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Marionettes show NEW MARLBORO — Over 20 brightly-colored, hand-crafted marionettes will dance, juggle, perform acrobatic tricks and otherwise entertain adults and children in a performance of “The Fairy Circus,” presented by the award-winning Tanglewood Marionettes, on Saturday, Aug. 14 at 3 p.m. at the historic Meeting House. The puppeteers will also demonstrate the secrets of their art and describe how they designed and constructed the marionettes used in the performance. The show, which will kick off this year’s Music & More arts series, is free. Reservations: 229-3126 or e-mail bkelly239@aol.com. “The Fairy Circus” is a showcase for turn-of-the-century-style trick puppetry, with puppets playing instruments, contorting, transforming and even flying through the air with the greatest of ease, all to the music of favorite composers. “Trick puppetry is uncommon because it requires specially designed puppets for each trick,” said Peter Schafer, co-founder of Tanglewood Marionettes, in a news release. “‘The Fairy Circus’ shows the audience the amazing range of movement that marionettes can express and also lets them see how the puppeteers use the strings to control them.” Tanglewood Marionettes, founded in 1993 by Anne Ware and Schaefer, is a nationally touring marionette theater based in New England. In 1997 and 2001, the troupe was featured at the Puppeteers of America National Festival and has been invited to perform several times at the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, Ga., one of the nation’s foremost puppetry centers. The company received the 1999 Citation for Excellence in the Art of Puppetry, awarded annually by the American Center of the Union International de la Marionette. The performance and puppetry demonstration will be followed by a reception with the puppeteers. Music & More is an annual arts series sponsored by the New Marlboro Village Association. The historic Meeting House is on the Village Green, Route 57. Information: www.newmarlborough.org. Stew concert NORTH ADAMS — Stew, a performer who combines funky music, adult themes and sophisticated word play, will appear in concert at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art on Saturday, Aug. 14, at 8 p.m. as part of the Alternative Caberet series. PopMatters magazine has called Stew “the best songwriter in the U.S.” According to The Village Voice, “His work displays an awe-inspiring command of traditional ‘white’ song styles from powerpop to dreamy Burt Bacharoque to whatever [it is] you call Richard Harris.” Mark Stewart, a.k.a. Stew, grew up in Los Angeles where he played in bands starting in junior high school. He made his first recording with the band The Animated before moving to New York City and joining two bands, one standard R&B/pop and the other a found-object all-percussion group in the tradition of Stomp. Stew then traveled to Europe where he toured the continent performing, spending much time in Berlin. After moving back to L.A., he performed in a number of bands, including imPOPisation, Crazy Sound All Stars and Popular Front before forming his own project, the Negro Problem. He released his first solo album, “Guest Host,” in 2000 to rave reviews. Tickets are $13 in advance, $16 the day of the show. Mass MoCA members receive a 10 percent discount. Tickets: box office, Marshall Street, 11 to 5 daily except Tuesday. Tickets can also be charged by calling 662-2111 during box office hours online anytime at www.massmoca.org. Puppet day BECKET — Children 7 to 14 are invited to participate in A Great Big Puppet Day from 9 to noon and 1 to 3:30, Monday, Aug. 16, at Bucksteep Manor. Audiences of any age can attend the Puppets Alive performance that will follow from 3:30 to 4. Children will construct shadow puppets and build new friends with “wired and wonderful objects” that will come alive in the afternoon performance. They will also learn the ins and outs of presenting a puppet show. The young puppeteers can invite their friends, family and community members to come and meet their new puppet friends and see their mastery of puppeteering at the Puppets Alive performance. The event is part of the Becket Arts Center's Young People's Program. The workshop and performance will be lead by the Michael Wolski and Meredyth Babcock, artistic directors of Marmalade Productions in Great Barrington, who have been making and performing with puppets for the last 15 years. Wolski and Babcock will show the audience some of their favorite puppet friends