There are several events this weekend, including a weeklong dance festival, bazaar, live music, and more.
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Wandering Dance Festival
Downtown Pittsfield
Nov. 17 to 23
This weeklong community dance initiative celebrates movement and culture in an effort to foster community connections.
The festival features a variety of dance styles, free workshops, and opportunities for participants to showcase their dancing. It will culminate in a showcase performance at the Colonial Theatre with both professional and local artists.
The parish’s annual two-day bazaar will feature white elephant, craft tables to get Christmas shopping done, raffles, food, and homemade desserts. More information here.
Pinecone Nature Crafts
Mount Greylock Visitor Center, Lanesborough
Time: Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Create a turkey using ingredients found in nature along with art supplies. More information here.
Clue: On Stage Performance
Taconic High School, Pittsfield
Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m.
The school’s theater department will be performing the “farce-meets-murder mystery,” Clue: On Stage.
Tickets are $12 for adults and $7 for students. More information here.
Friday
Standup Comedy
Bounti-Fare, Adams
Time: 8 p.m.
There will be a stand-up performance hosted by Charlie Nadler, featuring headliner Jason Choi and an act by Quentin Davis.
There will be an unveiling of the "Shapes of Togetherness" tile mural created by Pittsfield High School students.
The Pittsfield Let It Shine! Public Art Partnership, led by artist in residence Huck Elling, collaborated with Pittsfield High students for this initiative.
The celebration kicks off with students walking to the mural at 2:35 p.m. and a ribbon-cutting at Burbank Place at 3 p.m.
Play musical bingo to help fundraise for Northern Berkshire United Way. Tickets cost $25 a person, and they include two bingo cards. Additional cards are $5 each.
The Council on Aging is holding a pot luck in its community room. More information here.
Adult Craft Night
Lenox Library
Time: 4 p.m.
There will be an evening of crafting to create a centerpiece using retired library books. More information here.
Rusted Chains Performance
220 W Housatonic St, Pittsfield
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Local band Rusted Chains will perform a tribute to '90s grunge and alt-rock. The band focuses on acoustic renditions of groups like Nirvana, Alice In Chains, and Stone Temple Pilots, with some electric vibes. More information here.
Music Bingo
Berkshire Hills Country Club, Pittsfield
Time: 7 p.m.
Bingo fundraiser for the Berkshire Running Foundation. Tickets are $25 per person, which gets participants four cards and an entry for the door prize.
A 10-piece horn-fueled party band New York's Capital Region will be performing. Tickets are $27.38. More information here.
The Polar Express Showing
The Beacon Cinema, Pittsfield
All Day
The classic Christmas tale is returning to theaters for one day only for $1 admission. Santa will also be making a visit. Advance tickets are recommended here.
Sunday
Domingo Brunch
Dottie's Coffee Lounge, Pittsfield
Time: 10 a.m. to noon
Berkshire-based, acoustic Ameri-Grass-Y band, The Juckets, will be performing at the coffee shop. More information here.
Pancake Breakfast
Holiday Brook Farm, Dalton
Time: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Every Sunday in November, the farm is hosting a pancake breakfast.
The all-you-can-eat buffet includes pancakes, eggs, hash browns, sausage, and more. Free kids' crafts and wagon rides are available, weather permitting.
Pricing is $16.95 for adults, and kids aged 2 to 12 pay their age. More information here.
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Taconic High School Stages 'Hadestown: Teen Edition'
By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
Junior Brendan Bayles, as Hades, dancing with senior Ryley Schwarz, who plays Persephone.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — After six transformative months of preparation and an exciting opening weekend, the Taconic High School theater department will conclude its spring musical, "Hadestown: Teen Edition."
This Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m., the students will be hitting the stage to perform the family-friendly adaptation of Anaïs Mitchell's Tony-winning Broadway musical "Hadestown." Tickets are $13 for adults and $8 for students.
The jazz-inflected folk opera follows Orpheus' mythical quest to overcome Hades and regain the love of his true love, Eurydice.
"'Hadestown' is the first show that we've done that has had a lot of character meat behind it, where we're really delving into the motivations and the story itself," said Caitlyn Martin, theater director.
Martin described how she observed the students engaging in debates with each other about the reasons behind certain events.
This experience has been truly impactful because it's not just about their performances on stage; they are also reflecting on these issues off stage, she said.
The students are exploring why people react the way they do and recognizing that emotions are more complex than anger, happiness, or sadness, prompting them to delve deeper into these feelings.
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