Enjoy over fifteen different art shows featuring work by more than 15 regional artists in Pittsfield's bustling Upstreet Cultural District during the First Fridays Artswalk and all month long!
In most venues, artists will be present from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, October 7.
Enjoy a free guided tour beginning at 5 p.m. at the Intermodal Center at 1 Columbus Ave.
There will be free, live music with John Davidson and Chad Tarves beginning at 6 p.m. at the BOOM Room at 137 North St.
The fun doesn't stop there! A free Afterwalk Party begins at 8 p.m. at the Whitney Center for the Arts at 42 Wendell Ave.
The 12th annual Pittsfield City Jazz Festival kicks off on Oct. 7 with Jazz About Town, comprising a jazz crawl and other events throughout Pittsfield's Upstreet Cultural District. The Festival runs Oct. 7-16, and features local and touring musicians, a jazz prodigy concert, and an exhibit by award-winning photojournalist Ken Franckling - Jazz In The Key Of Light at The Whit. The crawl continues Friday and Saturday evenings, and is capped by a jazz brunch on Sunday, Oct. 9. The full schedule for the festival, including details on the Jazz Prodigy concert (Oct. 13) and the headline weekend that features Scott Robinson (Oct. 14), Karrin Allyson, and the U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors big band (Oct. 15) can be found online.
The Raptor Project is an outstanding array of birds of prey - eagles, hawks, falcons and owls - displayed in a natural habitat. This exciting presentation and exhibit has won the attention and hearts of millions of people throughout the U.S. Showtimes at The Berkshire Carousel are at 1 & 3 p.m. Free.
Join Shiobbean Lemme of the Berkshire Running Center at Berkshire Yoga, Dance & Fitness for an 8-class series held Monday and Friday mornings from 5-6 a.m. from Oct. 7-Oct. 31. $40 for the series or $10 to drop-in.
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Paint Autumn Leaf Lanterns to raise funds for "Save our Shakespeare at Taconic" with Berkshire Paint & Sip at Tavern at The A from 2-4 p.m. Decorate two Mason jars for $35.
Barrington Stage Company presentsan exploration of friendship, politics and leadership - a comedic and dramatic clash of two great minds and one great heart of the 20th century inspired by an actual event. In 1921, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and President Warren G. Harding took a camping trip together into the Maryland woods to escape civilization; what they couldn't escape was each other. St. Boyd-Quinson Mainstage at 30 Union Street.
Berkshire Museum presents Rachel Fedderly, who will teach the tricks of applying professional-quality spooky makeup, just in time for Halloween. The class is included with regular Museum admission. 10-11 a.m.
Seating is limited, so reservations are requested. Please call (413) 443.7171, ext. 360.
The UMass Arts Extension Service (AES) presents a free Introduction to the Public Art Process workshop. Public Art projects, whether they're free-standing works or community-engagement projects, are opportunities for Western Mass. artists to expand their vision, be paid to make art, build their portfolio, and have their work seen by a diverse audience within our region and beyond.
Open to artists of all mediums interested in creating public art projects, participants will receive an overview of the issues, skills needed, and steps required to create a competitive public art project application at the local and national level. 5:30-8 p.m. at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, 28 Renne Ave.
This film documents the life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting deprived societies in hidden corners of the world.
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
The Visual Poetry of Suburban Pittsfield, oil on canvas paintings by artist Morris Bennett, will be on view October 7 through October 29 at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts.
Opening Reception during First Friday Artswalk: October 7 from 5-8 p.m.
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CIAO Berkshire County Hall of Fame Inducts 10
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. – The CIAO Soccer Hall of Fame induction and scholarship banquet and presentations were held on Thursday, May 9, at Berkshire Hills Country Club in Pittsfield.
The 2024 inductees were honored and 21 scholarships of $1,000 each were presented. Committee Chairmen Al Belanger and Patrick West introduced inductees and scholarship winners at the event. The nomination committee included, in addition to Belanger and West, Chris Dumas and Richard Asher. Sheila Lussier led the banquet committee.
The inductees are Katie Bradley (Pittsfield High), Sam Dils (Mount Greylock), Tom Hazen (Wahconah), Peter Larkin (St. Joseph), Harry Rich (Pittsfield), Todd Rose (Wahconah), Jordan Schnopp Chausse (Wahconah), Corey Stack (St. Joseph), Judy Tierney (Pittsfield), Alycia Sacco (Pittsfield).
This list includes two county MVPs, 15 all-Berkshire selections, five all-Western Mass picks, seven captain honors, one five-year varsity starter, one Lady General Award winner, and one Italian-American Athlete of the Year honor.
Katie Bradley was a four-year force on a strong PHS team from 2008 to 2011, earning all-Berkshire honors her junior and senior year. As captain her senior year, and even before, she led her team to strong finishes in the state tournament all four years she was in high school. She also played on SDA in the Premier League for her four high school years. She also won a silver medal in the Bay State Games with the Berkshire Blast U-14 team.
She graduated from the University of New Hampshire and is currently a charge nurse at Brigham and Women’s. She is studying for her master’s degree in Nursing Education at Simmons University.
Sam Dils was a rare five-year starter at Mt. Greylock and was on the all-Berkshire second team in 2014; all-Berkshire first team three times from 2015-2017; and was on the all-Western-Mass team three times from 2015-2017. He was the Berkshire County MVP in 2017.
The steps of City Hall were lined with 56 pairs of children's shoes on Friday, representing the average number of children with confirmed abuse and neglect cases each month in the county. The Children's Trust and Child Care of the Berkshires coordinate this shocking visual yearly.
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DPI held its annual meeting at the Berkshire Museum on Thursday, touting the 17 businesses welcomed to the downtown in 2023 and six so far this year.
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