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Cross the border at Mass MoCA ‘Them and Us’ to open ... Page 4 A chat with Goo Goo Dolls’ bassist ... Page 3 Fab Faux to take the stage ... Page 8 PHOTO PROVIDED BY KAELAN BURKETT VIA MASS MOCA

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Folk fans, this is for you

The fair is in town!

‘Moby-Dick’ fans unite!

Celebrate 90 years of fun

A weekend of great music

Snuggle up ... with a goat

Jacob’s Pillow’s Inside/Out Stage has free performances all summer. Don’t miss Liv Schaffer tonight, or catch Ebony Williams Choreography & Dancers tomorrow, 6:15 p.m., 358 George Carter Road, Becket.

Yann Falquet and Keith Murphy will perform at Dewey Hall, 91 Main St., Sheffield, tonight at 7:30 p.m. The duo create a fresh sound of guitars along with mandolin and mandola for a mix of traditional songs Tickets are $25.

Don’t miss the 45th annual Adams Agricultural Fair, featuring Touch a Truck, the rodeo and more, gates open at 5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday, 371 Old Columbia St., Adams.

It’s back! The annual marathon reading of “MobyDick” begins Friday at 10 a.m. and continues through Monday at Arrowhead, 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield.

Grab your copy and read along.

Mass Audubon is celebrating it’s 90th Anniversary with free programs Saturday, beginning with birding at 8 a.m., Fantastic Fungi at noon, Animals A to Z at 4 and a party at 5:30 p.m. Events may require registration.

Bang on a Can’s LOUD Weekend kicks off Friday and goes all weekend, with performances by Bang on a Can All Stars, Michael Riesman, Soo-Yeon Lyuh, Dither and more.

Daily and weekend tickets available.

Could there be anything more fun than storytime with goats? Bring your kids, Tuesday at 10 a.m. $6, adults free, Notchview, Route 9, Windsor. After visiting with the goats, snack and storytime will be held in the lodge.

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AUGUST 3 SATURDAY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Carol Reich Memorial Concert 8pm, Shed Asher Fisch, conductor Pinchas Zukerman, violin Amanda Forsyth, cello Music of SCHUMANN, Avner DORMAN, BEETHOVEN and MENDELSSOHN AUGUST 4 SUNDAY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The George W. and Florence N. Adams Concert 2:30pm, Shed Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor Yefim Bronfman, piano Music of RACHMANINOFF and SIBELIUS TLI—CINEMATICS/FULL TILT TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER 7pm, Linde Center Special Event Fellows of the Tanglewood Music Center Selections from John CAGE Song Books AUGUST 5 MONDAY POPULAR ARTISTS SERIES 7pm, Shed Train and Goo Goo Dolls with Allen Stone TANGLEWOOD MUSIC CENTER 8pm, Ozawa Hall TMC Chamber Orchestra TMC Vocal and Conducting Fellows Works by HAYDN, EISLER, and TCHAIKOVSKY AUGUST 6 TUESDAY RECITAL SERIES The Dr. Beth Sackler and Mr. Jeffrey Cohen Concert 8pm, Ozawa Hall Emanuel Ax, piano Leonidas Kavakos, violin Yo-Yo Ma, cello ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM

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ith hits “Iris” and “Slide,” the Goo Goo Dolls’ sixth studio album, “Dizzy Up the Girl,” established the rock band as one of the biggest acts in music by the end of the 20th century.

The songs are still plenty popular; in 2018, John Rzeznik and Robby Takac celebrated the record’s 20th anniversary with a North American tour. Now, the the band is the midst of some more concert dates with Train and singer-songwriter Allen Stone after releasing its latest single, “Miracle Pill.” The song is the title track of the group’s next full-length album, which will be out in September, according to Takac. Before the Goo Goo Dolls, Train and Stone perform at Tanglewood on Monday (7 p.m.), The Eagle asked the bassist about the band’s new music, its old hits and his affinity for PEZ dispensers. The interview has been edited for length.

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Train sometimes, too.

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You have this new single out, “Miracle Pill.” For you, what is this song about?

Well, John wrote the song with a friend of his, but the song basically attacks the need for immediacy that everybody seems to have right now.

Everybody’s looking for a quick fix these days. And more than that, everybody’s offering a quick fix. I think it’s just an overview of that whole idea.

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What are some other themes and topics that will be explored on the rest of the record?

As with most of our records, it’s just the things that have been happening to us since the last time we put pen to paper. But I think that there’s a parallel that happens between people’s experiences, as these things go on, that people can relate to, just based on the larger things that go on in our country and our world. I think it’s a lot of relatable topics: the need for people to fit in, the inevitable passing of time and the things that come with that, those types of things.

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We’re now more than 20 years removed from the release of “Dizzy Up the Girl.” In past interviews, John said he doesn’t mind playing the hits from that album.

How do you feel about it?

Well, it was interesting playing the whole record. We had never done anything like that before; we went out and did a whole U.S. tour of just playing that album and had a whole

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Bassist Robby Takac will perform with his band the Goo Goo Dolls on Monday evening at Tanglewood. bunch of deep cuts, kind of revisiting that record. We play an awful lot of it every night, anyway. You know, half that record did pretty well for us, so we play a lot of that record, anyway.

But going deep on the record sort of puts you more in the head space of where you were at the time, when you’re going deeper into the songs, some that we had never ever played live before. So, I think it really gave the songs that we had been playing for an awfully long time, nightly, night after night after night, I think it gave them a different feel when we combined them with the rest of the thoughts that we had as we were putting that record out.

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I read somewhere that you collect PEZ dispensers. Is that

true?

Yeah! I’ve been collecting them for years, actually, but I had a kid about six years ago, so I started to slow down a little bit. So, I’m not quite the rabid collector that I was, but I still have them all in my life in almost every drawer of my house. So, yes.

How many do you have?

Thousands, probably 3,000, I have.

Most of them are in boxes now, though, unfortunately. They’ve been in jail for the last few years. I’ve been moving around a lot, and I’m pretty busy with a lot of stuff. But I sure do love PEZ, man.

Benjamin Cassidy can be reached at bcassidy@berkshireeagle.com, at @bybencassidy on Twitter and 413-496-6251.

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You’re in the midst of this tour with Train. How much interaction is there between you guys and Pat [Monahan] and his crew?

Everybody’s so unbelievably nice on this trip. Really, it’s crazy. It’s like a love fest. A lot of these summer tours, there’s a lot of personalities, man. You know, it’s three bands, and it’s their crews and all the PA people and the lighting people and the stage managers and blah, blah, blah, blah.

There’s just so many people running around backstage, and it’s always pretty evident in the first week how the next few months of your life are going to be. This has been great since the beginning, really. Everybody’s super kind. Everybody’s been doing it for a long time and just trying to make it easy for everybody. ... John goes out every once and a while and sings a song with those guys, and Allen Stone actually sings a song with

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BORDER WALL comes to Mass MoCA NORTH ADAMS — For the major-

ity of Americans, the building of a permanent wall along the U.S.-Mexico border is still an abstract concept. But in many places, such as San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, the wall is a long-standing reality.

There, the San Ysidro Port of Entry, the largest land border crossing between the two communities, is part of everyday life for residents and commuters on both sides of the wall. It is this wall that Marcos Ramirez, the artist known as ERRE (a nod to the rolled ‘r’ of Spanish) is bringing to the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art as part of his exhibition, “Them and Us / Ellos Y Nosotros,” opening Saturday.

And it is through “Of Fence,” his sculptural recreation of the weathered, metal barricade of San Ysidro that museum-goers will have to pass through to see the rest of his show.

The exhibition, in Building B6, is meant to simulate crossing the border. Viewers who cross through the wall will find themselves confronted with the same questions people entering the U.S. are asked. The difference will be that the questions won’t be asked directly to those entering the show. Instead, they will be displayed in vinyl letters on the windows and door leading into the gallery.

“When I mention this piece to people, everybody agrees, even if they are U.S. citizens with five generations in the United States, they feel uncomfortable when they are asked all of these very personal questions,” Ramirez said during an interview at the museum. “Maybe we’ll lose some viewers as they approach, or maybe they will become more curious and they will come in.”

The decision to enter the gallery will be “very intentional,” Susan Cross, curator

MARCOS RAMIREZ, THE ARTIST T KNOWN AS ERRE, INSTALLS “OF F FENCE,” A SCULPTURAL REPLICA A OF THE BORDER WALL BETWEEN N SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA, MEXICO, O, PART OF “THEM AND US/ ELLOS S Y NOSOTROS,” WHICH OPENS AT T MASS MOCA ON SATURDAY. Y. PHOTO PROVIDED BY KAELAN N BURKETT VIA MASS MOCA A

of visual arts, said.

Ramirez, who splits his time between his home in San Diego and a family home in Tijuana, where he has a studio, created “Of Fence,” for the show “unDocumenta” at the Oceanside Museum of Art in Oceanside, Calif. Like the majority of his work, the piece explores cultural, economic and political issues between the U.S. and Mexico, as well as the impact the wall and the border crossing has on individuals and families.

“This show is about the U.S.- Mexico border in this small way; about divisions nationally, internationally,” Cross said. “But right now, ‘Them and Us’ really speaks to this very divisive moment in our culture in the U.S. We’re very much experiencing us and them.”

The show, she said, is a cross-section of new and older works, which look at the real impact of borders on human lives — separating families and creating divides both literally and figuratively, whether they be physical, political or economic.

“It is said that San Ysidro has always been a laboratory of things that are going to happen [along the U.S. border], eventually,” Ramirez said of the border crossing.

“As the world advances or ages, the problems, instead of being contained, are expanding, extending and replicating in many other places. Like now, we have this ominous wall in the territories of the Gaza Strip, between the Palestinians and the Israelis.”

