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Winter Weekend
Feb. 12-14 2016 events in the Berkshire region and Southern Vermont Family, nightlife and 10x10 Festival
Keep warm ... and prosper
At the height of winter and cabin fever, this weekend rolls around to give us ways to get out. The temperature is dropping, and since New Years we have holed up with warm socks and hot soup. But this weekend, with friends, with a partner, or with two feet and a need to move, we have a chance to get out of the house. The 10x10 festival in Pittsfield brings bonfires, oil paintings, live comedy and 1940s jazz. And across the mountainsthe nights are night full of music — Grammy winners Angelique Kidjo at Mass MoCA and Ladysmith Black Mambazo at the Troy Music Hall — or dance to live rhythms with Kusika and the Zambezi Marimba Band. Page 2
You might read roll up your sleeves in the studios at IS183 or read "Much Ado about Nothing" aloud at Get Lit, or share a scone at the Prairie Whale. You might snowshoe around Notchview. You might sit by the fire in the lobby of the Red Lion Inn and have a quiet talk with Simon, the black and white inn cat. You might split a cup of Chocolate Springs hot chocolate with a friend or
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Courtesy photo by Susan Geller
sample the hot chocolate bar at Rubiner’s or start a search for the Berkshires' best brownie. (If you do, please tell me what you find.) If you want to celebrate Valentine's Day — you singular or plural — the question isn't what you do. It's how. One of the best Valentine's Days I've ever had happened at a snack bar. A former partner and I had ice cream sundaes in paper bowls, btwberkshires.com
Editor: Kate Abbott Contributing Photographer: Susan Geller
With thanks to Deborah, Laura, Stephen and Tony Abbott, Joan Entmocher and especially to Mark Leymaster
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Courtesy photo by Susan Geller Family events and warmly lit dinners fill this winter weekend.
and we laughed like loons, and it wouldn't have mattered if we'd been in a basement or a field or a wooden whaling ship, because the whole point and the only point was that we were taking some time to be in the same place. And it was still endlessly astonishing to both of us that we had someone to be in the same place with. btwberkshires.com
You don't have to have a partner or a hot fudge sundae to laugh like that. I once had as good a time walking two miles in the snow to the nearest grocery store to buy peach-colored carnations so I could leave them anonymously at my friends' doorways. It was a cold and clear afternoon, and my blood was up and the sunset was
carnation-colored. And that day was a holiday. Today can be another. Holiday, holy day, comes from two Old English words: holy from halig — sound, happy, whole — and day from daeg, sunrise to sunset, with the root dhegw, to burn. So Holidays are a time to feel whole, hale and warm. I’ll dance to that. — Kate Abbott
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Night out Friday Feb. 12 Art
iMotif art show — Opening reception for iPhone photography exhibit in Pittsfield’s 10x10 Festival curated by Sohn Gallery at Hotel on North, 5 to 7 p.m. 297 North St., Pittsfield. discoverpittsfield.com
IS183 — Arts Night Out, informal artmaking in the studios for adults (BYOB), “Say It with Clay,” 7 to 9 p.m., Citizens Hall, 13 Willard Hill Road, Stockbridge. 413-2985252, is183.org
Makers Mill — “Make a Valentine” workshop, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Community maker space at 73
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Photo courtesy of IS183 IS183 opens its studios for an informal Arts Night Out.
Williams College Museum of Art — “Both Sides Now,” Lexa and Dan Walsh miniNorman Rockmal abstraction well Museum — opens. Free. “Norman RockHours 10 a.m. to 5 well in Detail” p.m. Friday to 2:30 p.m., explor- Tuesday, closed ing his humor. 9 Wednesday, 10 Route 183, Stock- a.m. to 8 p.m. bridge. 413-298- Thursday. 15 4100, nrm.org Lawrence Hall
Main St., North Adams. north adamsmakers mill.org
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Drive (off Route 2), Williams College, Williamstown. wcma.williams.edu
Books and writers
10x10’s WordxWord Rockwell Project — 10 performances of poetry inspired by Norman Rockwell paintings: Wordx-
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an interactive event meant to change how people experience a museum. Co-presented with Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. 87 Marshall St., North Adams. 413-662-2111, massmoca.org
Film
Berkshire Museum — Oscarnominated short films: Live Action 4 with Stephen Bur- and 7 p.m. — “Ave rington, executive Maria,” “Day One,” director of Ground- “Shok,” “Stutterer,” work USA, noon. “Everything Will Be The Log, 78 Ok.” Little Cinema. Spring St., 39 South St., PittsWilliamstown, field. 413-447Mass. williams.edu 7171, berkshire museum.org Dance Food Mass MoCA — Big Dance The10x10 Tacos — atre: “This Page Taco night 7 to 10 Intentionally Left p.m. with wine and Blank,” noon and beer for 10x10 3 p.m. — work-in- Festival. Dottie’s progress perform- Coffee Lounge, ance and wild 444 North St., museum tour by Pittsfield. 413Annie-B Parson 443-1792, dotties and Paul Lazar, coffeelounge.com
Photo courtesy of the Norman Rockwell Museum The Norman Rockwell Museum will host a holiday talk at home and partner with WordxWord in the 10x10 Festival in Pittsfield.