and discuss the important elements in bringing puppets to life. Information and fees: Becket Arts Center, 623-6635, e-mail office@becketartscenter.org or visit www.becketartscenter.org. Jazz exploration PITTSFIELD — The Berkshire Museum theater will host an exploration of jazz at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 17, with jazz singer Teri Roiger, bassist John Menegon, director Tony Lechner and the vocal jazz ensemble 5 Alone. The group will conduct a demonstration dedicated to “Improv and Form — the Incredible Musical Marriage.” The event will be hosted by WAMC Northeast Public Radio's Paul Elisha. It is the seventh lecture in the Words About Music Tanglewood Lecture Series. A collaboration of the Tanglewood Association of the Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers, the Tanglewood Lecture Series features an eclectic selection of presentations by renowned music experts. The final program will be “What Bach Begat — From Baroque to Boogie,” Aug. 14, with Robert Conant, director of the Saratoga Springs Summer Festival of Baroque Music, and Don Angle, harpsichordist. Tickets are $10 for Tanglewood Friends or Berkshire Museum members, $12 general admission, high school and college students free with valid ID. Information and tickets: 443-7171, ext. 10. Clark films WILLIAMSTOWN — The Clark Art Institute will screen two different film adaptations of Victor Hugo's novel “Les Misérables,” as part of the Friday film series, "Bonjour, Monsieur Flaubert." On Friday, August 13, at 4 p.m., Liam Neeson, Uma Thurman and Geoffrey Rush star in director Bille August's 1998 English language version. On Friday, Aug. 20, at 4 p.m., the Clark will show Claude Lelouche's version, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo in a film spanning the first half of the 20th-century. The Aug. 20 film is in French with English subtitles. Admission to the films is free. Offered on Fridays at 4 p.m. through Sept. 3, the film series features French literary masterpieces on film in celebration of the current exhibition "Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet!": The Bruyas Collection from the Musée Fabre, Montpellier. Upcoming films are “Gervaise” (1956, 121 minutes, French with subtitles) on Aug. 27 and “Germinal: (1993, 158 minutes, French with subtitles) on Sept. 3. The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute is at 225 South St. The galleries are open daily from 10 to 5. Gallery admission is $10 (members, students, and 18 and under free). Information: 458-2303 or www.clarkart.edu. Clark lecture WILLIAMSTOWN — Gary Tinterow, recently named Englehard curator in charge of the Department of 19th-Century Modern and Contemporary Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will speak at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute on Saturday, Aug. 14, at 2 p.m. on “The Hidden Spanishness of French Romanticism: Delacroix and Courbet.” The lecture is offered in connection with the exhibition “Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet!”: The Bruyas Collection from the Musée Fabre, Montpellier. Admission is free. Tinterow is curator and catalogue author of an impressive series of international exhibitions, including “Manet/Velazquez: The French Taste for Spanish Painting,” “Portraits by Ingres: Image of an Epoch,” “The Origins of Impressionism” and “The Private Collection of Edgar Degas” His many honors include the French Legion of Honor, which he received in 2000. “Bonjour, Monsieur Courbet!” will be on view through Sept. 6. The show features masterpieces by Gustave Courbet, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, Camille Corot, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Alexandre Cabanel, and others. The show highlights some of the most influential images of 19th-century French painting, including the famous title painting by Courbet. The 45 paintings, 20 drawings, and five sculptures, many of which have rarely been seen in the United States, are all drawn from the collection of Alfred Bruyas (1821-1876). Bruyas was one of the foremost collectors of art of his day in France. The Clark is at 225 South St. Galleries are open dail, 10 to 5. Admission is $10 (members, students, and 18 and under free). Information: 458-2303 or www.clarkart.edu/courbet. Club Helsinki GREAT BARRINGTON — Club Helsinki at 284 Main St. will present jazz pianist Hiromi Uehara on Saturday, Aug. 14, at 9 p.m., with Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks scheduled to appear Wednesday, Aug. 18. Uehara has followed the