celebrate the festivities at the opening party from 3-6 p.m. This family friendly event will feature music, face painting and comic-making. Special guest artists Joe Staton and Luke McDonnell will be on hand drawing awesome characters and showing you how to make your own comics. Joe Staton has drawn for DC Comics including Green Lantern, Justice Society and Scooby-Doo. Luke McDonnell has drawn Marvel Comics and DC, including Iron Man, Suicide Squad and Batman. Come dressed in your best comic- and cartoon-inspired costumes.

Becket Athenaeum

3367 Main St., Becket 413-623-5483, info@bwlibrary.org, becketathenaeum.org All programming is free. Saturday, June 19: Summer Kickoff ! Book Sale, Storytimes at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m., plus activities for the Summer Solstice and Juneteenth. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Wednesdays, June 23-Aug. 25:

Outdoor Storytime, followed by crafts with the Becket Arts Center, 11 a.m. to noon.

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June 23-Aug. 25: Summer Reading Program with prizes for meeting reading goals. Thursday, June 24: NASA Ambassador Presentation on the International Space Station and Careers & Diversity at NASA, 6-7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 26: Community Drumming with Otha Day, 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 30: Cookbook Club: "In Pursuit of Flavor," 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 6: Book Club: “The Night Swim,” 1:30-2:30 p.m. Saturday, July 10: Storytelling by Motoko, 1-2 p.m. Saturday, July 10: Outdoor Book Sale (free, donations accepted). 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, July 11: Garden composting workshop with Pat Parkins, owner of Gardens of the Goddess, 10 a.m. Saturday, July 17: Author Reading: "Worth the Wait" with Lynne Scott, followed by a local bird talk with Dale Abrams and Zach Adams of Mass Audubon, Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary. 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, July 31: Storytelling by Eshu Bumpus, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, July 31: Outdoor Book Sale, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 17:Storytellers: The Storycrafters, 11 a.m.-noon Sunday, Aug. 22: Garden Workshop, Extending the Growing season, with Pat Parkins, owner of Gardens of the Goddess, 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 28: Community Drumming with Otha Day, 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 28: Outdoor Book Sale (free, donations accepted), 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11: Drumming with Otha Day, 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25: Outdoor Book Sale (free, donations accepted), 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23: Community discussion about facts and current trends in drug use, with the Brien Center, 6-7 p.m.

Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfi eld’s Public Library

1 Wendell Ave., Pittsfi eld 413-499-9480, pittsfi eldlibrary.org info@pittsfi eldlibrary.org Masks are required at all Youth

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Ongoing: Herman Melville Memorial

Room: The largest collection of Melville Family personal memorabilia in the world is housed here; Portraits, furniture, photographs, letters, personal items, art prints, books and more. Free. Short Story Contest: 43rd Annual Short Story Writing Contest for Children and the 24th Annual Short Story Writing Contest for Young Adults. Contest opens Tuesday, June 1. Entries may be dropped off in person, mailed or emailed. You can email your children's entries to childrens@ pittsfi eldlibrary.org and your Young Adult entries to youngadult@pittsfi eldlibrary.org. Deadline for entries will be Monday, Aug. 2, at 4 p.m.

Events:

July 15-24: Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum Book Sale. By appointment.Reservations start June 24. Email booksale@pittsfi eldlibrary. org or call 413-499-9493 June 28-Aug. 8: The Collaborative Summer Library Program “Tails and Tales” Summer Reading Program at the Berkshire Athenaeum is supported by The Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum, Massachusetts Library System, Boston Bruins, and Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Readers are encouraged to visit the library’s website to register for our reading tracker app Beanstack. Monday, June 28: A Tale of Summer Reading! Families with children under 12 join the Summer Reading kick-off event with the Berkshire Athenaeum and Pittsfi eld's CFCE! Participate in a StoryWalk® scavenger hunt at the Common to celebrate the start of the library's "Tails and Tales" summer reading program. Youth can make a craft, sign up for a library card and register for summer reading All participants receive a free book. 10 a.m. - noon at the Common, 100 First St., Pittsfi eld. Wednesday, June 30: Blackout Poetry workshop for teens. Ages 13 - 17 are invited to explore in a safe, relaxed environment the medium of erasure, or blackout, poetry. Led by Mass MoCA artist-in-residence S. Erin Batiste, all art supplies included. No experience necessary and all abilities welcome. Space is limited, please visit pittsfi eldlibrary.org to register or call the Children’s Library for more information, 413-499-9480 ext. 111. 2 p.m. Tuesdays, June 29 - Aug. 3: Take and Make craft kits. Weekly craft kits for youth ages 4 - 10. Supply is limited, available on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis.

Tuesdays, June 29, July 6, 13, and

Aug. 3: Summer Movie Series. Relax in the air conditioning and enjoy some of the library staff ’s favorite animal adventure movies. 1 p.m. in the library’s auditorium.

Thursdays, July 1 - Aug. 5:

Gardening Club. Youth ages 5-9 and their caregivers are invited to help plant and maintain the library’s garden. Garden tools and weekly crafts provided. Please bring gardening gloves if preferred. Space is limited, register at pittsfi eldlibrary.org or call the Children’s Library for more information, 413-499-9480 ext. 111. 10:30 a.m. meet in the Bartlett Avenue parking lot.

Thursdays, July 1 - Aug. 5:

Virtual Zookeeper visits with the Buttonwood Park Zoo. Join us for a virtual encounter with your favorite zoo animal and an opportunity to interview their zookeeper with fun facts, questions, and more. Meet a new animal each week. Registration required.1 p.m. via Zoom. Fridays, July 2 - Aug. 6: Childrens’ Yoga. Facilitated by Berkshire Yoga, youth and their caregivers enjoy a short story time as well as exercises to help develop self-awareness, strength, balance and fl exibility. Best suited to ages 4-8, siblings welcome. Please bring your own yoga mat, towel, or blanket. Space is limited, register at berkshireyogadancefi tness.com. 10:30 a.m. at the Common, 100 First St., Pittsfi eld. Fridays, July 2, 9, and 30: Fairy Tale Engineering. Each week a new fairy tale is explored while youth help the story characters solve problems through hands-on STEM activities. Space is limited, registration is required. 1 p.m. in the library

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Tuesdays, July 6, 13, 27, and Aug.

3: Science in the Summer: Be an Engineer! Join the Berkshire Museum to solve real-world problems by designing assistive tools, fi xing a fl ooded playground, building bridges and more. GSK Science in the Summer is a fun and free science education program sponsored by GSK in partnership with The Franklin Institute for children entering grades 2-6. 10:30 a.m. in the library auditorium.

Monday, July 12 - Saturday,

July 18: Creature Care. Visit the Children’s Library any day this week to receive a special stuff ed animal care package. All creatures come with a fun facts sheet as well as recommended books to learn more. While supplies last. Monday, July 19: StoryWalk® Guided Hike With Berkshire Natural Resources Council. Join BNRC and library staff for a guided trail hike and enjoy a story along the way.

Monday, Aug. 2 - Saturday, Aug.

7: Animal Scavenger Hunt. Join the library on an animal scavenger hunt adventure around downtown Pittsfi eld. Pick up a scavenger hunt sheet any day this week in the Children’s Library, fi nd all the clues, and return your sheet for a prize. Friday, Aug. 6: Uncharted Wild Live Animal Show. Meet a variety of live creatures and learn how they live in the wild. There will be time after the presentation for petting and picture taking with our animal guests.1 and 2:30 p.m. in the library auditorium

Berkshire Botanical Garden

5 West Stockbridge Road., Stockbridge 413-298-3926, berkshirebotanical.org June 19 - July 18: Art/Garden - Gregory Crewdson - Firefl ies. Free with Garden admission (Register online) 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Ongoing June 19 - Oct. 31: Art/ Garden Sculpture - Taking Flight. Free with Garden admission (Register online) 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday, June 20: Queer Plant Medicine & Botany. $35 general, $25 members (Register online) 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Ongoing Tuesdays, June 21 - Oct.

19: Tai Chi in the Garden. $12 general, $10 members (Register online) 9-10 a.m.

Ongoing Thursdays, June 24 -

Sept. 2: Yoga in the Garden. Free, online registration required. 5:156:15 p.m. Saturday, June 26: Tour of Bill Noble’s Vermont Garden. $70 general, $65 members (Register online) 2-4 p.m.

