Berkshires Week 8/8/19

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2019

Art that makes you happy New exhibit at Lichtenstein ... Page 4 ‘Particularly in the Heartland’ at The Foundry ... Page 8 Plan your week ahead with our calendar ... Page 12

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things we learned while putting this issue together

Don’t be afraid of color: Graphic designer, artist Jesse Tobin McCauley wants viewers of her newest exhibit “HAPPY,” to have the feeling of freedom and fun that we once had as children while looking at bright colors.

Back in the Berkshires: Bazaar Productions is back on stage in the Berkshires after a two-year hiatus from the stage with its new production of “Particularly in the Heartland,” being mounted at The Foundry.

“Artist wants you to be happy,” page 4

“Bazaar returns with new show,” page 8

Wait, is that an earthworm?: Garden columnist Thomas Christopher warns readers of the “jumper” or “snake” worms that are often mistaken for the friendly earthworms, but are indeed not great for our gardens.

GILLIAN JONES — THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE

“Are earthworms good?” page 10

There’s plenty of theater to catch this week on Berkshire stages, including “Shrek the Musical.” See our calendar, starting on page 12, for all this week’s events

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FESTIVAL

FAMILY FUN

TALK

FAMILY FUN

MUSIC

ART

Celebrate North Adams

Calling all book lovers!

Fun for grown ups

Old-fashioned fun for all

Enjoy some great music

Take a walk with art

Hit the street for the 23rd annual North Adams Downtown Celebration, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. The heart of downtown will be closed to all but pedestrian traffic, so take a stroll, grab some dinner and enjoy live music and visiting with neighbors.

The Lenox Library annual book sale will have books for young and old for sale, noon to 4 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, at the Lenox Town Hall, 6 Walker St., Lenox.

Join Norman Rockwell Museum for the second annual Art of Brewing Festival, featuring Big Elm Brewing, Wandering Star Brewing Company, Shire Breu-Hous and more, 4 to 7 p.m.

Saturday, at Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge. Tickets $35 and up.

Bring the whole family to Hay Day at Williamstown Historical Museum, featuring relay races, sack races, and egg and spoon races, pony rides, a petting zoo and more, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Sunday, 32 New Ashford Road, South Williamstown. Admission is $10 per family.

Guthrie Center’s Troubadour Series welcomes Grammy-nominated Seth Glier on Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m., 2 Van Deusenville Road, Great Barrington.

Tickets are $30.

Don’t pass up the chance to take an artist-guided walk among this year’s SculptureNow exhibit at the Mount, 1:30 p.m. Sunday, 2 Plunkett St., Lenox.

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READINGS, WALKS AND TALKS

Don’t miss this show!

Catch David Sedaris, New York Times best-selling author of “Calypso,” 8 p.m.

Friday, at Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St., Great Barrington.

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4 unexpected spots to see art T

unnel City Coffee at Mass MoCA hosts a summer show with art by the late Viola Moriarty and her daughters, Anna Moriarty Lev and Phoebe Moriarty Lev, through September. The show, called “Cafe Con Leche,” features a collection of still lifes and portraits –– a variety of bold and colorful pieces by a family connected through art.

Landscape paintings by Tracy Baker-White are on display at Tunnel City Coffee in Williamstown through September.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Berkshire Community College members display their creativity with paintbrush, camera, fabric, clay and more at Lenox Library’s Welles Gallery, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 9 and 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Sunday, Aug. 11 from noon to 4 p.m. Participating artists include: Sue Arkans, Stephanie Beling, Dorene Beller, Amelia Berg, Nan Bookless, Colleen Budness, Sharon Costello, Mary Davidson, Joan Davidson, Frank Finkelstein, Karel Fisher, Larry Frankel and more.

Debbie Storie’s nature photography exhibit of Berkshire nature, wildlife and landscapes is on view in the Lee Library J. Peter Scolforo Gallery for the month of August.

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ARTS SHOWS

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“Cafe Con Leche,” on view at Tunnel City Coffee at Mass MoCA.

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Debbie Storie.

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Phantasmagoria by Harriet Pollack.

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Landscape paintings by Tracy Baker-White on display at Tunnel City Coffee in Williamstown.

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LICHTENSTEIN CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Artist wants you to be HAPPY

Jesse Tobin McCauley’s new exhibit now on view

BY CHARLES XU The Berkshire Eagle

Jesse Tobin McCauley’s abstract art show, “HAPPY,” keeps it simple.

“You don’t need to understand it; you don’t need to wonder why I did it [and] you don’t need to try to figure out what it is,” she said. “It’s more just the feeling it gives you.”

On exhibit now through Aug. 31 at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, “HAPPY” is meant to bring viewers back to simpler times, when bright colors captivated our childhood and rules need not apply. Tobin McCauley uses washes of acrylic, streaks of charcoal, pencil, crayons and even sharpie to create, in her words, “a cohesive blast of colors.”

“People think they’re not creative, especially adults,” she said. “You get worried you’re going to do something wrong if you try to paint or draw. But it doesn’t have to be so serious and set. It can just be fun and freeing.”

In “HAPPY,” a showcase of 38 abstract artworks, Tobin McCauley understands the value of creating art that doesn’t necessarily have to follow fundamentals or rules.

“I learned going to art school for design all the background [knowledge] and then you take it from there,” she said. “You know in the back of your mind the actual rules, but you don’t have to follow them. And when I walk into my studio, I feel like there’s no rules.”

While Tobin McCauley wants her viewers to escape “a fear of color in their lives,”

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Artist Jesse Tobin McCauley wants her work to remind people of their childhood, when most weren’t afraid of bright colors but instead found them fun and freeing.

What: “HAPPY” artwork by Jesse Tobin McCauley Where: Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, 28 Renne Ave., Pittsfield

When: On view now through Aug. 31

Cost: Free Learn more: Meet the artist every Saturday in August from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Thursday, Aug. 15, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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“HAPPY” is now on view at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts through Aug. 31. something a little lighter and bright and kind of [less] serious.”

Even the titles of the work connote a lighthearted tone.

“Kapow,” “Yawza” and “Zip

Zam” are just a few of her named works, harkening back to the sound effects in comic books.

All this gets to Tobin McCauley’s goal: to bring color

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dom from design and the preciseness of design” she said. “... I needed kind of an outlet [and] I was doing things that [were] really saturated, fullcanvas colors, and I wanted

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for herself, “HAPPY” is an escape from the constraints of her day job as a graphic designer.

“This is kind of my free-

back into our lives.

“I think that people have a little bit of a fear of color in their life,” she said. “Like people’s homes are all gray.

They wear all black ... but when you were kids, you loved everything.”

Art is not new for Tobin McCauley. Born into a family of artists in Pittsfield, Tobin McCauley is a member of the art group, Tobin Trifecta with two of her uncles.

This year’s exhibit is especially significant for her. McCauley’s father, F.X. Tobin, held his own art show at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts in 1989. Thirty years later, McCauley displays her own work in the same building.

“I think about it often and how proud I know he would be and how cool he would think it was,” she said. “[Thirty] years ago, I never imagined standing at his opening that I’d have a solo show of mine years later.”

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Tuesday, Aug. 13: Open mic with Cameron, Ryder and Friends, sign up at 6 p.m., showtime at 7 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 9: Rosie Porter, 8 p.m.

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Thursday, Aug. 8: Folking Around with opener James Hearne, 8 to 11 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 11: Karaoke, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 9: A Night with Monica Rizzio, Jenna Nicholls and Jon Ladeau, 8 to 11 p.m.

Enjoy live music at Mission Restaurant on North Street in Pittsfield.

Saturday, Aug. 10: Tangiers Blues Band, 8 to 11 p.m.

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Thursday, Aug. 8: Robert Kelly.

Friday, Aug. 9: Mark Kelso, sherri Howard.

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Wednesday, Aug. 14: Open mic, 7 to 10 p.m.

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Sunday, Aug. 11: Hudson Jazz Works Concert, $20, 4 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 12: Andy Wrba and Friends, 7 to 10 p.m.

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Friday, Aug. 9: Chalk Dust, 9 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 10: Livio Gravini and the Free Spirit Society, 9 p.m. to midnight.

Friday, Aug. 9: David Reed, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

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Saturday, Aug. 10: Kevin Smith, 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 8: Trivia night with Johnny Burns.