Upon entering the gallery

Artist recreates wall to give viewers feeling of crossing the border

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‘THEM AND US / ELLOS Y NOSOTROS’

Williamstown, Massachusetts clarkart.edu Renoir: The Body, The Senses is organized by the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, and the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas. This exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. The Clark’s summer 2019 exhibitions and programs are made possible in part by generous support from Denise Littlefield Sobel. Major contributors to the presentation of Renoir: The Body, The Senses at the Clark are Robert and Martha Berman Lipp, Acquavella Galleries, and the Robert Lehman Foundation.

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Marcos Ramirez, the artist known as ERRE, installs “Of Fence,” a sculptural replica of the border wall between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, part of “Them and Us/ Ellos Y Nosotros,” which opens at Mass MoCA on Saturday.

“Toy-an horse,” a play on the Trojan horse, was exhibited at the U.S.-Mexico border in 1997 as part of InSite, an international art festival that takes place in both Tijuana and San Diego. The heads of the piece, now charred, are on display as part of “”Them and Us/ Ellos Y Nosotros,” which opens at Mass MoCA on Saturday.

that houses the exhibit, viewers will come upon a entryway separated by a chain-link fence. Here, they will make a choice to take one of two paths — one labeled “US,” the other labeled, “THEM.” The set up, Ramirez said, is similar to that of crossing through U.S. Customs and Border Protections entry points, which divide people into U.S. citizens/permanent residents and “visitors” or “Us” and “Them.” (The “US” sign, he said, can also be read as the abbreviation for the United States.)

“Once inside, you have two territories: one that deals with the policies and politics of the United States and one that deals with the reality of Mexico, as I see it,” he said.

Among the pieces is a set of prison uniforms designed for a family of four, including orange jumpsuits for a 12-year-old child and a 6-month-old baby.

“It’s very simple. It’s about

language and powerful imagery that is both cerebral and emotional at the same time.

Getting a viewer to think about his work is a very important part of each piece.

“My posture and most of the reason behind my work is to make people think by themselves and analyze, to provide positions that they may not be too familiar with — what Mexicans and their neighbors in the world see — present that and let them come up with their own ideas,” Ramirez said. “I think instead of imposing, you have to educate people.

A better way to educate people is helping them think for themselves; teaching them to come up with their own conclusions derived from their own analysis ... Most of the times, it is healthy. We have to have a very civilized way of discussing things. The moment we become fanatics, in any direction, we have already lost.”

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the criminalization of families,” he said.

Another piece, “The Presidential Bed,” a mahogany bed set on an oval “carpet” made up of 500 pounds of yellow corn with a “mattress” of nails in the shape of map of Mexico, explores the political history of the country.

“The yellow corn is pre-colonial Mexico. The bed represents colonial Mexico, the marriage between the wheat and the corn [representing the blending of Spanish and Mexican traditions]. And the mattress is present day Mexico, with all these spikes to represent all the dangers in my country,” he said.

Other pieces deal with the current political atmosphere in Mexico, the political relationship between the U.S. and Mexican governments, immigration and stereotypes.

Ramirez, Cross said, uses his work to make abstract ideas palpable by marrying

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Beatles archaeology: Fab Faux to reprise ‘Abbey Road’ at Mahaiwe

BY TELLY HALKIAS

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GREAT BARRINGTON — The Beatles have been imitated in so many ways by retrospective groups, but perhaps no act on stage today works harder at the exact reproduction of the Beatles’ sound as the New York-based Fab Faux.

The five-member band is bringing its exacting brand of musical accuracy to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m. Friday with a performance of the original Fab Four’s final recorded album, “Abby Road.” The concert will also include a set of other favorites, all accompanied by the Hogshead Horns and the Crème Tangerine Strings.

Now in their 20th year performing together, The Fab Faux is made up of longtime music professionals who have had long careers in their own right. The band consists of bassist Will Lee, guitarist Jimmy Vivino, lead-singing drummer/producer Rich Pagano, guitarist Frank Agnello and multi-instrumentalist Jack Petruzzelli.

The concert is a 50th anniversary celebration of the album’s 1969 recording and release, according to Petruzzelli, who explained that people often mistake the order of Beatles albums.

“Because ‘Let It Be’ was released in 1970, after ‘Abbey Road,’ people think it was the Beatles’ last time together,” Petruzzelli said. “But the last time the band got together to record an album was for ‘Abbey Road.’ That was 50 years ago.”

Speaking to the band’s unique approach over two decades, and reputation in performance accuracy and the intricacies of the Beatles’ production methods, Petruzzelli said there is nothing wrong with seeing a Beatles tribute band that “dresses up like them and does those sorts of things, but that’s not something we wanted to do.”

He added that given The Fab Faux members’ careers as session players and touring musicians, and having a love for the music, they “wanted to treat the Beatles’ songs as if it were classical music.”

“So, if you see a chamber orchestra or string quar-

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The Fab Faux will perform Friday evening in Great Barrington, bringing their exact take on the legendary Beatles. tet play Beethoven, Bach, Handel or Haydn, they are not taking liberties with the music,” Petruzzelli said. “Yes, certain conductors can bring something different and there is leeway, but it’s not improvisation. Given the Beatles’ history not just as songwriters, but as musicians, and also the ground breaking sonics of the recordings they were making, it’s a whole pack-

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The Fab Faux, Petruzzelli continued, want to replicate that whole package. This means capturing “not just the joy of the Beatles’ music, but also the fine details of the instrumentation, of the right harmonies, and the right arrangements.”

His fellow Fab Faux member, Rich Pagano, agreed with Petruzzelli, saying the

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Beatles were akin to the great classical masters and that such a level of accomplishment should be emulated to the last letter.

Both musicians said that such detail involved things like knowing exactly where a given recording microphone was placed in a studio in 1969, and doing it the same way today to best capture the Beatles sound.

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In this way, Pagano went on to compare the original Fab Four to master painters.

“The only way to understand the great masters is to replicate them exactly, every color, every shade, every stroke, finish it, and throw it away,” Pagano said. “And then go again and you’ll get to see your personality injected into the music. In my opinion, after 20 years we are the only band that has done archaeology on this level.”

In doing so, Pagano claims that his group has “painstakingly pulled every note, every amp, and every microphone apart to make this work.”

“We have chased down every detail and rehearse If you go ... exactly the way it should What: Fab Faux – a celebration be rehearsed to produce a sound like what’s on of the 50th anniversary of Abbey the album,” Pagano said. Road “I hope people feel like When: 8 p.m. Friday, Aug.2 they’ve been to an inWhere: Mahaiwe Performing Arts credible Beatles event that transcends most Center, 14 Castle St., Great Barconcerts they will go to rington this year.”

Cost: $38-$111 For his part, PetruzInformation: 413-528-0100 or zelli closed in saying that the audience was in for a www.mahaiwe.org sound that is as true and faithful to the original as the Fab Faux can achieve.

“I want people who come to our shows to walk away happy,” Petruzzelli said. “To feel fulfilled in that they got to hear some of their favorite music, and hear it in a satisfying way.”

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Miniature, Aquarium, Berkshire Backyard, Curiosity Incubator, Feigenbaum Hall of Innovation, Rocks and Minerals, Window on the World.

BARN GALLERY AT STONOVER FARN

Through Sept. 8: “Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion.�

169 Under Mountain Road, Lenox

Through Sept. 29: “Objects and Their Stories: Shoes.�

CLARK ART INSTITUTE

Through Sept. 8: “Amy Myers: The Opera Inside the Atom, Large Scale Drawings 2007- 2008.�

413-458-2303, clarkart.edu

Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

July 3 - Aug. 22: “Talk to Me: contemporary ďŹ gurative sculpture by Beckie Kravetz.â€?

BERNAY FINE ART

Fridays, July 12 - Aug. 16: Beckie Kravetz sculpts in the gallery, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

325 Stockbridge Road,

BECKET ARTS CENTER

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7 Brooker Hill Road, Becket

Hours: Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.

413-623-6635, becketartscenter. org

Great Barrington

225 South St., Williamstown Admission: $20, children under 18 free.

June 8 - Sept. 15: Janet Cardiff’s 2001 sound sculpture, “The Forty Part Motet.�

June 8 - Sept. 22: “Renoir: The Body, The Senses.� 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.

159 E. Main St., North Adams 413-664-9550, BAMuseum.org

CHESTERWOOD

Summer hours: Noon to 5 p.m.

Wednesday to Sunday.

4 Williamsville Road, Stockbridge 413-298-3579, chesterwood.org

July 4 - Oct. 6: “Ida O’Keeffe: Escaping Georgia’s Shadow� brings together 35 paintings, prints, and photographs exploring the artist’s mastery of color and composition, as well as her complex relationship with sister and the effect it had on her life and professional aspirations.

Admission: $5, $3 seniors, students and children ages 6-12, free for Berkshire County residents, children and donors.

Hours: Open daily through Oct. 27, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Guided tours depart at 11 a.m., noon, 1 and 2 p.m. Open touring from 10 to 11 a.m. and 3 to 5

July 4 - Oct. 14: “Art’s Biggest Stage: Collecting the Venice Biennale, 2007–2019.� The Clark’s unparalleled collection of material

BERKSHIRE ART MUSEUM

On view: Eric Rudd’s Iceberg Installation, Robotic Sculpture, and “Berkshire Art Museum Annex – A Chapel for Humanity,â€? a massive sculptural epic with 150 life-sized ďŹ gures, 250 low-relief ceiling ďŹ gures and a Sept.

11 Memorial Garden, ďŹ rst opened in 2001. “Not Just Another Pretty Pictureâ€? group show; also exhibiting “Dark Matterâ€? and “Death of a Loved One - 1890s Fashion: Collection of Greg Lafave.â€?

