Cultural Pittsfield This Week:July 11-17
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Friday-Sunday: Pine Cone Hill Summer Tent Sale In celebration of Pine Cone Hill's 20th anniversary, they're expanding the famous summer tent sale to include a selection of one-of-a-kind props and furniture from our archive. Now you can get the looks you love--- sheets, duvet covers, rugs, and sleepwear to night tables, lamps, shelves, and more--- from our Pine Cone Hill and Dash & Albert catalogs, all at one incredible sale. Friday-Sunday, July 11-13 | 9:30am-5pm | The Outlet At Pine Cone Hill | 125 Pecks Road | 413-629-2314| NO COVER |
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Friday & Saturday: Super Summer Book Sale at the Berkshire Athenaeum There is something for everyone! Huge music collections including: operas, classical music, and books about music. Beach Reads. Cook Books. Travel Books. Books in gift giving condition. Friday-Saturday, July 11-12 | 10am-4pm | Berkshire Athenaeum | One Wendell Ave | 413-499-9480 | FREE |
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Friday & Saturday: The Caterpillar Lab at Berkshire Museum
Become a caterpillar expert! This incredible visiting program features over 50 differespecies of native caterpllars, sitting and munching on their host plants right in front of you! Visitinbiologists and educator Sam Jaffe and his team will tech you all about the caterpillars and point out all of their strange and surprising adaptations. Included with regular admission. Friday-Saturday, July 11-12 | Fri 2:30pm-5pm Sat 1pm-5pm | Berkshire Museum | 39 South Street | 413-443-7171 | FREE with Museum Admission |
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Friday: WeeMuse: Night of Science at Berkshire Museum
Wacky, mystifying, and fun science experiments fill the Museum. Many of your explosive and slimy favorites from last year's event will be back! This year participants can also take a close look at all kinds of live, wiggling caterpillars in the Caterpillar Lab! This event is free and open to all. Friday, July 11 | 5:30pm-7:30pm | Berkshire Museum | 39 South Street | 413-443-7171 | FREE |
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Friday: Deena Chappell At Marketplace Deena Chappell started performing with her mom when she was fourteen. Classic Country was the order of the day and she mastered the styles of Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson and the rest of the outlaws. When she was sixteen, she started performing with her dad. Since then, she's performed with some of the best musicians in the Northeast playing bluegrass, rock and roll, swing, folk and blues. Friday, July 11 | 6:30pm-8:30pm | Marketplace Cafe | 53 North Street| 413-358-4777| FREE |
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Friday-Monday: Life Itself at Little Cinema From executive producers Martin Scorsese comes Life Itself, a documentary film that recounts the inspiring and entertaining life of world-renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert – a story that is by turns personal, funny, painful, and transcendent. Based on his bestselling memoir of the same name, Life Itself explores the legacy of Roger Ebert's life, from his Pulitzer Prize-winning film criticism at the Chicago Sun-Times to becoming one of the most influential cultural voices in America. Friday-Monday, July 11-14 | Fri-Mon 7pm Mon 3pm | Berkshire Museum | Little Cinema | 39 South Street | 413-443-7171 | $5 Museum Members $7.50 Museum Non Members |
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Friday & Saturday: Last Weekend of Kiss Me Kate at Barrington Stage This weekend is your last chance to catch Kiss Me Kate, the show that is receiving rave reviews. The Schenectady Gazette says, "a perfect show to kick off the summer season — big, flashy, funny, romantic and beautifully cast, choreographed, and directed…There are so many things done right with the show it's impossible to know where to start.” - Friday & Saturday, July 11 & 12 | 2pm & 8pm | Barrington Stage | 30 Union Street | 413-236-8888 | $20+ |
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Friday+: A Little Night Music At The Colonial One of Stephen Sondheim's most beloved and award-winning musicals, A Little Night Music offers an amusing and farcical tale of unexpected liaisons, relentless desire, and ill-fated heartbreak in the life of acclaimed actress, Desiree Armfeldt, played by renowned actress, vocalist and Berkshire native, Maureen O'Flynn. One eventful weekend, Desiree, her former beau and his wife, and Desiree's current lover and his wife all arrive at a Swedish country estate. Long-held passions are soon rekindled in this classic waltz of a musical featuring one of Sondheim's most notable show tunes, "Send in the Clowns,” A Little Night Music celebrates love and all the foolhardy particulars it entails. Through July 19 | Fri-Tues 8pm Sat 2pm Thurs 2pm & 8pm | Colonial Theatre | 111 South Street | 413-997-4444 | $25+ |
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Friday: BOB The Band At The Back Lounge A little bit folk, a little bit rock-n-roll, this five-some brings you your favorite covers from Bob Dylan to Munford & Sons and Paul Simon to the Police along with their inspired and uplifting originals. No cover, full bar and table service. Friday, July 11 | 8pm | J. Allen's Clubhouse Grille | 41 North Street |413-499-9368 | FREE |
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Friday+: Outdoor Movies at Clapp Park: Monster's University The Summer Outdoor Movie Series kicks off this week with Monster's University. Join Mike and Sully and the gang under the stars on the lawn of Clapp Park. The movie begins shortly after dusk. Next week's movie is Despicable Me 2. Fridays through August 1 | 8:30pm | Clapp Park | 413-499-9368 | FREE |
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Saturday+: Yoga on the Lawn at Arrowhead Waterfall Perry will be offering yoga on the lawn every Saturday morning through August. Enjoy this healthy and relaxing activity amidst the serenity of Melville's trees. Saturdays through August 23 | 9am | Arrowhead | 780 Holmes Road | 413-442-1793 | $10 |
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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 week is Artisan Saturday. Click here for more information.
Saturdays Through October 25 | 9am-1pm | First Street (across from the Common) | info@ |
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Saturday: Hand-Cut Dovetail Workshop At Hancock Shaker Village The dovetail joint has long been considered a hallmark of fine woodworking craftsmanship. The Shakers were well versed in hand joinery and used dovetails in boxes, furniture, case construction, and, of course, drawers. Participants will have a behind-the-scenes opportunity to examine up-close various examples of dovetail joinery from the HSV collection. In this one day workshop, you will make either a pine candle box or a pine tray using dovetail joinery. Tools and materials are provided. Saturday, July 12 | 9am-4pm | Hancock Shaker Village | 1843 West Housatonic Street | 413-443-0188 | $215, $195 members |
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Saturday+: Stick Your Hands In History At Arrowhead Saturdays in July and August, middle school children will be offered the opportunity to explore the creative intersection of art and history by using objects from the Historical Society's collection to curate an exhibit on the theme of Art & Industry. Each exhibit created from a pool of 60 items, will be on display for one week, changing each Saturday. Saturdays through August 23 | 9:30am-11:30am | Arrowhead | 780 Holmes Road | 413-442-1793 | FREE |
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Saturday-Sunday: Pittsfield Garden Tour This is the annual tour of Pittsfield's beautiful and lovingly maintained gardens. Each garden is numbered and the ticket will contain a map showing you where each of the gardens is located. Upon |
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