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Art of atoms Amy Myers’ new exhibit at Berkshire Museum explores particle physics ... Page 10 4 Ways to enjoy music under the stars this week ... Page 3 Richard Thompson comes to Tanglewood ... Page 5 ‘Sunset Boulevard’ opens at Mac-Haydn Theatre ... Page 6 PHOTO PROVIDED BY AMY MYERS
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things we learned while putting this issue together
Record pace: Richard Thompson’s most recent album was recorded in 10 days. The guitarist said he can’t spend a lot of time in the studio and “make something that still sounds very vital and alive.”
Another curtain, another show: At the
“Guitarist makes Tanglewood debut,” page 5
“Sunset Boulevard opens,” page 6
Mac-Haydn Theatre in Chatham, N.Y., cast members get 10 days of rehearsal an are often performing and rehearsing one or two shows at the same time.
Don’t get bugged by bugs: Garden columnist Thomas Christopher reminds us that if we want our gardens to be visited by birds, we have to tolerate their food source, specifcally bugs.
“No bad bugs in the garden,” page 8 BERKSHIRE EAGLE FILE PHOTO
Plan your weekend of fun with our events calendar, pages 13-19.
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“Anything can happen in the woods.” Find out what happens in the Tony-Award winning musical “Into the Woods,” at Barrington Stage Company. This production runs through July 13, and officially opens Saturday, June 22.
Take in art and a demonstration at the Hilltown Open Studio Tour, featuring 29 artists at 24 locations and a group exhibition at the William Cullen Bryant Homestead in Cummington, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 22, and Sunday, June 23.
Don’t miss Oldtone’s concert and swing dance at Dewey Hall Friday, June 21, featuring live music by Chops, Sauerkraut & Krewtons and a dance lesson by Harry Pisila; doors open at 7:30 p.m. 91 Main St., Sheffield.
Bring your kiddos to Hancock Shaker Village for Farm Friends 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 20; children meet a farm animal, enjoy a story and make a simple craft, 1843 West Housatonic St., Pittsfield.
Join Jacob’s Pillow in the Dance Zone this Third Thursday for a performance by Micaela Taylor’s TL Collective; catch Berkshire Salsa and Alan Franco at Persip Park and more, 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 20, North Street, Pittsfield.
Enjoy an afternoon of live music at New Lebanon’s Shatford Park, begining with David Grover and Linda Worster at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 23, followed by Mary Ann Palermo and First Take and Bron IV Blues and Gina Coleman, 14755 NY-22, New Lebanon, N.Y.
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4 ways to listen to music under the stars
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Enjoy food trucks and a free concert by The Monday Project at the annual Otis Community Celebration beginning at 6 p.m. (music starts at 7 p.m.) Saturday, June 22, at the Town Hall Park, Route 23, Otis. townofotisma.com/
Enjoy music with a spectacular garden view at Naumkeag at Night’s annual music event. From 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, June 20, there will be live music on the grounds. Bring the family and a picnic. facebook.com/Naumkeagofficial
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Don’t miss the Eagles Trombone Ensemble from 5:30 to 7:15 p.m. Friday, June 21, at the Great Barrington Bandstand, located behind the Town Hall on Main Street.
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Lady Di & the Dukes kick off the Lilac Park Summer Concert series 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 26. Don’t forget your blankets or chairs! Main Street, Lenox. Lenox.org
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RICHARD THOMPSON
A virtuosic guitarist makes Tanglewood debut
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Richard Thompson will make his Tanglewood debut at 8 p.m. Friday, June 21, in Seiji Ozawa Hall. BY BENJAMIN CASSIDY The Berkshire Eagle LENOX — Richard Thomp-
means to start anew. “I’m longing for a storm to blow through town / and blow these sad old buildings down,” the song begins. The self-produced album was recorded over a 10-day span in Los Angeles. “I’m not very good at the slower process of studio work,” Thompson said. “I’m not Brian Wilson or [someone], who can spend a lot of time in the studio but make something that still sounds very vital and alive. For me, if I spend a lot of time in the studio, it tends to end up sounding dead, so I try and get something fairly quickly that still has that spark and energy to it. That’s the way I’ve always worked, really.” Onstage, Thompson learned early on that he could push the limits of acoustic guitar to complement his voice. “I figured out what ways to develop open tunings and different kinds of right-hand picking just to give more size
to the sound,” he said. It might be hard to remember these days, but Thompson can recall when guitar wasn’t an accompanying instrument. “In the 1950s, very few people accompanied British folk songs with the guitar. The people just sang unaccompanied, or they’d use like an accordion or a fiddle as an accompaniment,” Thompson said. “So, the guitar, in that sense, is a recent instrument brought into the tradition. And you now have lots of possibilities.” At shows, he enjoys playing both acoustic and electric guitar, but he also appreciates the balance that trading one for the other can provide. “I love having the contrast,” he said. “It’s great to come off of a band tour and see that I’ve got a couple weeks of acoustic dates, and that really is exciting, and vice versa,” he said. He’s currently working on electric and acoustic records.
IF YOU GO ... What: Richard Thompson in concert Where: Seiji Ozawa Hall, Tanglewood, West
Street, Lenox When: 8 p.m. Friday, June 21; Gates open at 6:30 p.m.
Cost: $20-$69 Tickets: www.bso.org Starting the songwriting process doesn’t take as long as it once did. “I can find the bottom of the ladder easier these days,” he said. But it’s still a climb once he gets there. “There’s always struggle in there,” Thompson said. “If there isn’t struggle in there, maybe you’re doing something wrong. There kind of has to be a battle.” Benjamin Cassidy can be reached at bcassidy@berkshireeagle.com, at @bybencassidy on Twitter and 413-496-6251.
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son is a guitarist’s guitarist. While the British rocker hasn’t produced a household hit during his five-decade career, his “pick and fingers” hybrid right-hand technique draws veneration from some of the music industry’s biggest names. “Personally, being somewhat jealous and envious of Richard’s song-writing and guitar-playing, it is somewhat satisfying that he has not yet achieved household-name status. It serves him right for being so good,” Talking Heads frontman David Byrne once said of Thompson. The 70-year-old Thompson is fluent in both acoustic and electric guitar, but when he makes his Tanglewood debut at 8 p.m. Friday, June 21, in Seiji Ozawa Hall, he will just be playing acoustic. His solo concert will include songs off of his latest album, “13 Riv-
ers,” as well as other tunes from across his broad catalog. “I go back to about 1967 as a songwriter, so there’s a lot to call on,” Thompson told The Eagle during a phone interview. Born in London, Thompson rose to prominence with Fairport Convention, a pioneering British folk rock outfit, in the late 1960s. He subsequently released duo albums with his now ex-wife, Linda, before completely committing to a solo career that has produced Grammy-nominated albums such as “Dream Attic,” “You? Me? Us?,” and “Rumor And Sigh.” The tracks on “13 Rivers” convey a sense of turmoil, both internally and externally. “We live in strange times, and I think that gets reflected in the music,” Thompson said. For example, in the opening track, “The Storm Won’t Come,” Thompson’s lyrics welcome destruction as a
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Pat Moran, Elizabeth Ward Land and James Zannelli in “Sunset Boulevard,” which is a musical based on the 1950 Academy-Award winning film. BY SHARON SMULLEN Eagle correspondent
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quotes have endured quite like Gloria Swanson’s “Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my closeup” from the Academy Award-winning 1950 film “Sunset Boulevard.” At Mac-Haydn Theatre in Chatham, N.Y., Artistic Director John Saunders returns silent film star Norma Desmond to the spotlight with the company’s first staging of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Tony Award-winning musical take on the celebrated movie, which tells the story of the tragic Nor-
ma Desmond as she stages her comeback with the help of down-and-out screenwriter. Elizabeth Ward Land makes her Mac-Haydn debut in her first outing as Desmond, the role Patti LuPone launched in 1992 in London’s West End. Glenn Close followed in Los Angeles and on Broadway, reprising her performance in a 2016 transatlantic revival and upcoming film. James Zannelli plays Desmond’s enigmatic butler Max Von Mayerling; Pat Moran is screenwriter Joe Gillis, who stumbles upon the eccentric household
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while fleeing creditors; Rachel Pantazis is script editor Betty Schaefer; and Gabe Belyeu is Hollywood producer Sheldrake. They are supported by a large company ensemble. While a matinee of “Curtains” played next door, Ward Land sat for a postrehearsal talk, easing her voice with sips of water and flashing freshly polished poppy red fingernails fit for a movie queen. “In my very first aria I sing to my chimpanzee,” she said, “and I wanted the color to envision [Oz] poppy fields.” The New Jersey-based ac-
tress knows the upstate area well. Her youngest sister lives in nearby Kinderhook, N.Y., and in 2013, she performed in “Southern Comfort” with Annette O’Toole at Pittsfield’s Barrington Stage Company. “I love it up here,” she said. “The whole area is so full of wonderful art things; it’s magical.” Her extensive credits include on and off Broadway, regional and touring shows, plus film and TV. She and Saunders met on stage 10 years ago. “Liz and I were in the first national tour of ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,’” Saun-
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meals a day and clothes.” Playing Von Mayerling — inspired and performed on screen by controversial silent film director Erich von Stroheim — Zannelli has “quite a posture and presence, and is a very classical baritone,” Saunders said. With 10 days of rehearsal compared to 6 weeks on Broadway, Mac-Haydn actors must arrive prepared for an intense schedule that requires performing and rehearsing one or two shows on the same day. The responsiveness and cohesion of the 20 or so season-long company members “is so important to the process here,” Saunders said. “Sunset Boulevard’s” cast of 25 grows to 34 for “Ragtime,” no small feat on the 50-year-old theater’s compact yet versatile stage in the round. Last summer was tough for Saunders, as mentor and company cofounder Lynne Haydn passed away on opening day. “She was a producer right up until the end,” he said. This year, his 20th season, he is fully in charge at the popular long-running summer theater. “It’s such a mix of the old and new here,” he said. “I’m still navigating that and getting better at it. “Lynne informs so many of my decisions. She’s tap dancing on my shoulder.”