Thursday, July 1 to Monday, July

5: The Caterpillar Lab In Residency. Free with Garden admission (Register online) 9:30 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. Thursday, July 1: Budding Naturalist Caterpillar Walk. $12 general, $5 members (Register online) 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Friday, July 2: Moth Lighting. $20 general, $15 members (Register online) 8:30-11 p.m.

Ongoing Wednesdays, July

7 - Aug. 25: Plein Air Watercolor Painting in the Garden. $25 general, $20 members, (Register online) 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday, July 8: Birding in the Garden. $20 general, $15 members (Register online) 6:30 - 8 p.m. Monday, July 12: Music Mondays - Gina Coleman & The Misty Blues. $15 general, $10 members (Register online) 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, July 19: Music Mondays - Berkshire Jazz Collective. $15 general, $10 members (Register online) 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, July 26: Music Mondays - Union Jack. $15 general, $10 members (Register online) 5:307:30 p.m. Ongoing July 30 - Sept. 6: Art/ Garden - Marc Dennis - Revolution. Free with Garden admission (Register online) 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 2: Music Mondays - The Lucky 5. $15 general, $10 members (Register online) 5:307:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 6: FAMILY FRIDAYS - Nature Matters with Jen Lahey. Free with admission (Register online) 11 a.m. - noon. Monday, Aug. 9: Music Mondays - The Peter Poirier Band. $15 general, $10 members (Register online) 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12: Birding in the Garden. $20 general, $15 members

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Family Fridays at the library include art projects for children.

(Register online) 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13: FAMILY FRIDAYS - Under One Sky: Songs & Stories for the Whole Earth. Free with admission (Register online) 11 a.m.-noon. Monday Aug. 16: Music Mondays - The Wanda Houston Band. $15 general, $10 members (Register online) 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 20: FAMILY FRIDAYS - The Wonder of Reptiles. Free with admission (Register online) 11 a.m.-noon

Ongoing Saturday, Aug. 21 - Nov.

20: Ikebana Workshop Series. $100 general, $85 members (Register online) 10 a.m.-noon.

Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 21, 22:

The Grow Show. Free with Garden admission (Register online) 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 23: Music Mondays - TBD. $15 general, $10 members (Register online) 5:30-730 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27: FAMILY FRIDAYS - Birds of Prey. Free with admission (Register online) 11 a.m.-noon Friday, Aug. 27: Bats of the Berkshires. $18 general, $12 members (Register online) 7:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28: Weaving with Natural Materials. $65 general, $55 members (Register online) 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 30: Music Mondays - Lost Wages. $15 general, $10 members (Register online) 5:307:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1 to 3: The Garden in Pastel. $300 general, $250 members (Register online) 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3: Off -site Field Study Robert Clyde Anderson. $60 general, $55 members (Register online) 5-6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4: Field Survey of Grassland Meadows. $65 general, $55 members (Register online) 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 6: Music Mondays - The BTUs. $15 general, $10 members (Register online) 5:307:30 p.m.

Berkshire County Historical Society at Herman Melville’s Arrowhead

780 Holmes Road, Pittsfi eld, MA 413-442-1793, mobydick.org Tours of the historic home continue through the end of October. Tours available Thursday through Monday from 10 a.m. with the last tour departing at 3 p.m. Thursday, June 17: Melville Biographical Research Lecture: Warren Broderick. Melville scholar and NY State Archives emeritus Warren Broderick will present newly discovered original source documents that will shed light on Melville’s life and work. Learn about previously unknown records that bear Herman’s signature as well as the fi rst published reference to a missing novel. 6:30 p.m. Free for members, $10 not-yet members. Sunday, June 27: The Victorian Quadrille Orchestra presents dance

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Tours of Herman Melville’s historic home are held Thursday through Monday through the end of October.

music from the Civil War and Victorian era. The orchestra invites you back to a time before electronics and recorded music as they perform the original notes written in the 1800s with authentic instrumentation. Hear Quadrilles, Lancers, Polkas, Waltzes, Reels and more. 7 p.m. Free. July 1-15: Mastheads Writers’ Residency. The Mastheads is a writers’ residency program that creates a dialogue about place through literature and architecture. Five original architectural spaces serve as studios for selected writers-in-residence to produce new work each summer. Each space is inspired by an American author who produced work in and around Pittsfi eld – Melville, Hawthorne, Thoreau, Longfellow, and Holmes Sr. Saturday, July 10: Exhibit Opening – Lifting the Veil: Customs Surrounding Mourning in the Berkshires. This exhibition will examine rituals and objects related to death and dying in the Berkshires and beyond focusing on the mid-19th century. The show will take a close look at the historic practices of surrounding death, burial and those left behind. BCHS collections will be featured in this exhibit, including objects not regularly on view to the public. Free. Saturday, July 10: Mastheads Readings. The fi fth-annual reading of new work by Mastheads authors in the historic Arrowhead barn. Free. 6 p.m. Sunday, July 11: Book reading: Caroline Hellman. “Children of the Raven and the Whale: Visions and Revisions in American Literature” (University of Virginia Press, 2019) looks at how contemporary United States writers have responded to texts that were historically central to the American literary canon — including Melville's “Moby-Dick.” In their rewritings and layerings of new stories over older ones, contemporary writers chronicle a spectrum of American experience, and appraise the project of the United States. This talk will explore Melville's infl uence on the work of Ta-Nehisi Coates, in addition to discussing the larger landscape of American literature today. $15, $10 BCHS members, 3 p.m. July 24, 25: Guild of Berkshire Artists Art Show. July 31 – Aug. 4: “Moby-Dick” Fifth Annual Read-A-Thon. Sign up to read part of Melville’s masterpiece on the site where it was written. Come on your own or bring a group to read with us until we fi nish the book. $5 recommended donation. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 1: Herman Melville’s Birthday and Monument Mountain Hike. Celebrate the day (Aug. 4, 1850) when Melville met Hawthorne on a hike up Monument Mountain. Read the poem they read together at the summit and share sparkling wine. Meet in the parking lot at Monument Mountain, off Route 7 in Great Barrington. Free. 9 a.m. Aug. 13-15: ReWritten, an immersive performance that explores the often silenced, ignored and overlooked intimate relationship between authors Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville. Based on their lives, work and remaining letters – ReWritten uses dance, music, visual art, projection and text to reimagine an intergenerational queer love story that helped to shape American literature. $15, $10 BCHS members. 8 p.m.

Berkshire International Film Festival

Triplex Cinema, Mahaiwe Theater, St. James Place, Lenox Beacon Cinema, Pittsfi eld 413-528-8030, biff ma.org Sept. 9-13: Narrative, documentary and short independent fi lms from around the world.

Berkshire Jewish Film Festival

American, Israeli and International Films berkshirejewishfi lmfestival.org Monday, July 5: “A Crime on the Bayou,” an African-American’s challenge to a white supremacist with help from a Jewish attorney, 4 p.m. “Mr. Jones,” Welsh journalist Gareth Jones exposes truth about famine in Soviet Union 1930s, 8 p.m. Monday, July 12: “Schocken: On the Edge of Consensus,” Salman Schocken, King of department stores in pre-war Germany (documentary), 4 p.m. “Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is,” thirdgeneration artistic career stretching boundaries of classical music, 8 p.m. Monday, July 19: “Soros,” controversial philanthropist and fi nancier dares to tackle world problems, 4 p.m. “Shalom Taiwan,” dramatic comedy of Rabbi Aaron trying to raise funds in Taiwan, 8 p.m. Monday, July 26: “Magic Men,” Israeli magician and son travel through Greece to reclaim the past, 4 p.m. “’Til Kingdom Come,” unlikely alliance between America’s Evangelical Christians and Israel, 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 2: “The Invisible Line - America’s Nazi Experiment,” a teacher explains to high school students how Hitler brainwashed the Germans, 4 p.m. “Tango Shalom,” Hasidic rabbi enters televised tango competition, 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 9: Short fi lms: Cinema Rex, Mums’ Hairpins, Eddy’s World, Empty Spaces, A Father’s Kaddish, 4 p.m. “200 Meters,” Palestinian father’s journey to reach his hospitalized son., 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 16: “Comrade Dov,” a unique politician sustaining multiple obstacles, 4 p.m. “Winter Journey,” Father’s search for the events leading to his parents’ escape from Germany, 8 p.m.