release of her award-winning 2003 debut album," Another Mind,” with her second album, "Brain" (May 2004). She recently performed at the JVC Jazz Festival in New York, the Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle, and the 2004 Convention for the International Association for Jazz Education. Tickets and information: 528-3394 or www.clubhelsinkiweb.com. Dan Hick & His Hot Licks will play at 8:30 Wednesday. Singer-songwriter Hicks, who blends elements of swing, jazz country and rock into a unique sound he has called “folk jazz,” has performed since the early 1960s. Tickets are $38. Next up at Club Helsinki will be Janis Ian on Friday, Aug. 20, and Hamiet Blueiett on Saturday, Aug. 28. Chamber music CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. — Hubbard Hall will present a Music from Salem concert, “Jazz Crossover” on Friday, Aug. 13th at 8 p.m. Music from Salem will present a program of two extremely contrasting string trio masterpieces. Schoenberg's “String Trio, Opus 45,” followed by Bach's “Goldberg Variations,” in an arrangement for string trio by Dimitry Sitkovetsky. Performers will be Werner Dickel, violin, Lila Brown, viola, and Rhonda Rider, cello. Tickets are $20, $17 for Hubbard Hall members and $10 for students and children. Information and reservations: Hubbard Hall, 518-677-2495 or www.hubbardhall.org. Hubbard Hall is an 1878 rural opera house at 25 East Main St. in historic Cambridge. Rockwell events STOCKBRIDGE — "Housatonic River Reflections," is a new exhibition on view at the Norman Rockwell Museum through Sept 19, celebrating the talent and vision of regional artists who pay homage to the splendor of the natural resource, exploring and portraying the river's many faces. "Housatonic River Reflections" showcases award-winning art from juried exhibitions sponsored by the Sheffield Art League and Simon's Rock College, as well as work by other artists with a noted affinity for the Berkshire landscape. Artists featured in the exhibition include Patricia Blair Ryan, Emily Buchanan, Mario Caluori, Erica Child Prud'homme, Laurie Cormier, Frank D'Amato, Stephen Filmus, Ann Getsinger, James Gilbert, Martin Greene, Keith Hatcher, Pat Hogan, William Holland, Helen N. Jacobs, Joan Jardine, Ann Jon, Chet Kalm, Karen Kellogg, Wendy Klemperer, Kate Knapp, Ruth Kolbert, Elisabeth Levy, C. Lee Rogers, John Manikowski, Melody Mason, Gene Montez Flores, Dorothy Napp Schindel, Bonnie Oloff, June Parker, Ivor Parry, Daisy de Puthod, Nina Ritson, Jim Schantz, Andrea Scott, Gabrielle Senza, Mary Sipp-Green, Karin Smith, Lennart Swede Ahrstrom, Sheila Tintera, Robin Tost, Margot Trout, Nancy Virbila, Catherine Wallace Harding, Barbara Winters, Tom Zetterstrom and Paul Zura. The exhibition is free with museum admission. On Saturday, Aug. 14, from 10 to 5, the museum will host the “Housatonic River Festival,” a family event to celebrate the history, art and ecology of the river. The day will offer hands-on art classes, nature workshops, gallery tours, performances and more. Presenters and performers at "Housatonic River Festival" will include the a cappella singing group Quintessential, the Thunder Bay performance group, the Too Old to Care acoustic trio, ecologists from the Housatonic Valley Authority and the Berkshire Natural Resources Council and artists from IS183, Sculpture Now and the Sheffield Art League. Representatives from Berkshire Canoe Tours, the Berkshire Fishing Club, the Berkshire Natural Fish Hatchery, Expeditions, the Housatonic Environmental Action League, Housatonic River Initiative, Housatonic River Outfitters, Housatonic River Restoration , Norman Anderson Sculpture, River Run, the Sheffield Historical Society and Trout Unlimited will also attend. The event is free with museum admission. Information: 298-4100, ext. 220, or www.nrm.org. French samplings SHEFFIELD — Barrington Stage Company will host an evening of haute cuisine and culture on a chauffeured tour of French samplings in the Berkshires on Friday, Aug. 20. The tour bus will leave the Consolati Performing Arts Center in Sheffield at 3:30 p.m. and escort guests to a lecture on French 17th-century antiques at Le Trianon in Sheffield, given by proprietor Jean-Henri Sarbib. The lecture will be followed by an authentic French dinner at Pastorale in Lakeville, Conn., prepared by chef/owner Frederic Faveau and featuring such house specialties as mousse au foie de Volaille, vichyssoise, and marquise au chocolat Belgique. The evening will be capped with a performance of Barrington Stage Company’s “Cyrano de