Doors open at 6 p.m., shows start at 8 p.m.

Aug. 9 and 10: Seth Glier, $30, $25 members.

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Saturday, Aug. 10: Rob Kelly.

Sunday, Aug. 11: Dave Bartley.

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Monday, Aug. 12: Tyra Nurmi.

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Tuesday, Aug. 13: Benny Kohn.

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Thursday, Aug. 8: The Picky Bastards, 8 to 11 p.m.

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Overture to “La finta semplice” by W.A. Mozart Trumpet Concerto in E flat by J.N. Hummel Allegro con spirito movement, Elsie DiLisio, soloist Cello Concerto No. 1 by J. Haydn Adagio and Moderato movements, Joseph Cracolici, soloist “L’Arlésienne” Suites No. 1 and 2 by Georges Bizet Admission is a free-will donation. Both facilities are handicapped accessible and air conditioned. A reception will follow the Pittsfield concert. stockbridgesinfonia.org This program is supported in part by grants from the Pittsfield, Lenox and Great Barrington Cultural Councils, local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

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Our 50th Anniversary Gala

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

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www.albanyberkshireballet.org | 413.445.5382 AUGUST 9 FRIDAY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 6pm, Ozawa Hall Prelude Concert Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Roger Vignoles, piano Music of BRITTEN and FAURÉ

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TLI—SHOP TALKS 1pm, Linde Center Studio E A conversation with composers Erika Fox, Hilda Paredes, Chaya Czernowin & ZoÍ Martlew TLI—FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC WEEKEND (Thursday–Monday)

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AUGUST 10 SATURDAY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Colton Family Concert in honor of the Tanglewood Learning Institute 8pm, Shed Rafael Payare, conductor Nikolai Lugansky, piano CARREÑO Margariteùa RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 1 BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 AUGUST 11 SUNDAY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Boston Symphony Association of Volunteers Concert 2:30pm, Shed Thomas Adès, conductor Inon Barnatan, piano IVES Three Places in New England BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, Pastoral TLI—CINEMATICS 7pm, Linde Center Studio E Babette’s Feast SPECIAL CONCERT The Caroline and James Taylor Concert dedicated to Andre Previn, whose wry wit, virtuosity, and irreverent genius knew no bounds.

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AUGUST 13 TUESDAY RECITAL SERIES The Linda and Malcolm Griggs Concert 8pm, Ozawa Hall Leonidas Kavakos, violin Emanuel Ax, piano ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23 Violin Sonata No. 6 in A, Op. 30, No. 1 Violin Sonata No. 10 in G, Op. 96 AUGUST 15 THURSDAY TLI—SHOP TALKS 1pm, Linde Center Studio E A conversation with pianist and vocal coach Margo Garrett & Thomas Martin, BSO Principal Clarinet RECITAL SERIES The Susan and Joel Cartun Concert 8pm, Ozawa Hall The Knights Eric Jacobsen, conductor Gil Shaham, violin Works by LIGETI, BRAHMS, GyĂśrgy KURTĂ G and KODĂ LY AUGUST 16 FRIDAY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 6pm, Ozawa Hall Prelude Concert Members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Kirill Gerstein, piano Music of DOHNĂ NYI and BRAHMS BOSTON POPS ORCHESTRA 8pm, Shed Keith Lockhart, conductor Star Wars: A New Hope Š 2019 & TM LUCASFILM LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Š DISNEY. Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts in association with 20th Century Fox, LucasďŹ lm Ltd. and Warner/Chappell Music.

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AUGUST 17 SATURDAY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Norma and Jerry Strassler Concert 8pm, Shed François-Xavier Roth, conductor Kirill Gerstein, piano BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2 AUGUST 18 SUNDAY BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 2:30pm, Shed François-Xavier Roth, conductor Yo-Yo Ma, cello Members of the BSO horn section SCHUMANN Concert Piece for four horns and orchestra SCHUMANN Cello Concerto BRAHMS Serenade No. 1 TLI—CINEMATICS 7pm, Linde Center Studio E Impromptu AUGUST 19 MONDAY TLI—FULL TILT 8pm, Linde Center Studio E The Black Mozart AUGUST 21 WEDNESDAY RECITAL SERIES The Norman Atkin MD and Joan Schwartzman Concert 8pm, Ozawa Hall Tan Dun’s Martial Arts Sonata Trilogy TLI — Inaugural summer of the Tanglewood Learning Institute. TLI.ORG Summer Sundays July 7 through August 25, when the gates open at noon, enjoy new and exciting events for all ages to enhance your Tanglewood experience. season sponsors

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FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC 8pm, Ozawa Hall TMC Orchestra Thomas Adès, conductor TMC Vocal Fellows Music of Richard AYRES

UnderScore Friday Concert 8pm, Shed Leonidas Kavakos, conductor and violin BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto DVO Ă K Symphony No. 7

AUGUST 12 MONDAY TLI—OPENSTUDIO 2pm, Ozawa Hall Violin Class led by Leonidas Kavakos

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Bazaar returns with “Particularly in the Heartland”

BY BENJAMIN CASSIDY The Berkshire Eagle WEST STOCKBRIDGE — In “Particularly

in the Heartland,” an alien inhabiting the body of a deceased pregnant teenager suddenly arrives at a Kansas farm where three siblings are reckoning with their parents’ disappearance.

Of the three unexpected guests that the Springers will encounter throughout the course of the play, the hybrid alien-human, Tracy Jo, is perhaps the “closest” to Sarah, Todd and Anna’s insular upbringing because she reminds them of an acquaintance, according to Sara Katzoff.

“It sounds crazy, but it’s just part of the world that we accept,” the director said during rehearsals of the work’s Berkshire debut.

A Bazaar Productions staging of otherworldly “Particularly in the Heartland” will open Thursday night and run through Aug. 18 at The Foundry, a nascent visual

and performing arts space in West Stockbridge. The Brooklyn-based TEAM ensemble’s play originally appealed to Bazaar Productions leaders around the time of its 2007 U.S. debut.

But with its focus on youth in America, outsiders, family and religion, the work hasn’t lost any relevance during the intervening years, which included Bazaar Productions’ two-plus-year hiatus from the stage beginning in 2016. Now, in advance of The Berkshire Fringe Festival’s return in 2020, Bazaar Productions Co-Artistic Directors Katzoff, Peter Wise and Chris Tucci are reintroducing the performing arts incubator to the Berkshire theater scene with an unconventional piece in a brand-new home space.

“We’re trying to push the boundaries of what people think theater is,” Katzoff said.

The production is highly interactive with characters moving about the black box theater room. While there is plenty of dialogue, physicality reigns.

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“We’re trying to push the boundaries of what people think theater is,” Director Sara Katzoff said.

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Friday, August 9 “Sneak Peek” admission numbers given at 8am “Sneak Peek” 9am – noon ($5 donation) noon -- 4pm (free admission)

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What: “Particularly in the Heartland” by TEAM Ensemble, directed by Sara Katzoff Who: Bazaar Productions When: Thursday through Aug. 18

Where: The Foundry, 2 Harris St., West Stockbridge

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Tickets: $25 general admission; $65 for opening night package with champagne toast, performance ticket and after-party Information: 413-418-4113; bazaarproductions.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 PHOTO PROVIDED BY JOE WEINBERG

The ensemble and creative team of Bazaar Productions’ “Particularly in the Heartland” rehearse at The Foundry in West Stockbride, where the production will be shown through Aug. 18. cipitates the arrival of the Springers’ first visitor, Dorothy, a businesswoman who is the lone survivor of a plane crash. The inclusion of a character named Dorothy in Kansas doesn’t feel like an accident.

“There [are] definitely some connections to this idea of Dorothy being the outsider in Kansas in ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ and our Dorothy, who’s a city person. ... [She] lives in a very different world,” Katzoff said.

The final visitor is the ghost of Robert F. Kennedy, whom Anna digs up in the

backyard.

“He seems to be kind of a representation of this ghost of liberalism,” Katzoff said.

At the play’s outset, a rendition of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” guides the narrative to different points in Kennedy’s career before his 1968 assassination.

“At that point in history, it seems like there was maybe the potential that he could bring people together, and then he was killed, and that never really happened,” Katzoff said.