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ders said — they performed together as Baroness and Baron — “and we were fast friends.” As her director, “her instincts match mine,” he said. “She has an incredible feel for the space; like Desmond, she knows what an angle can do.” Ward Land described the story as “an iconic prototype of characters in the classic Hollywood heyday, with a grand, cinematic sweep.” “This is like my dream, a really good acting part and a really good singing voice,” she said. “I’m a huge Lloyd Webber fan, and it’s got two of his biggest, most gorgeous ballads for a mature woman, ‘With One Look’ and ‘As If We Never Said Goodbye.’” She has seen both the musical and Glenn Close concert clips, but is basing her characterization on the film. “A lot of the book is very similar to Wilder’s script,” she said “It’s one of his masterpieces.” Both Saunders and Ward Land view Desmond not simply as a washed up diva, but in a gentler light, with a lot more layers. “There were good girls and bad girls in silent film,” Ward Land said. “Norma Desmond was one of the naughty ones.” As for her protege, Gillis, “[Moran] and I are trying to make sure Joe has a soul,” Saunders said. “He sells out for four square
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There are no ‘bad’ bugs in the garden I’ve been thinking about my neighbor, Brian Stewart, a lot recently. I came of age as a gardener at a time when any insect in the garden was regarded with suspicion. We labeled them indiscriminately as “bugs,” as if they were just glitches in our otherwise perfect landscapes, something to be eradicated as thoroughly and quickly as possible. There were a few exceptions. There were the “good” bugs, such as ladybugs and praying mantises, predators that assisted us in our crusade to slaughter the plant-eating insects, the “bad” bugs. Things changed dramatically with the publication of Douglas Tallamy’s book, “Bringing Nature Home” in 2007. Tallamy, an ecologist at the University of Delaware, presented irrefutable evidence that plant-eating insects play a crucial role in the ecology of our landscapes. If we want our gardens to be hospitable to birds, in particular, we have to tolerate their Thomas Christopher food source, herbivorous insects. Indeed, with biodiversity on the decline throughout North America, cultivating native plants that, in turn, support rich and diverse insect populations is a duty of the enlightened gardener. I think, however, that at this point, we need to take a step even further. Which brings me back to Brian. Brian is a scientist, a professor at Wesleyan University. In his spare time, he is, among other things, a keen gardener. He’s also an admirer of wildlife. He enjoys the birds that flit through his 1/4-acre yard, and the various mammals that wander in from an adjacent nature preserve. But a decade ago, he began exploring close-up. After participating in a local “Bioblitz,” a crash program of assessing the local biodiversity, he decided to make a collection of local insects. Instead of killing the insects and pinning them to boards, however, he chose to take photographic portraits of what he found. He started in his own yard, thinking that he could broaden his search when he had exhausted its supply. Ten years on, he has never stirred beyond the
boundaries of his own property. He has taken some 10,000 photographs of roughly 500 different insects, and he is still finding species unfamiliar to him right outside his front door. Unlike most insect collectors, Brian doesn’t harm any of his finds. The most he ever does is to slip them into a container and chill them in the refrigerator for an hour or so, to numb the insects so they will hold still for their portraits. After photographing them, he returns them all to the wild. What Brian has discovered with his macro lens is a bizarre and beautiful world, one that is all around us but which we typically overlook. His portraits exhibit brilliant colors and metallic sheens, with strange, often extravagant structures. My favorites are his shots of the female giant ichneumon wasp. An anorexic black-andyellow creature, this stingless wasp trails from its rear end a long ovipositor, a sort of tubular drill which it inserts into tree trunks or stumps to inject an egg into insect larva burrowing in the wood. If Dr. Seuss had turned to science fiction, this, I believe, is what he would have created. Identifying what he has photographed is a challenge. For this, Brian has turned to communities of naturalists on the internet, notable at BugGuide (https://bugguide.net). With this help and his own field guides, Brian has identified the species of some 320 of his finds. Much of the pleasure he finds in the photographs are more aesthetic than academic, however. He will focus in on a part of an insect to admire the patterning: the vivid striping on the side of a swallowtail caterpillar feeding on his fennel, or the network of veins in a grasshopper’s wing. If sufficiently closeup, such a picture loses all sense of function, becoming an abstract piece of art. I haven’t equipped myself with a macro lens yet, but merely knowing of Brian’s project has changed my attitude toward my garden. Stepping outdoors now feels like going on safari. I find a greater richness to my landscape as I contemplate all the diversity it supports. What I used to view as pests, I more often think of now as assets. Be-a-Better-Gardener is a community service of Berkshire Botanical Garden, located in Stockbridge. Thomas Christopher is the co-author of “Garden Revolution” (Timber press, 2016) and is a volunteer at Berkshire Botanical Garden. berkshirebotanical.org.
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Ladybugs have a reputation of being “good bugs,” but when viewed through a close-up lens, all bugs look pretty good. Elizabeth Aspenlieder and David Gow | Photo by Daniel Rader
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EXHIBIT: ‘OPERA INSIDE THE ATOM’
Where art meets physics BY CHARLES XU
The Berkshire Eagle
Amy Myers’ first venture into art was “an accident.” “I had to take a watercolor class at UT Austin, and then all of a sudden, I had this epiphany that I just knew I was going to go into art and that it would be my whole life,” she said. That’s why her new exhibit at the Berkshire Museum, “The Opera Inside the Atom, Large-Scale Drawings 20072008,” is just one of many chapters in a lifelong research project to “explain the universe.” Using lines and forms based on fundamental observations in physics, Myers’ four large drawings represent her “conceptual playground,” communicated in a “visual language [that] has been percolating [her] entire life.” “It was almost like a contradiction, where the more I got to the bottom of my questions, the more it expands, so it’s really something [with]
no end,” she said. “It’s just this contextual, ever-evolving inquiry.” For Myers, “Opera Inside the Atom” is a study of “what holds a nucleus together, the four different forces that guide an atom, and all of that complexity,” she said. “In an opera, you can have 15-plus voices simultaneously, but yet, you can experience it as a clear totality. That’s what I was thinking about — this complexity experienced as harmony.” The daughter of a particle physicist, Myers grew up combing through the pictures of her father’s books on quantum mechanics, developing a curiosity of the world that eventually led her to pursue the intersections of physics and art. “[The topics were] interesting, and it kind of captured my imagination. [My father] was always asking us questions like, ‘What do you think?’ and I guess I would take those questions seriously and try to answer them,”
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The intricate, complex drawings use layers of graphite, gouache, pastel and conte on paper.