Word partners with Norman Rockwell Museum, 7 p.m. at the Whitney Center for the Arts, 42 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield. wordxwordfestival.com
Conversations
Williams College — Mathematics Class of 1960s talk with Professor John Cullinan of Bard College on “Legendre PolynoNorthshire mials: From MathBookstore — ematical Physics Triathlete Karen to Numbers TheNewman on “Just ory,” 1 p.m. Route Three Words,” 2, Williamstown, her memoir about Mass. williams.edu eating disorders, cancer and surWilliams Log vival, 7 p.m. 4869 Lunch — Main St., Man“Groundwork chester Center, USA: Connecting Vt. 802-362-2200, Sustainability and northshire.com Equity in Cities” btwberkshires.com
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Pachedu-Dashiell / Courtesy of Williams College ’62 Center Kusika dancers perform with the Zambezi Marimba Band at Williams College.
Kids
Berkshire Museum — Ten Days of Play for Pittsfield’s annual 10x10 Festival, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. — Imagination Playground, Legos, building and magnetic blocks and more. Weekly Wee Muse adventures 11 a.m. 39 South St., Pittsfield, Mass. 413-4477171, berkshire museum.org
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Music
Vermont Arts Exchange — Gypsy Lane cabaret, Basement Music Series 8 p.m. at the Oldcastle Theatre, 331 Main St., Bennington, Vt. 802-4425549, vermont artsxchange.org
Williams College ’62 Center — Zambezi Dance Party with the Zambezi Marimba
Band, 8 p.m. CenterStage, 1000 Main St., Williams College, Williamstown.
Williams College — Williams Chamber Players in concert 8 p.m.: work by composer Chen Yi titled, YangKo for Solo Violin and Two Percussionists: Elastically with Joana Genova, violin; Matthew Gold and Conor Meehan, percussion; song
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cycle by composer and Williams faculty member Zachary Wadsworth; Shostakovich trio by Joana Genova, violin; Nathaniel P arke, cello, and Elizabeth Wright, piano. Bernhard Music Center, 54 Chapin Hall Drive, Williamstown.
Outdoors
Berkshire Botanical Garden — Cocktails
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Paramount Theatre — “Much Ado about Nothing,” Shakespearean comedy with the Marble Valley Players, 7 p.m. West Rutland Town Hall, Rutland, Vt. 802775-0903.
Courtesy photo by Susan Geller Anna Pavord, author of ‘The Tulip,’ will give Berkshire Botanical Garden’s annual winter talk, focusing on garden design.
with Anna Pavord, garden columnist for The Guardian, former editor of Gardens Illustrated, best-selling author of TheTulip and The Naming of Names, speaks on “Creating Your Own Garden Style,” 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the West Stockbridge home of Dan and Sherry Kasper.
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413-298-3926, berkshire botanical.org Theater
Dorset Players — Staged reading of “Morning’s at Seven” by Paul Osborn, 7:30 p.m., free. Four sisters in a small midwestern town question their
lives. Community theater at Dorset Playhouse, 104 Cheney Road, Dorset, Vt. 802867-5770, dorset players.org
10x10 New Play Festival — 10 new plays with Barrington Stage Co., 7:30 p.m. Main Stage, 30 Union St., Pittsfield.
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Williams College Story Slam — StorySLAM live open mic storytelling competition on the theme of love, 8:30 p.m. The Log, 78 Spring St., Williamstown.