The play explores how to overcome preconceptions

about others and dissolve divisions.

“How do we accept or embrace outsiders? And that’s people that think things that are different from our own religious beliefs, from our own political beliefs, from our own understandings of our family systems,” Katzoff said.

For this bunch, isolation simply isn’t an answer.

“They kind of need each other,” Katzoff said.

Sunday, October 6 CHAMBER ENSEMBLE, ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS

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Sunday, October 13 EMERSON STRING QUARTET Reserved Seats $40 Students with ID $15 at door All Concerts at 3 p.m.

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“We’re telling stories with our bodies. We have lifts. We have fights. We have intimacy,” Katzoff said.

It’s quite a workout for the cast: Noah Lewis Bailey, Stephanie Castillo, Kendra Jain, Ben Murphy, Cari Quigley and Sophronia Vowels.

“I just admire them so much and their ability to just be able to go there,” Katzoff said.

Props have some work to do, too; a table, Katzoff explained, can become a barricade and a roof. Chairs get sucked into a tornado, the weather event that pre-

Sunday, September 22 BRENTANO STRING QUARTET Hsin-Yun Huang, Viola

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BE-A-BETTER GARDENER

Are earthworms good for the garden?

Depends on the worm ...

There’s no species of wildlife more beloved of gardeners than the earthworm.

Yet, as I’ve been learning recently, this creature can also spell trouble, both for the cultivator and for the local ecosystem.

The earthworm has been an icon of a healthy garden ever since its cause was taken up by no less a figure than Charles Darwin. For more than 40 years, when he wasn’t working on his theory of evolution, Darwin was quite likely observing and experimenting on earthworms.

The great scientist was deeply interested in geology and he was fascinated by the very slow yet powerful ways in which earthworms had transformed the British landscape.

Darwin observed how earthworms consumed organic matter, passing it and soil through their guts to deposit the end product at the surface in little piles of finegrained, nutrientrich “worm castings.” Although Thomas Christopher individually each pile of castings is insignificant, in the aggregate, their impact on the environment is huge. Using an estimate by a fellow scholar that the average acre of soil supported 53,767 worms, Darwin calculated that this population cumulatively deposited more than 10 tons of castings on the soil surface every year, for a total of 320 million tons nationwide. “It may be doubted,” he wrote in the book about earthworms that he published in 1881 (the year before his death), “whether there are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world, as have these lowly organized creatures.”

Ever since, gardeners have regarded earthworms as a principal source of topsoil, as well as, with their tunneling, aerators of the soil. I remember my mother – my first gardening instructor – teaching me that these creatures should be treated with something like reverence.

Indeed, in Darwin’s England, where earthworms are native, their effect is all to the good. That isn’t necessarily so, however, in the northern United States,

according to Josef Gorres, a professor of plant and soil science at the University of Vermont. Earthworms were largely eradicated from our area by the ice sheets of the last ice age, so that there are only a couple of relatively rare species that are truly native here. The rest – the earthworms and night crawlers that populate our gardens – were introduced accidentally with ship ballast dumped on our shores and in plants brought by colonists. As these creatures spread, they profoundly affected the soil ecology, making it less hospitable to many wildflowers and other native plants, especially in forested areas.

What’s of far more concern to Gorres, though, is some more recent arrivals. These are the “jumper” or “snake” worms that arrived from Asia and which are still colonizing the northern landscape. These were first observed in the eastern United States in the 1920s in the Washington D.C. and Baltimore area; one theory is that they arrived with the flowering cherry trees sent from Japan to adorn our nation’s capital. In any event, they have been moving north since then, distributed in nursery stock and plants traded among gardeners.

Once introduced to an area, they may also be spread by municipal leaf composting programs, unless the leaves are hot composted.

These worms differ physically in a number of respects from the earlier European arrivals, but are most easily distinguished by the violent way they thrash and jump when disturbed. The snake worms also differ in the more aggressive way they process organic litter.

They can reduce a couple of inches of organic mulch or natural forest duff to something like a loose layer of coarse coffee grounds in a single summer. This transformation of the soil’s top layer can interfere with the growth of shallowrooted plants. In a woodland, this has a number of impacts, including reducing deer browse, forcing the deer to focus on tree seedlings and so interfering with the forest’s ability to regenerate. By thinning the vegetation on the forest floor, snake worm activity also exposes the nests of ground-nesting birds, making them more vulnerable to predation.

Once an area is infected with snake worms, the best that can be achieved is to reduce their numbers. This can be

accomplished in the garden by handpicking them and drowning them in a bucket of water. Reducing the numbers of worms will, over time, also reduce the number of their egg cases in the soil, decreasing their rate of reproduction and making the job of controlling them easier.

I never thought, when my mother extolled the virtues of earthworms, that someday I might be contemplating their control.

Be-a-Better-Gardener is a community service of Berkshire Botanical Garden, located in Stockbridge. Its mission to provide knowledge of gardening and the environment through 25 display gardens and a diverse range of classes informs and inspires thousands of students and visitors on horticultural topics every year.

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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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.

AMUSE GALLERY 7 Railroad Ave., Chatham, N.Y. amusechatham.com Aug. 1 - Sept. 29: “Eye of the Beholder.” Opening reception, Aug. 3 from 4 to 7 p.m.

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.

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, and more.

July 4 - Oct. 14: “Art’s Biggest Stage: Collecting the Venice Biennale, 2007–2019.” The Clark’s unparalleled collection of material produced for the Venice Biennale explores questions of nationhood, identity and spectacle.

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

BARN GALLERY AT STONOVER FARN 169 Under Mountain Road, Lenox Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

July 3 - Aug. 22: “Talk to Me: contemporary figurative sculpture by Beckie Kravetz.”

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

BASCOM LODGE 3 Summit Road, Adams 413-743-1591 bascomlodge.net Sunday, Aug. 11: Berkshire native David Ricci presents his photography, free, 6 to 7 p.m.

BECKET ARTS CENTER 7 Brooker Hill Road, Becket 413-623-6635, becketartscenter. org Aug. 3 - 18: Members exhibition.

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

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Summer hours: Noon to 5 p.m.

Wednesday to Sunday.

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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 low-relief ceiling figures and a Sept.

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Chesterwood’s outdoor exhibit, “One Impulse from a Vernal Wood,” is on view through Oct. 27.

Picture” group show; also exhibiting “Dark Matter” and “Death of a Loved One - 1890s Fashion: Collection of Greg Lafave.”

den: Summer’s Treasures,” bring to life the beauty of garden flowers with colored pencil and graphite, $375, $340 members, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Monument Mountain Regional High School,

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

413-298-3926, berkshirebotanical.org

600 Stockbridge Road, Great Barrington

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

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

Aug. 9 - 11: 46th year, showcasing the work of 91 jury-selected artists; admission is $8, free for children under 12, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Great Barrington bernayfineart.com

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

CHESTERWOOD 4 Williamsville Road, Stockbridge

BERKSHIRE MUSEUM

413-298-3579, chesterwood.org

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

39 South St., Pittsfield

Thursday, Aug. 8: “The Garden in Watercolors” Session II, explore the garden through the pleasure of watercolor painting, Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Single session, $60, $45 members; all four sessions, $175, $155 members: $155.

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

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 p.m. Grounds-only pass available.

Aug. 10 and 11: The Grow Show, with admission, 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

413-443-7171, berkshiremuseum. org

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

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

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

CLARK ART INSTITUTE 225 South St., Williamstown

Aug. 12 and 13: “Basic Drawing Skills: Observing Nature,” $250, $225 members, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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

413-458-2303, clarkart.edu

Aug. 14 - 16: “Portraits from a Gar-

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Admission: $20, children under 18 free.

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.

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

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.

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: Reflections Gallery Talk. Following Community Tai Chi, spend the morning in the galleries during Reflections, a weekly gallery experience that invites visitors to look within and approach the familiar from a new perspective, with admission, 10:30 a.m. Registration required: clarkart. edu or 413-458-0524.

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

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

Sketch and reflect in “Janet Cardiff:

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.

Thursdays, July 11 - Aug. 31: Figure Drawing: Drop-in drawing from a live model, materials provided, with admission, 1 to 4 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. Building 6 features work by artists including James Turrell, Louise Bourgeois, Jenny Holzer, Laurie Anderson, Gunnar Schonbeck, and more.

