Friday: Bird Walks at Canoe Meadows

Spring and fall are the seasons to look for migrants of all kinds, especially the beautiful wood-warblers. Walk past wetlands and meadows and through woodlands observing changes in bird species each week. Preregistration is not required. Bring binoculars; beginners welcome.

Friday, May 30 | 7am-9am | Canoe Meadows | Holmes Road | 413-637-0320 | FREE Members; $3 Non members

Friday: 6th Annual Mona Sherman Memorial Lecture at The Colonial Theatre

The Mona Sherman Lecture honors Mona Sherman, an active and influential force in the growth of The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire Community College. This year Edward F. Davis III, the former Boston Police Commissioner (pictured left), will present issues of relevance to policing in today's world and speak about the critical importance of planning and innovation in police work.  Davis gained national attention in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings as he successfully oversaw one of the largest manhunts in Boston history.

Friday, May 30 | Meeting 5:15pm, Lecture 6pm | The Colonial Theatre| 111 South Street | 413-448-8084 | FREE

Friday: Butterflies Preview Party at Berkshire Museum

Be among the first to experience the new exhibition, Butterflies, and the live Butterfly Pavilion! Enjoy the exhibition, interactive stations, and light refreshments.  Butterflies will be on view through September 1.  

Friday, May 30 | 5:30pm-7:30pm | Berkshire Museum | 39 South Street | 413-443-7171 | FREE Museum Members, $5 Museum Non Members

Friday: Opening Night of BIFF at the Beacon

The Berkshire International Film Festival brings films, filmmakers, industry professionals and film fans together for a four-day festival celebrating independent film! The Pittsfield opening night reception features cocktails and dinner by-the-bite catered by Mission  followed by the feature presentation The Trip To Italy. The follow-up to 2010's The Trip joins Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon once again, as they enjoy six meals in six different places on a road trip around Italy. Liguria, Tuscany, Rome, Amalfi and Capri. Click here for more information and a complete BIFF schedule.

Friday, May 30 | Reception 5:30pm Film 7pm | Beacon Cinema | 57 North Street | 413-358-4780 | $15

Friday: Coffee House Concert at South Congregational Church

David Grover and Linda Worster will be joined by Puggy Demary to perform originals mixed in with folk and rock favorites from the 50's, 60's 70's. Light refreshments will be for sale to benefit the Redfield House.

Friday, May 30 | 7pm | South Congregational Church | 110 South Street | 413-882-3325 | FREE 

Friday-Monday: Jodorowsky's Dune at Little Cinema

In 1975, Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky, whose films El Topo and The Holy Mountain launched and defined the midnight movie phenomenon, began work on his most ambitious project yet. Starring his 12-year-old son Brontis alongside Orson Welles, Mick Jagger, and Salvador Dali, featuring music by Pink Floyd and art by some of the most provocative talents of the era, Jodorowsky's adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic sci-fi novel Dune was poised to change cinema forever.

Friday-Monday, May 30-June 2 | Fri-Mon 7pm Mon 3pm | Berkshire Museum | Little Cinema | 39 South Street | 413-443-7171 | $5 Museum Members $7.50 Museum Non Members

Friday & Saturday: Cats at Pittsfield High School

Pittsfield High School theater students will stage the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic Cats. Directed by Justina Trova with musical direction by Aurora Cooper. Tickets can be purchased at door.

Friday - Saturday, May 30-31 | Fri 7:30pm Sat 2pm & 7:30pm | Pittsfield High School Theatre | 300 East Street | 413-499-9535 x 1102 | $8 students, $10 adults

Friday+: The Other Place at St. Germain Stage

In The Other Place, Juliana Smithton (Marg Helgenberger) is a successful neurologist whose life seems to be coming unhinged. Her husband has filed for divorce, her daughter has eloped with a much older man, and her own health is in jeopardy. But in this brilliantly crafted work, nothing is as it seems. Piece by piece, a mystery unfolds as fact blurs with fiction, past collides with present, and the elusive truth about Juliana boils to the surface. "Helgenberger gives an intense, affecting performance” - Albany Times Union.

Through June 14 | Tues - Sat 7:30pm Sat 4pm Sun 3pm | Barrington Stage Company | St. Germain Stage at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center | 36 Linden Street | 413-236-8888 | $40+

Saturday & Sunday: Festival Films at the Beacon!

Enjoy Berkshire International Film Festival screenings you may never see anywhere else this weekend! Highlights include:

A Thousand Times Goodnight, which stars Juliette Binoche as Rebecca, one of the world's top war photographers. She must weather a major emotional storm when her husband refuses to put up with her dangerous life any longer.

Fort Tilden is a comedy about Allie and Harper, two hip Brooklyn millennials and their needlessly difficult journey to the beach.

Art and Craft documents Mark Landis , who has been called one of the most prolific art forgers in US history. His body of work spans thirty years, covering multiple styles and periods. And while the copies could fetch impressive sums, Landis isn't in it for money, but instead donates his fakes to museums.

Keep On Keepin' On follows 23-year-old, blind piano prodigy, Justin Kauflin, with terrible stage fright, who finds his way to jazz legend and teacher Clark Terry, 89. Over the course of filming, Terry begins to lose his sight as an unlikely bond begins to take hold.

Click here for a complete BIFF schedule!

Saturday & Sunday, May 31 - June 1 | Times Vary | Beacon Cinema | 57 North Street | 413-358-4780 | $12

Saturday: Learn to Row at Burbank Park

Berkshire Rowing and Sculling Society (BRASS) is holding a free introduction to rowing and sculling event at Burbank Park. Learn to Row is open to the public and is offering two sessions, with reservations recommended.

Saturday, May 31 | 8am-9:45am or 10am-11:45am | Burbank Park| 413-442-7769 | FREE

Saturday+: Pittsfield Farmers Market

Farmers, food producers and artisans bring locally grown and raised food and products into the heart of the community. Weekly market features fresh, locally grown food, local artisans, food trucks and much more. This Saturday's market features a special wellness fair. A day of demos and information from health practitioners, fitness instructors, nutritionists and more.

Saturdays Through October 25 | 9am-1pm | First Street (across from the Common) | info@farmersmarketpittsfield.org | NO COVER 

Saturday: Kitchen Ka-Boom at Berkshire Museum

Kids are invited to perform thrilling and fun science experiments in the Sabic Innovation Lab at the Berkshire Museum! All experiments are kid-safe and can be recreated using items found in almost any kitchen. Adult must accompany child. Seating is limited, so reservations are requested.

Saturday, May 31 | 11am | Berkshire Museum | Little Cinema | 39 South Street | 413-443-7171 | FREE with Museum admission

Saturday: Taste of Ghana At The Lichtenstein

This is a fundraiser for the Rights of Passage and Empowerment Program (ROPE).  Experience the food of Ghana with traditional dishes including Jollof, Meat Pies and Waakye (rice and beans) and more. Plus african dances by ROPE, Youth Alive members and mentors Akilah Edgerton and Destiny Saunders with Jerome Edgerton on African drums. Please support the members of ROPE on their educational/cultural trip to Accra, Ghana.

Saturday, May 31 | 12pm-6pm | Lichtenstein Center for the Arts