Berkshires Week 9/12/19

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

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It’s our last issue of the year!

Don’t miss our fall best bets, Lee Founders Weekend events and more ...

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EDITOR’S NOTE

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ART

FAMILY FUN

MUSIC

Take a walk

Bring your little ones

This month’s second Thursday Stockbridge Art Walk begins with a demonstration

by Diane Firtell at TKG Real Estate, 10 Elm St., and includes Schantz Galleries.

Don’t miss out on Pop Up Play Day at Berkshire Museum Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon, with admission, 39 South St., Pittsfield

Stock up for those cooler months

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Find the annual North Adams Public Library Book Sale at St. Elizabeth’s Center Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 70 Marshall St, North Adams.

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See you next summer!

Somehow, dear readers, we’ve reached the end of another summer season in the Berkshires.

As always, it was jampacked with more fun than one person can possibly have in one season, but we hope this year’s Berkshires Week editions helped you navigate it all and decide where to spend your precious time. This will be our last book of the season, but don’t worry, we won’t leave you empty-handed in planning for the upcoming fall events that are sure to fill up your September and October calendars. On page 3, we’ve highlighted a few of the big, annual events

that are coming up. And, as always, we have our weekend calendar, starting on page 8, to help you plan this weekend.

If you’re feeling lost, don’t despair. Berkshires Week will be back come Memorial Day 2020, and you can still get great arts, culture and lifestyles coverage in our daily newspaper and especially our Sunday edition of Berkshire Landscapes.

Thank you for reading and taking us along on your adventures. See you next year!

— Lindsey Hollenbaugh, managing editor of features

THEATER

MUSIC

READINGS, WALKS & TALKS

Find out whodunnit

All ages concert

Help Out

Ventfort Hall hosts The Comical Mystery Tour for an evening of murder mystery dinner theater, “Murder Is in the Stars,” Sunday at 5:30 p.m.

Tickets are $40. 104 Walker St., Lenox.

New Marlborough Meeting House welcomes harpist Emmanuel Ceysson of the Metropolitan Opera, $25, 4:30 p.m. Saturday, at 154 Hartsville-New Marlborough Rd, New Marlborough. Ages 18 and younger are free.

All are welcome to join the 10th Annual Berkshire Bioblitz. Join a scientist in the field and document Springside Park’s biodiversity and more, from noon Saturday to noon Sunday.

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• Relax, reflect & renew.

• Relish 10 galleries of new exhibitions ready to inspire.

• Revel in art you haven't seen before.

• Revisit Rockwell in Virtual Reality.

• Renew your senses. Remember days past. Reflect on what matters.

Photos ©Norman Rockwell Museum.

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R, R & VR at Rockwell

VR! Virtual Reality experiences: Thursdays 2 - 4 p.m. and Saturdays 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

50 NRM.org • Stockbridge, MA • 413.298.4100 • open daily • KIDS & TEENS FREE!

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Don’t miss any of this

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Annual fall fun Berkshire Botanical Garden’s annual Harvest Festival, featuring hay rides, a large vendor market, children’s activities, live entertainment and more returns Oct. 12 and 13, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 5 West Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge.

Admission is $7 for adults; children under age 12 are admitted free of charge.

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Don’t miss the event of the season The 64th Annual Fall Foliage Parade kicks off at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, starting at Ocean State Job Lot and ending at the High Rise on Ashland Street, North Adams. This year’s theme: “There’s No Place Like Home in the Berkshires.” 1BERKSHIRE.COM

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Seasonal celebration Head to Hancock Shaker Village’s annual Country Fair, featuring a fiber festival, quilt show, regional artisans, local farmers and local food, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 29. 1843 W. Housatonic St., Pittsfield. HANCOCKSHAKERVILLAGE.ORG

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Crafters, this event’s for you Don’t miss the Fiber Festival of New England, Nov. 1 through Nov. 3, at Eastern States Exposition, 1305 Memorial Ave., Springfield. Sheep shearing demos, felting and spinning workshops, knitting with beads and more. EASTERNSTATESEXPOSITION.COM/FIBERFESTIVAL

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Ghosts on parade

All star lineup

Take in the colors

Harvest fun

The Pittsfield Halloween Parade steps off 7 p.m. Oct. 25 on Tyler Street, Pittsfield. CITYOFPITTSFIELD.ORG

This year’s FreshGrass Festival welcomes Andrew Bird, Mavis Staples, Leftover Salmon, Aoife O’Donovan, The Mammals and more, Sept. 20-23, at Mass MoCA, 1040 Mass Moca Way, North Adams. Three-day tickets $145 and up. FRESHGRASS.COM

RambleFest’s music, food and fun is planned for Oct. 13, noon to 5 p.m., at the Adams Visitors Center at 3 Hoosac St., Adams. Admission is free. The 52nd Anniversary Greylock Ramble, Oct. 14, with shuttles running 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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The 40th Annual Apple Squeeze will have games and shows for children, wagon rides around town, a 5k race, children’s olympics and much more, and nearly 150 vendors, Sept. 21 and 22, LENOX.ORG/LENOXAPPLESQUEEZE

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STAGED READINGS

Historical dramas still feel timely

BY KATHERINE ABBOTT Eagle Correspondent

The trial has split the country in half. It fuels a debate in major newspapers, on the streets and in government offices. A military officer, father of two children, has been convicted of treason — on no evidence. He has been sentenced to life in prison.

Someone in his department has acted against the country, and he has taken the fall because his superiors do not like his religion. As outrage spreads, he stands at the center of a national debate about what his country is becoming.

The story feels deeply timely to Berkshire playwright Jesse Waldinger, even though he is talking about Alfred Dreyfus in France in 1894.

Dreyfus was Jewish, and his trial made a deep divide visible in his country.

The tensions of that earthquake would run into the next century, through World War II and beyond.

Waldinger will take a close look in “Restoration: AntiSemitism in France,” an afternoon of staged readings of two of his plays and a panel conversation with Joyce Block Lazarus, author of “In the Shadow of Vichy: The Finaly Affair,” and Suzanne Vromen, author of “Hidden Children of the Holocaust,” at Temple Anshe Amunim on Sunday in collaboration with Knesset Israel.