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.

Wednesday, Aug. 14: Berkshire Lantern Workshop, work with artists from the New England Puppet Intensive to create an illuminated sculpture in preparation for the Lantern Walk, free, 1 p.m.

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51 Main St., North Adams 413-662-5320, mcla.edu/gallery51

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

June 27 - Aug. 24: Jon Verney, exhibition of framed photographs, altered Polaroids, light-boxes and video projection.

THE MOUNT Edith Wharton’s Home 2 Plunkett St., Lenox

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62 Church St., Lenox andrewdevries.com Saturday, Aug. 10: Reception celebrating Andrew DeVries 40th career anniversary, 2 to 5 p.m.

Norman Rockwell’s “The Final Impossibility: Man’s Tracks on the Moon,” 1969, is now on view at the Norman Rockwell Musuem GUILD OF BERKSHIRE ARTISTS

FERRIN CONTEMPORARY

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1315 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams

Thursday, Aug. 8: Stockbridge Second Thursday Art Walk, 4 to 7 p.m.

Tour galleries, meet local artists and see demonstrations of art, beginning at TKG Real Estate, 10 Elm St.

413-346-4004, ferrincontemporary.com

HARTFORD ARTISANS WEAVING CENTER weavingcenter.org Thursday, Aug. 8: Trunk show sale of handwoven textiles, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Barn; “Assemblages by Paul Taylor” exhibition, open daily, noon to final curtain, free, Ted Shawn Theatre 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.

HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE

HOUSATONIC VALLEY ART LEAGUE

FRELINGHUYSEN MORRIS HOUSE & STUDIO

1843 W. Housatonic St., Pittsfield

860-542-5078, hvart.org

413-443-0188,

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.

KIMBALL FARMS CONNECTOR GALLERY

INSTALLATION SPACE

358 George Carter Road, Becket

Through Sept. 11: Tanglewood Benefit 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.

413-243-0745, jacobspillow.org

LENOX LIBRARY

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.

18 Main St., Lenox

Through Aug. 25: “Dance We Must: Another Look” exhibition, open daily, noon to final curtain, free, in Blake’s

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92 Hawthorne St., Lenox

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413-637-0166, frelinghuysen.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.

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. 9: Carolyn Newberger, watercolor, with admission, 11 a.m.

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.

Saturday, Aug. 10: Learn to take better photographs with “The Art of Composition,” $60, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

49 Eagle St., North Adams 49eaglestreet.com June 27 - Aug. 18: “Time-Link Present.”

JACOB’S PILLOW

235 Walker St., Lenox Hours: 9 a.m to 5 p.m. daily.

Aug. 9-11: OLLI’s Annual Member Art Show. Artists’ reception on Saturday, 2 to 4 p.m.

1040 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams

edithwharton.org Sunday, Aug. 11: SculptureNow artist guided tour, free, 1:30 p.m.

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 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.

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

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July 6 - Aug. 10: Jason Walker, “Personal Encounters.”

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.

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The Forty Part Motet,” with admission, 1 to 4 p.m. Monday.

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Hours: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends.

autobiographical elements in Rockwell’s work, examining his carefully constructed fictional scenes for the covers and pages of American publications.

JACOB’S PILLOW 358 George Carter Road, Becket

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.”

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.

TURN PARK ART SPACE 2 Moscow Road, West Stockbridge

Friday, Aug. 9: “Focus on Rockwell: Meet Rockwell’s Models,” with admission, 3 p.m.

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

Tuesday, Aug. 13: Art, Love, and Identity: A 50th Anniversary Summer Lecture Series: “Picturing Sesame Street: The Art of Illustrator Joe Mathieu,” $25, $15 members, 4:30 p.m. lemonade on the Terrace, 5 p.m. talk.

WILLIAMS COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART WCMA Summer Space, 76 Spring St., Williamstown.

SANDISFIELD ARTS CENTER

413-597-2429

5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield

wcma.williams.edu

413-258-4100, sandisfieldartscenter.org

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

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.

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

SCHANTZ GALLERIES 3 Elm St., Stockbridge

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Ashley Blalock’s installation of nylon yarn “Queen Anne’s Lace,” is on display at the SculptureNow exhibit at The Mount in Lenox.

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Boston Symphony Orchestra,

Aug. 1 - Sept. 22: “Chihuly.”

297 West St., Lenox

Friday, Aug. 9: Opening reception for “Chihuly,” 3 to 5 p.m.

888-266-1200, bso.org

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.

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

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

Saturday, Aug. 10: Tanglewood

Learning Institute Focal Point Drawing Class, $34, 10 a.m., Linde Center Martignetti lobby.

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

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413-243-0745, jacobspillow.org Dance Classes 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 4-18, accompanied by an adult, $7 adult, $4 child. Register: 413-6236635.

Thursday, Aug. 8: Class with Inside/ Out Artist: Stones and Stories with Christopher K. Morgan, open to all ages and experience levels, free, 4 p.m. Register online.

Sunday, Aug. 11: Sunday Master Class: Red Sky Performance, for intermediate and advanced dancers ages 16 and up, $20, 10 a.m. Register online.

Sunday, Aug. 11: Special Workshop: Gaga/people, open to all experience levels ages 16 and up, $20, noon.

Register online or call 413-243-9919 ext. 166.

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

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Sunday, Aug. 11: Free, artist-guided tours, 1:30 to 3 p.m.

SPENCERTOWN ACADEMY ART CENTER 790 NY-203, Spencertown, N.Y.

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518-392-3693, spencertownacademy.org Hours: Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.

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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).

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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.

Aug 14 - 17: Martha Graham Dance Company, starting at $45, 8 p.m.

Wednesday through Saturday; 2 p.m.

Thursday and Saturday.

Doris Duke Theatre

Wednesday, Aug. 14: Berkshire Lantern Workshop, work with artists from the New England Puppet Intensive to create an illuminated sculpture in preparation for the Lantern Walk, free, 1 p.m.

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

Saturday and Sunday, unless noted.

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

Aug. 14 - 18: Sara Mearns: Beyond Ballet, starting at $55.

DALTON CRA 400 Main St., Dalton

Inside/Out Stage

413-684-2459, daltoncra.org

Performances: Free, Wednesday through Saturday, 6:15 p.m., unless noted.

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.

Thursday, Aug. 8: Christopher K. Morgan dance performance.

Friday, Aug. 9: “The Art of Isadora.”

Saturday, Aug. 10: The School at Jacob’s Pillow Tap Program.

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

Wednesday, Aug. 14: Tapped In: Alumni of The School at Jacob’s Pillow.

PillowTalks Friday, Aug. 9: “Isadora Duncan Forever,” free, 5 p.m.

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Saturday, Aug. 10: “Indigenous Dance,” free, 4 p.m.

MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 14 Castle St., Great Barrington.

413-528-0100, mahaiwe.org Sunday, Aug. 11: Savion Glover, Tony Award-winning tap dancer and choreographer performs with OUT’KNiGHTz percussion group, $49-$89, 7 p.m.

PS21 2980 Route 66, Chatham, N.Y. 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.

FAIRS, FESTIVALS AND FAMILY FUN

Behind Town Hall, Great Barrington BERKSHIRE EAGLE FILE PHOTO

Take a figure drawing class on Thursdays at The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown. vendors, food, music, performances and more, free, 5:30 to 9 p.m. Rain date: Aug. 15.

BERKSHIRE BOTANICAL GARDEN

ADAMS FREE LIBRARY

413-298-3926, berkshirebotanical.org

CLARK ART INSTITUTE

Friday, Aug. 9: Birds of Prey with Tom Ricardi, wildlife rehabilitator, with admission, free for members and children age 12 and under, 11 a.m. to noon.

413-458-2303, clarkart.edu

92 Park St., Adams 413-743-8345, adamslibraryma. org Thursday, Aug. 8: Pajama Story Time and Teddy Bear Sleepover, 6:30 p.m.

ANIMAGIC MUSEUM 135 Main St., Lee Reservations: 413-841-6679 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.

