St. Stanislaus School benefit, 9 to 4 in Kolbe Hall, Adams. Bake sale, snack bar, games, Chinese auctions, money raffle, crafts, and pierogi.
Blackinton Union Church, 1373 Massachusetts Ave., North Adams; 10 to 2. Crafts table, bake sale, Chinese auction, the Christmas table, and kid's grab bag. Lunch $4, $2 kids.
First Congregational Church, North Adams, 9-2.
Nov. 28 Becket Federated Church, Route 8, holiday bazaar from 9-3. Lunch, crafts, baked goods, holiday and other items. Information: Mary Peltier, Parish House, 413-623-5217.
Dec. 5
Holiday Fair at First Congregational Church, 25 Park Place, Lee, from 10 to 3; handcrafted items, raffles, children's shop, bake sale, cut Christmas trees and lunch from 11 to 1. Includes angel-themed goods from SERRV. Information, 413-243-1033 or www.ucc-lee.org.
Dec. 12-13
North Adams Country Club, crafts 9-4; food from That's a Wrap from 11-2. Information: Sheryl Morehouse at 413-822-3329.
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Lenox Library Hosts Third Annual Beatles Day In Lenox
09:51AM / Monday, June 01, 2009
The Lenox Library will hold its Third Annual Beatles Day celebration in Lenox on Sunday, June 28th. Featuring local bands playing all Beatles covers, and music scholars giving lectures on aspects of Beatles music, the event has grown from its inception in 2007 and now attracts hundreds of people from all over Berkshire County.
Beatles Day 2009 is in two parts. Part One is a Symposium on the Music of the Beatles held at the Lenox Library on Sunday, June 28th, from 2 to 4 pm. The Symposium will feature three speakers, all experts on the music of the Beatles, who will discuss the music. Every year one of the famous Beatles albums is celebrated. This year the focus will be on the album Let It Be, recorded exactly forty years ago, in 1969. Speakers will include Jeremy Yudkin, organizer of the Lenox Beatles Days; Michael Nock, a humorous favorite of audiences every year; and Joshua Rifkin, one of the most celebrated musicians in America, famous for work on the Beatles, Bach, and Scott Joplin.
Part Two will be the Cover-Band Concert in the evening. All the bands are local bands, and all the bands will be playing covers of Beatles songs. This event takes place at the Duffin Theater of Lenox Middle and Memorial High School at 7 pm.
Tickets to the Third Annual Beatles Day are available by contacting Lisa Berkel, Director of Development, at the Lenox Library, 18 Main Street, Lenox (413-637-2630 or lberkel@lenoxlib.org). Tickets are $10 for the Symposium, $15 for the Concert, or $20 for a combined ticket. Children’s all-day tickets are $10. Tickets will also be available at the door.
As a free event to prepare audiences for the 2009 Beatles Day, Jeremy Yudkin, professor of music at Boston and Oxford University and a year-round Lenox resident, will give a lecture at the Lenox Library on Saturday, June 20, at 2 pm, on what makes the music of the Beatles so great. The lecture is entitled “A Splendid Time Is Guaranteed for All. The Music of the Beatles: Why We Cannot Let It Be.” This lecture is free and open to all.
This event is a fundraiser for the Lenox Library. Proceeds from the Third Annual Beatles Day in Lenox will help underwrite all the activities of the Lenox Library, from its extensive music holdings to its year-round lectures and events, to its top-ranked children’s programs.