BERKSHIRE BOTANICAL GARDEN 5 W. Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge

June 1 - Sept. 30: “Shimmering Flowers: Nancy Lorenz’s Lacquer and Bronze Landscapes,� with admission, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

June 1 - Oct. 11: “Contained Exuberance,� with admission, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

June 9 - Oct. 11: Lucy’s Garden, a whimsical topiary collection, with admission, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

produced for the Venice Biennale explores questions of nationhood, identity and spectacle.

perspective, with admission, 10:30 a.m. Registration required: clarkart. edu or 413-458-0524.

July 6 - Aug. 25: “I Am a Part of Art,� CATAs annual art exhibit, free admission, Hunter Studio, Lunder Center at Stone Hill.

Wednesdays, July 10 - Aug. 31: Works on Paper Highlights Talk in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper, ďŹ rst-come, ďŹ rst-served, free, 1 p.m. Limited to 20 people.

Tuesdays, July 9- Aug. 31: Open hours, explore the Clark’s permanent collection of prints, drawings and photographs, free, 1 to 4 p.m. Each Tuesday, a changing display related to the next day’s Works on Paper Highlights Talk will be on view.

ArtMaking

Gallery Talks

Mondays, July 8 - Aug. 31: Soundscapes - What does a drawing sound like? What does music look like?

Sketch and reect in “Janet Cardiff: The Forty Part Motet,â€? with admission, 1 to 4 p.m. Monday.

July 1 - Aug. 31: Highlights of the Permanent Collection gallery talk, with admission, 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. daily.

Thursdays, July 11 - Aug. 31: Figure Drawing: Drop-in drawing from a live model, materials provided, with admission, 1 to 4 p.m.

July 1 - Aug. 31: Docent-led gallery talk exploring “Renoir: The Body, The Senses,� with admission, 10:15 a.m., 1:15 and 3:15 p.m. daily.

Fridays, July 12 - Aug. 31: Zine workshop, create your own 8-page scene on the theme “May you live in interesting times,� the theme for the 2019 Venice Biennale, materials provided, with admission, 1 to 4 p.m.

July 8 - Aug. 31: Docent-led gallery talk exploring “Ida O’Keeffe: Escaping Georgia’s Shadow,� with admission, 3:30 p.m. daily.

Mondays, July 8 - Aug. 31: Reections Gallery Talk. Following Community Tai Chi, spend the morning in the galleries during Reections, a weekly gallery experience that invites visitors to look within and approach the familiar from a new

COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS CATAarts.org July 6 - Aug. 25: CATA’s Annual Art Show “I Am a Part of Art,� featuring vibrant paintings, drawings and sculpture by CATA artists with disabilities, Clark Art Institute’s Lunder

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Weekends in August: Sculpture classes with the New England Sculptors Association. Registration is required. Check online for further information.

Through Aug. 10: “Summertime,� group show featuring works by Janet Rickus, Joan Griswold, Huguette Martel, Katia Santibanez, Jean Claude Goldberg, Geoff Young, and more.

Aug. 3 - 18: Members exhibition.

Opening reception, Aug. 3, 2 to 4 p.m.

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BERKSHIRE MUSEUM 39 South St., PittsďŹ eld 413-443-7171, berkshiremuseum. org Ongoing: Animals of the World in

www.berkshirecraftsfair.org 413.528.3346

92 Hawthorne St., Lenox

ECLIPSE MILL GALLERY

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.

eclipsemill.com/gallery 243 Union St., North Adams Hours: Thursdays to Mondays, noon to 6 p.m.

Through Aug. 3: “Before and After: The Arts of Ken Morgan and Zahra Nazari.�

FERRIN CONTEMPORARY 1315 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams 413-346-4004, ferrincontemporary.com July 6 - Aug. 10: Jason Walker, “Personal Encounters.�

FIRST FRIDAYS ARTSWALK Downtown PittsďŹ eld 413-443-6501, FirstFridaysArtswalk.com.

Friday, Aug. 2: 18 art exhibitions and opening receptions throughout downtown PittsďŹ eld, Artswalk Scavenger Hunt, 5 to 8 p.m.; Free guided tour beginning at 5 p.m. at the Intermodal Center at BRTA, 1 Columbus Ave. FRELINGHUYSEN MORRIS HOUSE & STUDIO

413-637-0166, frelinghuysen.org

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 show’s catalog will also be shown with the paintings they relate to.

Painting demos Friday, Aug. 2: Joanie CiolďŹ , oil, with admission, 11 a.m.

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.

HOUSATONIC VALLEY ART LEAGUE 860-542-5078, hvart.org July 4 - Aug. 25: HVAL Juried Art Show and Sale, Thursday through Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Masonic Temple, 232 Main St., Great Barrington.

INSTALLATION SPACE 49 Eagle St., North Adams

HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE

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1843 W. Housatonic St., PittsďŹ eld

June 27 - Aug. 18: “Time-Link Present.�

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.

Through Nov. 11: “While Mighty

JACOB’S PILLOW 358 George Carter Road, Becket 413-243-0745, jacobspillow.org Through Aug. 25: “Jacob’s Pillow: Taking Dance Off the Mountainâ€? photography exhibition, 5 p.m. to 1 a.m., at Methuselah Bar & Lounge, 391 North St., PittsďŹ eld.

Through Aug. 25: “Dance We Must: Another Lookâ€? exhibition, open daily, noon to ďŹ nal curtain, free, in Blake’s Barn; “Assemblages by Paul Taylorâ€? exhibition, open daily, noon to ďŹ nal curtain, free, Ted Shawn Theatre lobby; “Merce Cunningham: Loopsâ€? exhibition, open daily, noon to ďŹ nal curtain, free, Doris Duke Theatre lobby. Jacob’s Pillow Archives/ Norton Owen Reading Room, open Wednesday to Saturday, noon to ďŹ nal curtain, and Sunday to Tuesday, noon to 5 p.m., free.

KIMBALL FARMS CONNECTOR GALLERY 235 Walker St., Lenox Hours: 9 a.m to 5 p.m. daily.

14, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

On view now: Trenton Doyle Hancock, “Mind of the Mound: Critical Mass.â€? Hancock presents his most ambitious project to date in Mass MoCA’s signature Building 5 gallery. Annie Lennox, “Now I Let You Go‌â€? Lennox juxtaposes her public persona with more intimate aspects of her most personal self. Building 6 features work by artists including James Turrell, Louise Bourgeois, Jenny Holzer, Laurie Anderson, Gunnar Schonbeck, and more.

Saturday, Aug. 3: “ERRE: Them and Us / Ellos y Nosotros,� looks toward the U.S. and Mexico with a loving, but critical, eye while emphasizing their interdependence.

Through Sept. 11: Tanglewood BeneďŹ t Summer Show, featuring the work of Stephanie Anderson, Jane McWhorter, John MacGruer, Ali Moshiri, William Oberst, Bob Watkins, Diana Felber, Julio Granda, Ivor Parry, Roselle Chartock, and Stephen Dietmann, with sculpture by Alan Papscun and Elmer Orobio.

Wednesday, Aug. 7: “A Phobia of Phobias,â€? senior art show on view, noon, on the third oor of Bowman Hall.

MASS MOCA

MCLA GALLERY 51

1040 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams

51 Main St., North Adams

MASSACHUSETTES COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

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Center at Stone Hill, 227 South St., Williamstown.

375 Church St., North Adams.

413-662-2111, massmoca.org

413-662-5320, mcla.edu/gallery51

Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Monday; Open June 15-Oct

June 27 - Aug. 24: Jon Verney, exhibition of framed photographs,

Our 50th Anniversary Gala

August 17, 2019 5:30PM - 11:00PM Choreographed by Paula Weber

Berkshire Plaza Hotel 1 West Street, Pittsfield, MA Silent Auction Reception Banquet Dinner Performance Excerpt from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream�

Inaugural “Madeline Cantarella Culpo Award�

After-Party with DJ BFG

The Egg | Albany, NY

August 31 - 7:30p Academy of Music | Northampton, MA

September 7 - 7:30p The Colonial Theatre | PittsďŹ eld, MA

www.albanyberkshireballet.org | 413.445.5382

Tickets are available for purchase online through Albany Berkshire Ballet’s website at www.berkshireballet.org/tickets.

Please call (413) 445-5382 or ballet@albanyberkshire.org for more information.

Please rsvp no later than July 15, 2019

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altered Polaroids, light-boxes and video projection.

9 Glendale Road, Stockbridge

Potter Hamelin. Ernie’s fabulous hot dogs and kielbasa food wagon for lunch, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Farmington River Elementary School, 555 North Main Road, Otis.

413-298-4100, nrm.org

SANDISFIELD ARTS CENTER

Ongoing: Norman Rockwell’s 323 Saturday Evening Post covers, ArtZone. Gallery talks daily at 11 a.m., 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. Erik Erikson and Woodstock to the Moon exhibitions at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield

NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM

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.

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: “Woodstock to the Moon: 1969 Illustrated.” This exhibition illuminates how Rockwell and other illustrators portrayed their times and reflected popular culture during the final year of a tumultuous decade.

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.

June 8 - Oct. 27: “Inspired: Norman Rockwell and Erik Erikson.” This exhibition will explore the relationship of these two giants who inspired each other’s creativity in unique and important ways.

Tuesday, Aug. 6: Art, Love, and Identity: A 50th Anniversary Summer Lecture Series: “The 1960s Illustrated: Woodstock, Art, and Change,” Wade Lawrence offers a multi-media look at the decade’s sweeping changes, as expressed through music, art, books and ideas, $25, $15 members, 4:30 p.m. lemonade on the Terrace, 5 p.m. talk.

413-258-4100, sandisfieldartscenter.org

Hours: Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.

through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends.

the gymnasium, in an exploration of ideas. Followed by a free reception.

Through Aug. 11: “Curator as Artist II,” featuring work by curators Norma Cohen (mixed media), Leslie Gabosh (oil on panel), Barbara Lax Kranz (acrylic on paper), Moira O’Grady (ceramic arts), and Lynn Rothenberg (photography).