Berkshire Museum

39 South ST., Pittsfi eld 413.443.7171, berkshiremuseum.org Additional events will be added throughout the summer at berkshiremuseum.org/events. Ongoing: Aquarium, Berkshire Backyard, Feigenbaum Hall of Innovation, Animals of the World in Miniature. Tickets: $13 adult, $6 child, free for museum members, EBT cardholders, and children ages 3 and under.

Wednesdays and Saturdays

in July and August: Ready for Kindergarten, free school-readiness program for children and caregivers in partnership with Pittsfi eld Public Schools. Registration required. Opening Aug. 6: “Muh-he-con-neok: The People of the Waters that Are Never Still” in partnership with the Stockbridge-Munsee Community; “Portraits and Stories from Around the World by Mead Eagle Photography” featuring local artists Dan Mead and Sally Eagle; “Objects and Their Stories” exploring human history through unique objects in the Berkshire Museum collection. Friday, Aug. 20: “Whale of a Gala” celebration in support of the Berkshire Museum. Tickets on sale July 1.

Berkshire Opera Festival

413-213-6641, BerkshireOperaFestival.org July 22, July 24: “Glory Denied,” a two-act opera sung in English. Performances at Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Daniel Arts Center, McConnell Theater, 84 Alford St., Great Barrington. Wednesday, Aug. 11: “Much Ado About Shakespeare,” a free summer evening concert honoring Shakespeare’s infl uence on opera, and featuring artists from BOF’s August

production of Falstaff . Accompanied by pianist Christopher Koelzer and hosted by BOF Artistic Director Brian Garman. Performance at Edith Wharton’s Home, The Mount, 2 Plunkett St., Lenox. 7 p.m.

Aug. 21, Aug. 24, Aug. 27:

Giuseppe Verdi’s last opera, and certainly his funniest, “Falstaff ,” based on Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and “Henry IV.” Sung in Italian with English Translations. Performances at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St., Great Barrington.

Chesterwood, a National Trust Historic Site

4 Williamsville Road, Stockbridge 413-298-3579, Chesterwood.org Ongoing: Studio and garden tours, Thursday through Monday at 11 a.m., noon, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.; Self-guided touring 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.; Grounds only tickets available 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., through Oct. 25. Ongoing: 4forArts gallery, free, Thursday through Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., through Oct. 25. Saturday, June 26: Poetry reading with Peter Gizzi and Abigail Wender, $25, $20 members, 5 p.m. Friday, July 9: Exhibition preview and artist’s talk, Tipping the Balance: Contemporary Sculpture by John Van Alstine, free, 5 p.m. Saturday, July 10: Tipping the Balance: Contemporary Sculpture by John Van Alstine, through Oct. 25. Saturday, July 10: Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company, $35, $25 members, performances at 2 and 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4: Author Harold Holzer presents Lincoln’s Favorite Shakespeare with actor Rufus Collins, $25, $20 members, 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 7: Live music with Gina Coleman and the Misty Blues Duo, $25, $20 members, 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21: Live music with Rev Tor Trio, $25, $20 members, 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4: Live music by Joe Rose Jazz Ensemble, $25, $20 members, 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25: Reading with authors Brendan Mathews and Nathan McClain, $25, $20 members, 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10: Special performance to celebrate Indigenous People’s Day, $25, $20 members, 4 p.m.

City of North Adams Offi ce of Tourism

Saturdays, through the summer:

Farmers Market. Marshall Street and St. Anthony Drive, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Last Friday of the month,

starting June 25: Movies under the Stars at Colegrove Park. Free. (Movies not yet announced.) Movie starts at dusk, 8:30/8:45 p.m. First Friday of the month: First Fridays Downtown and nearby organized by the North Adams businesses. 4 to 8 p.m.

Dalton CRA

400 Main St., Dalton 413-684-0260, daltoncra.org Monday, June 28: The Dalton CRA’s 27th Annual Golf Tournament, a fundraiser to benefi t the Dalton Youth Center programming and youth scholarships for camp and sports programs. 12:30 p.m. shotgun start at Wahconah Country Club, Dalton. Underwritten by The Pittsfi eld Cooperative Bank. Register by Monday, June 21. Wednesday, June 30: Music on Main, a free concert on the CRA Memorial Lawn, featuring Tommy T. Bring a picnic and a chair or blanket and enjoy the music. Music on Main summer concerts are sponsored by the Dalton Benefi t Association, David and Susan Lombard, Mill Town Capital, the Dalton and Hinsdale/ Peru Local Cultural Councils. 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 7: Music on Main, a free concert on the CRA Memorial Lawn, featuring Brian Benlien. 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 14: Music on Main, a free concert on the CRA Memorial Lawn, featuring Just N Kace Band. 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 21: Music on Main, a free concert on the CRA Memorial Lawn, featuring Dan Gingras. 7 p.m.

Friday, July 23 to Sunday, July

25: The 11th Annual Dalton CRA Invitational Softball Tournament, with over 30 teams from the Northeast. Games played on fi elds throughout Dalton, schedule available online. Wednesday, July 28: Music on Main, a free concert on the CRA Memorial Lawn, featuring the Eagles Band. 7 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 1 – Saturday Aug.

14: The CRA’s Annual Gib Kittredge Auction. This year’s auction will be an online event culminating with a Live Auction at the CRA’s 27th Annual Gib Kittredge Award Ceremony to be held on the Memorial Lawn at the CRA on Saturday, Aug. 14. Proceeds from the auction benefi t CRA youth programs. Wednesday, Aug. 4: Music on Main, a free concert on the CRA Memorial Lawn, featuring Misty Blues Band. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11: Music on Main, a free concert on the CRA Memorial Lawn, featuring Lady Di and the Dukes. 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14: The CRA’s 27th Annual Gib Kittredge Auction and Award Ceremony, the CRA’s annual gala to honor community members for their outstanding service followed by a Live Auction. Awards will be presented to: Chris and Kim Mathews, Gib Kittredge Volunteer Award; David Thorne, John Kittredge Community Support Award; Judy Condron – W. Murray Crane Community Volunteer of the Year Award; and Caitlin Ronayne and Donovan Keegan – Norman “Pop” Smith Youth of the Year Awards. 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 18: Music on Main, a free concert on the CRA Memorial Lawn, featuring Jack Waldheim. 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25: Music on Main, a free concert on the CRA Memorial Lawn, featuring Brian Benlien. 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 29: The CRA’s Annual “May Day” Road Races will be held in person at Nessacus Middle School. The event includes 5K and 10K races with chip timing, as well as Splatter Sprint kids’ race for age 8 and up; Obstacles & Popsicles kids’ races for up to age 8; and a 2-mile Fun Walk for all ages. Prizes, music, food, and raffl e. Registration forms available at daltoncra.org. Proceeds benefi t CRA Youth and Adult Leagues and Programs. 9:30 a.m.

Dewey Hall Backyard

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ries is family friendly and welcomes all ages. “Young at Heart” occurs weekly on Saturday mornings starting at 10 a.m. The series will take place outside at Dewey Hall. Saturday, June 12: Roger the Jester Saturday, June 19: Tall Tales and Flights of Fancy (storytelling) Saturday, June 26: Erika Ludwig (music) Saturday, July 3: Family Dance Around the World Saturday, July 10: Roger the Jester Saturday, July 17: Aldo Lavaggi (music) Saturday, July 24: Tall Tales and Flights of Fancy (storytelling) Saturday, July 31: Roger the Jester Saturday, Aug. 14: Family Dance Around the World Saturday, Aug. 21: Roger the Jester Saturday, Aug. 28: Tall Tales and Flights of Fancy (storytelling) Saturday, Sept. 4: Family Dance Around the World Saturday, Sept. 11: Roger the Jester

Double Edge Theatre

948 Conway Road, Ashfi eld 413-628-0277, doubleedgetheatre.org

July 21 – 25; July 27 – Aug. 1; Aug.

3 – 8: "Memories and Dreams.” The spectacle invites visitors to journey through a mosaic of myths and imaginative fl ight on DE’s Farm as we reinvigorate our memories and dream all possible futures together. Directed by Jeremy Louise Eaton and Stacy Klein and created with the DE Ensemble. July performances start at 8 p.m., August performances start at 7:30 p.m. $40 general admission, $37 students/seniors, and $25 per child, with further discounts for Ashfi eld residents and Double Edge Alumni.

