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10x10 Event: Friday: 10 Days of Play at Berkshire Museum
10 Days of Play returns this season in a big way with our newest exhibit, If/Then! Test your skills in teamwork, communication and creativity through a new set of challenges each hour. Explore the exhibit through the eyes of an alien, communicate in secret codes, or don your detective hat and solve a scavenger hunt. With different activities featured each day, learners of all ages will find something to spark their imagination.
Through February 22 | Mon-Sat 11am-3pm Sun 12-3 | Berkshire Museum | 39 South Street | 413-443-7171 | FREE with Museum admission
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Friday+: Winter Exhibit: "Close to the Skin: A Revealing Look at Lingerie" at Arrowhead
From the collections of the Berkshire Historical Society come 200 years of Berkshire Lingerie. See "what your GrandMama wore" when she was courted by your GrandDad; learn the truth about the undergarments of the generations that created the community we live in, the difficulties, the beauties and the grandeur of clothing not meant to be seen by anyone else.
Through May 3 | Fri-Mon 11am-3pm | Arrowhead | 780 Holmes Road | 413-442-1793 | $12
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10x10 Event: Friday: Ten Spot Art Show at the Lichtenstein
The annual invitational Ten Spot Art Show features the best contemporary artists in the Berkshires and surrounding area, from north to south and in between. This year, the artists were each nominated by former Ten Spot artists. Each artist will have a work featured on a billboard placed somewhere in Berkshire County, bringing the gallery out to the streets.
Through February 28 | 11am-4pm | Lichtenstein Center for the Arts | 28 Renne Avenue |413-499-9348 | FREE
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10x10 Event: Friday+: 10 days, 10 stencils, 10 colors at Shire City Sanctuary
An evolving demonstration and installation of a screen printed poster. We will be screen printing a ten color poster, adding one color to the poster every day for the ten days of the festival. Culminating in a limited edition, final, 10 color print on the last day of the 10×10 festival.
Through February 22 | 5:30pm | Shire City Sanctuary | 40 Melville Street | 413-320-4175 | FREE
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Friday: Town Players of Pittsfield Auditions
Town Players of Pittsfield announces auditions for a staged reading of "Southern Exposure", by Valerie Kavanaugh. The auditions will be held in Pittsfield at 27 Alexander Terrace. Sides from the play will be provided for the auditions. Needed for the cast are three women, one approximately 45 and two in their 60's. The play is about three friends who go out to celebrate a birthday and what a time they have. The playwright is directing the reading.
Friday, February 13 | 6pm-8pm | 27 Alexander Terrace| FREE
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Friday: Paint Party at The Dirty Paintbrush
Learn to paint "Love Grows Here." Call now to reserve your canvas.
Friday, February 13 | 6pm-9pm | The Dirty Paintbrush | 141 North Street | 413-442-9300
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10x10 Event: Friday: Emilie: La Marquise Du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight at Berkshire Museum
WAM Theatre returns to Pittsfield with a one-night-only staged reading of their critically acclaimed 2013 production of Emilie: La Marquise Du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight by Lauren Gunderson. Come hear Emilie, best known for her fifteen-year liaison with Voltaire, defend her life by tallying her achievements in love and philosophy.
Friday, February 13 | 7:30pm | Berkshire Museum | 39 South Street | 413-443-7171 | $10
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Friday+: 10x10 New Play Festival at Barrington Stage
Every 10 minutes, a new play begins! Join us at St. Germain Stage for an evening of ten 10-minute plays by 10 playwrights, featuring a dynamite group of actors, as part of the 2015 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival. Directed by Julianne Boyd and Stephanie Yankwitt Featuring Matt Neely, Christina Norris, Jessie Shelton, Peggy Pharr Wilson, Zach Wymore, Robert Zukerman.
Through March 1| Thurs - Sat 7:30pm, Sat&Sun 3pm | Barrington Stage Company | Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center | 36 Linden Street | 413-236-8888 | $25 Wed, Thurs and Sun evenings & Sat and Sun matinees; $30 Friday and Saturday evenings
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10x10 Event: Friday: Comedy Show at The Whit
A complete night of comedy with headliner Chris Lamberth from AXS TV's "Gotham Comedy Live", two feature comics, and host Thomas Attila Lewis! Building on two years of excellent comedy shows at the 10×10 Upstreet Festival, The Whitney Center for the Arts will be transformed into a comedy club, complete with bistro bar refreshments. Arrive early to socialize and prepare for the show!
