Cultural Pittsfield This Week: Aug. 17-23
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MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE
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Hancock Shaker Village hosts a brand-new kind of festival curated by musicians Anna & Elizabeth. The full-day fest will include a sing-a-long, movement and art-making workshops, a dance party and more. Festivities begin at 1:30 p.m. and go until late.
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FRI Blue Light Trio at Rainbow | FRI After Ours Duo at Hotel on North | SAT Melissa Brinton at Rusty Anchor | SAT Mr. Doubtfire at Mission | MON Libations with Librarians at Hotel on North | MON Jazz Night at Mission | TUE Green Drinks at J. Allen's | WED Live on the Lake w/Blind Smudge at Onota Lake | WED Luke DeRoy at Mission | WED Gruppo Mondo at Rainbow | THU Luke DeRoy Trio at Methuselah | THU Lady Di & The Dukes at Mazzeo's | THU PechaKucha #21: All Things in Motion at Berkshire Museum | THU Isabel & Emma at The Whit
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FAMILY FRIENDLY
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As part of the Highland Street Foundation's annual Free Fun Fridays program, Berkshire Museum admission is FREE and open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Friday!
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ONGOING Young Shaker Tours at Hancock Shaker Village | ONGOING Aquarium Tide Pool Tank at Berkshire Museum | ONGOING Make a Miniature Planet at Berkshire Museum | FRI WeeMuse: Adventures at Berkshire Museum | FRI Once on This Island, Jr. at Berkshire Museum | FRI End of Summer Reading Celebration at Berkshire Athenaeum | FRI-THU Parenting Classes & Play Groups at Berkshire Children & Families | SAT Back to School Bash at Berkshire Dream Center | SAT Family Fun & Wellness Fair at Berkshire Children & Families | SAT Berkshire County Youth Fair at The 4H Fairgrounds | SAT Berkshire Carousel | SAT Kindergarten Day at Berkshire Museum | SAT Chow Time at Berkshire Museum | SAT Create Your Own Fairy at Arrowhead | SAT FREE Marionette Show: Sleeping Beauty at Dottie's | MON Creative Healing Workshop w/Funky Phoenix at Berkshire Museum | TUE Cone with a Cop at The Common | TUE WeeMuse: Littlest Learners at Berkshire Museum | TUE Youth Chill Zone at Tyler Street Lab | TUE Preschool Story Time at Berkshire Athenaeum | WED Back to School Backpack Challenge at The Boys & Girls Club | WED Egyptology at Berkshire Athenaeum | THU Farm Friends at Hancock Shaker Village
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WELLNESS
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Join Kala Gresser Yoga and Radiance Yoga for a FREE Hike and Yoga Class from 2-3:15 p.m. Enjoy an easy-to-moderate hike and an all-levels yoga class at Canoe Meadows, located at 309 Holmes Road. Rain cancels.
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FRI-THU Various Classes at Berkshire Running Center | FRI-THU Various Classes at Berkshire Family YMCA | FRI-THU Various Classes at Berkshire Yoga Dance & Fitness | FRI-THU Various Classes at Radiance Yoga | FRI-THU Various Classes at Modig Internal Disciplines
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PERFORMANCE
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Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is transported to modern day NYC as two young lovers find themselves caught between warring street gangs. Their struggle to survive in a world of hate, violence and prejudice is one of the most innovative, relevant and deeply moving musicals of our time. Barrington Stage Company's Boyd-Quinson MainStage through Sept. 1.
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FRI+SUN The Fabulous Lipitones at The Whit | ONGOING Well Intentioned White People at Barrington Stage
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GET CREATIVE
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Join Berkshire Paint & Sip for an open-air painting session on the deck at Berkshire Hills Country Club. The $35 fee includes instruction, all materials and a donation to The Elizabeth Freeman Center. Cash bar. 3-5 p.m.
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SAT FREE Spirited Canvas Workshop at Moments House | SAT Create Your Own Fairy at Arrowhead | THU Hand-stitched Embroidery Class at Township Four
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COMMUNITY
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The Berkshire African Community presents the African Festival & Picnic on the Pittsfield Common, 100 First Street. From 2-7 p.m., enjoy activities, awards and more. An after-party appreciation dinner-dance will follow at 8 p.m. at the St. Joseph Parish.
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ONGOING The Mastheads at Hancock Shaker Village | FRI Dogs on North at Hotel on North | SAT Downtown Pittsfield Farmers Market at The First Street Common | SAT Family Fun & Wellness Fair at Berkshire Children & Families | SAT Berkshire County Youth Fair at The 4H Fairgrounds | SAT Pittsfield Repair Cafe at St. Stephen's Church | SAT Berkshire Carousel | SUN Domingo Brunch w/Jason Ennis & Natalia Bernal at Dottie's | MON Berkshire Concert Choir Summer Sing at Berkshire Music School | MON Berkshire Trans Group
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LEARN
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The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Berkshire Community College (BCC) presents its Fall Open House from 10-11:30 a.m. Meet many of the fall instructors, and learn more about OLLI in BCC's new Connector Lounge. Plus when you join OLLI at the open house, you'll get half off your first year's membership - a $30 savings.
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MON West African & Caribbean Drumming Class at The Licht | THU Screening of Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags at Knesset Israel
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FILM
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| FRI-MON Far from the Tree at The Little Cinema |
This life-affirming documentary encourages us to cherish loved ones for all they are, not who they might have been. The film is based on Andrew Solomon's award-winning, critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling non-fiction book Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity.
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ONGOING See What's New at The Beacon | THU Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags at Knesset Israel
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What's Showing at The Licht
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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 and more!
28 Renne Ave. Gallery Hours: Wed-Sat 11 a.m.-4 p.m. |
The Lichtenstein Center for the Arts will feature Dreaming of Light, paintings by Sean McCusker, for the month of August.
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Painted Pianos!
Check out four of the 15 Berkshire Music School's Painted Pianos that are located in Pittsfield. Pianos are located at Park Square, Palace Park, the Common and the Berkshire Music School. Please sit down and play the pianos, and tell your friends to do the same! The Painted Piano Project culminates in an auction at the Berkshire Music School on Sunday, August 26. Click here for more information.