Eagles Band

413-442-2782, EaglesCommunityBand.org Tuesday, July 20: Concert-in-thePark Series. One of the Eagles Band’s ensembles (Concert Band, Trombone Ensemble, Brass Ensemble or Stage Band) at Springside Park. Free. 7 p.m.

Wednesday, July 28 (Rain Date,

Thursday, July 29): Performance at Dalton CRA, 400 Main St., Dalton. Come enjoy an evening of traditional band music on the lawn near the beautiful Gazebo. Free. 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 17: Concert-inthe-Park Series at Springside Park. Come enjoy an evening of traditional band music on the lawn near the beautifully renovated Springside House. Free. 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 22: Performance on the Hinsdale Fire Station grounds, 95 Maple St., Hinsdale. Come enjoy an afternoon of traditional band music in the shade of the pavilion. Free. 2 p.m.

First Congregational Church of Lee

25 Park Place, Lee 413-243-1033; uccleechurch@gmail.com Saturday, Aug. 14: 21st Annual Craft Fair in the Park. Numerous crafters selling their wares including: woodworking, bird houses, jewelry, quilted and sewn items, ceramics and much more. Free and open to the public. Rain or shine. 9 a.m. -3 p.m.; observing state COVID guidelines.

First Fridays Artswalk

Downtown Pittsfi eld 413-443-6501, fi rstfridaysartswalk.com Fridays, July 2, Aug. 6, Sept. 3: The First Fridays Artswalk will feature art exhibitions and opening receptions throughout downtown Pittsfi eld. Most art will be on display throughout the month. Free and for all ages.

Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio

92 Hawthorne St., Lenox 413-637-0166, frelinghuysen.org Open Thursday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. with self-guided tours Tickets required. Thursday, July 8: Season opens with Suzy Frelinghuysen — Painter & Opera Singer, Infl uences of Cubism & Music in her Art. Opera Costumes from the 1940s will be displayed for the fi rst time, as well as her paintings and the Cubist Masterpiece collection. Friday, July 9: Painting demonstration with acrylic/charcoal artist Stacey Silkey. 11 a.m. Sunday, July 11: Members' Party with short program of opera selections on the Patio and studio visit. 4 p.m. Friday, July 16: Painting demonstration with watercolor artist Tony Conner. 11 a.m. Friday, July 23: Painting demonstration with mixed media artist Diane Firtell. 11 a.m. Friday, July 30: Painting demonstration with oil artist Joanna Gabler. 11 a.m. Saturday July 31: Color Theory Class with director/artist Kinney Frelinghuysen. 10-11:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 6: Painting demonstration with watercolor artist Marge Bride. 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 13: Painting demonstration with collage/mixed media artist Marion Grant. 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 20: Painting demonstration with oil artist Morris Bennett 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 27: Painting demonstration with palette knife with acrylic artist Maureen Engle. 11 a.m.

Great Barrington Bandstand

Behind Town Hall, Great Barrington Saturdays, July 3-Aug. 28: David Grover’s “Tanglewood for Tots,” free concert series. Rain or shine. 10 a.m.

Great Barrington Public Theater

Performing at McConnell mainstage and Liebowitz black box theaters, in the Daniel Arts Center, Bard College at Simon's Rock, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington 413-707-2901, GreatBarringtonPublicTheater.org Tickets $20-$40 June 24-July 3: “DAD,” a new comedy about the long arc and arm of family, by Mark St. Germain. 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. July 21-Aug.1: “Mr. Fullerton,” a literary delight about Edith Wharton's secret romance, by Anne Undeland. 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. July 29-Aug. 8: “The Christopher Boy's Communion,” by David Mamet. East Coast premiere. A riveting suspense by an acclaimed American playwright. 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Thursday through Sunday.

Guild of Berkshire Artists

780 Holmes Road, Pittsfi eld 410-703-0532, BerkshireArtists.org

Saturday and Sunday, July 24-25:

ART@Arrowhead: The Guild of Berkshire Artists is mounting this outdoor art show at Arrowhead. The Guild’s visual artists have gained inspiration from Herman Melville, as he spun his tale of the great white whale while gazing from his studio at the snow-covered eminence of Greylock Mountain. Approximately 40 artists from among the Guild’s more than 170 members will be exhibiting works in oil, watercolor, acrylics, sculpture, ceramics, mixed media and wood working. The show is free and open to the public. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Hancock Shaker Village

34 Lebanon Mountain Road., Hancock 413-443-0188, hancockshakervillage.org Open Every Day 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Adults $20 ($18 for seniors, AAA members, MTA cardholders, and active and retired US military); Youth $8 (ages 13-17); Children (12 and under) are free on family visits, courtesy of Berkshire Bank

Ongoing:

Through October 2022: James Turrell & Nicholas Mosse: Lapsed Quaker Ware Through November 2021: Tory Burch: Beauty Rests on Utility Through November 2021: Gary Graham: Looking Back to Look Forward

Events:

Sunday, June 20: Chester Theater - “Title & Deed,” 3 p.m. show, tickets available at chestertheatre.org. Wednesday, June 23: Chester Theater - “Title & Deed,” 3 p.m. show, tickets available at chestertheatre.org. Thursday, June 24: Chester Theater - “Title & Deed,” 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. shows, tickets available at chestertheatre.org. Friday, June 25: Chester Theater - “Title & Deed,” 7:30 p.m. show, tickets available at chestertheatre.org. Sunday, June 27: Chester Theater - “Title & Deed,” 3 p.m. show, tickets available at chestertheatre.org. Saturday, July 10: Goat Yoga, 10 a.m., $25 (includes admission to museum) Wednesday, July 14: Chester Theater - “The Niceties,” 3 p.m. show, tickets available at chestertheatre.org. Thursday, July 15: Chester Theater - “The Niceties,” 3 and 7:30 p.m. shows, tickets available at chestertheatre.org. Friday, July 16: Chester Theater - “The Niceties,” 7:30 p.m. show, tickets available at chestertheatre.org. Saturday, July 17: Chester Theater - “The Niceties,” 7:30 p.m. show, tickets available at chestertheatre.org. Sunday, July 18: Chester Theater - “The Niceties,” 3 p.m. show, tickets available at chestertheatre.org. Sunday, July 18: Yoga for Movers & Shakers, 10 a.m., $25 (includes admission to museum) Wednesday, July 21: Chester Theater - “The Niceties” 3 p.m. show, tickets available at chestertheatre.org. Thursday, July 22: Chester Theater - “The Niceties,” 3 and 7:30 p.m. shows, tickets available at chestertheatre.org. Friday, July 23: Chester Theater - “The Niceties,” 7:30 p.m. show, tickets available at chestertheatre.org. Saturday, July 24: Chester Theater - “The Niceties,” 7:30 p.m. show, tickets available at chestertheatre.org. Sunday, July 25: Chester Theater - “The Niceties,” 3 p.m. show, tickets available at chestertheatre.org. Saturday, July 31: Back Porch Music Series: Paul Beaubrun, 7 p.m., $20 advance / $25 day of show. Saturday, July 31: Goat Yoga, 10 a.m., $25 (includes admission to museum) Sunday, Aug. 1: Yoga for Movers & Shakers, 10 a.m., $25 (includes admission to museum) Sunday, Aug. 8: Yoga for Movers & Shakers, 10 a.m., $25 (includes admission to museum) Saturday, Aug. 14: Goat Yoga, 10 a.m., $25 (includes admission to museum) Saturday, Aug. 14: Summer Gala. Wednesday, Aug. 18: Chester Theater “Tiny Beautiful Things,” 3 p.m. show, tickets available at chestertheatre.org. Thursday, Aug. 19: Chester Theater “Tiny Beautiful Things,” 3 and 7:30 p.m. shows, tickets available at chestertheatre.org. Friday, Aug. 20: Chester Theater “Tiny Beautiful Things,” 7:30 p.m. show, tickets available at chestertheatre.org. Saturday, Aug. 21: Back Porch Music Series: The Nields, 7 p.m., $20 advance / $25 day of show. Sunday, Aug. 22: Chester Theater “Tiny Beautiful Things,” 3 p.m. show, tickets available at chestertheatre.org. Wednesday, Aug. 25: Chester Theater “Tiny Beautiful Things,” 3 p.m. show, tickets available at chestertheatre.org. Thursday, Aug. 26: Chester Theater “Tiny Beautiful Things,” 3 and 7:30 p.m. shows, tickets available at chestertheatre.org. Friday, Aug. 27: Chester Theater “Tiny Beautiful Things,” 7:30 p.m. show, tickets available at chestertheatre.org. Sunday, Aug. 29: Chester Theater “Tiny Beautiful Things,” 3 p.m. show, tickets available at chestertheatre.org.