Friday, February 13 | Doors Open 7pm Show Starts 8pm | Whitney Center For The Arts | 42 Wendell Ave| $15
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Saturday: Polar Plunge at Onota Lake
The Polar Plunge ® is the best day at the beach all year - and it's in the winter! Every year Special Olympics Massachusetts' bravest supporters are "Freezin' for a Reason" when they plunge into the icy waters of the Atlantic.The Plunge is the biggest single-day fundraising event of the year. Plungers and Chickens (fundraisers who don't take the plunge) compete for bragging rights in various team and individual fundraising categories, and are then treated to a big party at the beach with music, food, costume contests and more!
Saturday, February 14 | Registration 9am Plunging 11am | Onota Lake| 508-485-0986
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Saturday & Monday: Berkshire Music School presents Grandmother Spider at Berkshire Museum
Grandmother Spider is an original composition by Berkshire Music School composer-in-residence Alice Spatz. The text is based on a delightful and suspenseful Cherokee creation story about the origin of light. This piece is intended for children and families, and combines narration of the traditional story with original modern music that incorporates quotations from fiddle, Plains Indian, Western swing, and classical music with a unique, accessible amalgam that enhances the drama of the story.
Saturday & Monday, February 14 & 16 | Sat 11am Mon 1:30pm | Berkshire Museum | 39 South Street | 413-443-7171 | $15 adult, $8 child; Museum members $5 adult, $3 child, children 3 and under free
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Saturday: Metropolitan Live in HD presents Tchaikovsky's Iolanta /Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle at the Beacon
On the heels of her triumphant Met performances in Eugene Onegin, soprano Anna Netrebko takes on another Tchaikovsky heroine in the first opera of this intriguing double bill, consisting of an enchanting fairy tale (Iolanta) followed by an erotic psychological thriller (Duke Bluebeard's Castle). Netrebko stars as the beautiful blind girl who experiences love for the first time in Iolanta, while Nadja Michael is the unwitting victim of the diabolical Bluebeard, played by Mikhail Petrenko. Both operas are directed by Mariusz Trelinski, who was inspired by classic noir films of the 1940s. Iolanta also stars Piotr Beczala, and Valery Gergiev conducts both operas.
Saturday, February 14 | 12:30pm | Beacon Cinema | 57 North Street | 413-358-4780 | $25
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Saturday-Monday: Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts: Live Action at The Little Cinema
This year's nominees for Best Animated Short Film: Live Action will screen at the Little Cinema. Aya: ayoung woman waiting at an airport has an unexpected encounter with an arriving passenger.Boogaloo and Graham: Jamesy and Malachy are presented with two baby chicks to raise by their soft-hearted father. Butter Lamp: a photographer and his assistant photograph the inhabitants of a remote Tibetan village. Parvaneh: an Afghan teenager living in a refugee center in Switzerland encounters difficulties wiring money to her family and asks a young Swiss woman for help. The Phone Call: woman working for a crisis center phone line receives a call from a suicidal older man.
Saturday-Monday, February 14 - 16 | Sat-Sun 1:30pm & 7pm, Mon 7pm | Berkshire Museum | Little Cinema | 39 South Street |413-443-7171 | $5 Museum Members $7.50 Museum Non Members
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10x10 Event: Saturday: Fantastic February Frolic at Shire City Sanctuary
The Berkshire Historical Society & Shire City Sanctuary is pleased to bring you a 10×10 Upstreet Festival event! The Fantastic February Frolic beings with a 4:30pm Lingerie Fashion Show - $25 ($30 at the door). RSVP tolingerie@berkshirehistory.org. Followed by a 6:30pm dinner party catered by nAtURAlly Catering - $25 (reservation required). 8pm Dance Party with DJ BFG - $10 (pay at the door). For more information call 413.236.9600 or email cate@shirecitysanctuary.com
Saturday, February 14 | 4:30pm | Shire City Sanctuary | 40 Melville Street | 413-320-4175 | $30, lingerie show, $25 for dinner and $10 dance party
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Saturday: BerkshireFlirt Valentine's Day Singles Mixer and Fifty Shades of Grey Reading at Thistle & Mirth
BerkshireFlirt's kick-off event will be an all-singles mixer: a casual, non-thematic socializing opportunity for anyone romantically unattached. Doors open at 5pm with facilitated ice-breaker questions at 6pm. Thistle & Mirth will also be offering special red velvet martinis and peach bellinis for purchase. Hors d'oeuvres, conversation hearts, and other Valentine's Day treats will be provided. This event is free of charge but space is limited to 20 men and 20 women; pre-registration is highly recommended. Thistle & Mirth will host a fun, playful Fifty Shades of Grey reading following the mixer, with sign-ups at 7pm and readings beginning at 8pm.