On view through September: A summer show with art by Viola Moriarty and her daughters, Anna Moriarty Lev and Phoebe Moriarty Lev, “Cafe Con Leche.”

DANCE

TANGLEWOOD

July 6 - Aug. 1: Patricia Hogan Painting Exhibit. On display during scheduled events and by appointment with the artist.

Boston Symphony Orchestra,

Aug. 3 – Sept. 5: Marguerite “Marge” Bride watercolors exhibit.

On display during scheduled events and by appointment with the artist.

An opening reception will be held on Saturday, Aug. 3 from 2 to 4 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 3: Tanglewood Learning Institute Focal Point Photography Class, $34, 10 a.m., Linde Center Martignetti lobby.

SCULPTURENOW On the grounds of The Mount, 2 Plunkett St., Lenox 413-358-3884, sculpturenow.org, edithwharton. org June 1 - Oct. 27: New exhibition of 31 large outdoor sculptures by nationally recognized artists, including acclaimed artist Albert Paley.

SPENCERTOWN ACADEMY ART CENTER 790 NY-203, Spencertown, N.Y. 518-392-3693, spencertownacademy.org

297 West St., Lenox 888-266-1200, bso.org

Saturday, Aug. 3: Tanglewood Learning Institute Focal Point Painting Class, $34, 10 a.m., Linde Center Martignetti lobby.

ART OMI 1405 County Route 22, Ghent, N.Y.

TURN PARK ART SPACE

518-392-4747, artomi.org

2 Moscow Road,

Saturday, Aug. 3: Dance showing, free, 2 p.m.

West Stockbridge turnpark.com Through Oct. 31: Kathleen Jacobs’ “Echos.” Liane Nouri and Jaanika Peerna, “Flow / Flux / Fold.”

DEWEY HALL

WILLIAMS COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART

deweyhall.org

91 Main St., Sheffield

WCMA Summer Space, 76 Spring St.,

Thursday, Aug. 1: Traditional Folk Music concert, Yann Falquet and Keith Murphy, $25, 7:30 p.m.

Williamstown.

JACOB’S PILLOW

413-597-2429

358 George Carter Road, Becket

Saturday, Aug. 3: Tanglewood Learning Institute Focal Point Drawing Class, $34, 10 a.m., Linde Center Martignetti lobby.

wcma.williams.edu

413-243-0745, jacobspillow.org

Hours: Summer Space, open daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 3 to Sept. 6.

Dance Classes

TUNNEL CITY COFFEE

Thursdays, July 11 - Aug. 15: WCMA’s popular Summer Break Series “Ologies” returns with free weekly talks, performances and projects that take on different ways of knowing, 5:30 p.m. Each week, contemporary artists intervene in unique spaces across the Williamstown community, from the library to

100 Spring St., Williamstown tunnelcitycoffee.com Hours: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

On view through September: Tracy Baker-White, summer show of landscape paintings.

1040 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams Hours: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday

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A GREAT PIECE OF THEATER”

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.

Fridays, July 5 - Aug. 16: Families Dance Together, for children ages

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311 North St., Pittsfield nuartsgallery.com Friday, Aug. 2: Open house, 5 to 8 p.m.

OTIS CULTURAL COUNCIL townofotisma.com/culturalcouncil Saturday, Aug. 3: 12th Annual Arts Festival; unique gifts, arts and crafts, plus pottery demonstration by Pied

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A hilarious and inclusive fractured musical fairy tale for all ages!

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Thursday, Aug. 1: Class with Inside/ Out Artist: Moving Creatively: Experience “Curriculum in Motion®” with Liv Schaffer, open to all experience levels, ages 12 and up, $15, 4 p.m.

Register online.

Sunday, Aug. 4: Sunday Master Class: Wendy Whelan, for intermediate and advanced dancers ages 16 and up, $20, 10 a.m. Register online.

Ted Shawn Theatre Performances: 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, unless noted.

518-392-6121, PS21chatham.org Thursdays, July 11 - Sept. 19: Movement Without Borders: openlevel movement workshops, pay what you wish, 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Saturdays, July 6 - Sept. 21: Movement Without Borders: open-level movement workshop, pay what you wish, 10:30 a.m. to noon.

Aug. 2 and 3: Ephrat Asherie Dance performing “Odeon,” $40, 8 p.m.

FAIRS, FESTIVALS AND FAMILY FUN 19th ANNUAL CRAFT FAIR AND FESTIVAL IN THE PARK

July 31 - Aug. 4: A.I.M by Kyle Abraham dance performance, starting at $45.

First Congregational Church of Lee,

Aug 7 - 11: Gallim dance performance, starting at $45.

413-243-1033, ucc-lee.org

Doris Duke Theatre Performances: 8:15 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday; 2:15 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday, unless noted.

July 31 - Aug. 4: “THE DAY,” starting at $55.

Aug. 7 - 11: Red Sky Performance, starting at $35.

Inside/Out Stage Performances: Free, Wednesday through Saturday, 6:15 p.m., unless noted.

Thursday, Aug. 1: Liv Schaffer.

Friday, Aug. 2: Ebony Williams Choreography & Dancers.

Saturday, Aug. 3: The School at Jacob’s Pillow Tap Program.

Sunday, Aug. 4: Hartford Gay Men’s Chorus vocal performance, 1 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 7: “The Land on Which We Dance.”

25 Park Place, Lee Saturday, Aug. 3: Over 40 artists with hand-crafted items, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine. Farmer’s Market, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

45TH ANNUAL ADAMS AGRICULTURAL FAIR Bowe Field, 371 Old Columbia St., Adams adams-agricultural-fair.org Aug. 2 - 4: 45th annual fair, Touch a Truck 6 to 10 p.m. and Pedal Tractor Contest, 6:30 p.m. Friday; Crowning of fair Prince and Princess, 11 a.m., birds of prey demonstration, 11:30 a.m., 3 M Pro Rodeo, 2 p.m.

Saturday; Sheep dog demonstration, 1 p.m., demolition derby, 2 p.m., awards ceremony, 5 p.m. Sunday.

ADAMS FREE LIBRARY 92 Park St., Adams 413-743-8345, adamslibraryma. org

PillowTalks

Thursday, Aug. 1: Comic Mime Robert Rivest, 6 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 2: “Dawn of THE DAY,” free, 5 p.m.

ANIMAGIC MUSEUM

Saturday, Aug. 3: “Dance We Must: Another Look,” free, 4 p.m.

Reservations: 413-841-6679

135 Main St., Lee

413-529-9674

ARROWHEAD

Sunday, Aug. 4: “Highlights and Excerpts” featuring modern, comedic and theatrical dance pieces, curtaintime 7:30 p.m. at Saint James Place, 352 Main St., Great Barrington.

780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield

Saturday, Aug. 3: Pillow Pride Dance Party, $15 or included with ticket to evening performance of A.I.M by Kyle Abraham or THE DAY, post performance, around 9:30 p.m.

PS21 2980 Route 66, Chatham, N.Y.

413-442-1793, berkshirehistory. org Thursday, Aug. 1: Herman’s 200th birthday, co-presented with the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum.

Starting with free tours of the ath-

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Ongoing: Hollywood in the Berkshires multimedia presentation, free, daily by reservation. “Predator, “ “Matrix,” “Chicken Run,” “2001: A Space Odyssey,” made by Berkshire moviemakers. Optional: Make your own animation movie and put it online.

Parties

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4-18, accompanied by an adult, $7 adult, $4 child. Register: 413-6236635.

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enaeum’s Herman Melville Memorial Room at noon, 1 p.m. dedication of the Literary Landmark plaque at the library, then tours at Arrowhead and a party at the Country Club of Pittsfield, starting at 4:30 p.m., with guest speakers, entertainment, prosecco and birthday cake. The party will be a ticketed event. Free admission to any career sailor, marine, merchant marine, cruise ship worker or pirate, all day.

BERKSHIRE ATHENAEUM 1 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield 413-499-9480, pittsfieldlibrary. org Fridays, July 5 - Aug. 9: Children’s yoga, suited to ages 6-12, 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 7: Uncharted Wild Live Animal Show. Meet an array of live creatures and learn how they live in the wild, 1 p.m.

pool life, 1 p.m.

225 South St., Williamstown Thursdays, July 11 - Aug. 31: Figure Drawing: Drop-in drawing with a live model, materials provided, with admission, 1 to 4 p.m.

Fridays, July 12 - Aug. 31: Zine workshop, create your own 8-page scene on the theme “May you live in interesting times,” the theme for the 2019 Venice Biennale, materials provided, with admission, 1 to 4 p.m.

Mondays, July 8 - Aug. 31: Soundscapes - What does a drawing sound like? What does music look like?

Sketch and reflect in Janet Cardiff: The Forty Part Motet, with admission, 1 to 4 p.m. Monday.

DALTON CRA 400 Main St., Dalton

5 W. Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge

413-684-2459, daltoncra.org

Friday, Aug. 2: Animals and Us: Exploring Our Connections, Nature Matters, with admission, members and children under 12 free, 11 a.m. to noon.

BERKSHIRE LYRIC

GREAT BARRINGTON BANDSTAND

413-458-2303, clarkart.edu

BERKSHIRE BOTANICAL GARDEN

413-298-3926, berkshirebotanical.org

June 29. For information, contact Dan McMahon at dmcmahon@ daltoncra.org.

CLARK ART INSTITUTE

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.

Wednesdays and Sundays, July 7 - Aug. 18: Just Play Hoops Summer Basketball League, for children in grades 3-5 and 6-8, $30. Sign up by

Behind Town Hall, Great Barrington Saturdays, July 6 - Aug. 31: “A Tanglewood for Tots,” free concert series, David Grover performs, 10 a.m.

HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE 1843 W. Housatonic St., Pittsfield 413-443-0188, hancockshakervillage.org 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.

transportation to Jacob’s Pillow, pick up at noon and 3 p.m. at Morningside Community School, Tyler Street Lab, Christian Center, Boys & Girls Club of the Berkshires, Berkshire Athenaeum.

ers, come see live animals, 10:30 a.m.

LEE LIBRARY

Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary,

100 Main St., Lee leelibrary.org Thursdays: Brain Builders, weekly playgroup for families with young children from ages birth to 5, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Mondays: Babies and Books, 10:30 a.m.

LENOX LIBRARY 18 Main St., Lenox 413-637-0197, lenoxlib.org Thursday, Aug. 1: Creature Teach-

Tuesdays, July 2 - Aug. 20: Terry a la Berry and Friends perform, 11 a.m.

MASS AUDUBON

472 W. Mountain Road, Lenox massaudubon.org Saturday, Aug. 3: 90th Anniversary Celebration, $15, $10 members, 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

MASS MOCA 1040 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams 413-662-2111, massmoca.org Aug. 2 - 4: Bang on a Can: LOUD Weekend, three-day supermix of minimal, experimental and

Aug. 3 and 4: Age of Iron, hot iron worked by hammer and anvil as New England blacksmiths converge. Talk with craftsmen and see traditional and modern methods in use, free members, included in admission, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

JACOB’S PILLOW 358 George Carter Road, Becket 413-243-0745, jacobspillow.org Saturdays, June 22-Aug. 24: Pittsfield Pillow Express, free round-trip

berkshirelyric.org

At The Fitzpatrick Main Stage

July 29 - Aug. 2: Blafield Children’s Chorus’ 2019 Summer Choral Music Camp, ages 6-13, $50, $100 family, 9 a.m. to noon.

83 East Main Street, Stockbridge Campus

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Sunday, Aug. 4: Ubi Caritas in a series of choral concerts to raise money for Berkshire County food pantries: 1 p.m., St. Joseph’s Catholic Church on Elm Street, Stockbridge; 3 p.m. at Hevreh of Southern Berkshire; 5 p.m. at St. Mark’s Catholic Church in Pittsfield.

WHAT WE MAY BE

BERKSHIRE MUSEUM 39 South St., Pittsfield 413-443-7171, berkshiremuseum. org

BerkshiresWeek.com

Tuesdays: WeeMuse Littlest Learners. Children ages 6 to 18 months engage in stories, songs and creative movement, 10:30 a.m.

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Gregg Edelman

Sundays: Discovery Tank Program.

Meet the residents of the aquarium’s Discovery Tank and learn about tide

“Smart and self-aware, and luscious too: the complete package” (THE NEW YORK TIMES)

A.I.M BY KYLE ABRAHAM T E D S H AW N T H EAT R E W E D–S AT 8P M, S AT & S U N 2P M T I C K E T S S TA RT AT $45

Fridays: WeeMuse Adventures, children 18 months to 3 years old explore the museum and learn through songs, stories, scavenger hunts, play time and more, 11 a.m.

Saturdays: Chow Time in the Aquarium. Help prepare delicious and nutritious meals for the creatures in the aquarium, 12:30 p.m.

July 31-August 4

PILLOW PRIDE WEEKEND (413) 997-4444

www.BerkshireTheatreGroup.org

C E L E B R AT I N G T H E LG BTQ I A+ CO M M U N I T Y August 2-4 W I T H B R U N C H, PA RT Y, H I S TO R I C TO U R, Full schedule online F I L M, TA L K S, A N D P E R F O R M A N C E S.

MASSACHUSETTS RENAISSANCE FAIRE Cummington Fairground, 97 Fairgrounds Road, Cummington massrenfaire.com Aug. 3 and 4: The Realm of the Fae has once again been opened and we invite your imagination to take flight as you feast with faeries, prance with pixies, and dance with dragons! Feel the thunder of horses’ hooves as brave knights compete in the joust, watch incredible performances, become a part of our interactive storyline, and experience the timeless wonder of the world of the fair folk with your entire family.

MOUNT WASHINGTON CHURCH FAIR Church of Christ, East Street and Cross Road, Mount Washington Saturday, Aug. 3: Crafts and art by local artists, delicious fresh food, shop on vintage alley, silent auction, appraisals, interactive activities for kids and families including an art table, games, face painting, scavenger hunt and more, free admission, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

NAUMKEAG The Trustees of Reservations 5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge

artworks, $8, 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Thursdays, July 11 - Aug. 22: Draw In! Sketching our World. Use drawing as a tool for discovery in this handson series of classes for ages 7 and up, $8, 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Thursdays, July 11 - Aug. 22: 50th Anniversary Thursday Evening Fun Series, family-friendly series about looking closely at art, telling the story it invites, making art on the terrace, listening to music, and creating group dances, with admission, 5 to 7 p.m. The Runaway Cafe will be open.

NORTH ADAMS PUBLIC LIBRARY naplibrary.com Aug. 1 and 2: GSK Science in the Summer: Science of Me, for students entering grades 2-6, 1 to 3 p.m.

Register: berkshiremuseum.org/ education/gsk.

Thursdays, July 11 - Aug. 8: LegoLab: Space Challenge, 1 to 2 p.m.

Mondays, July 8 - Aug. 5: Crafternoons, 1 to 2 p.m. Discovery Mondays, hands on exploration of books and activities focused on astronomy and space, 6 p.m.

Tuesdays: Toddler Story Time, 10:30 a.m.

Wednesdays: Preschool Story Time, 10:30 a.m.

NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COALITION

9 Glendale Road, Stockbridge

Tuesday, Aug. 6: North Adams and Williamstown residents are invited to join forces with thousands of communities nationwide for National Night Out, an annual communitybuilding event that promotes policecommunity partnerships, 4 to 8 p.m. at the Noel Field Athletic Complex on State Street, North Adams; from 5 to 7 p.m., the Williamstown Police Department celebrates NNO by opening the doors to their new Police Station on 825 Simonds Road.

413-298-4100, nrm.org

NOTCHVIEW RESERVATION

Mondays and Fridays, July 1 - Aug. 30: Children’s Art Workshop: Drop-in and Create, all ages explore different materials, techniques and creative projects, 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Route 9, Windsor

413-298-8138, 413.298.3239 ext.

3013, thetrustees.org Sundays, July 7 - Sept. 15: Family Picnic and Children’s Art Afternoon, $20, 1 to 3 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 2: Free Fun Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM

Wednesdays, July 10 - Aug. 21: Creating Together, for children ages 2-6 with a parent or caregiver.

Explore the galleries and grounds with a child-centered guide, observe different paintings, trees, animals and explore a variety of materials and techniques for creating our own

Tuesdays, July 2 - Sept. 24: Storytime with goats, $6 child, $3 member child, adults free, 10 to 11 a.m.

Saturday, Aug. 3: TrusteesTeens!

Hiking Club, free, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

OTIS CULTURAL COUNCIL townofotisma.com/culturalcouncil Saturday, Aug. 3: 12th Annual Arts Festival; unique gifts, arts and crafts, plus pottery demonstration by Pied Potter Hamelin. Ernie’s fabulous hot dogs and kielbasa food wagon for lunch, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Farmington

PITTSFIELD SUNS 105 Wahconah St., Pittsfield.

413-445-7867, pittsfieldsuns.com Friday, Aug. 2: Home game, fireworks.

PS21 2980 Route 66, Chatham, N.Y. 518-392-6121, PS21chatham.org Tuesday, Aug. 6: “Black Ballerina” (2016, 57min.), $9/$7/$5 in advance, 8:3 p.m.

PS21

PITTSFIELD SUMMER OUTDOOR MOVIE SERIES

2980 Route 66, Chatham, N.Y.

cityofpittsfield.org

518-392-6121, PS21chatham.org

Friday, Aug. 2: Family-friendly movie screening, dusk, around 8:30 a.m., Durant Park.

Friday, Aug. 2: Just For Fun – Ephrat Asherie Dance leads a multigenerational movement demonstration, free performance for kids and families, 1 p.m.

ROBBINS-ZUST FAMILY MARIONETTES

MUSIC ASTON MAGNA MUSIC FESTIVAL 413-528-3595, astonmagna.org

robbins-zustfamilymarionettes. com

Saint James Place,

Thursday, Aug. 1: “Rumplestiltskin,” $5, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Saint Paul’s Church.

Time and Space LTD,

Tuesday, Aug. 6: “Carnival of the Animals,” $5, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Saint Paul’s Church.

WHITNEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS 42 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield thewhit.org Tuesday, Aug. 6: Princess & Popsicles Party. Sing and dance to your favorite Disney Songs. Featuring Princess Pink, Princess Blue and Princess Rose. Meet the Princess, take photos and enjoy a cool treat, $5/$7.50, 1 p.m.

FILM

352 Main St., Great Barrington 434 Columbia St., Hudson, N.Y. Friday, Aug. 2: “Schubert and Beethoven,” featuring Schubert’s “Die schone Mullerin,” Beethoven’s “Horn Sonata Op. 17,” and Schubert’s “Auf dem Strom,” 7:30 p.m., Hudson Area Library, 51 N. Fifth St., Hudson, N.Y. Saturday, Aug. 3: “Schubert and Beethoven,” 6 p.m., Saint James Place.

BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY Mr. Finn’s Cabaret, at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center 36 Linden St., Pittsfield

BERKSHIRE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL

413-236-8888, barringtonstageco.org/mrfinns

Lenox Memorial High School,

Aug. 4 and 5: Marilyn Maye, “I Wish I Were 90 Again!,” $50, $65 VIP, 8 p.m.

