Cultural Pittsfield This Week: July 29-Aug. 4

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July 29 - August 4, 2016

SATURDAY Wellness Day at the Farmers Market

Wellness Day at the Downtown Pittsfield Farmers Market (located on the First Street Common) will include demonstrations and information from health practitioners, fitness instructors, nutritionists and more.

Start your day with a group run led by Berkshire Running Center or a Zumba class at 9 a.m. Additional exercise classes begin every half hour! Enjoy PiYo, Nia dance, Acro or Chair Yoga, Salsa Dancing and more. Enjoy a sample from Guido's, watch a chef demo, receive a chair massage and learn healthy lifestyle tips while you shop the market. 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE

FRI Comedian Rita Rudner at The Colonial Theatre

Named Las Vegas's "Comedian Of The Year" nine years in a row, Rita Rudner's razor sharp wit is undeniable. The award-winning comedian, actress and best-selling author has been a frequent guest on Late Night with David Letterman and The Tonight Show. Her first HBO special, "Rita Rudner's One Night Stand," was nominated for several awards. 8 p.m. $35/$65. Berkshire Theatre Group's Colonial Theatre

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FRI Oakes & Smith at Dottie's | FRI WordxWord Poetry Slam Semi-finals at The Whit | FRI Shakedown at Bousquet | FRI Wandering Oak at The A | FRI Blue Light Trio at Rainbow | SAT Vevoda, Keep Her Warm, Hill Haints & more at The Lichtenstein | SAT Salsa Social with Alan Franco at The A | SAT Brian Benlien at Rainbow | SAT Rev Tor at PortSmitt's | SUN Domingo Brunch with Soul Prophet & The Faithless Few at Dottie's | SUN-MON The Lillias White Effect at Barrington Stage | MON The Primate Fiasco at Shire City Sessions | MON Argentine Tango at Methuselah | MON Double Down at Mission | TUE '90s Trivia at Rainbow | WED Gruppo Mondo at Rainbow

FAMILY FRIENDLY

ONGOING The Wiz at Berkshire Museum

Barrington Stage Company presents a glorious musical retelling of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, with a book by William F. Brown and an infectious, funky and soulful score by Charlie Smalls. The Wiz brings a renewed relevance to a timeless American classic. It's blazing with high spirits and sizzling with vitality. Playing now through August 14 at the Berkshire Museum.

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ONGOING The Berkshire Carousel | FRI

Hotel Transylvania 2

Outdoor Movie Screening

at Clapp Park | SAT Kitchen Ka-Boom at Berkshire Museum | SAT Kids' Open Studio at Berkshire Paint & Sip | SUN Free Puppet Show at The Whit | TUE Space Jam screening at Berkshire Athenaeum | WED Bob Otto - New England Percussion Ensemble at Berkshire Athenaeum

WELLNESS

FRI Heart Opener Flow & Restorative at Rogue Yoga

Rogue Yoga presents a gentle heart-opening flow, followed by more heart-opening restorative and meditation. Come melt into your mats. All levels welcome. 10 Lyman Street. 5:45 p.m. $10.

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TUE Chair Yoga with Robin Seeley at Knesset Israel | THU+ AcroCamp NorthEast at Pittsfield State Park

GET CREATIVE

SUN Weave a Potholder Rug at Shire City Sanctuary

Shire City Sanctuary will teach you everything you need to know to make a 30"x40" potholder rug - from material selection to washing, cutting, weaving and caring for your rug. Beginners and experienced weaver/makers are welcome to join in. Materials are supplied but if students have a particular color scheme in mind, they should collect and bring materials with them. 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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SUN Macony Pediatric's Reach Out & Read Fundraiser at Berkshire Paint & Sip | WED Berkshire Elite Cheerleaders Fundraiser at The Infield | THU Open Studio at Berkshire Paint & Sip

PERFORMANCE

ONGOING Peerless at Barrington Stage

How far would you go to get into the college of your choice? When brilliant, ambitious twin sisters L and M realize that perfect academics and superb extracurricular activities aren't enough to get into their dream college, they decide to take matters into their own hands. Peerless is a comedy...until it isn't. At Barrington Stage Company's St. Germain Stage.