Lora Lee Ecobelli, Andrew Joffe, Annette Miller and James Occhino will perform in “The Esterhazy Draft” and “The Finaly Affair.”

The second play begins 60 years after Dreyfus, in the years after World War II. Moshe and Hedwig Rosner are looking for their nephews. The boys’ mother and father were murdered in Auschwitz, and the boys have survived the war and the Holocaust in a Catholic school.

But the woman who saved

them is now fighting to keep them from their family, and they became public faces in an international struggle that would draw the attention of the pope.

Both stories have an immediacy here and now, Waldinger said. Debora Cole-Duffy, immediate past president of Temple Anshe Amunim and co-producer with Myrna Hammerling of Congregation Knesset Israel, feels it especially after the events of this year.

“They strike a meaningful chord,” she said. “People coming and going into synagogues or any place of worship feel a communal awareness.”

Anti-Semitism has affected both congregations. Attacks on synagogues, like the one in Pittsburgh, have made the possibility of violence real.

Both congregations have gone through security training on how to deal with active shooters, she said. They have a police presence outside now during the high holidays to protect them. Their children are aware of possible dangers now. They are talking about these issues in religious school.

Waldinger finds threads of that tension in his dramas. He begins, he said, in a moment that crystallizes it.

“The Esterhazy Draft” opens on the stifling summer evening when Lieutenant Colonel Georges Picquart finds evidence that a traitor is still active at the highest levels of the army — and Dreyfus has been two years in prison for the crime. He is surviving brutal prison and labor camp off the coast of French Guiana.

The Dreyfus affair had become a national scandal, Waldinger said. His family and leading writers, artists and scientists defended him, including the novelist Emile Zola, who wrote a famous open letter in the press — his opening phrase, “J’accuse!”

If you go …

What: “Restoration: Anti-Semitism in France,” an afternoon of staged readings and a panel conversation with Joyce Block Lazarus, author of “In the Shadow of Vichy: The Finaly Affair,” and Suzanne Vromen, author of “Hidden Children of the Holocaust.”

When: 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15 Where: Temple Anshe Amunim, 26 Broad St., Pittsfield, in collaboration with Congregation Knesset Israel Admission: Suggested donation $20 to benefit both congregations, free for students

Information: 413-442-5910, ansheamunim.org is still a by-word today.

And people who saw their country defined and defended by the military and the Catholic church lashed out against Dreyfus in a rising wave of anti-Semitism.

Joffe plays Picquart, and Occhino plays opposite him as Godefroy Cavaignac, French Minister of War, in “The Esterhazy Draft,” and as Pierre-Marie Cardinal Gerlier in “The Finaly Affair” — “white men in positions of power,” he said, “one with a conscience and one without.”

In “The Finaly Affair,” Joffe reprises his role as Moshe Rosner. He and Hedwig have been fighting for custody of their nephews through the French courts.

A Catholic woman, Antoinette Brun, hid the boys from the Nazis and risked her life to do it. But after the war, Brun hid the Finaly boys from their family, even as the pope directed that all Jewish children should return home — and she had them baptized.

Once a child was baptized, Waldinger said, the Catholic church would claim the child.

The practice had gone on for centuries.

Annette Miller, a veteran

of Shakespeare & Company, plays Brun. She finds challenge in the role, but a simple reading of her character.

“I lock onto who she is,” she said, “her background and where she came from.

I get myself to understand, and I have to empathize (to play her).

“Coming from an orthodox background myself, I find it fascinating that she thinks she is saving a soul. If you’re taught very young what the infidels are, you truly believe that. Hate grows on both sides of the issue, and fear, and you’re taught very early.

I’m not questioning her — I’m saying that’s what she is.

She doesn’t consider herself an anti-Semite. You might think it. I might think it. But she thinks — how I’d think of it, she is saving a child for the Lord: Not that I

hate Jews, but that I’ve been given an opportunity. How can I not save them?”

“Even in her outburst, there’s a kernel of truth,” Waldinger said, “(When she says) ‘you couldn’t save your children …’”

“There’s no kernel of truth in that,” Miller said. “I will not believe that. I, Annette, think we were saving our children. Our religion says choose life. Even if it means our children were brought up differently.”

Stark choices and violence run through both plays. But as Waldinger says in the name of the event, each holds an element of restoration.

The Finaly boys returned to their family and their faith. And after years Dreyfus returned to his country and to the army and served throughout World War I.

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Celebrate Lee at three-day festival

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This year, Founders Weekend will include a Friendly Burger Cook-Off, with local firefighters participating.

The three-day festival is filled with food, live music and kid friendly activities.

BY DICK LINDSAY

It was always a great time,” he said.

Friday evening is capped off by the third year of fireworks that has helped keep Taste of Lee busy the entire three-hours.

“You definitely see Main Street full.

There’s no doubt about it, people stay as the fireworks are an attraction” said Lee Founders Committee Chairman Joseph Furgal.

Saturday remains the actionpacked portion of the weekend with plenty of activity from just after sunrise to late evening.

The day opens with a 5K race starting at Lee Middle and High School and wraps up with the Jack Waldheim Band returning to the First Congregational Church, where the musical group performed three years ago.

Saturday’s marquee event is the hour-long Hometown Parade, this year paying homage to Lee’s history as a mill town. Parade grand marshal Donald Zukowski will represent Onyx Specialty Papers — the town’s last operating paper mill that’s been locally owned for 10 years. Zukowksi is a 36-year veteran of Lee’s mills. He is currently the operations support manager at Onyx located in the historic Hurlbut Mill on Route 102 leader in the papermaking industry.

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Friday, Sept. 13 • 3-5 p.m.: CreativeLEE opening reception, Lee Library • 5-8 p.m.: Taste of Lee, includes Friendly Burger Cook-Off • 6-10 p.m.: Beer/wine tent, live music • 8 p.m.: Fireworks visible from Main Street

Saturday, Sept. 14 • 8 a.m.: 5K road race, start/finish Lee Middle and High School • 10 a.m.: Lee Chamber of Commerce Hometown Parade.

• 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.: Children’s activities, live entertainment, Lee Athletic Field • 5:30 p.m.: Old Fashion Church Supper, First Congregational Church.