Saturday, February 14 | 5pm | Thistle & Mirth | 44 West Street | FREE
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Saturday: 2nd Annual B.Y.O.V.V. Valentines Dinner at Dottie's
Bring Your Own Valentine and Vino Dinner! Wouldn't it be nice to enjoy some dark, rich voluptuous food with your loved one in our BRAND NEW SPACE? This is the second chocolate themed Valentines dinner and were thrilled to share it with you. You can bring your own beer or wine. We will do the cooking and whimsical decorating.
1st course: Red Apple Butchers bacon on a stick
2nd course: roasted beet and avocado salad with cocoa nib dressing and blood oranges.
3rd course: chicken mole with forbidden rice and roasted pineapple.
4th course: chocolate date cake with cherry compote.
$55 per person, includes tax and tip. Call for reservation.
Saturday, February 14 | 7pm | Dottie's Coffee Lounge | 444 North Street | 413-443-1792 | $55
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Saturday: Golden Oldies Spectacular at The Colonial Theatre
The Golden Oldies Spectacular, A Salute to The Drifters, The Marvelettes and The Platters is an amazing concert experience. The show, featuring three outstanding singing groups backed by an incredible live band, is packed with million selling hits from the 1950's and early 60's that are woven into the very fabric of American music. Some of the great songs you can expect to hear are Under The Boardwalk, Save The Last Dance For Me, This Magic Moment, The Great Pretender, Only You, Please Mr. Postman and many more. This performance is a must see for fans of the music of the 1950's and early 60's. The amazing finale will have you dancing in your seat. The Golden Oldies Spectacular - One Night Only at The Colonial. Don't Miss It!
Saturday, February 14 | 7pm | The Colonial Theatre| 111 South Street | 413-997-4444 | $39.50 - $49.50
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10x10 Event: Saturday- Sunday: 10 Shorts at The Whit
10 Shorts is a multi-disciplinary, multicultural work by Berkshire-based performing artists. Reserve tickets at tix@theWhit.org.
Saturday- Sunday, February 14-15 | Sat 7pm Sun 2pm | Whitney Center For The Arts | 42 Wendell Ave| $10
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Saturday: Valentine's Pajama Party with WYKYD at Fairways
Get a little WYKYD for Valentine's Day, and you don't even have to dress up!! Wear your favorite pair of pajamas and dance with us at the Fairways. Featuring rocking music and drink specials. +21
Saturday, February 14 | 9pm-1am | Fairways at the A | 303 Crane Ave | 413-442-3585| $5
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Sunday+: Whole Body / Mind Workshop at Berkshire Yoga Dance & Fitness
This 7-week workshop is tailored to people who may not look like - or feel like! -the stereotypical yoga student. In a nurturing and supportive environment in which all bodies are welcome, we will honor and embrace our differences, and create a safe space where you can improve your strength, resilience, and self-image through joyful movement, meditation, visualization, and energy balancing techniques.
Sundays through March 29 | 1:30pm-2:30pm | Berkshire Yoga Dance & Fitness | 55 North Street | 413-822-2034 | $60 for workshop, $10 drop-in
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Dr. Randy Frost will be discussing the psychology of animal hoarding at Berkshire Humane Society's (BHS) popular Coffee Hour Speaking Series. Dr. Frost is a professor of psychology at Smith College and has done extensive research and writing on this topic. Copies of his book, Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Thing, will also be on sale.
Sunday, February 15 | 2pm-4pm | Berkshire Humane Society | 214 Barker Road | 413-447-7878 | FREE
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10x10 Event: Sunday & Thursday: BIFF Shorts at The Beacon
In celebration of the Berkshire International Film Festival's 10th Anniversary season and as a part of the 10 x10 Upstreet Winter Arts Festival, the BIFF and the Beacon Cinema present the BEST OF FEST SHORTS. 10 of some of the best short films selected from the past nine years of the BIFF.
Sunday & Thursday, February 15 & 19 | Sun 2:30pm Thurs 7:30pm | Beacon Cinema | 57 North Street | 413-358-4780 | FREE
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Sunday: "Moving to Glory: A Gospel and Spirituals Concert at First Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church of Pittsfield and Berkshire Lyric are teaming up to present this concert with proceeds directly benefitting programs of the Pittsfield Youth Commission. Pastor Sheila Sholes-Ross of First Baptist is the co-director of this important outreach. Wanda Houston will be the featured guest artist, singing selections on her own as well as with the choruses. The 90-voice Berkshire Lyric Chorus will be joined by their own Blafield Children's Chorus as well as the Berkshire Lyric Chamber Chorus. The select 22-voice a cappella chamber chorus is making its debut at this concert. The concert will be led by Berkshire Lyric's Artistic Director Jack Brown and accompanied by Joe Rose. Berkshire Lyric soloists include Felicia Durso, Jacob Kerzner and John Demler. For more information call 413-298-5365.