Hillsdale's Hamlet Park

southwest of the Routes 22-23 traffi c light, Hillsdale, N.Y. facebook.com/jamsinthehamlet 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., with the park opening for concert guests at 4 p.m. Free. Saturday, June 19: Classical with Hudson Festival Players Saturday, July 17: Jazz with the Hudson Valley Jazz Quartet Saturday, Aug. 21: Singer/songwriters Kerri Powers and Lisa and Lori Brigantino Saturday, Sept. 18: Children’s performer and Grammy nominee Brady Rymer and Claudia Mussen Saturday, Oct. 9: Community Talent Night at Hillsdale’s annual Pumpkin Festival

Housatonic Valley Art League

Masonic Temple 232 Main St., Great Barrington hvart.org

Thursday, July 1 through Satur-

day, July 31: July “Reawakening” Open Juried Show.

Open Thursday-Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free. INSTALLATION SPACE

49 Eagle St., North Adams 413-398-5083, 49eaglestreet.com Now through July 4: IN THE ROOM, an interactive installation by Boston-based artist Pamela Hersch. July 16 - Aug. 22: ON BEING SEEN, an installation exploring surveillance issues by Christina Balch and Mac Pierce. Sept. 3 - Oct. 10: OH, STONE, BE NOT SO, an immersive interpretation of Natural Bridge State Park by Studio HHH.

Lee Farmers Market

Town Park, Lee, www.leefarmersmarket.com

Saturdays, now through Oct.

9: Farmers market held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Lenox Library

18 Main St., Lenox 413-637-0197, lenoxlib.org Saturday, June 26: Virtual discussion with Barry Meier, Pulitzer Prize-

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This summer, enjoy the Back Porch Music series at Hancock Shaker Village.

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Gallery 51’s “Hostile Terrain” exhibit is based on the documentation and tracking of the mortality rate associated with the migration across our southern borders between Mexico and California.

winning journalist and author of the new book “Spooked: The Trump Dossier, Black Cube, and the Rise of Private Spies.” Event will take place via Zoom; visit lenoxlib.org for link. Free. 4 p.m.

Tuesdays, beginning July 6-Aug.

24: Terry a la Berry and Friends concert at Lilac Park (across the street from the Library). Rain cancels. Please check the calendar at lenoxlib. org or the Library’s Facebook page before heading out. Free. 11 a.m. Saturday, July 10: Tanglewood Pre-Concert Talk with Jeremy Yudkin: “Beethoven’s Best, with The Great Romantics” (Sibelius and Dvořák). Free. 2:30-4 p.m. Saturday, July 17: Tanglewood PreConcert Talk with Jeremy Yudkin: “The Classical Heritage” (Mozart, Mendelssohn, Prokofi ev, and Brahms). Free. 2:30-4 p.m. Saturday, July 24: Tanglewood Pre-Concert Talk with Jeremy Yudkin: “Folklore and Romanticism” (Copland, Stravinsky, Beethoven 3 and Schumann 4). Free. 2:30-4 p.m. Saturday, July 31: Tanglewood PreConcert Talk with Jeremy Yudkin: “Music and Musical Titles” (Haydn, Schumann, Saint-Saëns, Schumann, and Stravinsky). Free. 2:30-4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 3: Terry a la Berry and Friends concert at Lilac Park (across the street from the Library). Rain cancels. Please check the calendar at lenoxlib.org or the Library’s Facebook page before heading out. Free. 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 6: Book Talk with Elisa Spungen Bildner & Robert Bildner, authors of “The Berkshires Farm Table Cookbook: 125 Home-Grown Recipes from the New England Hills.” Free. 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 7: Tanglewood PreConcert Talk with Jeremy Yudkin: “At the Height of Their Powers” (Beethoven and Tchaikovsky). Free. 2:30-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14: Tanglewood Pre-Concert Talk with Jeremy Yudkin: “The Turn of the Century” (Ravel, Elgar, and Brahms). Free. 2:30-4 p.m.

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

14 Castle St., Great Barrington 413-528-0100, mahaiwe.org Saturday, June 19: “Pink Floyd – The Wall” (1982), $8, 7 p.m. Friday, June 25: “Cabaret” (1972), $8, 7 p.m. Saturday, June 26: “Bullitt” (1968), $8, 7 p.m. Sunday, June 27: Aston Magna – The String Trios of Mozart, virtual, free, 7 p.m. Friday, July 2: “Hidden Figures” (2016), $8, 7 p.m. Saturday, July 3: “Captain American – Civil War” (2016), $8, 7 p.m. Friday, July 9: “The Natural” (1984), $8, 7 p.m. Saturday, July 10: “Shaun of the Dead” (2004), $8, 7 p.m. Saturday, July 31: Pilobolus – Four@Play, $31 Upper Balcony, $46 Reserved ($41 Mahaiwe members), $56 Preferred ($51 Mahaiwe members), 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 7: Cecily Strong – This Will All Be Over Soon, $33 Upper Balcony 2, $40 Reserved/ Upper Balcony 1, $50 Preferred, every ticket includes a signed copy of Cecily’s memoir, “This Will All Be Over Soon” (a $28 value), provided by The Bookloft, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.

MCLA Gallery 51

51 Main St., North Adams 413-662-5320, mcla.edu/gallery51 Friday, July 2: Hostile Terrain exhibition in-person opening. This opening event will serve as one of our Down Street Art programs for the 2021 Summer and as our participation in the North Adams First Friday’s initiative. Please join us to see the show and experience the work that culminates over a year and a half worth of collaboration between MCLA students, staff , and faculty as well as three artists, Trinh Mai, Sergio DeLa Torre and Chris Treggiari of Sanctuary City Project. mclahostileterrain.com. 7 p.m.

Now through Monday, Aug. 30:

Do the Work of Anti-Racism Materials at MCLA. Do the Work of AntiRacism is a campaign created by MCLA Intermediate Design students in response to BBIPoC voices on MCLA's campus. Engage with this project by checking out the 150plus lawn signs installed on MCLA’s campus. In addition, you can purchase a letterpress print of the logo of the Do the Work of Anti-Racism campaign. All proceeds from the print sales will benefi t Black, Brown, and Indigenous people of color (BBIPoC) students on MCLA's campus through the Lift Ev'ry Voice Fund. Text DoTheWork to 41444. The limited-edition letterpress print is of our ‘Do the Work of Anti-Racism’ logo designed by Eloise Baker, '23. Ongoing, June - September: Pedal Theatre. The Berkshire Cultural Resource Center will debut its MCLA Pedal Theater this summer. The MCLA Pedal Theater is a mobile theater, complete with a projector and sound system, operated by a battery and placed on a three-wheel adult size tricycle. It projects onto the landscape, buildings, streets — wherever there is a fl at large space. Keep a lookout — when the sun goes down, the Pedal Theatre comes out!

Mohawk Trail Concerts

mohawktrailconcerts.org The concerts are all free, attendees are welcome to bring their own chairs, blankets, or picnics. Saturday, June 19: Rasa String Quartet, from Boston, performing works of Mendelssohn, Florence Price, Amy Beech. Noon at the Montague Center Ball Field, and at 5 p.m. at the band shell at the Buckland-Shelburne School in Shelburne Falls. (Rain date, June 20.) Saturday, June 26: Adaskin String Trio with Thomas Gallant, oboe, performing works of Beethoven, Fiala, and Berkeley. Noon at the Montague Center Ball Field, and at 5 p.m. at the band shell at the Buckland-Shelburne School in Shelburne Falls. (Rain date, June 27.) Saturday, July 4: Jazz concert with John Clark, horn, and special guest Rob Peck, juggler. The concert will be on the East lawn of the Federated Church in Charlemont. 4 p.m. (Rain date, July 3). Saturday, July 10: Pianist Jiayan Sun performing works of Schubert and Chopin. 5 p.m. on the East lawn of the Federated Church in Charlemont. (Rain date, July 11.) Saturday, July 17: Masako Yanagita, violin, and Estela Olevsky, piano, will perform works of Beethoven, Liszt, and Florence Price. 5 p.m. on the East lawn of the Federated Church in Charlemont. (Rain date, July 18.) Saturday, July 24: Hirsch-Pinkas Piano Duo from Boston will perform works of Barber, Rachmaninoff , and Milhaud. 5 p.m. on the East lawn of the Federated Church in Charlemont. (Rain date, July 25.) Saturday, July 31: Diva of Deliciousness Tinky Weisblat with Jerry Noble, piano, will perform a selection of delicious songs. 5 p.m. on the East lawn of the Federated Church in Charlemont. (Rain date, Aug. 1.)