Tickets $12/$6 • 7:30 p.m.: Jack Waldheim Band in concert, First Congregational Church.

Tickets $20

Sunday, Sept. 15 • 8-11 a.m.: Lee Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast, St. Mary’s School • 9 a.m.: Wooden Racket Tennis Tournament, Greenock Country Club • 2 p.m.: Lee Lions Club Duck Race fundraiser, Lee Athletic Field

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drink and merriment at Lee Founders Weekend.

Organizers of this year’s downtown festival have added a beer and wine tent with live music and a hamburger cook-off during Friday’s Taste of Lee. An old-fashioned church supper, followed by the Jack Waldheim Band in concert, both at the First Congregational Church, will bolster the dawnto-dusk Saturday line-up, according to Lee Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Colleen Henry.

“We’ve added more live music because it adds to the thrill of a street festival,” she said.

The three-day celebration, held this Friday through Sunday, pays tribute to the town’s past and present and how it’s moving forward.

“The theme of this weekend is Lee’s history as a mill town,” Henry said.

Organizers are in the midst of a decade-long preparation of Founders Weekend celebrating the town’s 250th anniversary in 2027 by focusing on local history during the Hometown Parade, the CreativeLEE exhibit at the Lee Library and the tour of the town

cemetery on Thursday.

The Taste of Lee continues to anchor the Friday events, when staff from restaurants throughout town line the sidewalks along Main Street and serve up their specialties or dishes made just for the occasion. Children’s activities, street artisans, crafters and community organizations selling food and goods will be mixed in among the restaurant offerings.

Main Street, from Academy Street to Park Street, will be closed to motor vehicle traffic to provide a pedestrianfriendly, event from 5 to 8 p.m.

Foodies get an extra treat on Friday with the debut of the Friendly Burger Cook-Off, co-sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Lee and Henry’s Electric.

Firefighters from Lee and five surrounding fire companies will compete at flipping and serving the best hamburgers in town. The beer and wine tent will be alongside the burger competition in the church park next to Lee Memorial Town Hall. Owner of 51 Park restaurant and tavern, Rob Trask is the brainchild behind the libations and live music.

“Back in the mid 2000s, we used to have an Octoberfest celebration behind the restaurant on Founders Weekend with bands and a beer tent.

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Thursday (September 12) Cemetery Walk w/Lee Historical Society 5:00 PM, Fairmount Cemetery

Friday (September 13) CreativeLEE XVI Opening Reception 3:005:00, Lee Library, 100 Main Street Taste of Lee 5:00-8:00, Main Street (Closed to traffic; 5:00-8:00) Beer Tent w/Live Music 6:00-10:00, Church Park/ Sponsored by 51 Park Restaurant Friendly Burger CookOff 5:00-8:00, Church Park/Sponsored by Lee Kiwanis & Henry’s Electric

Lee Sportsmens Association 5:00-8:00 Annual Venison Stew & Polenta

Fireworks Show 8:00 PM, Visible from Main Street (by Berkshire Fireworks) Lee CTA Tennis Clinics 5:00-7:00, Main Street (Kelly’s/Park Street) St. Mary’s PTO Fried Dough Sale 5:00-8:00, Main Street/In front of #3061F2 Kelly’s CARRnival! Food/ Bouncy Houses/Games 5:00-7:00, Carr Hardware Street Magician: Johnny Mystic 5:008:00, Main Street/in front of Ben’s Shop St. Mary’s Church Mum

Sale/Taco in a bag 5:00-8:00, In the Park

Hay Wagon Rides, 5:00-

Psychic Studio 5:008:00, Main Street/Next to Town Hall

Consolati Way (Railroad

Face & Body Painting

by Barb Arpante 5:008:00, Main Street, near Salmon Run Fish House Housatonic Philharmonic Orchestra 5:307:30, Live Music - Main Street/in front of Pumpkin Patch Quilts Berkshire County Head Start 5:00-8:00, Applications for Headstart + information/Near Town Hall CHP on Wheels - Health Checks 5:00-8:00, Next to Town Park, across from Zabian’s

7:30, Corner of Main & Street)

Saturday (September 14) 5K Road Race 8:00 AM, Finnegan Course, Lee High (Registration opens at 7:00 am)

Taste of Lee Food Vendors

Locker Room Sports Pub/Pizza; Chez Nous/Ribs & Beer Tasting; Lee Sportsmen’s Club/Venison & Polenta; Morgan House; 413 Grill; Salmon Run/Lobster Bisque; Dogs on the Run/Hot Dogs; Chuck Wagon; 51 Park Restaurant; Starving Artist; Chill Out; Prew Doggs/Sausage & Kielbasa; SCOOP Ice Cream Naji’s/Kabobs & Falafel; Alpamayo; BrewBerry; New England Wraps/MB Subs; Sweet and Savoury on Main; Lucia’s Latin Kitchen; Timothy’s/Pizza; NOTE: PARKING IS AVAILABLE BEHIND ST. MARY’S CHURCH

Founders Hometown Parade 10:00 AM, Main Street (closed to traffic; 10-11:00) also on CTSB

St. Mary’s PTO Fried Dough Sale 10:00-2:00, Main Street/In front of Kelly’s Lee Land Trust Info Table 10:00-4:00, In front of Ben’s Shop w/info and a RAFFLE! Robin O’Herin 11:3012:30, Live Music Church Park Paula Bradley 1:302:30, Live Music - Church Park Old Fashioned Church Supper 5:30 PM, Lee Congregational Church; Tix: $12/$6

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Serving fried clams, clam chowder, lobster bisque and new this year seafood raw bar featuring shrimp, oysters and clams. Celebrating 20 years of serving the area’s freshest seafood!

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Live Music by JP Legacy 8:00-11 PM, Locker Room Sports Pub

Wooden Racket Tennis Tournament 9:00 AM, Greenock Country Club (Sponsored by Lee CTA)

Customer Appreciation Day Bucket sale!