Bergerac” at the Consolati Performing Arts Center. The cost of the trip is $120 per person, which includes the price of all events, meal and transportation. Reservations: Rich Woller, Greylock Discovery Tours, 637-4442. Artists’ chat BECKET — The public is invited to chat with artists at the Becket Arts Center from 10 to 4 Sunday, Aug. 15. Those attending will “meet and greet” at the arts center at 10 then have the opportunity to visit each of the artists’ studios at their own pace. Artists will include toymaker Sally Jane Howe, sculptor Michel Paul Richard, sculptor and printmaker John Stritch and potter Donna Witruk, among many others. Information and admission price: the center, 623-6635, e-mail office@becketartscenter.org. or visit www.becketartscenter.org. Art lecture BECKET — The final program in the Marty Lasker Lecture Series will be Monday, Aug. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the upstairs gallery at the Becket Arts Center. Artist H.M. Saffer II will present a discussion on “The Philosophy of Oriental Brush Painting” in relation to Zen Buddhism and the materials used. The discussion will be followed by a demonstration of the technique. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Refreshments will be available at intermission. Saffer has led the center's summer workshops for beginners and advanced students in Oriental Brush Painting. He has exhibited nationally and internationally and teaches at the Norman Rockwell Museum, Berkshire Community College, Columbia Greene Community College and IS 183 Art School. The Marty Lasker Lecture Series is coordinated by David Giannini and Jim Soluri. Information: 623-6635, e-mail office@becketartscenter.org. or visit www.becketartscenter.org. Barn paintings SPENCERTOWN, N.Y. — “Barns of the Valley” will open at The Spencertown Academy on Saturday, Aug. 14, with a reception for the artists from 4 to 6 p.m. The exhibit is a special collaboration by four of the region’s noted landscape painters, James Coe, James Cramer, Harry McChesney and Leigh Ann Smith. Their work will be on exhibit in both galleries. The show will feature a collection of oil paintings depicting some of the more picturesque and historic barns of the Hudson Valley region. The artists, who are all friends and colleagues, have experimented with going out together to paint views of the same scene, thus discovering variations on a certain image. All four artists have reputations as some of the best plein air landscape artists in the region. Coe lives in the Catskill Mountains in Greene County. He is a naturalist and illustrator/author as well as painter. He is the author of the “Golden Field Guide, Eastern Birds” and has contributed illustrations to numerous other field guides. Cramer, who was born in Albany, now lives in Leeds. He has devoted himself to plein air painting for over 25 years. Smith lives near Coxsackie, where the farms surrounding her home offer inspiration for paintings, and the Catskill Mountains are often a spectacular backdrop. She is also a curator of prints at the New York State Museum. McChesney has made his home in Westerloo, for over 30 years. He has received Society of Illustrators medals for achievement in illustration. In conjunction with this exhibit, Coe will teach a weekend intensive workshop “Plein Air Oil Painting,” Friday, Aug. 27, though Sunday, Aug. 29, at the academy. The fee for the weekend is $110, or $100 for members. To register: 518-392-3693. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is free. ‘Secret Garden’ CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. – The Theatre Company at Hubbard Hall will present the Tony Award-winning musical “The Secret Garden,” based on Frances Hodgson Burnett’s well-loved children’s classic of the same name, Aug. 19 through Sept. 4 at Hubbard Hall, 25 East Main St. The company will perform the play, with book and lyrics by Marsha Norman and music by Lucy Simon (Carly’s sister). The production will star 10-year old Caroline De Cunzo of Glens Falls in the pivotal role of Mary Lennox, a grave, stubborn orphan who searches for friendship, love and an understanding of the past in her lonely uncle’s locked garden. Playing Mary’s uncle Archie, Kevin McGuire will reprise a role he performed in national and international tours of the musical, which premiered in 1991 and went on to win three Tony Awards. Other key roles will be undertaken by Angela Ford as Lilly, Archie’s late wife; Beverley Owens as the housekeeper, Mrs. Medlock; Charlotte Pines as Martha, the chambermaid; and Trevor Strader as her brother, Dickon. McGuire will direct. The company has scheduled a “pay what you wish” performance of “The Secret Garden” for Wednesday, Aug. 18, at 8 p.m. Following, there will be 13 performances: Aug. 