Naumkeag

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Ongoing through September 18:

Gardens and fi rst fl oor of historic house open for self-guided tours, picnics and more.10 a.m.-4 p.m. Last ticket sale at 3 p.m. Thursday-Monday.

Saturdays and Sundays, now

through Sept. 18: Guided garden tours, 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Thursday, June 17: Sunset Sessions, A Trustees Residency with Ali McGurk and Session Americana. Gate opens at 6 p.m.. Concert runs from 6:30-8 p.m. June 18 - Sept. 18: Date Night at Naumkeag, 6-8 p.m. (Time varies with season, please check the website for more details). Friday and Saturday. Saturdays, July 5-26: Yoga with a View on the oak lawn, 8-9 a.m. Fridays, July 2-Sept. 10: Mindfulness Meditation, 4-5 p.m. July 11, Aug. 29, Sept. 12: Drag Hatter's Tea Party, 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Thursday, July 15: Botanical Illustrations Drawing Class, 10 a.m.-noon Fridays, Aug. 6-Sept. 3: Pick Your Own Bouquet from Naumkeag's fl ower farm. 9-10 a.m. Aug. 13, 27 and Sept. 10: Floral Arranging Workshop, 10-11 a.m.

Olga Dunn Dance Company

Saint James Place 352 Main St., Great Barrington Friday, July 30: "Dance with Readings, Percussion, and More" on the Stockbridge Library front lawn, 46 Main St., 6 p.m. Saturday, July 31: "Highlights and Excerpts: A Concert Celebrating Dance” at Saint James Place, 352 Main St., Great Barrington, 7 p.m.

Ozzie’s Friday Night Cruises

26 Maple St., Hinsdale

Fridays, June 18, July 16, Aug. 20,

Sept. 17: Cars from the Pittsfi eld Car Club line up, as Ozzie’s food truck is open for food. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Sandisfi eld Arts Center

5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfi eld 413-258-4100, sandisfi eldartscenter.org Saturday, June 19: Mastering Impressionistic Photography with your Smartphone or DSLR: A Thad Kubis Online Workshop, Free, 10:30 a.m. - noon. Register online to receive a Zoom link. Saturday, July 3: Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit Opening Reception. The sculpture show will be open on weekends during the month of July. Free, 4-6 p.m. Saturday, July 10: Crossword Puzzle Fun with Michelle Arnot Online Event. Registration required online. Free, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Saturday, July 24: Gallery Opening and Reception: Light Tells the Story - Painter, Mel Feldman. The opening reception will be outdoors and the Gallery show will be open to small groups for safe social distancing. The exhibit will be on view weekends or by request through Aug. 22. Free, 4-6 p.m. Saturday, July 31: Outdoor Concert - Roger Street Friedman Band with Ari and Mia. Chamber-folk duo Ari & Mia open for roots/folk rocker Roger Street Friedman Band. 7 - 9:30 p.m. $25, tickets available online. Saturday, Sept. 4: A photo walk with photographer Peter Baiamonte and a representative from Berkshire Natural Resources Council at the Clam River Reserve in Sandisfi eld. Free, 2 - 4 p.m. An opening reception for Peter’s gallery exhibit will follow at the Sandisfi eld Arts Center. Saturday, Sept. 4: Gallery Opening and Reception: Photographer, Peter Baiamonte. The opening reception will be outdoors and the Gallery show will be open to small groups for safe social distancing. The exhibit will be on view weekends or by request through Sept. 24. Free, 4-6 p.m.

Sevenars Concerts

The Academy, 15 Ireland St. (just off Route 112), South Worthington 413-238-5854, sevenars.org Admission by donation at the door (suggested $20 per person) Sunday, July 11: Musicians from the Schrade and James families, piano, cello, solos, duos of Rachmaninoff , Ravel, Debussy, Pärt, Liszt, William Grant Still, R.Y. Schrade, and Piazzolla, with Lynelle James and Rorianne Schrade, pianists; Christopher James, pianist/cellist. 4 p.m. Sunday July 18: The Elm Chamber Ensemble: Piano trios of Beethoven, Brahms, and Turina, with Joel Pitchon, violin; Yelena Bouriyeva, piano; Volcy Pelletier, cello. 4 p.m. Sunday July 25: Jiayan Sun, pianist: Beethoven's three last piano Sonatas, Op. 109, 110, 111. 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 1: The Taconic Chamber Players, String Quartets of Beethoven, Rachmaninoff , Jesse Montgomery and Stephen Dankner, with Joana Rudiakov and Heather Braun, violins; Ari Rudiakov, viola; Thomas Landschoot, cello. 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 8: Duos of Handel, Fauré, Gershwin, Kreisler, and Piazzolla, with Alexis Walls, violin, and Lynelle James, piano. 4 p.m. Sunday Aug. 15: The Bob Sparkman Trio in classic jazz, with Bob Sparkman, clarinet; Jerry Noble; piano, Kara Noble, bass. 4 p.m.

SculptureNow

The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home, 2 Plunkett St., Lenox 413-358 3884 June 1-Oct. 13: Exhibition of 30 new, juried, large-scale, outdoor sculptures. Free self-guided tours with audio guide and sculpture map, dawn to dusk. Sunday, June 20: Meet the artists, free, 2-5 p.m.

Sundays, July 18, Aug. 15, Sept.

12, Oct. 10: Artist-guided tours, 2-5 p.m.

Spencertown Academy Arts Center

790 State Route 203, Spencertown, New York 518-392-3693, spencertownacademy.org Saturday, June 19: Virtual Hidden Gardens Lecture Series, “Garden Planted, Now What?” by Ron and Jennifer Kujawski. Topics covered include summer maintenance, pest and disease management strategies, tips on harvesting, planning for a late season harvest, and cover cropping. $10, advance registration required, presented via Zoom, 4 p.m. Saturday, June 26: Twilight in the Garden Party at Austerlitz Historical Society’s Old Austerlitz grounds (GPS 11550 NY-22 Austerlitz, N.Y.

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12017). Spencertown Academy Arts Center’s traditional summer kick-off fundraiser, $100-$250, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Thursday, July 1-Saturday, July

31: Shakespeare @ The Academy, a theater program for youth ages 14 to 17, directed by Zoe Wohlfeld, $300 (limited scholarships available), weekdays, 5-7 p.m. with a fi nal performance of “Twelfth Night” to be announced.

Saturday, July 10-Sunday, Aug. 8:

6th Annual Spencertown Academy Members Art Show, a celebration of local artists, admission is free and most artworks are for sale, gallery hours to be announced. Sunday, July 18: Virtual Hidden Gardens Lecture Series in collaboration with the Austerlitz Climate Smart Task Force, “SymBeeOtic: Embracing a Life with Bees” by Sheri Bauer, a personal tale of beekeeping adventures, including insights into the Hudson Valley bee world, garden pollinator plants, the damage of pesticides, and her own rural woman history. Free, advance registration required, presented via Zoom, 4 p.m. Saturday, July 24: Hidden Gardens Lecture Series, “Preserving the Bounty of the Garden” by Chef Linda Romeo, a live presentation in the Spencertown Town Park Pavilion, 816 Route 203, Spencertown, N.Y., the basics of canning, fermentation and freezing safely while preserving fl avor will be discussed and demonstrated. $10, advance registration required, 10 a.m.