If you go ... What: Amy Myers: The Opera Inside the Atom, Large-Scale Drawings 2007-2008 Where: Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield
When: Open now through Sept. 8 Information: www.berkshiremuseum.org, 413-443-7171 And in the process of mapping out a subatomic model, she experiences a certain tactile connection to her theories. “My face is just inches away from the paper. My hands are on it, and I touch it thousands of times. There’s this real tangible intimacy and for me, there’s an eroticism in that.” Her exhibit, on view until Sept. 8, complements the interdisciplinary approach of Berkshire Museum and its neighboring display, “Leonardo Da Vinci: Machines in Motion,” according to Chief Experience Officer Craig Langlois. “When you walk into the museum, you have multiple
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she recalled. “So, in a lot of ways, [my art] has come out of a fascination with the theoretical world.” Myers’ curiosity produces a steady barrage of inquiries that motivate her drawings. Often times, her pursuit for knowledge takes a life of its own — in this case, four drawings as large as 10 feet by 11 feet using layers of graphite, gouache, pastel and conte on paper. “I used to keep these pieces smaller, but I just couldn’t draw what it wanted to be, so I gave it permission to be what it wanted to be,” she said. “I’m really glad I did. I really surrendered to the drawing.” Just as the drawings’ dizzying array of rotations and structures invite exploration at the subatomic level, the patinaed grids of paper underneath and the push pins at the corners hint at their human origins in Myers’ studio in New York City. “I feel like I’m drawing a line between invulnerability and vulnerability because, ultimately, the artist’s hand is revealed,” she said.
experiences that have a loose relationship with one another,” Langlois said. “You have someone like Da Vinci, who is dealing with the physical realm with the limitations of his society and time and you come here and you have someone like Amy who’s pushing that science even further. But the goals purportedly for us are very much like, ‘50 percent of your experience is going to happen in this building.’ What we want a visitor to do is create the other 50 percent.” Myers remembers artist James Turrell’s commencement speech when she graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999. “The last thing he said when he was on the podium was: ‘And remember, the blossom is for the plant,’” she recalled. “So, on some level, I make the work to inspire myself and there’s a residue of it to inspire other people to whatever it is they are interested in. “The world comes alive when we engage with it,” she said. “This is just a springboard.”
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Amy Myers’ “Opera Inside the Atom” is four large scale drawings that are currently on display at the Berkshire Museum.
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Through July 28: Peter Dellert, “imMaterial reActions.” ART OMI 1405 County Route 22, Ghent, N.Y. 518-392-4747, artomi.org On view: “Gold,” Katharine Bernhardt; “Untitled (Mobile),” Virginia Overton; “Somos 11 Millones / We Are 11 Million,” Andrea Bowers; “Eureka,” Brian Tolle; “Untitled,” Christopher Wool; “Day Trip,” Sarah Braman; “To Be Of Use,” David Shrigley; “Oculi,” Aleksandr Mergold; “International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation, Configuration 29, End of the American Dream: Noam Chomsky, Jim Jones, Martin Luther King, Edward Snowden, Joe Stack, Donna Haraway,” Goshka Macuga; “Prismatic,” Hou de Sousa, and more. Saturday, June 22: Solstice at “Barbacoa,” locally sourced food, drink and live music, 5 to 9 p.m. June 24 - Aug. 2: Artgarten, for ages 4-5, $395 per week, $370 for two or more weeks, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 24 - Aug. 2: Camp Omi, for ages 6-13, $395 per week, $370 for two or more weeks, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. BECKET ARTS CENTER 7 Brooker Hill Road, Becket 413-623-6635, becketartscenter. org June 22 - July 7: “Exhibition 1,” highlighting the work of Ben Mancino, Marguerite Bride, Patricia Hogan, Joseph Tracy and Sean McCusker. Opening reception, June 22, 2 to 4 p.m. BERKSHIRE ART MUSEUM 159 E. Main St., North Adams 413-664-9550, BAMuseum.org
Admission: $5, $3 seniors, students and children ages 6-12, free for Berkshire County residents, children and donors. On view: Eric Rudd’s Iceberg Installation, Robotic Sculpture, and “Berkshire Art Museum Annex – A Chapel for Humanity,” a massive sculptural epic with 150 life-sized figures, 250
June 1 - Sept. 30: “Shimmering Flowers: Nancy Lorenz’s Lacquer and Bronze Landscapes,” with admission, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
CLARK ART INSTITUTE 225 South St., Williamstown 413-458-2303, clarkart.edu Admission: $20, children under 18 free. June 8 - Sept. 15: Janet Cardiff’s 2001 sound sculpture, “The Forty Part Motet,” 40 separately-recorded choral parts are played through 40 speakers in a reworking of Thomas Tallis’s 16th-century composition, “Spem in alium” (Hope in any other).
June 9 - Oct. 11: Lucy’s Garden, a whimsical topiary collection featuring nearly two dozen exotic creatures and other living sculptures, with admission, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
June 8 - Sept. 22: “Renoir: The Body, The Senses.” This daring exhibition is the first major exploration of Renoir’s unceasing interest in the human form. The exhibition reconsiders Renoir as a constantly evolving artist whose style moved from Realism into luminous Impressionism, culminating in the modern classicism of his last decades.
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Saturday, June 22: “The Loveliest Nudes Ever Painted.” This lecture offers a brief survey of the nude in Pierre Auguste Renoir’s long career, by Colin Bailey, free, 11 a.m.
June 1 - Oct. 11: “Contained Exuberance,” with admission, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
413-443-7171, berkshiremuseum. org Ongoing: Animals of the World in Miniature, Aquarium, Berkshire Backyard, Curiosity Incubator, Feigenbaum Hall of Innovation, Rocks and Minerals, Window on the World. Through July 28: “BerkshireNow: John MacDonald.” This solo show of atmospheric landscapes by accomplished artist John MacDonald reflects his love of the craft of painting, depicting the beauty of nature in all seasons. Through Sept. 8: “Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion.” Experience genius in motion at Berkshire Museum as you use cranks, levers and pulleys to test Leonardo’s inventions, marvel at his flying machines, and step inside his wooden battle tank. Each mechanism in the exhibit was constructed based on Leonardo da Vinci’s Renaissance drawings, using the tools and materials available during his time. A Feigenbaum Innovative Experience, sponsored by the Feigenbaum Foundation. Through Sept. 29: “Objects and Their Stories: Shoes.” Step into the history, technology and fashion of footwear from around the world as illustrated by moccasins, sandals, clogs and more from the museum’s collection. Through Sept. 8: “Amy Myers: The Opera Inside the Atom, Large Scale Drawings 2007- 2008.” Explore the world of particle physics at a massive scale through Amy Myers’ largescale, abstract drawings inspired
COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS CATAarts.org On view through June 30: “What I See,” an exhibit of artwork by CATA artists with disabilities with a focus on work by artists from Berkshire Family & Individual Resources and United Cerebral Palsy, at Tunnel City Coffee at Mass MoCA, 1040 MASS MoCA, North Adams.