Saturday Feb. 13 Art
Makers Mill — Typeset note cards workshop, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., with metal type and relief printing. Community maker space at 73 Main St., North Adams. northadams makersmill.org Page 7
Mass MoCA — Richard Nonas, “The Man in Empty Space,” opening reception for totemic, earthy, industrial sculptures 4:30 to 6 p.m. 87 Marshall St., North Adams. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Tuesdays. 413-662-2111, massmoca.org
Dance
Mass MoCA — Big Dance Theatre: “This Page Intentionally Left Blank,” noon and 3 p.m. — workin-progress performance-based museum tour created by Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar, an interactive event meant to Norman Rockchange how well Museum — people experi“Georgia O’Keence a museum. effe: Portrait of Co-presented the Artist,” onewith Jacob’s Pilwoman show low Dance FestiCourtesy photo by David Dashiell val. 87 Marshall 5:30 p.m. with Colleen Webster. The Mount will screen ‘Jane Eyre.’ St., North Art in Motion: Adams. 413ers. 930 SouthWilliams College, Drawing in the 662-2111, massern Vermont Arts Williamstown. galleries with ilmoca.org Center Drive, lustrator Pat O’Manchester, Vt. Books Donnell, 2 p.m. 9 svac.org 10x10 Fanastic Route 183, StockBerkshire Festi- February Frolic bridge. 413-298— Alternative Williams College val of Women 4100, nrm.org Museum of Art Writers — “Writ- dance party with electronic music — “Both Sides ing out lives as Southern Vermont Now,” Lexa and fiction and mem- duo Home Body Arts Center — — new-wavyDan Walsh minioir” workshop, Solo shows open electronic-a’pop’mal abstraction, 11 a.m., Bushwith reception 2 sew-in on an over- nell-Sage Library, calyptic-shimmerto 4 p.m. for core, down to sized sampler, 2 to 48 Main St., works from 11 earth, vivid, and 4 p.m. Free. 15 Sheffield Mass. local painters Lawrence Hall berkshirewomen visceral — and and 3D designDJ BFG, 8 to Drive off Route 2, writers.org Page 8
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11:45 p.m. at Shire City Sanctuary, 40 Melville St., Pittsfield. 413-2369600, shirecity sanctuary.com
growers and bakers, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pittsfield Farmers Market partners with Boys & Girls Club at the club Lighthouse, 16 Melville St., Pittsfield. farmersmarketpittsfield.org
Film
Berkshire Museum — Oscarnominated short films: Live Action 7 p.m. — “Ave Maria,” “Day One,” “Shok,” “Stutterer,” “Everything Will Be Ok.” Little Cinema. 39 South St., Pittsfield, Mass. 413-4477171, berkshire museum.org
Photo courtesy of Clark Art Institute The Clark will celebrate with live a cappella.
2 p.m. 48 Main St., Chatham, N.Y. Reception follows at Cady Hall, 13 Main St., second floor, in Kelly’s first local working studio. 518-392-3331, crandelltheatre.org
It,” 2:30 p.m. 50 Spring St., Williamstown. 413-458-5612, imagescinema.org
The Mount — “Jane Eyre,” 3 p.m. with a talk on the connection between Wharton Images Cinema and the book. Clark Art Insti“Stories She — Oscar-nomitute — “Rio” 2:30 nated shorts, ani- Loved” film festip.m. 225 South val inspired by St., Williamstown. mations: “Bear Edith Wharton’s Story,” “Pro413-458-2303, logue,” “Sanjay’s library. 2 Plunkett clarkart.edu St., Lenox. 413Super Team,” Crandell Theatre “World of Tomor- 511-5111, edith wharton.org — Tribute, “Ells- row,” “We Can’t worth Kelly: Frag- Live without CosFood ments,” screening mos,” also “The in memory of the Short Story of a 10x10 Farmers Fox and a acclaimed conMarket — KidMouse,” “The temporary artist run market highwho lived nearby Loneliest Spotlighting young in Spencertown, light” and “Catch btwberkshires.com
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Berkshire Grown — “Love Your Farmer” Valentine’s Farmers Market with locally grown and produced foods and gifts, fruits and vegetables, cheeses, ice creams, meats, breads, yarn, and more, live music, lunch fare and children’s activities, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monument Valley Middle School, 313 Monument Valley Road, Great Barrington. Free.