Saturday, Aug. 14 through

Sunday, Sept. 19: Still Life: Flowers, Fruits & Foods in Repose - art exhibition by Julie Love Edmonds, Mary Beth Eldridge, Alice McGowan, Ann Getsinger, Ellen Joff e-Halpern, Scott Taylor, and Terry Wise, admission is free and the artworks are for sale, gallery hours to be announced. Saturday, Aug. 28: 17th annual Hidden Gardens Self-Guided Tour to some of the most dazzling private gardens in the region, $40, $35 in advance, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Plus, Garden Market on the Green, 20+ vendors of plants, home and garden furnishings, birdhouses, antiques, garden books and expert garden advice, free admission with a portion of all market sales benefi ting the Academy, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

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Stockbridge Sinfonia

Berkshires’ Intergenerational Community Orchestra 413-822-1318; 413-822-8688; StockbridgeSinfonia.org Ongoing: Weekly rehearsals, starting June 5, every Saturday, 9:30 to 11 a.m. Sanctuary of Zion Lutheran Church, 74 First St., downtown Pittsfi eld. $25 dues for the season

Concerts (all free and open to the public):

Saturday, June 26: Pittsfi eld Common, 4 p.m. Saturday, July 31: Lenox Memorial Middle and High School, East Street, Lenox. 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 7: Zion Lutheran Church, 74 First St., Pittsfi eld, 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 15: Saint James Place, 352 Main St., Great Barrington, 6:30 p.m.

Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center

tamarackhollow.com; tamarackhollownatureandculturalcenter.org Mondays: West African and Caribbean drum and song classes with Aimee Gelinas M.ED at the Windsor town park (rain location: The Dalton CRA). 5:30 p.m. beginner / 6:30 p.m. advanced. Registration required for all new students. For registration, drum rental and class fee info email: aimee@gaiaroots.com. Saturday, July 10: “Learn About Ferns” at the Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center in Windsor with naturalist and Director Aimee Gelinas. Learn tips on how to identify over 10 species of woodland ferns on this easy walk. Fern guidebooks will be available for purchase at the program. $20 per person. 10 a.m.-noon. Saturday, Aug. 7: Boreal SpruceFir Forest Flower, Plant, Tree & Wild Edibles Hike at the Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center in Windsor with naturalist and DirectRegistration required with aimee@gaiaroots. com. or Aimee Gelinas. Learn about the unique fauna and fl ora of high elevation fi elds and forest. $20 per person. 10 a.m.-noon. Registration required with aimee@gaiaroots.com.

Saturday Aug. 21 (rain date Aug.

22: Hike for the Hollow fundraiser event at the Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center in Windsor with naturalist and director Aimee Gelina. Guided hikes of various lengths sponsored by participants to benefi t the Tamarack Hollow “Raise the Roof” project. To register (required) or for sponsorship info email: aimee@gaiaroots.com.

The Artist Book Foundation

1327 MASS MoCA Way, Bldg. 13, North Adams 413-398-5600, artistbkfoundation.org On view through July 31: Muses, Magic & Monotypes: The Art of Richard Segalman. Admission to TABF's gallery is free and open to all. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays by appointment or by chance. Email amanda@artistbkfoundation. org to schedule a private viewing appointment.

The Bidwell House Museum

100 Art School Road, Monterey 413-528-6888, bidwellhousemuseum.org Wednesday June 9: Online history talk via Zoom, “All That She Carried” with Harvard Professor Tiya Miles, Free for Members, $10 for NonMembers. 7 p.m. Saturday June 19: History Talk, author Simon Winchester talks about his new book “Land.” In-person and livestream via Zoom, $10, free for members, 10 .am. Saturday July 10: History talk, “In the Shadow of the Founders ‘Greatest Generations’ in American History” with John Demos. In-person and livestream via Zoom,$10, free for members, 10 a.m. Saturday July 17: History talk, “Prisons in Colonial America” with Princeton Professor Wendy Warren. In-person and livestream via Zoom, $10, free for members, 10 a.m.

Saturday July 17 and ongoing:

First Day of House Tours for 2021. Tours by Appointment only, no walk-ins. Call or email to book. $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $5 for students, children under 12 free.

Saturday July 17 and 24: Maker Days at the Museum. On-site craftspeople, self-guided tours, house tours by appointment. Free, 1-4 pm. Saturday Sept. 11: Housatonic Heritage Hike, Walking the Royal Hemlock Trail. Free, 10 am.

Saturday-Sunday Sept. 18-19:

Raid on Township #1 Reenactment Weekend. Tickets on sale in August. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, 10 a.m.2 p.m. on Sunday. Saturday Oct. 2: Housatonic Heritage Hike, “A Walk Through History.” Free, 10 am. Saturday Oct. 9: “Scary Stories Around The Fire” with Robert Oakes. Ticket prices and time TBD.

The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home

2 Plunkett St., Lenox 413-551-5111, edithwharton.org The Mount is open for self-guided tours. Tours can be booked online at our website. The grounds are open, dawn to dusk, unless otherwise posted. $20 Adults, $18 Seniors, $13 Students, 18 and under are free. The Farewell, a free exhibit by artist Molly Rideout, is on display in the Stable. SculptureNow returns with a free, outdoor exhibition of 30 largescale contemporary sculptures. Advanced registration is required for all events. StoryWalks at The Mount: Each month The Mount presents a new walk inspired by a children’s book. Opening day for each walk is sponsored by Southern Berkshire Kids and will include timed reservations to view the walk and receive a gift bag. The walk will remain up for viewing, without reservations, for the following weeks. Free.

Tuesdays in June, July and

September: Bird Walks with Mass Audubon. Learn skills to bird by sight and sound, and tips for exploring diff erent habitats in search of swallows, woodpeckers, thrushes and warblers. Walks last two hours and depart from the main parking lot near The Mount’s ticket booth. Please bring binoculars. Free with reservation. 8-10 a.m.

Tuesdays, now through Aug. 31:

Outdoor Yoga, all-level yoga class with instructors from Lenox Yoga. $20. 8 to 9 a.m. Thursdays, August: Concerts in the Dell. A brand-new music series presented each Thursday evening in August. Line up to be announced in early June. $20, $15 members, 18 and under free. 5-8 p.m. Fridays, August: Ghost Tours. Take a special guided tour of the most eerie parts of the estate to fi nd out who, or what, may still call The Mount home! $25 adult; $20 ages 12-18. 8 p.m. Sunday, June 13: Close Encounters with Music at The Mount. West Side Five, the award-winning New York-based vocal jazz ensemble, brings their innovative take on jazz standards to The Mount. WS5 has created its own unique sound, characterized by original arrangements, complex harmonies, and outstanding musicianship. $25, $20 members, 18 and under free. 5 and 7 p.m. Sunday, June 20: Meet the 2021 SculptureNow Artists, interactive walk through the exhibit. Entry will be timed and by reservation only. SculptureNow is an exhibition of 30 large-scale contemporary sculptures set throughout The Mount’s grounds. Free with reservation. 2-5 p.m.

Wednesday, June 30; Thursday,

July 1; and Friday, July 2: Banderole with Ian Spencer Bell. Choreographer and poet Ian Spencer Bell returns to The Mount along with dancers Joshua Tuason and Vanessa Knouse to perform Banderole, a site-specifi c dance inspired by the architecture of The Mount. Audience members will follow the dance through the grounds and gardens. Free with reservation. 6:30 p.m. Sunday, July 11: Jazz and Classics for Change. Armen Donelian Trio and vocalist Dominique Eade bring their lyrically charged works and distinctive interpretations of well-known Jazz standards to The Mount. $25, $20 members, 18 and under free. 4 and 6:30 p.m.

Monday, July 12 (4 p.m.); Tues-

day, July 13 (11 a.m.): Kathryn M. Lachman, translator of “Charlotte Delbo: A Life Reclaimed” by Ghislaine Dunant. Professor Kathryn Lachman will share her experience translating Dunant’s awardwinning biography of Auschwitz survivor and major French literary fi gure Charlotte Delbo. $30, $25 members. Thursday, July 15: Poetry for the Birds with Peter Filkins and Sidney Wade. This afternoon of bird-themed poetry will include original works by Filkins and Wade as well as classic poems by beloved poets such as Elizabeth Bishop, Derek Walcott, Emily Dickinson and Robinson Jeff ers. Free with reservation. 4 p.m. Sunday, July 18: SculptureNow Artist Led Tour. Entry will be timed and by reservation only. No dogs allowed. $15 adults; $12 for seniors and youth, 10 and under are free. 2-4 p.m.

Monday, July 19 (4 p.m.); Tues-

day, July 20 (11 a.m.): Heather Clark, author of “Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath.” Biographer Heather Clark discusses her highly anticipated new biography of Sylvia Plath. $30, $25 members.

