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Cultural Pittsfield: Sept. 25 — Oct. 1, 200908:00PM / Thursday, September 24, 2009
Fri & Sat: Hardcore + Pop-Punk @ Rebel Sound Records
Friday night, hardcore and metal meet pop-punk! Get wild with Speak of the Horse, Johnny Booth and BBQ Bash as they share the Room with pop-punkers With the Punches and Standard of Living! Saturday night, regional pop-punk/hardcore acts The Stereo State, Shoot to Kill and Maker are joined by Roses For the Departed and Track 13. Open to all ages!
Speak of the Horse, Johnny Booth + more | Friday, Sept 25 | 7pm | Rebel Sound Records | 146-A North Street | $8/$7 w/student ID
The Stereo State, Shoot to Kill + more | Saturday, Sept 26 | 7pm | Rebel Sound Records | 146-A North Street | $7/$6 w/student ID
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Click here to visit the MySpace page for Speak of the Horse.
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Saturday: Boundless Playground Celebration!
This Saturday is the 3rd Anniversary Celebration of the Universally Accessible Playground at Springside Park! The Rotary Club is sponsoring a Fun Fair Birthday Party with children’s activities for you and your family to participate in while enjoying the park, including a miniature horse to pet, a bounce house, face painting, DJ, balloons and more! There will also be agencies, programs and civic groups celebrating with us.
Saturday, Sept 26 |10am-2pm | Boundless Playground | Springside Park | 442-1562 | FREE
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Click here to find out more about boundless playgrounds.
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Saturday: Pancake Breakfast @ Applebee's
The Taconic High School Theatre Department is holding a Pancake Breakfast on Saturday at Applebee's Restaurant to benefit Taconic High School's participation in the 21st Annual Fall Festival of Shakespeare. The annual Fall Festival of Shakespeare is nine-week residency program at high schools throughout western Massachusetts and parts of neighboring New York State.
Saturday, Sept 26 | 8-10am | Applebee’s Restaurant | 555 Hubbard Ave | 448-9634 | $7/$5-seniors+children under 12
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Sat & Sun: Hancock Shaker Village Country Fair!
Celebrate the bounty of the harvest at the Country Fair! A kid's tent, a pie contest, vendors of handmade crafts, a local farmers market, as well as agricultural demonstrations and wagon rides offer hands-on fun for the whole family! There's something for everyone at the Country Fair.
Sat & Sun, Sept 26 & 27 | 10am-5pm |Hancock Shaker Village | 1843 W Housatonic St| 443-0188 | $16.50-adults/ Youth 13-17-$8/Children 12 & under-Free
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Click here to read more about this weekend's Country Fair at Hancock Shaker Village!
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Saturday: Comedy at the Crowne Plaza!
Don’t miss ZipStohr’s final comedy show of the year! Saturday night, come to Comedy at the Plaza #11 starring Cory Kahaney, Dan Naturman and Sam Morril. Kahaney & Naturman were both among the finalists on NBC's Last Comic Standing. They have both been featured in their very own Comedy Central Presents... half hour specials. You've seen them on Conan O'Brien, The Late Show with David Letterman, Politically Incorrect and more. Tickets are available at RJ Stohr Diamonds & Fine Jewelry, 90 North Street. Take advantage of the Group Discount - buy 9 tickets & the 10th is FREE.
Saturday, Sept 26 | 8pm | Crowne Plaza Grand Ballroom |1 West St | 822-2247 | $25
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She's funny, she's Jewish, she's Cory Kahaney - check her out here!
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Saturday: Great Live Music Downtown
Saturday night, head to Mission Bar & Tapas and check out The Accident That Led Me To The World, an all-acoustic, non-percussive chamber folk trio from Massachusetts. The name was derived from a song that band member Mark Mandeville (guitar, banjo, vocals) wrote, which he then elaborated into the concept of an allegorical narrative involving a boy who sails away to an island to be alone. From this concept sprung an entire album’s worth of songs, and Mandeville incorporated Raianne Richards (guitar, clarinet, vocals) and Zack Ciras (upright bass) to flesh out the material. Also on Saturday night, enjoy the Blue Light Trio at the Pittsfield Brew Works.
The Accident That Led Me to the World | Saturday, Sept 26 | 8pm | Mission Bar & Tapas | 438 North St | No cover
The Blue Light Trio | Saturday, Sept 26 | 8pm | Pittsfield Brew Works | 34 Depot St | 997-3506 | FREE
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Click here to listen to The Accident That Led Me to the World.
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Monday: Afro-Caribbean & West African Hand Drumming
Try your hand at Afro-Caribbean and West African drumming with cultural educator, drummer, singer and Gaia Roots Co-founder Aimee Gelinas M.Ed. This dynamic, hands-on participatory class focuses on folkloric and contemporary Afro-Caribbean and West African drumming, percussion and singing. Students will learn basic hand and instrument technique, an understanding of how drum patterns fit together, the cultural context of the music, fun and challenging drum patterns and exercises, accompanying songs in many languages and the opportunity to develop, arrange and perform finale presentations. Traditional instruments such as the Conga, Djembe, Djun Djun, Clave, Bell and Shekere provided for student use. All levels welcome. Registration required for youth class-parents/guardians please email aimee@gaiaroots.com.
Mondays, Sept 14-Dec 14 | Youth class-6pm, Adult class-7pm | Lichtenstein Center for the Arts | 28 Renne Ave | $10
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Wednesday: Free Google Workshop
Wednesday morning, there will be a free Google information session by Tom Lewis of Needle Mine at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts. Google Local Business Center is a free product from Google to help make local searches for businesses and services more relevant. This session explains how to register properly as well as how to tie in a Google AdWords campaign. There will also be a Q&A portion to answer follow-up questions to July’s ‘Web Wednesday’ on Google AdWords.
Wednesday, Sept 30 | 10am | Lichtenstein Center for the Arts | 28 Renne Ave | FREE
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Click here watch a YouTube video about the Google Local Business Center.
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Wednesday: An Evening with David Sedaris
NPR humorist and bestselling author of Me Talk Pretty One Day and When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris is one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant (and funny) writers addressing the human condition today.
Wednesday, Sept 30 | 7:30pm | The Colonial Theatre |111 South St | 997-4444 | $65/$45
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Click here to buy your ticket to David Sedaris and watch a video excerpt of him on David Letterman!
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Wed & Thurs: Artist Talks Downtown
Wednesday the Ferrin Gallery hosts an artist talk with Pittsfield’s own Joe Goodwin. Joe will discuss his new exhibition Joe Goodwin: A Recent Epoch a solo exhibition of large scale acrylic paintings and small scale intimate monotypes. Thursday, Hellmut Wohl, curator of Color and Form: The Language of Abstract Art at Berkshire Museum, and exhibiting artists Chuck Webster and Tom O'Neil discuss the exhibition. The American abstract art movement, culminating in the early 20th century, was considered a new chapter in American art history.
Joe Goodwin: A Recent Epoch | Wednesday, Sept 30 | 7pm | Ferrin Gallery | 437 North Street | FREE
Color and Form: The Language of Abstract Art | Thursday, Oct 1 | 7pm | Berkshire Museum |39 South St | 443-7171 | FREE
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| Clcik here to visit the website of contemporary abstract artist Chuck Webster. |
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