show’s catalog, a print portfolio of original lithographs that sold for 50 cents, will also be shown with the paintings they relate to. The AAA was founded in 1936 in NYC at a time when abstract art met with strong critical resistance and few exhibition opportunities existed and paved the way for its eventual acceptance after WWII with Abstract Expressionism. Painting demos Friday, June 21: Tony Conner, watercolor, with admission, 11 a.m. HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE 1843 W. Housatonic St., Pittsfield 413-443-0188, hancockshakervillage.org Through Nov. 11: “Borrowed Light,” Barbara Ernst Prey. A new body of watercolors inspired by visits across three seasons where Prey immersed herself in the buildings, historic artifacts and landscape of this site. Her voice brings new consideration to the visual and haptic experience of this site, historically and today. Through Nov. 11: “While Mighty Thunders Roll: Popular Artists Sing the Shakers,” explores and expands this musical legacy through a display of historic objects and ephemera shown alongside newly commissioned a capella renditions of Shaker songs performed by a selection of
popular musicians including Laurie Anderson, Yo-Yo Ma and Natalie Merchant. HILLTOWN OPEN STUDIO TOUR hilltownartsalliance.org June 22 and 23: 29 artists will be working at 24 locations in the towns of Chesterfield, Cummington, Plainfield, North Chester and Worthington, in over 11 diverse mediums, plus a group exhibition at the William Cullen Bryant Homestead in Cummington. The weekend will have unique workshops and demonstrations, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Maps and information are available at each location or hilltownartsalliance.org. Day-of tour may start at any artists location or at Cummington Community House, 33 Main St., Cummington. JACOB’S PILLOW 358 George Carter Road, Becket 413-243-0745, jacobspillow.org Through Aug. 25: “Jacob’s Pillow: Taking Dance Off the Mountain” photography exhibition, 5 p.m. to 1 a.m., at Methuselah Bar & Lounge, 391 North St., Pittsfield. Through Aug. 25: “Dance We Must: Another Look” exhibition, open daily, noon to final curtain, free, in Blake’s Barn; “Assemblages by Paul Taylor” exhibition, open daily, noon to final curtain, free, Ted Shawn Theatre
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FRELINGHUYSEN MORRIS HOUSE & STUDIO 92 Hawthorne St., Lenox 413-637-0166, frelinghuysen.org Hours: Open June 20 through Labor Day, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday through Sunday for hourly guided tours. June through Oct. 31, group tours of 15 or more reserved two weeks in advance. June 20 - Oct. 13: “American Abstract Artists — A Collection: Unseen Works,” featuring over 25 works by Morris & Frelinghuysen’s fellow AAA members and collected from the groundbreaking 1937 exhibit at the Squibb Gallery in New York and later exhibits. Selections from the 1937
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low-relief ceiling figures and a Sept. 11 Memorial Garden, first opened in 2001. “Not Just Another Pretty Picture” group show; also exhibiting “Dark Matter” and “Death of a Loved One - 1890s Fashion: Collection of Greg Lafave.”
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lobby; “Merce Cunningham: Loops” exhibition, open daily, noon to final curtain, free, Doris Duke Theatre lobby. Jacob’s Pillow Archives/ Norton Owen Reading Room, open Wednesday to Saturday, noon to final curtain, and Sunday to Tuesday, noon to 5 p.m., free. MASS MOCA 1040 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams 413-662-2111, massmoca.org Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Monday; Open June 15-Oct 14, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. On view now: Trenton Doyle Hancock, “Mind of the Mound: Critical Mass.” Hancock presents his most ambitious project to date in Mass MoCA’s signature Building 5 gallery. Annie Lennox, “Now I Let You Go…” Lennox juxtaposes her public persona with more intimate aspects of her most personal self. Cauleen Smith, “We Already Have What We Need,” colorful, light-infused video installations, conjure sci-fi-inspired visions of utopia, with a concern for our planet and its people. “Suffering From Realness,” examines the human condition through works in all media — some intimate and personal, some transglobal and plainly political. Joe Manning, “Looking at North Adams,” short texts illuminate views through the mill building windows across the museum bringing the city’s history to life. Building 6 features work by artists including James Turrell, Louise Bourgeois, Jenny Holzer, Laurie Anderson, Gunnar Schonbeck, and more. MCLA GALLERY 51 51 Main St., North Adams 413-662-5320, mcla.edu/gallery51 Through June 22: Works by Anina Major.
NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM 9 Glendale Road, Stockbridge 413-298-4100, nrm.org Ongoing: Norman Rockwell’s 323 Saturday Evening Post covers, ArtZone. Gallery talks daily at 11:30 a.m., 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. Daily gallery talks of the museum’s Frank E. Schoonover and Rube Goldberg exhibitions at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Through Oct. 27: “For the People: Memories of the Old Corner House,” commemorative installation for the 50th anniversary of the founding of Norman Rockwell Museum at The Old Corner House on Main Street, Stockbridge.
own art, Rockwell artworks that were directly influenced by Erikson, and a collection of Rockwell portraits of Erikson and other clinical staff from Austen Riggs. Organized by the museum in collaboration with the Austen Riggs Center, which celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2019. Saturday, June 22: 50th Anniversary Gala: A Celebration of Illustration. Join us to celebrate 50 years of excellence and community engagement. Enjoy cuisine, cocktails, interactive art activities and decor inspired by American illustrators. Dessert and dance party tickets also available, supported by the Norman Rockwell Museum Junior Council; music by the Wanda Houston Band, 6 to 11 p.m. Ticket information: nrm. org.
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Friday, June 21: Swing Dance with Chops, Sauerkraut & Krewtons, lesson with Harry Pisila at 8 p.m., music at 9 p.m.
sculpturenow.org, edithwharton. org June 1 - Oct. 27: New exhibition of 31 large outdoor sculptures by nationally recognized artists, including acclaimed artist Albert Paley.
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June 8 - Oct. 27: “Woodstock to the Moon: 1969 Illustrated.” Culled from the museum’s collection, and private and public collections around the country, this exhibition illuminates how Rockwell and other illustrators portrayed their times and reflected popular culture during the final year of a tumultuous decade.
Thursday, June 20: Cultural street festival featuring live music, pop-up performances, vendors and community activities, 5 to 8 p.m.
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June 8 - Oct. 27: “Norman Rockwell: Private Moments for the Masses,” a behind-the-scenes look at the autobiographical elements in Rockwell’s work, examining his carefully constructed fictional scenes for the covers and pages of American publications.
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Through Oct. 31: “A Day in The Life: Norman Rockwell’s Stockbridge Studio,” explore Norman Rockwell’s original Stockbridge studio, reinstalled to look as it did in 1960, when the artist was working on his iconic “Golden Rule” painting.
June 8 - Oct. 27: “Inspired: Norman Rockwell and Erik Erikson.” This exhibition will explore the relationship of these two giants in their fields, who inspired each other’s creativity in unique and important ways. Work on view will include images of Erikson’s
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REAL EYES GALLERY 71 Park St., Adams May 31 - June 23: Sean O’Conner, “Vails.”
Gallery hours: Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 22: Opening reception for “Third Annual Juried Photography Show,” 4 to 6 p.m.
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June 22 - July 14: “Third Annual Juried Photography Show,” admission is free, 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
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June 21 - July 28: “River Art Project 3,” featuring art by Bart Elsbach, Michael Filmus, Ann Getsinger, Mary Sipp Green, Scott Prior and Jim Schantz.
Through Oct. 31: Kathleen Jacobs’ “Echos.” Liane Nouri and Jaanika Peerna, “Flow / Flux / Fold.”
Friday, June 21: Opening reception to “River Art Project 3,” 6 to 8 p.m.
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413-243-0745, jacobspillow.org June 3 - Aug. 23: Community Dance Classes, for dancers of all levels ages 16 and up, $10, $55 for a 6-class card, 8 to 9 a.m. Mondays: Pilates; Tuesdays: Ballet; Wednesdays: Modern; Thursdays: Zumba; Fridays in June and August: Hip-Hop; Fridays in July: African Dance. Saturday, June 22: A Taste of the Circus class, all ages and skills, free, 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday, June 23: Sunday Master Class: Circa, for intermediate and advanced dancers ages 16 and up, $20, $100 for a 6-class card, 10 a.m. Register online. Sunday, June 23: Sunday Master Class, Abby Z and the New Utility, for intermediate and advanced dancers ages 16 and up, $20, $100 for a 6-class card, 10 a.m. Register online. Tuesday, June 25: Special Workshop: Flamenco with Briseyda Zarate, for intermediate and advanced dancers ages 16 and up, $20, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Register online. Performances: 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, unless noted. June 19 - 23: Ballet BC dance performance, starting at $45.