Ventfort Hall — Chocolate from Bean to Bar, talk with food historian Francine segan and tasting 3:30 p.m. Victorian tea. Page 9
Massry Center for the Arts — Saint Rose Camerata, chamber music with voice: Le Rossignol by Léo Delibes, Cantata 82 by J.S. Bach, 7:30 p.m., free. College of St. Rose, 432 Western Ave., Albany, N.Y. 800-637-8556,
Museum of the Gilded Age, 104 Walker St., Lenox. 413-637-3206, gildedage.org Kids
Berkshire Museum — Junk Music with the Junk Man, percussion with unusual and found materials, interactive concert, making wind chimes and more, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ten Days of Play for Pittsfield’s annual 10x10 Festival, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. — Imagination Playground, Legos, building and magnetic blocks and more. 39 South St., Pittsfield, Mass. 413-4477171, berkshiremuseum.org
Northshire Bookstore — Concert with acoustic-electrical group Luminous Crush, 7 p.m. Courtesy photo by Nevit Dilmen 4869 Main St., OMI musicians will perform by candlelight. Manchester, Vt. 10x10 Kids stage show, 7:30 802-362-2200, Dance Party — p.m. 111 South OMI International St., Pittsfield. Pre-nap jam for Arts Center — 413-997-4444, pre-schoolers Candlelight conand toddlers with cert, OMI music Mass MoCA — muic from DJ alums Nadje NoBeninois music BFG, 11 a.m. to ordhuis and James 12:30 p.m. Colo- icon Angeliqe Shipp perform nial Theatre, 111 Kidjo, Grammyjazz, 6:30 p.m. Rewinning and South St., PittsMason Library ception to follow genre-bending field. berkshire — Make Valenwith Joto sake, theatregroup.org vocalist, 8 p.m. tine cards, family cheese from Old Valentine’s Day activity 1 p.m. Music dinner before the Chatham Sheep231 Main St., show. 87 Marshall herding co. and Great Barrington. Colonial Theatre St., North Adams. more. 1405 N.Y. — Beatlemania 413-662-2111, 413-528-2403, County Route 22, Again, Beatles massmoca.org gblibraries Ghent, N.Y. Page 10
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Troy City Music Hall — Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Grammy-winning South African a cappella group, 7:30 p.m. 30 Second St., Troy, N.Y. 518-273-8945.
Vermont Arts Exchange — Gypsy Lane cabaret, Basement Music Series 8 p.m. at the Oldcastle Theatre, 331 Main St., Bennington, Vt. 802-442-5549. Courtesy photo by Nevit Dilmen Grammy-winning musician Angelique Kidjo will sing at Mass MoCA.
Paramount Theatre — Phil Vassar, awardwinning Country singer-songwriter, 8 p.m. 30 Center St., Rutland, Vt. 802-775-0903, paramountvt.org
p.m. 790 Route 203, Spencertown, N.Y. 518392-3693,
10x10 Festival — Thrush Hour: A Musical Study of 10 Great Ladies of Jazz, Stephanie Spencertown Academy — In- Nakasian pertentional Jazz En- forms classic semble performs vocal works with jazz from the blue the Hod O’Brian note era, 7:30 Trio, 7:30 p.m., btwberkshires.com
Pancho’s Restaurant, 154 North St., Pittsfield.
10 Shaker Songs — Hancock Shaker Village hosts a concert 2 p.m. as part of Pittsfield’s 10x10 Festival at South Congregational Church, 110 South St., Pittsfield. hancockshakervillage.org
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Williams College ’62 Center — Taylor Mac, ObieAwardwinning playwright, actor and singer-songwriter, in “The Decades Project,” series of 24 concerts of popular songs in America, 8 p.m. on MainStage. Zambezi Dance Party with the Zambezi Marimba Band, 2 p.m. CenterStage, 1000 Main St., Williams College, Williamstown. Page 11
Outdoors
tasting of chocolate and warm drinks for all ages, 7 to 10 p.m. Nordic skiing, snowshoing, cross-country skiing on groomed trails, lessons and equipment rentals. 83 Old Route 9, Windsor. 413-684-0148, thetrustees.org
American Museum of Fly Fishing — Fit to Be Tyed noon to 4 p.m., workshops with flytyers for all levels. Family activites and craft tables. 4104 Main St., Manchester, Vt. 802-3623300, amff.com
Berkshire Botanical Garden — Anna Pavord, garden columnist for The Guardian, former editor of Gardens Illustrated, bestselling author of The Tulip and The Naming of Names, speaks on “Creating Your Own Garden Style,” 2 p.m. Monument Mountain High School, 247 Stockbridge Road, Route 7, Great Barrington. 413-298-3926,
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Courtesy photo by Mainjith Kainickara Look for winter birds and tracks in the snow.