Sunday, February 15 | 3pm | First Baptist Church | 888 South Street | 413-445-4539 | $15
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10x10 Event: Sunday: 10 Mini Trios by 10 Composers at The Whit
This Chamber Music Concert will feature 10 mini trios by 10 composers. It will be performed alongside Mozart's Sonata for Violin and Piano, K. 526 and Brahms' Trio for Violin, Horn, and Piano, Op. 40. Tickets can be purchased by emailing tix@thewhit.org.
Sunday, February 15 | 4pm | Whitney Center For The Arts | 42 Wendell Ave| $15
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Monday-Friday: Robot Olympics (Vacation Week) at Berkshire Museum
Build robots and test their skills in feats of strength, speed, and endurance. Each day will feature new challenges, robot designs, and tons of fun. No prior robot experience necessary. Space is limited to 10 campers. Appropriate for campers in grades 4 - 6.
Monday - Friday, February 16-20 | 9am-12pm | Berkshire Museum | 39 South Street | 413-443-7171 | $150, $125 members
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Monday-Friday: Berkshire Theatre Group presents Atlantis, Lost! And Other Legends from the Strange Waves at Berkshire Museum
Atlantis, Lost! is a collection of stories about historical wonders and the waters of the world. This collection of wet and wonderful tales includes the lost civilization of Atlantis, the life of a pirate, the origin of surfing and the Loch Ness monster. Ride the strange waves and discover a whole new view of the world through these inspired episodes of modern mythology.
Monday-Friday, February 16-20 | 11am-12:30pm | Berkshire Museum | 39 South Street | 413-443-7171 | $15 adult, $8 child; Museum members $5 adult, $3 child, children 3 and under free
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Tuesday: Michael Zerphy presents Cahoots Clowning Around at Berkshire Athenaeum
In Michael Zerphy's 'Cahoots', a chair takes on a life of its own in a battle with the clown! There seems to be a conspiracy to create comedy as Michael presents the poignancy and hilarity of the classic bumbling fool determined to find a way to deal with life's dilemmas. Join us for a family concert of clowning and fun for all! Free, no registration required and for children ages 5 and up.
Tuesday, February 17 | 1pm | Berkshire Athenaeum | One Wendell Ave | 413-499-9480 | FREE
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Tuesday: Animals Up Close: The Wolf at Berkshire Museum
Berkshire Museum will once again welcome the Wolf Conservation Center of South Salem, N.Y., and their 12-year-old Arctic Gray Wolf, Atka. The program will include an awe-inspiring, up-close encounter with this important but misunderstood predator. Guests will learn about the history of wolves in the United States and the importance of wolves in a healthy ecosystem.
Tuesday, February 17 | 1pm-2pm | Berkshire Museum | 39 South Street | 413-443-7171 | $15 adult, $8 child; Museum members $5 adult, $3 child, children 3 and under free
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10x10 Event: Tuesday: Music by Ten at Berkshire Music School
The Berkshire Music School is offering a concert of TEN musical acts, ranging from students to professional faculty members, classical to cabaret. Each act will range between two minutes and ten minutes, depending upon the level of performer, and may be one or two pieces.
Tuesday, February 17 | 4pm | Berkshire Music School | 30 Wendell Ave | 413-442-1411 | $10 adults, students 18 and under FREE
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Tuesday: Green Drinks at J.Allen's
Please join for networking and lively conversation on all things "green". Pittsfield Green Drinks is a very informal gathering, open to everyone with any environmental interest. The drinks aren't green, but our conversations are. February's presenter is Richard Pree of the Citizen Climate Lobby. Richard will discuss the Citizen Climate Lobby, what they do, and who they are. As it says on their website, "We're creating the political will for a livable world by empowering individuals to experience breakthroughs in exercising their personal and political power."
Tuesday, February 17 | 5:15pm | J.Allen's Clubhouse Grille | 41 North Street | 413-499-9998 | FREE
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10x10 Event: Wednesday: Going to the Farm with Spot at The Colonial Theatre
Join Spot the Dog, his dad Sam, and his friend Helen on a new adventure! Great fun for young theatre-goers and their parents, Going to the Farm With Spot takes the audience on an interactive journey to Sam's farm where all the animals are lost. Spot and Helen need the audience's help to find his lost animal friends by identifying the sounds of the animals to bring them back safely to the farm.