Tuesday, July 20 – Thursday,

July 22: WordxWord Festival at The Mount, a three-day spoken word festival. Each evening is a doubleheader starting with Walkin’ with WordXWord, in which poets present short pieces in response to works in the 2021 SculptureNow exhibition, followed by poetry and storytelling events. Details to be announced in June. Free with reservation.

Monday, July 26 (4 p.m.);

Tuesday, July 27 (11 a.m.): Janice P. Nimura, “The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine.” Janice P. Nimura returns to The Mount to discuss her latest biography, a riveting dual biography of America’s fi rst female physicians. $30, $25 members.

Monday, Aug. 2 (4 p.m.); Tuesday,

Aug. 3 (11 a.m.): Maggie Doherty, author of “The Equivalents: A Story of Art, Female Friendship, and Liberation in the 1960s.”$30, $25 members. Wednesday, Aug. 4: True Conversations with Meg Wolitzer and Heidi Pitlor. An engaging conversation as Heidi Pitlor, editor of “The Best American Short Stories,” delves deep into the writing life of

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best-selling author Meg Wolitzer. $20, $15 members. 4 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 9 (4 p.m.); Tues-

day, Aug. 10 (11 a.m.): Sydney Ladensohn Stern,” The Brothers Mankiewicz: Hope, Heartbreak, and Hollywood Classics.” Biographer Sydney Ladensohn Stern shares how she drew on interviews, letters, diaries, and other documents still in private hands to provide a uniquely intimate behind-the-scenes chronicle of the lives, loves, work, and relationship between these complex men. $30, $25 members. Wednesday, Aug. 11: Much Ado About Shakespeare. This concert will feature texts by William Shakespeare sung by members of Berkshire Opera Festival’s cast of Falstaff . Artistic Director Brian Garman will explore how diff erent composers were inspired by the words of the man largely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language. Free with reservation. 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 15: SculptureNow Artist Led Tour. Entry will be timed and by reservation only. We ask that you do not bring dogs to this tour. $15 adults; $12 for seniors and youth, 10 and under are free. 2-4 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 16 (4 p.m.);

Tuesday, Aug. 17 (11 a.m.): “Debby Applegate, Madam: The Life of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age.” Pulitzer-prize winning author Debby Applegate will introduce us all to Polly Adler, a notorious madam who played hostess to every gangster, politician, writer, sports star and Cafe Society swell worth knowing, and who as much as any single fi gure, helped make the twenties roar. $30, $25 members.

Monday, Aug. 23 (4 p.m.); Tuesday,

Aug. 24 (11 a.m.): Lisa Napoli, “Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR .” $30, $25 members.

Monday, Aug. 30 (4 p.m.); Tues-

day, Aug. 31 (11 a.m.): Julia Sweig, author of “Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight.” $30, $25 members.

The Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum

67 East Road, Adams 413-743-7121, susanbanthonybirthplace.org

Now through Columbus Day:

Learn about 19th-century United States from the perspective of suff ragist and reformer Susan B. Anthony. The museum’s exhibits, educational materials, lectures and programs focus on historical fi gures, events and daily life during the years 1820-1920, from Susan B. Anthony's birth to the passage of the 19th Amendment that bears her name. Schedule a tour through eventbrite (eventbrite.com). Adults $6, Seniors; $4, Students $3; Kids under 6, free. Free admission for members of NEMA, NARM, and ROAM and for BLUE STAR families.

The Whitney Center for the Arts

42 Wendell Ave, Pittsfi eld thewhit.org Aug. 13-16: “Rites of Passage: 20/20 Vision,” a large-scale collaborative art and performance project honoring the lives of women in America, specifi cally on the lives and visionary futures of Black, Indigenous, Immigrant, Women of Color (BIWOC) in America. The Rites of Passage Project was founded by Pooja Prema, also founder and director of The Ritual Theatre - the only site-specifi c theatre company in the Southern Berkshires. For more information, visit RitesofPassageProject.Org/2020Vision.

TurnPark Art Space

2 Moscow Road, West Stockbridge turnpark.com Saturday, June 5: Chris Gauthier. “The Adobe Frontier.” Outdoor sneak peek screening. 8 p.m. Saturday, June 19: Summer Solstice celebration at TurnPark. 4-11 p.m. Now through July 25: Arcady Kotler. SCRIPT. Exhibit Now through July 25: Alexander Konstantinov. Wandering Stones. Exhibit

Friday, July 23 and Saturday, July

24: Tom Gold Dance performances. 5:30 p.m. Aug. 1- Oct. 31: Chehalis Hegner & Doug Fitch. FITCH&HEGNER: Wildebeest. Exhibit

UBU Theater

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July 24, 25, 31 and Aug. 1:

“Women of Tyringham - an Original Oral History Theater Project" $5 - $15, Children under 12 Free. Tickets at door. Outdoors so bring a lawn chair and mask. 11 a.m.

Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum

104 Walker St., Lenox 413-637-3206, GildedAge.org Tuesday, June 22: “Tiff any, La Farge & Their Revolutionary Opalescent Glass Windows” presented by art historian Sylvia Laudien-Meo on Zoom, $20, 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 29: “New York’s Woolworth Building & the Five-and-Dime Store Legacy” presented by historian Bob Gelber on Zoom, $20, 4 p.m. Saturday, July 3: Ghost tour with author Robert Oakes, learn about this historic site and hear tales about its hauntings, $25, reservations required, 7:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, July 6: “A First Woman in Meteorology: Joanne Simpson & the Tropical Atmosphere” presented by author James Fleming on Zoom, $20, 4 p.m. Friday, July 9: Paranormal Investigation with David Raby, $38, $20 for ages 12-18 and 19-23 with student ID, 7 p.m. to midnight. Sunday, July 11: Nutshell Playhouse presents “Bananas,” $15 adults, $7 children 4-7, 3 and under free, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday Talk, July 13: “A Worse Place than Hell: Five Eye-Witness Accounts of a Civil War Battle” presented by John Matteson on Zoom, $20, 4 p.m. Saturday, July 17: Nutshell Playhouse presents “Jazzy,” $15 adults, $7 children 4-7, 3 and under free, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 20: “The Man Who Hated Women: Sex, Censorship & Civil Liberties in the Gilded Age” presented by author Amy Sohn on Zoom, $20, 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 27: “The Murder of King Tutankhamen” presented by egyptologist Bob Brier on Zoom, $20, 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 3: “America’s Riviera: Gilded Age Houses and Gardens of the Hamptons” presented by author and architect Gary Lawrance on Zoom, $20, 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 6: Nutshell Playhouse presents “Bananas,” $15 adults, $7 children 4-7, 3 and under free, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 7: Ghost Tour with author Robert Oakes, learn about this historic site and hear tales about its hauntings, $25, reservations required, 7:30-9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10: “The Titanic Epilogue: NYC after the Great Sinking” presented by historian Dave Gardner on Zoom, $20, 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 17: “Love & Loss: Framing Memory in American Portraiture” presented by historian Robin Frank on Zoom, $20, 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24: “The Concorde: Technology Meets Glamour” presented by author Rene Silvin on Zoom, $20, 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28: Nutshell Playhouse presents “Jazzy,” $15 adults, $7 children 4-7, 3 and under free, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31: “The Story: The Wrightsman 18th Century French Collections at the met” presented by author Francis Morrone on Zoom, $20, 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4: Ghost Tour with author Robert Oakes, learn about this historic site and hear tales about its hauntings, $25, reservations required, 7:30-9 p.m.

Windsor Lake concert series

Intersection of Kemp Avenue and Bradley Street. Pack a picnic, bring a chair or blanket for this free concert series. Parking is free and the bathrooms will be open. All cancelations will be called by 3 p.m. on the day of the concert. All concerts begin at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 16: Misty Blues Wednesday, June 23: Legal Tender Wednesday, June 30: Gaia Roots Wednesday, July 7: the Matchstick Architects Wednesday, July 14: Patrick Grey Jr. & Friends Wednesday, July 21: Bang on a Can Wednesday, July 28: Mr. Doubtfi re Wednesday, Aug. 4: JP Murphy Wednesday, Aug. 11: TBA Wednesday, Aug. 18: TBA Wednesday, Aug. 25: Common Folk Presents