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June 1 - 30: Olwen Dowling, “The Past is Present,” oils, watercolors, monoprints. Exhibit on display during scheduled events and by appointment with the artist.
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June 26 - 30: Compania Irene Rodriguez dance performance, starting at $45, 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; 2 p.m. Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Doris Duke Theatre Performances: 8:15 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; 2:15 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, unless noted. June 19 - 23: Circa dance performance, starting at $35, 8:15 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; 2:15 p.m. Sunday.
Authors & Illustrators: Amy Hest, 6:30 p.m. Fridays through June 28: Baby & Me for children under 18 months, 10:15 to 11 a.m., Mason.
June 26 - 30: David Rousseve/REALITY, starting at $35. Inside/Out Stage
Saturday, June 22: Out of this World Family Activity for kids in grades PreK-3, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Legos to the M.A.X., 1:30 p.m. Mason.
Performances: Free, Wednesday through Saturday, 6:15 p.m., unless noted. Thursday, June 20: Luke Hickey.
Tuesdays through June 25: Brain Builders! Play 7 Learn, for children up to 5, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Mason.
Friday, June 21: Micaela Taylor’s TL Collective. Saturday, June 22: The School at Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Ballet Program.
June 24 - 28: Minecraft 5-Day Camp with the Berkshire Food Coop, for kids in grades 4-6, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Mason. Register.
Wednesday, June 26: Briseyda Zarate Flamenco.
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Thursday, June 20: Micaela Taylor’s TL Collective, free, 6 p.m., at the Dance Zone on North St., Pittsfield.
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Thursdays: Farm Friends for children ages 2-5 and their caregivers, meet a farm animal, enjoy a story and make a craft, with admission, 10:30 a.m.
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Talks held in Blake’s Barn. Friday, June 21: “Emily Molnar’s Decade,” free, 5 p.m.
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Saturday, June 22: “Charles Reinhart Returns,” free, 4 p.m. SHEFFIELD CONTRA DANCE Dewey Hall 91 Main St., Sheffield 860-671-0494, sheffieldcontradance.wordpress. com Saturday, June 22: An exciting and exhilarating evening of contra dancing to the music of local artists Cedar Stanistreet on fiddle and Donal Sheets on cello and guitar, $10-15, $8 student, $25 family, beginners lesson at 7:30 p.m., dance from 8 to 11 p.m.
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ART OMI 1405 County Route 22, Ghent, N.Y. 518-392-4747, artomi.org June 24 - Aug. 2: Artgarten, for
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The Annual Cruz Night will be held Friday night, June 21, in North Adams. ages 4-5, $395 per week, $370 for two or more weeks, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 24 - Aug. 2: Camp Omi, for ages 6-13, $395 per week, $370 for two or more weeks, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. BERKSHIRE FILM AND MEDIA COLLABORATIVE Berkshire Community College South County Campus, 343 Main St., Great Barrington June 24 - 28: Filmmaking workshop for 15-19 year olds, $325, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. shop.berkshirecc.edu. BERKSHIRE MUSEUM 39 South St., Pittsfield 413-443-7171, berkshiremuseum. org Tuesdays: WeeMuse Littlest Learners. Children ages 6 to 18 months engage in stories, songs and creative movement every week in this interactive gallery program designed specifically for our youngest museum visitors, 10:30 a.m. Fridays: WeeMuse Adventures. Led by a museum educator, children 18 months to 3 years old explore the museum with their caregivers and learn through songs, stories, scavenger hunts, play time and more, 11 a.m. Saturdays: Chow Time in the Aquarium. Help prepare deli-
cious and nutritious meals for the creatures in the aquarium, including the turtles, fish and the blue-tongue skink, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 22: Kitchen KaBoom, with admission, 11 a.m. Sundays: Discovery Tank Program. Meet the residents of the aquarium’s Discovery Tank and learn about tide pool life in this guided, hands-on gallery program for all ages, 1 p.m. BERKSHIRE NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL
Ozzie’s Steak and Eggs, 26 Maple St., Hinsdale. DALTON CRA 400 Main St., Dalton 413-684-2459, daltoncra.org Ongoing: Family Swim is offered several times throughout the week – schedule available at daltoncra. org. One member of the group needs a CRA general membership and all must wear swim caps.
Tuesday, June 25: Housatonic Flats Nature Exploration Hike, 10:30 a.m. to noon. This property provides important habitat to many Berkshire mammals and birds.
Monday, June 24: The Dalton CRA’s 25th Annual Golf Tournament, to benefit the Dalton Youth Center programming and youth scholarships for camp and sports programs, 12:30 p.m. shotgun start at Wahconah Country Club, Dalton. Register by Monday, June 17.
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Mason Library, 231 Main St.,
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Tuesdays in June: Lego club, 3:15 p.m.
Ramsdell Library, 1087 Main St.,
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CORVETTES OF BERKSHIRE corvettesofberkshire.org Sunday, June 23: 2019 All-Corvette Show, rain date: Sunday, June 30, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., registration begins at 9 a.m. Trophies, bake sale, 50/50 raffle, bucket raffle, to benefit the Pediatric Development Center, at
413-528-2403
100 Main St., Lee leelibrary.org Mondays: Babies and Books, 10:30 a.m. Thursdays: Brain Builders, weekly playgroup for families with young children from ages birth to 5, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 25: A Universe of Songs and Stories Summer Reading kick off, 11 a.m. NATURAL BRIDGE STATE PARK McAuley Road, North Adams Friday, June 21: Kidleidoscope, for ages 3-5, 11 a.m. to noon. Saturdays in June: Discovery Table, 2 to 4 p.m. NIGHT CRUZERS STREET ROD CLUB Friday, June 21: Annual Cruz Night, 6 to 9 p.m., at NAPA Auto Parts, Canal Street, North Adams. NOTCHVIEW RESERVATION Route 9, Windsor 413-200-7262, thetrustees.org
Housatonic
Tuesdays, June 4 - 25: Storytime with goats, $6 child, $3 member child, adults free, 10 to 11 a.m.
413-274-3738, gblibraries.org
OTIS CULTURAL COUNCIL
Thursday, June 20: Hola Amigos Bilingual Playgroup for ages 2 and up, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.; Spacy Eye-Spy Bottles, ages 5 and up, 2 p.m., please register, Mason Library.
townofotisma.com/culturalcouncil
Friday, June 21: A Universe of
Saturday, June 22: Otis Community Event with food trucks and free concert by The Monday Project, open 6 p.m., music from 7 to 9 p.m., Town
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Sunday, June 23: Strawberries will be served on sponge cake or homebaked biscuits with whipped cream, or with ice cream for sundaes. Strawberry-rhubarb pie a la mode and whole strawberry-rhubarb pies will also be sold, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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June 26 - 30: Abby Z and the New Utility dance performance, starting at $35.
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Saturday, June 22: String Quartet Workshop Student Recital, noon. Sunday, June 23: Faculty Recital with Don Lucas, trombone, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, June 26: Faculty Recital with violin, viola, cello, and Junior Strings Intensive faculty, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, June 21: Bill Staines, $25, $20 members.
LICHTENSTEIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Lenox
28 Renne Ave., Pittsfield
Wednesday, June 26: Lady Di & the Dukes, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 20: Local band Be The Seen screens the documentary, “Baraka,” and performs a live score, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 22: The Eagles Trombone Ensemble, music ranging from marches to jazz, free, 7 p.m., Southfield Church, 234 Norfolk Road, Southfield.
PITTSFIELD SUNS 105 Wahconah St., Pittsfield. 413-445-7867, pittsfieldsuns.com June 22 and 24: Home games. SHAKER MUSEUM MOUNT LEBANON 202 Shaker Road, New Lebanon, N.Y. 518-794-9100, shakerml.org
features yoga, world and sacred music, a dance party, a live art show, a place for ceremony, for permaculture, sculptural works, circus arts and clean, on-site camping.
FILM IMAGES CINEMA 50 Spring St., Williamstown imagescinema.org Celebrate Studio Ghibli
Saturday, June 22: Shaker Museum’s annual community picnic, 2 to 6 p.m. This summer Shaker Museum is celebrating the opening of the North Pasture hiking trails, new educational signage, recent landscape restoration and a solo exhibition by artist-in-residence Amie Cunat.