mont Bird and Sky Watch to survey wild birds, 8 a.m., free. Robert Todd Lincoln family mansion, home of Abraham Lincoln’s son, with Hildene Farm with herd of goats, Pullman car Sunbeam and about 12 miles of trails. 1005 Hildene Road, off Route 7A, Manchester, Vt. 802-362-1788, 802-362-2270. hildene.org
Williamstown Rural Lands — Antique work sled restoration, living history workday 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., free. Nature center with fields, pond and gentle trails. 671 Cold Spring Road, Route 7, Williamstown. 413-458-2429,
Mass Audubon — Animal tracks and signs, 10 a.m. Nature center with fields, pond and gentle trails. Pleasant Valley Sanctuary, 472 West Theater Mountain Road, Lenox, Mass. 413- Paramount 637-0320, Theatre — “Much Ado about Notchview — Nothing,” ShakeValentine Eve Ski spearean comedy & Sweets, with the Marble evening skiing Valley Players, 7 and snowshoeing p.m. West Rutby half moonlight, land Town Hall,
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Courtesy of Williams College ’62 Center Cabaret actor and singer Taylor Mac will perform selections from his ‘Decades Project’.
Rutland, Vt. 802775-0903.
10x10 Comedy Show — Standup with Thomas Lewis 8 to 10:30 p.m. at Dottie’s Coffee Lounge, 444 North St., Pittsfield. 413443-1792,
10x10 New Play Festival — 10 new plays with Barrington Stage Company, 3 and 7:30 p.m. Main Stage, 30 Union St., Pittsfield.
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Norman Rockwell Museum — “Politics and Romance? Norman Rockwell’s PresiArt dents and ValenClark Art Institines,” 11 a.m. tute — Love Political figures songs in the galRockwell knew leries all day by and illustrations Williams College about love. “Food a cappella for Thought: Cugroups. Valenratorial Perspectine’s Day brunch tives,” talk with at the café 11 brunch. 9 Route a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 183, Stockbridge. Valentine’s Day tea party 3 to 4:30 Community p.m. 225 South St., Williamstown. Berkshire Com413-458-2303, munity College clarkart.edu — 15th annual BTW Winter / Spring 2016
Not Your Average Dog Show 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. with classes from best ears and best trick to mystery mutt and photo contest, to benefit scholarships, at Patterson Field House. 1350 West St., Pittsfield, Mass. berkshirecc.edu Film
Berkshire Museum — Oscarnominated short films: Live Action 7 p.m. — “Ave
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ner 7 p.m. with music by Spnk & Sass at Dottie’s Coffee Lounge for 10x10 Festival. No date needed; couples welcome. 444 North St., Pittsfield. RSVP 413-443-1792, dottiescoffee lounge.com Courtesy photo by Bev Sykesr Pups will gather at BCC’s annual Not Your Average Dog Show.
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center — “Roman Holiday,” classic romance with Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, 14 Castle Images Cinema St., Great Bar— Oscar-nomirington, Mass. nated shorts, ani- 413-528-0100, mations: “Bear mahaiwe.org Story,” “Prologue,” “Sanjay’s Super 10x10 Festival Team,” “World of 10 Shorts — Tomorrow,” “We Berkshire InternaCan’t Live without tional Film Festival Cosmos,” also short films, Beacon “The Short Story of a Cinema, 2:30 p.m. Fox and a Mouse,” Free. 57 North St., “The Loneliest Spot- Pittsfield. light” and “Catch It,” 1 p.m. 50 Spring Food St., Williamstown. 413-458-5612, Dorset Farmers imagescinema.org Market — VegMaria,” “Day One,” “Shok,” “Stutterer,” “Everything Will Be Ok.” Little Cinema. 39 South St., Pittsfield.
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etables and fruits, home baked breads and pastries, artisan cheeses and wines, grass-fed meat and poultry, free-range eggs, canned condiments and pickled produce, specialty goods, hot foods, Vermont crafts, and live, local music. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at J.K. Adams, 1430 Route 30, Dorset, Vt. 802-3539656, dorsetfarmers market.com 10x10 Valentine’s Soiree — Holiday chocolate-themed din-
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Kids
Berkshire Museum — Junk Music with the Junk Man, percussion with unusual and found materials, interactive concert, making wind chimes and more, noon to 5 p.m. Ten Days of Play for 10x10 Festival, noon to 4 p.m. 39 South St., Pittsfield. 413447-7171,berkshiremuseum.org Music
Colonial Theatre — The Wailers in Concert — Bob Marley’s band with Aston ‘Family Man’ Barnettperforms classic reggae, 8
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p.m. during 10x10 Festival. 111 South St., Pittsfield. 413997-4444, berkshire theatregroup.org
10x10 Valentine Cabaret — “Love me TENder,” 10+ most romantic songs, doors open at 5:30 p.m., concert at 6:30 p.m. and dance party at 8:30. Three-course prix-fixe dinner available. WhitCourtesy of Berkshire Museum ney Center for ‘The Junk Man’ will perform off-beat percussion. the Arts, 42 Wena.m. to 3 p.m., Ado about Nothdell Ave., Pittsfield. Bennington, Vt. sagecitysym snowshoe rentals ing,” Shake413-443-0289, phony.org and cocoa. Win- spearean comedy ter Wanderings, with the Marble Sage City Symphony — Grande Williams College hour-long snow- Valley Players, 2 p.m. West RutDuo for Cello and — Student musi- shoe with hot cians in the Berkcider, cocoa and land Town Hall, Double Bass, by , shyre Symphony talk about herbs Rutland, Vt. 802with soloists and potions, 2 to 775-0903, David Runnion on soloist competicello and Robert tion perform, free. 4 p.m. Trustees 3 p.m., Bernhard of reservations 10x10 New Play Zimmerman on Music Center, 54 property, on Festival — 10 bass, along with new plays with Concerto Grosso Chapin Hall Drive, Wheatogue Road, Sheffield. Barrington Stage Opus 6, No. 4 in off Route 2, 413-298-3239, Company, 3 p.m. D Major by and Williamstown. ext. 3013. Main Stage, 30 by Beethoven, 4 Outdoors Union St., Pittsfield. p.m. Greenwall Theater Auditorium, VAPA, Benning- Bartholomew’s 10x10 events: Cobble — Snow- Paramount ton College, 1 See pages 16-20. shoe Sunday 10 Theatre — “Much College Drive, btwberkshires.com
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10x10 Festival A bonfire warms the Common. Photo courtesy Cultural Pittsfield. Thursday, February 11
IS183 Learning through the Arts — Student art show opening of work from IS183 program, 5 to 7 p.m. at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts. 28 Renne Ave., Pittsfield.
10x10 New Play Festival — 10 new plays with Barrington Stage Company, 7:30 p.m. Main Stage, 30 Union St., Pittsfield.
Friday, Feb. 12
10 Days of Play — Ten Days of Play, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. — Imagination Playground, Legos, building and magnetic blocks and more. Berkshire Museum, 39
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South St., Pittsfield, Mass. 413-447-7171, berkshiremuseum.org
iMotif art show — Opening reception for iPhone photography exhibit with 75 artists, curated by Sohn Gallery at Hotel on North, 5 to 7 p.m. Show through March 2. 297 North St., Pittsfield.
10x10 Tacos — Taco night 7 to 10 p.m. with wine and beer for 10x10 Festival. Dottie’s Coffee Lounge, 444 North St., Pittsfield. 413-443-1792, dottiescoffeelounge.com
WordxWord Rockwell Project — 10 performances of poetry inspired by Norman Rockwell paint-
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ings: WordxWord partners with Norman Rockwell Museum, 7 p.m. at the Whitney Center for the Arts, 42 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield. wordxwordfestival.com 10x10 New Play Festival — 10 new plays with Barrington Stage Company, 7:30 p.m. Main Stage, 30 Union St., Pittsfield. Saturday, Feb. 13
10x10 Farmers Market — Kid-run market highlighting young growers and bakers, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pittsfield Farmers Market, Boys & Girls Club Lighthouse, 16 Melville St., Pittsfield. farmersmarket pittsfield.org
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10 Days of Play — Junk Music with the Junk Man, percussion with unusual and found materials, interactive concert, making wind chimes and more, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ten Days of Play, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield.