197 East St., Lenox 413-445-4872, ext. 10, berkshirejewishfilmfestival.org

BASCOM LODGE

Monday, Aug. 5: “Shoelaces.” This tender family dramedy portrays the knotty relationship between an aging, irascible mechanic and the exuberant special-needs son he abandoned long before, $7, 4 p.m. “The Unorthodox.” A disenfranchised Sephardic father, whose daughter is expelled from a prestigious religious school just for her ethnicity, launches the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party, a nascent challenge to the ruling Ashkenazi establishment in this lively, crowd-pleasing drama, $10, 8 p.m.

3 Summit Road, Adams

JACOB’S PILLOW

Public invited to sing along.

358 George Carter Road, Becket 413-243-0745, jacobspillow.org

Thursday, Aug. 1: Orff: Carmina Burana, 7 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 4: “Hot to Trot” screening, $10, 4:30 p.m.

BERKSHIRE HIGH PEAKS FESTIVAL

800-843-0778, berkshirehighpeaksmusic.org July 23 - Aug. 2: Berkshire High Peaks Festival, an international group of rising young stars join world-class faculty chamber music artists for daily chamber music performances, master classes and talks, free or $20, Berkshire School, 245 N. Undermountain Road, Sheffield.

BERKSHIRE JAZZ SHOWCASE 413-442-7718, berkshiresjazz.org Saturday, Aug. 3: Berkshire Jazz Showcase, with five bands featuring Berkshires artists, food vendors, beer and wine garden, bring your own blanket or chair, noon to 5 p.m., First Street Common, Pittsfield.

BERKSHIRE MUSIC SCHOOL Taft Recital Hall 30 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield 413-442-1411, berkshiremusicschool.org stockbridgesinfonia.org

SOUTH MOUNTAIN CONCERTS Sunday, September 8 WU HAN, Piano; DAVID FINCKEL, Cello; Arnaud Sussmann, Violin; Paul Neubauer, Viola Sunday, September 15 CALIDORE STRING QUARTET Sunday, September 22 BRENTANO STRING QUARTET Hsin-Yun Huang, Viola

413-743-1591 bascomlodge.net Wednesday, Aug. 7: Berkshire Highlanders, free, 6 p.m.

BERKSHIRE CONCERT CHOIR Berkshire Music School,

Sunday, October 6 CHAMBER ENSEMBLE, ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS Sunday, October 13 EMERSON STRING QUARTET

Taft Recital Hall, 30 Wendell Ave. Pittsfield 413-442-6120, berkshireconcertchoir.org Summer Sing Series 2019

Reserved Seats $40 Students with ID $15 at door All Concerts at 3 p.m.

Send check and return envelope to South Mountain Concerts Box 23, Pittsfield, MA 01202 Phone Information 413-442-2106 www.southmountainconcerts.org

BerkshiresWeek.com

Tuesdays, July 9 - Aug. 20: Summer Sketch Club: Digital Day. Participants are provided with iPads to explore creating images with digital technology, for ages 7 and up, $8, 10 to 11:30 a.m.

413-200-7262, thetrustees.org

River Elementary School, 555 N. Main Road, Otis.

Berkshires Week | Thursday, August 1, 2019

electronic sounds, with over 30 concerts, $50-$95.

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Saturday, Aug. 3: Stockbridge Sinfonia in concert, free, 4 p.m., at Lenox Memorial Middle and High School, 197 East St., Lenox.

BERKSHIRE SCENIC RAILWAY 4 Hoosac St., Adams 413-663-4189, berkshiretrains. org Saturday, Aug. 3: 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 Tanglewood 297 West St., Lenox Saturday, Aug. 3: Young Artists Chorus performs Orff’s “Carmina Burana,” with Katie Woolf, conductor, free and open to the public, 1:30 p.m, Seiji Ozawa Hall.

Concerts at Trinity Church 88 Walker St., Lenox Sunday, Aug. 4: Art Song Recital presented by Young Artists Vocal Program students, 4 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 5: Art Song Recitals presented by Young Artists Vocal Program students, 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.; Young Artists Piano Program Student Recital, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 7: Young Artists Orchestra Chamber Music Student Recital, 7 p.m.

Concerts at West Street Theatre 45 West St., Lenox Saturday, Aug. 3: Young Artists Piano Program Student Recital, 11 a.m.

BerkshiresWeek.com

Sunday, Aug. 4: Young Artists Harp Program Student Recital, 11 a.m.; Young Artists Composition Program Student Recital, 6:30 p.m.

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CENTER

Ellen Battell Stoeckel Estate,

Tuesday Aug. 1: 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.

14 Castle St., Great Barrington.

20 Litchfield Road, Norfolk, Conn.

413-528-0100, mahaiwe.org

norfolk.yale.edu

Friday, Aug. 2: The Fab Faux, concert celebrating of the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ “Abbey Road,” $38-$111, 8 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 1: Emerging Artists Showcase, free, 7:30 p.m., Music Shed.

Wednesday, Aug. 7: Concert-in-thePark Series, 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., Windsor Lake, 200 Windsor Lake Road, North Adams.

FALCON RIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL Dodds Farm, 44 CR 7D, Hillsdale, N.Y. falconridgefolk.com Thursday, Aug. 1: Pre-Fest tastings and farmers market.

Aug. 2-4: A three-day community of folk music and dance at the foot of the Berkshires. Over 40 acts on four stages.

GREAT BARRINGTON GAZEBO Behind Town Hall, 334 Main St. Great Barrington Friday, Aug. 2: Lee Rogers and Friends, 5:30 to 7:15 p.m.

GUTHRIE CENTER 2 Van Deusenville Road, Great Barrington 413-528-1955, guthriecenter.org Thursdays: Hootenanny night, $5, $3 members, music begins at 7 p.m.

Troubadour Series Friday, Aug. 2: Ryanhood, $25, $20 members.

Saturday, Aug. 3: Sweet Honey in the Rock, Grammy award-nominated African American female a cappella quartet, $49-$89, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 6: Natalie Merchant, singer-songwriter, former lead singer and lyricist of 10,000 Maniacs, accompanied by guitarist Erik Della Penna, $71, 8 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 2: Popular Music, featuring works of Schoenberg, Milhaud, Daugherty, Dohnanyi, $20$60, under 19 free, 8 p.m., Music Shed.

TANGLEWOOD

Saturday, Aug. 3: Emerging Artists Showcase, 10:30 a.m.; In The Face Of Death, $20-$60, 8 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 1: National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, Sir Antonio Pappano conducts Berlioz and Strauss, featuring mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, $20-$68, 8 p.m.

MASS MOCA

Sunday, Aug. 4: Open House at the Festival, free, 1 p.m. Finale concert, free, 3 p.m.

1040 Mass MoCA Way,

PARTY IN THE PARK

North Adams

Noel Field, 310 State St.,

413-662-2111, massmoca.org

North Adams

Thursday, July 4 - Oct. 10: The Chalet, a cozy riverside beer garden featuring local performing artists, every Thursday, free, 5:30 p.m.

Thursdays, July 11 - Aug. 22: A free community concert series presented

by WUPE and WNAW, combining classic cars and local musicians, 6 to 8 p.m.

Aug. 2 - 4: Bang on Can Loud Weekend, dozens of concerts take place in the museum’s vast galleries and throughout its stunning collection of indoor and outdoor performing arts venues, over the three-day period.

SEVENARS MUSIC FESTIVAL Sevenars Academy, Route 112 at Ireland Street South Worthington

THE MOUNT

413-238-5854, sevenars.org

Edith Wharton’s Home

Sunday, Aug. 4: Pianist George Bowerman (Sevenars Young Artist to Watch) in music of Chopin, Brahms, Franck, CPE Bach, and Stephen Dankner, $20 suggested donation, 4 p.m.

2 Plunkett St., Lenox 413-551-5111 edithwharton.org Music After Hours Friday, Aug. 2: Natalia Bernal and Jason Ennis Quintet, free, 5 to 8 p.m.

SOUNDS OF SUMMER

Saturday, Aug. 3: Jeanne Laurin and John Sauer Group, free, 5 to 8 p.m.

Great Barrington

MUSIC MOUNTAIN 225 Music Mountain Road, Falls Village, Conn. musicmountain.org Saturday, Aug. 3: Michael Berkeley & No Tune Like a Show Tune, $34, 5 p.m.

CLARK ART INSTITUTE

Saturday, Aug. 3: Don White, $25, $20 members.

225 South St., Williamstown

HUDSON MILLINER ART SALON

413-458-2303, clarkart.edu

415 Warren St., Hudson, N.Y.

Sunday, Aug. 4: Emerson String Quartet, $60, 3 p.m.

Hyperlocal Summer Concert Series

thehudsonmilliner.com

NAUMKEAG

Sunday, Aug. 4: Otha Day, free, 12:30 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 1: Zotique World Presents Convectus Sax Quartet, free, 7:30 p.m. doors.

The Trustees of Reservations

CONCERTS IN THE PARK

LIVE ON THE LAKE

Lilac Park,

413-298-8138, 413.298.3239 ext.

3013,

Burbank Park on Onota Lake,

Main Street, Lenox

thetrustees.org

Pittsfield

Wednesday, Aug. 7: Wanda Houston, 6:30 p.m.

Thursdays, June 20 - Sept. 12: Naumkeag at Night, $10, $5 members, 5 to 8 p.m.

EAGLES BAND

Wednesdays, July 10 - Aug. 21: Free community concert series presented by Live 95.5, 6 to 8 p.m.

413-442-2782, eaglescommuni-

MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS

VFW, 800 S. Main St., Tuesdays, July 9 - Aug. 1: A free family-friendly community concert series presented by WSBS, 6 to 8 p.m.

TAMARACK HOLLOW NATURE AND CULTURAL CENTER 1515-16 Savoy Hollow Road, Windsor tamarackhollownatureandculturalcenter.org/

Boston Symphony Orchestra, 297 West St., Lenox 888-266-1200, bso.org

Friday, Aug. 2: Boston Symphony Orchestra Underscore Friday Concert, Ken-David Masur conducts Matinu and Dvorak, featuring violinist Joshua Bell, $12-$104, 8 p.m., Koussevitzky Music Shed.

Saturday, Aug. 3: Saturday Morning Open Rehearsal Rachmaninoff and Sibelius, $14-$34, 10:30 a.m., Koussevitzky Music Shed. Boston Symphony Orchestra, Asher Fisch conducts Schumann, Dorman, Beethoven and Mendelssohn, featuring violinist Pinchas Zukerman and cellist Amanda Forsyth, $22-$104, 8 p.m., Koussevitzky Music Shed.

Sunday, Aug. 4: TMC Recital, $13, 10 a.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall.

Sunday, Aug. 4: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Dima Slobodeniouk conducts Rachmaninoff and Sibelius, featuring pianist Yefim Bronfman, $22-$104, 2:30 p.m., Koussevitzky Music Shed.

Sunday, Aug. 4: Tanglewood Learning Institute, Full Tilt John Cage Song Books and Film Selections TMC Fellows, $19, 7 p.m., Linde Center Studio E. Monday, Aug. 5: Train and Goo Goo Dolls, $32-$159, 7 p.m., Koussevitzky Music Shed.

Monday, Aug. 5: TMC Recital Chamber Orchestra and Vocal Fellows, $13, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall.

Tuesday, Aug. 6: Pianist Emanuel

Knesset Israel Presents the 33rd Annual

Berkshire Jewish Film Festival MONDAYS THROUGH AUGUST 12

5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge

NORFOLK CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

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.

4PM MATINEE

SHOELACES

August 5th

8PM EVENING

THE UNORTHODOX

LENOX HIGH SCHOOL ~ 197 EAST ST., LENOX, MA INFORMATION: 413-445-4872, EXT. 25 WWW.KNESSETISRAEL.ORG Generously supported by Greylock Federal Credit Union, Berkshire Bank, Wolfson Family Foundation and Spitz-Tuchman Charitable Trust

Wednesday, Aug. 7: All-Beethoven program featuring pianist Yefim Bronfman, $20-$68, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall.

WEST STOCKBRIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 413-232-5055, weststockbridgehistory.org Saturday, Aug. 3: Jazz Series, jazz bassist Larry Grenadier, featuring selections from Grenadier’s recently released solo bass album “The Gleaners,” followed by a reception, $35, 8 p.m., Old Town Hall, 9 Main St., West Stockbridge.

WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL ‘62 Center for Theatre and Dance, 1000 Main St., Williamstown 413-458-3253, wtfestival.org July 11 - Aug. 10: Late Night Cabaret, enjoy the virtuosic talent of Festival artists. Thursday through Saturday every other week, $30, doors open at 10:30 p.m., Goodrich Hall, 863 Main St., Williamstown.

WINDSOR LAKE CONCERTS Intersection of Bradley Street and Kemp Avenue, North Adams.

413-664-6180 June 5 - Aug. 28: Free concerts every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., canceled for rain. Kayaking, canoeing, swimming, and fishing all allowed at the lake.

Wednesday, Aug. 7: The Eagles Community Band.

READINGS, WALKS AND TALKS ARROWHEAD 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield

Aug. 2 - 5: The third annual “Moby-Dick” marathon reading in the barn, 10 a.m., continuing for the next three days. The reading is interrupted Sunday morning, so that people can attend the Monument Mountain walk celebrating the day that Melville met Nathaniel Hawthorne.

$25 under 40, $38 advance purchase, $45 at the door, 6 p.m., 15 Crissey Road, Great Barrington.

BIDWELL HOUSE MUSEUM 100 Art School Road, Monterey bidwellhousemuseum.org

413-623-6635, becketartscenter.org

Saturday, Aug. 3: Garden Party to benefit the museum, live music, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, silent and live auction, 4 to 7 p.m. Tickets on sale in June.

Saturday, Aug. 3: Summer Yoga with Stephanie Leeds, $10, 9 a.m.

THE BOOKSTORE & GET LIT WINE BAR

BECKET QUARRY MUSEUM

11 Housatonic St., Lenox

12 Brooker Hill Road, North Becket

bookstoreinlenox.com

BECKET ARTS CENTER 7 Brooker Hill Road, Becket

Saturdays: Film, photos and tools of historic quarrying in Becket from mid-19th century to mid-20th century, Becket-made baskets, donations accepted, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

BERKSHIRE NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL 413-499-0596 bnrc.org Tuesday, Aug. 6: Alford Springs Family Nature Exploration Hike, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Old Village Road, Great Barrington. Wind through mountain laurel, white pine and oak forest on this 2.4-mile hike on the Mother Loop at Alford Springs Reserve.

BERKSHIRE SOUTH REGIONAL COMMUNITY CENTER Friday, Aug. 2: UnTapped and UnCorked tasting event fundraiser,

AND ECO-VILLAGE 430 East St., Pittsfield

$25, 7 p.m., at Lenox Memorial High School, 197 East St., Lenox.

eastover.com

KNESSET ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE

Sundays through Aug. 25: Tai Chi Qigong, moving and stillness for energy, vitality and tranquility, $15, 9 a.m.

16 Colt Road, Pittsfield

GREAT BARRINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM 817 S. Main St., Great Barrington 413-591-8702, info@gbhistory. org Weekends, June through September: “Businesses Exhibit” free, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 1: Linda Hirshman in Conversation with Linda Greenhouse, “Reckoning,” 5:30 p.m.

HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE

CHABAD OF THE BERKSHIRES

hancockshakervillage.org

450 South St., Pittsfield

Sunday, Aug. 4: Chef Brian Alberg presents “Eat the Landscape,” a unique cooking class, $140, 4 p.m.

413-499-9899, jewishberkshires. com Sunday, Aug. 4: “The Secret Deal to End the Holocaust, in the Name of Humanity,” New York Times bestselling author Max Wallace, $18, 7 p.m. RSVP. CLARK ART INSTITUTE 225 South St., Williamstown 413-458-2303, clarkart.edu

1843 West Housatonic St., Pittsfield

JEWISH FEDERATION OF THE BERKSHIRES 196 South St., Pittsfield 413-442-4360, jewishberkshires. org Sunday, Aug. 4: Peace, love, and toe-tapping joy with Nefesh Mountain Bluegrass quintet in concert,

413-445-4872 At Knesset Israel, unless noted.

Saturday, Aug. 3: Lunch and Learn: “My Journey of Discovery,” Yvonne Daniel was born of Jewish parents who fled to Shanghai following Nazi persecution. As an adult she felt impelled to fully rediscover and understand her past. Her story is shared by the 20,000 refugees from Germany, Austria, Poland and Lithuania in the largest haven for settlement on the planet in the 1930s, noon.

LENOX LIBRARY

Berkshires Week | Thursday, August 1, 2019

Ax, violinist Leonidas Kavakos and cellist Yo-Yo Ma perform an all-Beethoven program, $22-$78, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall.

18 Main St., Lenox lenoxlib.org July 5 - Aug. 25: Tanglewood preconcert talks with Jeremy Yudkin, Fridays at 2:30 p.m. and Sundays at 11 a.m.

MASS AUDUBON Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary 472 West Mountain Road, Lenox Register for program: massaudubon.org/pleasantvalley

Wednesdays and Saturdays, July 1 - Aug. 31: Did You Know? A Guided Walking Tour, free, 3 p.m.

Mondays, July 8 - Aug. 9: Community Tai Chi, free, 10 a.m.

EASTOVER ESTATE

GERTRUDE AND CLAUDIUS A NEW PLAY BY MARK ST. GERMAIN BASED ON THE NOVEL BY JOHN UPDIKE

“The most theatrically engaging and emotionally complete production I’ve seen so far this summer...”

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Thursday, Aug. 1: Herman’s 200th birthday, co-presented with the Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum. Starting with free tours of the Athenaeum’s Herman Melville Memorial Room at noon, 1 p.m. dedication of the Literary Landmark plaque at the library, then tours at Arrowhead and a party at the Country Club of Pittsfield, starting at 4:30. The party will be a ticketed event. Free admission to any career sailor, marine, merchant marine, cruise ship worker or pirate, all day.

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Thursday, Aug. 1: Housatonic Evening Paddle, $35, 6:30 to 9 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 2: Berkshire Views hike, Lenox Mountain: Taconic Range & Richmond Pond Views, $12, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Beavers, Birds, & Other Wildlife, $8, 4:30 to 6 p.m.; Evening at the Beaver Ponds, $8, $4 children, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary.

Saturday, Aug. 3: Pleasant Birding at Pleasant Valley, free, 8 to 9:30 a.m.; Growing Beautiful Native Gardens, $8, $6 members, 10 a.m. to noon. Register: massaudubon.org/ pleasantvalley. 90th Anniversary Celebration, $15, $10 members, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Canoeing the Housatonic River, $35, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.

$20, $12 members, 9 to 10 a.m.

Shabbat hike, 10:30 a.m.

Mondays, July 1 - Sept. 2: Yoga with a View, $20, $12 members, 9 to 10 a.m.

Saturday, Aug. 3: Tanglewood Havdalah, 7 p.m. at Tanglewood.

Tickets: bso.org.

Mondays, July 1 - Aug. 26: Naumkeag Boot Camp, $20, $12 members, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 6: “The Rosenberg Case: An Illustrated Lecture,” lunch and learn series with Jesse Waldinger, $5, free for members, bring your own lunch, 11:30 a.m.

NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM 9 Glendale Road, Stockbridge nrm.org Thursdays: Historic Property Walks, 2 p.m.

QUAKER MEETING HOUSE Maple Street Cemetery, Adams

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Sundays, July 7 - Oct. 13: Free tours by members of the Adams Historical Society and Adams Historical Commission, 1 to 4 p.m.