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FRI 50th Anniversary BUTI Concert | ONGOING The Tempest at Pittsfield Shakespeare in the Park | ONGOING The Pirates of Penzance at Barrington Stage | ONGOING Passage at Shire City Sanctuary | SUN Jake Revolver, Freelance Secret Agent staged reading at The Whit

COMMUNITY

SAT 21st Annual Jimmy's Ride & Post-ride Party

This year's Jimmy Bernardo Memorial Ride, beginning at Berkshire County Kids' Place, will take a scenic route through the Berkshires and end at Bousquet for a post-ride party featuring music, food, raffles and fun! Ride Registration is $25 and includes a commerative shirt. Post-ride party is free to registered riders, and open to the public for a cover charge of $5 per person or family (2 adults and up to 4 children) for $20.

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SAT Downtown Pittsfield Farmers Market | SAT Mark & Bonnie Parsons at Berkshire Carousel | MON Old Salts Day at Arrowhead | THU Entrepreneurial Meetup at Dottie's

LEARN

WED Jewish Cowboy Clowns at Anshe Amunim

Music historian Aaron Manela will give the multimedia presentation "Khosn Cowboy Mazl Tov: Wild West Jewish Cowboy Clowns in Music, Rodeos and Animation." Manela, a Ph.D. candidate in Musicology, will reveal the previously untold story of the comic Jewish cowboy in American popular entertainment. Manela's research involves sheet music, "magic lantern" novelty song slides, entertainment trade magazines, newspaper advertisements, early cartoons, and more. 11:30 a.m. at Temple Anshe Amunim

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MON

New Beginnings at Jacob's Pillow at Knesset Israel |

TUE

Scene Study at Anshe Amunim

FILM

Maggie's Plan

at The Little Cinema

In Rebecca Miller's witty modern romantic comedy, Greta Gerwig portrays Maggie, a vibrant and practical thirty-something New Yorker, who without success in finding love, decides now is the time to have a child on her own. But when she meets John (Ethan Hawke), a professor and struggling novelist, Maggie falls in love for the first time, and adjusts her plans for motherhood. Complicating matters, John is in an unhappy marriage with Georgette (Julianne Moore). With some help from Maggie's eccentric and hilarious best friends, married couple Tony (Bill Hader) and Felicia (Maya Rudolph), Maggie sets in motion a new plan that intertwines their lives and connects them in surprising and humorous ways.

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What's Showing at The Licht

Pittsfield's city-owned community arts center, the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, features nine working artist studios, a ceramics studio, a community room and an art gallery with changing exhibitions, classes, performances + more!

28 Renne Ave. | Wed-Sat, 11-4

I Am A Part Of Art
Now - July 30

Community Access to the Arts (CATA) presents a celebration of its visual artists. The exhibit features over 100 works created by artists with disabilities from across Berkshire County.

Coming in August: Jazz Visions with Marguerite Bride and Lee Everett

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Dalton Planning Board OKs Gravel Company Permit

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
05:38AM / Friday, April 19, 2024

DALTON, Mass. — The Planning Board approved the renewal of Nichols Sand and Gravel's special permit for earth removal.

The company, located at 190 Cleveland Road, operates a gravel pit there.

The hours of operation will remain 7 to 4 p.m. The commission approved owner Paul Nichols' request to allow trucks to depart the property in either direction.

Nichols has to apply for renewal of the special permit every year. The previous permit required the truck to exit the property to the right.

It makes more sense to go left if truck drivers have to go to the Pittsfield area, Nichols said. He has talked to the residents in the area and they are agreeable to the change.

Former residents requested this stipulation nearly 16 years ago to reduce the number of trucks using the residential street to avoid disturbing the quality of life and neighborhood.

There weren't any residents present during the meeting who expressed concerns regarding this change.

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