Saturday, June 22: “Howl’s Moving Castle,” 11 a.m. in English.
STEEPLECATS BASEBALL
Colegrove Park, Church Street,
Joe Wolfe Field, 310 State
North Adams
St., North Adams
413-664-6180 Free movies under the stars, starting at dusk.
Sunday, June 23: “Howl’s Moving Castle,” 1 p.m. in English, and 8 p.m., in Japanese with English subtitles.
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NORTH ADAMS MOVIES UNDER THE STARS
413-398-4060, steeplecats.org
UNIFIER CAMPOUT 2019
5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield
Camp Timber Trails, Tolland UnifierFestival.com
413-258-4100, sandisfieldartscenter.org
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June 20 - 23: The annual gathering
Saturday June 22: “Grit: A Film by
Sunday, June 23: SteepleCats v. Upper Valley, $3-7, 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 26: SteepleCats v. Sanford, $3-7, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, June 21: “E.T. - The ExtraTerrestrial,” around 8:30 p.m. SANDISFIELD ARTS CENTER
Cynthia Wade.” This cinematic documentary captures a hardly known yet massive environmental disaster, an unstoppable mudflow in Indonesia believe to be caused by natural gas drilling. Q-and-A with Cynthia Wade to follow the screening, $10, 7 p.m.
MUSIC
Saturday, June 22: Restless Age, $25, $20 members.
Lilac Park, Main Street,
413-442-2782, eaglescommunityband.org
Hall Green, Route 23, Otis.
Troubadour Series Doors open at 6 p.m., shows start at 8 p.m.
EAGLES BAND
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Thursdays: Hootenanny night, $5, $3 members, music begins at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, June 25: Faculty Recital with Solo Strings Faculty, 6:30 p.m.
CONCERTS IN THE PARK
The 2019 Unifier Campout will be held this weekend, starting today, in Tolland.
413-528-1955, guthriecenter.org
Tuesday, June 25: Concert-in-thePark Series, featuring the Eagles Concert Band and the Eagles Trombone Ensemble. The program include selections from “The Music Man,” marches by Sousa and others, a new medley of famous swing tunes and some well-known patriotic medleys, free, Trombone Ensemble at 6:15 p.m., followed by the concert band at 7 p.m., Pittsfield Common, First Street, Pittsfield. GREAT BARRINGTON BANDSTAND Behind Town Hall, Main Street, Great Barrington.
MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS 375 Church St., North Adams 413-662-5227, mcla.edu June 17 - 21: Workshop in Advanced Violin Repair. June 24 - 28: Workshop in Advanced Violin Repair. MOHAWK TRAIL CONCERTS 50th Anniversary Season Summer Festival Federated Church, 175 Main St., Charlemont mohawktrailconcerts.org Saturday, June 22: A Baroque Evening; Yuri Yamkung, violin, Alice Robbins, cello and gamba, Gregory Hayes, harpsichord, $25, children under 16 free, 7:30 p.m. MUSIC FROM SALEM Hubbard Hall,
BERKSHIRE SCENIC RAILWAY
Friday, June 21: Eagles Trombone Ensemble, 5:30 to 7:15 p.m.
4 Hoosac St., Adams
GUTHRIE CENTER
413-663-4189, berkshiretrains. org
2 Van Deusenville Road,
518-232-2347, musicfromsalem. org
Great Barrington
Shows at Hubbard Hall unless
Saturday, June 22: Enjoy an evening rides on the rails with live cabaret singers Ron and Samantha. BYO beverages and snacks. Adults only, $25 per ticket, 7 p.m. departure. BOSTON UNIVERSITY TANGLEWOOD INSTITUTE 617-353-3386, bu.edu/tanglewood Concerts free and open to the public unless noted. Concerts at Trinity Church 88 Walker St., Lenox Thursday, June 20: Faculty Recital with Muir String Quartet, 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 21: French Horn Workshop Student Recital, 10 a.m.; Faculty Recital with Mike Roylance, tuba, 6:30 p.m.
25 E. Main St., Cambridge, N.Y.
Saturday, June 22: Music of the Movies presented by David deVries for the July 7 concert, $10 suggested; for place and time visit musicfromsalem.org. MUSIC MOUNTAIN musicmountain.org Saturday, June 22: New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, 5 p.m.
AND TALKS ADAMS FREE LIBRARY 92 Park St., Adams 413-743-8345, adamslibraryma. org Friday, June 21: Author Archer Mayor to visit the library for a book talk and signing, 6:30 p.m. BARD COLLEGE AT SIMON’S ROCK
CLARK ART INSTITUTE 225 South St., Williamstown 413-458-2303, clarkart.edu Friday, June 21: “Creative Ecologies: Balancing Aesthetics and Stewardship.” During this walk and talk, horticulturist and Clark Grounds Manager Matthew Noyes joins beekeeper Dave Thayer to discuss the balance between aesthetics and sustainable landscape management, free, 6:30 p.m.
The Trustees of Reservations
Friday, June 21: Jennifer Browdy, kicks off “The Alchemy of Purposeful Memoir” workshop, $35, 2 to 4 p.m., at the Friends Meeting House, 280 State Road, Great Barrington.
5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge
BASCOM LODGE
413-298-8138, 413.298.3239 ext. 3013,
3 Summit Road, Adams 413-743-1591
GREAT BARRINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM
thetrustees.org
bascomlodge.net
817 S. Main St., Great Barrington
Thursdays, June 20 - Sept. 12: Naumkeag at Night, $10, $5 members, 5 to 8 p.m.
Sunday, June 23: “Forests and Brain Health,” free, 6 to 7 p.m.
413-591-8702, info@gbhistory.org
TAMARACK HOLLOW NATURE AND CULTURAL CENTER
39 South St., Pittsfield
Sunday, June 23: Cuarteto Latinoamericano and Sally Pinkas, piano. NAUMKEAG
1515-16 Savoy Hollow Road, Windsor tamarackhollownatureandculturalcenter.org/ Mondays: West African & Caribbean drum and song classes with Aimee Gelinas, $10, 6 p.m. beginner, 7 p.m. advanced, at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, 28 Renne Ave., Pittsfield. Drop-in welcome and drums provided. No class June 24.
BERKSHIRE MUSEUM 413-443-7171, berkshiremuseum. org Thursday, July 25: Voices and Visionaries - Climate Scientist Kim Cobb. An evening of delectable food and thoughtful conversation with climate scientist and Pittsfield native Kim Cobb, with other special guests. Additional details at berkshiremuseum.org. BERKSHIRE NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL
TANGLEWOOD
413-499-0596
Boston Symphony Orchestra,
bnrc.org
297 West St., Lenox
Tuesday, June 25: Housatonic Flats Nature Exploration Hike, 10:30 a.m. to noon. This property provides important habitat to many Berkshire mammals and birds.
888-266-1200, bso.org Friday, June 21: Richard Thompson (Solo Acoustic), $20-$69, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall. Sunday June 23: One Day University at Tanglewood “Immigration, Literature and Musical Masterpieces,” featuring Jeffrey Engel, Joseph Luzzi and Anna Celenza, $159, 9:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall. WINDSOR LAKE CONCERTS Intersection of Bradley Street and Kemp Avenue, North Adams. June 5 - Aug. 28: Free concerts every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., cancelled for rain. Kayaking, canoeing, swimming, and fishing are all allowed at the lake.
100 Art School Road, Monterey 413-528-6888, bidwellhousemuseum.org Saturday, June 22: “Retracing Native Histories on the Landscape,” guided walk with Rob Hoogs, $10, children free, can be combined with a house tour for $15 for adults, 1 p.m. THE BOOKSTORE AND GET LIT WINE BAR 11 Housatonic St., Lenox 413-637-3390, bookstoreinlenox.com
Wednesday, June 26: Acoustic Groove.
Thursday, June 20: Steve Nelson, “Gettin’ Home: An Odyssey Through the ‘60s,” 5:30 p.m.