10x10 Kids Dance Party — Pre-nap jam for preschoolers and toddlers with muic from DJ BFG, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Colonial Theatre, 111 South St., Pittsfield. berkshire theatregroup.org
10 Shaker Songs — Hancock Shaker Village hosts a concert 2 p.m. at South Congregational Church,
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110 South St., Pittsfield. hancockshakervillage.org
10x10 New Play Festival — 10 new plays with Barrington Stage Company, 3 and 7:30 p.m. Main Stage, 30 Union St., Pittsfield.
10x10 Jazz — “Thrush Hour: A Musical Study of 10 Great Ladies of Jazz,” Stephanie Nakasian performs classic vocal works with the Hod O’Brian Trio, 7:30 p.m., Pancho’s Restaurant, 154 North St., Pittsfield.
10x10 Comedy Show — Stand-up with Thomas Lewis 8 to 10:30 p.m. at Dottie’s Coffee Lounge, 444 North St., Pittsfield.
10x10 Dance Your Face Off — Dance party 8 to 11:45 p.m. at Shire City Sanctuary, 40 Melville St., Pittsfield. 413-236-9600, Sunday, Feb. 14
10 Days of Play — Junk Music with the Junk Man, percussion with found materials, interactive concert, making wind chimes and more, noon to 5 p.m. Ten Days of Pla,y noon to 4 p.m. Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield. 10x10 Festival 10 Shorts — Berkshire International Film Festival brings short films to Beacon Cinema, 2:30 p.m. Free. 57 North St., Pittsfield. biffma.org
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10x10 New Play Festival — 10 new plays with Barrington Stage Company, 3 p.m. Main Stage, 30 Union St., Pittsfield.
Tuesday, Feb. 16
10 Days of Play — “Play Ball!” with Berkshire Theatre Group, family theater on the origins of baseball, 11 a.m. Records and Burpee Zoo Show, 1:30 p.m. Ten Days of Play for Pittsfield’s annual 10x10 Festival, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. — Imagination Playground, Legos, building and magnetic blocks and more. Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, Mass. 413-447-7171,
10x10 Valentine Cabaret — “Love me TENder,” 10+ most romantic songs, doors open at 5:30 p.m., concert at 6:30 p.m. and dance party at 8:30. Three-course prix-fixe dinner available. Whitney Center for the Arts, 42 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield. 413-443-0289, thewhit.org
Light Wire Theatre’s Moon Mouse — Join Marvin on a trip to the surface of the moon on his homemade rocket, where he meets misfit creatures, danger and awesome beauty. 2 p.m. at Colonial Theatre, 110 South St., Pittsfield. 413-997-4444, berkshiretheatre group.org
10x10 Valentine’s Soiree — Holiday chocolate-themed dinner 7 p.m. with music by Spnk & Sass at Dottie’s Coffee Lounge for 10x10 Festival. No date needed; singles and couples welcome. 444 North St., Pittsfield. RSVP 413-443-1792,
The Wailers in Concert — Bob Marley’s band with Aston ‘Family Man’ Barnett performs classic reggae, 8 p.m. Colonial Theatre, 111 South St., Pittsfield. 413-9974444, berkshire theatregroup.org
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Monday, Feb. 15
to 3 p.m. — Imagination Playground, 10 Days of Play — Legos, building and “Play Ball!” with magnetic blocks and Berkshire Theatre more. Berkshire MuGroup, family theater seum, 39 South St., on the origins of Pittsfield, Mass. 413baseball, 11 a.m. Ten 447-7171, berkshire Days of Play, 11 a.m. museum.org
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Music by 10 — Berkshire Music School faculty and students, with 10 performances, 4 to 7 p.m. Taft Recital Hall, 30 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield. 413442-1411, berkshire musicschool.org
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Wednesday, Feb. 17
2 to 3 p.m. “Play Ball!” with Berkshire Theatre Group, family theater on the origins of baseball, 11 a.m. Ten Days of Play, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield.
10 Days of Play — “Play Ball!” with Berkshire Theatre Group, family theater on the origins of baseball, 11 a.m. Ten Days of Play, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield.
