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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PITTSFIELD, Mass - On Wednesday, August 12, Berkshire Lyric will be presenting An Evening of Cabaret, a benefit concert for the Blafield Children’s Chorus, its tuition free music program for children ages 6 through 13. The performance will take place at The Lichtenstein Center for the Arts on 28 Renee Avenue in Pittsfield at 7:30 p.m.
The concert will be an evening of Broadway and Jazz. Vocal selections include music by Sondheim, Rodgers, Legrand, Bacharach, Styne, Stephen Schwarz and other pieces from the American Songbook.
The singers will be accompanied by a jazz trio with Steve Murray, Joe Rose and Caleb Davis. Steve Murray, an award-winning composer and arranger, is known to Berkshire audiences as the leader of the jazz band the Steve Murray 8. Joe Rose is also well known as a jazz pianist, arranger and producer. He is the accompanist for Berkshire Lyric as well as the director of the Berkshire Singers, Berkshire Lyric’s teen chorus. Caleb Davis, a former member of the Blafield Children’s Chorus, is a member of the New York State Percussion Ensemble. A recent graduate of Mountain Regional High School, he was selected as the drummer for the Massachusetts All State Jazz Band during each of his four years in high school.
Among the participating singers, two are former members of the Blafield Children’s Chorus, Kim Gritman and Liz Butler. Kim has performed lead roles in several high school and college productions as well as having performed with the Barrington Stage Youth Theater and the Berkshire Theater Festival. Liz has been a voice student of Berkshire Lyric Artistic Director Jack Brown at the Berkshire Music School. She has been selected to begin voice and theater study at the very competitive Walnut Hill Performing Arts High School in Boston this fall. Also featured will be soprano Elaina Pullano of Dalton, another student from the Berkshire Music School and this year’s vocal first prize winner at Berkshire Lyric’s annual Young Musician’s Scholarship.
The Blafield Children’s Chorus, named in honor of founding director Robert Blafield, presenting five high quality programs throughout Berkshire County each season. It is the only tuition free, professionally led children's choir in the county.
Tickets are $25, including refreshments. For further information, contact Berkshire Lyric Artistic Director Jack Brown at 413-298-5365.