READINGS, WALKS
Saturday, June 22: Frances Bartowski, “An Afterlife,” 4 p.m.
Weekends, June through September: “Businesses Exhibit” free, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. GREAT BARRINGTON LAND CONSERVANCY River Walk, Cottage Street to Bridge Street, Great Barrington Lake Mansfield, Lake Mansfield Road, Great Barrington 414-528-4061, gbland.org Thursdays, June 6 - 27: River Walk Volunteer Workday, a weekly opportunity for community members to contribute to the care of the trail, free, 3 p.m to 5 p.m. Registration suggested: river@gbriverwalk.org.
previous Monday by calling 413-4454872 ext. 10.
JACOB’S PILLOW
LANESBOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY
358 George Carter Road, Becket
83 N. Main St., Lanesborough
413-243-0745, jacobspillow.org
lanesboroughlibrary.weebly.com
PillowTalks
Saturday, June 22: Book signing and reading with Gregory Spatz, author of “What Could Be Saved: Bookmatched Novellas and Stories,” 3 p.m.
Talks held in Blake’s Barn. Friday, June 21: “Emily Molnar’s Decade,” free, 5 p.m. Saturday, June 22: “Charles Reinhart Returns,” free, 4 p.m.
MASS AUDUBON 472 West Mountain Road, Lenox
JEWISH FEDERATION OF THE BERKSHIRES
massaudubon.org/pleasantvalley
196 South St., Pittsfield 413-442-4360, jewishberkshires. org Monday, June 24: Exploring Jewish Humor, “Hershele Ostropolier and The Wise Men of Chelm,” with Yiddish scholar Dick Macht, free, 10:45 a.m., at Knesset Israel, 16 Colt Road, Pittsfield.
Sunday, June 23: Wild Thing 2019 5k/10k Trail Run, $25, 9 to 11 a.m., Register: berkshirerunningcenter. com. Wild Thing’s Guided Walk on the Wild Side, $20, 9 to 9:30 a.m. Register: massaudubon.org/pleasantvalley. MONTEREY COMMUNITY CENTER 468 Main Road, Monterey
KNESSET ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE
413-528-3600
16 Colt Road, Pittsfield
Register for programs: ccmonterey.org
413-445-4872 At Knesset Israel, unless noted. Friday, June 21: Shirei Shabbat, Friday night family-friendly Kabbalat Shabbat service, $20 dinner, $15 teens, children are free. RSVP by the
Saturday, June 22: Saving The Season - Canning and Preserving with instructor Kevin West, free, 10 a.m. to noon. THE MOUNT
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GREEN FIRE WRITERS 413-329-3232; jennifer@jenniferbrowdy.com Friday, June 21: Solstice memoir writing workshop with Jennifer Browdy, “Seeking Joy,” $25, 2 - 4 p.m., Church on the Hill Annex, 55 Main St., Lenox. HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE 1843 W. Housatonic St., Pittsfield 413-443-0188, hancockshakervillage.org Saturday, June 22: A bread basketmaking workshop, $40, plus $25 materials, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 23: Goat yoga, bring a mat, a towel and an open mind, $25, $22.50 members, 10 a.m. HOUSATONIC RIVER WALK gbriverwalk.org Saturday, June 22: “Heartflow – Honoring the Housatonic River,” a community celebration/proces-
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY STEPHEN SONDHEIM BOOK BY JAMES LAPINE ORIGINALLY DIRECTED ON BROADWAY BY JAMES LAPINE ORCHESTRATIONS BY JONATHAN TUNICK MUSICAL DIRECTION BY DARREN R. COHEN DIRECTED BY JOE CALARCO
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BIDWELL HOUSE MUSEUM
Wednesday, June 26: Summer Book Club – Gertrude Stein’s “The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas,” free, 7 p.m. Reservations accepted four weeks before each session at clarkart.edu or 413-458-0524.
sion/ceremony along Housatonic River Walk, 2 to 4 p.m., beginning at Stanley Park.
Photo by Eric KorEnman
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Edith Wharton’s Home
org
2 Plunkett St., Lenox
In Plain Site
413-551-5111
Monthly history walks in different neighborhoods.
edithwharton.org Sundays, June 16 - Aug. 25: Backstairs Tours, learn about the daily routines of the men and women who ran The Mount, $23, $7 members, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays through July: Guided bird walks, free, 8 to 10 a.m. Registration required. Information: massaudubon. org/programs. Wednesdays, June 12 - Sept. 4: Ghost Tours, take a guided tour of the most haunted parts of the estate, $24, $20 ages 12-18, 7:30 p.m. NATURAL BRIDGE STATE PARK McAuley Road, North Adams Wednesdays in June: Nice n’ Easy Walk, 10 to 11 a.m. Saturdays in June: Natural Bridge History Tour, 10 a.m. and noon. Sundays in June: Natural Bridge History Tour, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Building the Bridge, noon. NAUMKEAG The Trustees of Reservations 5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge 413-298-8138, 413-298-3239 ext. 3013, thetrustees.org Through Oct. 14: The Naumkeag Experience, $20, free members, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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TANGLEWOOD Boston Symphony Orchestra, 297 West St., Lenox 888-266-1200, bso.org
take a chance on love. Preview: $47; Tickets: $56. Unicorn Theatre.
THEATER
BERKSHIRE PLAYWRIGHTS LAB
CHESTER THEATRE COMPANY
ARROWHEAD
413-528-2544, berkshireplaywrightslab.org
Town Hall Theatre, 15 Middlefield
Wednesday, June 26: “The Dropoff,” staged reading of a new play written by James A. Tyler, directed by Kym Moore, $15, 7:30 p.m. at Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St., Great Barrington.
413-354-7771
780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield 413-442-1793, berkshirehistory. org June 18 - 20: Maryann Sherman’s play, “Mr. Noble Melancholy,” starring John Trainor as Nathaniel Hawthorne, $20, $15 members, 7 p.m.
Colonial Theatre, 111 South St.,
Bard College at Simon’s Rock’s
Pittsfield
Daniel Arts Center 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington
413-997-4444, berkshiretheatregroup.org
barringtonpublictheater.org
Fitzpatrick Main Stage,
TEMPLE ANSHE AMUNIM
June 13 - 23: “Breakwater,” by artistic director Jim Frangione, directed by Kelly Galvin. Set in 1990 Cape Cod, “Breakwater” is the story of Bobbi Herring, a combustible, 28-year-old taxi driver struggling to overcome the deep wounds of her past and solve her life’s biggest question. And then JFK suddenly appears in the backseat of her cab. $25/$30. Showtimes and tickets online.
83 East Main St., Stockbridge
26 Broad St., Pittsfield 413-442-5910, ansheamunim.org Thursdays, June through August: Rabbi Liz Hirsh leads guided meditation and light yoga for all ages and abilities, no prior experience or athletic clothing necessary, free, 1:15 p.m. Saturdays, June 1 - Aug. 30: Torah Plus: Shabbat Morning Study, 9:30 a.m. Saturday, June 22: Spiritual Physical Fitness, “Mindfulness,” Rabbi Liz Hirsch and other guest teachers lead a Shabbat morning experience to include light yoga and meditation, free, 10:30 a.m.
BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY Boyd-Quinson Mainstage 30 Union St., Pittsfield St. Germain Stage 36 Linden St., Pittsfield 413-236-8888,
NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM
104 Walker St., Lenox
9 Glendale Road, Stockbridge
413-637-3206, gildedage.org
413-298-4100, nrm.org
Tuesday, June 25: Tea & Talk, “The Tragic Story of the Majestic Normandie Ocean Liner,” with author Rene Silvin, $28 members/advance reservation, $32 day of, 4 p.m.
June 14 - 30: “America v. 2.1: The Sad Demise & Eventual Extinction of The American Negro,” by Stacey Rose, directed by Logan Vaughn. A provocative, funny and dark look at Black Americans in post-apocalyptic America. Word premiere, Bonnie and Terry Burman New Play Award Grant Prize Winner. Performances: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, matinee Sundays and June 22, 27, 29 at 3 p.m., no evening show June 30. Sold out June 20. Talkback June 15. St. Germain Stage. $15-$50.
