Cultural Pittsfield: Sept. 3 - 9
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Friday: Jean Germain @ Chapters Book Store Friday, Chapters Book Store welcomes photographer Jean Germain as its featured artist for September. Germain was a founding member of The Jazz Club of Sarasota Florida, and as the "official photographer" spent a quarter century taking pictures of the yearly performances. That body of work became a book, Jazz From Row Six, published in 2009. This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Friday, September 3 | 5pm | Chapters Book Store | 78 North Street | 443-2665 | Free |
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Friday+: Get Creative with Bisque, Beads and Beyond! From learning the basics for creating your own necklaces and bracelets to a free adult ceramics class – Bisque, Beads and Beyond is offering a multitude of classes to help you find your inner artist! On Sunday, kids are welcome to take a tie dye class and learn how to use glaze to create a cool tie dye look onto a plate. Friday, September 3: Beading Basics | 6pm – 8pm | Bisque, Beads, and Beyond | 141 North Street | 442-9300 | $45, Pre-registration Required Sunday, September 5: Adult Ceramics Class | 2pm – 5pm | Bisque, Beads, and Beyond | 141 North Street | 442-9300 | Free Sunday, September 5: Tie Dye Graffiti Plate | 1pm – 2pm | Bisque, Beads, and Beyond | 141 North Street | 442-9300 | Reservations Suggested Click here to subscribe to Bisque, Beads, and Beyond’s newsletter. |
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Friday - Thursday: Free Day + Little Cinema @ the Berkshire Museum If you’re looking for something fun and free to do – check out the Berkshire Museum this Labor Day Weekend. On Saturday, the Museum is open free of charge, thanks to the Highland Street Foundation. The museum is also opening two new art shows: Henry Klimowicz's Paper and Light and Woodland Style, work by Berkshire artists that celebrates the crossover between art and nature, curated by Marlene Marshall. Plus, the museum is extending its Little Cinema Season. This week, check out The Girl Who Played With Fire, the second installment of Stieg Larson’s popular Millenium trilogy. Friday, September 3 – Thursday, September 9: The Girl Who Played With Fire | 8pm | Berkshire Museum Little Cinema | 39 South Street | 443-7171 | $6/$8 Saturday, September 4: Free Day! | 10 am to 5 pm | Berkshire Museum | 39 South Street | 443-7171 | Free Click here to see the trailer for The Girl Who Played With Fire. |
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Friday+Saturday: Last Weekend for Cabaret Magic This is your last chance to check out Carl Seiger in his one-man magic show at the New Stage. The Berkshire Eagle calls his act “astounding… thoroughly entertaining, delightful and engaging.” Come out this weekend and let this sleight-of-hand artist delude, deceive, astonish, and entertain you! Friday, September 3 – Saturday, September 4 | 8pm | NEW STAGE Performing Arts Center | 55 North Street (above the Beacon Cinema) | 418-0999 | $25 Find out more about what’s going on at NEW STAGE. |
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Friday + Saturday: Songs By Ridiculously Talented Composers and Lyricists You Probably Don’t Know But Should Come out to Barrington Stage for the fifth edition of the popular Labor Day guided tour to the future of musical theatre. Tony Award-winning narrator William Finn tells the audience what makes a good lyric, why some work and others don’t while four dynamite singers join him for a musical extravaganza! |
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Friday - Monday: Baseball, BBQ and more! The Pittsfield Colonials continue their playoff push with a season-ending homestand on Sept 3-6 versus the Sussex Skyhawks. Friday is Fan Appreciation Day culminating with a spectacular end-of-summer Fireworks Show. On Sunday, don’t miss Latin Day featuring special BBQ menu and live pre-game/post-game music, and a Post-Game BBQ in the Beer Gardens featuring the entire Colonials team and Manager Brian Daubach. Colonials players Juan Padilla and Angel Molina will also offer a Latin cooking demonstration. On Monday, it’s a Labor Day Matinee game starting at 2pm. The rain date for the fireworks is Saturday, Sept 4 at 6pm. Friday, September 3: Fan Appreciation Day | 7pm | Wahconah Park | 140 Wahconah Street | 236-2961 |$6/$9 Sunday, September 5: Latin Day | 2pm | Wahconah Park | 140 Wahconah Street | 236-2961 |$6/$9 Monday, September 6: Labor Day Matinee | 2pm | Wahconah Park | 140 Wahconah Street | 236-2961 |$6/$9 Click here to buy your tickets to the Colonials’ final homestand. |
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Saturday + Sunday: The Best of Enemies @ Barrington Stage Be one of the first to watch a staged reading of Freud's Last Stand playwright Mark St. Germain's new work, The Best of Enemies. The reading is directed by BSC’s own Julianne Boyd, and exposes the poison of prejudice in the hearts of a KKK member and a civil rights activist. Author and historian Studs Terkel called their dramatic journey "one of the most moving love stories I've ever come across." Saturday, September 4 – Sunday, September 5 | times vary | Barrington Stage Company Stage 2 | 36 Linden Street | 236-8888 | $15 |
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Saturday: Rocking Out @ Rebel Sound Records It's a punk rock Saturday night at Rebel Sound Records! The mighty Gestapo Khazi from Los Angeles featuring former members of Street Trash and the Geisha Girls are performing in support of their wild new LP @ Rebel Sound Records Saturday night for a maniac garage-punk masterpiece! Also appearing are Fallen Starlets from Great Barrington, Powerblessings (ex-Maude) from the Pioneer Valley and more! All ages welcome. Saturday, September 4 | 7pm – 11pm | Rebel Sound Records | 146 North Street | $7 Click here to check out all the great bands that will be headlining at Rebel Sound Records. |
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Tuesday: Show off your talents at Mission Bar + Tapas This Tuesday night, you get a chance to rock out with your socks out during Mission’s open mic night. Former WordxWord performer Christopher-Michael Vecchia hosts the event. Come out to discover up and coming performers from our own Berkshires backyard. Tuesday Nights: Open Mic Night | Mission Bar + Tapas | 438 North Street Pittsfield | Free Click here to check out the great menu Mission Bar + Tapas has to offer. |
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Thursday: Shaker Cooking @ Hancock Shaker Village Hancock Shaker Village's own chef, Michael Roller will discuss and demonstrate how you can make the most of the seasonal availability of fresh foods – including vegetables, herbs, meats, cheeses, breads, pies, puddings – and provide tips about adapting Shaker recipes and techniques into your kitchen today. A select sampling of Shaker treats will be available for tasting. Thursday, September 9 | 11am – 12pm | Hancock Shaker Village | 1843 West Housatonic Street | 443-0188 | Free with admission, $17/$8 Click here to check out all the other great programs and events going on at Hancock Shaker Village. |
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