Cultural Pittsfield This Week: Feb. 27-March 511:43AM / Friday, February 27, 2015 | |
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Friday: Preschool Videos at Berkshire Athenaeum
This week's films are: This Is The House That Jack Built and The Wheels On The Bus. Video programs are approximately 20-30 minutes long. Groups are welcome and no registration is required.
Friday, February 27 | 10am-11am | Berkshire Athenaeum | One Wendell Ave | 413-499-9480 | FREE
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Friday: WeeMuse Adventures at Berkshire Museum
Little ones can explore the Aquarium and three Museum galleries! Each week features songs, stories, scavenger hunts, play time, and more. Check our weekly e-news for each week's theme. This program is geared towards children 18 months to 3 years. Older and younger siblings are always welcome!
Friday, February 27 | 11am-11:30am |Berkshire Museum | 39 South Street | 413-443-7171 | FREE with Museum admission
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Ten Spot artist Tatiana Klacsman's Pink Parrots |
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Friday-Saturday: Ten Spot Art Show at the Lichtenstein
Final Weekend for the annual invitational Ten Spot Art Show featuring the best contemporary artists in the Berkshires and surrounding area, from north to south and in between. This year, the artists were each nominated by former Ten Spot artists. Each artist will have a work featured on a billboard placed somewhere in Berkshire County, bringing the gallery out to the streets.
Friday- Saturday, February 27-28 | 11am-4pm | Lichtenstein Center for the Arts | 28 Renne Avenue |413-499-9348 | FREE
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Friday-Monday: Beloved Sisters at The Little Cinema
Beloved Sisters is a romantic drama centered on the love triangle between rising poet Friedrich Schiller and two aristocratic sisters. Starting in 1788, rebellious poet Schiller and two penniless sisters experience an unforgettable period, which will eventually bind them forever. Unhappily married Caroline von Beulwitz and her shy sister Charlotte von Lengefeld take their oath to share everything - even the author of 'The Robbers' - seriously. Schiller marries Charlotte so they may pursue their ménage à trois under the guise of convention, and Caroline, whose novel is published anonymously by Schiller, leaves her husband. The fragile equilibrium of their love triangle becomes unhinged when she gets pregnant, but Schiller is determined to fight for both sisters.
Friday-Monday, February 27-March 2 | Fri-Mon 7pm, Mon 1:30pm | Berkshire Museum | Little Cinema | 39 South Street |413-443-717| $5 Museum Members $7.50 Museum Non Members
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Friday: Blue Hawaii Polynesian Dinner & Dancing Fundraiser at First Methodist Church
The Berkshire Carousel hosts a rocking joint fundraiser event with Home Instead Senior Care, The Berkshires to raise funds for The Alzheimer's association featuring The Berkshire's own Elvis, the talented Tommy T & Black Velvet! The cost is $20 per person which includes Polynesian dinner, Blue Hawaiian drinks, donation, and some rocking entertainment. Please call 413.499.0457 to make reservations for yourself, friends or a group! We hope to see you for a rocking good evening!
Friday, February 27 | 7pm |First Methodist Church | 55 Fenn Street | 413-499-0457 |$20
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Friday+: 10x10 New Play Festival at Barrington Stage
Final weekend! Every 10 minutes, a new play begins! Join us at St. Germain Stage for an evening of ten 10-minute plays by 10 playwrights, featuring a dynamite group of actors, as part of the 2015 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival. Directed by Julianne Boyd and Stephanie Yankwitt. Featuring Matt Neely, Christina Norris, Jessie Shelton, Peggy Pharr Wilson, Zach Wymore, Robert Zukerman
Through March 1| Fri - Sat 7:30pm, Sat&Sun 3pm | Barrington Stage Company | Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center | 36 Linden Street | 413-236-8888 | $25 Sun evening & Sat and Sun matinees; $30 Friday and Saturday evenings
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Friday-Sunday: 9 to 5 at Miss Hall's School
The MHS Theater Ensemble will offer its humorous take on the inner-workings of office life, performing the musical comedy 9 to 5. A popular musical comedy featuring songs by Dolly Parton and based upon the 1980 movie in which she starred, 9 to 5 tells the story of three dissimilar co-workers-Violet, Doralee, and Judy-who unite in their antipathy for their sexist boss, Franklin Hart, Jr. In the process of turning the tables on Hart, the women change their outlooks and, ultimately, their lives. General admission is $6, and reservations are strongly recommended. Senior citizen and handicapped-accessible seating is available. Please call (413) 395-7108 for tickets and reservations.
Friday-Sunday, February 28-March 1 | Fri & Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm | Miss Hall's School| 492 Holmes Road | 413-395-7108 | $6
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Friday-Sunday: BCC Player's New Work Festival
A New Works Festival featuring plays, music, art and poetry created by BCC students. Student-written, student-directed!
Friday- Sunday, February 27-March 1| Sat&Sun 8pm, Sun 2pm | Berkshire Community College | 1350 West Street | 413-997-2255 | $10, $5 students and seniors
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Friday: Masquerade Edition With DJ Yung & DJ B at Fairways
A night for flair with casual/formal attire, featuring the Shutdown Team's DJ Yung & DJ B. Lefty's Frozen Moments Photography & Video will be there to capture your moment, so make sure you are there looking your best. Full Photography Studio Setup will be available with optional print on the spot (4x6 5x7 8x10) while supplies last. Don't miss out on the hottest night in the cold winter. Music begins at 9:30 pm, must be 21.
Friday, February 27 | 9:30pm-12:30am | Fairways at the A | 303 Crane Ave | 413-442-3585| $5
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Saturday: Kitchen Ka-Boom at Berkshire Museum
Kids perform wacky, interactive, and fun science experiments in the Sabic Innovation Lab! All experiments are kid safe and can be recreated using items found in almost any kitchen. Each session will feature different experiments. Seating is limited, so reservations are requested; call 413.443.7171 ext. 10 to register. Unclaimed reservations will be released 5 minutes before the start of the session and filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
Saturday, February 28 | 11am-12pm |Berkshire Museum | 39 South Street | 413-443-7171 | FREE with Museum admission
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Saturday: Chow Time at Berkshire Museum
Help prepare enticing feasts for the turtles, fish, chameleon, and even the blue-tongue skink in the Aquarium!
Saturday, February 28 | 12:30pm-1:30pm |Berkshire Museum | 39 South Street | 413-443-7171 | FREE with Museum admission
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Saturday: Tom Tyning presents 'Turtles' at Berkshire Athenaeum
Tom Tyning, Professor of Environmental Science at Berkshire Community College, returns to the Athenaeum with "Turtles". Please join us for an entertaining, educational afternoon for the whole family. Free and No registration required. For children ages 5 and up. Children under age 10 must be accompanied by an adult, age 18 or older, at all times.
Saturday, February 28 | 2pm | Berkshire Athenaeum | One Wendell Ave | 413-499-9480 | FREE
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Saturday: Paint Party at The Dirty Paintbrush
Learn to paint "Poppies In Bloom." Call now to reserve your canvas.
Saturday, February 28 | 6pm-9pm | The Dirty Paintbrush | 141 North Street | 413-442-9300
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Saturday: Whiskey City at Fairways
Whiskey City brings its sizzling country sound to shake out your cabin fever. Band starts at 9PM so get their early. $5 cover 21+
Saturday, February 28 | 9pm-12:30am | Fairways at the A | 303 Crane Ave | 413-442-3585| $5
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Saturday: Madison Avenue at Flavours
This Saturday night will feature the music of Madison Avenue live at Flavours. The singer, Sabrina Gogan, is the winner of Berkshire Idol and WGNA country idol in 2012. $5 cover with ID.
Saturday, February 28 | 10pm | Flavours of Malaysia | 75 North Street | 413-443-3188 | $5
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Tuesday: Cloud Computing: Services and Concepts at Berkshire Athenaeum
This class explores the concepts and principles behind Cloud Computing that were discussed in Cloud Computing: An Introduction. We will use Dropbox and Google Drive to demonstrate how to load, store and transfer data across mobile devices. As a class, we will explore Apple's iCloud and Microsoft's OneDrive and some of the unique features of these services. Test accounts for these services will be provided. However, if you do have personal devices set up to use with these services, you're welcome to bring it them to class.
Tuesday, March 3 | 9:30am-11am | Berkshire Athenaeum | One Wendell Ave | 413-499-9480 | FREE
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Tuesday: Toddler Story Time at Berkshire Athenaeum
For ages 1 1/2 - 3. No registration required. Children under age 10 must be accompanied by an adult, age 18 or older, at all times.
Tuesday, March 3 | 10am | Berkshire Athenaeum | One Wendell Ave | 413-499-9480 | FREE
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Tuesday: Cinema of Law: Thou Shalt Not Sin: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Precode Hollywood at Berkshire Athenaeum
Cinema of Law returns for a Ninth Season. The Cinema of Law series presents law-related films and commentary. Attorney Lou Oggiani introduces "Thous Shalt Not Sin: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood", a 2008 documentary with various film historians, filmmakers, and cultural commentators discussing the cultural, political, economic and religious reasons for what is known as the pre-code era of Hollywood movie making in the early 1930s , and those same factors which resulted in the drastic turn to working under the code for the twenty or so years starting in 1934.
Tuesday, March 3 | 6pm | Berkshire Athenaeum | One Wendell Ave | 413-499-9480 | FREE
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Tuesday-Wednesday: Town Players of Pittsfield Auditions
Town Players of Pittsfield announces auditions for its upcoming May musical review. Although the show will be at the Masonic Temple in Pittsfield, the auditions will be held at the Whitney Center for the Arts, on March 3 and 4 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. Singers who are interested in being cast members are encouraged to bring music with them if they can but otherwise some sheet music will be available. An accompanist will be provided. In addition to adult cast members, Town Players would like to include some younger performers, aged 9-15 who should attend the same auditions. For further information, please contact Bev Krol at 413-822-8566.
Tuesday-Wednesday, March 3- 4 | 6:30pm-7:30pm | Whitney Center For The Arts | 42 Wendell Ave| FREE
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Tuesday: Tuesday Night Sewing Circle at Shire City Sanctuary
Bring your current sewing project to work on or come for inspiration and/or group instruction. Do you work at home and need a social circle of people who share your interest in sewing? Do you have a sewing machine that you would like to learn to use more comfortably? Maybe you think you are going to love to sew and just need someone to help you get started. This sewing circle is your answer! Shire City Sanctuary hosts Tuesday Night Sewing Circle for anyone interested in hand or machine sewing. Bring you own machine or use our sewing lab equipment. Suggested Donation $10/week.
Tuesday, March 3 | 7pm | Shire City Sanctuary | 40 Melville Street | 413-320-4175 | $10 donation
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Tuesday: George Thorogood & The Destroyers: Badder Than Ever With Special Guest Barrence Whitfield at The Colonial Theatre
For George Thorogood and his longtime band The Destroyers, their new Badder Than Ever tour is indestructible proof that staying true to yourself and the music can still mean something. Ultimately, the Badder Than Ever Tour is 50% celebration, 50% declaration, and 100% Thorogood throwdown. Barrence Whitfield is a full-throttle soulscreamer in the spirit of Little Richard, Wilson Pickett and Solomon Burke. He has been described as the owner of one incredible pair of lungs, with limitless energy and unmatched enthusiasm for his music and his audience.
Tuesday, March 3 | 7:30pm | The Colonial Theatre| 111 South Street | 413-997-4444 | $45, $65, $85
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Wednesday - Thursday: BCC Players Auditions for The Addams Family
The BCC Players will hold auditions for the musical The Addams Family on March 4 and 5 at at 7 pm in Rm. K-111. Callbacks, if needed, will be held March 6 at 7 p.m. Auditions are open to the community as well as to BCC students, faculty and staff. Bring a 16-bar song excerpt in the style of the show or a song from the show. Also bring a short monologue under one minute in length. Contact Ellen Shanahan eshanahan@berkshirecc.edu.
Wednesday-Thursday, March 4-5 | 7pm | Berkshire Community College | 1350 West Street | 413-997-2255 | FREE
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Wednesday: Miss Representation Screening at the Beacon
Presented by the Junior League of Berkshire County.
Written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, this documentary exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America. The film challenges the media's limited and often disparaging portrayals of women and girls, which make it difficult for women to achieve leadership positions and for the average woman to feel powerful. After the screening, there will be community / panel discussion.
Wednesday, March 4 | 7:30pm | Beacon Cinema | 57 North Street | 413-358-4780| FREE
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Thursday: Play and Learn with Jenn at Berkshire Athenaeum
Come hear stories, sing songs and play some games! For ages 1 1/2 - 5. No registration required. Children under age 10 must be accompanied by an adult, age 18 or older, at all times.
Thursday, March 5 | 10am | Berkshire Athenaeum | One Wendell Ave | 413-499-9480 | FREE
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