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Thursdays, through August: Rabbi Liz Hirsh leads guided meditation and light yoga for all ages and abilities, no prior experience necessary, free, 1:15 p.m.

Thursdays, July 4 - Aug. 29: Le Cafe Francais, enjoy coffee, croissants and French conversation on the Terrace, $15, $10 members, 9 a.m.

Sundays, through 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.

Wednesdays, through Sept. 4: Ghost Tours, $24, $20 ages 12-18, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesdays, July 10 - Aug 28: Wharton and Cather Shorts, this series will highlight two very different American experiences through reading of their short stories, $10, free for members, 5 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 4: WordXWord Team Slam, free, 3 p.m.

Tuesdays, Aug. 6 - 27: Outdoor Yoga, bring your own mat, $10 suggested donation, 8:30 a.m.

Summer Lecture Series Aug. 5 and 6: “The Red Daughter: A Novel” with John Burnham Schwartz.

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Saturdays, June 1 - Aug. 30: Torah Plus: Shabbat Morning Study, 9:30 a.m.

Saturdays, Aug. 3: Spiritual Physical Fitness, Rabbi Liz Hirsch leads a

Wednesdays, Aug. 7: “The Old is New And the New is Holy: Preparing for the High Holy Days,” lunch and learn series with Rabbi Liz Hirsch, $5, free for members, bring your own lunch, 11:30 a.m.

VENTFORT HALL 104 Walker St., Lenox 413-637-3206, gildedage.org Tuesday, Aug. 6: Tea & Talk, “Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland,” with Robin Jaffee Frank, Chief Curator, $28 members/advance reservation, $32 day of, 4 p.m.

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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.

Fridays, July 5 to Sept. 6: Mindfulness and Meditation in the Garden,

Thursday, Aug. 1: Head-To-Head Haiku. Lively, fast paced short-form poetry competition, free, 7:30 p.m., Dottie’s.

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Friday, Aug. 2: Crosstalk. Collaborative “duets” pairing poets with musicians, dancers and other artists, free 7 p.m., Tyler Street Lab.

413-458-2494, wrlf.org Thursday, Aug. 1: Feast with Your Favorite Pollinators, 3 to 5 p.m.,

Saturday, Aug. 3: Accomplice[d].

Spoken word collaborations between unexpected pairings, free, 7 p.m., at Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield.

Sunday Aug. 4: Free guided hike over East Mountain to Phelps Ave., 9 a.m., meet at Greylock School parking lot, Phelps Ave. and carpool to Chestnut Trailhead.

Sunday, Aug. 4: Invitational Team Poetry Slam. Poetry teams from the northeast compete in a regional slam, free, 3 p.m., at The Mount, 2 Plunkett St., Lenox.

WORDXWORD FESTIVAL WordXWordFestival.com Thursday, Aug. 1: Poetry sCrawl.

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Saturdays, Aug. 3 - 31: Meet the Caretaker: An Interactive Living History Tour, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

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BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY Boyd-Quinson Mainstage 30 Union St., Pittsfield St. Germain Stage 36 Linden St., Pittsfield 413-236-8888, barringtonstageco.org July 18 - Aug. 3: “Gertrude and Claudius,” by Mark St. Germain, based on the novel by John Updike, directed by Julianne Boyd. A provocative prequel to “Hamlet.” Performances: Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 p.m., Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m., Wednesday and Friday at 2 p.m., and Sunday at 5 p.m. Added Saturday matinee Aug. 3 at 3 p.m.

Talkback on July 23. Boyd-Quinson Mainstage. $15-$65.

July 25 - Aug. 10: “Ragtag Theatre’s Hansel and Gretel,” book by Sam Lafrage, music and lyrics by Lewis Flinn and Sam Lafrage. Ragtag Theatre’s “Hansel and Gretel” follows a troupe of poor “Italian” actors as they present an interactive, twisted version of the well-known fairy tale in a brand-new way.

Aug. 1 - Sept. 1: “If I Forget,” by Steven Levenson, directed by Jennifer Chambers. A powerful tale of a Jewish-American family and a culture at odds with itself. Three siblings reunite to celebrate their father’s 75th birthday. As long-held secrets and resentments bubble to the surface, they negotiate — with biting humor and razor-sharp insight — how much of the past they’re willing to sacrifice for a chance at a new beginning. Performances: Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m. Talkbacks, Aug. 7 and 21; Cafe Chat, Aug. 16 and 30. St. Germain Stage. $15-$50.

BERKSHIRE PLAYWRIGHTS LAB 413-528-2544, berkshireplaywrightslab.org Wednesday, Aug. 7: “Screenplay by Stalin,” staged reading of a new play written by Tom Fontana, at Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St., Great Barrington.

BERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP Pittsfield 413-997-4444, berkshiretheatregroup.org Fitzpatrick Main Stage,

Panel discussions featuring outside experts take place after the first Sunday matinee of each play.

July 18 - Aug. 24: “Working: A Musical.” A timeless exploration of 26 people from all walks of life and how their relationships to their work ultimately reveal key aspects of their humanity. This classic musical has been updated for a modern age, featuring songs by Tony Awardwinning Lin-Manuel Miranda, as well as favorites by Stephen Schwartz, Craig Carnelia and James Taylor.

Previews: $65; Tickets: $75 and $25.

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July 25 - Aug. 4: “On the Exhale,” by Martin Zimmerman, directed by Tara Franklin. When a college professor suffers the unthinkable loss of her son in a school shooting, she fixates not on the shooter, but on the weapon itself. $42.50.

Aug. 1 - 17: “Shrek: The Musical,” directed by Travis Daly, with music direction by Mark Gionfriddo and choreography by Avital Asuleen.

This adored musical features over 100 talented Berkshire youth. Tickets: Adult A: $45 and $35; Child: $30 and $25. Colonial Theatre.

CAPITOL STEPS Cranwell Resort 55 Lee Road, Lenox capitolsteps.cranwell.com June 28 - Aug 30: “The Lyin’ Kings,” a hilarious evening of American political satire and song parodies.

Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and performances are at 8 p.m. nightly except Tuesdays, in the Harvest Barn.

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DOUBLE EDGE THEATRE 948 Conway Road, Ashfield 413-628-0277, doubleedgetheatre.org July 24 - Aug. 18: “I am the Baron,” the premiere of a brand new Traveling Summer Spectacle performance, based on the novel “The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen,” directed by Matthew Glassman and Jeremy Louise Eaton.

Previews July 19 and 20. Performances 8 p.m. Wednesdays to Sundays in July, 7:30 p.m. in August. $40, $25 child.

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.

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July 25 - Aug. 4: “Ragtime.” E.L. Doctorow’s novel comes to life in what many say is one of the greatest musicals ever written. $15-$39.50.

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Talkbacks follow Thursday and Saturday matinees. Cast conversations follow Friday evening performances.

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Town Hall Theatre, 15 Middlefield Road, Chester

Monday, Aug. 5: Reading of Charles Evered’s “Adopt a Sailor,” 4 p.m.

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Nikos Stage.

July 2 - Aug. 4: “Twelfth Night,” by William Shakespeare, directed by Allyn Burrows, with Martin Jason Asprey, Gregory Boover, Thomas Brazzle, Deaon Griffin-Pressley and Ella Loudon. Tina Packer Playhouse.

July 31 - Aug. 18: “Ghosts,” by Henrik Ibsen, directed Carey Perloff.

With great happiness, Mrs. Alving (Uma Thurman) welcomes her painter son, Oswald (Tom Pecinka), home from years of living abroad. But when he starts to flirt with the family maid, she must intercede to save her son and herself from scandals present and past. Main Stage.

July 9 - Aug. 17: “The Taming of the Shrew,” by William Shakespeare, directed by Kelly Galvin, with Dara Brown, Caitlin Kraft, Daniel Light, Jordan Mann, Nick Nudler and Kirsten Peacock. The Dell at the Mount, 2 Plunkett St., Lenox.

July 18 - Aug. 18: “The Children,” by Lucy Kirkwood, directed by James Warwick, with Ariel Bock, Jonathan Epstein and Diane Prusha. Two retired physicists have taken shelter in a borrowed cottage on the English coast coping with the aftermath of a nuclear power plant accident after a devastating tsunami. Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre.

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.

July 25 - Aug. 4: “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.” A hilarious musical revue paying tribute to those who have fallen on their face at the portal of romance.

WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL ‘62 Center for Theatre and Dance, 1000 Main St., Williamstown 413-458-3253, wtfestival.org Showtimes and tickets online.

July 24 - Aug. 3: “Tell Me I’m Not Crazy,” by Sharyn Rothstein, directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel.

Aug. 7 - 18: “Before the Meeting,”

by Adam Bock, directed by Trip Cullman. Every day, Gail (Ellen Barkin) and the regular members of her early morning group set up for their meeting in the exact same way: Nicole (Midori Francis) makes the coffee, Gail arranges the chairs, and Ron (Jason Butler Harner) complains. But when Gail’s estranged granddaughter reopens old wounds, Gail knows it will take more than coffee, chairs and companionship to keep her life from falling apart. Nikos Stage.

Talks June 30 - Aug. 18: Sunday Lawn Talks, arrive early for the matinee performances to hear artists, special guests, and WTF staff delve into the rich themes of WTF productions, 1:15 p.m., on the front lawn.

Bring your own picnic or stop by concessions!

July 2 - Aug. 13: Tuesday Talkbacks, lively discussions with WTF company members, artistic staff, and special guests about the show you just saw.

Friday, Aug. 2: Fridays @3, “Female Troubles,” music by Curtis Moore, lyrics by Amanda Green, book by Jennifer Crittenden and Gabrielle Allan, original concept by Amanda Green and Curtis Moore, at Nikos Stage, $5.

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Teeth,” by Thornton Wilder, directed

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