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, Sept. 2, 3 and 4, at 8 p.m., and Aug. 22, 28 and 29 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18 for Hubbard Hall members, $22 general admission and $12 for students/children. The company also offers a group sales rate of $10 per ticket for blocks of 10 or more tickets reserved in advance by non-profit organizations. Reservations: 518-677-2495. Information: www.hubbardhall.org. Bennington concerts BENNINGTON, Vt. — The Chamber Music Festival of the East will present a free concert Saturday Aug. 14, at 8 p.m. at the Greenwall Auditorium of the Visual and Performing Arts Center, Bennington College. In addition to the second-ever performance of senior-composer-in-residence Donald Crockett's "The Ceiling of Heaven" for piano quartet, the diverse program will feature Felix Mendelsohn's "String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 13," composer-in-residence Gabriella Frank's "Las Sombras de los Apus" for cello quartet, and John Harbison's "Quintet for Winds.” Directions: www.bennington.edu/main.htm . Click on “directions. On Wednesday, Aug.18, at 8, at the Greenwall Auditorum, the annual appearance of The Silvermine Quartet (this year augmented by the contrabassist Lewis Paer) will feature Dvorak's "Quintet for Strings in G Major, Op. 77." Also on the program will be Haydn's "Piano Trio in D Minor, Hob. XV/23" and Debussy's "Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp." On Thursday, Aug. 19, at 7:30, the festival will present "The 4-Handed Musician," by the pianists Abba Bogin and David Oei, at the Martha Hill Auditorium of the Visual and Performing Arts Center on the Bennington College campus. The last concert of the 59th season, at the Greewall Auditorium, will be Saturday Aug. 21, 8 p.m. It will feature Anton Reicha's "Woodwind Quintet in C Minor, Op. 91, No. 6," composer-in-residence Jennifer Higdon' "Piano Trio," Jacques Ibert's "Trio for Violin, Cello, and Harp," and Beethoven's "String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1." Manchester Sings BENNINGTON, Vt. — Manchester's community singing group Manchester Sings, under the direction of Steve Kloser, will present its summertime show on Wednesday, Aug. 18, at 7.30 p.m. at The First Church annex, known as “The Barn,” 1 Monument Ave. The group will also perform at Funky Friday in Bennington on Friday, Aug. 13, at 5, and on Aug. 21 at 7.30 p.m. at The Riley Center for the Arts on The Burr & Burton campus in Manchester. The evening shows will feature songs about the nighttime. Selections will include “Moondance,” “A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square” and of course, “Moonlight in Vermont.” Tickets can be purchased online at www.manchester.com or at the door prior to each performance. There is no admission to Funky Friday. Tickets for the other shows are $5. Information: 802-366-4922. Bergman play PITTSFIELD — J. Peter Bergman's new play, “Maids in the Mills” will begin a 12- performance run on Sunday, Aug. 15 at 5 p.m. at 175 Wendell Ave. (corner of Broad Street) Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday nights and additional Sunday nights at 5 through Thursday, Sept. 9. The play, a historical saga with 24 characters played by a company of five actors, covers the years 1860 to 1912 in Pittsfield and explores the relationships between the immigrant women, principally Irish and Polish, and the American women they encountered while working in the woollen mills in this city. It also takes into account the nearly tyrannical hold the overseers had on their workers during this period. The play follows the birth and growth of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), the union that struck the Massachusetts mills in Lowell and other cities in 1912. Following the performance, which should last about one hour and 10 minutes, each evening the audience is invited to participate in a discussion with the cast and company, over iced tea, about the true stories related in the play and the conditions of mill workers in the region today. In the cast are local actresses Sally Filkins, Rodelinde Albrecht, Andrea Filkins, and Maria Mingalone. They are joined by Patrick Percival in the role of the Overseer. Tickets are $16, with $12 tickets for seniors and students. Reservations (requested but not