10x10 Moby Dick — Theater Triebwick performs Herman Melville’s classic sea story, family-style, 2 p.m. Colonial Theatre, 110 South St., Pitts- Real At Party — field. 413-997-4444. Live informal art auction as part of 10x10 Permaculture Pittsfield’s Annual 10x10 Festival; — Film and talk on party is free, but diverse, stable and tickets (for a fee) innatural systems for farming and garden- clude 10x10 piece of art to take home, ing, 7 p.m., BYOB. 5:30 to 8 p.m. BeneDottie’s Coffee fits Berkshire art Lounge for 10x10 students. 39 South Festival. 444 North St., Pittsfield. RSVP St., Pittsfield, Mass. 413-447-7171, berk413-443-1792. shiremuseum.org
7:30 p.m. Main Stage, 30 Union St., Pittsfield. barrington stageco.org
10x10 Festival 10 Shorts — Berkshire International Film Festival brings short films to Beacon Cinema, 8 p.m. Free. 57 North St., Pittsfield.
10x10 In Motion — Literary Party 7 p.m. with performers celebrating historic authors connected to Pittsfield — Kickwheel Ensemble Theater/Berkshire Fringe with Oliver Wendell Holmes, Berkshire Music School with Herman Melville, Pittsfield Shakespeare in the Park with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Town Players of Pittsfield with Nathaniel Hawthorne and WAM Theatre with Henry David Thoreau. Dottie’s Coffee Lounge for 10x10 Festival. 444 North St., Pittsfield. RSVP 413-443-1792.
PechaCucha Night — Conversations and presentations Thursday, Feb. 18 10-Minute Sketches 8:20 to 9:20 p.m. Berkshire Museum, 10 Days of Play — — Burlesque life drawing with 10x10 39 South St., Pittsfield. 10x10 New Play “Play Ball!” with Festival — 10 new Festival, 6 to 7 p.m. 413-447-7171, Berkshire Theatre Dottie’s Coffee berkshiremuseum.org plays with Barrington Group, family theStage Company, 7:30 ater on the origins of Lounge, 444 North p.m. Main Stage, 30 St., Pittsfield. RSVP Friday, Feb. 19 baseball, 11 a.m. Union St., Pittsfield. Ten Days of Play for 413-443-1792. 10 Days of Play — Pittsfield’s annual 10 Shorts on Stage 10x10 New Play Vicanti Ballet from 10x10 Festival, 11 — Pittsfield Town Festival — 10 new UMASS visits with a.m. to 3 p.m.BerkPlayers and the plays with Barringchildren’s dance shire Museum, 39 ton Stage Company, noon to 1 p.m. and Whitney Center for South St., Pittsfield.
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the Arts stage 10 short plays, 8 p.m. Whitney Center for the Arts, 42 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield. 413443-0289,
Richard Marx in concert — Performer, songwriter and pop-rock platinum chart-topper performs 8 p.m. during 10x10 Festival. Colonial Theatre, 110 South St., Pittsfield. 413-997-4444,
10x10 Cabaret — Gypsy Lane and Company 8 p.m. at Hotel on North, 297 North St., Pittsfield. Saturday, Feb. 20
10 Days of Play — Wintergreen family folk concert 1:30 p.m. Ten Days of Play for Pittsfield’s annual 10x10 Festival, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. — Imagination Playground, Legos, building and magnetic blocks and more. Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, Mass. 413-447-7171.
10x10 Fireworks and Bonfire — Warm up on the Common, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the 10x10 Festival. Fire-
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Courtesy of Berkshire Museum 10 Days of Play invites children to build, imagine and explore.
works begin at 5:45. Players and the First Street, Pittsfield. Whitney Center for discoverpittsfield.com the Arts stage 10 short plays, 8 p.m. 10x10 Cabaret — Whitney Center for Gypsy Lane and the Arts, 42 Wendell Company 8 p.m. at Ave., Pittsfield. 413Hotel on North, 297 443-0289, thewhit.org North St., Pittsfield. Sunday, Feb. 21 10x10 New Play Festival — 10 new 10x10 Dance Ten plays with Barring— Dance performton Stage Company, ances at Barrington 3 and 7:30 p.m. Stage Company, 2 Main Stage, 30 p.m. at the 10x10 Union St., Pittsfield. Festival. Main Stage, 30 Union St., 10 Shorts on Stage Pittsfield. barrington — Pittsfield Town stageco.org
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10 Shorts on Stage — Pittsfield Town Players and the Whitney Center for the Arts stage 10 short plays, 2 p.m. Whitney Center for the Arts, 42 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield. 413443-0289, thewhit.org
10x10 New Play Festival — 10 new plays with Barrington Stage Company, 3 p.m. Main Stage, 30 Union St., Pittsfield. barringtonstageco.org discoverpittsfield.com
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