Cultural Pittsfield This Week: July 29-Aug. 411:51AM / Friday, July 29, 2016 | |
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SATURDAY Wellness Day at the Farmers Market
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Wellness Day at the Downtown Pittsfield Farmers Market (located on the First Street Common) will include demonstrations and information from health practitioners, fitness instructors, nutritionists and more.
Start your day with a group run led by Berkshire Running Center or a Zumba class at 9 a.m. Additional exercise classes begin every half hour! Enjoy PiYo, Nia dance, Acro or Chair Yoga, Salsa Dancing and more. Enjoy a sample from Guido's, watch a chef demo, receive a chair massage and learn healthy lifestyle tips while you shop the market. 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
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Named Las Vegas's "Comedian Of The Year" nine years in a row, Rita Rudner's razor sharp wit is undeniable. The award-winning comedian, actress and best-selling author has been a frequent guest on Late Night with David Letterman and The Tonight Show. Her first HBO special, "Rita Rudner's One Night Stand," was nominated for several awards. 8 p.m. $35/$65. Berkshire Theatre Group's Colonial Theatre
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Barrington Stage Company presents a glorious musical retelling of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, with a book by William F. Brown and an infectious, funky and soulful score by Charlie Smalls. The Wiz brings a renewed relevance to a timeless American classic. It's blazing with high spirits and sizzling with vitality. Playing now through August 14 at the Berkshire Museum.
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Rogue Yoga presents a gentle heart-opening flow, followed by more heart-opening restorative and meditation. Come melt into your mats. All levels welcome. 10 Lyman Street. 5:45 p.m. $10.
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Shire City Sanctuary will teach you everything you need to know to make a 30"x40" potholder rug - from material selection to washing, cutting, weaving and caring for your rug. Beginners and experienced weaver/makers are welcome to join in. Materials are supplied but if students have a particular color scheme in mind, they should collect and bring materials with them. 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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How far would you go to get into the college of your choice? When brilliant, ambitious twin sisters L and M realize that perfect academics and superb extracurricular activities aren't enough to get into their dream college, they decide to take matters into their own hands. Peerless is a comedy...until it isn't. At Barrington Stage Company's St. Germain Stage.
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This year's Jimmy Bernardo Memorial Ride, beginning at Berkshire County Kids' Place, will take a scenic route through the Berkshires and end at Bousquet for a post-ride party featuring music, food, raffles and fun! Ride Registration is $25 and includes a commerative shirt. Post-ride party is free to registered riders, and open to the public for a cover charge of $5 per person or family (2 adults and up to 4 children) for $20.
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Music historian Aaron Manela will give the multimedia presentation "Khosn Cowboy Mazl Tov: Wild West Jewish Cowboy Clowns in Music, Rodeos and Animation." Manela, a Ph.D. candidate in Musicology, will reveal the previously untold story of the comic Jewish cowboy in American popular entertainment. Manela's research involves sheet music, "magic lantern" novelty song slides, entertainment trade magazines, newspaper advertisements, early cartoons, and more. 11:30 a.m. at Temple Anshe Amunim
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In Rebecca Miller's witty modern romantic comedy, Greta Gerwig portrays Maggie, a vibrant and practical thirty-something New Yorker, who without success in finding love, decides now is the time to have a child on her own. But when she meets John (Ethan Hawke), a professor and struggling novelist, Maggie falls in love for the first time, and adjusts her plans for motherhood. Complicating matters, John is in an unhappy marriage with Georgette (Julianne Moore). With some help from Maggie's eccentric and hilarious best friends, married couple Tony (Bill Hader) and Felicia (Maya Rudolph), Maggie sets in motion a new plan that intertwines their lives and connects them in surprising and humorous ways.
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What's Showing at The Licht
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Pittsfield's city-owned community arts center, the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, features nine working artist studios, a ceramics studio, a community room and an art gallery with changing exhibitions, classes, performances + more!
28 Renne Ave. | Wed-Sat, 11-4
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I Am A Part Of Art
Now - July 30
Community Access to the Arts (CATA) presents a celebration of its visual artists. The exhibit features over 100 works created by artists with disabilities from across Berkshire County.
Coming in August: Jazz Visions with Marguerite Bride and Lee Everett
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