necessary): 443-5631. Moser exhibit GREAT BARRINGTON — Vault Gallery has opened a new show featuring works on paper by Barry Moser, "Portraits of Writers, Poets and Artists" that will include four original drawings and over 20 engravings of legendary figures such as Sylvia Plath, Ralph Waldo Emerson, E.E. Cummings and Willliam Shakespeare. The exhibition " will continue into the fall, along with the works of celebrated photographers Clemens Kalischer and Craig Walker and charcoal drawings by Marilyn Kalish. Chosen from a portfolio of 146 wood and relief engravings of artists, architects, writers, composers and personal friends, the Moser exhibition celebrates the portrait. The series of portraits (including one self-portrait) will feature writers, poets, and artists important to Moser, who has said they "influenced my way of feeling, thinking, hearing, seeing, and being. These are the people who have fed my mind and nursed my body. Given me succor and comfort. These are the people, among a great many others, to whom I am indebted. These portraits are my quiet songs of praise and thanksgiving to them." Moser has been cited as "the foremost wood engraver in America" (Newsweek) and "America’s premier wood engraver" (Boston Globe). His most recent book is a fully illustrated edition of the Bible, published in 1999, and his work includes illustrated editions of “Moby Dick,” Dante's “Divine Comedy,” “The Odyssey” of Homer, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and Lewis Carroll's “Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,” which won a National Book Award for design in 1983. Vault Gallery is open six days a week, from noon to 8 and by appointment. The gallery occupies the main floor of the historic Mahaiwe Bank, 322 Main St., at the corner of Castle Street. Information: Marilyn Kalish, 644-0221, 644-9942 or e-mail fayum2000@aol.com. Watercolor awards BENNINGTON, Vt. — The New England Watercolor Society has announced 15 award winners for its recent competition. The official award reception will be held Sunday, Aug. 15, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Bennington Center for the Natural and Cultural Arts, where "Best Watermedia Artists in North America" will be on exhibit through Sept. 5. Six hundred-fifty entries resulted in 81 pieces being selected for this prestigious show. Awards ranged from the best use of light and shadow to abstraction and expressionism. The New England Watercolor Society's top three awards went to H.C. Dodd, first place for “Penumbra;” Bob Noreika, second place for “April Painters,” and Margaret Kranking, third place for “Kitchen Sunlight.” H.C. Dodd paintings have been shown in over 400 national and international juried exhibitions since 1992. She has won over 200 awards, ranging from the Gold medal in 2003 American Watercolor Society to Best in Show awards in the Philadelphia Water Color Society, the Southern Watercolor Society and the Oklahoma Watercolor Association. Noreika is a prominent watercolorist and illustrator. His works hang in the corporate and private collections throughout Europe, Japan and the United States. His most recent work as an illustrator was for the children's book “March Morning.” He was a motivating force behind the painting of Kranking. Her work reflects her fascination with the effects of sunlight on daily life. She is an official U.S. Coast Guard artist. Juror Nancy M. Mathews, curator at Williams College Museum of Art, complimented all three artists on their work. The Bennington Center for the Natural and Cultural Arts is on Route 9 at Gypsy Lane in Bennington. The reception is open to the public. The center is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 to 5. Information: 802-442-7158. Young actor BENNINGTON, Vt. — The Oldcastle Theatre Company seeks a young looking 10-to-13-year-old boy to play a role in the upcoming production of Arthur Miller’s post-World War II classic “All My Sons.” Anyone wishing to be considered for the role must be available Sept. 21 through Oct. 23. Oldcastle will consider hiring two actors to share the role of Bert. Those interested in scheduling an audition or seeking more information should call the company, 802-447-1267. Gallery 668 GREENWICH, N.Y. — Gallery 668 has opened exhibitions by Harry Orlyk, Mike Favata and Ray Favata, which run through Aug. 21. Orlyk’s oils were inspired landscapes around his home in Salem, N.Y., the island of Culebra and the Adirondacks. He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1995. The Favatas, a father and son team, offer playful cityscapes and wildlife illustrations. Gallery 668, featuring restored 18th-century barns, is at 668 Cambridge-Battenville Road, 4.5 miles east of Greenwich, just south of the Battenville bridge over the Battenkill River. It is owned and managed by Solange Herter, who represents both emerging and established artists. Gallery hours are 11 to 6 daily. Information: 518-692-7139 or www.gallery668.com. Gallery Boreas LENOX — Gallery Boreas of Brooklyn and the Gateways Inn of Lenox have announced a collaboration to present selected fine artworks from the gallery at the Gateways lounge and La Terrazza spaces. On view and available for sale are original artworks by Fabio D’Aroma, Noa Bernstein, Federico Solmi, Marianne Weil and Fulvia Zambon. Gallery Boreas is a member of the Williamsburg Gallery Association in Brooklyn. It is committed to providing emerging and mid-career artists with exhibition opportunities. In addition to the Gateways Inn exhibit, the gallery is presenting “Brooklyn Preview” at 70 North St. in Pittsfield. It also arranges residencies and exchanges for artists between its Brooklyn, Western Massachusetts and Reykjavik facilities. Patrons can meet many of the featured artists at the Gateways Inn, 59 Walker St., on Aug. 21 during a gathering after that night’s Tanglewood concert. Cool galleries BENNINGTON, Vt — Bennington Museum recently received a grant of $5,000 from the Vermont Cultural Facilities Coalition and the state of Vermont for the purchase and installation of air conditioning equipment in five of the museum's 12 galleries. The installation is now complete, the museum announced Monday. During the most recent renovation of 1999, several areas of the museum were outfitted with new environmental controls, including air conditioning, but budget limitations prohibited the upgrading of the full facility at that time. In the galleries still lacking such controls, fluctuating temperatures caused stress on collection objects, and the museum's ability to host special exhibitions was also affected, according to a news release. Because environmental standards required by the lending programs of other institutions could not be met, it was not possible for the museum to host traveling exhibitions or borrow select objects from other collections to augment in-house exhibits. The grant also fulfilled a critical condition for the release of additional funds from the bequest of museum supporter Tirzah Sweet, according to the museum. The 12 galleries present rotating exhibitions from the museum’s 70,000-object collection, including the largest public collection of Grandma Moses paintings, examples of early American ceramics and glass, textiles, fine arts, regional silver and furniture. A large collection of documentary photographs complements a 3,000-volume research library. The museum serves 47,000 visitors annually, including more than 8,000 schoolchildren. The Bennington Museum is at 75 Main St. (Route 9) 1 mile west of the intersection of Routes 7 and 9 downtown. It is open daily from 9 to 6. Admission is charged, but the museum is free for members and children under 12. Information: www.benningtonmuseum.org or 802-447-1571.
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Dalton Lift Still in Limbo; ADA Picnic Tables Coming

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — The lift for Town Hall has run into a conflict, Americans with Disabilities Act coordinator Alyssa Maschino informed the committee on Thursday. 
 
According to Hill Engineering, Town Hall could install a vertical lift in the Police Department's closet and go up into the town account's office. However, no one wants to give up the closet or office, she said. 
 
The lift has been out of service since December because of safety concerns. In the meantime, people with disabilities can use the lift in the library to access the town hall. 
 
Previous attempts by Garaventa Lift to repair it have been unsuccessful. 
 
Replacing it in the same location is not an option because the new weight limit requirement went from 400 pounds to 650 pounds. Determining whether the current railings can hold 650 pounds is outside the scope of Garaventa's services to the town. 
 
According to a Garaventa Lift representative, a new lift in the same location can be installed, but the railings need to be replaced, committee Chair Patrick Pettit said. 
 
Committee member David Wasielewski asked if Hill Engineering considered installing an elevator on the outside of the building.
 
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