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Cultural Pittsfield This Week April 10-16, 200909:46AM / Friday, April 10, 2009
Friday-Thursday: Music+@Mission
Listening to music on an mp3 is overrated. For a true to life experience of the sounds you enjoy, Mission Bar is cooking up a full six nights of entertainment featuring both live performances and a special wine dinner.
Bernice Lewis | Friday, April 10 | 8pm | $10/$15
Chris Vecchia and Allie Millstein | Saturday, April 11 | 8pm | $5
Blue Root Collective | Monday, April 13 | 8pm | No cover
5 Course Spanish Wine Dinner | Tuesday April 14 | 6pm | $40
Jess Hume | Wednesday, April 15 | 8pm | No cover |
Reggae with Dred-I | Thursday, April 16 | 8pm | $5
Mission Bar & Tapas | 438 North Street | missionbarandtapas@gmail.com
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For more at Mission Bar, follow this link.
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Saturday: Pancakes & Easter Eggs with the Easter Bunny
With Easter quickly approaching, it’s about time the Easter Bunny has made an appearance here in Pittsfield. Come out & enjoy breakfast with the Easter Bunny at the Applebees’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill Saturday morning at a benefit for the Youth Alive Step Dance & Drum Line. Shortly thereafter, the Easter Bunny makes another appearance at the City’s Annual Easter Egg Scramble! This weekend’s competition will commence, rain or shine. Bring your own baskets: there will be prizes in each age group!
Youth Alive Easter Bunny Breakfast | Saturday, April 11 | 8am-9:45am | Applebee’s Neighborhood Bar & Grill | 555 Hubbard Avenue | 443-9915 | $30 per family/$10 adults/$5 children ages 3-10/Free for children 2 and under
65th Annual Easter Egg Scramble | Saturday, April 11 | 10:30am | Morningside Community School | 100 Burbank Street | 448-9690 | FREE
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Click here for more details about the annual Easter Egg Scramble.
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Saturday: Greek Pastry Sale
This weekend, the skies above us part as the Greek deities bestow their almighty power and blessings upon us in the form of pastries! Earn favor from the gods and goddesses by way of attending this event and consuming a mouth full of various baklavas, cookies, and other traditional Greek delicacies. Sponsored by the Greek Ladies Philoptochos Society.
Saturday, April 11 | 9am-2pm | St. George Greek Orthodox Church | 73 Bradford Street | 442-8113 | FREE admission
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Follow this link to learn recipes for various Greek pastries.
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Saturday+: Baby Animals at Hancock Shaker Village!
Welcome spring with the newest barnyard babies! Greet the lambs, piglets, calves and chicks filling the historic Round Stone Barn. Visitors can pet the new arrivals and explore the surrounding farmyard, historic buildings, and blossoming gardens. This annual event stretches from April 11th to May 3rd. With all of the baby animals out and about, this farm full of critters is sure to make a great family outing.
Saturday, April 11-May 3 | 10am-4pm | Hancock Shaker Village | 1843 West Housatonic Street | 443-0188 | $16.50 adults/$8 youth 13-17/children 12 and under & members FREE
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For more information about events at the Hancock Shaker Village, click here.
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Saturday: Inspiration Italy Artists Talk
If you didn't get a chance to meet and talk to the artists of the wonderful exhibit, Inspiration Italy: 3 Women Paint the Heart of Tuscany, Saturday will be your last chance to do so. Join artists Karen Arp-Sandel, Carol Acquilano and Leigh Ann Smith as they discuss and answer questions about both their time in Italy and the plein air (outdoor) paintings they created there and will include a gallery tour of the exhibition. This is the last week for this sun-drenched show, don't miss it!
Saturday, April 11 | 11am | Lichtenstein Center for the Arts | 28 Renne Avenue | 499-9348 | FREE
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Follow this link to learn more about Inspiration Italy.
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Saturday: Samuel Harrison Birthday Celebration!
The Samuel Harrison Society celebrates the 191st birthday of the late Reverend Samuel Harrison, an essential member of the Pittsfield community during his lifetime. The celebration features special guest speaker Byron Rushing from the Massachusetts House of Representatives. In addition, Rev. Dr. James Lumsden and his band from First Church of Christ Congregational in Pittsfield, Between the Banks, the Gospel Choir of Second Congregational Church, andthe Youth Alive Step Dance Team will perform. Reverend Harrison was an important contributor to the philosophical and political debate over race relations during the last half of the 19th century and was an eloquent preacher of independence and self-worth. Birthday cake and beverages will follow the celebration.
Saturday, April 11 | 2pm-4pm | Second Congregational Church | 50 Onota Street | 442-4574 | FREE
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To learn more about the late Rev. Samuel Harrison Society, follow this link.
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Satruday night: Second Saturday Folk Music!
The Second Saturday Folk Series takes place on the second Saturday of the month in downtown Pittsfield and features both international and local folk music performers. This month, the series presents brother and sister-in-law, Johnny Irion and Sarah Lee Guthrie, to take the stage in a night of indie music bliss! Both are multi-talented musicians and are determined to bring their musicality at its fullest for the Pittsfield audience!
Saturday, April 11 | 8pm | Underground Pub | One West Street | 499-2000 | FREE
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To preview the folk music duo, click here.
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Tuesday night: Mother Load @ the Colonial
After an incredibly successful run off-Broadway, Mother Load is gearing up for a national tour! Modern motherhood is not for sissies. In a world where a stroller can cost $800 and there’s a new danger in your child’s toy box every week, how can a mother keep from losing her mind? From prenatal yoga to preschool interviews, the heroine of this show struggles to throw off the “mother load” of unrealistic expectations, ignore the competitive “sanctimommies” lurking in every playgroup and somehow find the time to enjoy her kids. You’ll love Mother Load whether you are a mother or just have one!
Tuesday, April 14 | 7:30pm | The Colonial | 111 South Street | 997-4444 | $30/$20
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For a complete list of events at the Colonial Theatre, click here.
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Thursday night: Find Your Own Grants Online
Tricks of the Trade is a professional development seminar series for artists, artisans and creatives held throughout Berkshire County. This Thursday, bring your laptop to the Berkshire Athenaeum and learn how to access and search for grants on The Foundation Center database, as well as in their directories. The Athenaeum is the only Berkshire County location that is a Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center, the largest collection of foundation and grants info in the country. The workshop are free, but do require pre-registration: space is limited!
Thursday, April 16 | 6:30pm-8:30pm | Berkshire Athenaeum | One Wendell Avenue | 663-5253 | FREE
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