23RD ANNUAL DOWNTOWN CELEBRATION

BERKSHIRE ATHENAEUM

Downtown North Adams 413-664-6180

413-499-9480, pittsfieldlibrary. org

Wednesday, Aug. 14: An outdoor festival/community expo featuring

Fridays, July 5 - Aug. 9: Children’s yoga, suited to ages 6-12, 10:30 a.m.

1 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield

5 W. Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge

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, 10:30 a.m.

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.

Sundays: Discovery Tank Program.

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

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

GREAT BARRINGTON LIBRARIES Mason Library, 231 Main St., Great Barrington Ramsdell Library, 1087 Main St., Housatonic gblibraries.org Saturday, Aug. 10: Harry Potter Craft: Luna Lovegood Paper Dolls, ages 3 and up, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Ramsdell Library. Summer Readers’ Ice Cream Sundae Party and Out of This World Activity, 1:15 p.m., Mason Library.

HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE

Knesset Israel Presents the 33rd Annual

Berkshire Jewish Film Festival Berk 4PM MATINEE

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Aug. 9 and 10: Philadanco Dance Company, $50, 8 p.m.

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

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LIBRARY

413-443-0188,

21 State Line Road, West Stockbridge

hancockshakervillage.org

weststockbridgelibrary.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.

Friday, Aug. 9: Live mini-ponies from The High and Mighty Therapeutic Riding Center, Ghent, N.Y., 3 p.m.

WILLIAMSTOWN HISTORICAL MUSEUM

Friday, Aug. 9: Highland Street Foundation Free Fun Friday.

32 New Ashford Road, South Williamstown

JACOB’S PILLOW

williamstownhistoricalmuseum. org

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

Sunday, Aug. 11: Annual Hay Day Fair, old-fashioned family fun, with relay races, sack races, and egg and spoon races, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturdays, June 22-Aug. 24: Pittsfield Pillow Express, free round-trip 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.

FILM BERKSHIRE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL Lenox Memorial High School,

Friday, Aug. 9: Storytelling Bonfire, part of “The Land on Which We Dance,” a celebration of Indigenous dance, free, around 9:30 p.m.

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

LENOX LIBRARY

Tuesday, Aug. 13: “Beauty and the Beast,” $5, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Saint Paul’s Church.

Monday, Aug. 12: “93Queen.” Rachel “Ruchie” Freier is a no-nonsense Hasidic lawyer and mother of six who is determined to shake up the “boys club” in her community. She creates Ezras Nashim, the first all-female ambulance corps in NYC, $7, 4 p.m.

“The Other Story.” Two rebellious young women, one fleeing the chaos of secular hedonism for the comforts of faith, the other seeking to escape her oppressive religious upbringing for sexual and spiritual freedom, cross paths unexpectedly in Jerusalem in this empowering drama, $10, 8 p.m.

ST. JOHN PAUL II PARISH

SANDISFIELD ARTS CENTER

21 Maple St., Adams

5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield

adamscatholicchurches.org

413-258-4100, sandisfieldartscenter.org

18 Main St., Lenox 413-637-0197, lenoxlib.org Thursday, Aug. 8: A Universe of Songs & Stories with Davis Bates & Roger Tincknell, 10:30 a.m.

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

Aug. 9 - 11: Bargains in Books Book Sale. Grand opening “First Look” for the best selection of collectors items, $5, 9 a.m. to noon Friday; free admission, noon to 4 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

MOUNT GREYLOCK STATE RESERVATION 30 Rockwell Road, Lanesborough Thursday, Aug. 8: Junior Ranger program for children ages 8-12, 10 a.m. to noon, at Pittsfield State Forest Ski Lodge.

NAUMKEAG The Trustees of Reservations 5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge 413-298-8138, 413.298.3239 ext.

3013,

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

NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM 9 Glendale Road, Stockbridge 413-298-4100, nrm.org Mondays and Fridays, July 1 - Aug. 30: Children’s Art Workshop: Drop-in and Create, all ages explore different materials, techniques and creative

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Bring the kids to see Terry a la Berry at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Lenox Library. projects, 1 to 2:30 p.m.

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.

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 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.

Thursday, Aug. 8: Starblab at MCLA, time slots from 9 a.m. to noon are assigned based on age. Register: 413-662-3133.

Sunday, Aug. 11: Star Wars Symposium, come dressed as your favorite character, ages 5 and up, 2 and 3:30 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 12: Summer Reading Wrap-Up Party with Magician Scott Jameson, 6 to 7 p.m.

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

Thursday, Aug. 8: “Three Little Pigs,” $5, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., Saint Paul’s Church.

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

Aug. 9 and 10: Tag and book sale, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday.

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WEST STOCKBRIDGE PUBLIC

Friday, Aug. 9: Free Friday night at the movies, visit sandisfieldartscenter.org for this month’s movie, free, 5:30 p.m.

Route 9, Windsor 413-200-7262, thetrustees.org Tuesdays, July 2 - Sept. 24: Storytime with goats, $6 child, $3 member child, adults free, 10 to 11 a.m.

PS21 2980 Route 66, Chatham, N.Y. 518-392-6121, PS21chatham.org

naplibrary.com

Friday, Aug. 9: Philadanco Dance Company Special performance for kids, free performance for kids and families,1 p.m.

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

ROBBINS-ZUST FAMILY MARIONETTES

NORTH ADAMS PUBLIC LIBRARY

robbins-zustfamilymarionettes. com

2019 50th Anniversary Season!

Come celebrate the excitement of great music – up close and personal!

All concerts are at 8 p.m. at Ventfort Hall in Lenox Tuesday, August 13, 2019 • 8 p.m.

Ed Barker & colleagues performing the music of Bruch and a 50th Finale surprise!

Ventfort Hall, 104 Walker Street, Lenox Tickets $25 only available at the door – box office opens at 7:15 p.m. Students FREE. Come early and enjoy the beauty of this historic home.

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Wednesday, Aug. 14: Choral Favorites, 7 p.m.

ART OMI

BERKSHIRE MUSIC SCHOOL

1405 County Route 22, Ghent, N.Y.

Taft Recital Hall

518-392-4747, artomi.org

30 Wendell Ave., PittsďŹ eld

Sunday, Aug. 11: Omi Improvisers Orchestra, with special guests Karl Berger and Ingrid Setzo.

413-442-1411,

ASTON MAGNA MUSIC FESTIVAL 413-528-3595, astonmagna.org Saint James Place, 352 Main St., Great Barrington Time and Space LTD, 434 Columbia St., Hudson, N.Y. Thursday, Aug. 8: Season ďŹ nale, “Bouquet of Baroque Concertos,â€? featuring J.S. Bach’s “Concerto for Two Violins, BWV 1043,â€? “Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, BWV 1046,â€? and Vivaldi’s “Concerto for Four Violins,â€? “Concerto for Viola D’Amore in D Minor,â€? 6 p.m., Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, $25-$50, 14 Castle St., Great Barrington.

berkshiremusicschool.org stockbridgesinfonia.org Thursday, Aug. 8: Berkshire Music School perform a cabaret show at Wingate Residences at Melbourne Place, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 10: Stockbridge Sinfonia in concert, free, 3 p.m., at Zion Lutheran Church, 74 First St., PittsďŹ eld.

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

at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center

Saturday, Aug. 10: Young Artists Orchestra plays Haas, Dukas and Mahler with Paul Haas, conductor, $13 general, 1:30 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall.

36 Linden St., PittsďŹ eld

Concerts at West Street Theatre

413-236-8888, barringtonstageco.org/mrďŹ nns

45 West St., Lenox

BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY Mr. Finn’s Cabaret,

Aug. 11 and 12: Billy Stritch, “Summer Songs,� $45, 8 p.m.

BERKSHIRE CONCERT CHOIR Berkshire Music School, Taft Recital Hall, 30 Wendell Ave. PittsďŹ eld

Friday, Aug. 9: Opera Scenes presented by Young Artists Vocal Program students, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 10: Young Artists Piano Program Student Recital, 11 a.m.; Opera Scenes presented

by Young Artists Vocal Program students, 6:30 p.m.

413-442-6120, berkshireconcertchoir.org

CLARK ART INSTITUTE

Summer Sing Series 2019

413-458-2303, clarkart.edu

Public invited to sing along.

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225 South St., Williamstown

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FREE SYMPOSIUM “Environmental Challenges in the Berkshires�

SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2019

2:00 PM AT THE BOYD-QUINSON MAINSTAGE, 30 UNION STREET, PITTSFIELD, MA RESERVATIONS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: (413) 236-8888.

The world premiere of Fall Springs - a new musical about fracking - is the backdrop for a free symposium about the serious and pressing environmental challenges that we are facing and the consequences of human-driven climate change. Please join us for a moderated panel discussion with environmental experts and advocates.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

JUDITH ENCK

Visiting Professor and Senior Fellow at Bennington College, Bennington, VT. Founder, Beyond Plastics. Ms. Enck served as Regional Administrator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under the Obama administration.

MODERATOR:

LAURA J. MARTIN

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies,

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Program Director of No Fracked Gas In Mass, a Program of Berkshire Environmental Action Team.

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MUSIC IN COMMON

20 Litchfield Road, Norfolk, Conn.

to 8 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 12: House Sparrow, free, 12:30 p.m.

Music After Hours

413-248-6070, musicincommon. org

norfolk.yale.edu

SEVENARS MUSIC FESTIVAL

Thursday, Aug. 8: Emerging Artists Showcase, free, 7:30 p.m., Music Shed.

Sevenars Academy,

CONCERTS IN THE PARK Lilac Park, Main Street, Lenox

Friday, Aug. 9: Afro-Semitic Experience, free, 5 to 8 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 10: The Benny Sharoni Quartet, free, 5 to 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 14: Banjo Blue, 6:30 p.m.

MUSIC FROM SALEM

CURTISVILLE CONSORTIUM

25 E. Main St., Cambridge, N.Y.

curtisvilleconsortium.org

518-232-2347, musicfromsalem. org

Tuesday, Aug. 13: Ed Barker and colleagues performing the music of Bruch and a 50th Finale surprise, $25, 8 p.m., 104 Walker St., Lenox.

GUTHRIE CENTER 2 Van Deusenville Road,

Hubbard Hall,

Shows at Hubbard Hall unless noted.

Sunday, Aug. 11: Saariaho and Serenades Chamber Music Concert, music by Saariaho, Beethoven, Brahms performed by L. Brown, C. Wiersma, M. Naegele, J. Bongiorno, V. Holroyd, R. Moore, J. Slowik, L. Chisholm, $25 suggested or pay what you can, 4 p.m., at The Barn, 105 McKie Hollow Road, Cambridge, N.Y.

Friday, Aug. 9: Music In Common Community MeetUp: Singing for Non-Singers with Marisa Massery open to all high school and college aged youth, free, 6 p.m., Gladys A. Brigham Community Center, East Street, Pittsfield.

Route 112 at Ireland Street South Worthington

Friday, Aug. 9: Emerson String Quartet, $20-$60, under 19 free, 8 p.m., Music Shed.

413-238-5854, sevenars.org

Saturday, Aug. 10: Emerging Artists Showcase, 10:30 a.m.; Concerto Night!, $20-$60, 8 p.m.

MUSIC MOUNTAIN 225 Music Mountain Road, Falls Village, Conn.

Wednesday, Aug. 14: Choral Lecture / Demonstration, free, 7:30 p.m.

musicmountain.org

OTIS CULTURAL COUNCIL

Route 7, Lanesborough

Saturday, Aug. 10: Wolverine Jazz Band, $34, 5 p.m.

townofotisma.com/culturalcouncil

Sunday, Aug. 11: Wintergreen, free, 4 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 11: St. Petersburg String Quartet with Pianist Tao Lin, $39, 3 p.m.

TAMARACK HOLLOW NATURE AND CULTURAL CENTER

Open Rehearsals at Brown Farm

413-298-8138, 413.298.3239 ext.

3013,

Sunday, Aug. 11: Afternoon of Delta Blues and Rhythm Tap, music by Robin O’Herin, composer and awardwinning musician and blues harpist Andy Taylor. Stephanie Weber adds percussive tap for an afternoon of great harmonies and pure fun! 3 p.m., Town Hall Green, Route 23, Otis Center.

154 Priest Road, Salem, N.Y.

thetrustees.org

PARTY IN THE PARK

874 North St., Pittsfield

Thursday, Aug. 8: Open rehearsal for Aug. 11 concert, free, 4 p.m

Noel Field, 310 State St.,

Tuesday, Aug. 13: Eagles Big Band ‘Swing’ music, 7 p.m.

Workshops for Children and Youth

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

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

Troubadour Series Aug. 9 and 10: Seth Glier, $30, $25 members.

HERBERT ARBORETUM

LIVE ON THE LAKE Burbank Park on Onota Lake, Pittsfield Wednesdays, July 10 - Aug. 21: Free community concert series presented by Live 95.5, 6 to 8 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 9: Free, 3 p.m., Greenwich Youth Center, 6 Academy St., Greenwich, N.Y.

NAUMKEAG The Trustees of Reservations 5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge

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

by WUPE and WNAW, combining classic cars and local musicians, 6

NORFOLK CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL Ellen Battell Stoeckel Estate,

$20-30 LOW PRICE PREVIEWS 8/9, 10 & 11!

472 West Mountain Road, Lenox massaudubon.org/trailsidemusic Trailside Music Series Saturday, Aug. 10: Amy Ryan Band, 6 to 9 p.m.

MASS MOCA 1040 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams 413-662-2111, massmoca.org Thursday, July 4 - Oct. 10: The Chalet, a cozy riverside beer garden featuring local performing artists, every Thursday, free, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 10: Laurie Anderson presents Lou Reed Drones with Stewart Hurwood, a sonic experience utilizing guitars from Reed’s collection, $25-$35, 8 p.m.

Edith Wharton’s Home 2 Plunkett St., Lenox 413-551-5111

Music and Lyrics by NIKO TSAKALAKOS Book and Lyrics by PETER SINN NACHTRIEB Directed by STEPHEN BRACKETT

AUGUST 9-31

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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.

TANGLEWOOD Boston Symphony Orchestra,

Book by SAM LAFRAGE Music and Lyrics by LEWIS FLINN and SAM LAFRAGE

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Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary,

ST. LUKE’S CHURCH

YOUTH THEATRE ATT THE BERKSHIRE BERKS MUSEUM

MASS AUDUBON

THE MOUNT

Sunday, Aug. 11: David James, pianist in music of Chopin, Brahms, Schubert, Falla, Albeniz, Ravel and Lecuona, $20 suggested donation, 4 p.m.

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297 West St., Lenox

bookstoreinlenox.com

888-266-1200, bso.org

Thursday, Aug. 8: Jen Rubin, “We Are Staying,” 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 8: Opera TMC Vocal Fellows Festival of Contemporary Music, $13, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall.

CHESTERWOOD 4 Williamsville Road, Stockbridge

Friday, Aug. 9: Chamber Music Festival of Contemporary Music, $13, 2:30 p.m., Linde Center Studio E.

413-298-3579, chesterwood.org Hours: Open daily May 25 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 p.m. Grounds-only pass available.

Friday, Aug. 9: Boston Symphony Orchestra, UnderScore Friday Concert, Beethoven and Dvorak, featuring Leonidas Kavakos as both conductor and violinist, $12-$104, 8 p.m., Koussevitzky Music Shed.

Thursday, Aug. 8: Artist Biographies: A Conversation with Harold Holzer, author of “Monument Man: The Life and Art of Daniel Chester French,” and Thayer Tolles, Marcia F. Vilcek Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture, Metropolitan Museum of Art, $15, 11 a.m., at Edith Wharton’s The Mount, 2 Plunkett St., Lenox. Fee charged.

Saturday, Aug. 10: Saturday Morning Open Rehearsal, Ives and Beethoven, $14-$34, 10:30 a.m., Koussevitzky Music Shed.

Saturday, Aug. 10: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Payare conducts Carreno, Rachmaninoff and Brahms, featuring pianist Nikolai Lugansky, $22-$104, 8 p.m., Koussevitzky Music Shed.

CLARK ART INSTITUTE 225 South St., Williamstown

Sunday, Aug. 11: TMC Chamber Music Festival of Contemporary Music, $13, 10 a.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall.

Sunday, Aug. 11: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Ades conducts Ives and Beethoven, featuring pianist Inon Barnatan, $22-$104, 2:30 p.m., Koussevitzky Music Shed.