Wednesday, February 18 | 2pm | The Colonial Theatre| 111 South Street | 413-997-4444 | $15
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Wednesday: Lego Club at Berkshire Athenaeum
Lego Club meets the third Wednesday of each month and is for children ages 5 and up. This month's theme is Superheroes! No registration required.
Wednesday, February 18 | 3:30pm-4:30pm | Berkshire Athenaeum | One Wendell Ave | 413-499-9480 | FREE
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10x10 Event: Wednesday: WeeMuse: Ten Days of Play Free Night at Berkshire Museum
10 Days of Play returns this season in a big way with our newest exhibit, If/Then! Test your skills in teamwork, communication and creativity through a new set of challenges each hour. Explore the exhibit through the eyes of an alien, communicate in secret codes, or don your detective hat and solve a scavenger hunt. With different activities featured each day, learners of all ages will find something to spark their imagination.
Wednesday, February 18 | 5:30pm-7:30pm | Berkshire Museum | 39 South Street | 413-443-7171 | FREE
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Wednesday: Paint Party at The Dirty Paintbrush
Learn to paint "Day At Sea." Call now to reserve your canvas.
Wednesday, February 18 | 6pm-9pm | The Dirty Paintbrush | 141 North Street | 413-442-9300
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Wednesday: Community Ash Wednesday Service at Zion Lutheran Church
Five churches from four different denominations will mark Ash Wednesday with an ecumenical worship service Zion Lutheran Church. The worship service will include the imposition of ashes and communion and will feature Zion's Jazz Trio: Marisa Massery, vocals; Andy Wrba, string bass; Darby Wolf, piano; and Colin Jalbert, drums. Clergy from St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, South Congregational Church, First Church of Christ Congregational, First United Methodist Church of Pittsfield, and Zion Lutheran Church collaborated to create this service and it includes elements from each denomination's liturgical tradition. The service will also include jazz versions of familiar hymns and songs.
Wednesday, February 18 | 7pm | Zion Lutheran Church | 74 First Street | 413-442-3525 | FREE
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Wednesday: Song of the Sea at the Little Cinema
Saoirse is a child who is the last of the selkies, women in Irish and Scottish legends who transform from seals into people. She escapes from her grandmother's home to journey to the sea and free fairy creatures trapped in the modern world. Nominated for Best Animated Film at this year's Academy Awards.
Wednesday, February 18 | 7pm | Berkshire Museum | Little Cinema | 39 South Street |413-443-7171 | $5 Museum Members $7.50 Museum Non Members
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Thursday: Computer Basics at Berkshire Athenaeum
An introduction to using a laptop computer, which will cover the following topics: What's on a computer keyboard; how to use the mouse and touchpad; what is a browser; how to visit a website.
Thursday, February 19 | 9:30am | Berkshire Athenaeum | One Wendell Ave | 413-499-9480 | FREE
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10x10 Event: Thursday: Bill Blagg's 10 Illusions at The Colonial Theatre
Bill Blagg's 10 Illusions is the most entertaining magic and illusion show on tour today! Bill's latest show is filled with NEW never-before-seen, mind-blowing illusions such as Walking Through Steel and the world's only Hoverboard! Bill combines his original illusions along with audience participation, comedy and of his trademark off-the-cuff personality which creates a show unlike anything you've ever seen before!
Thursday, February 19 | 2pm | The Colonial Theatre| 111 South Street | 413-997-4444 | $15
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Thursday: Celebrate The Chinese New Year at Flavours
Celebrate the Chinese New Year with a buffet at Flavours. Two seatings are available at 5pm and 7pm. Reservation can be made by calling 413-443-3188 during business hours.
Thursday, February 19 | 5pm or 7pm | Flavours of Malaysia | 75 North Street | 413-443-3188 |
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10x10 Event: Thursday: Berkshire ART Association's 10×10 RAP: Real Art Party
Purchase a $25 Art Tix and take home an original piece of artwork! Party admission is free and includes snacks. All art is donated; proceeds benefit Berkshire art students through BAA field trip grants and fellowships. Sponsored by Berkshire Art Association and Berkshire Museum. Part of Pittsfield's annual 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival.
Thursday, February 19 | 5:30pm reception 7pm Art Raffle | Berkshire Museum | 39 South Street | 413-443-7171 | FREE party admission, $25 for Art Tix
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