11:00-5:00, Lee Hardware

Mini Craft Fair-Baskets/Jewels/Handmade Noon-5:00, Church Park

Mini Craft Fair-Baskets/Jewels/Handmade 10:00-5:00, Church Park

Lee Lions Club Duck Race 2:00 PM, Athletic Field/Tickets: $5/each or 6 for $25

Sunday (September 15)

Patriots Game Viewing Party 1:00 PM, Locker Room Sports Pub

Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast 8:00-11:00, St. Mary’s School: $8/

Parade Grand Marshal: Don Zukowski of Onyx Specialty Papers

Terry ala Berry SingAlong 12:00-1:30, Athletic Field Bowey the Magic Clown 11:00-2:00, Athletic Field St. Mary’s Church Mum Sale/Taco in a bag 9:00-4:00, Main Street at St. Mary’s Church and in the Park Church Tours & Tag Sale 10:00-3:00, Lee Congregational Church

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EST. 1946

In the spirit of Lee Founders Day, Henry’s Electric will be supplying the gas grills for the Firemen’s Friendly Burger Cook Off event Friday, September 13th, 5:00-8:00 Lee Town Park

The grills will be offered at a reduced price after the event.

Contact Appliance Sales for pre-sale details.

We will be closed Saturday, September 14th in celebration of Founders Day.

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Jack Waldheim Band 7:30 PM, Lee Congregational Church (Folk & 60s Pop-Rock) Tix: $20 Children’s Activities 11:00-3:00, Athletic Field; Lee Youth Commission

CELEBRATING TWENTY YEARS SERVING THE AREA’S FRESHEST SEAFOOD!

Boy Scout Troop #3 Hamburger Sale 11:003:00, Lee Athletic Field

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Thursday, September 12, 2019 | Berkshires Week

Thursday (September 12) Cemetery Walk w/Lee Historical Society 5:00 PM, Fairmount Cemetery

Friday (September 13) CreativeLEE XVI Opening Reception 3:005:00, Lee Library, 100 Main Street Taste of Lee 5:00-8:00, Main Street (Closed to traffic; 5:00-8:00) Beer Tent w/Live Music 6:00-10:00, Church Park/ Sponsored by 51 Park Restaurant Friendly Burger CookOff 5:00-8:00, Church Park/Sponsored by Lee Kiwanis & Henry’s Electric

Lee Sportsmens Association 5:00-8:00 Annual Venison Stew & Polenta

Fireworks Show 8:00 PM, Visible from Main Street (by Berkshire Fireworks) Lee CTA Tennis Clinics 5:00-7:00, Main Street (Kelly’s/Park Street) St. Mary’s PTO Fried Dough Sale 5:00-8:00, Main Street/In front of #3061F2 Kelly’s CARRnival! Food/ Bouncy Houses/Games 5:00-7:00, Carr Hardware Street Magician: Johnny Mystic 5:008:00, Main Street/in front of Ben’s Shop St. Mary’s Church Mum

Sale/Taco in a bag 5:00-8:00, In the Park

Hay Wagon Rides, 5:00-

Psychic Studio 5:008:00, Main Street/Next to Town Hall

Consolati Way (Railroad

Face & Body Painting

by Barb Arpante 5:008:00, Main Street, near Salmon Run Fish House Housatonic Philharmonic Orchestra 5:307:30, Live Music - Main Street/in front of Pumpkin Patch Quilts Berkshire County Head Start 5:00-8:00, Applications for Headstart + information/Near Town Hall CHP on Wheels - Health Checks 5:00-8:00, Next to Town Park, across from Zabian’s

7:30, Corner of Main & Street)

Saturday (September 14) 5K Road Race 8:00 AM, Finnegan Course, Lee High (Registration opens at 7:00 am)

Taste of Lee Food Vendors

Locker Room Sports Pub/Pizza; Chez Nous/Ribs & Beer Tasting; Lee Sportsmen’s Club/Venison & Polenta; Morgan House; 413 Grill; Salmon Run/Lobster Bisque; Dogs on the Run/Hot Dogs; Chuck Wagon; 51 Park Restaurant; Starving Artist; Chill Out; Prew Doggs/Sausage & Kielbasa; SCOOP Ice Cream Naji’s/Kabobs & Falafel; Alpamayo; BrewBerry; New England Wraps/MB Subs; Sweet and Savoury on Main; Lucia’s Latin Kitchen; Timothy’s/Pizza; NOTE: PARKING IS AVAILABLE BEHIND ST. MARY’S CHURCH

Founders Hometown Parade 10:00 AM, Main Street (closed to traffic; 10-11:00) also on CTSB

St. Mary’s PTO Fried Dough Sale 10:00-2:00, Main Street/In front of Kelly’s Lee Land Trust Info Table 10:00-4:00, In front of Ben’s Shop w/info and a RAFFLE! Robin O’Herin 11:3012:30, Live Music Church Park Paula Bradley 1:302:30, Live Music - Church Park Old Fashioned Church Supper 5:30 PM, Lee Congregational Church; Tix: $12/$6

OUR NEW PATIO IS NOW OPEN!

Thank you Berkshire County for voting us Best Seafood two years in a row!

Join Us

Founders Weekend

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L e e B a n k & B e r k s h i re G r o w n

CULTIVATING COMMUNIT Y L E E B A N K . C O M | L E E | S TO C K B R I D G E | G R E AT B AR R I N G TO N | P I T T S F I E L D | L E N O X | 413 - 2 43 - 0117

Serving fried clams, clam chowder, lobster bisque and new this year seafood raw bar featuring shrimp, oysters and clams. Celebrating 20 years of serving the area’s freshest seafood!

78 Main Street, Lee, MA 01238 413.243.3900 SalmonRunFishHouse.com NOW:

Online ordering and delivery at Salmonrunfishhouse.com

Live Music by JP Legacy 8:00-11 PM, Locker Room Sports Pub

Wooden Racket Tennis Tournament 9:00 AM, Greenock Country Club (Sponsored by Lee CTA)

Customer Appreciation Day Bucket sale!

11:00-5:00, Lee Hardware

Mini Craft Fair-Baskets/Jewels/Handmade Noon-5:00, Church Park

Mini Craft Fair-Baskets/Jewels/Handmade 10:00-5:00, Church Park

Lee Lions Club Duck Race 2:00 PM, Athletic Field/Tickets: $5/each or 6 for $25

Sunday (September 15)

Patriots Game Viewing Party 1:00 PM, Locker Room Sports Pub

Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast 8:00-11:00, St. Mary’s School: $8/

Parade Grand Marshal: Don Zukowski of Onyx Specialty Papers

Terry ala Berry SingAlong 12:00-1:30, Athletic Field Bowey the Magic Clown 11:00-2:00, Athletic Field St. Mary’s Church Mum Sale/Taco in a bag 9:00-4:00, Main Street at St. Mary’s Church and in the Park Church Tours & Tag Sale 10:00-3:00, Lee Congregational Church

We Light The Way

EST. 1946

In the spirit of Lee Founders Day, Henry’s Electric will be supplying the gas grills for the Firemen’s Friendly Burger Cook Off event Friday, September 13th, 5:00-8:00 Lee Town Park

The grills will be offered at a reduced price after the event.

Contact Appliance Sales for pre-sale details.

We will be closed Saturday, September 14th in celebration of Founders Day.

252 Main Street, Lee, MA 01238

413.243.0690 henryselectricinc.com

Mon.-Fri. 8:30-5 • Sat. 9-2 Family owned, operated and committed to serving Berkshire County and beyond since 1946.

When You Need It...

Fixed Right & Now!

Customer Appreciation Day! Saturday, September 14th (One Day Only) Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Water Filtration Systems

Family Owned and Operating for Over 25 Years

413-243-1777 Serving Berkshire County LePrevostplumbingandheating.com

!

E L A S T E BUCK

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Purchase a Lee Hardware Bucket for $3.99 and receive 15% OFF all regularly priced items you can fit in your bucket!* *Some Restrictions apply.

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adult; $7/Senior; $5/under 12

Jack Waldheim Band 7:30 PM, Lee Congregational Church (Folk & 60s Pop-Rock) Tix: $20 Children’s Activities 11:00-3:00, Athletic Field; Lee Youth Commission

CELEBRATING TWENTY YEARS SERVING THE AREA’S FRESHEST SEAFOOD!

Boy Scout Troop #3 Hamburger Sale 11:003:00, Lee Athletic Field

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Thursday - Sunday September 12-15

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

tours. June through Oct. 31, group tours of 15 or more reserved two weeks in advance.

7 Railroad Ave., Chatham, N.Y.

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

June 20 - Oct. 13: “American Abstract Artists — A Collection: Unseen Works.”

amusechatham.com

BERKSHIRE MUSEUM

GEDNEY FARM

Aug. 1 - Sept. 29: “Eye of the Beholder.”

39 South St., Pittsfield

34 Hartsville-New Marlborough Road,

CALENDAR ART AMUSE GALLERY

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.

BARD COLLEGE AT SIMON’S ROCK

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

Historic Old Town Hall,

BUSHNELL-SAGE LIBRARY 48 Main St., Sheffield Through September: Lori Barker’s “Unfolding Silence.”

CHATHAM BOOKSTORE

413-664-9550, BAMuseum.org

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

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

11 Memorial Garden, first opened in 2001. “Not Just Another Pretty Picture” group show; also exhibiting “Dark Matter” and “Death of a Loved One - 1890s Fashion: Collection of Greg Lafave.”

BERKSHIRE BOTANICAL GARDEN 5 W. Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge 413-298-3926, berkshirebotanical.org June 1 - Sept. 30: “Shimmering Flowers: Nancy Lorenz’s Lacquer and Bronze Landscapes,” with admission, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

GUILD OF BERKSHIRE ARTISTS

9 Main St., West Stockbridge berkshireartists.org Thursday, Sept. 12: Stockbridge Art Walk, tour galleries, meet local artists and see demonstrations of art, 4 to 7 p.m., begin at TKG Real Estate, 10 Elm St., Stockbridge.

Fridays through October: Creating Art Outdoors session, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Lenox.

Saturdays through October: Creating Art Outdoors session, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in West Stockbridge.

Sundays through October: Creating Art Outdoors session, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the grounds of the Norman Rockwell Museum, 9 Glendale Road (Rte 183), Stockbridge.

Mondays through October: Creating Art Outdoors session, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Hancock Shaker Village, 1843 West Housatonic St., Pittsfield.

Tuesdays through October: Creating Art Outdoors session, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Great Barrington.

CLARK ART INSTITUTE

HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE

225 South St., Williamstown

Creating Art Outdoors sessions

1843 W. Housatonic St., Pittsfield

Sept. 6 - Oct. 25: Richard Trachtman shows paintings reflecting travels in the U.S. and abroad in a show entitled “An Artist’s Travelogue.”

Fall hours: Noon to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.

Through Oct. 31: “Peter Barrett: 30 Years of Sculpture.”

Thursdays through October: Creating Art Outdoors session, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Mount, 2 Plunkett St., Lenox.

Saturday, Sept. 14: The Guild of Berkshire Artists’ art studio tours, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., 12 locations in Richmond, Lenox, West Stockbridge, Stockbridge, Great Barrington, Sheffield, and South Egremont. Maps online.

simons-rock.edu

159 E. Main St., North Adams

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27 Main St., Chatham, N.Y.

BERKSHIRE ART MUSEUM

New Marlborough

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

84 Alford Road, Great Barrington

Sept. 5 - Nov. 7: “F-BOMB,” an exhibition of contemporary feminist art by today’s leading practitioners, including Deborah Kass, Richard Bell, Patricia Cronin, Judith Bernstein, the Guerrilla Girls, Nayland Blake, Andrea Bowers, Chitra Ganesh, Ernesto Pujol, Micole Hebron/Gallery Tally, Michele Pred and more.

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413-443-7171, berkshiremuseum. org

Bring your own art supplies, buy or bring lunch, after-lunch critique.

Check Facebook/Berkshire Plein Air at 8 a.m. for weather or location details. May require admission fee.

413-458-2303, clarkart.edu Admission: $20, children under 18 free.

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

Wednesdays through October: Creating Art Outdoors session, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Stockbridge.

413-443-0188, hancockshakervillage.org Through Nov. 11: “Borrowed Light,” Barbara Ernst Prey.

Through Nov. 11: “While Mighty Thunders Roll: Popular Artists Sing the Shakers.”

INSTALLATION SPACE 49 Eagle St., North Adams 49eaglestreet.com Through Oct. 27: “Building a Memory.”

MASON LIBRARY 231 Main St., Great Barrington gblibraries.org Through Oct. 15: “Green Inspiration.”

MASS AUDUBON Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, 472 West Mountain Road, Lenox Saturdays and Sundays in September: “Pathways to Nature: Celebrating the intersection of art and nature,” 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., in The Barn. Not on view Sept. 21 and 22.

MASS MOCA 1040 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams

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

July 4 - Oct. 14: “Ida O’Keeffe: Escaping Georgia’s Shadow.”

July 4 - Oct. 14: “Art’s Biggest Stage: Collecting the Venice Biennale, 2007–2019.”

Thursday, Sept. 12: In conjunction with the Clark Art Institute’s exhibition “Art’s Biggest Stage: Collecting the Venice Biennale, 2007–2019,” curator Brian Sholis and MIT art historian Caroline A. Jones join in a public conversation about the history and future of the biennial as a global phenomenon, 5:30 p.m., Lunder Center at Stone Hill.

Tuesday, Sept. 17: Jared Sexton’s talk, “Basic Black,” 5:30 p.m., Manton Research Center.

FRELINGHUYSEN MORRIS HOUSE & STUDIO 92 Hawthorne St., Lenox 413-637-0166, frelinghuysen.org Hours: Open June 20 through Labor Day, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday through Sunday for hourly guided

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SCULPTURENOW On the grounds of The Mount,

On view now: Trenton Doyle Hancock, “Mind of the Mound: Critical Mass.” Annie Lennox, “Now I Let You Go…” Building 6 features work by artists including James Turrell, Louise Bourgeois, Jenny Holzer, Laurie Anderson, Gunnar Schonbeck, and more.

MCLA GALLERY 51 51 Main St., North Adams 413-662-5320, mcla.edu/gallery51 Aug. 29 - Sept. 21: “Making One’s Mark.”

NO. SIX DEPOT 6 Depot St., West Stockbridge

2 Plunkett St., Lenox 413-358-3884, sculpturenow.org, edithwharton. org

Through Sept. 30: Paintings, Drawings and Prints by Jim Youngerman.

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.

15 Lawrence Hall Drive, Williamstown wcma.williams.edu

Sunday, Sept. 15: Free, artist-guided tour, 1:30 to 3 p.m.

Sept. 6 - Dec. 9: “Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A.” This historical exhibition is the first of its kind to excavate histories of experimental art practice, collaboration, and exchange by a group of Los Angeles based queer Chicanx artists between the late 1960s and early 1990s.

TUNNEL CITY COFFEE

June 1 - Oct. 27: New exhibition of 31 large outdoor sculptures by nationally recognized artists, including acclaimed artist Albert Paley.

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.

sixdepot.com Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

WILLIAMS COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART

Saturday, Sept. 14: Pop-Up Play Day, with admission, 10 a.m. to noon.

Sundays: Discovery Tank Program, 1 p.m.

BUSHNELL-SAGE LIBRARY 48 Main St., Sheffield

CALLERS CLUB CONTRA CLUB

5 West Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge

bushnellsagelibrary.org

Sunday, Sept. 15: Beginners welcome, no partner necessary, all dances taught, 2 p.m., Unitarian Universalist Meeting of South Berkshire, 1089 Main St., Housatonic.

518-392-6121, PS21chatham.org

West Stockbridge

pittsfieldlibrary.org

Saturdays: Chow Time in the Aquarium, 12:30 p.m.

BERKSHIRE BOTANICAL GARDEN

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

2 Moscow Road,

1 Wendell Ave., Pittsfield

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.

DANCE

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TURN PARK ART SPACE

BERKSHIRE ATHENAEUM

movement, 10:30 a.m.

Thursdays: Preschool Play & Learn with Jenn, 10 a.m. LEGO club, 3 p.m.

1040 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams

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.”

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.

2980 Route 66, Chatham, N.Y.

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.

berkshirebotanical.org Tuesdays: Incredible Edibles gardening and cooking class for kids in grades 1-3, 3:30 to 5 p.m. Register: bstone@berkshirebotanical.org.

Thursdays: Incredible Edibles gardening and cooking class for kids in grades 4-5, 3:30 to 5 p.m. Register: bstone@berkshirebotanical.org.

Thursdays: Sing and Play, 10 a.m.

Tuesdays: Lego Construction Zone, 3:15 p.m.

Wednesdays: Chess Club, 3:15 p.m.

COMMON FOLK commonfolk.org

BERKSHIRE MUSEUM

Saturday, Sept. 14: Carpe Diem Festival: Commemorating Life through Music and Art, 1 to 8 p.m., Adams Agricultural Fairgrounds.

39 South St., Pittsfield

HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE

413-443-7171, berkshiremuseum. org

1843 W. Housatonic St., Pittsfield

Tuesdays: WeeMuse Littlest Learners. Children ages 6 to 18 months engage in stories, songs and creative

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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.

413-443-0188, hancockshakervillage.org Thursdays: Farm Friends for children

FAIRS, FESTIVALS AND FAMILY FUN

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

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

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.”

June 8 - Oct. 27: “Norman Rockwell: Private Moments for the Masses.”

June 8 - Oct. 27: “Inspired: Norman Rockwell and Erik Erikson.”

SANDISFIELD ARTS CENTER

schantzgalleries.com

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Aug. 1 - Sept. 22: “Chihuly.”

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5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield 413-258-4100, sandisfieldartscenter.org Through Sept. 28: Claudia D’Alessandro, “The Nature of Things.”SCHANTZ GALLERIES 3 Elm St., Stockbridge

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ages 2-5 and their caregivers, meet a farm animal, enjoy a story and make a craft, with admission, 10:30 a.m.

Wednesdays: Littles Library Time, 3 p.m.

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ART OMI

MASS MOCA

SUGAR HILL ASSISTED LIVING

Wednesday, Sept. 18: Homeschool Day, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

45 Main St., Dalton

1040 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams

1405 County Route 22, Ghent, N.Y.

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413-662-2111, massmoca.org

Saturday, Sept. 14: Annual car show, $15 includes lunch for two, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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

GREAT BARRINGTON LIBRARIES gblibraries.org Mason Library, 231 Main St., Great Barrington Ramsdell Library, 1087 Main St., Housatonic Thursday, Sept. 12: Homeschool Parent Round Table & Pot Luck, 10 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Mason.

Saturdays: Fun with Fine Arts, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Ramsdell.

Tuesdays: Brain Builders, ages 5 and under, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Mason.

LEE LIBRARY 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.

Wednesdays: Teen Chess, 3:30 p.m.

NAUMKEAG The Trustees of Reservations 5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge 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. David Grover performs.

FILM HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE 1843 W. Housatonic St., Pittsfield 413-443-0188, hancockshakervillage.org Saturday, Sept. 14: “Museum Town” documentary screening, $45 includes dinner, 6 p.m. Reservations required.

mohawktrailconcerts.org Sunday, Sept. 15: String Sextets in September, featuring members of the Adaskin String Trio, and The Elm City Ensemble, 3 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 15: Yoga, $10 cash, 4 to 5 p.m. Register: kharris@artomi. org.

BERKSHIRE ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION TEAM thebeatnews.org/BeatTeam/ Sept. 14 and 15: 10th Annual Berkshire Bioblitz, noon to noon.

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

MUSIC MOUNTAIN Saturday, Sept. 14: From Bedrock to Birds: How Geology and Hydrology Shape Ecosystems guided walk, $15, under 18 free, 10 a.m.

472 West Mountain Road, Lenox Register for programs: massaudubon.org/pleasantvalley Friday, Sept. 13: Free birding at Canoe Meadows, 8 to 10 a.m., 309 Holmes Road, Pittsfield.

Saturday, Sept. 14: Canoeing the Housatonic River, $35, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., New Lenox Road, Lenox. From Bedrock to Birds: How Geology & Hydrology Shape Ecosystems, $15, 10 a.m. to noon, at the Bidwell House Museum.

539 County Route 13, Old Chatham, N.Y.

musicmountain.org Sunday, Sept. 15: Dover Quartet, $39, 3 p.m.

BOUSQUET SKI AREA

oldchathamquakers.org Saturday, Sept. 14: Potluck and screening of “The Isis Trial,” 6 p.m.

NAUMKEAG

Fridays and Saturdays through Sept. 14: Wine, Cheese and Trees, $20, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 18: Free birding at Pleasant Valley.

CHESTERWOOD

THE MOUNT

4 Williamsville Road, Stockbridge

2 Plunkett St., Lenox

thetrustees.org

chesterwood.org

edithwharton.org

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

Sunday, Sept. 15: Housatonic Heritage Walk, “Sculpting the Land: Daniel Chester French’s Artist-Designed Landscape at Chesterwood,” free, 10 a.m.

Thursday, Sept. 12: “Wharton’s

The Trustees of Reservations

MUSIC

5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge

BARD COLLEGE AT SIMON’S ROCK

413-298-8138, 413.298.3239 ext.

3013,

Daniel Arts Center, 84 Alford Road, Great Barrington simons-rock.edu Friday, Sept. 13: Faculty Concert: Manon Hutton-DeWys, free, 7:30 p.m.

NEW MARLBOROUGH MEETING HOUSE

BERKSHIRE SCENIC RAILWAY MUSEUM

154 Hartsville-New Marlborough Rd, New Marlborough

3 Hoosac St., Adams

Saturday, Sept. 14: Emmanuel Ceysson solo performance, $25, 4:30 p.m.

berkshiretrains.org

101 Dan Fox Drive, Pittsfield

GREAT BARRINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MUSEUM 817 S. Main St., Great Barrington 413-591-8702, info@gbhistory.org

naplibrary.com

HANCOCK SHAKER VILLAGE

BERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP

CULTURAL CENTER

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

1515-16 Savoy Hollow Road,

1843 W. Housatonic St., Pittsfield

Colonial Theatre, 111 South St., Pittsfield

Windsor

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

413-443-0188, hancockshakervillage.org

berkshiretheatregroup.org Friday, Sept. 13: Jen Durkin and The Business, $10, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 14: 45RPM, $16 and up, 8 p.m.

NOTCHVIEW RESERVATION GUTHRIE CENTER Route 9, Windsor 2 Van Deusenville Road, 413-200-7262, thetrustees.org Great Barrington 413-528-1955, guthriecenter.org Thursdays: Hootenanny night, $5, $3 members, music begins at 7 p.m.

STOCKBRIDGE LIBRARY, MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES

LEE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

46 Main St., Stockbridge

Saturday, Sept. 14: Jack Waldheim & the Criminal Hearts, $20, 7:30

stockbridgelibrary.org

Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary,

225 Music Mountain Road, Falls Village, Conn.

TAMARACK HOLLOW NATURE AND

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

MASS AUDUBON

OLD CHATHAM QUAKER MEETINGHOUSE

Weekends, June through September: “Businesses Exhibit” free, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sept. 13 and 14: Book sale, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish Center.

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Charlemont Federated Church, 175 Main St., Charlemont

Saturday, Sept. 14: Light into Night, $200 and up, 6 to 10 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 14: Cabaret Train with Sam and Ron, $25, departing at 7 p.m.

NORTH ADAMS PUBLIC LIBRARY

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MOHAWK TRAIL CONCERTS

518-392-4747, artomi.org

tour featuring founders, prominent citizens and ordinary folks in conjunction with Founders Weekend, 5 p.m., at Fairmount Cemetery.

25 Park Place, Lee

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.

WILLIAMS COLLEGE

Tuesday, Sept. 17: Birding at the Mount, free, 8 to 10 a.m., 2 Plunkett St., Lenox.

101st Anniversary Season

SOUTH MOUNTAIN CONCERTS Sunday, September 16 ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET Sunday, September 23 JUILLIARD STRING QUARTET

Sept. 1 - Oct. 20: “What’s in the Attic,” a daily behind-the-scenes tour, $30 includes admission, 2 to 3:30 p.m. Reservations: hancockshakervillage.org or 413-443-0188.

Sunday, September 30 WU HAN, Piano; DAVID FINCKEL, Cello Benjamin Beilman, Kristin Lee, Arnaud Sussman, Violins; Paul Neubauer, Viola; Xavier Foley, Double Bass

Sunday, Sept. 15: Goat yoga, $25, 10 a.m.

Sunday, October 7 EMERSON STRING QUARTET

HOUSATONIC HERITAGE WALKS 2019

williams.edu

housatonicheritage.org

Wednesday, Sept. 18: MidWeek Music in C, 12:15 p.m., Chapin Hall, 62 Chapin Hall Drive, Williamstown.

Weekends in September: 60+ free events in the Berkshires and Litchfield County, Conn. Find full schedule online.

READINGS, WALKS AND TALKS

Sunday, Sept. 15: Hawk Watch Picnic at Blueberry Hill, $17, 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

LEE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Thursday, Sept. 12: A cemetery

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

blast of a road side bomb overseas, must decide between her life’s work of revealing unsettling truths about the world, and domestic comfort.

Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Donald Margulies, here weaves a gripping story of the cost of staying true to one’s path. Performances, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m. $20-$45 previews.

Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre.

Friday, Sept. 13: Friday Night Frights, $24, $20 youths, 5:45 and 7 p.m. Reservations: 413-551-5100 or online.

Sunday, Sept. 15: SculptureNow artist-guided tour, free, 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 17: “Beatrix Farrand’s American Landscapes” screening and garden tour, $25, $10 members, 3 p.m.

TEMPLE ANSHE AMUNIM

MOUNT GREYLOCK STATE RESERVATION

26 Broad Street, Pittsfield ansheamunim.org

30 Rockwell Road, Lanesborough

Sunday, Sept. 15: “Restoration: Anti-Semitism in France,” a double bill by Jesse Waldinger, featuring “The Esterhazy Draft,” and “The Finaly Affair,” 2 p.m.

Thursdays: Nice and Easy Trail Hike, 10 a.m.

Saturdays: Night Hike, 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Scenic Summit Tours, 1 and 2 p.m.

THE THEATER BARN

Sundays: Scenic Summit Tours, 1 and 2 p.m.

654 Route 20, New Lebanon, N.Y. 518-794-8989, thetheaterbarn. org

Mondays: Trails and Tales Hike, 11 p.m.

Wednesdays: Mountain Mindfulness, 10 a.m.

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NATURAL BRIDGE STATE PARK McAuley Road, North Adams

“Time Stands Still” opens at Shakespeare & Company on Friday.

Friday, Sept. 13: Life in the Quarry, 10 a.m.

nity Assessment Forum, 10 a.m. to noon, The Green, 85 Main St., North Adams.

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

Wednesday, Sept. 18: Life in the Quarry, 10 a.m.

NAUMKEAG The Trustees of Reservations 5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge 413-298-8138, 413-298-3239 ext.

3013, thetrustees.org Through Oct. 14: The Naumkeag Experience, $20, free members, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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

Friday, Sept. 13: Focus on Rockwell: Meet Rockwell’s Models, with admission, 3 p.m.

NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY COALITION

Saturday, Sept. 14: Origami Bookmarks, Family Arts and Crafts, 10 to 11:30 a.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 18: Wow Workshop: Reducing Waste in Your Life, 5 to 6 p.m., UNO Community Center, 157 River St., North Adams.

STOCKBRIDGE LIBRARY, MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES 46 Main St., Stockbridge stockbridgelibrary.org Saturday, Sept. 14: James Lasdun, author of “Afternoon of a Faun,” 4 p.m.

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

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

Saturday, Sept. 14: Tea & Talk – “Well-Wheeled: How Gilded Age Cottagers Fueled Early Automobiling,” $32, 3:30 p.m.

WILLIAMS COLLEGE williams.edu Thursday, Sept. 12: Martha Jones, Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor and professor of history at Johns Hopkins University, presents “Birthright Citizens: Black Americans and the Making of Democracy before the Civil War,” 4:15 p.m., Griffin Hall, 844 Main St., Williamstown.

Thursday, Sept. 12: Conversation with Molly Wood and Glenn Greenwald, moderated by Aminatou Sow, 7 to 8:30 p.m., ‘62 Center for Theatre and Dance, 1000 Main St., Williamstown.

Fridays through Dec. 6: Astronomy students at the college host free shows for the public, 8 p.m.

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HOMESTEAD

Saturday, Sept. 14: William Cullen Bryant: Poet, Editor & Conservationist, $10, members free, tours at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

WILLIAMSTOWN RURAL LANDS FOUNDATION

Thursday, Sept. 12: Downtown Bike Around, 6 p.m., meet at St. Anthony’s parking lot.

VENTFORT HALL

Friday, Sept. 13: Annual Commu-

gildedage.org

Saturday, Sept. 14: Dan Gura leads a preview tour the Berlin Mountain Recreation Area’s ongoing improvements, 9 a.m., at the end of Berlin

nbccoalition.org

104 Walker St., Lenox

THEATER ARROWHEAD 780 Holmes Road, Pittsfield Sept. 10 - 14: “Bartleby Prefers Not To,” by Jim Aucoin, based on Melville’s popular story, “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” $25, $20 for members.

SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY

VENTFORT HALL

70 Kemble St., Lenox 413-637-3353, shakespeare.org Sept. 13 - Oct. 13: “Time Stands Still,” by Donald Margulies, directed

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Sunday, Sept. 15: Explore the Nature & Culture of Petticoat Hill, $10 suggested donation, 9 a.m. to noon.

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Sept. 6 - 22: “Moonlight and Magnolias,” by Ron Hutchinson. In 1939, Hollywood producer David O. Selznick shuts down his production of “Gone with the Wind.” While fending off the film’s stars, gossip columnists and his own father-in-law, Selznick calls in screenwriter Ben Hecht and director Victor Fleming from the set of The Wizard of Oz. Hilarity ensues when he locks the doors, closes the shades, and on a diet of bananas and peanuts, the men begin to fashion a screenplay for one of the most beloved films of all time. $27-$29.

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