Sunday, Aug. 11: Yo-Yo Ma plays all six of J.S Bach’s Suites for Unaccompanied Cello, $22-$114, 7:30 p.m., Koussevitzky Music Shed.

Monday, Aug. 12: Tanglewood Learning Institute TLI OpenStudio Violin Class led by Leonidas Kavakos, $35-$58, 2 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall.

Monday, Aug. 12: Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra Festival of Contemporary Music, Tomas Ades and TMC Fellows conduct Barry, Ruders and Knussen, $13-$57, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall.

Tuesday, Aug. 13: Leonidas Kavakos and Emanuel Ax, All-Beethoven Program, $20-$68, 8 p.m., Seiji Ozawa Hall.

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Wednesday, Aug. 14: TMC Vocal Recital, $13, 8 p.m., Linde Center Studio E.

413-458-2303, clarkart.edu Wednesdays and Saturdays, July 1 - Aug. 31: Did You Know? A Guided Walking Tour, free, 3 p.m.

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Catch a free concert at Windsor Lake every Wednesday evening through Aug. 28.

EASTOVER ESTATE AND ECO-VILLAGE

Kemp Avenue, North Adams.

BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY

cal.org

430 East St., Pittsfield

413-664-6180

Boyd-Quinson Mainstage

eastover.com

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.

30 Union St., Pittsfield

Thursday, Aug. 8: Tai Chi and Qi Gong, $40, 8 a.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 14: No concert, Downtown Celebration.

barringtonstageco.org

READINGS, WALKS AND TALKS ADAMS FREE LIBRARY 92 Park St., Adams 413-743-8345, adamslibraryma. org

St. Germain Stage 36 Linden St., Pittsfield 413-236-8888, Sunday, Aug. 11: “Re-Remember: The Struggle for Identity from Generation to Generation” with Rabbi Josh Breindel from Congregation Beth El of the Sudbury River Valley, free, 1 p.m., St. Germain Stage.

BECKET QUARRY MUSEUM 12 Brooker Hill Road, North Becket

WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL

Tuesday, Aug. 13: Read the Movie Book Group meets to discuss “Crazy Rich Asians” by Kevin Kwan, 2 or 6 p.m. Screening of “Crazy Rich Asians,” (PG13), Aug. 15 at 6 p.m.

‘62 Center for Theatre and Dance,

ARROWHEAD

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.

1000 Main St., Williamstown

780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield

BEE FRIENDLY WILLIAMSTOWN

413-458-3253, wtfestival.org

413-442-1793, berkshirehistory. org

Saturday, Aug. 10: Learn about flowers-pollinator interactions and co-evolution from local expert Joan Edwards, 10 a.m., at The Spruces, 60 Main St., Williamstown.

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

20 Intersection of Bradley Street and

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

Hourly tours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., through Oct. 20, $8-16.

Tuesday, Aug. 13: J. Peter Bergman celebrates the publication of his new novel, “Cement Dust” with a reading and book-signing event, free, books for sale in the gift shop, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 10: Contained Exuberance Walkabout, with admission, 10:45 a.m. to noon.

Tuesday, Aug. 13: Berkshire Backyard Beekeepers workshop, free, 6 to 8 p.m.

THE BOOKSTORE & GET LIT WINE BAR 11 Housatonic St., Lenox

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

FIELD FARM 554 Sloan Road, Williamstown thetrustees.org Saturday, Aug. 10: Mid-Century Modern Architecture Tour: The Folly at Field Farm, $10, 1 p.m.

"SUPERB...THE DRAMA OF THE SEASON." –BERKSHIRE BRIGHT FOCUS

BY STEVEN LEVENSON DIRECTED BY JENNIFER CHAMBERS

AUGUST 1-SEPTEMBER 7 SELLING OUT FAST! BEST AVAILABILITY AFTER 8/15.

BERKSHIRE BOTANICAL GARDEN 5 W. Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge 413-298-3926, berkshirebotani-

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Fridays, July 5 to Sept. 6: Mindfulness and Meditation in the Garden, $20, $12 members, 9 to 10 a.m.

817 S. Main St., Great Barrington

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

413-591-8702, info@gbhistory.org Weekends, June through September: “Businesses Exhibit” free, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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

HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE 1843 West Housatonic St., Pittsfield

NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM 9 Glendale Road, Stockbridge

hancockshakervillage.org

nrm.org

Saturday, Aug. 10: Vino Vinyasa sunset yoga. If drinking, ID required, $30, $27 members, 8 p.m.

Thursdays: Historic Property Walks, 2 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 10: Artful Beer Tasting with Collective Arts Brewing, an afternoon of tasting the work of the area’s best craft beer brewers, for adults 21 and older. Participants will taste the brewer’s art, purchase food from the area’s food trucks, and enjoy an artful day at the museum.

Proceeds benefit the education programs at the museum. Tickets are $45; $35 members, includes five pours and a commemorative glass, 4 to 7 p.m. Register at nrm.org/events.

HOUSATONIC VALLEY ASSOCIATION hvatoday.org Sunday, Aug. 11: Housatonic River Family Paddle out and back from Woods Pond, Lenoxdale, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Suitable for families with children 6 and up. Contact HVA 413298-7024.

KNESSET ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE 16 Colt Road, Pittsfield 413-445-4872

Tuesday, Aug. 13: Art, Love, and Identity: A 50th Anniversary Summer Lecture Series: “Picturing Sesame Street: The Art of Illustrator Joe Mathieu,” $25, $15 members, 4:30 p.m. lemonade on the Terrace, 5 p.m. talk.

At Knesset Israel, unless noted.

Friday, Aug. 9: Jewish Theological Seminary in the Berkshires, “Matchmaking and Midrash: A Hebrew Comedy from the Time of Shakespeare,” $15, $45 series, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Bernstein Theater at Shakespeare and Company, 70 Kemble St., Lenox.

To register: jtsa.edu/Berkshires2019 or pay at door.

NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COALITION nbccoalition.org

LAUREL HILL ASSOCIATION laurelhillassociation.org Saturday, Aug. 10: 166th annual Laurel Hill Day, featured speaker will be Becky Cushing, Director of Mass Audubon’s Berkshire Wildlife Sanctuaries, 2 p.m., at the Rostrum on Laurel Hill Park, behind the Stockbridge Town Offices.

LENOX LIBRARY 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

472 W Mountain Road, Lenox massaudubon.org Thursday, Aug. 8: Housatonic Evening Paddle, $35, $25 members, 6 to 8:30 p.m., New Lenox Road, Lenox.

Friday, Aug. 9: Beavers, Birds & Other Wildlife, $8, 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Evening at the Beaver Ponds, $8, $4

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Practice speaking French at The Mount’s Thursday morning French conversations on the Terrace. child, 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 11: Canoeing the Housatonic River, $35, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., New Lenox Road, Lenox.

Wednesday, Aug. 14: Moonlight Canoe Trip, $35, 7 to 9:30 p.m.

THE MOUNT Edith Wharton’s Home 2 Plunkett St., Lenox 413-551-5111 edithwharton.org 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.

Sunday, Aug. 11: SculptureNow Artist-Guided Tour, free, 1:30 p.m.

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

Fridays: Kidleidoscope, 11 a.m. to noon.

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.

McAuley Road, North Adams

Saturdays: Natural Bridge History Tour, 10 a.m. and noon. Discovery Table, 2 to 4 p.m.

Sundays: Natural Bridge History Tour, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Building the Bridge, noon.

Thursdays: Downtown BikeAround, bring your bike and helmet and ride around downtown, 6 p.m., meet at the St. Anthony’s Parking Lot, North Adams.

Thursday, Aug. 8: North Adams Tree Tour Walk & Talk, 5 to 6:30 p.m., meet at 61 Main St., North Adams.

Monday, Aug. 12: Trekking Pole Demo and Guided Walks in Adams, 9 to 11 a.m., various locations. Reservations: 413-663-7588.

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Wednesdays: Life in the Quarry, 10 a.m.

Saturday, Aug. 10: Herbal Remedies Series: Summer, $15, $9 members, 1 to 3 p.m.

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

5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge

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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.

Aug. 12 and 13: “The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made” with Patricia O’Toole.

Through Oct. 14: The Naumkeag Experience, $20, free members, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 13: Library Conversations at the Mount, “Science & Spirits,” $10, free for members, 9 a.m.

Reservations: edithwharton.org.

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TEMPLE ANSHE AMUNIM 26 Broad St., Pittsfield 413-442-5910, ansheamunim.org

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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.

ultimately reveal key aspects of their humanity. This classic musical has been updated for a modern age, featuring songs by Tony Award-winning Lin-Manuel Miranda, as well as favorites by Stephen Schwartz, Craig Carnelia and James Taylor. Previews: $65; Tickets: $75 and $25. Unicorn Theatre.

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

Saturday, Aug. 10: 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.

Aug. 1 - 17: “Shrek: The Musical,” directed by Travis Daly, with music direction by Mark Gionfriddo and choreography by Avital Asuleen. The hilarious journey of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue. This adored musical features over 100 talented Berkshire youth. Tickets: Adult A: $45 and $35; Child: $30 and $25.

Colonial Theatre.

Wednesdays, Aug. 7, 14, 21: “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

Aug. 8 - 31: “What We May Be,” directed by Tony Award-nominated Gregg Edelman. In this world premiere comedy, a tight-knit group of actors, facing their final performance in their beloved and closing theatre, confront the reality of their relationships to the stage and to each other. Previews: $45; Tickets: $66. Fitzpatrick Main Stage.

104 Walker St., Lenox 413-637-3206, gildedage.org Tuesday, Aug. 13: Tea & Talk, “Archer Milton Huntington & the Hispanic Society of America Museum,” with historian Frances Morrone, $28 members/advance reservation, $32 day of, 4 p.m.

WESTERN MASS HILLTOWN HIKERS

J. Anthony Crane, Lena Kaminsky and Laura Jordan in Barrington Stage’s “If I Forget.”

Saturday, Aug. 10: Group hike at the Old Mill Trail in Hinsdale, trailhead on Old Dalton Road.

36 Linden St., Pittsfield

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HOMESTEAD 207 Bryant Road, Cummington thetrustees.org Saturdays and Sundays, July 27 - Sept. 7: Poet, Editor & Conservationist, $10, members free, tours at 10 and 11 a.m., and 1 and 2 p.m.

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

THEATER ANCRAM OPERA HOUSE 1330 County Route 7, Ancram, N.Y.

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Aug. 8 - 25: “The Brothers Size,” a tough and tender drama about the unbreakable bond between two brothers, one hardworking and steady, one just out of prison and aimless, $30, Thursday through Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday at 3 p.m.

BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY Boyd-Quinson Mainstage 30 Union St., Pittsfield St. Germain Stage

413-236-8888, barringtonstageco.org 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.

Aug. 9 - 31: “Fall Springs,” music and lyrics by Niko Tsakalakos, book and lyrics by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, directed by Stephen Brackett.

The town of Fall Springs is cash-

strapped, but sits directly on top of America’s largest reserve of cosmetic essential oils. It has big dreams, but at what cost? With new fracking techniques being recklessly implemented, the ground beneath Fall Springs is crumbling. 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. 31 at 2 p.m.

Environmental Symposium, Saturday, Aug. 17 at 2 p.m. Boyd-Quinson Mainstage. $15-$75.

BAZAAR PRODUCTIONS 413-418-4113, bazaarproductions.org Thursday, Aug. 8: Opening of “Particularly in the Heartland,” kick off celebration and after party, doors at 6 p.m., show at 7 p.m.

Aug. 8-18: “Particularly in the Heartland,” an interactive theater piece originally created and devised by the Brooklyn-based company, The TEAM, directed by Sara Katzoff, at the Foundry, 2 Harris St., West Stockbridge. Performances Friday, Saturday, Monday and Wednesday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 5 p.m. this week.

BERKSHIRE OPERA FESTIVAL 352 Main St., Suite 211

Great Barrington 413-213-6622, BerkshireOperaFestival.org Thursday, Aug. 8: “Ain’t It a Pretty Night,” excerpts from American opera. Recital of music from American composers such as Bernstein, Copland and Floyd, $20 in advance, $25 day of event, 7:30 p.m. in the Shaker barn at the historical Hancock Shaker Village.

Wednesday, Aug. 14: “Savor the Sound: An Evening of Bel Canto,” an evening of bel canto operatic masterpieces sung by the internationally renowned cast of “Don Pasquale,” free with reservation, 7:30 p.m., Saint James Place, 352 Main St., Great Barrington.

BERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP Colonial Theatre, 111 South St., Pittsfield 413-997-4444, berkshiretheatregroup.org Fitzpatrick Main Stage, 83 East Main St., Stockbridge Unicorn Theatre, 6 East St., Stockbridge 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

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.

CHESTER THEATRE COMPANY Town Hall Theatre, 15 Middlefield Road, Chester 413-354-7771 chestertheatre.org Performances: 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday; 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.

Aug. 8 - 18: “Curve of Departure,” by Rachel Bonds. A father, an ex-wife, a son, and the son’s partner gather in a New Mexico motel the night before the burial of the man to whom they are all connected, but to whom they feel little connection. As they prepare themselves for the funeral in the confines of the crowded room, they grapple with the family dynamics of the past, present and the future, all of which outsize the space

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.

Aug. 11 - 14: “Summer’s Soldier.”

Seventh-grader Sam has kept to herself since her dad died while serving in the military. Her mother and her aunt have tried everything to get her to open up, but she only truly comes out of her shell around a fire, telling ghost stories, in the woods with her friends. When Sam’s favorite story suddenly materializes before her eyes, she sets out on an adventure and, ultimately, on a journey of self-discovery. This free and family-friendly world premiere by Boo Killebrew, with music by Heather Christian, lyrics by Lucy Thurber, and directed by Jenna Worsham, tells the story of one unforgettable summer in the Berkshires. Reservations required.

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.

Aug. 8 - 18: “Little Shop of Horrors,” $15-$39.50.

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413-528-0100, mahaiwe.org Friday, Aug. 9: David Sedaris, one of America’s preeminent humor writers, $26 to $73, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 10: John Mulaney, Emmy Award-winning writer and comedian headlines the 2019 Mahaiwe Gala, gala packages will be available in May and show-only tickets will go on sale in July, 8 p.m.

SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY 70 Kemble St., Lenox 413-637-3353, shakespeare.org 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.

Aug. 8- Sept. 1: “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” by William Shakespeare, directed by Kevin G. Coleman, featuring MaConnia Chesser, Nigel

Diane Prusha in a scene from “The Children,” now playing at Shakespeare & Compnay in Lenox.

Gore and Jennie M. Jadow. Sir John Falstaff vastly underestimates the Merry Wives in the town of Windsor as he hatches a frothy scheme to drain their bank accounts and drive their husbands insane with jealousy.

Antics ensue as Falstaff overestimates his own ability to dupe good people and pull off his scheme of deceit. Roman Garden Theatre.

Aug. 13 - Sept. 8: “Topdog/Underdog,” by Suzan-Lori Parks, directed

by Regge Life, featuring Thomas Brazzle and Deaon Griffin-Pressley.

Two brothers, Lincoln and Booth, locked in a battle of wits as quick as their game of Three-Card Monte, struggle to come to terms with their identity and what history has handed them, even their names. With her trademark explosive language in this Pulitzer Prize-winning play, SuzanLori Parks explores the deepest of connections, and what it means to be a family of man. Tina Packer Playhouse.

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.

Aug. 8 - 18: “The Great American Trailer Park Musical.” There’s a

new tenant at Armadillo Acres — and she’s wreaking havoc all over Florida’s most exclusive trailer park.

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

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. Mrs. Alving struggles to find joy in a life bound by the strictures of Pastor Manders (Bernard White) and the spectral chains of mistakes from long ago. Main Stage.

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.

As they forge a path toward sobriety and well-being, they come to rely on the routine and each other. 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.

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.

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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. 9: Backstage Tours, learn how the shows go from page to stage. Visit the prop and costume shops and more, and see the festival from a whole new perspective, 6 p.m., $5.

Friday, Aug. 9: Fridays@3, “Cinched/Strapped,” by Selina Fillinger,” $5, 3 p.m.

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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. Quite suddenly an unexpected visitor arrives from their past. Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre.

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and well-being, they come to rely on the routine and each other. 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.

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