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HOMESTEAD 207 Bryant Road, Cummington
OTIS CULTURAL COUNCIL
thetrustees.org
townofotisma.com/culturalcouncil
Saturday, June 22: William Cullen Bryant: Poet, Editor & Conservationist, $10, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
STOCKBRIDGE LIBRARY, MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES 46 Main St., Stockbridge 413-298-5501, stockbridgelibrary.
BERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP
BARRINGTON PUBLIC THEATER
barringtonstageco.org
Wednesday, June 26: “Cell Block Visions: Set Free in the Penitentiary,” talk and slide show by artist and author Phyllis Kornfeld about her experiences working with incarcerated men and women. Powerful artwork and candid words of the artists themselves. 7 p.m., Otis Town Library & Museum, 48 N. Main Road, Otis Center. Parental guidance suggested.
Road, Chester
Sunday June 23: One Day University at Tanglewood “Immigration, Literature and Musical Masterpieces,” featuring Jeffrey Engel, Joseph Luzzi and Anna Celenza, $159, 9:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall.
VENTFORT HALL
Sunday, June 23: “My Adventures as an Illustrator,” book launch for the re-release of Norman Rockwell’s classic 1960 autobiography, with special guest and book editor Abigail Rockwell, Norman’s granddaughter, 1 p.m., book signing, 2 p.m.
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Saturday June 22: “Sergeant Street: Remember Tom Carey,” $5 suggested donation, 4 p.m.
p.m., and Sunday at 5 p.m. BoydQuinson Mainstage. $15-$75.
Edwards Richmond, 5:30 p.m.
WORDXWORD FESTIVAL WordXWordFestival.com Monday, June 24: Poets Creating Conversation, “Different in America.” Poets explore what it means to be “different” and who gets to decide what different is, free, 7 p.m., Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield. WRITERS READ Lee Library, 100 Main St., Lee Tuesday, June 25: Catherine Stearns, Richard Wollman, and Susan
June 19 - July 13: “Into the Woods,” music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine, directed by Joe Calarco. A childless baker and his wife endeavor to lift their family curse by journeying into the woods where they encounter Rapunzel and her mother, Cinderella, Jack (of Beanstalk fame), Little Red Riding Hood and other classic fairy tale characters. Their stories become entangled in unexpected ways – revealing what happens after “happily ever after.” Performances: Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 p.m., Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m., Wednesday and Friday at 2
Unicorn Theatre, 6 East St., Stockbridge June 19 - July 13: “Outside Mullingar,” from the Pulitzer, Tony and Oscar award-winning author of “Doubt” and “Moonstruck,” John Patrick Shanley, directed by Karen Allen. With the years slipping away, middleaged farmers Anthony and Rosemary will need to overcome a bitter land feud, family rivalries and their own romantic fears to find happiness. Set in rural Ireland, this tender-hearted story reminds us it’s never too late to
chestertheatre.org Show times are 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. Talkbacks follow Thursday and Saturday matinees. Cast conversations follow Friday evening performances. Panel discussions featuring outside experts take place after the first Sunday matinee of each play. June 20 - 30: “The Night Alive,” by Conor McPherson, directed by Daniel Elihu Kramer. Tommy rents a single room in his Uncle Maurice’s Dublin house. Doc, a friend with whom Tommy does odd jobs, bunks in, and the two scrape by in the disheveled, messy bedsit, untethered and without direction. The “routine” is disrupted when Tommy saves a young prostitute, named Aimee, from an assault and brings her back to the house to get herself together. She stays, shaking up the group dynamics, especially when her boyfriend shows up. $42.50. GHOSTLIT REPERTORY THEATRE COMPANY
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A NEW MUSICAL AT BARRINGTON STAGE!
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Shakespeare & Company’s “The Waverly Gallery” runs through July 14. St. James Place, 352 Main St. Great Barrington ghostlitrep@gmail.com, ghostlitrep.com Wednesday, June 26: “Peter and the Starcatcher” (Regional Premiere), directed by Harrison Lang and Caitlin Teeley, $20, 8 p.m. MAC-HAYDN THEATRE 1925 NY-203, Chatham, N.Y. 518-392-9292, machaydntheatre. org Performances: Thursdays at 2 and 8 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 4 and 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 and 7 p.m., and Wednesdays at 2 p.m., unless noted.
SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY 70 Kemble St., Lenox 413-637-3353 For performance times, visit shakespeare.org. May 23 - July 14: “The Waverly Gallery,” by Kenneth Lonergan, di-
THEATER BARN 654 Route 20, New Lebanon, N.Y. 518-794-8989, thetheaterbarn. org Performances: 8 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, 4 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. $27-$29. June 21 - 30: “Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery.” A murderously funny adventure in which Holmes and Watson try to escape a dizzying web of clues, silly accents, disguises and deceit as five actors portray more than 40 characters. WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL ‘62 Center for Theatre and Dance,
1000 Main St., Williamstown 413-458-3253, wtfestival.org Showtimes and tickets online. June 25 - July 13: “A Raisin in the Sun,” by Lorraine Hansberry, directed by Robert O’Hara. Lena Younger (S. Epatha Merkerson) and her son, Walter Lee (Francois Battiste), are at odds. Lena wants to use her late husband’s life insurance to move her family out of their cramped apartment on Chicago’s South Side. Walter Lee would rather use the funds to start a business and become an independent man. As their dispute intensifies, the powerful and destructive forces of 1950s America come knocking at the Youngers’ front door. Main Stage. June 26 - July 7: “A Human Being, Of A Sort,” by Jonathan Payne, directed by Whitney White. It’s 1906, and at the Bronx Zoological Park, an African-American convict named “Smokey” (Andre Braugher) is guarding the zoo’s most sensational exhibit: Ota Benga (Antonio Michael Woodard), a Congolese pygmy. As the public’s fascination intensifies and protestors call for Ota’s release, Smokey must grapple with the fact that his own freedom depends on another black man’s captivity. Nikos Stage.
JULY 28 AT 7 PM
TAVERN AT THE A , PITTSFIELD SPONSORED IN PART BY WUPE/WBEC FM
Inviting local, amateur bands to showcase their talents and win great prizes! The “battle” will take place on Sunday, July 28. It will be an exciting night of music, laughter and a performance by Impending Doom singing “Sinking Into Oblivion,” one of the signature songs in Fall Springs.
Hosted by 95.9’s Bryan Slater and Cheryl Adams from WUPE FM. To apply for a space in our lineup, please contact:
BattleOfTheBands@BarringtonStageCo.org or call (413) 997-6108.
BARRINGTONSTAGECO.ORG
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June 20 - 30: “Sunset Boulevard.” Based on the hit film, this stunning score brings the tragic Norma Desmond to life as she stages her comeback. With the help of downand-out screenwriter, Joe Gillis, the stage is set for romance, jealousy, mystery and tragedy. $15-$39.50.
rected by Tina Packer. Once a vibrant lawyer, Greenwich Village activist and family matriarch, Gladys Green has run a charming boutique art gallery on Waverly Place for decades, but now stands to lose its tenancy, as her world shrinks through loss of memory and hearing. Gladys’ family struggles to cope with her fading faculties in this Pulitzer Prize finalist for drama. As told from her grandson’s perspective, this powerful story sheds a lasting and humorous light on how our familial roles get inevitably refashioned over time, and quietly challenges us to examine how we look after each other. Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre.
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SAVE OUR PARADE FUNDRAISER FOR THE PITTSFIELD 4TH OF JULY PARADE
Tavern At The A June 23
12:00 pm - 7:00 pm Pasta dinner, Raffles and 50/50 all proceeds will support the parade
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Pete Boyd 12:30 to 1:30 Mr Doubtfire 1:45 to 2:45 F Bomb 3 to 4 Live Wire 4:15 to 5:15 Members of Whiskey City/ Hotshot Hillbillies 5:30 to 6:30 Tickets $20 • Kids 12 & under Free Buy Tickets Here https://www.pittsfieldparade.com/ event/rock-the-4th-save-our-parade/ Checks made payable to Pittsfield Parade Committee media sponsor: